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By CHENEEN R. CAPONand CHARLES RAYMOND A. MAXEY

AFP, PNP to secure airport, seaport for suspected terrorists

RODYPARTY

DAVAO City will be un-der tight security when the thanksgiving party

for President-elect Rodrigo R. Duterte will be held Saturday at the Crocodile Park.

With Duterte himself reportedly attending the af-fair, the Presidential Security

Group (PSG) will augment the Armed Forces of the Philip-pines and the Philippine Na-tional Police (PNP) in security the incoming president and the party venue.

Even the Davao Interna-tional Airport, the Sasa Wharf and the Davao City Overland

Transport Terminal (DCOTT) will be tightly guarded by law enforcers as the Davao City Police Office (DCPO) cannot discount the possibility of a terrorist attack during the cel-ebration.

To warn the public, the DCPO showed images of sus-

pected terrorists thru to the media at a recent. Majority of the terrorists are believed to be members of the Jimaah Islamiyah cell operating in some parts of Mindanao and who may conduct ter-ror attack in the upcoming thanksgiving event dubbed

“DU31:One Love, One Na-tion Thanksgiving Party.”

At least twenty four se-curity units coming from the PNP and AFP will be deployed at the Crocodile Park.

Kat Dailisay of the organiz-ing Manic Nightings Produc-tion said PSG personnel will

also be fielded to secure the inner core for Duterte, who might attend Saturday’s party.

Around 4,500 securi-ty personnel will secure the Crocodile Park while another 1,000 personnel will secure the periphery areas of the ven-

DU30 DOWN UNDER. A young boy in Perth,

Australia plays with his remote-controlled offroad truck which is

designed with DU30 decals.

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KIND HEARTED. A pedestrian helps an elderly man struggling to find his footing while crossing R. Castillo Street in Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

THE incoming chief of the Department of Transportation and

Communication (DOTC) on Tuesday said there’s

no need to transfer the Ninoy Aquino International Airport to the Clark International Air-port in Pampanga.

“’There is no such thing as transferring one airport to another. All of these airports can co-exist,” said Atty. Arthur Tugade, the incoming DOTC secretary.

Tugade, president and

CEO of the Clark Development Corporation for four years, said the important thing that needs to be done is improve the country’s airports and to give comfort to the public during their travels.

He noted that one factor that caused the air congestion at the NAIA is the abuse in us-ing slots or the time in and out of airplanes at the airport.

“The ideal capacity of slot in NAIA is 32. As far as I know they are reaching up to 40 to 41 right now,” Tugade said.

Tugade also said that there are plans on improving the general aviation of the airport, although he refused to give specific details about this.

However, the founder of Perry’s Holding Corporation reveled that part of his plan is to lessen the air congestion at NAIA by using the Clark Inter-national Airport.

Tugade, though did not disclose any details, saying he cannot reveal details of their plan as of the moment.

He did assure that before the inauguration, their plans for the improvement of the transportation system of the country will be ready and will be implemented immediately as soon as he takes the office.

Tugade was a law school-mate of president-elect Ro-drigo Duterte during his stud-ies at San Beda College.

On April, he quit his post as president and CEO of Clark Development Corporation to support the campaign of Duterte.

Tugade sees no need to move NAIA to ClarkBy FUNNY PEARL A. GAJUNERA

BIODIVERSITY Manage-ment Bureau (BMB) aims securing more

partners for the campaign to save from extinction the en-demic Philippine eagle (scien-tific name ‘Pithecophaga jef-feryi’), the country’s national bird.

“We need all our citizens’ help as the campaign can’t stop,” said BMB’s Philippine eagle focal person Mari Alme-da, echoing the agency’s mes-sage for the annual Philippine Eagle Week (PEW) celebration this month.

She noted the Philippine eagle isn’t merely a sight to be-hold but is also instrumental in maintaining ecological balance by feeding on rats, snakes and other small animals - in effect

helping keep such species’ population in check.

Presence of Philippine ea-gles likewise indicates healthy state of forests these winged wonders inhabit, she added.

Citing available data, how-ever, Almeda said BMB and its partners estimated the Philippine eagle’s nationwide population at only about 500 pairs of male and female adult birds or some 1,000 heads as of 2006.

Habitat destruction and shooting are among causes of the birds’ population decline over the years, noted experts.

Almeda urged communi-ties nationwide to help moni-tor, conserve and protect Phil-ippine eagles as well as inform

More partners needed to address eagle’s plight

IT was a night filled with fun, laughter, singing, and dancing.This was how the Liberal

Party, led by its chairman Pres-ident Benigno S. Aquino III, celebrated their thanksgiving party held at the LP headquar-ters in Cubao, Quezon City on Wednesday night.

At 7 p.m., President Aqui-no, in yellow polo, arrived at the event, which was attended by supporters of administra-tion bets Manuel Roxas II and Vice President-elect Leni Ro-bredo.

Prior to the party, a mass was held at 5 p.m. where sev-eral LP members and Cabinet

officials were present.Roxas and Robredo took

the stage and expressed grati-tude for the continued support of their supporters.

“Alam niyo po noong pa-tapos na ‘yung kampanya, nag-uusap po kami ni Secre-tary Mar, sabi po namin siguro sawa na kayo sa amin, palagi niyo po kaming napapanood. Pero ngayong gabi po, mata-bang-mataba po ang aming puso na kahit po tapos na ang eleksyon, ‘yung pagmamahal niyo po sa amin buong-buo pa din,” Robredo said to cheers and applause from the crowd.

“Nakikita po namin ang

PNoy attends LP thanksgiving party

THE Department of Pub-lic Works and Highways (DPWH) office in Region

11 will hold a two-day road show on Multi-year Program-ming and Scheduling (MYPS) and Project and Contract Man-agement Application (PCMA) at the Multi-Purpose Hall of the Equipment Management Division in Panacan, Davao City.

The road show starts to-day, June 3.

The MYPS app supports the planning process in the DPWH through storage and management of candidate pro-grams and projects.

On the other hand, the PCMA will replace the Project Monitoring System (PMS) and the Project Management Office Monitoring System (PMOMS).

The PCMA has already be-come the official monitoring system for CY 2016 and up-coming projects.

According to engineer Elias Bermejo, DPWH 11 con-struction division chief, “the purpose of these series of ac-tivities is to promote aware-ness and encourage the direct involvement and participation of DPWH employees engaged in the implementation of our

DPWH sets MYPS, PCMA road show2-day event starts today

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THE Tuesday night press conference turned melodramatic when

President-elect Rodrigo Dute-rte played his campaign jingle to serve as guideline to the people in government and the Filipinos on his anti-cor-ruption drive and his all-out war against illegal drugs and criminality.

It was his answer to a question what his yardstick would be of his satisfaction over his Cabinet’s perfor-mance. “This will be a guide-

line for all those corrupt…those who are not corrupt. This is directed for all Filipi-nos,” he told reporters in a press conference on Tuesday night at the Presidential Guest House located along the De-partment of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) depot in Panacan.

The campaign song by Freddie Aguilar is about the Filipinos’ wish for real change under his administration. The song also sends the message of the Filipinos’ hatred of

corrupt officials, drugs and crime. It also calls for the Fil-ipinos to unite and stand for change.

But Duterte guaranteed that his chosen Cabinet mem-bers are men and women of integrity and honesty, oth-erwise, he already dropped them as nominees.

“It’s not a simple job com-posing the Cabinet. It took me several days when I’m not around in the public eye. I am reviewing papers of the rec-

3EDGEDAVAO NEWS

THE New People’s Army (NPA) admitted respon-sibility on the Sunday

night attack of the Governor Generoso police station in Davao Oriental that left one po-liceman and a civilian wound-ed. In a press statement sent by NPA-Souther Mindanao

Regional Command spokes-person Rigoberto F. Sanchez, the NPA commends the Red fighters of Compostela Valley for the “successful evening raid of the Gov. Generoso Municipal Police Station.”

The rebels abducted the chief of police of Governor

Generoso, Chief Insp. Arnold Ongachen, during the raid. The NPA also claimed to have seized 11 firearms of the po-lice force consisting of six M16 rifles, an M14 rifle and five pis-tols.

Sanchez confirmed they are now holding Ongachen as

prisoner of war (POW). According to Sanchez, the

Red fighters also confiscated a sachet of shabu from On-gachen during the raid.

“The NPA targeted the Mu-nicipal Police Station based on the people’s popular demand to punish the protectors of

rampant drug trafficking in the area. Reports have identified the Municipality of Governor Generoso as a gateway of ille-gal drug trade in the province,” Sanchez said.

The communist rebels, however, Ongachen is in good health while they are still con-

ducting investigation for possi-ble violation of human rights against the police officer.

Any rescue attempt on the part of military forces to free Onchen will only endanger the life of the police officer, San-chez warned.

By FUNNY PEARL A. GAJUNERA

CONTROVERSY. The statements of President-elect Rodrigo R. Duterte on the issue of media killings during his latest news conference have once again sparked controversy among the media community. Lean Daval Jr.

NPA owns up GovGen attack

A HUMAN rights group here on Wednesday appealed to Presi-

dent-elect Rodrigo Duterte to release 200 suspected Moro terrorists.

The Suara Bangsamoro and Kawagib Moro Human Rights issued the appeal in response to Duterte’s plan to grant “general, unconditional, and omnibus amnesty to polit-ical prisoners in the country.”

According to Amirah Ali Lidasan, Suara Bangsamoro national president, that since 2001, about 200 Moro men were incarcerated after they were perceived to be mem-bers of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).

ASG is a terror group ac-cused of kidnap for ransom

and the propensity of behead-ing victims who failed to deliv-er the ransom money.

Lidasan said that the state forces arrested the Moro men on suspicion of being sym-pathizers and coddlers of the ASG.

She said that the gov-ernment’s anti-terror policy and Department of Justice’s memorandum that extended to those who fed and “sup-ported” the local terrorists has resulted in the arrest and detention of about 200 Moros in the country.

“The arrest extended in Basilan, Sulu, Zamboanga Pen-insula, Manila and other parts of Mindanao,” Lidasan said.

She said that the Moro

Rody plays campaign song to remind Cabinet of his anti-corruption drive

‘Rights’ group seeks release of detained Moro suspects

PRESIDENT-ELECT Ro-drigo Duterte has asked the New People’s Army

(NPA) to immediately release Governor Generoso Chief of Police Chief Inspector Arnold Olgachen and offered to go to the mountains to bring back to Davao the police officer.

Duterte revealed he was able to talk over the phone with a certain commander “Queen” and ask why the ab-duction happened. Queen is said to be an NPA leader oper-ating in Davao Oriental.

“I have talked to Queen, a higher official of the NPA and asked him to release the po-lice officer,” Duterte said. But Duterte said Queen told him he has no knowledge about the attack but assured to look into it.

Ongachen was abducted while a police officer and one civilian were wounded when armed men on board an elf truck and pick-up vehicles at-

tacked the Municipal Hall and the police station on Sunday night.

On Wednesday night, the NPA-Southern Mindanao Regional Command owned up the attack of the Munici-pal Police Station on Sunday night, claiming it was a pop-ular demand of the people to punish protectors of ram-pant drug trafficking and land grabbing.

In a statement signed by NPA-SMRC spokesperson Rigoberto Sanchez, the NPA rebel group named Governor Generoso town as an alleged gateway of illegal drug trade in Davao Oriental and claimed the police failed to curb the drugs trading activity.

The NPA also confirmed to have taken the chief of police, Chief Inspector On-gachen, as their Prisoner of War (POW) and seized 11 firearms consisting of six M16 rifles, one M14 rifle, and five

pistols.As proof of an ongoing

drug trade, the NPA claimed its fighters even confiscated a sachet of shabu (metham-phetamine hydrochloride) from Ongachen following the raid. Ongachen will undergo investigation of possible hu-man rights violations but the rebel group assured the po-lice officer’s good health.

They also accused local officials of failure to act on the prevalence of illegal drugs in the province indicating an un-holy alliance with drug syndi-cates while the 28th Infantry Battalion allegedly sabotaged their planned raid of a “sha-bu” laboratory in Tibanban, Governor Generoso.

Aside from drugs, the NPA also claimed of complaints from peasants and farmers that policemen have long pro-tected the land grabbing ac-tivities of prominent families in the province. (PNA)

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IN RESPONSE to the chal-lenge of the ASEAN Eco-nomic Integration, the

Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) – Davao del Norte Field Office conducted a free packaging seminar and consultation for the province’s food processors last May 23 at the Heroben Hometel in Tagum City.

The lack of proper pack-aging and labeling had always been one of the pressing con-cerns faced by most MSMEs in the province. This is attributed mostly to the lack of access to suppliers of affordable packag-ing materials.

Likewise, the minimum volume requirement and the freight cost (particularly for those who source their pack-aging from Metro Manila), hin-der start-ups and emerging en-trepreneurs from competing with products of other ASEAN countries in terms of aesthet-ics. This also prevents them from penetrating mainstream markets.

With this activity, DTI aims to inculcate among the MSMEs the importance of a proper package and label to the prod-uct’s image and branding. The session also provided a venue for the MSMEs to meet with

local suppliers of packaging materials and participate in a one-on-one consultation with them.

More than 40 food proces-sors from all over the province benefitted from the consulta-tion. Most of them are emerg-ing entrepreneurs who are on the process of introducing their products, while some already have established mar-kets and are just looking for cheaper alternatives to their current packaging materials.

Arnel Rodriguez, senior research and development specialist of the Department of Science and Technology –

Regional Office 11 also shared his expertise on food packag-ing and labeling to the partici-pants.

Among the topics Ro-driguez discussed were the importance of packaging, the advantages and disadvantages of various types of food pack-aging materials from alumi-num cans to pet bottles and the basic requirements for food labels prescribed by the Food and Drugs Administra-tion (FDA).

