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POOLED EDITORIAL

The continuing reign of impunity

ThREE years ago today, we were confronted with a horrendous atrocity. It

shocked even those among us already inured to violence. It grabbed the world by the head, forcing it to take a long, hard look at the depravity we are ca-pable of doing. The Ampatuan Massacre, in which 58 people were butchered, exposed every-thing that is wrong with Philip-pine politics.

The initial impulse by many had been to label the massacre as an aberration, as something that only a sick mind could per-

petrate. But as we’ve witnessed since then, it is certainly not.

If anything, the Ampatuan Massacre is grim proof not only of the violent nature of Philip-pine politics but of how impu-nity can harm us. And since Nov. 23, 2009, we have been regularly confronted with more atrocities that, while probably not as hor-rifying as what had transpired in the hills of Maguindanao that day, serve to remind us constant-ly that impunity still reigns.

Extrajudicial killings remain rampant, ironically under an ad-

By Anthony S. Allada

TALLEST. Political and religious leaders of Davao del Norte and Compostela Valley lead the ceremo-nial lighting of Tagum City’s Holiday Tree at the Freedom Park, Arellano St., Tagum City. Standing at 110.50 feet, the unique Christmas tree is reportedly the tallest in Mindanao so far. From left: Tagum City

Councilor De Carlo “Oyo” Uy, Davao del Norte Vice Gov. Victorio “Baby” Suaybaguio, Tagum Bishop Msgr. Wilfredo D. Manlapaz, Compostela Valley Province Gov. Arthur T. Uy and Davao del Norte Gov. Rodolfo del Rosario. LEAN DAVAL JR.

VOL.5 ISSUE 189 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23-24, 2012THE BIG NEWS2 EDGEDAVAO

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SHIP-TO-SHORE CRANES. Two gigantic ship-to-shore cranes as tall as three-sto-ry building are being installed by a team led by Japanese technical experts at the Davao International Container Terminal, Mindanao’s most modern container termi-nal, in Barangay San Vicente, Panabo City. The P2.7-billion facility is a project of San

Vicente Terminal and Brokerage Services, Inc. and Dole-Stanfilco. The cranes arrived on November 20, which fell on the 96th building of the late Don Antonio O. Floirendo, patriarch of the Anflocor business empire and brains of the project. LEAN DAVAL JR.

LEADINg players of the local and inter-national film indus-

try have converged in Davao City for the Inter-national Film Expo (IFX) which will run from No-vember 23 to 24 at the brand new SMX Conven-tion Center in SM Lanang Premiere.

The IFX is spearhead-ed by the Film Devel-opment Council of the Philippines in partner-ship with the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industries.

The Expo will feature exhibitors particularly film equipment suppliers, pro-duction and post-produc-tion companies, indepen-dent production groups, broadcast outfits and top film academic institutions. They will be joined by lo-cal government units like the Province of Davao del

Norte and the City Tour-ism Office of Davao which will be promoting some sites in their localities as film locations.

Teddy granados, FDCP executive director said that the latest film tech-nologies and equipment will be featured in the expo. Aside from the expo there will be symposiums and lectures relevant to today’s film industry to be conducted by respected speakers from around the world.

Among the topics in-clude “Maximizing the Philippine Potentials for international Filmmaking to be conducted by Lope Juban president of the Philippine Film Studios; Juban bought hollywood productions like Apoca-lypse Now and the recent-ly produced Bourne Lega-cy here to the country.

Int’l film expo opens today

DAvAO City’s top cop has bared a plan to deploy

more policewomen on the streets for the holi-days.

Police Senior Super-intendent Ronald de la Rosa, director of the Davao City Police Office said this move is part of the security prepara-tions for the Pasko Fi-esta celebration where more people are expect-ed to come to the city for vacation, shopping and revelry.

he told the AFP-PNP Press Corps that 50 new cops, half of them wom-en, will augment the ex-

isting number of city po-lice to ensure the safety of the public for the du-ration of the Christmas and New Year celebra-tions.

