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Pacquiao: I don’t need ‘pork’

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SARANGANI-GENSAN CONNECTION. Rep. Manny Pacquiao is in serious conversation with General Santos City Mayor Ronnel Rivera while watching the championship match of the 2013 Tuna Festival 1st Pacman Cup basketball tournament between Davao City’s The Royal Mandaya Hotel-Duterte Agilas and Cebu’s Omega Pain Killer Pro at the Gen. Santos City Gym on Wednesday night. Lean Daval Jr.

THE Pacman needs no pork.Sarangani congressman Manny Pacquiao

openly said he is fine with or without the contro-versial Priority Assitance Development Fund (PDAF).

In an exclusive interview with Edge Davao at his Gen. Santos City residence on Wednesday night, Pac-quiao said he is one who can live without the pork barrel fund and will leave it up to the President to de-cide the fate of the controversial government alloca-tion given to lawmakers.

“Sa akin meron man o wala, wala namang proble-ma,” Pacquiao, now on his second term as lawmaker, said.

He said he considers himself less affected if ever the President will permanently abolish the PDAF and replace it with another system for lawmakers to im-plement projects in their respective districts.

“Kung walang project sa gobyerno, pera ko naman ang ginagamit ko,” he said.

A celebrated former world pound-for-pound box-ing champion and still the sport’s most bankable star, Pacquiao has been known to dig from his own pocket for projects in his district and to extend assistance to the needy constituents of Sarangani.

Pacquiao’s pronouncements in a way dispelled ru-mors that he is going bankrupt. He tendered a ban-quet for guests who were in town for the annual Tuna Festival. Earlier, he bankrolled a basketball tourna-ment which dangled cash prizes amounting to around P650,000.

Pacquiao also said he will leave the fate of the

VICE Mayor Paolo Duterte yesterday clarified that his letter to Land Transportation Franchis-ing and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to suspend

the operation of the Bachelor Bus company was a

mere request and not an imposition.The letter-request came at the aftermath of an ac-

cident involving the bus company which killed four people in Bunawan last Sunday.

Pulong: It was a request, not imposition

PHILCONSTRUCT MINDANAO. City councilor Jimmy Dureza (5th from left), representing Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, cuts the ceremonial ribbon opening the 2013 Philconstruct Mindanao at the SMX Convention Center yesterday. Also in photo are (front, l-r) Philconstruct chair Morris Agoncillo, PCA president

Lito Manalo, Mindanao Business Council chair Vicente Lao, Malaysian Consul General Abdullah Rawawi Tahir, and DOT XI director Art Boncato. Ramon Al-lado, Philconstruct Mindanao chair (second from right) said this year’s event could net an estimate of P50 million in sales. Lean Daval Jr.

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THE Davao City’s Business Bureau exceeded its sum-

mary collection target by eight percent with a total collection of P58,574,786 as of June this year com-pared to P54,130,330 for the entire 2012.

Business Bureau head Lawrence Bantiding told Edge Davao Thursday that there is a continuing upward trend in the col-lection since according to their initial report, as of August, they have ac-counted some P60.5 mil-lion for their business bu-reau summary collection.

The business bureau summary collection re-port does not include the total taxes and capitaliza-tions the business permit applicants have paid, Ban-tiding clarified, adding that the summary collec-tions are from the permit

fees alone.According to the bu-

reau’s accomplishment report 2011-2013, there were already 21,844 re-newed and new business permits issued as of June this year, while there were 33,158 in 2012.

“We will definitely ex-ceed this mark and reach around 35,000 by 2013,” Bantiding said, pointing out the peace and order in the city under the lead-ership of Mayor Rodrigo Duterte as one of the main reasons for the increase.

Meanwhile, Bantiding said that the 72-hour di-rective of the mayor has really improved further the speed of transactions in the bureau.

Bantiding’s office even makes it a point to release business permits earlier than 72 hours, as early

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KEYNOTE ADDRESS. Mindanao Business Council president Vicente Lao delivers a message before guests and participants during yesterday’s opening rites of Philconstruct Mindanao 2013 and the 7th Manufacturing Technology Davao at SM Lanang Premier’s SMX Convention Center. Lean Daval Jr.

EXHIBITOR. An Altima Ads staff shows the finish product of its top-of-the-line embroidery machine on display at the exhibit area of SM Lanang Premier’s SMX Convention Center where Philconstruct Mindanao 2013 and the 7th Manufacturing Technology Davaoare being held. Lean Daval Jr.

ONCE called a “grow-ing baby”, the 2013 edition of Philcon-

struct Mindanao which opened yesterday has now fully grown into ma-jor business convergence which could net a record P50 million in sales.

Organizing chair Ra-mon Allado said there is a potential revenue of P50 million and a conserva-tive estimate of P10 mil-lion from the three-day construction show and technology forum at the SMX Convention Center.

With 82 companies, 286 booths and 2,576 square meters of exhi-

bition space, Allado said this year’s Philconstruct Mindanao has already ex-ceeded past records and with 8,000 visitors or an increase of over 2,000, he would not be surprised if the multiplier effect could go way beyond the esti-mated gross sales.

“We have 20 heavy equipment suppliers this year and you know how much heavy equipment costs. Normally, sales go up on the last day and deals are closed in the next two to three months,” Allado told reporters yes-terday during the Invest-ment Forum, one of the component activities of

the exhibit.Allado cited the intro-

duction of new innovative products in the market which are seen for the first time in the Mind-anao phase of the coun-try’s biggest construction show. He cited portable welding machines, steel cutters and new technol-ogies in LED lighting sys-tem as among the debut-ing products on display.

But other than the state-of-the-art products, Allado is also excited that there are locally-manu-factured products which are on display in the ex-hibits.

Lito Manalo, presi-

dent of the Philippine Constructors Association Inc. said the Philconstruct Mindanao used to be just a “growing baby.”

“Today, it has fully grown into something this big,” he said.