“Having the proper pack-aging and label for your prod-uct gives you an edge over your competitors because

DavNor food processors packaging seminar

THE provincial govern-ment of South Cotabato has removed five more

barangays from its list of areas with high malnutrition inci-dence.

Francy Aguilar, provincial nutrition program focal per-son, said Thursday such move is based on the results of their latest evaluation on the top 20 barangays in the province with highest number of mal-nourished children.

She said these are baran-gays New Pangasinan in Koro-nadal City, Datal Dlanag in Tboli, Tinago in Norala, Halil-an in Lake Sebu and Lampitak in Tampakan.

“These barangays have all surpassed the malnutrition threshold and are no longer included in our top priority areas,” she said.

Aguilar said they recently conducted a series of weigh-ing activities or Operation Timbang among children in the five barangays.

The Operation Timbang is a component of the sup-plemental feeding activities of the provincial government, through the Provincial Nu-trition Office and its partner non-government groups, she said.

She said they have so far completed the weighing activ-ities for 90 percent of the chil-dren in T’boli town, including

those in its remote barangays.Aguilar said their assess-

ment showed that the supple-mental feeding activities have been gaining ground, with the noted drop in the number of undernourished children in the entire province.

From 7.7 percent in 2012, she said the undernutrition rate in the province’s 10 towns and lone city has gone down to to 4.99 percent this year.

Maria Ana Uy, Provin-cial Nutrition Action Officer, attributed such accomplish-ment to the full support ex-tended by provincial officials to their programs, especially the Sagop Bata Project.

Now on its eighth year, Sagop Bata feeds and rehabili-tates malnourished children in identified priority barangays and empowers families by providing skills that increase their income and eventually bring food on their table.

“We started with a part-nership with a private group and afterwards the project be-came a regular program of the province,” she said.

Uy said they are currently working on the program’s rep-lication at the city and munici-pal levels.

“We want our mayors to also implement our nutrition program and make it as their pet project,” she added. (PNA)

SoCot notes drop inmalnutrition cases

THANK YOU. Lumad students who are staying at the UCCP Haran along Padre Selga Street in Davao City send their “thank you” note to the University of the Philippines community on Wednesday (1 June 2016) for sending boxes of school supplies as classes are about to start. MindaNews photo by Toto Lozano

THE search for the most outstanding barangays in the Visayas and Mind-

anao finally came to a close on Friday (May 27) when the best four among the best commu-nities in the region were given due recognition in the first-ever Balay Mindanaw Awards at the Centrio Mall in Cagayan de Oro City.

Barangay San Vicente of Sumilao, Bukidnon, Barangay Lawaan of Gingoog City, Ba-rangay Tawagan of Cagwait, Surigao del Sur, and Barangay Pagangan of Aleosan, North Cotabato shared the most-cov-eted distinction as the “Most Outstanding Barangay” after emerging on top of their respec-tive categories.

Home to the highly-ac-claimed Sumilao farmers, Ba-rangay San Vicente outshone the rest of the finalists in the Kaangayan Category (for com-munities with exemplary local capacities in addressing issues of injustice and inequities) to bag the top honors. The Sumi-lao farmers made the headlines when they finally won their peaceful 10-year land rights

struggle, highlighted by their 28-day hunger strike in 1997 and their dramatic 1,700-kilo-meter march from Bukidnon to Manila in 2007.

The struggle started by the Mapalad farmers -- who later evolved to Sumilao farmers -- in 1996 to acquire the 144 hect-ares of land from San Miguel Corporation has inspired thou-sands of people not only locally but internationally as well.

Barangay Lawaan topped in the Kalambuan Category for communities with outstanding initiatives in addressing pover-ty towards sustainability and viability.

Lawaan, one of the rural barangays in Gingoog City, has established a community-based Backyard Broiler Production Project in partnership with Ba-lay Mindanaw in 2005 and has been continuously looking for viable income-generating busi-ness ventures to help transform pastoral families into enterpris-ing households.

Barangay Pagangan lorded it over in the Kalinaw Class for communities with outstanding local initiatives in transforming

Balay Mindanaw honors outstanding barangays

Balay Mindanaw Foundation, Inc. (BMFI) Founder, President and Chairman Emeritus Charlito “Kaloy” Manlupig with some of the BMFI pioneers who supported his Vision and Mission when he founded the organization 20 years ago. These are (L-R) Paul Richard Paraguya, former BMFI executive director; Ayi Hernandez, former BMFI executive director and current president and CEO of the Global Mindanaw Agri-Ventures Corporation (G-MAV); current BMFI Executive Director Rochelle “Bibing” Mordeno; Mabel Loyola, head executive

assistant to the DAR regional director; Archbishop Antonio J. Ledesma, S.J., D.D.; former DAR Assistant Secretary and Philippine Development Assistance Program (PDAP) Executive Director Jose Noel “Butch” Olano; Arthur Neame, former senior programme officer for Southeast Asia of Christian Aid; and Victor Gerardo “Gerry” Bulatao, member of the Board of Directors of the Landbank of the Philippines.

consumers will most likely buy your products based on how it looks, not so much on how it tastes.”, Maria Victoria D. Adri-atico, DTI – DavNor’s super-vising trade and industry spe-cialist for SME Development Services told the participants.

DTI-Davao del Norte has been regularly conducting free product development activi-

ties for the food and non-food sectors in the province as part of its effort to increase com-petitiveness of local products and aligning them with global standards. It is set to conduct a Labeling Consultancy Caravan during the second half of this year which will be geared to-wards start-up entrepreneurs around Davao del Norte.

violent conflicts and building peace. Pagangan, which has been severely affected by spo-radic armed encounters be-tween government forces and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, has demonstrated resil-iency amidst violent conflicts by strengthening the relationship between its Muslim and Chris-

tian residents through constant consultations and dialogues.

Barangay Tawagan came out best among the eight baran-gay finalists to bring home the top honors in the Kalig-on Cate-gory for communities that have shown outstanding institution-alization and development of resilient initiatives and pre-

paredness in facing disasters.One of Cagwait’s coastal

barangays, Tawagan has weath-ered all the typhoons that came its way through its constitu-ents’ concerted preparedness in times of danger and trouble. ”It’s not Superman, Spiderman, or Batman who could reduce risks, but only community ini-

tiatives and preparedness,” Ba-rangay Tawagan’s motto says.

A surprise Natatanging Ba-lay Mindanaw Kalinaw Award was presented to Barangay Diatagon of Lianga, Surigao del Sur for its peace initiatives in addressing armed conflict.

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AROUND 1,000 stake-holders from the multi-billion cacao in-

dustry will converge in Davao City for the thee-day Asia-Pa-cific Cocoa Conference: Kakao Konek 3 on September 15 to 17 at the SMX Lanang Premier.

Cacao Industry Develop-ment Association for Mindan-

ao (CIDAMI) executive director Valente Turtur said the event is aimed at boosting their efforts to integrate the local industry into the global value chain.

Participants will be com-ing from different countries which include Vietnam, Cam-bodia, Malaysia, Thailand, In-dia, US and European choco-

late countries like Switzerland, Belgium, The Netherlands and London.

“We have invited buyers, traders, and farmers from all over the Asia-Pacific region,” Turtur said.

Being held for the third time, the event is expected to be well-attended since choco-

late makers are getting “crazy” where to source out their raw material because of the global supply gap, according to him.

A representative from Switzerland will give partici-pants a seminar on agronomy and cacao sustainability.

The conference will be also attended by London-based

certifier Control Union which give accreditation fair trades and reforestation.

Delegates will attend sem-inar on the development of the cacao industry on the first two days of the event, while there will be a farm tour and hands-on demo on the third day.

National Cacao Industry

Cluster coordinator engineer Edwin Q. Banquerigo said main thrust of the Philippine cacao industry is move up from local to global value chain and how to participate on it.

“In order to participate, we have to increase our produc-tion, improve our quality, build

1K stakeholders in cacao confabcrc@edgedavao.net

By CHENEEN R. CAPON

FLOWER BLOOMS. A lady inspects the newly-bloomed waling-waling orchids at a cut flower shop in Lanang, Davao City yesterday. The cut flower industry in Davao City is hoping to increase its production and eventually its profit now that the rainy season is starting to come in. Lean Daval Jr.

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THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) i set to open eight Negosyo

Centers with fabrication lab-oratories co-working spaces across the country this year.

DTI Secretary Adrian S. Cristobal said these Negosyo Centers with fab labs are in University of the Philippines in Cebu, Eastern Visayas State University in Tacloban, and Bicol University, which will be launched this month; Cottage Industry Technology Center (CITC) in Marikina, which is set to open in September; and Zamboanga State Polytechnic College in October.

In the past five months, DTI opened Negosyo Centers with fab labs in Isabela City and Davao City in February and the most recent was in Ilo-cos Sur last week.

Fab lab provides micro, small, and medium enterpris-

es (MSMEs) access to proto-type technologies and soft-ware in designing and man-ufacturing, which will help them be more competitive in the market.

The facility helps grass-roots communities to translate their design ideas into physical forms through advanced tech-nology.

“With the Negosyo Cen-ter’s Fablab, MSMEs are giv-en the opportunity to avail of new prototyping technologies and software in designing and manufacturing products to match the market competi-tion,” Cristobal said.

“MSMEs will sustain our robust Philippine economy. What we need to do is to sup-port them to be more compet-itive and innovative,” he added.

DTI launched the first fab lab in the country in Bohol in

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crc@edgedavao.netBy CHENEEN R. CAPON

Accord boosts mushroom sector

THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Davao City, in

partnership with Philippine Seven Corporation, held an orientation on Fair Trade Laws (FTLs) last May 26 at the Philippine Seven Corpo-ration – Mindanao Regional Business office located on Mamay Road, Brgy. Alfonso, Davao City.

The activity was part of the company’s target of install-ing consumer welfare desks in

all 7-Eleven stores in Davao Region.

“We are targeting to install consumer welfare desks to Seven Eleven Stores in Davao City before the semester ends,” Philippine Seven Corporation representative Osmenio F. Faner said,

Attended by 47 store man-agers and representatives from various 7-Eleven branch-es throughout the Davao Re-gion, the orientation served as an avenue to equip them

with the necessary knowledge in handling consumer com-plaints relative to the FTLs.

Meanwhile, assistant re-gional director Edwin O. Ban-querigo, who also heads the government agency’s Davao City Field Office, pointed out that DTI has been continuous-ly striving to promote the wel-fare of consumers through its consumer advocacy initiatives.

“For this year alone, DTI-DCFO is targeting to deliver at least 40 consumer empow-

erment-related initiatives,” he said.

Banquerigo also noted that other business establish-ments who would like to have their own FTL orientation may contact the nearest DTI office to ask for assistance.

In Davao City, DTI can be reached at 224-0511. Interest-ed offices may also visit them at the 2nd floor of Mintrade Building at corner Monteverde and Sales streets. DTI-DCFO/MVB/jmm

IN a bid to provide assis-tance to the growing mush-room industry of the Davao

Region, the Department of Agriculture (DA) 11 sealed an agreement with the Technical Education and Skills Develop-ment Authority (TESDA) for the fabrication of a biomass-fed sterilizer for mushroom

growth media.DA11 regional director

Remelyn Recoter said the ster-ilizer is aimed at improving the post-harvest facility for oyster mushroom growing.

“The biomass-fed sterilizer for mushroom growth media is good equipment intended to decrease the post-harvest loss,”

Recoter said at the sidelines of the Wednesdays at Habi at Kape, Abreeza Mall.

She said the growth me-dia is where the mushroom is grown.

The equipment is designed and patented by the regional office for research purposes and will be fabricated by TES-

DA.Recoter said the fabrica-

tion is due on August, while the six-month study will follow af-ter which will be used to deter-mine the heat efficiency of the machinery.

Based on the design, she said, the sterilizer will be fu-elled by up to five sacks of rice

hulls per loading to produce steam.

If successful, she said the design will be used by the agen-cy to help mushroom farmers in Davao del Norte where most production areas are located.

Most of the commercial produce of mushroom farmers are sold in Bankerohan Pub-

lic Market and other grocery stores and supermarkets.

She also said the machin-ery will be commercialized to help other farmers and entre-preneurs.

Recoter said the equip-ment will be also upgraded to be used as a multi-commodity dryer.

Briefing on Fair Trade Law held

BRIEFING. Store managers and representatives of 7-Eleven Stores in Davao Region during the FTL orientation session last May 26 in Davao City.

THE Social Security Sys-tem (SSS) disbursed a total of P13.15 million

in annual incentive benefits (AIB) to more than 40,000 qualified overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) enrolled in the SSS Flexi-fund Program, which is a provident fund cre-ated to encourage OFW-mem-bers to save up in order to supplement their retirement benefits under the regular SSS program.

SSS Senior Vice President for Account Management Group and concurrent Inter-national Operations Division Head Judy Frances A. See noted that the number of OFW-mem-bers who qualified for the AIB increased from 37,612 in 2014 to 40,216 the following year.

“The good news is that more Flexi-fund members are choosing to further increase their savings for their future. The SSS, thru the Flexi-fund, is here to help OFWs achieve long-term financial security by providing a safe and secure savings facility for their hard-earned income from overseas work,” See said.

Introduced in 2001, the Flexi-fund Program offers an extra level of protection to OFW-members paying the

maximum amount of monthly SSS contribution -- currently P1,760 -- by enabling them to remit additional savings of P200 or above to the SSS.

These extra SSS savings are credited to their Flexi-fund account, which they can con-vert into a pension plan at the end of their working years, or even withdraw from at times of urgent cash needs. More than 47,000 OFW-members have so far contributed to the Flexi-fund, with a total members’ eq-uity of about P532 million.