“Lady cops will be de-ployed at points of con-vergence in highly-ur-banized areas during the holidays. They will patrol the malls and other plac-es where people come together,” De la Rosa said.

The policewomen are currently undergoing marksmanship and basic weapons training should they have to engage crim-inal elements They will be issued weapons and deployed when ready.

Lady cops to be deployed in city

FROM the initial group of seven in 2010 to mark the

first anniversary of the Maguindanao Massacre with November 23 de-clared as the Davao Media Freedom Day, the partic-ipating groups this year number 15 after more schools and media estab-lishments signified their participation.

Again to be hosted by the Ateneo de Davao Uni-

versity Mass Communi-cations Program, Davao Media Freedom Day and 2nd International Day to End Impunity activities will be held at Room F213 of the ADDU Jacinto Cam-pus on Friday, November 23.

This year’s theme is “gag us not, kill us not” to unite the voices of journalists, students and bloggers against media repression, and the tem-

porarily restrained Cy-bercrime Protection Law while pushing for the passage of a Freedom of Information Law.

A photo exhibit fea-turing photos by students and journalists will be set up at the lobby of F213 by the College Editors guild of the Philippines-South-ern Mindanao Region (CEgP-SMR). The partici-pating groups will also be setting up their booths at

the lobby.A students’ forum is

scheduled in the morning where officers of Commu-nication Majors’ Associ-ation of Davao (CMAD) from the University of Immaculate Conception, ADDU, UP-Mindanao, and holy Cross of Davao College will deliver their views on Cybercrime Law, FOI, Militarization of Communities and

More media groups, studentsin Davao Media Freedom Day

BEFORE Novem-ber wraps up, take advantage of the

perks laid out for those eyeing a coveted unit at Liverpool, the fourth tower of Camella North-point, the landmark con-do development of Ca-mella Davao.

The masterplan de-veloper makes acquisi-tion of a Liverpool unit easier for those wishing to make Camella North-point their residential address. But the deal is even more attractive to investors looking to in-vest in a condo unit for rental purposes.

“For this month, we are giving an outright discount of P130,000 to buyers of Liverpool, our 15-storey condo tow-

er,” said Anna Mae dela Pena, marketing head of Camella Davao, adding that this amount is one of the biggest discounts for a condo purchase in the market recently.

For buyers looking for a new home, the discount translates to big savings with the six figures being slashed off the price of their condo home. Astute investors see it as com-pounding their returns on a Liverpool rental unit.

Dela Pena added that it’s not only the huge dis-count that awaits home-buyers and investors. “We have reduced the reservation fee to only P20,000, making it eas-ier and faster to secure their choice units at Liv-

erpool.”There are currently

very limited home rent-al opportunities within north Davao’s growth area, especially one with the class and reputa-tion of Camella North-point. Rental rates can go as high as P30,000 to P50,000, the same going rates for a two-bedroom to three-bedroom condo unit in Northpoint, which is more than enough to cover mortgage costs.

“With Camella North-point’s excellent living proposition, we under-stand the keen interest of investors to buy into this premier address. Now is a great time for them to secure their Liverpool condo unit,” said dela Pena, adding that they

are further sweetening the deal by extending the down payment terms to 35 months.

A British colo-nial-themed condo com-munity located at the junction of Buhangin Road and JP Laurel Av-enue in Bajada, Camel-la Northpoint has a lot going for it. It tops the number one criterion for property investment that wise investors follow like a cardinal rule – location.

Northpoint is proxi-mate to all daily essen-tials and public utilities, being less than five to ten kilometres away from the city’s best and big-gest malls and depart-ment stores, supermar-kets, cinemas, boutiques,

Camella Northpoint’s November Fever featuring big discounts at Liverpool

ThE healing through Magic is a project of the In-

ternational Brotherhood of Magicians based in the United States that aims to help people with disabili-ties to find relief through the craft of magic. This is said to be a powerful tool to exhilarate their condition by simply mak-ing them feel happy and loved.

According to James g. Infiesto, the director of the 9th Asian Magic As-sociation (AMA) conven-tion, it started long ago in various hospitals. When people feel that their self-worth is low due to their physical condition,

they are uplifted and made to smile by seeing magic tricks.