Mindanao Business Council president Vicen-te Lao said the business community in the region is happy that the Phil-construct is being staged here.

“It’s good for a lot of constructor associations in Mindanao without hav-ing to go to Manila,” Lao said. The MBC, according to Lao, fully supports the

A barangay kagawad of Tagakpan, Tug-bok district, died

on the spot after three men aboard a motorcy-cle shot him repeatedly at high noon yesterday while he was on his way home from the barangay hall.

The assailants drove away immediately, ac-cording to two eyewit-nesses, both minors, who were at the vicinity of the shooting incident.

The victim, Ruel Cat-igan Pague, 43, of Purok Crossing, sustained mul-tiple wounds in the body..

Major Ariel Acala, chief of the Tugbok po-lice station,cited three possible motives behind

the killing. First is vendetta after

the victim was charged for murdering a Muslim; second is political where he was said to be plan-ning to run for baran-gay captain; and third is he was executed by NPA members after the police retrieved a piece of paper at the scene on which was written in the vernacular (Editor’s note: unedited): “Font 54 NPA, gisilutan siya sa sala nga mooltipol morder, ikaduha delir ug cyabo, ikatulo whulda-per, ika upat ug uban pa na mga kaso. MRKES.”

“We are doing our very best to solve this case,”Acala added.

“RE S P O N S I B L E j o u r n a l i s m would dictate

on you to appreciate the true facts,” was Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duter-te’s statement yesterday against a radio reporter who he did not name.

The reporter had criti-cized his and Land Trans-portation Franchising Board’s (LTFRB) 11 deci-sion to suspend 15 buses as “palpak (foul).”

Though the vice may-or did not name names, it was GMA’s dxRG reporter Jun Digamon in a radio program and in a portion of Testigo, called Birada, last Wednesday, who said Duterte and LTFRB’s deci-

sion was, “Palpak (foul,) kay wala gihuna-huna ang nakulban ug kaldero.”

“I had to request for it (the suspension) because I can’t bear the fact that there are Dabawenyos killed every day because of the way some driv-ers drive,” Duterte said. “Ayaw ko ingna nga gikul-ban ko na sila ug kaldero kay gusto lang nako!”

“Simple, I just did what I had to do,” Digamon said to Edge Davao Thursday in a phone interview, adding that drivers are voiceless and that it is his (Digamon) conviction to air the grievances of the disadvantaged, since they

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IT COUNTS. Rep. Manny Pacquiao acts as “jury and mediator” to resolve a dispute during the 2013 Tuna Festival 1st Pacman Cup basketball tournament at the Gen. Santos City Gym on Wednesday night. Lean Daval Jr.

MILITARY doctors have not con-firmed potential

“biological warfare” or the use of harmful bacte-ria in landmines following a suspected case of bac-terial infection found on one victim of a landmine blast last August 10 in Agusan del Sur.

Dr. Victor Dato, ortho-paedic surgeon at Camp Panacan Station Hospital, said they have found com-mon symptoms caused by bacteria in the wound of a soldier who was injured

by an NPA landmine ex-plosion. Seven other sol-diers who were injured in another NPA-planted landmine last September 3, are being tested to see if they also have traces of the bacteria that can harm humans.

In a press conference yesterday at Task Force Davao office in Sta. Ana Wharf, Dato said they cannot as yet attest that the bacteria came from landmine shrapnels be-cause there are many fac-tors that they should first

consider to be certain. However, they are taking into account the testimo-ny of a rebel returnee who said that the NPA mixes human feces and snake venom with landmines.

The traces of bacteria allegedly found on shrap-nel were said to be that of Enterobacter Cloacae and Streptococcus Agalactei-ae commonly found in hu-man intestine.

“We found bacte-ria from shrapnel in the wounds of the wounded soldiers that’s why we are

more cautious in treating the seven victims who might be positive for the bacteria,” Dato said, add-ing “soldiers who are pos-itive for bacteria are still alive.”

Dato said they ob-served some “blackening spots” and inflamation in the wounds of one of the victims which are symp-toms of sepsis, a poten-tially fatal body inflam-mation caused by severe infection. Dato, however,

TWO men were meted life impris-onment and fined

P500,000 for violation of the Comprehensive Dan-gerous Drugs Act of 2002 for selling P100 worth of marijuana.

Judge Dax Gonzaga Xenos, presiding judge of Regional Trial Court, Branch 34, Panabo City, Davao del Norte sen-tenced Michael Manatad alias Makaw, 22, single, and a resident of Crystal Plain Subdivision, Panabo City, Davao del Norte, and Jay-Ar Montecillo alias Don-Don, 24, single and a resident of Lasang, Davao City, last July 5.

Based on a police re-port, Manatad and Mon-tecillo were arrested by PDEA agents on October 8, 2009 during a buy-bust operation on Emerald Street, Crystal Plain Sub-

division, Panabo City. Two packs of dried marijuana weighing more or less 1.6765 grams were seized from them after a poseur buyer bought P100 worth of marijuana from them.

“This serves as a warning to those who are involved in illegal drug activities that no one is above the law. One hun-dred pesos is such a mea-sly amount to throw one’s life away. The penalties awaiting them may seem unduly harsh,” PDEA Re-gional Office 11 Director Emerson Rosales said.

“The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Re-gional Office 11 is asking everyone to help the gov-ernment attain its vision of a drug-free Philippines by reporting to us those who are involved in illegal drug activities,” he said. EPC

YOUTH group ex-pects 5,000 stu-dents from 20 dif-

ferent schools in Davao City to march from Rizal Park to Freedom Park on September 11 in what seems to be part two of the Million People March held last August 26.

Rendell Ryan Cagu-la of Youth for Account-ability and Truth Now (Youth ACT Now) said the students will come mainly from Ateneo de Davao University, Uni-versity of Southeastern Philippines, Holy Cross of Davao College and Uni-versity of the Philippines Mindanao.