The AIB was launched in 2012 to encourage OFWs to maintain and increase their retirement savings with SSS. It is granted to members with no full Flexi-fund withdrawals and benefit claims within the applicable year.

The AIB amount depends on the Flexi-fund’s year-end net investment income and is distributed based on the indi-vidual equity shares of all qual-ified members. Thus, members with higher Flexi-fund savings get bigger AIB amounts. The annual yield of Flexi-fund in-vestments rose from 4.9 per-cent in 2014 to 5.1 percent last year while the average AIB amount for 2015 is P327.

“The highest individual

Over 40,000 OFWs receiveannual incentive benefits

RAIN PROTECTION. An ingenious sidewalk vendor uses a wooden table to shield from rain along E. Quirino Avenue in Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

AIB reached P125,458 in 2015, which is 31 percent more than the maximum AIB of P95,820 in 2014. Over the years, several hardworking OFWs have at-tained a millionaire status due to their firm commitment to gradually build up their retire-ment fund thru the Flexi-fund,” See said.

The total AIB for 2015 is the highest disbursed so far by SSS in its four years of imple-mentation, as compared with P12.54 million, P7.24 million, and P12.68 million for 2012, 2013 and 2014, respectively. The AIB is on top of the guar-anteed earnings received by all Flexi-fund members.

HEALTHCARE hotline KonsultaMD has part-nered with MedGrocer

online pharmacy for door-to-door delivery of medicine and health supplements to ensure that its customers can have easy access to trusted drugs anytime they need it and wherever they may be.

“We continue to look for ways to provide the best ser-vices to our members that is why we partnered with MedGrocer. We want Konsul-taMD to be a one-stop shop for their health needs. This way, they will be able to save on time, effort, and money – three pain points in the Philippine health-care industry,” said Maridol Yla-nan, CEO of Konsulta MD.

MedGrocer, the ordering and delivery service of FDA-li-censed pharmacy WellBridge Health, provides medicines for allergies and asthma, cardiovas-cular ailments, cough and colds, diabetes, hypertension, infec-tion, pain and fever, as well as vitamins and supplements.

As part of the partnership, KonsultaMD members get P200 worth of free medicine on their first order by using the cou-pon code “KONSULTAMD”. To avail of this service, customers need only to visit medgrocer.com, text 0915 905 0555, or email orders@medgrocer.com. “We are honored to be part of KonsulaMD’s efforts to deliver quality healthcare at greater convenience and lower cost to Filipinos. We are really excited to offer KonsultaMD members the option of having their med-icines delivered to their door-step,” said Jerome Uy, CEO of MedGrocer.

Earlier, KonsultaMD also

partnered with Lifeline Am-bulance Rescue, Inc. where its members get 50% off on Emer-gency Quick Response ambu-lance requests (i.e. P5,000/EQR request vs P10,000++ for non-members) as well as enjoy Lifeline member rates for home-care services which includes doctor house-calls, laboratory tests and minor procedures.

KonsultaMD is an affiliate of Globe Telecom which provides straightforward help with health and medical-related questions 24/7. It does not replace face-to-face interaction between doc-tors and patients but only serves as a means of interim care so that the public can have imme-diate and affordable medical attention.

To subscribe to Konsul-taMD, Globe Postpaid customers only need to pay a fee of Php150 a month which can be used by up to four additional household members while Globe Prepaid and TM customers have the op-tion to subscribe for Php15 a week or Php 60 monthly. Sub-scription fee is waived for Plati-num Elite members. Calls using Globe or TM are charged Php1 per minute while calls within Metro Manila via landline are currently free. Non-Globe users have to pay the standard NDD rate for calls outside Metro Ma-nila or regular mobile to landline rate, whichever is applicable.

All Globe consumer post-paid, prepaid and TM customers may subscribe by signing up atwww.konsulta.md, by calling (02) 79880 or by visiting a Globe Store. Platinum Elite members may subscribe via their Plat-inum Relationship Manager. Non-Globe users may visit a Globe Store.

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HEALTHBeating shyness among children

“The sad people are those who are shy all their lives.” – Dr. Philip Zimbardo, author of Shyness: What it is and what to do about it.

***

DO you know what for-mer American Presi-dent Jimmy Carter, En-

gland’s Prince Charles, French movie star Catherine Deneuve, TV’s Carol Burnett and Barba-ra Walters, and athletes Fred Lynn and Terry Bradshaw have one thing in common?

Well, these notable per-sonalities have at some time in their lives experienced the pain of shyness, that’s what.

“Timid, easily frightened, cautious, reserved, suspicious, modest.” These are the adjec-tives used by Webster’s dictio-nary to describe a person who is “holding back” or one who is not able to fully express his or her own feelings.

Shyness is nearly univer-sal human trait. Almost every-one has bouts of it. Shyness prevents an individual from speaking up, expressing opin-ions and values. It also makes someone having a hard time meeting new people and mak-ing friends. Many shy people do not form lasting relation-ships, or do so only late in life.

Many adults, experts say, can trace their shyness to childhood. If parents don’t help children, the legacy of shyness can be lifelong. Stud-ies have shown that shy chil-dren often get lower marks at school and miss out on extra-curricular activity and the nor-mal give-and-take of growing up. Teenage years can be a time of social isolation.

Shy people frequently earn less and hold less respon-sible jobs. Even those with skills can hit a career snag be-cause of difficulties in dealing with people. And some shy

people may develop drinking and drug dependencies as a way of coping up.

Some studies suggest that two out of five children are shy. Dr. Ron Rapee, shyness re-searcher and director of Child Anxiety Clinic at Macquarie University in Sydney, believes that in early high school, half the boys and almost two-thirds of the girls are shy, and the numbers increase at ado-lescence. Often, their parents or teachers are unaware of it. These kids mask their shy-ness by avoiding class discus-sions, staying on the fringe of playground games and not laughing until everyone else does. “Shy people hate being noticed,” Rapee says.

Shy children tend to be quiet and are often bullied, though they are mostly ig-nored, says Rapee. Lacking social graces, they may appear unfriendly.

For years, parents of Jon-athan worries about their son’s surly, uncommunicative nature and lack of friends. Not until he was in his teens did they realize he was shy and that unfriendliness was a cov-er-up.

“Shyness is not wrong or ‘bad’,” says Shrimathi Swam-inathan, a clinical psycholo-gist with Centre for Effective Living in Singapore. “Unfortu-nately the shy child has hidden talents and aptitudes that are not easily visible to others in an environment that values healthy competition and as-sertiveness. So, it is wise to give the shy child a supportive environment that encourages and rewards his attempts at communication and interac-tion without threats, ridicule or coercion.”

Swaminathan warns parents not to threaten a child. “Threatening behavior

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or engage in an interaction is just not going to help,” the Sin-gaporean psychologist says. “What will help him overcome his shyness, to the extent that is reasonable and possible for him, will be to provide him with opportunities to interact with people that turn out to be pleasant for him. It is the parents’ responsibility to al-low the child to experience a variety of life situations and events.”

So, right from the start, parents must help their chil-dren to get rid of their shyness, suggests Swaminathan. “The task for parents is more to fa-cilitate assertive behavior from the shy child so that he can speak up for himself without being anxious or disliking hu-man interaction,” she explains.

Swaminathan shares the following rules parents can follow to help the child beat his shyness:

• Provide plenty of oppor-tunity for the child to interact with others in a comfortable setting. This will usually be in his “territory” – perhaps his home or even his own room, rather than dragging the child off to unfamiliar places to meet strangers.

• Expose the child gradual-ly. Don’t drag your child from one party to the next – you will tire him out and make him more averse to social interac-tion. Let him get used to people slowly and in limited numbers. Avoid forcing him to interact with bossy or overly intrusive people.

• Ask help from other peo-ple – a friendly neighbor or a willing uncle, sometimes even big brother’s friends. Tell them what you want from them and help them approach your child gently.

• Allow your child to set the boundaries for the inter-action. If he doesn’t like to be cuddled, avoid it. If dislikes an-swering questions, don’t bad-ger him with: “So, did you have breakfast today?” “How was school?” “Whom did you play with?” “Why are you wearing this T-shirt?” “Where is the toy we bought yesterday?”

• Respect your child’s need for time to think and answer questions, respect his need for privacy – above all respect him for who he is.

• Don’t assume that be-cause you are popular or outspoken, your child should learn to be so. Perhaps you can learn a few things from his silence. Share quiet moments with him where he sets the pace; he leads and you follow.

• Listen, listen and listen. Your child will not talk unless you listen. Your child will not be happy unless you smile, will not give unless you take, will not run to you unless your arms are outstretched. Often we forget this and talk so much (parental soliloquy!) that the child may never see the need for him to enter the parents’ world. And the child could be totally shut off from the world and us; and it may be several minutes, days or even years before we realize it.

“Overcoming a child’s shyness,” an American psy-chologist points out, “requires patience to understand, pa-tience to support and patience not to demand spectacular results. But millions of adults have succeeded in shedding their shyness. With the help of loving parents, children who now feel trapped in their shyness can be freed to en-joy more of life’s fullness and promise.”

like scolding, sarcastic com-ments or constant nagging only confirms the child’s self-doubts and belief that the outside world is predictably hostile to him and his com-munication,” the Singaporean psychologist points out.

“He will withdraw further and you will see a child whose

shyness turns into serious so-cial anxiety. This sets in mo-tion a vicious cycle where the parent demands a behavior that the child does not demon-strate and the parent then re-acts negatively to frighten the child into further withdrawal which then provokes the par-ent.”

Swaminathan advises par-ents not to do these to their shy child: Do not scold the child for not being more open. Do not nag or constantly refer to his “shyness.” Do not label the child as “shy.” Do not force him to do things he dislikes or is un-comfortable with such as sit-ting through social gatherings or talking about something he’d rather not talk about (e.g. his achievements or specific incidents or events). Do not compare the child with other children who are “smarter” or “more clever” or “popular.”

“Forcing a socially un-comfortable child to speak up

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EDITORIALDealing with Duterte

THERE are still many things the media from ‘Imperial Manila’ will have to get used to when it comes to dealing this Presi-dent-elect Rodrigo Duterte. One of that is to never challenge

or taunt him.A group who called themselves media watchdog Reporters

Without Borders (RSF) has urged Philippine media to boycott the press conferences of Duterte after his negative statements on jour-nalist killings.

RSF said that journalists should boycott Duterte’s press brief-ings until he issues a formal and public apology. Apart from the apology, they also called for legal action against Duterte.

RSF was referring to a press briefing on Tuesday in Davao City where the incoming President made a declaration that some jour-nalists were murdered because of corruption.

The RSF said Duterte’s statements were not only “unworthy of a president but they could also be regarded as violations of the law on defamation or even the law on inciting hatred and violence.”

One thing that the members of the media who are now covering

Duterte must know is to never quote him out of context. One must find the spirit of what the man said rather than the literal interpre-tation of his statements.

In legal parlance, there is what you call statutory construction rules where the words of the law are given its liberal construction. The spirit of the law then prevails.

So when Duterte said the journalists who were killed were cor-rupt, he meant those notorious broadcasters who practice “at-tack-collect-defend-collect” journalism.

It used to be that government officials are hit because of being too onion-skinned. Now it’s the other way around.

Before, if the media hits or exposes a government official and the latter reacts, they call him onion-skinned.

Now, when a no-nonsense leader like Duterte snipes at mem-bers of media, the latter behave like onion-skinned government officials.

Still, it will be interesting to know how Duterte will actually re-act to the proposed boycott.

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“I would not put a thief in my mouth to steal my brains.” ― William Shakespeare in Othello

***

IT came to pass that the Queen of Death called an emergency meeting. She wanted to assign a new prime minister, one who

would be able to kill the most people.Various kinds of evil and vice came. They

competed and stated their qualifications. There were all sorts of sin, diseases, hunger, gambling, fighting, wars, pride, anger, payback and revenge. All had their say.

Finally, a very beautiful girl stood up and said, “It’s true, all these others bring times of disaster such as war and famine and disease. But we have to have something which can kill off many people in times of peace and prosper-ity.

“I have something,” she continued. “I have something that kills off people when they are wealthy, when they are having a good time, when they are relaxing and taking it easy. If you elect me prime minister, I can assure you I will be the greatest cause of death in all coun-tries.”

The Queen of Death then asked the young girl her name. She said, “My name is Drunk-enness.”

She won; and to this day she is still prime minister. No one has come close to unseating her.

“Do you drink?” someone asked Stephen King, the American author of contemporary horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy.

“Of course,” replied King (of The Shaw-

shank Redemp-tion, Stand by Me, and The Shining distinc-tion), “I just said I was a writer.”

“I drink to make other people more in-teresting,” com-mented Ernest H e m i n g w a y, whose econom-ical and under-stated style of writing had a strong influence on 20th-century fiction and whose life of ad-venture and his public image influenced later generations.

When it comes to humor, Benjamin Frank-lin seemed to have it all. “In wine there is wis-dom, in beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria,” he wrote.

British Prime Minister Winston S. Chur-chill shared this anecdote: “A lady came up to me one day and said ‘Sir! You are drunk,’ to which I replied, ‘‘I am drunk today madam, and tomorrow I shall be sober but you will still be ugly.’”

Edgar Allan Poe, another American writer, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre, once said: “I have absolutely no pleasure in the stimu-lants in which I sometimes so madly indulge. It has not been in the pursuit of pleasure that I have periled life and reputation and reason. It has been the desperate attempt to escape

from torturing memories, from a sense of in-supportable loneliness and a dread of some strange impending doom.”

“If you drink, don’t drive. If you drive, don’t drink,” goes an old saying.