The program has not reached Davao City yet, but Infiesto says this long time goal of his will be made possible through the formation of Inner Magic Club (IMC) Davao. he added that AMA con-vention conducted last September paved the way to the group’s forma-tion.

“When we had our convention here, I dis-covered there a number of local magicians and I told them that we have one aim, that is to pro-mote magic.” That’s how

Healing through Magiccoming soon to Davao Vicky Berdina M. de Guzman

VOL.5 ISSUE 189 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23-24, 2012

ThE bustling Tagum City formally lights up on a moon-

lit Wednesday night its 110.50-feet tall giant hol-iday Tree, continuing its decades-long tradition of lighting the city’s offi-cial Christmas icon that gathered more than 5,000 people who witnessed the much-awaited event. Please see front page pic-ture

People gathered in ex-citement at the Freedom Park on November 21, 2012 to witness the light-ing ceremony of the city’s holiday tree with local offi-cials claiming it as the “tall-est Christmas Tree” in the country this year.

Senior City Councilor De Carlo “Oyo” Uy, who chairs the city council’s committee on tourism, highlighted the unique as-pect of Tagum’s celebra-tion of the holiday season as represented by the glim-mering holiday tree.

“Only in Tagum City that in spite of individual differences bilang tao, be it kultura, race or relihiy-on, Christiano, Lumads og Muslims, kita tanan nag-kahi-usa og malipayon na saulog ang Pasko,” said the

27 year-old solon.Bishop Wilfredo Man-

lapaz blessed the holiday tree prior to the formal lighting ceremony, after a solemn invocation of the different dominions of faith in the city.

This year’s holiday tree, which is taller compared to 2011’s 108.60 feet, is illuminated by 88,600 rice bulbs, 1000 meters of mixed red, green, yellow and blue flexy lights, re-spectively, and 266 pieces of raindrops cool white.

Adding hype to the in-tricate design of the holi-day tree are decorative ab-stract frames with different symbolisms which are as follows: doves (peace), an-gels (peace on earth, good-will to men) and lanterns/butterflies (ethnic symbol) plus a Christmas village behind the Christmas Tree of which you can see the decorative abstract frames depicting different animals such as Camel, Elephant, Flamingo, hippopotamus, horse and Pelican.

Lanterns hanged in posts and arcs across ma-jor streets in the city were also lighted simultaneous-ly during that night.

Wednesday’s event

honored the outstanding contribution of Barangay Nutrition Scholars and Barangay health Work-ers who were given early Christmas gifts by the local government.

The Tagum City Youth Orchestra and Mindanao

Soprano Artist Marife vil-lacorta gave soulful rendi-tions of various Christmas medleys during the event.

The city’s giant holiday tree will be lighted from six in the evening up to three in the morning until the celebration of “Three

Kings” on January 2013.Meanwhile, the

3rd Tagum City Food Fes-tival, as organized by the City of Tagum Tourism Council and the United Restaurant, hotel Owners, Managers and Executives (UR hOME TC), was also

launched prior to the light-ing ceremony which fea-tures different delicacies and specialties that are uniquely Tagum in time for the Tagum City grand Fiesta Celebration. [Louie Lapat/CIO Tagum]

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FLOODED. A young child swims in an unfinished culvert after heavy rains triggered by an intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) caused most of the streets in Butuan City to be flooded on Tuesday, November 20. [MindaNews/Erwin Mascarinas]

Tagum lights up giant Holiday Tree

ThE Commission on Elections (Comelec) in general Santos

City has adopted a strin-gent verification process on voters’ registration ap-plications to ensure that no multiple registrants and “flying voters” would be included in the city’s voter’s list.

Lawyer Jose villan-ueva, city election officer, said the verification sys-tem set by the Comelec central office provides that all voters’ application and approved registration will have to undergo vari-ous processes that will run through election day.

he said they started last Monday the verifica-tion of the area’s voters’ registration applications through the hearings con-ducted by the city’s elec-tion registration board (ERB), composed of the Comelec and representa-tives from the Department of Education and the Office of the City Civil Registrar.