He said, they are chal-lenging school heads to allow their students to take a stand for the ab-olition of the priority development assistance fund (PDAF) to ensure that 5,000 students will join the event, unlike what happened with the Million People March where only over 1,000 joined in Davao City.

“Most of the profes-sors we talked to said, the March last August 26 was on a holiday and there were no classes, unlike September 11 which is a Wednesday,” he said, ex-plaining why there were

AFTER the conduct of Administra-tive Proceedings,

the Department of En-vironment and Natural Resources (DENR-11) will confiscate the 14 (20 footer) vans loaded with Acacia Mangium and Gmelina pallet board components with esti-mated volume of 92,528 board feet which were apprehended last August 26, 2013 at the Marianas Express Line Phil., Inc., TEFASCO, Ilang Davao City.

The said pallet boards for export and consigned to Yenong Lung Enter-prises Co. Ltd. based in Kaohsiung, Taiwan were transported out of the processing plant of Pe-ter-Helen Wood Indus-try in Carmen, Davao del

Norte without necessary transport documents, thus violating Section 77 of Presidential Decree 705 as amended of the Revised Forestry Code of the Philippines. Posses-sion of timber and other forest products including processed wood as well as lumber without legal documents is a violation of the law.

Community Envi-ronment and Natural Resources (CENR) Offi-cer-Davao City East Ber-nardino S. Juson said that the shipper’s mere vio-lation is actually its fail-ure to secure transport permit documents from the DENR, hence the rec-ommendation for confis-cation. “Acacia Mangium and Gmelina are planted

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2 men meted life for illegal drugs

5,000 students to march against PDAF Sept. 11

DENR 11 to confiscate 14 vans of illegal lumber

SEIZED 14 VANS. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources together with the Philippine Coast Guard and Bureau of Customs open one of the container vans at TEFASCO, Ilang, Davao City.

Military docs:‘Biological warfare’ not confirmed


TOURISM in Davao del Norte is fast-be-coming an engine

of economic activities, embracing sports, liveli-hood and filming.

Provincial Gov. Rodolfo P. del Rosario has been citing tourism as the bottom-line of cul-tivating sports which has been given a big boost with the Davao del Norte Sports and Tourism Com-plex construction.

During the hosting of the Batang Pinoy Min-danao Qualifying Leg late last month, del Ro-sario said the tourism industry would highly benefit from upscale sports events which usu-ally draw large number of people to Davao del Norte, particularly to Tagum City.

In a separate inter-view, Provincial Tourism Officer Noel Daquioag cit-ed “tourism as the driv-er” of Ugmad Komuni-dad (which would mean Nurture the Community) , a program that develops

small communities as tourist destinations, inte-grating sports and liveli-hood including education as key components.

Aside from the Davao del Norte Sports and Tourism Complex and the Ugmad Komunidad, filming also pushes the tourism industry in the province which recently became one of the sites of a Korean film.

“Film tourism is also a growing niche. We are also promoting the Davao del Norte sites as a filming destination,” Daquioag said.

Daquioag bared preliminary talks with Davao City-based film- makers to consider Davao del Norte as a film-ing site, banking on its culture and heritage, its eco-tourism destinations and its people.

To get community folks ready for the boom of tourism in Davao del Norte, Daquioag togeth-er with officials in the private tourism sector,

will be visiting the ba-rangays especially those where tourist attrac-tions are located.

“We will be orient-

ing our brethren at the grassroots level on basic tourism awareness,” he said.

On the other hand,

Daquioag bared the holding of a regional seminar-workshop on events and festival man-agement for tourism

officers this month of September but the ven-ue of such event was yet to be specified. [PIA 11/ Jeanevive D. Abangan]

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GLOBE BUSINESS PACKAGE FOR PANTAWID FAMILIES. Globe represen-tative Apple Evangelista [left] distributes brand new 40 mobile phones, four Retailer SIM cards and store signages to 40 Pantawid Pamilya benefi-ciaries in Montevista, Monkayo, New Bataan, Laak and Compostela. Globe also provided orientation on Electronic-Load to the beneficiaries who come

from different barangays where Globe reception is clear. This project aims at helping Typhoon-affected families start a small business and augment their family income. Receiving her business package is Rosalina Pacatang of Kaligutan, Laak town. [DSWD]

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Local tourism spurs economic activities

AS the ruins of Ty-phoon Pablo are kept and rebuilt, the

provincial government of Davao Oriental is set-ting its direction towards developing industries to ensure a long-term liveli-hood for constituents.

In an interview, Provin-cial Gov. Corazon Malanya-on banked on the results of the industry study made by USAID Growth with Eq-uity in Mindanao (GEM) to put on the ground in-dustries recommended by some sectors.

USAID GEM recently turned over to Malanyaon two pieces of document of study results entitled The Crop Diversification Options for Davao Orien-tal Focusing on Baganga,

Boston and Cateel and The HV Aquaculture Industry Development Plan.

Pending a review on the study, Malanyaon said the province is “quite ready” for investments on oil palm, rubber and cacao which can be inter-cropped with other crops.

“I am quite influenced by what I saw in Indonesia and Malaysia. These are the three high yield crops developed in full scale: the rubber, cacao and the oil palm,” she said.

She, however, said that the province still keeps its coconut industry especial-ly in not-devastated areas where “we are trying to enhance our coconut pro-duction.”

Malanyaon bared “ac-

tual investors” on desic-cated coconut production while others are coming to “explore investments in the coconut area.”

On the other hand, Malanyaon geared efforts to strengthen the tourism industry especially now that the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is bound to de-clare Mt. Hamiguitan as a World Heritage site.

Straddled in San Isidro and Governor Generoso towns and in Mati City, Mt. Hamiguitan treasures endemic flora and fauna, rare insects and birds in-cluding eagles.

Expecting the influx of tourists, the provincial government is preparing

the visitors management manual to ensure conser-vation and protection of the area as well as pre-pare the communities, Malanyaon said.