Had Henri Paul, the Ritz Hotel securi-ty guard who drove the limousine in which Princess Diana died, took the above advice, the England’s Rose and her companion, Dodi Al-Fayed as well as Paul himself would still be alive today.

Three sets of tests on the body of Paul showed he was three times over the legal drink-drive limit and had taken an anti-de-pressant and a sedative inhibiting agitated or aggressive behavior. The drugs reportedly can impair judgement, and doctors in fact caution patients against driving or drinking when us-ing them.

“Obviously, Mr. Paul should not have been at the wheel,” Bernard Dartevelle, a lawyer for the Al-Fayed family, told France 3 television.

“Drunkenness has killed more men than all of the history’s wars,” commented Amer-ican military general John Joseph Pershing, who had ben to several wars -- and even came to the Philippines in 1899.

American President Abraham Lincoln add-ed: ‘Drink is a cancer in human society; eating out its vital and threatening its destruction.”

James R. Stuart deplored, “I would rath-er own stock in hell than in a brewery. He’ll receive the poor fellow after he’s debauched. The brewery takes aim in his innocence, de-bauches him and prepares him for hell.”

Oscar Wilde said on what happened when a person drinks: “After the first glass, you see

things as you wish they were. After the second, you see things as they are not. Finally, you see things as they really are, and that is the most horrible thing in the world.”

Historically, people drank alcohol when they could get it: as food, in place of fetid wa-ter; as relief from the misery of life; to chase after pleasure -- at births, weddings and festi-vals. Wine poured down the pagan hatch, Dio-nysian and Bacchanalian. Alcohol was not only acceptable, it was esteemed and revered.

Jesus Christ used wine as a miracle by transforming it from water; at the Last Supper, imbued it with the symbol of his blood. Wine in early history was often vinegary and drunk diluted with water.

As stated earlier, drinking and driving don’t mix. In the United States, a fatal accident, involving the lives of four young people, took place upon one of the country’s highways. The evidence that the liquor was the culprit was found in the broken whisky bottles among the debris and the mangled bodies of the four youthful victims.

The father of one of the girls was in deep anguish over the untimely death of his daugh-ter. He threatened to kill the one who had pro-vided the four young people with liquor, but upon going to the cupboard where he kept his supply of choice beverages, he found a note in his daughter’s handwriting: “Dad, we’re taking along some of your good liquor -- I know you won’t mind.”

“Alcohol may be man’s worst enemy, but the Bible says love your enemy,” so said Amer-ican singer and Oscar-winning actor Frank Sinatra.

HELLO to all Dabawenyos and Mind-anaoans! I am honored to be consid-ered by Edge Davao publisher Tony

Ajero to be part of this publication’s family of writers and columnists.

*** Davao City is not new to me as I grew up

here having studied at the Ateneo de Davao for my grade school and high school days. From kindergarten to my high school days, I now could recall the classmates closer to me – among them Joe Marfori, Tony Boy Floiren-do Jr., Binggoy Montemayor, Rey Chan, Hector Vasquez, Leo Victorio, Tito Sorongon, Jimmy Afable, to remember a few. Other Ateneans like Ray dela Paz, Lorenzo Sarmiento Jr., Al Almendras, Rey Hipolito are among those I could remember now. So you now know where my age bracket belongs.

*** My Ateneo teachers were the late Lourdes

Floresca (mom of Nilo Floresca) and Miss Corcuera. I stayed five months in Grade One and was accelerated to Grade Two. I was a sacristan those days and I serve the masses of the Jesuit priests at Ateneo in Jacinto after which I got the benefit of having free break-fast before classes.

***

I recall Tony Boy Floirendo Jr. bringing us almost every Sunday to Nen-ita Farms in Marapangi, To-ril and indulge in our Sunday lechon in their hog farm. All those happy days I could still recall and I hope to meet my other classmates and batch mates soon. So keep on reading my article here and you will also be updated as to what’s up in the Visayas in government, business, so-ciety and business opportunities.

*** For more than four decades, I had become

a resident of Bacolod City where I finished my college days at La Salle College Bacolod. When someone asks me if I am blue or green, I say I am blue and I am a graduate of Ateneo de LaSalle as I would joke.

*** Today I am proud that the new national

leader of our country is from Davao City. We

never had a leader in this country. We had our presidents, yes but now we have a leader.

*** During the Visayas campaign sorties

of President-elect Rody Duterte in Bacolod where he came three times, I am honored to say that a Dabawenyo in my person was ac-tively preparing the ground plans of his visits for approval by the advance and sortie teams. I was responsible to monitor his movement during his Bacolod visits and I was tasked to stand beside him and at the back of him al-ways when he moved about. I designed the program, prepared the facilities, anticipated the needs, and coordinated with security. Those tasks I am so honored for voluntarily doing them for the Leader.

*** Air travel is now made easy by Cebu Pa-

cific Air for its three weekly flights between Davao and Bacolod. It is worth noting that there are many Davao and Gensan residents who have roots from Bacolod and Iloilo. We call ourselves as Negrenses or Ilonggos. Ba-colod City is in Negros Occidental where the primary industry is sugar. Bacolod boasts of good food, just like Davao. The Visayas flavors include the delicacies and food like Batchoy, Pancit Molo, Fresh Lumpia, Chicken Inasal,

Lechon Baboy, Piaya, Napoleones, Pinasugbo, Biscocho, Chorizo, and the best of cakes.

*** Just the other weekend I had a gather-

ing of media faces and blogger friends as we hosted them for an elaborate dinner treat at VIKINGS LANANG at SM City Premiere in La-nang. I was there taking care of them being the PR guy for Provincial Stores of Vikings Luxury Buffet, the Largest Buffet Restaurant in the Philippines.

*** Taking that chance of my time, my media

team visited Davao’s Pride the 911 Center where I interviewed those men and women of 911. Awesome achievement of Mayor now President-elect Rody Duterte. Be around here as you join me in reading my article in this paper regularly. My email address – toots-jimenez@yahoo.com. You can friend me in Facebook if you wish.

*** This column greets energetic tourism guy

Art Boncato, Pagcor’s Mon Gochuico, hotelier Binggoy Montemayor, Butch Ramirez, Peter Tiu Lavina, Bong Go, Jun Evasco, Meloy Mer-cado, Cindy Enerio, Nilo Floresca, Tony Boy Floirendo Jr., Ray and Neneng dela Paz, and Vanessa Mabini.*

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Let’s drink to that!

Visayas here we come

CELSO “TOOTS” B. JIMENEZ JR.

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ue.Attendees to the thanks-

giving party have to undergo four tiers of security checks before getting into the venue to ensure smooth flow on June 4 event.

Dalisay said due to huge number of party goers, a total of 4,500 combined enforce-ment from the Davao City Po-lice Office, Davao City Central 911, Traffic Management Cen-ter, Philippine Drug Enforce-ment Agency, National Bureau of Investigation will ensure the security in the area.

This is twice the number of security personnel during the May 7 national anthem singing.

“Only the fourth level clos-est to the main event area will be manned by the personnel from the Presidential Securi-ty Guard (PSG),” Dalisay said in yesterday’s I-Speak Media Forum.

She said Duterte con-firmed his attendance in the event.

Dalisay said people at-tending the event will have to pass the stringiest security measure to ensure that the in-cident in the Close Up party in Pasy will not happen in Davao City.

“Men have to remove their shoes, while women and their undergarments will be also checked by female security personnel,” Dalisay said. “We just asked the cooperation of all participants.”

Backpacks and colored containers and cans will not be allowed inside the event area. Umbrellas, illegal drugs, and weapons are not also al-lowed, according to her.

Food will be made avail-able inside the area.

“We do not recommend bringing of food, but they do it should be placed inside a transparent container or else it will be questioned during the inspection,” Dalisay said, adding that vendors are not also allowed to sell outside the party area or along the diver-sion road to monitor the entry of food in the area

There will be 100 booths selling different food products, while there will be also water stations giving out free bottled water.

“We have received 48,000 donated bottled waters which will be distributed during the event,” she said.

On the traffic flow, she said truck drivers are advised to use the Maa road or down-town area as alternative route as heavy traffic is expected during the event.

“We have already placed traffic advisories for business owners and truck drivers in Buhangin and Diversion Road,” she said.

There will be a designated parking area near Crocodile park which can accommodate only to first 1,500 cars and motorcycles.

Parking will not be al-lowed along Diversion road, she added.

For commuters, she sug-gested the utilization of free rides provided by eight buses in SM City Davao and SM La-nang Premier.

The gate will be open as early as 6 a.m. but the event will start at 1 p.m. right after the medical mission and feed-ing program in People’s Park.

During the event, a total of 630 local artists like comedi-ans, singers, bands will be per-forming from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. while celebrity guests from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Party djs from Manila and Davao will also play party mu-sic from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.

For the medical mission and feeding program, she said organizers will be giving pri-ority numbers to first 1,000 patients from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.

“We will have 50 doctors and 50 nurses serving patients from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.,” she said. “There will be food packs distributed in the area. Hindi ito lugaw. There will be rice meals. It will be like a birthday party.”

Dalisay said Davao City’s baking organization has pre-pared a long table of desserts food for 3,000 people and it will be for free.

The DCPO said police and security forces will be de-ployed in strategic areas near and leading to the party venue.

Some 200,000 supporters in Davao and across Mindan-ao are expected to attend the party.

Dalisay said there are ex-pecting more, from 300,000 to even 500,000.

With the huge number of attendees, DCPO) spokesper-son Milgrace Driz said each party-goer will undergo a four-layer security check in-side the venue.

DCPO alone is deploying 2,000 uniformed and plain-clothes law enforcers in ad-dition to the Police Regional Office (PRO) 11, Task Force Davao, and the Army’s 10th Infantry Division.

Aside from the venue, po-lice will also be deployed in airport, seaports, terminals as lookout for suspected terror-ists.

Driz said stringent mea-sures normally observed during big events will be in place. As standard procedure, people will be prohibited to carry backpacks inside the venue. No drinks in canisters will be allowed and no deadly weapons.

Juice and drinking wa-ter must be kept in clear and transparent containers. Peo-ple will not be allowed to bring liquor inside the venue but al-coholic drinks will be for sale inside. Wearing of ball caps and pair of sunglasses are not also allowed.

She also reminded the public on the citywide prohi-bitions on smoking, selling of liquors beyond midnight, and selling these to minors.

PRO 11 spokesperson An-drea dela Cerna earlier said her office is coordinating with counterpart law enforcement agencies in the nearby mu-nicipalities to conduct check-points for vehicles entering Davao City.

All police units, she said, were directed to physically inspect all persons entering the city. (With a report from PNA)

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a legacy that we are producers of quality cacao beans and im-prove our efficiency by attain-ing the 2 kilogram yield per tree per year,” Banquerigo said.

Current yield only range between 0.5 to 1 kilogram(kg) only, he added. Current ca-cao production stands only at 10,000 to 12,000 metric tons (MT) from 20 to 25,000 hect-ares planted.

He said the present Phil-ippine production is not even enough to supply local grind-ing requirement estimated at 40,000MT, opting the country to become a net importer with trade imbalance increasing from 1990 to date.

Moreover, the world ca-cao grinding requirement in 2014 to 2015 was forecasted at 4.146 million metric tons (MT). Major grinders are

based in Europe and America at 39 percent and 22 percent, respectively with Asia Oceana at 23 percent and Africa at 16 percent.

Asia grinding requirement is already at 1 million metric tons, but only 0.5 million met-ric tons can be supplied and these are coming from Asean region.

Global sales of chocolate breached the US$100 billion mark in 2011 and are expected to hit US$147 billion in 2017.

The industry has so much to offer in uplifting the live of the farmer however develop-ment remains slow because of the bottlenecks in the industry.

Banquerigo said he will be attending various seminars this month which will focus on the development of the indus-try.

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facility at Bohol Island State University (BISU) was funded

by the university itself, DTI, Ja-pan International Cooperation Agency, and Department of Science and Technology. (PNA)

Immediately after the raid, President-elect Rodrigo R. Duterte called on the NPA to release Ongachen as soon as possible.

Duterte made the appeal during a press conference Tuesday night even as he hint-ed of personally negotiating for the safe release of the po-lice officer in the hinterlands of Davao Oriental in the coming days.

On Sunday evening, around 40 members of NPA attacked the Governor Gener-oso police station that resulted

to a three-hour firefight. It was only when the cops ran out of ammunition when the rebels were able to overrun the police station.

After the incident, police recovered two pick up vehicles and one Elf truck believed to be used by the rebels in staging the raid.

On Monday, Police Region-al Office 11 created a Special Investigation Task group to investigate the incident. PRO 11 wants to know if there are lapses on the part of the police that led to the abduction.

BMB and other authorities about sightings of these birds.

Community vigilance is essential in saving Philippine eagles, she noted.

“Our call is to continue ef-forts on conserving and pro-tecting the Philippine eagle,” she said.

According to BMB’s part-ner Philippine Eagle Founda-tion (PEF), such bird’s height of about a meter and wingspan of some two meters make this one of the world’s largest and most powerful eagles.

In its Red List, however, International Union for Con-servation of Nature classified the Philippine eagle as already critically endangered for hav-ing an “extremely small popu-lation.”

The list noted “extensive” deforestation in the country resulted in the Philippine eagle population’s “extremely rapid” decline in the past six decades.

PEF said shooting and trapping are also threats to Philippine eagles’ survival.

“At least one Philippine ea-gle is killed every year because of shooting,” PEF noted.

Through Proclamation 79, Series of 1999, then President Joseph Estrada declared June 4 to 10 of every year as PEW to help promote conservation and protection of Philippine eagles.

Such proclamation also urged all government agen-cies andinstrumentalities to conduct during PEW activities highlighting the Philippine ea-gle and its importance.