The ERB hearings, which set the approval or disapproval of voters’ ap-plications, will be conduct-ed until Friday, he said.

Aside from the ERB hearings, villanueva said they do their verification using the biometric sys-tem and the posting of the voter’s photos prior to the issuance of official ballots

during the election day.The official said the

city Comelec office has not received any petition so far for the exclusion of voters’ registration appli-cants as of its deadline last November 12.

“But any party can still seek for the exclusion or inclusion of any voter by filing a court petition sev-en days from now,” he said.

In the case of pos-sible multi-registrants, villanueva admitted that they will have to rely on the verified list from the Comelec central office to identify them.

he said they cannot specifically establish whether a locally regis-tered voter has an existing record in another area.

“We don’t have a way to determine this unless we get a confirmation from Manila (Comelec central office),” villanueva said.

The official earlier ad-mitted that his office had received reports on the alleged voters’ registra-tion in the city of residents coming from nearby Sa-rangani province but no formal complaints or peti-tions have been so far filed regarding the matter.

“We cannot just act based on mere verbal complaints or specula-tions,” he said.

Comelec-General Santos scrutinizing voters’ list

ThE clampdown on illegal small-scale mining and

quarry activities has led to record-breaking revenue collections in South Cotabato, an official said on Wednesday.

Siegfred M. Flaviano, Provincial Environment Management Office chief, said the province is expected to reach its

target collection of at least P15 million this year for the mining industry.

“As of September, we have already collected almost P13 million from mining and quarry fees…. The higher collec-tion was because of the ‘strong political will’ imposed by the prov-ince against illegal small-scale miners,” he

said.Last year, the prov-

ince collected some P9 million from mining and quarry fees, which was the record, he added.

Among the factors cited by Flaviano in the higher revenue collection this year was the se-ries of closure orders issued by gov. Arthur Y. Pingoy Jr. against

small-scale miners and ball mill operators in T’boli, a gold-rich town in the upper val-ley portion of South Cotabato.

The closure order against these illegal min-ing players forced them to seek permits and pay the necessary fees, Flaviano said.

Illegal mining crackdown hikes revenue in SoCot

MINDANAO is “not yet ripe” for the Interim Mind-

anao Electricity Market (IMEM) or the electricity spot market because at the moment there is “ob-viously a power short-age situation,” a business leader in Bukidnon said on Wednesday.

“It is premature, not conducive at this time. The spot market will be fair only if there are both premiums and discounts,”

said Roderico Bioco, pres-ident of the Bukidnon Kaamulan Chamber of Commerce and Indus-try Inc., noting that the plan to start the IMEM in March 2013 “will not work.”

“Tradable volume is really small yet,” he stressed during the busi-ness group’s general membership meeting, which also focused on the power situation in the is-land.

Bioco urged the gov-ernment to start formu-lating the policy for the Mindanao electricity spot market through more stakeholder consulta-tions.

The prospect of a spot market in two to three years will help usher in investments today, he said.

The spot market, Bio-co added, could boost the efforts to attract inves-tors in the power indus-

try in the island, noting that prospective power producers can look at the spot market as an alter-native market aside from forging power purchase agreements with distri-bution utilities.

The IMEM, according to the Department of En-ergy (DOE), could provide an additional capacity of 360 megawatts (MW) in Mindanao. The set up will tap power from em-

Mindanao ‘not yet ripe’ for electric spot market

VOL.5 ISSUE 189 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23-24, 2012 11EDGEDAVAO AGRITRENDS

PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III said the country will be rice

self-sufficient in 2013 with the efficient and honest administration of govern-ment agencies and cooper-ation of the Filipinos.

In a speech delivered by Department of Agricul-ture (DA) Sec. Proceso J. Al-cala during the recent 27th anniversary of Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) in Nueva Ecija, Aquino said the country would not only achieve enough rice but would also export the staple next year.

“Before, million tons of rice were left to rot in ware-houses owing to misman-agement. Now, through honest and efficient ad-ministration and favorable weather… we will also be exporting rice in 2013,” the President said.

