The National Union of Students of the Philip-pines (NUSP) us strong-

ly appealing to City Mayor Sara Duterte to reconsider her support of the merging of four State Universities and Colleges

(SUC) in the Davao region.The Commission on higher

education conducted an advo-

cacy forum Friday (November 9) regarding the National De-velopment Roadmap on Re-

constructing of the Philippine higher education Institutions wherein the discussion on the implementation of DRSUS was emphasized.

The Aquino government is

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The mayor supports merging to “improve the quality of education”.

FDAVAO, 11

Dynasties: Slammed, defendedFDYNASTIES, 11

DAbAweNyoS have dif-ferent views on polit-ical dynasties being

practiced by some influential families in the country.

Former Gov. Jose Cabal-

lero of Compostela Valley agrees that a law on the mat-ter should be enacted, but this cannot restrict qualified and potential good leaders.

“I agree that a law be en-

acted to define the parame-ters. It is not bad per se. we cannot curtail the right of any member of a family, especial-ly if qualified and a potential good leader. but the strictest

qualification is needed for candidates, including their mental frame,” he said.

Rolly Pellingon, business-man, said there is nothing

UNVEILED. Dabawenyos troop to witness the unveiling and lighting ceremony of SM City Davao’s Christmas tree at the Annex Friday afternoon. SM City Davao’s theme for this year is Christmas in Paradise. [LEAN DAVAL JR.]

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FONCE, 11

PolICe and military authorities are help-ing one another to

expedite the investigation and filing of cases against those involved in the am-bush that killed four sol-diers in barangay Mapula, Paquibato District last No-vember 4.

Superintendent John-son Almazan, chief of the Investigation and Detec-tion Management Service of the Davao City Police office said their operatives are working closely with the military in filing mur-der charges against the killers.

he said police investi-gation shows that the reb-

els acted on orders of their commanders given their own leadership hierarchy, thus the rebel leader will be included in the com-plaint.

Paquibato is the known lair of rebel leader leoncio Pitao, alias Kumander Par-ago of the Pulang bagani Command 1 of the New People’s Army.

Almazan said com-plaints against the rebel leader in Paquibato have been piling up about ha-rassments perpetrated by the rebel movement against residents and soldiers.

“They can be literally covered by the arrest war-rants due to the complaints

filed against them,” he said.Almazan said the am-

bush warrants the filing of murder charges, especial-ly that the soldiers were unarmed and performing a legitimate errand when killed. Privates First Class Ahian Vir Dolero, Marvin lauronal, Noel Sigan and Private Marcelo himaya were mowed down by their assailants as they returned to camp from buying goods in Panabo City on board three motorcycles.

The victims, all mem-bers of the 60th Infantry battalion were in civilian attire and unarmed when gunned down by more or less ten armed men.

Charges readied against Paquibato ambush suspects

The bureau of In-ternal Revenue (bIR) padlocked

last Thursday a hardware store for under declara-tion of sales.

bIR Region 19 region-al director Glen Gerald-ino said they closed the Davao Datan hardware located at the Atlantic ex-port bldg. corner of Sta. Ana Ave. and lizada St., Davao City.

bIR records show the store had under-declared their sales in 2010 and 2011, valued at P59 mil-lion.

The establishment also had no cash register and cash machine. The

store accepts payments manually which is in vi-olation of bIR rules and regulations.

Geraldino said the store was placed under surveillance for 11 days before it was finally pad-locked. The store, how-ever, has been given five days to pay five percent of the total P59 million un-der declared sales equiva-lent to the amount of P7.1 million.

The store will only be allowed to operate anew provided it complies with the five percent payment and upon correction of other violations, such as the acquisition of cash

register and machine.Geraldino added that

next week, about three stores are due for closure for similar violations, but declined to name them pending the actual im-plementation of the bIR order.

he said bIR’s oplan Kandado will continue to curb the number of tax violators in the country to improve government’s tax revenues.

The bIR’s RR No. 19 here, in its 2012 Priority Programs, has targeted to achieve its P10.2-billion revenue goal this year. [PNA]

BIR padlocks hardware store

STAKEHOLDERS. Mayor Vicente D. Orencia of Gov. Generoso, Davao Oriental (rightmost) addresses the guests and beneficiaries of the Department of Social Welfare and Development’s poverty reduction pro-grams – KALAHI-CIDSS and the Sustainable Livelihood Program during a one day Stakeholders’ Visit in Barangay Pundaguitan, Gov. Generoso, Davao Oriental Thursday afternoon. Also in the photo are Lt. Col.

Francisco F. Lorenzo, chief of the 28th Infantry Battalion (leftmost), Yvette T. Sunga, Department of Interior and Local Government acting local government operations officer (2nd from left) and Brgy. Captain Gerald F. Arquiza of Brgy. Pundaguitan. [LEAN DAVAL JR.]

The Davao City Police office is urging the public to be more

vigilant this coming yule-tide season which may see a hike in criminal activities.

Police Senior Superin-tendent Ronald dela Rosa said they are focusing on the proliferation of coun-terfeit money.

he said the circulation of counterfeit bills will in-crease with the coming season when people will want to ndulge in shop-ping, assing that last No-vember 1 police in Toril district are handling a case involving fake P500 bills used to buy balloons.

The police chief said that criminals are particu-larly active at this time of the year looking for oppor-tunities to take advantage of stealing from, or holding up, people in the streets coming from their Christ-mas shopping.

Police urge heightened vigilance

STARTUP. Tina Amper of TechTalks.ph (left) gives out the details of the first-ever Startup Weekend Davao while Emmanuel Alpha Sicam of the Philippine College of Technology listens during a press conference at PCT Friday afternoon. [LEAN DAVAL JR.]

AUThoRITIeS raid-ed a marijuana plantation Thurs-

day in a remote village of Magpet, North Cotabato, leading to the arrest of two persons, a police of-

ficial said.Sr. Insp. Sunny leon-

cito, Magpet police chief, said they uprooted at least 450 marijuana plants in barangay Sal-ab, following a tip from

village officials.Nabbed in the mar-

ijuana plantation was caretaker, John Paul Art-inero, 20, a farmer, who admitted during inter-

Anti-marijuana drive up in NorthCot

The Department of health (Doh) in Region 12 (Soccsk-

sargen) is set to launch a massive advocacy and information campaign in various parts of the region against the use of firecrackers during the Christmas season. Dr. Marilyn Convocar, Doh Region 12 director, said they have started their preparations for the campaign, which is mainly aimed at reducing cases of firecracker and firework injuries in the area during the Christmas and New year revelries.

She said they are coordinating with lo-cal government health offices and rural health units in the region for

the launching of the campaign.

Region 12 covers the provinces of South Co-tabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani, North Cotaba-to and the cities of Gen-eral Santos, Koronadal, Tacurong, Kidapawan and Cotabato.

“As early as now, we’re already making the necessary preparations, especially the formula-tion of strategies to make our campaign more effective,” she said in a radio interview.

The Doh launched “Aksyon: Paputok Injury Reduction” or APIR in December last year to highlight its cam-paign against the use of firecrackers and fire-works towards a safe

holiday celebration.The campaign re-

iterates the Doh’s oplan Iwas Pap-utok that was started in 1994 to monitor the use of firecrackers, par-ticularly from December 21 to January 4, to minimize the morbid-ity and mortality from firecracker and firework injuries.

In South Cotabato, lo-cal health personnel are also planning to launch their campaign much earlier.

Dr. Rogelio Aturdido, South Cotabato health officer, said they are currently preparing the distribution of infor-mation and education materials for the cam-

Campaign readied against firecrackers in Region 12

Operation Kandado

Once more, with feeling

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A forum on the power situation in Mind-anao is slated in Ma-

laybalay City on Novem-ber 21, organized by the bukidnon Kaamu-lan Chamber of Com-merce and Indus-try, Inc. (bKCCII) as part of its one-day gener-al membership meeting.

Roderico bioco, bK-CCII president, said Friday it’s high time to involve the local busi-ness community in the electric power issue confronting Mindanao.

“It is a critical and se-rious issue confronting us now,” bioco said in a text message.

The bKCCII, organized in July this year, lined up seven presentations delving on the topic “Mindanao power sec-tor situation, program, projects and activities to address the power crisis in Mindanao.”

Invited to give presen-tations to the forum were energy Undersecretary Jose layug; energy Regu-latory Commission exec-

utive director Francisco Saturnino C. Juan; Rudy brioso, vice president for Mindanao of the National Power Corpora-tion; engr. eugene bicar, head of the Mindanao Systems operations of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines; Maria The-resa Alegrio, communi-ty relations manager of STeAG State Pow-er Inc; and Fr. Pedro walpole, chair of the environmental Science for Social Change.

lourdes ellen N, Ki-onisala, Cagayan de oro board of Investments officer in-charge, is ex-pected to give a pre-sentation on fiscal incentives for alternative and renewable energy projects.

Alegrio, who is also the president of the Cagay-an de oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation (CDoCCIF), will present the “Trends and Thrusts of business Development in Northern Mindanao.”

Bukidnon businessmen convening forum on electric power situation

SARANGANI Gover-nor Migs Domin-guez has urged hos-

pital personnel to “care” and not merely “serve” patients during the inau-guration of a provincial government-run hospital here.

“Kalinga” (care) was the best that any hospi-tal personnel could of-fer to the patients, the governor stressed. he explained that in merely serving sometimes “we lose our passion”.

Further, he chal-lenged Mayor Reynaldo Constantino and Dr. Cyn-thia Guevarra, chief of hospital, and the rest of the hospital staff to make the new hospital inau-gurated on Monday (No-vember 5) as the “best municipal hospital in Re-gion 12”.

The hospital looks spick and span and was said to be the most mod-ern among the province’s hospitals in the munici-palities. but Dominguez said “ang pagsasabi ng top 1 to be the best ay hindi dahil sa maganda ang building.”

“Tamang kalinga mula sa bawat empleyado,” the governor said, would make the hospital as the best in the region.

The Department of health-funded municipal hospital in Malungon is among dozens of health facilities being built or rehabilitated across the

province by the Doh and provincial government.

The infrastructure and equipment cost of the Malungon Munici-pal hospital was broken down into P1,035,000 for equipment and P11,656,000 for the building. The new build-ing has a 10-bed capaci-ty upgradable to 25 beds and was annexed to the old hospital building.

The hospital was funded under the health Facility enhancement Program which upgrades and rehabilitates pub-lic health facilities in line with the Doh’s goal of providing Universal health Care in partner-ship with the local gov-ernment units.

As the Malungon mu-nicipal hospital is Phil-health accredited, Dr. Guevarra hoped for more Philhealth members to benefit from the hospital.

The main facilities added in the upgrad-ed hospital were three wards, four nurses’ and doctors’ quarters, a ra-diology room and a di-etary room.

Doh representative Rey Santella said the completion of the project was a result of the col-laborative effort of the community, end users, the Doh, and the local government units. [Jen-ny Rose de Guzman/SA-RANGANI INFoRMATIoN oFFICe]

‘Caring’ hospital in Sarangani opens

UP to P1.2 billion worth of infrastruc-ture projects under

the Department of Public works and highways have been completed in District 1 of Davao del Norte be-tween 2010 and July 2012.