This year’s PEW celebra-tion is anchored on the theme “Saving eagles, protecting for-ests, securing our future: Stop the killings!”

Among activities BMB and its partners have lined up for

the celebration are a guided tour of Ninoy Aquino Parks and Wildlife Center, interactive sto-rytelling and a photo exhibit.

“Over the years, our na-tional bird remained persecut-ed by hunters - if this remains unabated, no young eagles would be around to replace old or ageing eagle populations and that will eventually lead to their extinction,” warned BMB.

BMB urged Filipinos na-tionwide to help protect Phil-ippine eagles from senseless killings.

Last year, scientists discov-ered the bullet-pierced carcass of a Philippine eagle named ‘Pamana.’

Authorities are investigat-ing the matter.

“We continue informing communities about impor-tance of Philippine eagles to help dissuade people from shooting and killing these birds,” Almeda said.

She said BMB also con-tinues coordinating with local government units (LGUs) con-cerned regarding such birds’ conservation and protection.

In 1995, then President Fidel V. Ramos issued Procla-mation 615 declaring the Phil-ippine eagle as the country’s national bird.

Aside from being a flagship species in Philippine wildlife conservation, he said the Phil-ippine eagleis a natural trea-sure found only in the Philip-pines.

The bird’s uniqueness, strength, power and love for freedom exemplifies the Filipi-no people, he noted.

He added the Philippine eagle offers “immense eco-logical,aesthetic, educational, historical, recreational and sci-entific value to the Philippines and Filipino people.” (PNA)

infra projects.” He said “we are looking

forward to the success of this roadshow in order for our peo-

ple to become more adept and efficient in the performance of our mandate.” -DPWH 11 pub-lic information office (PIO)

mga expression ng inyong pagmamahal at suporta sa Facebook, sa Twitter, sa Ins-tagram, maraming-maraming salamat po dahil iyan po ang nagpapalakas ng aming loob,” she added.

“Sa ngalan po ng aking pamilya, siyempre po pati ni Secretary Mar, gusto po nam-ing paabutan kayo ng aming buong-pusong pasasalamat at hindi niyo po kami iniwan sa laban mula noon hanggang ngayon at sana, pati na po sa darating na panahon,” she said.

Robredo’s three daugh-ters, Aika, Tricia and Jillian, were also present at the party.

In his speech, Roxas laud-ed his supporters for contin-uously wearing a yellow shirt and flashing the “Laban” sign.

“Itong dilaw, itong ‘Laban’ sign, hindi ko pag-aari, hindi kay Leni, hindi kay Noynoy. Ito ay pag-aari ninyong lahat, ng sambayanang Pilipino,” he said.

“Kaya natutuwa ako na sini-celebrate ninyo ang pag-suot ng dilaw, at ang ‘Laban’ sign dahil ibig sabihin engaged kayo, may malasakit kayo sa ating bansa, sa ating mga ka-

babayan, sa ating mga komuni-dad, sa ating kapwa. Hindi lang pansarili, hindi lang ako, pero sa lahat,” he added.

President Aquino, mean-while, showed his gratitude to LP supporters by serenading them.

He joined Roxas and sev-eral members of his Cabinet on stage, belting out their fa-vorite videoke songs, among them “Can’t Smile Without You,” “Awitin Mo, Isasayaw Ko,” “September,” “Buttercup,” and “Always Something There To Remind Me.”

The President also sang “The Impossible Dream,” the signature song of his late fa-ther, the late former Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr.

The crowd turned emo-tional when the song “Bayan Ko” was played.

Among the Cabinet mem-bers present were Budget Sec-retary Florencio Abad, Social Welfare Secretary Corazon Soliman, Public Works and Highways Secretary Rogelio Singson, Interior Secretary Mel Sarmiento, and former Justice Secretary, now Senator-elect Leila de Lima. (PNA)

Human Rights group has doc-umented 32 cases, out of the 200 arrests, to forcibly confess and sign documents admitting that they were ASG members.

For 15 years, more than 94 Moro prisoners have been awaiting the final decision of the local courts, whether to charge them with kidnapping

along with the real Abu Sayyaf men or to release them due to lack of evidence, Lidasan said.

She said that “through the amnesty program of [Duterte], justice would be rendered to the victims, which would also help the possible resolution of conflict in the Moro areas in Mindanao.” (PNA)

ommendees. I can assure you they are all men of integrity and honesty,” assured Duterte.

In choosing his Cabinet members, he cited a scripture of righteousness, saying, “I am reminded of the man holding a lamp during daytime. He was asked why are you bringing a lamp in the daylight when you can see everything? The man

said because I am looking for an honest man.”

He also assured the Filipi-nos and the Cabinet members that he will level the playing field by not interfering in their work. He emphasized that a Cabinet member is an alter ego of the president, so he must be one “who I can trust, who I’m confident to work with.” (PNA)

number of Lumad Leaders in Barangay Diatagon were killed by alleged paramilitary groups from the Manobo tribes which triggered a massive evacuation by residents not only from Dia-tagon but also from other baran-gays. In the years that passed, displacements had also been massive due to the skirmishes between rebel armed groups and government troupes.

This has urged Barangay Di-atagon to search for alternative

approaches by involving differ-ent stakeholders and conduct local peace processes to reduce violence if not to resolve the conflicts.

All Balay Mindanaw Awards winners received a cash prize and specially-made trophies handcrafted by Jojo Sescon, a veteran photojournalist and multi-awarded film maker from Mindanao. They also received Sky Hydrants, courtesy of Disas-ter Aid International.

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opens brandnew showroom

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China truck brand Shacmannow available in Mindanao

IT WAS A MOMENTOUS DAY FOR NELSON CHUA AND HIS FAMILY LAST MAY 19 WHEN THEY OPENED TO THE PUBLIC THE GOLDEN’S DYNASTY MOTORS BRAND NEW SHOWROOM IN LA-NANG, DAVAO CITY. Chua himself joined family members in welcoming friends and guests for the big event which marked the start of a business venture that will cater not only customers in Davao City but the rest of Mindanao as well as the Visayas region.

By CHARLES RAYMOND A. MAXEYPhotos by LEAN DAVAL JR.

Goldens Dynasty Mo-tors is the sole distribu-tor of Shacman, China’s No. 2 brand which sells imported dump trucks. Shacman products in-clude cement mixer and oil tanker and counts contractors, local govern-ment units and miners as their potential buyers.

The company is eye-ing Davao City, north and western Mindanao

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A cozy space for comfort food“MORE THAN JUST THE DELECTABLE FOOD, THE SERVICE WAS LIKE NO OTH-ER. As it was raining, the guard was quick to meet us with a huge umbrella to keep us dry. Overall, an excellent dining place whose prices do not break the bank,” said one satisfied cus-tomer.

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Another one wrote: “I can’t wait to try the rest of the menu. Not to the mention the cozy and well-lit space. (It has) a homey feel ambiance.” Both are referring to Caffé Antoccino, which is located at the ground floor of the Roseco Building in Guerrero Street in Davao City. It used to be known as James and Jay Bulaloan, whose specialty was that light colored soup made from beef shanks and marrow. But when one of the owners passed away, business was not that good anymore. A little over a year, it was ulti-mately closed. Then, Anthony “Tony” Uy saw the vacant area. He talk-ed with his wife, Diane, and decided to make it what it is now: Caffe’ Antoccino. “Actually, we wanted to name it after my mother but the Department of Trade and Industry that the name was already taken,” Tony recalled on how he got the name. “So, we went online looking for coffee names and stumbled on Caffe’ Antoccino. It kind of rhymes with my name and at the same time the abbre-viations are both my wife’s and mine’s, so we applied for it and the rest is history.” If you are looking for a great coffee, then Caffe’ An-toccino is the place to go. “We serve Italian coffee beans on our store front,” Tony said. “Even on our blended drinks, we don’t use other type of beans to preserve the quality and consistency, which I my-self would expect in a coffee shop.” According to Tony, they get their coffee from local suppliers who are consistent and dependable on their de-liveries. But coffee is the not only stuff they serve, but food-ies and cheese cakes, too. “While we were conducting our feasibility study,” Tony said, “we concluded that sell-ing coffee may be a good idea but it wouldn’t be enough since our space is a little big-ger than an average café, so we went ahead and added food entries into our menu.” Among the foodies, the bestsellers are the follow-

ing: Norwegian pink salmon steak, blue marlin steak, baby back ribs, chicken parmigia-na pasta, muchos nachos and pumpkin soup. “We often get groups of friends and families in our cafe so we offer a good sized, affordable appetizer that are appealing, regardless of their age and pallet,” Tony said. Take the case of muchos nachos. “They are tasty and crunchy, with seasoned ground beef, melted taco cheese, vegetables and ranch dressing. You will surely drool for more,” he pointed out. Another is the clubhouse fingers: “Healthy, whole wheat bread with ham, egg and dressings, together with fries on the side, this sand-wich entry will surely be enough to share for merienda or snack.” A must: beef short ribs with olive and orange sauce. “Carefully selected beef short ribs cooked with spices and herbs, this entry is sumptu-ous enough to satisfy your craving for a heavy meal,” Tony said. He added: “We always try to serve the best natural in-gredients we can find in the market, even if we have to ship them from outside of the country. We want to give the very best to our customers. We care for the health of our customers as well.” For cheese cakes, they have twelve flavors: Oreo, NY brulee, salted caramel, green tea pistachio, chocoholic Oreo, Bailey’s cream, nut butter, strawberry walnut, wild berry, chocolate chip, chocolate mousse and choco vanilla swirl. “These are all baked, made with the finest ingredients without any pre-servatives or extenders. We don’t mix them with flour; no whipped cream and no gela-tin added,” Tony said. He further explained: “We emphasize on the flavor on each of our cheesecake. We baked and gauged them per-sonally; we produce each cheesecake with certainty that it will never be too sweet than its flavor.” Aside from cheese cakes,

Text and Photos by Henrylito D. Tacio

Beef short ribs. The Uy couple with cheese cakes.

Outside Caffe Antoccino.Cold coffee concoction.Muchos nachos.

Seafood marinara.

they also offer pastry maca-damia pie. “It is made with almond crust, organic coco sugar and whole macadamia nuts,” he said. It is also a best-seller which is often brought to Manila and other parts of Mindanao. Caffe’ Antoccino opened last year yet. And people who have been to the place are coming. “Good compliments from new and returning cus-tomers are what make us to become better,” Tony said. “Friendly comments and re-minders from them make us learn and grow every day.

The satisfaction of our cus-tomers once they enter the Caffe is very important to us.” It was actually the idea of his wife of coming to have a café-cum-restaurant. His wife Diane has a Bachelor of Business degree with market-ing major from the Ateneo de Davao University. Tony, on the other hand, has a bach-elor’s degree in nursing and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Phoenix in the United States. Tony spent seven years in the US then came home in

mid-2004. He met his future wife when she worked with his sister in a bank. “And things worked out from there,” he said. The couple has two handsome kids. Tony is thinking of living in Davao City for good. “I was born here and my fam-ily plants to retire here, too,” he admitted. “So, yes, I am considering that awesome choice. Plus, Davao City is the best city in the Philip-pines and I wouldn’t replace that privilege of being born and living here.” Now, are you planning of

going to Caffe’ Antoccino soon? Here are some ideas. On weekdays, lunch and dinner are busy mostly from students and those coming from offices. On weekends, family and friends dine to get together. Tony credits his wife for keeping the business going. “She is just awesome and re-gardless of how hard it is to start this type of business from scratch, she always has the positive attitude to strive for more customer satisfac-tion,” Tony said of his beauti-ful wife.

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KAPUSO STAR ANDREA TORRES CERTAINLY HAS A LOT TO CELEBRATE as she marked her birthday this May. The young actress, who recently turned 26, already boasts an impressive list of projects both locally and abroad, including an international TV mini-series, Fight for Love, co-produced by GMA Network and CTN, Cambodia’s leading television network. She has played lead roles in successful afternoon series such as With A Smile and Ang Lihim ni Annasandra, while entertaining viewers with hilarious skits on the country’s longest running gag show Bubble Gang. These days, Kapuso viewers see Andrea in The Millionaire’s Wife, which airs worldwide on GMA’s flagship international channel GMA Pinoy TV. She portrays Louisa Ignacio, a single mother who works as a private nurse and ends up marrying her rich, elderly ward

played by veteran actor Robert Arevalo, in order to give her son a better life. As she turns a year older, Andrea h o p e s , “ Tu l o y - t u l o y lang ang work [work is continuous], tuloy-tuloy lang ang blessings [the blessings keep coming], and more positivity in my life.” With an ongoing

series, Andrea is sure to be busy as she will also head to Qatar to entertain her fellow Filipinos at Kalinangan 2016 which will be held at the Sheraton Grand Resort & Convention Hotel in Doha on June 3. Kalinangan 2016 is a celebration of the 118th Philippine Independence Day

and is spearheaded by the United Filipino Organizations Qatar (UFOQ) in partnership with the Philippine Embassy in Qatar. The event’s media sponsors are GMA Network’s international channels GMA Pinoy TV, GMA Life TV, and GMA News TV International, which have recently been launched in

KAPUSO STARS LOUISE DE LOS REYES AND JUANCHO TRIVIÑO TOP BILL THIS SATURDAY’S EPISODE OF WAGAS featuring the love story of newly-wed couple Japoy Lizardo at Janice Lagman. Japoy is one of the famous taekwondo champions in the country. The sport also became the means for Japoy and Janice’s friendship to develop into love. The two met in 2000. Japoy was already a taekwondo champion then, while Janice was just starting to learn the sport. A competition in Korea will create a spark between them and after 12 years of being friends, Japoy and Janice found themselves falling for each other. One of the many things that challenged their relationship was when Japoy was disqualified from the World Championship due to a major injury. In spite of everything, Japoy would find strength in Janice, who would whole-heartedly take care of him. According to Japoy, he already knew he wanted to spend the

rest of his life with Janice the very first time he told him he love her. And last May 8, the two taekwondo players exchange vows in Tagaytay City as husband

and wife. Watch Louise and Juancho as Japoy and Janice on Wagas this Saturday (June 4), 7 p.m. on GMA News TV.