Aquino also said min-isters of agriculture from the international commu-nity recognized Filipinos from International Rice Re-search Institute, PhilRice, University of Philippines

in Los Baños, and Central Luzon State University as experts in teaching agricul-ture.

“We are praised as ex-perts, but we import rice from the countries we have taught. This is trou-bling. But in a straight and righteous path (tuwid na daan), this scenario will end soon,” he said.

Aquino said the coun-try would be rice self-suffi-cient as PhilRice had stead-fastly lived up to its man-date of producing quality and adequate seeds to the farmers.

he also said that DA’s dedication in finding solu-tions and Filipinos’ dili-gence and perseverance had led to better status in the rice sector.

With improved per-formance in agriculture, Aquino announced that the department’s budget will be increased to more than 20 percent or P74.1 billion next year.

“It’s only just to give performing agencies the opportunities to contin-

ue delivering appropriate services to the people. But those agencies with staff who only sit and do noth-ing the whole day must start thinking. If you can’t provide the people with

good quality service, you have no place in govern-ment service,” he said.

To further show gov-ernment’s commitment in boosting the rice sector, 2013 was publicly pro-

claimed as National Year of Rice during the 27th Phil-Rice anniversary.

“We have declared 2013 as National Year of Rice to speed up rice self-sufficiency. however,

this declaration would just be a piece of paper without the support of the Filipi-nos. This initiative would only succeed if each of us would contribute to the goal,” Aquino stressed.

Good governance to end rice imports

PEOPLE would easily dismiss the coun-try’s Comprehensive

Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) as a failure but despite the flaws and the many sad stories, there are beneficiaries who have re-alized their dreams of be-coming entrepreneurs due to CARP.

Take the case of the beneficiaries belonging to the Checkered Farm Agrar-ian Reform Beneficiaries Multi-Purpose Cooperative or CFARBEMPCO in Panabo City, Davao del Norte.

“We were already CARP beneficiaries since the 1980s but the company (Checkered Farm) filed a 10-year deferment up to 1996,” CFARBEMPCO Board of Director Elenita Man-ao said. When the company voluntarily offered to sell the farm in 1995 she added, we applied as beneficiaries.

Man-ao, and the 87 farmer-workers who formed the cooperative in 1996, used to be workers of the banana plantation. When the company got dis-solved, they applied as ben-eficiaries and took the reign of the company’s manage-ment.

“The farm was already established and since we were former employees, we just continued the standard operating procedures fol-lowed by the company,” she said.

Checkered Farm used to buy the banana produce of the cooperative but later on turned it into a grow-ership scheme which was bad for the cooperative as they had lots of losses, she

said. They lost the contract but managed to get anoth-er contract with the same company, selling the banan-as on an FOB or Freight on Board basis.

“We took care of all the farm operations from office work, plant care and fruit care,” she said. The venture proved successful as they continued to export their products to the Middle East, South Korea, Japan and even China.

Today, she said, they are still selling their banana produce to large companies but this time, the buyers take care of the trucking which led to an almost 10 to 15 percent profit for the cooperative.

“Pero dili gyud mi man-gadatu ani (but this won’t make us rich,” she said, be-cause out of the P500,000 gross revenue of the coop-erative, only 15 percent or P90,000 is retained. Man-ao blames the high cost of inputs necessary to operate the banana plantation in-cluding the fertilizers, plas-tics and twines.

The cooperative man-ages a 113-hectare banana plantation which they say, should ideally produce a certain number of boxes per hectare per year in or-der to for them to break even or even earn a profit.

CEFARBEMPCO is a member of the Davao del Norte Credit Surety Fund but while it plans to get a loan and expand its produc-tion, it is not qualified for now as “they have to meet 25 percent of the liquidity of their assets,” according to DNCSF chair Celso Cubio.

CFARBEMPCO: From banana farm workers to entrepreneurs

FA R M E R S from settlers, in-digenous peoples

and Muslim communities along with students will join agriculture scien-tists, farming technicians and farmer leaders in yes-terday’s Farmers’ Summit on Biotechnology held in Davao City.