“The infrastructure projects are spread in six local government units in the province including Tagum City, San Isidro, Kapalong, Talaingod and Panabo,” First District Representative Antonio del Rosario said Thursday during the Kapihan sa Ka-pitolyo held at the Provin-cial Government Center.

Del Rosario has point-ed out two flagship proj-ects still being developed including the two main highways from Asun-cion-San Isidro-laak and

from Davao del Norte-Kapalong-bukidnon.

while his focus is on the completion of the var-ious construction projects in the province, he said that he has up to 31 house bills pending in Con-gress, most of which are health-related.

he said his District is lucky because of the many infrastructure projects approved by the national government for imple-mentation.

Del Rosario’s office is set to release a publi-cation containing all the infrastructure projects completed and ongoing in the District from the time he was elected into office in 2010 up to the present.[lovely Carillo/ PIA Davao Norte]`

P1.2 billion infra in six DavNor towns

Far-flung locali-ties particularlysi-tios and puroks in the

first district of Davao del Norte will soon be lighted up as the National elec-trification Administration (NeA) will release before the yearend the P30 mil-lion funds allotted for elec-trification projects.

house Representative Antonio Rafael G. del Ro-sario of the First District of Davao del Norte revealed during last Thursday’s Ka-pihan sa Kapitolyo saying that NeA Administrator editha bueno called her two weeks ago telling of the ready release of the funds.

“I also talked to DANe-Co NeA manager here and he’s telling me that they’re going to follow it up in Ma-nila,” he said in an separate interview after the Kapihan.

Though he could not offhand count the num-ber of areas to be illumed through his project, Del Rosario said five towns of District I (Kapalong, Asun-cion, New Corella, Talain-god and San Isidro) will be getting a share of the elec-trification funding.

Among the recipient towns, Talaingod which lies at the border of bukid-non and Davao del Norte, will be receiving a bulk share of P9 million.

Meanwhile, Del Rosa-rio revealed that Davao del Norte and Compostela are the only provinces in the countries where rural elec-trification projects have yet to take off due to on-going rift between the Davao del Norte Cooperative (DANe-Co) Cooperative Develop-ment Authority and DANe-Co NeA group.

DANeCo covers the en-tire province of Composte-la Valley and of Davao del Norte except for the Pana-bo City and Sto. Tomas.

“Few months ago, I was told that other provinces were already 90 percent in their electrification proj-ects. It could be that they

have already completed their projects by now,” he told the media after the Ka-pihan.

having known of the persisting rift between DANeCo-NeA and DANe-Co CDA groups, Del Rosa-rio said he will talking to agencies at the national office as his way of finding possible solution to the problem.

but offhand, he said the legal entity has the right to collect electric bill pay-ment which has become a point of confusion among electric consumers in Davao del Norte as they are in quandary as to where to pay their electric bills.

NEA has P30-million to power DavNor rural brgys--Anthony

GUEST. Davao de Norte 1st District Rep. Anthony G. del Rosario was the guest speaker at the recent Kapihan sa Kapitolyo. Also in photo are hosts Ms. Aurora Lozada and Mr. Lunesito Gorgonio.

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A forum on the power situation in Mind-anao is slated in Ma-

laybalay City on Novem-ber 21, organized by the bukidnon Kaamu-lan Chamber of Com-merce and Indus-try, Inc. (bKCCII) as part of its one-day gener-al membership meeting.

Roderico bioco, bK-CCII president, said Friday it’s high time to involve the local busi-ness community in the electric power issue confronting Mindanao.

“It is a critical and se-rious issue confronting us now,” bioco said in a text message.

The bKCCII, organized in July this year, lined up seven presentations delving on the topic “Mindanao power sec-tor situation, program, projects and activities to address the power crisis in Mindanao.”

Invited to give presen-tations to the forum were energy Undersecretary Jose layug; energy Regu-latory Commission exec-

utive director Francisco Saturnino C. Juan; Rudy brioso, vice president for Mindanao of the National Power Corpora-tion; engr. eugene bicar, head of the Mindanao Systems operations of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines; Maria The-resa Alegrio, communi-ty relations manager of STeAG State Pow-er Inc; and Fr. Pedro walpole, chair of the environmental Science for Social Change.

lourdes ellen N, Ki-onisala, Cagayan de oro board of Investments officer in-charge, is ex-pected to give a pre-sentation on fiscal incentives for alternative and renewable energy projects.

Alegrio, who is also the president of the Cagay-an de oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation (CDoCCIF), will present the “Trends and Thrusts of business Development in Northern Mindanao.”

Bukidnon businessmen convening forum on electric power situation

SARANGANI Gover-nor Migs Domin-guez has urged hos-

pital personnel to “care” and not merely “serve” patients during the inau-guration of a provincial government-run hospital here.

“Kalinga” (care) was the best that any hospi-tal personnel could of-fer to the patients, the governor stressed. he explained that in merely serving sometimes “we lose our passion”.

Further, he chal-lenged Mayor Reynaldo Constantino and Dr. Cyn-thia Guevarra, chief of hospital, and the rest of the hospital staff to make the new hospital inau-gurated on Monday (No-vember 5) as the “best municipal hospital in Re-gion 12”.

The hospital looks spick and span and was said to be the most mod-ern among the province’s hospitals in the munici-palities. but Dominguez said “ang pagsasabi ng top 1 to be the best ay hindi dahil sa maganda ang building.”

“Tamang kalinga mula sa bawat empleyado,” the governor said, would make the hospital as the best in the region.

The Department of health-funded municipal hospital in Malungon is among dozens of health facilities being built or rehabilitated across the

province by the Doh and provincial government.

The infrastructure and equipment cost of the Malungon Munici-pal hospital was broken down into P1,035,000 for equipment and P11,656,000 for the building. The new build-ing has a 10-bed capaci-ty upgradable to 25 beds and was annexed to the old hospital building.

The hospital was funded under the health Facility enhancement Program which upgrades and rehabilitates pub-lic health facilities in line with the Doh’s goal of providing Universal health Care in partner-ship with the local gov-ernment units.

As the Malungon mu-nicipal hospital is Phil-health accredited, Dr. Guevarra hoped for more Philhealth members to benefit from the hospital.

The main facilities added in the upgrad-ed hospital were three wards, four nurses’ and doctors’ quarters, a ra-diology room and a di-etary room.

Doh representative Rey Santella said the completion of the project was a result of the col-laborative effort of the community, end users, the Doh, and the local government units. [Jen-ny Rose de Guzman/SA-RANGANI INFoRMATIoN oFFICe]

‘Caring’ hospital in Sarangani opens

UP to P1.2 billion worth of infrastruc-ture projects under

the Department of Public works and highways have been completed in District 1 of Davao del Norte be-tween 2010 and July 2012.

“The infrastructure projects are spread in six local government units in the province including Tagum City, San Isidro, Kapalong, Talaingod and Panabo,” First District Representative Antonio del Rosario said Thursday during the Kapihan sa Ka-pitolyo held at the Provin-cial Government Center.

Del Rosario has point-ed out two flagship proj-ects still being developed including the two main highways from Asun-cion-San Isidro-laak and

from Davao del Norte-Kapalong-bukidnon.

while his focus is on the completion of the var-ious construction projects in the province, he said that he has up to 31 house bills pending in Con-gress, most of which are health-related.

he said his District is lucky because of the many infrastructure projects approved by the national government for imple-mentation.

Del Rosario’s office is set to release a publi-cation containing all the infrastructure projects completed and ongoing in the District from the time he was elected into office in 2010 up to the present.[lovely Carillo/ PIA Davao Norte]`

P1.2 billion infra in six DavNor towns

Far-flung locali-ties particularlysi-tios and puroks in the

first district of Davao del Norte will soon be lighted up as the National elec-trification Administration (NeA) will release before the yearend the P30 mil-lion funds allotted for elec-trification projects.

house Representative Antonio Rafael G. del Ro-sario of the First District of Davao del Norte revealed during last Thursday’s Ka-pihan sa Kapitolyo saying that NeA Administrator editha bueno called her two weeks ago telling of the ready release of the funds.

“I also talked to DANe-Co NeA manager here and he’s telling me that they’re going to follow it up in Ma-nila,” he said in an separate interview after the Kapihan.

Though he could not offhand count the num-ber of areas to be illumed through his project, Del Rosario said five towns of District I (Kapalong, Asun-cion, New Corella, Talain-god and San Isidro) will be getting a share of the elec-trification funding.

Among the recipient towns, Talaingod which lies at the border of bukid-non and Davao del Norte, will be receiving a bulk share of P9 million.

Meanwhile, Del Rosa-rio revealed that Davao del Norte and Compostela are the only provinces in the countries where rural elec-trification projects have yet to take off due to on-going rift between the Davao del Norte Cooperative (DANe-Co) Cooperative Develop-ment Authority and DANe-Co NeA group.

DANeCo covers the en-tire province of Composte-la Valley and of Davao del Norte except for the Pana-bo City and Sto. Tomas.

“Few months ago, I was told that other provinces were already 90 percent in their electrification proj-ects. It could be that they

have already completed their projects by now,” he told the media after the Ka-pihan.

having known of the persisting rift between DANeCo-NeA and DANe-Co CDA groups, Del Rosa-rio said he will talking to agencies at the national office as his way of finding possible solution to the problem.

but offhand, he said the legal entity has the right to collect electric bill pay-ment which has become a point of confusion among electric consumers in Davao del Norte as they are in quandary as to where to pay their electric bills.

NEA has P30-million to power DavNor rural brgys--Anthony

GUEST. Davao de Norte 1st District Rep. Anthony G. del Rosario was the guest speaker at the recent Kapihan sa Kapitolyo. Also in photo are hosts Ms. Aurora Lozada and Mr. Lunesito Gorgonio.

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eN V I R o N M e N T watchdog Green-peace Southeast

Asia is encouraging more people nationwide to join its network of ocean de-fenders so they can help make a difference in sav-ing the Philippines’ ma-rine environment from further degradation.

”we’re inviting peo-ple who can participate in activities aimed at sav-ing our seas,” said Green-peace oceans campaigner Vince Cinches.

he noted such activi-ties can include petition-ing action for protecting Philippine marine waters, disseminating informa-tion on ocean-related is-sues, planting mangroves, reporting environmental crimes and practicing sol-id waste management.

Greenpeace said par-ties can sign up at www.defendouroceans.org to be registered as ocean de-fenders.

Filipina model and ac-

tress Angel Aquino earlier joined to be an ocean de-fender, Greenpeace said.

Cinches noted sign-ing up will be timely as Greenpeace earlier decid-ed to launch in the Philip-pines this year its inter-national campaign to save and protect the marine environment.

he noted the cam-paign will be particularly significant for archipe-lagic Philippines where Greenpeace continues monitoring destruction of the marine environment and loss of resources there.

”our seas are in crisis,” he said.

Among evidence of such crisis is decline in mangrove cover from some 400,000 hectares to only around 140,000 hectares, he noted.

Citing available data, he also said only about five percent of Philippine coral reefs are still in good condition.

Greenpeace seeks more ocean defenders

FRESHLY CAUGHT. A fisherman is seen showing off the different freshly caught fishes he is selling at a fish landing area in Nangan, Gov. Generoso, Davao Oriental Thursday afternoon. [LEAN DAVAL JR.]

IN light of November being National Rice Awareness Month, Sen-

ator loren legarda reiter-ated her call for 100 per-cent rice self-sufficiency through public awareness and government incentives and support.