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Andrea Torres celebrates 26

Louise de Los Reyes, Juancho Triviño on Wagas this Saturday

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Qatar via leading pay TV Network OSN, and are available through their Pinoy Plus Extra Package. The Kapuso audience in Qatar can expect a striking performance from Andrea in the GMA-OSN segment. Meanwhile, the day’s

activities will also showcase colorful cultural presentations of traditional music and dances, trade fairs, talent competitions, and a car show. A one-stop shop for embassy services will also be set up for overseas Filipino workers and migrants.

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GENSAN PARTNER ESTABLISHMENTas its target market. With the opening of the showroom, Gold-ens Dynasty Motors initially imported 37 units. Two of these units have already been sold out to a buy-er in Tacloban.

And, unlike its Manila counterpart, Goldens Dynasty Mo-tors is not only an im-porter and distributor of Shacman units, but also a dealer of these trucks.

Goldens Dynasty Motors is also plan-ning to penetrate the Visayas market by opening another showroom in the re-gion.

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Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Transportation

and CommunicationLAND TRANSPORTATION

FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARDRegional Office No. XI

Davao City

Petition for Renewal of a Certificate of Public Convenience to operate aPUJ DUAL Ordinary Regular Service

Case No. 2001-XI-01082

CHARITO D. PANGAN,Petitioner

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NOTICE OF HEARING

Petitioner is a grantee of a Certificate of Public Conve-nience issued in this case au-thorizing the operation of an PUJ-DUAL Ordinary Regular Service on the route: BARA-CATAN and for cargoes as dual service from said route to any point in Region XI with the use of ONE (1) unit, which certifi-cate will expire on August 29, 2016. In the petition filed on May 19,2016, petitioner re-quests authority to extend the validity of said certificate to operate along the same route with the use of the same unit previously authorized.

NOTICE, is hereby given that this petition will be heard by this Board on JUNE 22, 2016 at 09:30 a.m. at this office at the above address.

At least, TEN (10) days prior to the above date petitioner shall publish this Notice once in a one (1) daily newspaper of general circulation in Min-danao

Parties opposed to the grant-ing of the petition must file their written opposition sup-ported by documentary evi-dence on or before the above date furnishing a copy of the same to the petitioner, and may if they so, desire appear on said date and time.

This petition will be acted upon by this Board on the ba-sis of its records and the doc-umentary evidence submitted by the parties, unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence.

WITNESS the Honorable TERESITA DELA PEÑA-YÑI-GUEZ , Officer In-charge this 20th day of May 2016 at Davao City.

EDGAR CRISANTO R. VIOLAN

Administrative Officer V

Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Transportation

and CommunicationLAND TRANSPORTATION

FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARDRegional Office No. XI

Davao City

Petition for Renewal of a Certificate of Public Convenience to operate a PUJ DUAL Ordinary Regular Service

Case No. 2001-XI-01834

FELICISIMO C. TORRES,Petitioner

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NOTICE OF HEARING

Petitioner is a grantee of a Certificate of Public Con-venience issued in this case authorizing the operation of a PUJ-DUAL Ordinary Regu-lar Service on the route: BU-HANGIN VIA DACUDAO AVE-NUE and for cargoes as dual service from said route to any point in Region XI with the use of ONE (1) unit, which certif-icate will expire on July 24, 2016. In the petition filed on May 19, 2016, petitioner re-quests authority to extend the validity of said certificate to operate along the same route with the use of the same unit previously authorized.

NOTICE, is hereby given that this petition will be heard by this Board on JUNE 22, 2016 at 09:50 a.m. at this office at the above address.

At least, TEN (10) days pri-or to the above date petitioner shall publish this Notice once in a one (1) daily newspaper of general circulation in Mind-anao

Parties opposed to the grant-ing of the petition must file their written opposition sup-ported by documentary evi-dence on or before the above date furnishing a copy of the same to the petitioner, and may if they so, desire appear on said date and time.

This petition will be acted upon by this Board on the ba-sis of its records and the doc-umentary evidence submitted by the parties, unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence.

WITNESS the Honorable TERESITA DELA PEÑA-YÑI-GUEZ , Officer In-charge this 20th day of May 2016 at Davao City.

EDGAR CRISANTO R. VIOLAN Administrative Officer V

THE Davao Chapter of LTB Philippines Chefs Association relaunches

the biggest and most presti-gious culinary event in Mind-anao - the DAVAO CULINARY CUP 2016 powered by the PHILIPPINE CULINARY CUP (PCC) on June 16-18, 2016 at SM Lanang Premier Atrium, Davao City, to be held simul-taneously with WOFEX MIN-DANAO (World Food Expo).

This event is in partner-ship with LTB Philippines Chefs Association, the pre-mier chefs association in the Philippines and a member of the World Association of Chefs Societies (WACS), the Pastry Alliance of the Philip-pines (PAP), World Food Expo (WOFEX), SM Lanang Pre-mier, Del Monte Philippines, Inc., Department of Tourism and the City Tourism Office

of Davao. This culinary event will once again showcase the culinary skills and expertise of professionals and students in Mindanao.

This years’ cup is an off-shoot of the huge success of the Mindanao Culinary Cup held June 2015 also at the SMX Lanang Atrium spear-headed by the Davao Tourism Association (DATA) President Sally San Jose.

To continually propagate the culinary excellence and professionalism in Mindan-ao, Chef Sally San Jose vowed to continue this endeavor this time making it the first venture of the newly orga-nized LTB Philippines Chefs Association making it as the Davao Chapter of which she also heads as President and dubbed the event as the Davao Culinary Cup 2016. .

Participants and audience are invited to join including Chefs, Executive Chefs, Sous Chefs, Pastry Chefs, HRM and Culinary students, Culinary School Educators, Hotel and Restaurant Professionals and Owners, Caterers, Cake Art-ists, Food and Beverage Of-ficers and food enthusiasts, as well as the general public from Davao and the other parts of Mindanao.

For more details please contact the Event Organizer Clipboard Events and Multi-media Productions with mo-bile numbers 0922-8630932 or 0939-8065383 or send email to davaoculinarycup@gmail.com. or check the website www.davaoculi-narycup.wix.com/davao or facebook account https://www.facebook.com/DavaoC-ulinaryCup.

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Chef Penk Ching Tan, Chef James Antolin, Chef Buddy Trinidad, Chef Jackie Ang Po and Chef Don Basilio were among the Chefs during last years Mindanao Culinary Fest and will now be back in Davao from

June 16-18, 2016 at SMX Lanang Premier, this time for the First 2016 Davao Culinary Cup powered by the 2016 Philippine Culinary Cup organized by the Davao Chapter of LTB Philippines Chefs Association.

From foster child to gov’t internBehind her smile and

enthusiastic demeanor lie some misgivings of

the past. She is Joan Enopre, 18, one of the students who availed the Government In-ternship Program (GIP) un-der the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) this year.

Incoming third year under the course Bachelor of Science in Social Work at Holy Cross of Davao College, Joan is one stu-dent who strives hard to stay in school and meet her school needs as well.

“Bag-o ko na-GIP, usa ko ka working student in a fast-food chain duol sa eskwelahan namo. Kini ang nakatabang sa ako nga makasustento ko sa akong pag eskwela (Before I got the GIP slot, I was a work-ing student in a fast food chain near in our school. This work kept me in school),” Enopre said.

Enopre manages her time wisely. She participates in school extracurricular activi-ties and is also active in chapel activities.

Early challenges

At an early age of six, Eno-pre became a foster child. She was declared a foundling child at two months old, rescued from a road side in Babak, Is-land Garden City of Samal.

She was nurtured and cared for by Elisa Cabrera, 70, a widow with six children of Brgy. Bucana, Davao City.

Foster care is the provi-sion of planned temporary substitute parental care to a child by a foster family duly licensed by DSWD.

“Blessed ko kay naa koy inahan karon nga nag atiman, nagpadako sa akoa nga murag tinuod na anak. Bisan sa iyang edad karon dili na niya kaya mu-trabaho, ginatabangan nako siya aron dili siya malis-dan sa akoa (I am so blessed because I have a mother who looked after me and raised me like her own child. At her age now, she is physically weak to work. I am helping her so she won’t be burdened with me),” Enopre gratefully shared.

Enopre was abused by her Japanese foster parents who took custody of her prior to Cabrera.

“Naningkamot jud ko

karon, wala na nako gina isip ang mga ni-agi na. Basta ang ako karon mabuhi ko og ma-ka-eskwela (I am really work-ing hard now and I refrain from thinking of what hap-pened in the past. My aim is to survive and be able to attend school).”

She dreams of becoming a licensed social worker so that she can share her knowledge to children like her and relate her life struggles to them.

“Pasalamat ko ani nga pro-gram kay nagahatag sila og opportunity sa mga bata nga homeless ug nanginahanglan og gugma sa pamilya. Gusto ko i-share sa ila kung ma so-cial worker ko nga instead nga i-hate ang kinabuhi, maning-kamot ug mag succeed (I am thankful for this program that gives opportunity to homeless children who need the love of a family. I want to share with them when I become a social worker that instead of hating life, they should work hard and aim to succeed).”

GIP stint

At DSWD, Enopre was assigned under the Adoption

Resource and Referral Section of the Protective Services Unit.

“My GIP days were mem-orable. No matter how hard or difficult my task was, I was able to do it because the employees and other interns were sup-portive and cooperative.”

“I learned to deal with dif-ferent people and work profes-sionally. I also learned to value obedience as a public servant.”

GIP is one of the services offered to young people under the Unlad Kabataan Program (UKP) of DSWD. UKP focuses on total development of dis-advantaged youth in terms of spiritual, economic, physical, psychological, cultural and so-cial.

GIP is part of government’s efforts to strengthen youth par-ticipation in nation-building by exposing them to government service and capacitating them on life skills. It also serves as recruitment mechanism for potential public employees, on top of providing financial assis-tance for school enrolment.

This year, 80 GIP youth participants completed the 22-day summer internship with DSWD. (DSWD)

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COMMUNITY SENSE

GOAT PRODUCTION. 20 Pantawid Pamilya program participants of Sitio Kahusayan, Manuel Guianga, Tugbok District, Davao City receive a pair of goats to start their livelihood on community driven goat production. The Pantawid Pamilya and Sustainable Livelihood programs of DSWD are

poverty alleviation initiatives aiming to improve the socio-economic status of poorest families and help them become self-sufficient. To date, there are 264,371 Pantawid households in the region who are being accessed to livelihood opportunities. (DSWD)

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CBPM Form D 1-2KALAHI-CIDSS NATIONAL COMMUNITY DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

Office of the Barangay Sub-Project Management CommitteeBarangay: Tapia

Municipality: MontevistaProvince: Compostela Valley

INVITATION TO BIDFOR WORKS CONTRACT

Date: May 31, 2016

The community of Barangay Tapia, through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) invites interested contractors to apply for eligibility and to bid for the following project that received assistance from the DSWD KALAHI-CIDSS National Community Driven Development Project (KC-NCDDP).

Name of Community Project: Construction of Potable Water System Level IILocation: Purok 6, Barangay Tapia, Montevista, Compostela Valley ProvinceProject Description: Improvement Of 1 Unit Intake Box , Construction Of 1 Unit Ground Reservoir , Submersible Pump , Electrical Installation , Pump House

, 3,177 Li. M Pipelines And 21 Units Faucet Stand

Interested bidders are requested to submit their offered price for the contract indicated below: Items No. Items of Work/Description of Work

CONSTRUCTION OF POTABLE WATER SYSTEM LEVEL IIQty Unit Unit Cost Total

I. INTAKE BOX (Improvement) 1.00 UNIT II. CISTERN TANK 21 cu.m 1.00 UNITIII. GROUND RESERVOIR 27 cu.m 1.00 UNITIV. SUBMERSIBLE PUMP & AMMENTIES 1.00 UNITV. ELECTRICPOWER INST’N 1.00 LOTVI. PUMP HOUSE 1.00 UNITVII. PIPELINES AND FITTING INSTALLATION 3,177.00 LN.MVIII CONSTRUCTION OF FAUCET STAND 1.00 UNITS

SPL ITEM I MATERIAL TESTING 1.00 LOT-------------Nothing Follows--------------

TOTAL PAmount in Words:

Prospective bidders should have experience in undertaking a similar project within the last 5 years with an amount of at least 50% of the proposed project for bidding. The Eligibility Check/Screening as well as the Preliminary Examination of Bids shall use non-discretionary “pass/fail” criteria. Post-qualification of the lowest calculated bid shall be conducted.

We will only accept an offered price that is fixed and is not subject to any adjustment. Bid shall be valid for a period of sixty (60) days from the date of submission.

Bidding documents may be obtained from the Barangay Sub-Project Management Committee (C/BSPMC) Office starting June 1, 2016.

A pre-bid conference will be held at the Barangay Hall on June 7, 2016 at 8:00am.