Bearing the theme, “harnessing the Power of Life”, the summit is orga-nized by Biotechnology Coalition of the Philip-pines, Biotechnology for Life Media and Advocacy Resource Center and the

Philippine Information Agency (PIA) XI in coop-eration with the Depart-ment of Agriculture-Bio-technology Program Im-plementing Unit.

highlighting the sum-mit is the keynote ad-dress of Dr. Candida B. Adalla, Department of Agriculture director for Biotechnology Program Implementing Unit, that tackled the importance of biotechnology to agricul-ture production.

One of the topics to be discussed would in-clude the Functional Reg-

ulatory System to Ensure Safety of Biotechnology Intended for Commercial-ization by Thelma Sori-ano, senior agriculturist and head of Biotechnol-ogy Core Team Secretar-iat of the Bureau of Plant Industry, Department of Agriculture.

Other topics up for discussion are on Enhanc-ing Natural Ingredients through Biotechnology by Dr. Rainier villanue-va of the Chamber of herbal Industries of the Philippines, Inc.; Empow-ering Farmers through

Modern Agriculture Technologies by Edwin Paraluman, chairperson of the Philippine Farmers’ Advisory Board of the Na-tional Food Authority.

godfrey Ramon of the Biotechnology Coalition of the Philippines and Joel Paredes of the Biotech-nology for Life Media and Advocacy Center will be explaining the milestones that their respective organizations have achieved in advanc-ing public understanding and adoption of biotech-nology. [PIA 11/jmda]

AN international or-ganization current-ly implementing

the CocoPal Farming Sys-tem project in Mindanao has proposed to its sup-porter, the United States Department of Agricul-ture (USDA) the provi-sion of over $ 6 million to fund a new project to help small cacao, coconut and rice farmers in the island next year.

Nicholas Richards, Ag-ricultural Cooperative De-velopment International/volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance (ACDI/vOCA) chief of party at a press confer-ence Wednesday here said USDA has yet to act on ACDI/vOCA’s propos-al, though he clarified that it will be a new and dif-ferent project from that of the existing CocoPal Farming Sytem which is

ongoing in Mindanao.he said the project

would specifically entail the provision of post-har-vest facilities to farmers growing cacao, coconut and rice.

“If approved by USDA, the four-year project which is eyed to start by later part of 2013 will benefit about 15,000 farmers particularly in Mindanao, Regions 9 and 11.

Richards said the post harvest facilities which ACDI/vOCA is eyeing to provide to the farmer/beneficiaries must be so-cially acceptable, efficient and must produce quality products to boost pro-duction thereby uplift the lives of the farmers.

ACDI/vOCA thru USDA has granted $ 5.4 million to fund the Co-coPal Farming System, a

project being implement-ed by Cacao Industry De-velopment Association of Mindanao Inc. (CIDAMI) that started in 2008 and will be finished by July or August next year.

The project has tar-geted to help 25,000 small farmers in Mind-anao. Richards said as of this time, the project has reached about 20,000 farmers.

Richards said ACDI/vOCA is bent on continu-ing its intervention to small farmers in Mindan-ao in view of the island’s growing demand for its diversified crops specifi-cally cacao, coconut and rice.

Philip Shull, foreign ag-riculture services counsel-or of USDA, said the Phil-ippines particularly Mind-anao is considered one of the priority countries of

USDA thru ACDI/vOCA in relation to agriculture in-terventions in 2013.

he, however, said USDA has yet to decide in the next few months on the amount of invest-ments and projects it will implement for Mindanao next year.

Richards and Shull were in the city primari-ly to grace the first Kakao Konek two-day conference that started on Wednes-day at the Apo view hotel here.

CIDAMI president Charita Puentespina said because of the growing number of farmers explor-ing cacao production, CID-MAI is now working hard for its cacao nursery cam-paign program.

“We feel this industry has a big impact in the economic life of the farm-ers,” she said. [PNA]

International group proposes over $ 6M to aid Mindanao small farmers

Biotech Summit in Davao City