“Irrigation, high-yield seeds and modern post-harvest facilities are badly needed if the Phil-ippines is to achieve 100 percent rice sufficiency. by providing incentives and support, the government

would entice more Filipino farmers who had shifted to high-value crops to plant rice anew,” she explained.

“This National Rice Awareness Month, we should look into provid-ing farmers post-harvest equipment and facilities like threshers and grain dryers in order to reduce their production cost and lessen grain losses,” she said.

legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Cli-mate Change, also said that

the scarcity of rice supply is being made worse by climatic factors like pro-longed dry spell and, on the opposite side, floods, which is why attention must be paid to climate re-silience in farming regions.

“Crop yield potential is estimated to decline by 19% in Asia toward the end of the century and rice yield in the Philip-pines would decline by 75%. These alarming fig-ures alone tell us that the country’s agricultural ad-

aptation program must ensure more invest-ments in agricultural re-search and infrastructure, improved water gover-nance and land use pol-icies, better forecasting tools and early warning systems, a strengthened extension system that will assist farmers to achieve economic diver-sification and access to credit to make significant improvements in our food security goals,” she remarked.

Legarda: Help farmers adapt to climate change

PARTy list represen-tative and senatori-al candidate Teddy

Casiño yesterday called for the immediate sus-pension of the operations of Glenn Defense Marine Asia a Malaysian company operating in several coun-tries which services Amer-ican ships in the Philip-pines, when the Subic bay Metropolitan Authority (SbMA) found out that the

tanker MT Glenn Guard-ian dumped toxic wastes from American ships that joined the recently con-cluded joint military ex-ercises in the country in Philippine waters.

“Dapat talaga na is-uspinde muna ang oper-asyon ng kumpanyang ito dahil baka dati pa itong nagtatapon ng toxic wastes sa ating karagatan at ngayon lang natin nala-

man. Dapat din na magka-roon ng komprehensibo-ng imbestigasyon dito ang Kongreso at ipatawag ang mga sangkot sa nangyari maging ang kanilang mga kliyente kung alam nila ang ginagawa ng kanil-ang contractor,” said the solon.

based on newspaper reports on oct. 15, SbMA ecology Center personnel inspected Glenn Guardian,

then docked at the Naval Supply Depot area here due to a “hazard call” from another free port locator.

A copy of the SbMA spot report showed that the tanker was carrying some 189,500 liters of do-mestic waste and about 760 liters of bilge water (a combination of water, oil and grease), all of which were hauled from emory land, a US Navy ship.

Suspension of US contractor dumping wastes in PH sought

Non-profit conser-vation organization world wild Fund

for Nature (wwF-Philip-pines) will spearhead the launching this month of a road show highlighting re-sults of the business risk assessment and climate change impact manage-ment study it conducted with the bank of the Philip-pine Islands (bPI) Founda-tion Inc. in eight Philippine cities.

wwF-Philippines proj-ect manager Moncini hinay said such road show will further disseminate the study’s results to help boost action of stakeholders con-cerned for reducing their vulnerability while improv-ing disaster-resiliency, com-petitiveness and economic viability of respective cities in a climate-defined future.

”we hope they’ll take the next steps,” he said.

The study analyzes eco-nomic and climate trends in the cities while predicting probable scenarios there, wwF-Philippines noted.

hinay said the road show’s 10 a.m. kick-off cer-emony will be held at lan-taka hotel in Zamboanga City on Nov. 20.

he noted the road show will proceed afterwards to Cagayan de oro City (Mall-berry Suites, Nov. 21), Da-gupan City (Star Plaza ho-

tel, Dec. 6) and laoag City (Dec. 7).

wwF-Philippines will later announce the road show’s venue in laoag City, he said.

The four cities are sub-jects of the study’s second phase which wwF-Philip-pines and bPI conducted from January to September 2012.

wwF-Philippines and bPI released the results from such cities this week.

”The study looked at risks and opportunities for partnership and coopera-tion amidst climate change,” hinay said.

he noted the study’s re-sults can be used to define the cities’ respective strat-egies for development and climate change adaptation.

last year, wwF-Philip-pines and bPI conducted the study’s first phase cov-ering baguio, Cebu, Davao and Iloilo cities.

Reporting on results from the study’s second phase, wwF-Philippines earlier said Zamboanga City in Mindanao is within a typhoon-free zone and registered the lowest aver-age rainfall among the eight cities surveyed.

The area is still vulnera-ble as people from high-risk communities may eventual-ly emigrate there, however, wwF clarified.

Biz risk assessment study road show set

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Globe Telecom, Inc. closed the nine-month period with

consolidated service rev-enues of P61.3 billion, up 6% from last year’s P57.7 illion.

Sustained topline growth was underpinned by strong performances of the mobile, broadband, and fixed line data busi-nesses which grew 6%, 14%, and 9% over last year’s results, respective-ly.

Mobile revenues outperformed previ-ous year’s levels to end the nine months of the year with P49.9 billion. Growth was largely driv-en by the success of the

Company’s revolutioniz-ing customizable post-paid plans, supported by rising demand for mo-bile browsing and voice services that continued to thrive with the prev-alence of unlimited and value promotions. To date, Globe has a total of 32.1 million mobile sub-scribers, up by 10% from 29.1 million in the same period last year.

Increasing demand for internet connectivi-ty, fueled in part by the popularity of social net-working sites, coupled with technological ad-vancements that bring about improved internet connection speeds con-

tinue to drive growth in the Company’s broad-band business. Globe has officially launched its lTe broadband service this period to further trigger sales and enhance its line-up of Tattoo broadband products. As of end-Sep-tember, Globe has total broadband subscribers of over 1.6 million, up by 20% against 1.4 million in the same period in 2011.

Against the second quarter, Globe extended its gains to once again deliver a record-breaking performance despite a traditionally lean period. Consolidated service rev-enues improved by about P36 million from the sec-

ond period to settle at P20.6 billion in the third quarter. while mobile business fundamentals re-mained intact, unrelenting pressures from competi-tion coupled with capacity constraints on the existing network held off mobile revenues at P16.6 billion, slightly lower by 1% from the second quarter peak of P16.7 billion.

Fixed line data and broadband revenues, on the other hand, increased by 4% and 7% to close the third quarter with about P1.1 billion and P2.2 bil-lion, respectively, and countered the decline in mobile and traditional fixed line voice revenues.

Globe revenues surge by 6% in nine months

VOL.5 ISSUE 180 • SUNDAY - MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11-12, 2012THE ECONOMY6 EDGEDAVAO

MONTHLY AVERAGE EXCHANGE RATE (January 2009 - December 2011)

Month 2012 2011 2010

Average 43.31 45.11December 43.64 43.95November 43.27 43.49October 43.45 43.44

September 43.02 44.31August 42.42 45.18

July 42.81 46.32June 43.37 46.30May 42.85 43.13 45.60April 42.70 43.24 44.63

March 42.86 43.52 45.74February 42.66 43.70 46.31January 43.62 44.17 46.03

Stat Watch5.8%

1st Qtr 2012

6.4 %1st Qtr 2012

USD 4,931million

May 2012USD 4,770

millionApr 2012USD -135

millionApr 2012USD -209

millionMar 2012

P 4,580,674 million

Apr 2012

4.1 %May 2012P131,403

millionMay 2012

P 5,075 billion

Apr 2012

P 42.78Jun 2012

5,091.2May 2012

130.1 Jun 2012

2.8 Jun 2012

3.7 Jun 2012

349,779Apr 2012

18.8 %Jan 2012

7.2 %Jan 2012

1. Gross National IncomeGrowth Rate(At Constant 2000 Prices)

2. Gross Domestic ProductGrowth Rate(At Constant 2000 Prices)

3. Exports 1/

4. Imports 1/

5. Trade Balance

6. Balance of Payments 2/

7. Broad Money Liabilities

8. Interest Rates 4/

9. National Government Revenues

10. National government outstanding debt

11. Peso per US $ 5/

12. Stocks Composite Index 6/

13. Consumer Price Index 2006=100

14. Headline Inflation Rate 2006=100

15. Core Inflation Rate 2006=100

16. Visitor Arrivals

17. Underemployment Rate 7/

18. Unemployment Rate 7/

AN official of the Depart-ment of Trade and Indus-try (DTI) is batting for

banana to be the potato fries of the future.

Trade and Industry Under-secretary for Regional opera-tions and Development Group (DTI-RoDG) Merly M. Cruz said with the changing patterns of the world’s climate, it is not impossible that banana, in the long run, will become a food staple.

“with climate change, the banana will eventually become the major food to feed millions of the world’s inhabitants,” she said.

In the region, a Davao City-based entrepreneur, Sagrex Foods, has been producing various microwavable banana derivatives such as spring roll, tuna with banana, and fries since some five years ago.

Cruz said other entrepre-neurs and producers might

want to consider producing ba-nana value-added products in order to increase their income.

“have you heard of vacu-um fried bananas? This can be a new product that can be ex-plored,” she said.

To date, it’s still banana chip products that are dominating the export scorecard of the re-gion.

In 2010, the National Statis-tics office (NSo) reported that 99 percent of the 360 million

US dollars total banana export earnings were contributed by the fresh Cavendish and banana chips.

Cruz said while exporters are looking for other value-add-ed banana products, compli-ance to standards and quality requirements must be on top among the considerations.

“The most important factor that must be looked into is the standards and quality compli-ance,” she said. (PNA)

DTI bats for banana as potato fries of the future

OUTSTANDING. Davao Security and Investigation Agency, Inc. and the Royal Mandaya Hotel owners Violeta Escandor (3rd from right) , sons Glen (3rd from left) and Jerome (2nd from right) and Mik-mik (4th from left) receive a plaque of merit for winning the Outstanding Private Security Agency of the Year - Nationwide from Dir. General Nicanor A. Bartolome, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief

(rightmost), Herminita B. Chiong, Regional Security Association president (leftmost), and Ramon D. Bergado, national president of PADPAO (2nd from left) during the recognition rites at the Royal Man-daya Hotel recently. [LEAN DAVAL JR.]

The land bank of the Philippines continued to post higher profits with

net income reaching P7.6 bil-lion for the first nine months of this year.

The seven percent growth from the P7.1 billion registered in the same period last year is due to the increase in income on loans and investments, for-eign exchange profit, and slight decrease in expenses.

In a press statement, the bank said it attained a high re-turn-on-equity of 14.2 percent as of September 2012.

“lANDbANK had a solid third quarter as we continued to focus on core businesses of the bank, maintain prudent operations, and remain ag-gressive in expanding our loan portfolio, all geared towards better serving our priority sec-tors,” lANDbANK President

and Ceo Gilda e. Pico said.The bank’s total assets ex-

panded to P629.2 billion from P590.6 billion in September 2011.

Deposits also increased to P489.5 billion from P459.6 bil-lion, while capital expanded to P73 billion from P65.6 billion in the same period last year.

Gross loan portfolio in turn grew to P241.9 billion from P237.5 billion.

The bank’s bASel II CAR of 20.9 percent as of end-Sep-tember 2012 remained much higher than the regulatory standard of 10 percent.

The strong capital ratios reflect the bank’s capacity to aggressively expand its loan portfolio as the economic re-covery further gains momen-tum. [PNA]

Land Bank posts P7.6 billion incomeFor the first nine months

Closing of the stock market index on Tues-day, october 6, 2012. This marks the 25th re-cord close for 2012 and the 48th all-time high during the Aquino ad-ministration.