The bid shall include the following documents:

• Valid license issue by the Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board (PCAB)• Statement of all on-going and completed government and private contracts• Statement on the availability of key personnel and equipment• Bid security in the form of Cash, cashier’s check, manager’s check, bank draft, or bank guarantee equivalent to two percent (2%) of the bid price or a Bid

Securing declaration;• Authority of the signatory• Construction Schedule and S Curve• Manpower Schedule and organizational chart• Construction Methods• List of key personnel for the project• List of key equipment for the project• Bill of Quantities in the Bid Form• Other document required in the instruction to bidders (if any)

All bids must be received on June 14, 2016 and will be opened in public in the presence of bidders’ representatives who choose to attend at the following address:

KALAHI CIDSS-NCDDPBarangay Community Project Management Committee

Barangay HallBarangay Tapia, Municipality of Montevista

Province of Compostela Valley

The community reserves the right to reject any bid or waive any defect or formality. The lowest calculated and responsive bid shall be used as the criterion in the selection of the contractor. The community will not reimburse any expenses related to the preparation of bids.

(Sgd.) MONESSA M. MANABITChairperson, Barangay Community Project Management Committee

Date of Publication/Posting:JUNE 1-3, 2016

CDD-123: FormCBPM Form D 1-2

KALAHI-CIDSS NATIONAL COMMUNITY DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT PROJECTOffice of the Barangay Sub-Project Management Committee

Barangay: PROSPERIDADMunicipality: MONTEVISTA

Province: COMPOSTELA VALLEY

INVITATION TO BIDFOR WORKS CONTRACT

(For Advertisement, Posting and Personal Delivery)Date: May 31, 2016

The community of Barangay Prosperidad, through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) invites interested contractors to apply for eligibility and to bid for the following project that received assistance from the DSWD KALAHI-CIDSS National Community Driven Development Project (KC-NCDDP).

Name of Community Project: CONSTRUCTION OF POTABLE WATER SYSTEM LEVEL IILocation: SITIO LINOBAGAN, PUROK 4, BARANGAY PROSPERIDAD MONTEVISTA COMPOSTELA VALLEYProject Description: CONSTRUCTION OF 1 UNIT INTAKE BOX, 1 UNIT CISTERN TANK , 1 UNIT GROUND RESERVOIR , SUBMERSIBLE PUMP ,

ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION , PUMP HOUSE , 7,010 LI. M PIPELINES AND 15 UNITS FAUCET STAND

Interested bidders are requested to submit their offered price for the contract indicated below: Items No. Items of Work/Description of Work

CONSTRUCTION OF POTABLE WATER SYSTEM LEVEL IIQty Unit Unit Cost Total

I INTAKE BOX 1.00 UNITII CISTERN TANK 21 cu.m 1.00 UNITIII GROUND RESERVOIR 27 cu.m 1.00 UNITIV SUBMERSIBLE PUMP & AMMENITIES 1.00 UNITV ELECTRICAL POWER INSTALLATION 1.00 LOTVI PUMP HOSE 1.00 UNITVII PIPELINES AND FITTINGS INSTALLATION 7,010.00 LN.MVIII CONSTRUCTION OF FAUCET STAND 15.00 UNITS

SPL ITEM MATERIAL TESTING 1.00 LOT-------------Nothing Follows--------------

TOTAL PAmount in Words:

Prospective bidders should have experience in undertaking a similar project within the last 5 years with an amount of at least 50% of the proposed project for bidding. The Eligibility Check/Screening as well as the Preliminary Examination of Bids shall use non-discretionary “pass/fail” criteria. Post-qualification of the lowest calculated bid shall be conducted.

We will only accept an offered price that is fixed and is not subject to any adjustment. Bid shall be valid for a period of sixty (60) days from the date of submission.

Bidding documents may be obtained from the Barangay Sub-Project Management Committee (C/BSPMC) Office starting June 1, 2016.

A pre-bid conference will be held at the Barangay Hall on June 7, 2016 at 8:00am.

The bid shall include the following documents:

• Valid license issue by the Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board (PCAB)• Statement of all on-going and completed government and private contracts• Statement on the availability of key personnel and equipment• Bid security in the form of Cash, cashier’s check, manager’s check, bank draft, or bank guarantee equivalent to two percent (2%) of the bid price or a Bid

Securing declaration;• Authority of the signatory• Construction Schedule and S Curve• Manpower Schedule and organizational chart• Construction Methods• List of key personnel for the project• List of key equipment for the project• Bill of Quantities in the Bid Form• Other document required in the instruction to bidders (if any)

All bids must be received on June 14, 2016 and will be opened in public in the presence of bidders’ representatives who choose to attend at the following address:

KALAHI CIDSS-NCDDPBarangay Community Project Management Committee

Barangay HallBarangay Prosperidad, Municipality of Montevista

Province of Compostela Valley

The community reserves the right to reject any bid or waive any defect or formality. The lowest calculated and responsive bid shall be used as the criterion in the selection of the contractor. The community will not reimburse any expenses related to the preparation of bids.

(Sgd) NEIL J. AUSTRIAChairperson, Barangay Community Project Management Committee

Date of Publication/Posting: June 1-3, 2016

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CDD-123: FormCBPM Form D 1-2

KALAHI-CIDSS NATIONAL COMMUNITY DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT PROJECTOffice of the Barangay Sub-Project Management Committee

Barangay: LEBANONMunicipality: MONTEVISTA

Province: COMPOSTELA VALLEY

INVITATION TO BIDFOR WORKS CONTRACT

Date: MAY 31, 2016

The community of Barangay Lebanon, through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) invites interested contractors to apply for eligibility and to bid for the following project that received assistance from the DSWD KALAHI-CIDSS National Community Driven Development Project (KC-NCDDP).

Name of Community Project: CONCRETING OF 160 LINEAR METER COMMUNITY ACCESS ROADLocation: PUROK 4, LEBANON MONTEVISTA COMPOSTELA VALLEY PROVINCEProject Description: CONCRETING OF 160 LINEAR METER (0.2 m x 3.5m x 160m PCCP) WITH 0.20m THICK

AGGREGATE BASE COURSE AND 0.20m THICK AGGREGATE SUB-BASE COURSE, 1.5 m SHOULDER WIDTH AND 5 in.m. RCPC

Interested bidders are requested to submit their offered price for the contract indicated below: Items No. Items of Work/Description of Work Qty Unit Unit Cost Total

ITEM 101 CLEARING AND GRUBBNG 800.00 Sq.mITEM 102 EXCAVATION 164.80 Cu.mITEM 104 EMBANKMENT 156.00 Cu.mITEM 105 SUBGRADE PREPARATION 800.00 Sq.mITEM 200 AGGREGATE SUB-BASE COURSE 160.00 Cu.mITEM 201 AGGREGATE BASE COURSE 160.00 Cu.mITEM 311 PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE PAVEMENT 112.00 Cu.mITEM 500 REINFORCED CONCRETE PIPE CULVERT 910 mm, CLASS A 5.00 li.m

-------------NOTHING FOLLOWS---------------TOTAL PAmount in Words:

Prospective bidders should have experience in undertaking a similar project within the last 5 years with an amount of at least 50% of the proposed project for bidding. The Eligibility Check/Screening as well as the Preliminary Examination of Bids shall use non-discretionary “pass/fail” criteria. Post-qualification of the lowest calculated bid shall be conducted.

We will only accept an offered price that is fixed and is not subject to any adjustment. Bid shall be valid for a period of sixty (60) days from the date of submission.

Bidding documents may be obtained from the Barangay Sub-Project Management Committee (C/BSPMC) Office starting June 1, 2016.

A pre-bid conference will be held at the Barangay Hall on JUNE 7, 2016 at 1:00 IN THE AFTERNOON.

The bid shall include the following documents:

• Valid license issue by the Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board (PCAB)• Statement of all on-going and completed government and private contracts• Statement on the availability of key personnel and equipment• Bid security in the form of Cash, cashier’s check, manager’s check, bank draft, or bank guarantee equivalent to two percent (2%) of the bid price or a Bid

Securing declaration;• Authority of the signatory• Construction Schedule and S Curve• Manpower Schedule and organizational chart• Construction Methods• List of key personnel for the project• List of key equipment for the project• Bill of Quantities in the Bid Form• Other document required in the instruction to bidders (if any)

All bids must be received on JUNE 14, 2016 and will be opened in public in the presence of bidders’ representatives who choose to attend at the following address:

KALAHI CIDSS-NCDDPBarangay Community Project Management Committee

Barangay HallBarangay LEBANON, Municipality of MONTEVISTA

Province of COMPOSTELA VALLEY

The community reserves the right to reject any bid or waive any defect or formality. The lowest calculated and responsive bid shall be used as the criterion in the selection of the contractor. The community will not reimburse any expenses related to the preparation of bids.

(Sgd.)CESAR V. DEGAMOChairperson, Barangay Community Project Management Committee

Date of Publication/Posting: JUNE 1-3, 2016

AT the recently-con-cluded Philippine Electric Vehicle

Summit, there were no-ticeable displays of elec-tric vehicle products of new foreign companies who wish to get a slice of the 1.2 million strong tricycle market in the Philippines.

Rommel Juan, president of the Electric Vehicle Associ-ation of the Philippines said that these new foreign EV players must have realized that a target of just 10 percent of the market or 120,000 reg-ular tricycles for replacement by ETrikes would still be a substantial market over the next few years.

“Recognizing the potential of the domestic tricycle mar-ket, we have noticed that more and more foreign EV players are now entering the market, catalyzing our plan of becom-ing the EV hub of Asia”, he adds. “We at EVAP have always made it our major thrust to in-vite more foreign players into the country, not only to get foreign investments but also to gain more technical knowl-edge and uplift the standards of EVs in the country”.

First is Hongkong-based Kyto Green Technologies. Kyto was founded by Grayson

R i c h - ards who originally came from the aerospace industry and then moved into automotive de-sign. Together with John Ben-nett, Kyto managing director who has a vast experience in the auto industry, they de-signed and developed a new ETrike specifically for the Phil-ippine market.

The four-seater ETrike is beautifully designed with a tubular frame and thermo-formed plastic body panels for a lighter overall weight but without compromising strength and structural integ-rity. The sporty, yellow-col-ored Kyto ETrike made a lot of heads turn at the EV Summit. It promises to be the fresh, new look that the industry is looking for.

N e x t is Prime-G r e e n P o w e r and Tech-

n o l o g y

I n c . This Ku-wait-based company has facil-ities in Clark Industrial Zone in Pampanga. It imports compo-nents from its sister company in China and then assembles its ETrikes in the Philippines. Wilson Varghese, PrimeGreen president and CEO says that they have different EV models to suit the different needs of the end users.

The third company SunE-trike is run by Canada natives Clayton Gray and Phil Gray, Director for Marketing. Their business model includes set-ting up dealerships selling complete ETrike systems, in-cluding a battery charging sys-tem that uses solar energy. It is a complete sustainable energy loop that gets its energy from a clean source such as solar then

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MOTORING4 Foreign E-Trike firmsenter PHL market

AS PART of the Depart-ment of Energy (DoE)’s drive to expand the Phil-

ippine Energy Standards and Labeling Program (PESLP), they partnered up with the country’s leading oil company, Petron, in the first-ever Euro 4 fuel economy run.

With support from the Chamber of Automotive Man-ufacturers of the Philippines (CAMPI) and the Association of Vehicle Importers and Dis-tributors (AVID), 70 vehicles flagged off at the Petron Clark Station in Angeles City as part of this fuel efficiency bench-marking run. Out of the total number of vehicles, 38 ran us-ing Petron XCS Euro 4 while 32 ran Petron Turbo Diesel Euro 4.

The vehicles were then subjected to a 300-kilometer drive on the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX) and the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX). The car manufacturers also fielded in their own driver and navigator teams with an independent observer riding along to en-sure that guidelines were com-plied with.

For this run, the following

brands participated:Asiabrands Motors Corpo-

ration (Mahindra)Automobile Central Enter-

prise, Inc. (Volkswagen)Bayan Automotive Indus-

tries Corporation (BAIC)Berjaya Auto Philippines

(Mazda)British United Automo-

biles, Inc. (MINI)Columbian Autocar Corpo-

ration (Kia)Eurobrands Distributor,

Inc. (Peugeot)Ford Group PhilippinesHonda Cars Philippines,

Inc.Hyundai Asia Resources,

Inc.Isuzu Philippines Corpo-

rationMitsubishi Motors Philip-

pines CorporationMotor Image Pilipinas, Inc.

(Subaru)Nissan Philippines, Inc.PGA Cars, Inc. (Audi /

Porsche)Pilipinas Taj Autogroup,

Inc. (Tata)Suzuki Philippines, Inc.The Covenant Car Compa-

ny, Inc. (Chevrolet)Toyota Motor Philippines

Corporation

United Asia Automotive Group, Inc. (Foton)

Volvo PhilippinesPetron was the first oil

company to locally produce a full line-up of gasoline variants that meet Euro 4 standards, six months ahead of the govern-ment mandate requiring all fu-els sold in the country to meet the Philippine Euro 4 standard by January 2016. This Clean Air initiative sets allowable sulfur content for gasoline and diesel fuels at 50 parts per mil-lion (ppm), which is 10-times cleaner than previous Euro 2 fuels.

As a fuel innovator, Petron has also specially formulated its Euro 4 fuels with advanced additives to deliver TriActiv benefits, namely: (1) better engine protection for longer engine life; (2) better mileage for longer drives; and (3) bet-ter power. Petron’s line up of Euro 4 TriActiv fuels are avail-able at all 2,200 Petron service stations nationwide.

The official fuel efficiency ratings will be presented by the DOE to car company exec-utives on June 14 at the Makati Diamond Hotel, at a gala night hosted by Petron Corporation.

DOE holds benchmarning fuel runn

uses it for clean transport such as ETrikes.

Last but not the least is Singapore-based Clean Air Transport Solutions (CATS) headed by British national Mr. Robin Hughes. CATS not only introduced its three-wheel-er ETrikes but also its four-wheeler models intended for EJeepney and UV Express shuttle applications.