To establish a ground-work for the expected peak of tourists arrivals, Malanyaon explained that road infrastructures are leading to areas “where we can offer interesting sites.”

The province has es-tablished “loops” of tour-ist sites such as the Cape of San Agustin in Gover-nor Generoso; Dahican in Mati City; the Aliwagwag Falls in Cateel, among oth-er sites “and even the Pab-lo-hit areas can also be an area for tourism.” [Jeane-vive Abangan/PIA 11]

LGU develops industries for long-term livelihood

Army, PNP on alert over escapees

Family poverty survey slated THE Department

of Social Welfare and Development

(DSWD) in Region 12 is set to assess the socio-eco-nomic status of 775,335 households in the region as part of the second na-tionwide assessment of the National Household Targeting System for Pov-erty Reduction (NHTS-PR).

Ashraf Dirampatan, DSWD Region 12’s NHTS-PR regional field coordina-tor, said Thursday the sur-vey is scheduled to begin later this month and will cover households within the region’s 50 local gov-ernment units (LGUs).

Region 12, which is also known as the Soccsk-sargen Region, compris-es the provinces of South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani, North Cotabato and the cities of General Santos, Koronadal, Tacu-rong, Kidapawan and Co-tabato.

Dirampatan said all provinces, municipalities and cities in the region will be covered by the assess-ment.

He said they are spe-cifically targeting to “visit and interview” a total of 245,055 households in North Cotabato; 212,590 in South Cotabato; 146,777 in Sultan Kudarat; 93,178 in Sarangani; and, 77,736 in Cotabato City.

It will cover a total of 1,194 barangays, 168 of

which are classified as ur-ban and 1,026 rural baran-gays.

NHTS-PR is an infor-mation management sys-tem that identifies who and where the poor house-holds are, a program brief-er said.

It said its system guar-antees the establishment and management of a na-tional socio-economic da-tabase of poor households using a globally-accepted methodology.

The NHTS-PR database was the sole basis for the selection of beneficiaries of the national government anti-poverty programs, among them the continu-ing Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or the conditional cash transfer initiative and the social pension for poor senior cit-izens as well as other mar-ginalized and vulnerable sectors.

During the launching of the NHTS-PR in 2009, DSWD-12 assessed a total of 581,853 households in the entire region.

The assessment results showed that some 296,043 households in the area were considered as poor and eventually targeted for various social services of the national government.

For the second NHTS-PR survey, Dirampatan said they are targeting to assess a total of 193,482 poor households in the re-gion. [PNA]

POLICE and military personnel in North Cotabato have been

placed on heightened alert to ensure escapees from a detention facility in Bukid-non would not enter the province and create some problems.

Elements of the pro-vincial police and the Ar-my’s 602nd Brigade have sealed off Thursday dawn the Sayre highway which connects North Cotaba-to and Bukidnon which is three towns away from

Kidapawan City.About 22 inmates of

the Bukidnon provincial jail first ransacked the armory of the detention facility, disarmed the guard before jumping off the fence at about 3 a.m. Thursday.

“One of the inmates managed to take the guards’ firearms and two motorcycles of the city jail during the jailbreak,” said Chief Insp. Rene Esumadia Berico, Valencia City po-lice community relations

officer.The leader of the group

were identified as Dionisio Daulog, and Albert Espi-nosa, alias “Khalid” and “Sacoy.”

Most of the escapees face charges for heinous crimes including murder and illegal drugs.

Three of the 22 in-mates has been captured by pursuing policemen and jail guards. They were Jamal Sambarani, Albert Espinosa and Roel Llacu-na.

Brig. Gen. Ademar To-maro, commanding officer of the 602nd Brigade, said soldiers were deployed because of a high possibil-ity North Cotabato as one of the escapees destina-tion.

Senior Supt. Danilo Peralta, North Cotabato police provincial direc-tor, said policemen also deployed trackers since many of the escapees were from North Cotabato prov-ince who have committed crimes in Bukidnon. [PNA]


THE 15-storey con-do building of Northpoint broke

ground last Saturday in a whole-day affair of pro-mos, freebies, and fun for its buyers and guests at the clubhouse Wakefield Manor.

Northpoint, a land-mark condo development in Davao, hosted the high-ly successful day-long event that started with a mass in the morning pri-or to the ground breaking ceremony attended by Camella officers and staff, contractors, brokers, homeowners, and guests.

Leading the ground breaking were Marlon Niño Escalicas, Camella Davao GM and Southern Mindanao Cluster Head; Engr. Fritzie Joy Gepo-lio, Camella’s Marketing Head for Vertical; Teresi-ta Gonzaga, Excel Group Managing Director and Camella top seller; Mar-co Roque, Safety Officer of Construction Manage-ment Group; Engr. Erik

Abela, Project Engineer of MGS Construction; and Aivy L. Bacus, Manager of Globalland Property Man-agement.

Wakefield Manor was a beehive of activity as the Investors Day opened af-ter the ceremonies, with homebuyers and guests served by Camella staff and brokers until the eve-ning.

The Investors Day gen-erated the highest sales for Liverpool this month. This positive response has prompted Camella to extend the buyers’ promo, details of which are avail-able at Camella offices at Delgar Bldg., JP Laurel Av-enue, Bajada, telephone 295-3973.

Liverpool buyers grabbed the opportu-nity to avail of outright discounts as high as Php750,000, translat-ing to instant savings for them. Down payment was made easier at only 15% for an extended pe-riod of 34 months.

Appliance giveaways were also given to eligi-ble homebuyers, plus free pool passes for Wake-field Manor’s salinated wellness pool. Making the event more fun were the free face painting, a picnic, pool party, acous-tic band performance, games and exciting priz-es.

Liverpool is the lat-est addition to the green buildings of Northpoint, a British colonial themed condo community by Vis-ta Residences, subsidiary of the country’s largest homebuilder, Vista Land & Lifescapes.