The Philippines’ in-flation rate in october 2012, a significant de-crease from 3.6% in September and 3.8% in August, marking a four-month low in the con-sumer price index (CPI)

The 56-month high of the Philippine peso to the US dollar, reached on Thursday November 8, 2012. This was the peso’s strongest perfor-mance since March 7, 2008 when it hit 40.85.

Amount the Department of Ag-riculture (DA) will be allocating for the expansion of organic farming activities in the country. According to Agriculture Secretary Proceso Al-cala, expanding the organic practice in the country could result to signifi-cantly lowering the production cost. This, in turn, will result to lower food prices.

The country’s record high gross international reserves (GIR) in october 2012. The end-october level marked an increase from $82.028 billion posted in the first nine months.

5457.82 3.1% P41.05 P950 million$82.093 billion

IT Figures

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MITSUbIShI Motors Philippines Cor-poration (MMPC)

is pleased to announce the much awaited launch of the all-new Mitsubishi Mirage.

After its recently con-cluded pre-order promo, MMPC will be treating its valued customers and the general public to a night filled with fun and awe-some music as it holds the Mirage Music Festival at the SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds on November 16, 2012.

Simply as exciting as driving home the all-new Mirage, MMPC promises you to experience an over-whelming night of surpris-es and an array good music from some of the country’s top oPM bands such as Pu-pil, General luna, Up Dhar-ma Down, Urbandub and a lot more.

Aside from the superb band lineup for the Mirage Music Festival, MMPC will also give away exciting raffle prizes such as iPads, Toshiba Netbook, Toshiba lCD TVs, and cool Mirage exclusives such as T-shirts,

Mirage USb drives, and wireless PC mouse.

This celebration is en-tirely FRee to the public. Just head on to the near-est Mitsubishi Motors Metro Manila or luzon dealerships and avail of the free tickets just by in-quiring about the all new Mirage and answering a short survey afterwards. Meanwhile, for those who have reserved a Mitsubishi Mirage under the Pre-or-der exclusive, just contact the dealership where you booked your reservation to get the free tickets.

Aside from the Music Festival, MMPC will also hold a Mirage expo where you can test drive the all-new Mirage and other Mit-subishi models plus enjoy exclusive and irresistible offers on other Mitsubishi models.

The Mirage Music Fes-tival and eXPo is MMPC’s way of celebrating the re-turn of the Mirage brand in the Philippines and will be happening from November 16 up until November 18, 2012.

Mitsubishi to launch Mirage

FoRD Philippines rep-resented its all-time best monthly perfor-

mance for october, with strong demand across all nameplates driving over-all retail sales up by 50% compared to the same pe-riod last year with a total of 1,248 units sold.

The record month was given a significant boost by the all-new Ford Rang-er pickup, as it delivered sales figures that jumped 213% from the previous generation truck last year to 282 units. Sales of the all-new Ford Focus also helped in boosting Ford’s sales figures last month by being able to sell a total of 62 units, a 22% increase compared to the month of September. Meanwhile, the iconic Ford Mustang has proved enormously popular since deliveries began in September and registered 45 units in its

second retail month.other Ford vehicles

also did well in the sales department, with the Ford everest posting its stron-gest monthly sales of the year by selling 311 units, the Fiesta turned in an-other strong performance with sales rising 26% compared from last year by selling 307 units, while sales for the escape in-creased 67% to 142 units.

“Customer response to our newly launched one Ford vehicles has been exceptional. Segment leading vehicles like the all-new Ranger, the tech-nology packed all-new Focus, the all-new explor-er with ecoboost, and the iconic Ford Mustang, are really helping widen the appeal of the Ford brand to so many new-to-Ford customers,” said Randy Krieger, president, Ford Philippines.

Ford Phl posts record sales

VolVo Philippines continues to go full throttle as it

takes the concept of cus-tomer service to a new level. In addition to the usual offerings from the Volvo workshop – such as Volvo Genuine Parts, Volvo methods and in-ternationally trained Volvo technicians – Volvo dealers have complete service offering where the customer is always in focus.

Volvo Philippines takes the whole service concept to a new level with Volvo Service 2.0 – with an emphasis on customer service rather than car service. Service 2.0 is the collective term

for all of Volvo custom-er service offerings and represents a new ap-proach based on custom-er needs.

This direction further reinforces Volvo Philip-pines’ commitment to deliver the best service that Volvo clients de-serve. It focuses on the following six selected customer commitments that all Volvo workshops fulfill to attain the ut-most satisfaction from their clients.

• free software up-dates with each service. - “A free update of the car’s software to the lat-est version is always in-cluded when we service your Volvo*.”

*Applies to all Vol-vo models from model year 1999, except S/V40 older than 2004, S/V70 older than 2000 and C70 older than 2006.

• Mobility Solution - “we will always offer you alternative trans-port solutions when you bring your car for ser-vice.”

• Health Check. - “We will always perform a health check of your Vol-vo, with focus on safety features including bat-tery check, when we ser-vice your Volvo”

• Car Wash at Every Servicing. - “we will al-ways wash your car in conjunction with servic-ing.”

• personal Service Contact. - “you will al-ways get a personal con-tact person who is dedi-cated to you.”

“we have always strived to deliver the best customer service possible and made sure that our client’s enjoy-ment of their Volvos ex-tend to their post-pur-chase experience. with Volvo Service 2.0, we strengthen the resolve to make their Volvo ride as smooth as possible, inside and out of their cars”, says Roselyn M. Dimalanta, 1st executive Vice President For Volvo Philippines.

Volvo commits to customer satisfaction

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VANTAGE POINTS

EDITORIAL

SOFVA: Just a means to an end

Obama, the super-rich and the election

The Philippine Senate has ratified the Sta-tus Visiting Forces Agreement (SoFVA) with Australia making it our new ally in

developing our national defense capabilities. The Senate on Tuesday approved on third

and final reading the ratification of the SoFVA between the Philippines and Australia with sev-enteen senators voting in favor of Senate Res-olution No. 788, with only Sen. Joker Arroyo rejecting it and the resolution’s two other vo-cal oppositors in Sen. Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. and Miriam Defensor-Santiago absent.

enlisting Australia as our new partner in the development of our military capability ended two years of waiting for this agreement to be-come a reality. It came in the wake of tension with the People’s Republic of China over the tqo countries’ territorial claims to the Spratly Islands in the west Philippine Sea (a.k.a. South China Sea).

According to its Senate backers, ratification of the SoVFA will not only pave the way for the country to improve its defense capabilities it will also help solidify our decades old relation-ship with Australia, especially in the field of trade and industry.

The Philippine military establishment is fully aware of Australia’s contribution to the overall effort of the western Allies to triumph in this part of the globe in world war II during which thousands of Australian soldiers and sailors

gave up their lives in defense of democracy. while is is expected that China might consid-

er the SoFVA as the Philippine’s thinly-veiled response to the spat over the Spratlys, we can always argue that it is any country’s right to think of ways to defend itself against external aggression. It just so happens that Australia, a democracy like ours, is also our neighbor who is willing to share its defense expertise with us. As it is with the Visiting Forces Agreement be-tween the United States and this country, so it is with the SoFVA.

but while its oppositors fear a possible China backlash, there is much to be reaped from the agreement with Australia as the SoFVA is seen to be merely an instrument towards a bigger impact on the country in terms of the economy.

with institutional safeguards on the imple-mentation of the SoFVA, specifically with the privileges extended to visiting forces as well as prevention of any environmental damage caused to protected areas, ancestral domain areas, critical watersheds and protected forest areas during the conduct of military exercis-es, this agreement with Australia is an import-ant step in enhancing our national security as well as what the future holds for our country in other fields of human endeavor that have to do with trade, commerce, transfer of technology, education, medicine, science, etcetera. Not nec-essarily war. Perish the thought.

AMoNG the losers in the Unit-ed States this week are the su-per-rich, who spent unprecedent-

ed millions to evict President barack obama from the white house. The in-vesting class turned sharply and vocif-erously against the president many of them had supported in 2008. on Tues-day night, the plutocrats lost their shirts.

“boy, they threw away a lot of mon-ey,” Theda Skocpol, a harvard professor, told me. “It was very interesting to hear on Tuesday night about all the corporate jets packed in logan Airport” for Mitt Romney’s party in boston.

one of the important questions in the United States today – and, eventually, in all democracies where income inequal-ity has risen sharply, which is to say in pretty much all democracies – is what impact the political ineffectiveness of the super-rich at the ballot box will have on how the country is actually governed.

According to Skocpol, the answer will be determined partly by how we collectively choose to explain the presi-dent’s second-term victory.

“There will be an attempt to down-play the role economic populism played,” Skocpol said. “I would expect a lot of the wall Street Democratic crowd to place the emphasis on social issues and immi-gration. There will be an effort to define it that way.”

To put it another way, one emerging explanation of obama’s victory will be that it was about demographics trump-ing economic policy. whether that ar-gument becomes the dominant narra-tive matters, because it will shape what sort of a governing mandate obama is deemed to have won.

“he clearly got a mandate for using the government to build an opportu-nity for the middle class,” Skocpol said. “he has a mandate for higher taxes on the wealthy. he has a mandate for obamacare going forward. I think voters understand that these differences were clear.”

David Nasaw, a historian who has written biographies of Andrew Carnegie and Joseph P. Kennedy – two influential plutocrats from earlier eras in U.S. histo-ry – agrees.

“The media, with all due respect, is still frighteningly condescending to black and latino voters,” Nasaw said. “The black and latino voters did not vote for obama simply because he had a black skin. They voted for him because they thought his policies made more sense.”

“This is no longer a nation where white middle-class suburbanites con-trol the destiny of the country,” Nasaw continued. “black voters, latino voters, young voters aren’t going away, and they are going to vote their self-inter-est. Their self-interest is with a larger government and with a government that recognizes that there has been, over the past couple of decades, a power grab by the wealthy, by corporate interests, by financial interests.”

what makes that mandate particu-larly powerful is the president’s rela-tionship with the 1 percent during the 2012 election campaign. Much of wall Street fell in love with obama in 2008. The support of some of America’s most admired and forward-thinking finan-ciers had particular impact during the Democratic primaries, when obama, then a relatively obscure Illinois sena-tor, needed all the backing he could get against hillary Rodham Clinton.

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AFTeR years of absence in America, the bayanihan, the famed dance troupe of the Philippines, was back

on American soil in spectacular shows in washington, D.C. and New york last week.

Grace S. Valera, co-director of the Mi-grant heritage Commission (MhC), a Fili-pino-run non-governmental organization based in washington, said in a e-mail to the Philippines News Agency that the ster-ling performance of the Filipino artists succeeded in putting the country back on American stage wooing their American audience.

Tickets in both shows were sold out, she said.

Valera said the bayanihan dance troupe first performed in New york on Nov. 1 before going to washington on Nov. 3 and 4.

She said the Philippine embassy head-ed by Ambassador Jose l. Cuisia Jr. de-

scribed the performances of the 25-mem-ber Filipino dance troupe as “a tremen-dous success.”

“The bayanihan was able to help raise more awareness about the Philippines in the United States,” Valera quoted Cuisia as saying.