They will also offer fast charging and battery swap-ping arrangements. Also avail-able are an air conditioning option for the four-wheeler variants and a ceiling fan op-tion for the three-wheeler variants. CATS boldly pro-claims that they will never re-charge their batteries where there is a risk of depleting the grid capacity needed to meet domestic or industrial power needs.

Juan adds that these four new foreign companies have seen the potential of the Phil-ippines for electric vehicles and have committed not only to do business in the country but to help in the protection of the environment as well.

NO amount of rain or hail can stop Sub-aru and its perfor-

mance division, STI, from scoring a back-to-back class win at what’s dubbed the most grueling race in the world: the Nürbur-gring 24-Hour Race.

Thanks to the team-work from its trio of driv-ers, Carlo van Dam (Neth-erlands), Marcel Lasée (Germany), and Hideki Ya-

mauchi, the No. 106 Suba-ru WRX STI NBR Challenge 2016 crossed the finish line ahead of the Audi TT.

En route to the win, the specially prepared Subaru WRX STI completed 121 laps (3,070 kilometers) in 24 hours. This marks the ninth consecutive year of STI’s participation in the race and its 4th win in the SP3T class following its victory last year.

Subaru STI wins atNürburgring 24-hour race

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NATIONAL coach Tab Baldwin wel-comed the loom-

ing return to the original Gilas Pilipinas program, which will see the coun-try’s top amateurs pick up the cudgels for the national team in lieu of their pro counterparts.

The Samahang Basket-bol ng Pilipinas (SBP) is set to make the shift in the wake of Fiba changing its calen-dar where national teams will be made to play home-and-away qualifiers instead of a single competition in the run-up to the 2019 Fiba World Cup in China.

The switch has cast doubt on the availability of PBA players for the qualifiers beginning in 2017, prompt-ing the return to the old pro-gram.

“I think that it’s nec-essary,” Baldwin said after

practice on Wednes-day. “The Fiba cal-endar is not going to allow for any other approach, at least any other quality approach.”

“I think that we really don’t have many options,” he added. “I think that because of the new Fiba competition format for qualification, play-ers are just not going to be available, so this is the most ideal solution that there is when you look around. This is the best option.”

Baldwin, however, said he is keeping his focus on the task at hand – the upcoming Olympic Qualifying Tourna-ment in July, which will most likely be the last time a group of professional players will be representing Gilas in an international competition.

“I think that we’re a long way from defining exactly what that program will look

l i k e a n d

exa c t -ly who

will be in i t , ” the nation-al coach said.

Kiefer Ravena, Mac Belo, and Kevin Ferrer lead the list of amateur stars expected to be in the future pool.

Still, Baldwin expressed hope that some pro players can squeeze in some nation-al duty in the middle of a PBA season when they’re called upon.

“I still have a funny feel-ing that when it comes time to play games that you (will) see some mixture of PBA players and cadets,” Baldwin smiled. “I could be wrong. We may have that, we may not have access to that. But if we don’t, then those young boys better grow up pretty fast.” █

CAFEFRANCE begins its defense of the Founda-tion Cup title against

Topstar ZC Mindanao Agui-las as PBA D-League action opens on Thursday at the Ynares Sports Arena.

The Bakers won over Hapee last year but lost in the Aspirants Cup finals to Phoe-nix Petroleum.

Head coach Egay Maca-raya said his wards are eager to make up for the loss last conference.

“We can’t wait to get back to the court,” said Macaraya.

The Bakers will have an intact line-up that with the core of Centro Escolar Uni-versity team as well as veter-ans Carl Bryan Cruz and Paul Zamar.

The Bakers take on the Aguilas, who have acquired

JR Cawaling and Robin Rono.

Tanduay battles AMA Online Education in the second game at 4 p.m.

The Rhum Mas-ters are looking to sustain their Aspi-rants Cup perfor-mance when they reached the semifinal round.

“After making the semis and failing to advance fur-ther in the previous confer-ence, I’m pretty sure that it’s just logical for us to aspire to hurdle that phase this time around,” said Tanduay coach Lawrence Chongson.

Gelo Alolino and Louie Vigil are the new additions in the Rhum Masters, who have also retained Rudy Linggan-ay and Val Acuna.

PROFESSIONAL box-ers can compete at the Olympics in Rio de Janei-

ro, if they qualify.An overwhelming vote by

the sport’s governing body, known as Aiba, on Wednes-day allows any boxer to try to qualify next month and earn selection for their national team. But Aiba’s plan has been criticized across the profes-sional ranks as a move toward dangerous mismatches be-tween established boxers and inexperienced amateurs.

“At the moment it is diffi-cult to anticipate (how many), but there will be some who want to get qualification,” Aiba president CK Wu said after a special meeting of member

federations.Although Manny Pac-

quiao had been slated to be a superstar attraction in Rio, he decided last week to focus on his political career after being elected a senator in the Philip-pines.

Of 88 federations who came to Lausanne for the single-issue meeting, 84 ap-proved the rule change less

than 10 weeks before the first bouts in Rio. The other four members abstained, AIBA said.

A total of 26 entry places can be earned at an Olympic qualifying tournament in Ven-ezuela next month, Aiba said.

Though few pros are likely to make the Rio lineup at such short notice, the longer term aim is letting paid fighters

know they should target the Tokyo Olympics in 2020.

“These are milestones for Tokyo. This is what is happen-ing now,” Netherlands feder-ation president Boris van der Vorst said.

Wu has consistently pushed to extend AIBA’s influ-ence over professional boxing, and already relaxed rules to al-low paid fighters to compete at the Olympics.

In 2013, eligibility for Rio was given to boxers who are signed to Aiba-run profession-al tournaments.

Aiba spokesman Nico-las Jomard rejected the idea that pro fighters would domi-nate the amateurs, saying the amateurs benefit from their

quickness and the three-round format, a view espoused last week by former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson.

“Aiba boxers have gone through a stringent qualifica-tion,” Jomard said. “So they’re the best around. A lot of them have already sparred with some of these professionals. So the disparity of level, the boys against men tonality, is a mis-judgment. All the talk of dis-parity of level is just not true.”

It is unclear how many professional fighters would be attracted by an Olympic tour-nament — fighting up to five times over two weeks and go-ing unpaid.

Some would also likely not meet the demands of already

being in a testing regime with their national federation ap-proved by the World Anti-Do-ing Agency.

“We know some of them have been but we can’t tell exactly how many,” said Wu, ruling out awarding wild-card entries to high-profile names.

Wu defended Aiba’s dop-ing record, which has been criticized for little or no out-of-competition testing since the 2012 London Olym-pics.

“We have tremendous change, a lot of effort,” Wu said, adding that all boxers in Rio would comply with WADA testing standards ahead of the games. “These people have to be subjected to the full testing.”

AIBA opens boxing to pros in Rio

Murray in semis vs Wawrinka

EN T E R -TAINING as his French Open

quarterfinal might have been, Andy Murray hard-ly enjoyed the experi-ence.

‘’When you’re out there,’’ Murray said, ‘’I personally find it quite stressful.’’

You don’t say?Yelling at his entourage

and muttering to himself, the No. 2-seeded Murray al-ternated between brilliant and bad for the better part of two sets while dealing with a French opponent and a parti-san crowd Wednesday, before righting things to beat No. 9 Richard Gasquet 5-7, 7-6 (3), 6-0, 6-2 and reach his fourth semifinal at Roland Garros.

‘’I thought I did well, for the most part, in a tough atmosphere,’’ said Murray, whose next opponent is defending champion Stan Wawrinka, a 6-2, 6-1, 7-6 (7) winner against 55th-ranked Albert Ramos-Vinolas.

Murray had a much tough-er time. He led 5-2 in each of the first two sets and got bro-ken while serving for both at 5-3. Then he trailed 3-1 in the second-set tiebreaker, a criti-cal moment.

‘’Had I won the second

set,’’ Gasquet lamented later, ‘’it would have been a totally different match.’’

He didn’t, of course. Af-ter Murray’s ace made it 3-2, Gasquet got to a drop shot and wound up for what should have been an easy one-hand-ed backhand, his signature shot. The ball clipped the

net tape, though, allowing Murray a putaway for a winner.

That, basically, was that.

Hoping to see

Gasquet become the first

Frenchman to hoist the trophy since Yannick Noah in 1983, spectators urged him on with choruses of ‘’Ree-shard!’’ They even loved a tre-mendous point Gasquet lost, when he wound up flat on his back, leaving his arms, legs, shirt, socks and shoes caked with the rust-colored dirt.

Murray’s white hat was smudged with clay, too. His entire being was smothered with angst.

He pointed at his temple. He screamed, ‘’Hit it! Just hit it!’’ He looked up the folks in his guest box, including coach Jamie Delgado, and shouted various complaints, mostly craving more feedback.

Now he can regroup Thursday, when the quar-terfinals in the top half of the men’s draw will be played: No. 1 Novak Djokovic against No. 7 Tomas Berdych, and No. 12 David Goffin against No. 13 Dominic Thiem. Their fourth-round matches began Tues-day and finished Wednesday.

Because of showers, zero points were played Monday, and only about 2 hours’ worth were contested Tuesday. All the rain tightened the sched-ule to the point that players will compete several days in a row to get to the final, instead

of enjoying a major’s usual off-days.

With more wet weather in the forecast, the prospect of completing the tournament by Sunday is iffy.

Aiming to win his fourth consecutive major trophy and complete a career Grand Slam, Djokovic continued his charm offensive with the fans after a 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 7-5 victory over No. 14 Roberto Bautista Agut, cajoling a ball boy to join him

in bowing, then don-ning a floppy yel-

low hat.Later, the

first women’s s e m i f i n a l m a t c h u p was estab-l i s h e d , with No.

4 G a r b i n e Mugu- ruza ending the surprising run of 108th-ranked American Shelby Rogers 7-5, 6-3, and 2011 U.S. Open champion Sam Stosur eliminating Tsvetana Pironko-va of Bulgaria 6-4, 7-6 (6).

And in fourth-round matches originally slated for Monday, No. 9 Venus Williams lost, while her sister, No. 1 Ser-ena, won.

With the temperature around 60 degrees (16 de-grees Celsius), Venus warmed up in a zipped-up gray coat, something that seemed more appropriate for winter wear. She came up short in a bid to get to the quarterfinals at Ro-land Garros for the first time in a decade, dropping eight games in a row during a 6-2, 6-4 loss to No. 8 Timea Bac-sinszky.

Venus slipped to her knees at the baseline on one point and produced only six winners, compared to 24 un-forced errors.

‘’The first few games she made some errors,’’ Williams said, ‘’and in the last 12 games, I made all the errors.’’

Bacsinszky will play 58th-ranked Kiki Bertens, whose first Grand Slam quarterfinal came via a 7-6 (4), 6-3 victory over No. 15 Madison Keys. █

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WHO CAN STOP CURRY?16 EDGEDAVAOSports

LEBRON James has al-ready felt the stinging spray from the Splash

Brothers in the NBA Finals.When league MVP Ste-

phen Curry and trigger-happy Golden State teammate Klay Thompson are knocking down 3-pointers from 30 feet, swish-ing contested jumpers over taller players and destroying defenses designed to stop them, the only option is pray they miss.

“Some of those shots,” James said. “There’s nothing you can do about it.”

As the Cavaliers, consider-ably healthier than they were a year ago, prepare to take on the 73-win Warriors in the finals again, they know their chances of ending Cleveland’s 52-year championship drought hinge on how well they defend Curry, Thompson & Co.

Stopping the Warriors is impossible. Slowing them isn’t.

“They shoot the ball ex-tremely well,” James said be-fore the team left for California and Game One on Thursday (Friday, Manila time). “Klay and Steph are probably the two

greatest shooters that we’ve probably ever seen. Better of-fense beats great defense any day. So we have to be able to do other things to stop them, but it’s hard to contain them.

“We all know that. The whole league knows that. Our team knows that. But we have a game plan and we have to fol-low it and be true to it.”

Although they won’t admit it publicly, the Cavs have been eyeing a rematch with the War-riors since losing to them in six games last year.

James back then was vir-tually on his own after Kevin Love separated his left shoul-der in the first round and Kyrie Irving shattered his left knee-cap in Game One of the finals. James did everything possible, averaging 35.8 points, 13.3 re-bounds and 8.8 assists — an unprecedented finals stat line — but it wasn’t enough. The Warriors had too much ball movement, athleticism and depth.

While fans, the league office and TV executives clamored for a Curry-James rematch, the Cavs claim they

were ready for any opponent.“It didn’t matter,” said

James, appearing in his sixth straight finals. “Like Coach (Tyronn) Lue said, we’re just waiting on the winner. We’re fortunate to be here and we look forward to the challenge. It’s an unbelievable team that we’re going against. Hats off.”

This time around, the Cavs have comparable talent.

That won’t matter, though, if they don’t defend.

C u r -ry appears back to nor-mal after dealing with a knee injury earlier in the postseason, and Thomp-son made a postseason-record 11 3-pointers and scored 41 in Game Six of the Western Con-ference finals. The Warriors erased a 3-1 deficit to end Oklahoma City’s season and set up Golden State vs. Cleve-land, the sequel.

Irving will likely be matched up with Curry. But it won’t fall solely on him to check the game’s

purest shooter.J.R. Smith has been Cleve-

land’s best defender all season, and at 6-foot-6, his size could give Curry, generously listed as 6-3, some trouble. Matthew Dellavedova tena-ciously hound-ed Curry in last

Focus on Steph as Game 1 of NBA Finals begins todayyear’s finals until he exhaust-ed himself and wound up hospitalized. James, t o o ,

will guard Curry in certain situations.

LeBron James will surely face Steph Curry, but the primary

defender on the MVP will likely be JR Smith and Kyrie

Irving. AP