While the first three condo buildings are also green, Liverpool will be the greenest of all with its Sky Garden feature that will provide excellent in-door air quality. Sky Gar-dens are wide openings on the building’s façade that will be decked with real, natural plants and allow the entry of cooler air.

Liverpool will be facing east, with a clear view of Wakefield Man-or, the White House and Northpoint’s future life-style center around it, and, from the higher floors, an expansive view Davao Gulf and the pris-tine white sand beaches

of Samal. The scenery at North-

point alone is a vista of green, with imported Caribbean pine trees—most of which are now over 20 feet tall—dotting the grounds. These pro-vide a cool, refreshing ambiance to the whole

property and the condo buildings as well.

More information on Camella’s communities is available at http://www.camella.com.ph/, like “Camella Official” on Facebook and follow “@CamellaOfficial” on Twit-ter.

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Leading the Liverpool groundbreaking are Camella GM Marlon Niño Escalicas (4th from left) and (L-R) Aivy L. Bacus of Globalland Property Management, Engr. Fritz-

ie Joy Gepolio of Camella, Marco Roque of Construction Management Group, Teresita Gonzaga of Excel Group, and Engr. Erik Abela of MGS Construction.

Successful Liverpool groundbreaking generates highest sales for Camella


THE Department of Trade and Industry – Davao City Field Office (DTI-DCFO)

will be conducting a half-day seminar on September 12 in a bid to identify and widen the market of local entrepreneurs.

The seminar tagged as “De-termining Your Market” will be done from 1:00 to 5:00PM at the DTI Conference Room, 2/F Min-trade Building, Monteverde-Sales Streets, Davao City.

The seminar is open to res-

idents of Davao City who are new in the business or young professionals, students, out-of-school youth (OSY), and overseas Filipinos workers (OFWs) who are interested to start their own business.

DTI-DCFO director Teolulo T. Pasawa said this is a chance for start-ups (entrepreneurs who are just starting up) to gain knowledge and skills on how to establish their markets.

“And the fact that this is for free, they should really find time to call up our office and be listed,” he said.

In this seminar, Pasawa said, the participants will learn to fig-ure out who are their most likely customers, or in other words, tar-get market.

“Starting a business and think that their product/service is for everyone can spell disaster. With limited marketing budget, it is critical to know your potential customers down to the level of their characteristics and inter-ests,” he said.

The seminar will provide the participants with the opportu-nity to learn about the following topics:

1. Target Market Identifica-tion

2. Understanding Your Tar-get Market (Segmenting, Target-ing and Positioning) [DTI-DCFO]

THREE trade shows unit-ed in one mega event had just set foot in Davao City

as Global Link MP Events Inter-national, Inc. (GLMP) opened this year’s Manufacturing Technology Davao, Packprint Plas Davao and Davao Interna-tional Travel Expo which run starting last September 5 up to September 7, 2013 at the SMX Convention Center, SM Lanang Premier, Davao.

“These trade shows which we hold annually are actually realizations of our commit-ment to provide avenues for companies to maximize their business potential while allow-ing buyers to get the most out of trade opportunities”, says GLMP CEO, Patrick Lawrence Tan.

“Through organizing these shows, we also hope to contrib-ute to the continuous growth of Davao’s local economy espe-cially now that the manufactur-ing sector continues to domi-nate the city’s industrial land-scape posting a total of 2,420 companies engaged in the said industry.” he added.

Although focusing on differ-ent industries, Manufacturing Technology Davao centering on industrial machinery, factory automation, hardware prod-ucts, power tools material han-dling and welding technology and accessories; Packprint Plas Davao having plastics & pack-aging, printing, food & bever-

age and office automation as its focal point; and Davao Interna-tional Travel Expo banking on the best packages and deals in the industry of tourism, hold-ing these shows in such a way that it coincides with the other remains necessary as each par-ticipating industry depends on the other for improvement and sustainability.

The convergence of these shows gathered over 200 com-panies occupying a total of 1,684 sq. meters of exhibition space and showcasing the new-est technologies, products and solutions which are vital to the development of a wide array of businesses not just in Davao but in the whole of the Philip-pines as well.

Eladio Aviola, president of the Printing Industry Associ-ation of Davao, Inc. (PIADI), one of the industry partners of the abovementioned event, ex-pressed his excitement as the event was launched.

“This is probably the best and the most comprehensive trade event that Davao has had so far. By the looks of it, I could say that the participating companies this year are really gearing towards being globally competitive.” he said.

“I can assure all business enthusiasts that visiting the ex-hibit and attending the techni-cal seminars incorporated in it will definitely be a worthwhile learning experience for them.”

This event is supported by the Davao Association of Tour Operators (DATO), Davao Bak-ers’ Club Inc. (DBCI), Davao Travel Agencies Association (DTAA), Packaging Institute of the Philippines (PIP), Phil-ippine Center for Print Ex-

cellence Foundation (PCPEF) Philippine Plastics Industry Association (PPIA), Philippines Society of Plumbing Engineers (PSPE), Printing Industry As-sociation of Davao, Inc. (PIADI) and the Small Hotels Associa-tion of Davao (SHAD).

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THE ECONOMY

BY THE NUMBERSAugust inflation eased to 2.1 percent

from July’s 2.5 percent

which is well within Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) inflation target this 2013. SOURCE: NSO

MONTHLY AVERAGE EXCHANGE RATE (January 2012-April 2013)