“For quite some time, the Philippines seemed to have been forgotten here in the United States and with its performanc-es here, the bayanihan was successful in making our American friends. This is cul-tural diplomacy at its finest,” Cuisia added.

The performances of the bayanihan at the Jazz at the lincoln Center in New york and at the Kennedy Center in washington, D.C. were the initiatives of the Philippine embassy and the recently formed US-Phil-

ippines Society, an organization made up of prominent Filipinos and Americans whose objective is to raise the profile of the Philippines in the United States.

It was the first cultural undertaking of the group which was formally launched during the visit of President benigno S. Aquino III in washington in June.

“I would like to thank the bayanihan for bringing back to us a recollection of and a heightened awareness of the tremendous cultural richness of the Philippines,” said Ambassador John Negroponte, a former U.S. envoy to Manila, who co-chairs the so-ciety together with businessman Manny V. Pangilinan.

“I think this is especially important now that the Asia- Pacific region is again becoming a demographic and economic center of gravity in the world and I think it makes enormous sense to devote more attention to the U.S. relationship with the Philippines,” Negroponte said.

“obviously in addition to the political, the strategic and the economic, a key ele-ment is cultural,” Negroponte added.

Ambassador John Maisto, President of the U.S. Philippines Society, said the dance troupe, led by its executive Director Suzie Moya benitez, made an impression during its performances in washington and New york.

“our job is simply to elevate the pro-file of the Philippines in the United States across the board so that Americans can appreciate and understand and remem-ber what the Philippines and Filipinos represent to the United States” said Mais-to, who was formerly assigned at the U.S. embassy in Manila.

Valera said the bayanihan’s perfo-mances in the east Coast began the pro-cess of recovery following the devastation caused by hurricane Sandy last week.

Valera also said that Anna Gawel, man-aging editor of the washington Diplomat, described the performances as spectacu-lar as these offered non-Filipinos insights into Philippine culture and history.

“The range of costumes was visually stunning and the choreography and emo-tions behind the dances were riveting,” Valera quoted Gawel as saying.

SAGITTARIUS Mines, Inc. (SMI) has so far kept its silence over the killing of 27-year old Juvy

Capion and her two young sons last october 18 in a remote village in Kiblawan, Davao del Sur, a prov-ince in southern Philippines.

except for a paragraph or two de-nying any involvement in the brutal slaying, however, SMI also offered no genuine condolence and sympathy to the victims. It is understand-able. The husband of Juvy Capion is a fierce tribal leader who has tak-en up arms to protest SMI’s mining operations in Tampakan, South Co-tabato and nearby Kiblawan in Davao del Sur.

but out of the blue, pro-min-ing tribal chieftains held a press conference Thursday virtually exon-erating SMI from any culpability in the heinous crime.

whoever planned the press con-ference is doing grave injustice to the Capion family.

while it may be true that SMI did not have a direct hand in the killing, its presence in the area was the only reason it happened. while elements of the Philippine Ar-my’s 27th Infantry battalion were directly responsible for the massa-cre, blood is also written all over SMI’s hands.

It would have been better if it was SMI who faced the media to deny any direct or indirect involve-ment and console with remaining relatives of the victims.

but by allowing tribal leaders to take the cudgels for them, SMI only showed its callousness and insensi-tivity. The people behind SMI may only be stoking hatred among and be-tween warring communities of the blaan tribe to which the victims belong as well as majority of the pro-mining tribal leaders present during the press conference. It was cowardly, to say the least, for SMI not to give a face to their denial and to instead thrust blaan tribal leaders into the line of fire.

why did the pro-mining tribal leaders, if they believe it was solely the military which was responsi-ble to the massacre, not call for the pullout and immediate prosecu-tion of the officers and men who mercilessly killed Juvy Capion and her sons?

why all the fuss about any involve-ment in the killing when SMI was only reminded, to put it mildly, that the root of all the violence in the mining site is its encroach-ment of the ancestral lands of the blaans.

True, chieftains of five tribal com-munities have expressed support for its operations. but how many, from among the thousands who will be displaced, are also against the op-erations of SMI?

who would not believe and sus-pect SMI was behind the press con-ference?

The choice of venue, timing and agenda is simply too amateurish not to put SMI’s spineless hands behind it.

SMI should have just simply manned up, faced the community and called a spade a spade. [MindaN-ews/edwin G. espejo writes for www.asiancorrespondent.com]

Why can’t SMI just man up?

General Santos City

By Ben CalSPECIAl FEATURE

By edwin G. eSpejo

SOUTHERN COMFORT

VANTAGE POINTSEDGEDAVAO 9

Bayanihan Dance Troupe woes U.S. audience anew

CUlTURe of tourism is a potential tool in facilitating the eventual in-tegration of those interests. Cul-

ture of tourism, which is different from cultural tourism, is a community-wide consciousness and sociological map that everyone residing and operating in a given environment is part of the local tourism industry. It also means higher level of awareness among the native residents that tourism actually means additional income without dislodging their centuries-old traditions, native culture or degrading the environment. In Sagada, caves and mountains are not just components of the physical environment. They are also significant ingredients of the belief system of the indigenous communities in benguet and Mountain Province. Developing a culture of tourism means that people identify themselves with the indus-try, viewed as a friendly domain from

which much may be gained. In a JICA-fund-ed project I helped under-take in Samal Island two years ago, such apparent lack of culture of tourism was obvious when we had diffi-culty convincing habal-habal drivers to attend frontline service enhance-ment seminars. Initially, they did not give so much fuss about the all-expense paid workshops. Numbering a little less than two thousands, many of these drivers are not even registered with the local transportation board. For a long time, they were allowed to ply be-cause the local demand for quick and

cheap transportation is higher than the service supply. eventually, they acced-ed. Almost a thousand of them finally came. Usual complaints against them were lack of hygiene, discourtesy and, very importantly, absence of standard fare rates. I call that skin tax; cost of travel varies according to the color of the skin (if you are a foreigner assumed to be rich), language used, etc. Apart from addressing these problems, we aimed at converting them to become in-formal tour guides. better knowledge of their own local destinations may in-terest a tourist and may mean longer contracted trip and additional income. we cannot impress them with technical tourism terms and concepts. Instead, we developed a formula: better Samal experience means more tourists means more passengers means more income. The contrary equation was too obvious to emphasize then.

( Conclusion )Culture of tourism in local conflict resolution

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Philippine President Benigno Aquino (back R) and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (back L) applaud as Philippine National Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin (front R) and Ed

Fast, Canadian Minister of International Trade, exchange docu-ments after signing a deal Saturday to help Manila buy military equipment to defend its territory.

NATION BRIEFSNot harmful

The South Korean government asked the Philippines to lift

the ban it imposed against Korean noodle brands that supposedly contained a carcinogen called benzo-pyrene.

The embassy of South Korea clarified the six banned brands of Korean noodles contained “ex-tremely low” amounts of the level of benzopyrene that pose “no harmful ef-fect on the human body.”

Opportunity

Justice Secretary leila de lima sees the arrest of another suspect in the

gruesome killing of Ruby Rose barrameda as an op-portunity to get the trial rolling once more.

Interviewed on Friday, De lima said she would meet with the prosecu-tors handling the case to discuss the agency’s next move following the arrest of Robert Ponce in in Isa-bela province last wednes-day.

Early

Night bars and clubs should be closed af-ter 1 a.m. This is the

proposal of Caloocan Rep. oscar Malapitan, who be-lieves that the enactment of such measure into law would significantly deter crimes not only in Metro Manila but in other ma-jor cities in the country as well.

“There is no necessi-ty to provide statistics of crimes occurring in these establishments or as a re-sult of having patronized them. Aside from crimes, lives are lost due to pre-ventable accidents,” Malap-itan said.

Rivalty

San Juan City Rep. Jo-seph Victor “JV” ejer-cito is apparently

already getting the ire of an influential member of the Senate, months before the official campaign peri-od can even begin for the 2013 senatorial polls.

Senate President Pro Tempore Jose “Jinggoy” estrada admitted his half-brother’s statements over their reported sib-ling rivalry have made him “very upset and deeply hurt.”

Doctors

The Philippines will no longer have “doc-torless” municipali-

ties by the end of the year, health Secretary enrique ona said yesterday. ona said 32 remaining “doctor-less” and “very poor” mu-nicipalities in Abra, Ilocos Sur, Cagayan, Palawan, Ta-wi-Tawi and basilan would have their own physician by December through the Department of health’s (Doh) Doctors to the bar-rios (DTTb) programme.

“The good news is that by the end of this year, all of these so-called doctor-less municipalities will be filled,” ona told reporters.

WORLD TODAYFirst female

Interpol on Thursday elected a French police commissioner known

for her drive against organ-ised crime in bordeaux and Corsica as its first female president at its general as-sembly in Rome.

“Mireille ballestrazzi of France becomes first wom-an to be elected president of Interpol,” the world’s top association of crime-fight-ers said on Twitter.

Cancelled

Iraq has cancelled a $4.2 billion (3.3 billion euro) package of arms deals

with Russia over corrup-tion concerns, a spokes-man for Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Sat-urday. “The deal was can-celled,” Ali Mussawi told AFP.

“when Maliki returned from his trip to Russia, he had some suspicions of corruption, so he decided to review the whole deal... There is an investigation going on, on this.”

Verdict

A verdict was expected Saturday in the trial of a Vatican com-

puter technician accused of helping Pope benedict XVI’s butler leak confiden-tial papers.

Claudio Sciarpelletti’s trial comes just weeks af-ter the disgraced former butler, Paolo Gabriele, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for engineering the leak of secret papal docu-ments.

Discussing

JAPAN and the Unit-ed States have agreed to discuss updating

15-year-old guidelines on their security alliance in view of China’s growing military presence in the region, a Japanese official said.

After meeting high-lev-el US officials, Senior Vice Defense Minister Akihisa Nagashima told Japanese media in washington Friday (Saturday, Japan time) the two countries had “agreed to deepen Ja-pan-US strategic consulta-tions”.

Resigned

Chief US spymaster David Petraeus, who gained internation-

al notoriety as military commander in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, has resigned over an extra-marital affair, bringing an abrupt and ignominious end to a brilliant govern-ment career.

The revelation shocked washington just three days after the re-election of US President barack obama and shortly before CIA Di-rector Petraeus had been due to testify on the agen-cy’s alleged failure to prop-erly protect a US consulate in libya.

CANADA and the Phil-ippines signed a deal Saturday to help

Manila buy military equip-ment to defend its territo-ry, Canadian Prime Min-ister Stephen harper and Filipino President benigno Aquino said.

The Philippine defense department and state-run Canadian Commercial Corp. signed the agree-ment as harper met Aqui-no at Malacanang Palace in Manila, the two leaders announced at a joint news conference.

The deal was inked amid a territorial dispute between the Philippines and China over islands and waters in the South China Sea.

“This memorandum of understanding will enable the Philippines to acquire the equipment and exper-tise it needs to fulfill the country’s defense and secu-rity agenda,” harper said.

Under the deal, Filipino purchases of equipment and expertise from Cana-da’s $12.6 billion (US$12.6 billion) defense industry are guaranteed by the otta-wa government, according to a Canadian government statement.

“This will help us in our efforts to build our defense and security capabilities,”

Aquino said, declining to elaborate.

“I cannot go into specif-ics lest they be observed by less friendly individuals,” he added.

Faced with communist and Islamist insurgencies and an increasingly asser-tive China, Aquino noted that the military had just two transport aircraft, no fighter jets and just 132 mainly world war II-era ships.

“The fundamental is-

sue is that we have a lot of outmoded equipment,” he said.

The Canadian Com-mercial Corp. serves as a go-between between Ca-nadian suppliers and for-eign governments to trans-act defense and security contracts.

The Philippines has been in the market for pa-trol vessels to protect its waters, including areas that overlap with territory claimed by China.

Manila’s military trea-ty ally the United States is set this year to deliver a second refurbished ham-ilton-class cutter, previ-ously used by the US Coast Guard, to the Philippine Navy.

last month the Phil-ippine Coast Guard an-nounced it would buy five patrol boats from France for about 90 million euros ($116 million), partly to guard disputed areas in the South China Sea.

Canada, Philippines ink defense procurement deal

SoMe 8,000 Syrian ref-ugees fled to Turkey overnight in the face of

escalating clashes between rebel forces and troops loyal to Damascus near the border, a foreign ministry official told AFP on Friday.

The latest influx brought the total number of

Syrian refugees in Turkey to more than 120,000, the official added on condition of anonymity.

“Five thousand Syrians were taken to a camp in Ak-cakale town near the Syrian border and the others were to stay with their relatives in Turkey,” he said.

on Friday, dozens of army officers including two generals and 11 colonels also fled to Turkey to join opposition fighters, the state-run Anatolia news agency reported.

Army defectors, flanked by their families, were tak-en to the Apaydin camp in

hatay province near the Syrian border where secu-rity is tighter.

Turkish officials refuse to give an exact number of Syrian generals currently on Turkish soil as some are returning to Syria to join the active fighters inside the conflict-wracked coun-try.

The government said over 110,000 Syrian refu-gees live in several camps along its volatile border, as well as the exiled Syr-ian opposition’s political and military leadership, while many more are liv-ing in apartments or hotels throughout the country.

It was not immediately clear if the army defectors were among the 8,000 refugees who crossed into Turkey overnight.

The latest exodus was sparked by fierce clashes near the northeastern Syr-ian border town of Ras al-Ain, where at least 16 Syr-ian soldiers and 10 rebels were killed on Thursday, the Syrian observatory for human Rights said.

Syrians cross the border into Turkey on November 8. Some 8,000 Syrian refugees have fled to Turkey overnight amid es-

calating clashes between rebel forces and troops loyal to Da-mascus near the border, a foreign ministry official told [AFP]

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determined to push the reconstruction of the country’s educational system through Road-map for Public high-er education Reform (RPheR), its master plan for public tertiary edu-cation set to be accom-plished by 2016.

Mayor Duterte who was present during the forum expressed her support for the merging saying that this will “im-prove the quality of edu-cation”.

The Davao Region-al State University Sys-tem (DRSUS) or house bill 5311 aims to merge University of Southeast-ern Philippines, Davao del Norte State College, Davao oriental State Col-lege of Science and Tech-nology, and Southern Philippines Agribusiness and Marine and Aquatic School of Technology.

“Contrary to the government’s declara-tion that it is a road-

map towards a ‘knowl-edge-based economy’, the thrust of RPheR is to transform public ter-tiary education system into a source of cheap labor force for the glob-al market. our country will never have a knowl-edge-based economy if a large population of its citizen remains uned-ucated”, said Penelope Palma Gil, NUSP Davao coordinator.

“we remain steadfast in our position against these reforms—another band-aid solution—that is grossly missing the target of addressing the worsening crisis in the Philippine educational system,” Palma Gil add-ed.

Various regions have already implemented the amalgamation, such as the University of Rizal System (URS) that re-sulted from the merging of the Rizal Polytech-nic College, Rizal State

College, and the Rizal Technological University Antipolo Annex; the URS Tanay that has satellite campuses in Morong, Pililla, Rodriguez, Ango-no, binangonan, Cainta, Antipolo, Cardona, and Taytay; and Cagayan Val-ley State University that resulted from the amal-gamation of five SUCs.

The Union reiterates the call for the govern-ment to re-channel the budget from debt ser-vicing and military to education and social ser-vices to be able to fund SUCs across the country.

“Prioritizing edu-cation and basic social service will bring about genuine reforms. we will strengthen our cam-paign against DRSUS and will conduct actions to register the call of the students for quality and accessible education,” Palma Gil said.

wrong with political dy-nasties in the country as long as they are capable and lead their constit-uents for the common good of all and not for self-interest.

“If political dynasty is to keep family sake (sic) without the ability and the qualities of leader-ship to lead his/her area of responsibilities, that becomes in itself the bad effect,” he added.

Meanwhile, Davao

City Vice Mayor Rodri-go R. Duterte, during the recent convention of his political party hugpong sa Tawong lungsod, lashed back at critics who accused him of building a political dy-nasty.

“Fielding somebody who is not yet strong enough to win might only weaken the new po-litical party,” he said.

At present, his daugh-ter, Sara Duterte-Carpio,

is the city mayor and son, Paolo Duterte, is the president of the Associ-ation of barangay Cap-tains (AbC).

Duterte said his tough stance against criminals has been credited for increased investor confi-dence in the city. hence, he needs to field some-one strong enough to win the election. [PNA]

rogation that he planted the illegal plants, said leoncito.

barangay Salab of-ficials led by chair-man Ferdinand Cariaga joined the police during the anti-illegal drug raid at around 7 a.m. Thurs-day.

leoncito said the sus-

pect pointed to Alex Ab-bas of Kidapawan City as the source of the mari-juana seedlings.

Abbas was arrested in a follow-up operation and seized from him were dried marijuana leaves and a fragmenta-tion grenade, the police official said.

leoncio said they charged Friday Artinero and Abbas with violation of the Comprehensive Drugs Act.

Abbas was also charged with illegal possession of explosive, leoncio added. [Malu Cadelina Manar/Min-daNews]

paign.“we’re starting this

early to drum up enough awareness and support from various sectors in our local communities,” he said.

Aturdido said the province posted a to-tal of 54 injuries during

last year’s Christmas and New year celebra-tions, an 18 percent in-crease from the cases recorded in 2010.

of the 54 injury cas-es, 24 involved children aged 10 years old and below, the Integrated Provincial health office

reported, the young-est being five years old while the oldest was 72.

Piccolo, which is a banned firecracker, post-ed the major cause of injuries, accounting for 27 cases. [Allen V. esta-billo/MindaNews]

Edge Davao hiring editor, 3 reporters

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The reporters will be assigned to the busi-ness, science/environment and political beats.

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Interested parties may send their applica-tion letter to Mr. Antonio M. Ajero, edge Davao editor, thru email address ajero_antonio@ya-hoo.com. For inquiries, please call Mr. Ajero thru mobile phone 09052422686 or landline 221-3601.

The Department of Interior and lo-cal Government

(DIlG) in Region 12 has released an initial P24 million for the imple-mentation of peace and development projects in North Cotabato prov-ince.

buagas Sulaik, DIlG Region 12 director, said the funds comprise the first tranche of the ap-proved grant for 12 local government units (lGUs) in North Cotabato under the DIlG- Payapa at Ma-saganang Pamayanan or PAMANA fund.

“The amount will be used to subsidize pro-grams and projects iden-tified by lGUs, which will eventually address the peace and develop-ment needs and chal-lenges, particularly of

the vulnerable sectors in their respective areas,” he said in a statement.

The checks were re-leased to mayors and other officials of recip-ient-municipalities li-bungan, Carmen, Mid-sayap, Arakan, Pigcawan, Aleosan, Kabacan and Pikit.

Sulaik said the fund releases represent 80 percent of the total P30 million grant allotted for Region 12 under the PAMANA program. “The remaining 20 percent or about P6 million will be ready for release this December,” he said.

The PAMANA pro-gram was earlier launched by the na-tional government as a framework for inter-vention in conflict-affect-ed and vulnerable areas

in Mindanao and to com-plement the ongoing peace efforts.

“This includes in-vesting on agri-indus-trial enterprises, coastal development initia-tives, and infrastructure such as road networks, electrification, post-harvest facilities and farm-to-market roads,” a program briefer said.

Sulaik said the five-year program (2011-2016) aims to “con-tribute to lasting peace by reducing poverty and vulnerability in con-flict-affected areas, im-proving governance and empowering communi-ties and strengthen their capacities to promote social cohesion.” [Allen V. estabillo / MindaN-ews]

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Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

11TH Judicial RegionBranch 17, Davao City

IN THE MATTER OF PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF FIRST NAME FROM “CERILO” TO “CIRILO” T. VILLA, CORRECTION OF AGE OF SPS. CIRILO T. VILLA AND JOSEPHINE M. CUA-NAN FROM 26 YEARS & 2 MONTHS TO 24 YEARS & 3 MONTHS AND FROM 22 YEARS & 11 MONTHS TO 23 YEARS & 12 DAYS FOR JOSEPHINE M. CUANAN’S MOTHER’S FROM “OLE-VIA” TO “OLIVIA” M. CUANAN ALL IN THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT OF SPS. CIRILO T. VILLA AND JOSEPHINE M. CUANAN,

CIRILO T. VILLA AND JOSEPHINE M. CUANAN,PetitionersVersus SP. PROC. CASE NO. 12,206-12

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR, Respondent

x---------------------------------------------------------x ORDER

Petitioners Cirilo T. Villa and Josephine M. Cuanan filed the instant Petition and Amended Petition, praying that after due notice, publication and hearing, an Order be issued directing the Local Civil Registrar of Davao City, to effect the changes and correc-tions of entries found in petitioners’ Marriage Contract to wit:

to correct petitioner Cirilo T. Villa’s first name from “Cerilo” to “Cirilo”;to correct both petitioners’ age from 26 years & 2 months to 24 years & 3 months

for the age of Cirilo T. Villa; and from 22 years & 11 months to 23 years & 12 days for the age of Josephine M. Cuanan; and to change the first name of petitioner Josephine M. Cuanan’s mother in the Marriage Contract from “Olevia” to “Olivia” Manga.

Other just and equitable reliefs may be deemed warranted under the premises are likewise prayed for.

Finding, the Petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set hearing of the Pe-tition on January 25, 2013 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning, ordering all interested persons to appear on the said date and show cause, why this Petition should not be granted.

Petitioners are directed to publish this Order, at least once a week for (3) consecu-tive weeks, prior to the date of hearing in a designated qualified newspaper of general circulation, pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 1079.

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(Sgd) EVALYN M. ARELLANO-MORALES Presiding Judge

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The Philippines’ largest national flag carrier, Cebu Pacific

(PSe:Ceb) announced it is set to fly its 70 millionth passenger any time in the next seven days.

“Since Ceb started op-erations in 1996, we have now flown very close to 70 million passengers. This number is a testament to

how much Ceb’s trade-mark low fares and exten-sive route network have revolutionized air travel in the Philippines,” said Ceb VP for Marketing and Dis-tribution Candice Iyog.

The countdown start-ed November 9, during the launch of the North Phil-ippine (NorthPhil) Tour-ism and Travel expo at the

Marquee Mall in Pampanga, where Ceb is the official air-line partner for the 4th year.

“Ceb’s one and only lucky 70 millionth passen-ger will check in on any of our approximately 2,000 weekly domestic and in-ternational flights, within a week from now. That lucky Juan will receive 70 free domestic one-way tick-

ets, so we are very excited to hit this milestone and award our lucky passenger,” Iyog added.