Month 2013 2012 2011

Average 42.23 43.31December 41.01 43.64November 41.12 43.27October 41.45 43.45

September 41.75 43.02August 42.04 42.42

July 41.91 42.81June 42.78 43.37May 42.85 43.13April 42.70 43.24

March 42.86 43.52February 40.67 42.66 43.70January 40.73 43.62 44.17

Stat Watch7.1

1st Qtr 2013

7.8 1st Qtr 2013

USD 3,741 million

Feb 2013USD 4,708

million Feb 2013USD -967

million Feb 2013USD -640

millionDec 2012

P 4,964,560 million

Feb 2013

2.4 % Mar 2013P113,609

million Mar 2013

P 5,281 billion

Mar 2013

P 41.14 Apr 2013

6,847.5 Mar 2013

132.8 Apr 2013

2.6 Apr 2013

3.1 Apr 2013

418,108 Feb 2013

20.9% Jan 2013

7.1% Jan 2013

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/

Cebu Pacific Daily 5J961 / 5J962 5:45 Manila-Davao-Manila 6:15Zest Air Daily Z2390 / Z2390 5:45 Manila-Davao-Manila 6:25Cebu Pacific Daily 5J593 / 5J348 6:00 Cebu-Davao-Iloilo 6:30Philippine Airlines Daily PR809 / PR810 6:10 Manila-Davao-Manila 7:00Philippine Airlines Daily PR819 / PR820 7:50 Manila-Davao-Manila 8:50Cebu Pacific Daily 5J394 / 5J393 7:50 Zamboanga-Davao-Zamboanga 8:10Cebu Pacific Daily 5J599 / 5J594 8:00 Cebu-Davao-Cebu 8:30Cebu Pacific Daily 5J347 / 5J596 9:10 Iloilo-Davao-Cebu 9:40Cebu Pacific Mon/Tue/Thu/Fri/Sun 5J963 / 5J964 9:40 Manila-Davao-Manila 10:10Philippine Airlines Daily PR811 / PR812 11:30 Manila-Davao-Manila 12:20Cebu Pacific Daily 5J595 / 5J966 12:00 Cebu-Davao-Manila 12:30Cebu Pacific Thu 5J965 / 5J968 12:55 Manila-Davao-Manila 13:25

Cebu Pacific Tue/Wed//Sat 5J965 / 5J968 13:35 Manila-Davao-Manila 14:05Silk Air Mon/Sat MI588 / MI588 13:35 Davao-Singapore 18:55 Silk Air Wed/Sun MI566 / MI566 15:20 Davao-Singapore 18:55Silk Air Thurs MI551 / MI551 12:05 Davao-Singapore 15:45Cebu Pacific Mon/Tue/Wed/Fri 5J507 / 5J598 15:00 Cebu-Davao-Cebu 15:30Philippine Airlines August 15:55 Mani2Mani 16:50Zest Air Daily Z2524 / Z2525 16:05 Cebu-Davao-Cebu 16:45

as of May 2013

DAVAO INVESTMENT CLIMATE. Engr. Ivan Cortez, Davao City In-vestment Promotions Center (DCIPC) officer in charge, presents the Davao City business climate and opportunities during yesterday’s

Philconstruct Mindanao 2013 Davao investment forum at SM La-nang Premier’s SMX Convention Center. Lean Daval Jr.

DTI conducts free seminar on market determination

Global Link launchesDavao’s largest trade expo

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EDITORIALWe hope this ain’t true

THERE is a very alarming report that the New Peo-ple’s Army (NPA) used biological warfare in land-mines in recent skirmishes with the military.

An earlier report said one soldier has been infect-ed with a harmful bacteria which was suspected to have come from fragments of a landmine that hit him somewhere in Agusan del Sur. The only way to ascer-tain this is to check with medical doctors, which the military did.

The report turned out to be unconfirmed. Yesterday, the Philippine Army said they could not confirm the bacterial infection which reportedly came from snake venom and human fecal matter found in the landmin-es used by the NPA rebels. There are other soldiers who are also in the process of being tested medically to confirm or debunk the reports.

The traces of bacteria allegedly found on shrapnel could be that of Enterobacter Cloacae and Streptococ-cus Agalacteiae which are commonly found in human

intestine. Whether this is true or not is simply disturbing. We

still want to believe the reports are untrue and that the NPAs who denied the allegations would not resort to something like this.

The NPA Red fighters assured that they have been using in the last four decades, guerrilla warfare weap-ons, such as but not limited to, command-detonated explosives made up of traditional, non-biologically toxic ingredients. The NPA countered that the seven soldiers were hit by command-detonated explosives and not the falsely reported pressure-type bombs that are banned by international laws like the Ottawa Treaty.

Of course, we know that this battle between the mil-itary and the NPA extends beyond the battlefields. It goes as far as waging war in the propaganda front—a war of words, of accusations and of denials.

Pathetic, it is.


STATES are grouping and re-grouping amid arguments over representation and non-repre-

sentation as the start of the G20 sum-mit here looms.

However, for the existing groups in the world, like the Group of Twen-ty (G20), efficacy hardly prevails in problem-solving, except for one to some extent - the recent global finan-cial difficulties.

Tiding over the hard times, states inside and outside the G20 are still fumbling for a “cure-all.”

The core of this efficacy problem is that the members within the group weigh their respective individual in-terests above the so-called common interests or shared interests of their own group.

Thus, any concerted answers, not to mention common action, on regional or international economic problems is hard to achieve.

Working out development strat-egies for their own and their shared economic world, the G20 members also need to enhance their group’s collective spirit and accountability in global economic governance.

Though the G20 already includes

the world’s largest economies from both the developed and develop-ing world, more than 2 billion of the world’s 7 billion people remain un-represented.

Though it now accounts for al-most 90 percent of the world’s GDP, 80 percent of its trade and 70 percent of its population, it has been trying to include in its summitry such rep-resentations as the Business 20, Civil Society 20, Labor 20, Think Tank 20 and Youth 20.

However, these hardly have any real voice or substantial influence upon the group’s decision-making.

G20 leaders have responded to criticism of their accountability by launching a mutual assessment process (MAP) as a platform for an-ti-crisis policy coordination, data exchange and sustainability analysis but the transparency of enforcement still makes a solution to the account-ability issue elusive.

Even the G20 Financial Stability Board, formed to enhance coordina-

tion and set standards for financial regulation, has not helped much, as increased representation has caused decreased efficacy.

The G20 is becoming too diffuse to agree on concrete meaningful actions except in the event of a global crisis.