Ceb kicks off the count-down with a PhP7 base fare seat sale to any of the air-line’s 32 domestic and 19 international destinations. Sale period is until Novem-ber 12, 2012 or until seats last, for travel from June 1

to December 15, 2013, ex-cept for osaka which has a travel period from June 1 to october 19, 2013.

The airline also holds a special PhP0 (zero) base fare seat sale for its Clark hub, just in time for the NorthPhil expo where Ceb has a booth. The seat sale period is also until Novem-ber 12, 2012 or until seats

last, for travel from March 1 to May 30, 2013. Up for grabs are seats from Clark to hong Kong, Singapore, Macau, bangkok and Cebu.

These seat sale fares are available through www.ce-bupacificair.com only, and are exclusive of check-in baggage allowance, taxes, fuel surcharges and admin fees.

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PROFITABLE. Alejandro Melchor, deputy executive director of the Department of Science and Technology-ICTO, believes that the government should make raw ideas from different sectors into profitable businesses during Innovation Expo press conference at Abreeza Mall’s VIPinoy Friday afternoon. [LEAN DAVAL JR.]

CEB soon to fly 70 millionth passenger

The Davao City water District has sched-uled two sets of wa-

ter service interruption to allow its crews to conduct systems improvement projects.

First set is scheduled on November 13, 2012 from 9:00 AM until 5:00 PM at Km. 13, Purok 1, Sto. Niño de Palaboy in Mintal. The engineering and Construc-tion Department will tap the newly installed 3-inch diameter Polyvinyl Chlo-ride (PVC) pipeline to the existing 3-inch diameter PVC Pipeline for the main-line improvement project at Purok 1, Sto. Niño de Palaboy in Mintal. Com-pletion of said project can accommodate additional new service connections.

Second set will be on

November 15 from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM. The Pro-duction Department per-sonnel will be conducting preventive maintenance servicing in lubogan Pro-duction well at lubogan water Supply System. Affected areas are Green Prairie Subd., Purok 7 in bangkas, batulosa Village, Kristina homes, Purok 3, 5 and 6 in lubogan, To-ril Country homes, DlF Village, Dacoville Subd., Farlandville Subd., Susan homes III (Pag-ibig City), Rosalina Village 3 (Phase 1 – 3), Mindawide Reloca-tion, IwhA Subd., espina Subd., Ideal Subd., Sto. Ro-sario Village, Dusnai Vil-lage, Green Prairie Subd., balai Village, Villa Josefina Subd. in Dumoy and all its immediate environs.

Water interruptionNovember 13 & 15

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FRoM the break of day, Davao City’s main streets will be a virtu-

al sea of green today as the biggest ever assembly of runners take to the road for the 36th Milo National Mara-thon Davao Qualifying Race.

A record 13,400 run-ners have signed up for his-toric run with organizers faced with the hard deci-sion of closing the registra-tion two days before race day.

The previous high was 13,057 set in 2008.

“This is the biggest race ever in Davao and we can-not go beyond this number anymore,” said Kenneth Sai, the regional race organizer of the 36th MNM during the press launch at Pop’s Res-to-bar.

of the 13,400-field, a to-tal of 2,000 will be running in the 3-kilometer category while the bulk of 10,700 runners will compete in the 5-kilometer distance. In the 10-K class, 200 will be gun-ning for the top prize, while 500 will be attempting to become the next Davao City qualifier or qualifiers to the Nationals set in Manila on December 9.

of the 500 contend-ers, one name stands out among men—bryan lupio. The defending champion is all set to reclaim his throne albeit he has some handi-cap to carry going into race day.

“I am not 100% well-conditioned and well-rested. I spent some sleepless nights last week due to the death of my nephew,” said lupio two days before the race. he won last year’s event in 1 hour 13 minutes and 30

seconds, besting chief rival Anthony Nerza who came in at 1 hour 14 minutes and 28 seconds.

The two are about to re-new that rivalry this morn-ing in the race that starts and ends at Roxas Street fronting Ateneo de Davao University.

The 23-year old lupio won last year’s race but did not run in the Nationals as he decided to marry his long-time girlfriend. This time, he vowed to take his first crack at the Nationals and possibly join an elite cast of champions coming from Mindanao—eduardo buenavista (2002, 2008, 2010) and Cresenciano Sa-bal (2005, 2007, 2009).

“Sana magkaroon uli ako ng chance na manalo,” lupio said.

lupio has been running incredibly this year once going on a four-week win-ning streak in August and winning all major local runs in Davao City.

In the distaff side, Cyn-thia Jaro, that girl nick-named “baby Kenya” after winning a race in Cebu last year, is heavily favored to repeat as women’s champi-on. The 20-year old junior from brokenshire College won last year’s race in 1 hour 31 minutes and 45 seconds.

This year’s run also meant some new pairs of sneakers to 500 kids from erico Nograles elementary School, Sta. Ana National high School, San Roque el-ementary School, Matina Central elementary School, and Cabantian National high School as beneficiaries of the Davao race.

Record field 13,400 in Milo run todayBy Neil Bravo

UNheRAlDeD Ron-dy Naad of Makila-la, North Cotabato

humbled heavy favorite oliver “Cocoy” Villa-fuerte of Digos City, 7-1, to barge into the Top 32 late Friday evening in the 5th Sunstar-Phoenix Petroleum 9-ball Chal-lenge which reeled off at the NCCC Mall Davao activity center on Friday. Villafuerte made quite a stir in the billiards community after stun-ning efren “bata” Reyes and former world pool champion Alex Pa-gulayan in separate

exhibition games in Digos City recently. Naad will next bat-tle Davao City veteran Ronnie Aying who de-feated Rutchell Padal, 7-4. Aying advanced after crushing emmanuel olai-var, 7-1, in the opener of the annual event orga-nized by Sun.Star Davao Publishing, Inc, co-pre-sented by Phoenix Petro-leum Philippines, Inc. and supported by the Philip-pine Sports Commission. Agusan del Norte’s lar-ry Diga and Manila’s Richard Aguilar also booked Top 32 berths

after eliminating their respective opponents. Diga, who ousted veter-an internationalist elvis Calasang of butuan City (7-4) in the first round, bested Napoleon labra-dor of Monkayo, Com-postela Valley, 7-4, in the second round.

Diga will face Chris-topher Sumacle of Digos City, who sur-vived a 7-6 victory over Jonathan Sta. Ana of Davao City. Sumacle whipped Dabawenyo bernard Morada, 7-1, earlier. Quezon City res-ident Aguilar, for his

part, arranged a Top 32 meeting with Davao City’s Richard delos Reyes. Aguilar crushed Darwin Cero, 7-2, while Delos Reyes subdued Rarynard barcas, 7-4. Veteran leonardo Didal of the Island Garden City of Samal, how-ever, succumbed to Rayner espejo of Taclo-ban City, 4-7. espejo will collide with Jerick Pal-ma of Davao City, a 7-5 victor over Cyrus bar-roca sponsored by Deca homes, Aeon Towers, Alaxan FR, SkyCable and NCCC Mall Davao.

Digos ‘wonder boy’ beaten

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home of abaca businessman Robert Ker. Built atop a hill overlooking Davao City, the Ker house is now reborn as a gastronomer’s delight with a fantastic modern show kitch-

en as the centerpiece and chef Niño Laus as the artist, considered to be among the most talented chefs in the Philippines today. Chef Niño’s, culinary cre-

ativity and artistrywas evi-dent in a recent lunch hosted by Cathy and Niño. The 9-course plate-in lunch was a symphony of FA PLAYFULLY, A4

Art or food? The White House’s Grilled Wagyu Topblade with Pumpkin Risoni

TAKe a beautifully-restored turn-of-the-century european-inspired mansion, add a young and tal-ented chef adept in fusion cuisine, sprinkle some delicious and playfully constructed dishes, and you have The White House, Davao’s newest address for fine cuisine.

SM City General SantOS brings the first ever Café France in the City where shoppers can meet and enjoy good, healthy food and freshly baked French breads in a comfortable and relaxing environment. Café France offers not just a pleasant, relaxing environ-ment and excellent service but also provides quality and healthy products and serves wide range of dishes. try out their bestsellers – breads and pasta with their freshly-brewed coffee which also received high commendations from real coffee drinkers. they also offer delightful selection of gourmet treats and tempting sweets that make perfect gifts for everyone on your list such as nutty Chocolate Biscotti, almong tuile, Choco Chunk Mint Cookies and a lot more. Party tray collections are also available at Café France where each tray is a thoughtfully selected assortment of sandwiches and canapés as well as both sweet and savory tarts. Packed in beautifully designed trays, these add sparkles to any Holiday buffet and give a taste of heaven with each carefully crafted bite. Visit Café France at the Ground level of SM City General Santos and treat yourself with all these de-lectable tastes.

ayala MallS together with BPi express Credit introduces the BPi ayala Malls aMOre Visa, the first mall lifestyle credit card that gives shoppers access to the ulti-mate mall and lifestyle experience. With the BPi ayala Malls aMOre Visa you can earn shopping rebates, discounts and freebies at participat-ing merchants and many more mall perks and privileg-es in all ayala Malls: Glorietta, Greenbelt, alabang town Center, ayala Center Cebu, Market! Market! Bonifacio High Street, trinoma, Mar-quee Mall and abreeza Mall. Shopping rebates of 1, 4 or 3% for every P1000 spent in BPi-a c c r e d i t e d ayala Malls establishments await those who use their BPi aMOre Visa: a 1% rebate for drugstores, supermarkets, schools, bookstores, school & office supplies, department & spe-cialty retail stores, home furnishings & improvements, health & personal care, leisure & sports, electronics & household appliances, and services & utilities; a 3% re-bate for accessories, shoes, leather goods, and clothing stores and a 4% rebate for restaurants and bars. With the BPi ayala Malls aMOre Visa card, shoppers can enjoy instant discounts and freebies in participat-ing merchant stores and enjoy unlimited use of cus-tomer and family lounges and e-lounges. they also get exclusive invites to sale events, workshops, and promo-tional activities. Movie aficionados on the other hand get exclusive invitations to movie block screenings and enjoy a cinema express lane and a 5% discount on cin-ema ticket purchases. application forms for a BPi aMOre Visa are available at the ayala Malls concierge, BPi Bank Branches and express Banking centers or by logging on to bpicards.com. With the new BPi aMOre Visa card, shopping be-comes more convenient and rewarding – another rea-son to love ‘em all at ayala Malls.

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A taste of international cuisine as Café France opens at SM City GenSan

Ayala Malls and BPI present the new Amore Visa Card

FiLiPiNo cuisine will never be the same again as Bistro Selera opens at the second level of The Fountain Court of SM La-nang Premier last November 9.

Bistro Selera introduces Filipino cuisine with a twist

Setting itself apart form the original Ku-sina Selera at Paseo de Legaspi, Bistro Selera incorporates new dishes as well as old favorites, Bistro Selera promises to take the Pinoy dining experience to a higher more delicious level. You can try the ten-der Bistek Tagalog Rou-lade served with garlic pasta or the tender Pork Ribs cooked inasal style. old favorites from Kusina Selera are also present like the Crispy Pata and Crispy Tady-ang. ever thought of cook-ing with durian? Try Bistro Selera’s delicious Seafood Durian Curry Soup that is sure to be a hit among the adventur-

ous. The ones with a sweet tooth can try Bistro Sel-era’s Buchitaw, a cross between a buchi and a palitaw or the sweet and tart, Mangosteen Mousse that highlights the richness of Davao’s fruits. Whatever is your liking, a visit to Bistro Selera is like meeting old friends and finding something new. Bistro Selera is lo-cated at the second level of the Fountain Court of SM Lanang Premier and is open from 10am to 9pm daily. Kusina Selera is lo-cated at Paseo de Legas-pi, along Pelayo Street and is open from 7am to 10pm daily.

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Preparing the Pork Ribs Inasal.Seafood durian curry soup.

The alfresco dining area.

Modern playful dining area.

Kate Middleton is a major brand loyal-ist, counting British designers like al-exander McQueen, issa, l.K. Bennet, and alice temperley among her favorites. Clearly the Duchess of Cambridge has a soft spot for one particular black lace temperley gown, as she has now been spotted wearing it on more than one formal occasion. On thursday night, Kate and Prince William attended a black tie dinner gala at Mid-dle temple Hall cel-ebrating the 600th anniversary of their alma mater, the University of St. an-drews, in Scotland. the school is very dear to the couple as they first met on campus back in 2002, and they are sure to be amongst the university’s most famous graduates. For this special event, Middleton wore the same black lace temper-ley gown she wore to the london premiere of “War Horse” back in January. She accessorized with a red McQueen bow clutch, and a red poppy flower pin in honor of the up-coming remembrance Day holiday on november 11. the temperley amoret lace gown is currently still available for sale on net-a-Porter for $3,995, though with Middleton’s many fashion admirers we wouldn’t be surprised to see the dress sell out

quickly. Middleton is not the first celebrity to shop her closet. On election night first lady Michelle Obama re-wore the same red bro-cade Michael Kors dress she’d worn publicly twice before: once at a novem-ber 2010 Medal of Honor Ceremony in Washington, D.C., and earlier at a 2009 holiday event at the White House. in recent years, Vogue’s editor-in-chief, anna Wintour, has been re-wearing her designer

clothing all the time. Dur-ing a recession it feels the the responsible thing to do, even for the wealthy fashion elite. at thursday’s St. an-drews gala, the Duchess joked about the now-famous student fash-ion show she walked in,

where she caught the eye of a young Prince William by wearing a bikini and sheer cover-up. accord-ing to the Daily Mail, she spoke about the memory with other students at the party. “i hope you weren’t involved in the fashion show,” Middleton said to a current undergraduate. “you never know what you are going to be asked to wear!” Supposedly upon seeing Middleton in the fashion show, William turned and told a friend,

“Wow, Kate’s hot.” William told attendees that he had “happy, happy memories” at St. andrews. He also referred to Kate, whom he studied art his-tory with, as his “art guru.” “She was much better at it than me,” William said.

HOly, skin and bones! We know Matthew McConaughey has been losing weight for his starring role as a man with aiDS in the Dallas Buyer’s Club, but it looks like he’s really gone all Christian Bale on us now. the Magic Mike hottie was spotted at laX earlier today looking more gaunt than ever. adding to the dramatic transforma-tion are his pale skin and seemingly dyed black hair and mustache. as of last month, McConaughey report-edly had lost about 30 pounds for the role. Meanwhile, Jennifer Garner joined the cast last week as McConaughey’s doctor, as did Jared leto, who will mark his return to acting by playing a cross-dresser with aiDS.

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styles, scents, and flavors, that are as varied as the strokes of an artist’s brush. each dish beautifully pre-pared, cooked and plated to delight the diner’s senses. Lunch started with a beau-tiful Smoked Toro Tempura Roll amuse bouche that was served inside an overturned glass filled with smoke. Con-sumed in one delicious bite, the dish highlighted the fatti-ness of the toro while accen-tuating it with a smoky flavor. Another of my favorites for lunch was the Tomato Soup served in a tomato bread bowl that was baked in-house. “We bake all of our breads ourselves,” says Cathy “this ensures that we only serve the highest qual-ity products to our guests.” And it shows, as the tomato bread matched perfectly with the creamy and tart Tomato Soup that was served with a light basil shiso foam. Although not a part of the original tasting menu, Cathy insisted that we try the super decadent Trilogy of Fois Gras and who as i not to say yes with a big smile on my face right? Deliciously fatty and rich, The White House’s fois gras platter was simply divine especially the pan seared foie gras set on grilled eggplant and the torchon of fois gras (which takes days to make). For the fish course, we had a delicately flavored Soy Honey Glazed Grilled Salmon that was set with deliciously punchy mashed

potato with wasabi. Die hard sushi fans will be happy to note that the wasabi used at The White House is the real thing, unlike the wasabi you can buy in tubes that are usu-ally made of horseradish. Since Dabawenyos love meat, we were served two different meat courses, a beautiful Rack of Lamb that was served with a ratatouille, fried green tea soba, walnuts and a lamb dumpling; and a tender Grilled Wagyu Top-blade that was first cooked sous vide (The White House is the only restaurant in the city that prepares food sous vide) then grilled served with a rich Pumpkin Risoni. i loved the Wagyu stake as did i the paired Pumpking Risoni that was luxuriously nutty and creamy. it also helped that there was also a little piece of pan seared fois gras on the side for good measure. i love my fatty liver. And just when we thought the meal was over, in came the delicious Vanilla Cheese-cake that was topped with a Yamamomo and mixed berry compote with a bit of green tea cookie and yoghurt caviar. Now all these French terms may seem daunting and some foods items like the fois gras may sound ex-pensive, even extravagant, but you definitely get your money’s worth as the food and experience at The White House is simply special and divine.

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GS CUP 2012. Gaisano Grand Citimall Davao Ad and Promo head Karla Giorgia Corcino made the ceremonial toss in the first game of the GS Cup 2012 College Division which opened yesterday (Nov. 10) in simple rights at the Skygym. Joining her

was Rowena Go-Oczon of the St. Alexius Rehabilation and Or-thopedic Center, the official sports medic of the league. Agro routed RMC, 98 – 68.

IT’S getting to be a magical habit.

with the game way too early to call easy, spit-firish guard bong Go had time for some magical shot. how about hitting another near half-court shot which he has done before but this time with a little twist—do it at the buzzer of the first period.

Go got just what he wanted and then some.

More than sinking the magical shot, his team Vice Mayor’s office went past Naval Forces eastern Mindanao (NFeM), 81 - 72, in the ongoing 2012 Mayor Sara Duterte and Vice Mayor Rody Duterte - 10th AFP-PNP basketball Tournament on Thursday at the Davao City Recre-ation Center Almendras Gym.

Go made the shot just before the end of the first period to give VMo a dou-ble digit lead and his team was never threatened from there to clinch its

second straight win.The firebrand exec-

utive assistant to Vice Mayor Duterte finished the game with 28 points, accounting six trifectas, as the three-peat seeking SP-based dribblers dictat-ed the tempo of the match all through out.

Ryan lomotos and Rodel bantilan chipped in 12 and 10 baskets re-spectively for VMo which drubbed Task Force Davao in the opening day behind the 34 points out-put of Go.

NFeM tried hard to keep the game close, making big plays down the stretch behind Robert Munag, but to no avail as VMo played compose in every step of the way.

Munag paced NFeM with 23 points. Joebelyn Ruiz had 14 baskets.

A baseline jumper by Go late in the third canto marked the biggest lead of the game at 17, 67 - 50. VMo took a 68 - 55 lead at

the half.Meanwhile, Davao

City Police office barged its way to the winning column with a 90 - 87 win over 10th Infantry Divi-sion - eastMinCom.

The wards of Police Senior Superintendent Ronald Dela Rosa, the DCPo chief, survived a fi-ery late surge of the Army to notch its first win.

Anthony Padua led the charge for DCPo with 26 points, including 15 straights points to close the third canto. 10th ID absorbed its first setback despite the 18 points pro-duction of eduardo Mahi-lum.

In the other match, bureau of Fire Protec-tion defeated bureau of Jail Management and Pe-nology, 77 - 76, behind the buzzer-beating trey of reigning MVP warlito Castillo as Regional Public Safety batallion downed National Support Unit, 79 - 52.

VMO drubs EastMin 81-72By Neil Bravo

eVeRyoNe remem-bers the glorious Phil Jackson, the cham-

pionships, the genius, and they forget the way they had watched him so tired, so beaten in his final sea-son with the los Angeles lakers. They forget the way the work ethic had eroded within the fran-chise, the way that he lost discipline within the roster.

lakers owner Jerry buss wants to bring Jack-son back to coach again, and perhaps he’s holding onto something that left long ago: the coach’s drive and determination to with-stand the grind of the job. he’ll come back, cash those checks and leave every-one unsure whether he’s still hell-bent on molding championship teams. his old assistants – Jim Clea-mons and Kurt Rambis – are out of coaching jobs

and anxious to come back to the bench with history’s greatest coach.

everyone’s going to get paid again, but you wonder: Do they have the stomach to chase champi-onships again?

The old band could get back together, and it is fair to suspect that one of those staggering $10 million-a-season salaries could be the most com-pelling reason for Jackson to return to the bench in los Angeles. Jackson has the lakers right where he wants them: desperate, needy and perhaps will-ing to pay a steep price to bring him back a third time.

Mike brown had ar-rived at the lakers’ prac-tice facility for the morning shootaround believing he needed a victory over the Golden State warriors on

Friday night to spare his job. ownership and man-agement had been meet-ing about him his future throughout Thursday, and general manager Mitch Kupchak advocated to give the beleaguered brown longer than five games before firing him, sources said.

Jim buss, the lakers’ executive vice president, had gone along with the plan on Thursday, but something changed over-night into Friday. Jerry buss wanted brown out, and wanted him out now. As brown gathered his as-sistants to plan for Friday night’s game, a request came for him to step out-side the room. The forev-er chipper, eager brown returned to his coaching staff 10 minutes later with a decidedly different dispo-sition.

Paging Phil

loS ANGeleS (AP) -- A few hours after the los Angeles lakers’

top brass abruptly fired coach Mike brown and threw their season into turmoil before mid-No-vember, brown’s former players demonstrated why there’s still ample reason to think this team can be saved.

The lakers should find out soon whether Phil Jackson gets the chance to do the saving - again.

Kobe bryant scored 27 points, Pau Gasol added 14 points and 16 rebounds, and the lakers doubled their win total with a 101-

77 victory over the Golden State warriors on Friday night.

Jordan hill scored 14 points for the lakers, who were uniformly stunned by brown’s dismissal after just 18 months on the job. Following a bumpy first half against Golden State under interim coach ber-nie bickerstaff, they pulled away in the third quarter with a 25-9 run led by bry-ant, who also had nine re-bounds and seven assists.

‘’I think everybody didn’t know how to react to it emotionally,’’ bryant said. ‘’everybody had to just go about their busi-

ness and play basketball. ... A lot of the emotion that was picked up was kind of unleashed when we played.’’

The comfortable victo-ry capped one of the most tumultuous days in recent history for a franchise that’s never short on dra-ma. with the high-priced veteran club off to a west-ern Conference-worst 1-4 start following a winless preseason, lakers gen-eral manager Mitch Kup-chak and owner Jim buss abruptly dismissed brown, informing players during their morning shootar-ound.

Lakers win after firing coach

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