If the United Nations, which em-braces 193 member states, is as-sumed to tackle the world’s political issues, the G20, which actually com-prises 43 countries, should concen-trate more on economic and financial issues.

Yet, no economic or financial is-sues can be properly tackled with-out dealing with the political issues at hand, especially in a world where political, economic and military pow-er still dictates who has the most say, like the United States, which holds sway over both the UN and G20.

So the mentality of the U.S. leaders should evolve to also care about oth-ers’ interests, otherwise the Amer-ican philosophy, as put by late U.S. diplomat Richard Holbrooke - multi-lateral when we can, unilateral when we must - will doom a group which should work multilaterally, consensu-ally and collectively. [PNA/Xinhua]

PUNY EFFORT TO CURB HOARDING AND PROFITEERING– Time and again high profile officials of concerned gov-

ernment agencies declared that prices of basic commodities notably rice, flour, sugar, canned goods, pork, beef, poultry and sea produce, and other essential food items have gradually been going down. With the price trending slowly going down, if there’s really such a thing, wholesalers and retailers prob-ably are now obliged to follow government directives and immediately implement the ‘suggested retail price’ (SRP) scheme.

The desperate and disgusted poor con-sumers heave a collective sigh of relief upon learning of the good news conveyed by con-cerned agencies particularly the DTI, DA and its line agency NFA. On nationwide TV, news-papers and radio, consumers recurrently learned from government executives about the directive urging traders notably rice retailers to lower the prices of their goods because there’s enough supply of NFA and commercial rice and prices of raw stuffs and supplies likewise plummeted in the market.

However, consumers and end-users let out a sigh of frustration because the sup-posed adjusted prices in the markets and grocery stores have remained unchanged. Again, the sad lament is: “why should gov-ernment people engaged in rhetoric assuring consumers that prices of basic necessities, commercial rice in particular, with prices rising as high as P4 per kilo from the previ-ous P40, are going down when there are no indications that businessmen actually are following the pricing regulations imposed by the government?”

Will the unscrupulous traders lower the prices of their goods to the pre-oil price in-crease levels or right now that many areas in the country especially the Greater Manila

districts and the rest of Lu-zon are badly devastated by monsoon rains, landslides and submerged in ravaging flood-waters? But as far as we could remember, poor consumers as always were shockingly the likely victims of thick-faced businessmen who took advantage of the situation – bad or fair weather.

Well, it is not a breach to be repetitive therefore we would like to remind the mil-lions of manipulated poor consumers and end-users that unless government arrests some of the noted cheats and profiteers and execute them in public parks in full view of the irate and aghast people to get rid of price scheming, the most likelihood is they will not. That’s precisely the reason why many abusive businessmen conduct their trade with impunity and even right under the nos-es of concerned government agencies.

Government price monitoring teams notably from the DA/NFA and the DTI want the infuriated consuming public to believe that laws can be imposed against cheats and profiteers that they can even boastfully rattle some names and certain arrests. But we are talking about millions of exploited consumers and enforcement setting that is pockmarked with inefficiency and inepti-tude. Most of the time or maybe all the time the hapless consumers are always at the los-ing end.

Concerned government agencies and its

high-profile bureaucrats should start admit-ting the helplessness of government amid its puny effort to curb if not totally eradi-cate hoarding and profiteering. The govern-ment administrators’ way of perking up the exasperated consumers, as their wont, is to impress and assure them that concerned agencies intensify it’s no non-sense cam-paign against cheating and overpricing and to conduct periodic inspection, strictly moni-tor price movements of basic goods in all es-tablishments. They even urged consumers to immediately call their hotlines if some busi-ness firms are found violating government directives.

With the evasive tactics employed by some cheating and profiteering establish-ments despite threat concerned agencies and law enforcement units to run after violators, there is a very little chance that the prices of rice and basic commodities, and other items vital to the lives and survival of the poor ma-jority can be return to their original levels before the oil price adjustments. As we’ve been saying all along, no price hike of basic goods, which were direct offshoot of oil price increases return back to the previous levels before the adjustments were announced.

We’re quite sure that government price monitoring teams are detailed in public mar-kets, grocery stores, supermarkets and oth-er business outlets, but were probably busy eating and collecting goodies from the es-tablishments they are supposed to monitor. Some were probably looking at the opposite direction for obvious reasons. We surmised their philosophy is: if other government agents can engage in “monetary tribute” scheme, why can’t we join the fray? Each to his own ploy, isn’t it? The end result – the drive against hoarding and profiteering end-ed up in total failure.

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AQUILES Z. ZONIOCorrespondent

Obama’s flawed case for a Syria strike

Helplessness of concerned agencies

Where does G20 go from St. Petersburg summit?BY YI GAOCHAO AND LIU YUESPECIAL FEATURE

BY ARI MELBERCOMMENTARY

(Conclusion)

THAT is a well known political dynamic, since it’s hard to de-fund even unpopular wars. It

is also a legal dynamic, because our national security laws usually give Congress only one chance to hit the brakes.

Congress’ role in authorizing mil-itary actions usually operates as a switch before a conflict — rarely during or after it. Congress may reject the administration’s resolution, like any executive proposal. But once ap-proved, it opens the door to a poten-tially long and wide conflict.

The White House draft uses sev-eral different words to stress a lim-ited chemical weapons response. As a legal trigger, however, it uses the key provision of the War Powers law to grant war-like authority for an open-ended military operation.

For an attack on Syria, the reso-lution states that Congress is grant-ing “specific statutory authorization within the meaning of Section 5(b) of the War Powers Resolution.”

That is the crucial section of the War Powers law that limits unilateral war. It requires the president to begin rolling back any unilateral military operations after two months, unless specific conditions are met. Those conditions include a declaration of war or Congress passing a “specific authorization” of force. So the reso-lution gives the president the explicit power of an authorized war under the law, but without using those words.

There is no clear case for interven-tion here, and definitely not for in-tervention under those terms. Some members of Congress want to tight-en the resolution, including explicit-ly limiting the length of combat and barring regime change as a military objective.

There is plenty to improve here, and that is a worthwhile part of the public and congressional debate. For example, the resolution doesn’t limit geographic targets to Syria’s borders, a concern considering that the 2001 Afghanistan resolution has been ap-plied to attacks in Yemen and Paki-stan.

But we should be careful to avoid taking too much comfort in revisions to the resolution. Congress cannot wordsmith the administration out of a flawed strategy, nor amend foreign policy precedents with a narrow au-thorization.

Once force is authorized, there are very few practical limits on the exec-utive, and presidents in both parties have claimed broad military powers. “Authorizing strikes for 60 days will not prohibit the president from using force beyond 60 days,” explains Jack Goldsmith, a Harvard law professor and former Justice Department offi-cial, because modern presidents be-lieve they have “independent, inher-ent” constitutional authority to con-duct military campaigns.

Ultimately, if Congress really wants to limit an open-ended com-mitment in Syria, its best opportunity is to vote “no” from the start.

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went up 80-78 with over two minutes left. Howev-er, Mondragon fished San-galang’s last foul and Calo had another split to tie the knot 80-all. It was at the 8.9 second mark when the Andaya was called for another contested foul on Mondragon which turned out to be the final nail on the coffin.

“Very disappointing. I

am not one who blames the referees but tonight it was really bad,” said TRMH coach Miggy Sol-itaria who lost a double overtime game for the second time in four days after his Ateneo team also lost in double OT over the weekend to Jose Maria College.

“Until the next tour-nament, basketball never

ends,” TRMH Duterte Agi-las owner Glen Escandor said in a text message last night from Manila. Escan-dor and team manager Bong Go did not make it to the finals as they were both attending to their re-spective engagements.

Earlier, MP Pacman Warriors took third place after beating Villar Build-ers-Zamboanga 88-75.

PDAF to President Aqui-no. “Para sa akin kung ano ang decision ng pan-gulo irespeto natin.”

PLANS FOR 2016Asked if he is serious

about seeking the Presi-dency in 2016, Pacquiao was quick to deny he is going for the country’s top post. He was once quoted to be eyeing the Presidency in 2016.

“Wala pa sa isip ko

yun, ang nasa isip ko ngayon focus bilang con-gressman at sa boxing career ko,” he said.

But he made a qual-ifying statement: “Kung may plano man ako sa 2016, siguro Senador,” he said.

However, he said he is happy being a con-gressman where he has still one term left. “Hap-py pa ako bilang con-

gressman.”Of impending retire-

ment in boxing, he did not categorically state how many fights he has left but he hinted that if he runs for the Senate in 2016, he will no longer be in boxing by then.

“Siguro 2016 di na ako magbo-boxing nyan,” the revered box-ing champion-legislator said.

The clarification was made by the vice mayor after the alleged “request” became the subject of a radio commentary by GMA Davao television anchor Jun Digamon on Wednesday.

“The issue is not pov-erty and survival of the families of the 15 sus-pended buses, but the issue is public safety, the company must be held responsible because they own the bus company which is involve in the ac-cident,” Vice Mayor Dute-rte said although he did not refer to a particular media personality mak-ing the commentary.

Digamon reportedly said Paolo and LTFRB’s decision is “Palpak (foul,) kay wala gihuna huna ang nakulban ug kaldero.”

None from either the bus company or the af-fected Bachelor drivers’ families have reportedly spoken.

A stament from the vice mayor’s office quot-ed Digamon as having remarked in his radio program: “Palpak ang desisyon nga i suspende ang 15 ka bus nga walay labot sa incidente, walay pagtan-aw sa sitwasyon sa kabus nga ilang gikul-ban ug kaldero, nga karon wala na gani siguro naka eskuela ang mga bata kay walay pagkaon.”

Vice Mayor Duterte has earlier asked the LT-FRB to suspend the bus company citing public safety and convenience by virtue of an agency memorandum circular. LTFRB regional director Benjamin Go suspended 15 units pending investi-gation.

Go, in a two-page or-der dated August 27,

2013 issued a 30-day sus-pension to the operation of 15 units of Bachelor bus with routes Dava-Ma-ti and vice versa which is effective upon receipt of said order.

Go cited the incident in Bunawan on Sunday which involved bachelor Express bearing plate no, LVY 853 which figured in a collision with a Toyota Lite Ace Van killing four people including a child.

“This regional office hereby suspends for a pe-riod of thirty days count-ed upon the receipt of this order, the Certificate of Public Convenience issued on February 17, 2010 to Bachelor Express Inc., under Case No. 94-XI-00010 which authoriz-es the use of fifteen (15) units.” the order stated citing the above men-tioned accident.

“I want that bus com-pany suspended as it doesn’t guarantee the safety of the motorist and the commuting passen-ger, the company must realize that they have the duty to protect the public and provide convenience while they operate,” the vice mayor stressed.

“Bus companies and even public utility jit-ney operators should always monitors their units and their drivers, because public safety is our concern, if there is an economic impact on the suspension, let it be not-ed that the effect if only 30-day economic impact they must remember life is above economy,” he added.

Vice Mayor Duter-te said they requested the LTFRB “if they could suspend the franchise of Bachelor because of the

deaths caused by reck-less driving and the LT-FRB finding that there was reason to suspend it, granted our request.”

An obviously in-censed vice mayor went on, “di naku matulon nga adlaw adlaw naay mama-tay tungod sa style sa pag drive aning mga tawha-na (I cannot take that Davaoenos get killed almost daily because of erring and reckless driv-ers).”

He stressed that mak-ing the families starve is not his decision, but “it is the decision of the LT-FRB, the issue here is life of the people, lives killed because of reckless driv-ers, I asked for its sus-pension because I see the need for drivers to take another road safety sem-inar and for the manage-ment of the bus company to remind their drivers of road safety.”

He added that “we need to know that what was suspended was just the franchise and not the drivers themselves. And this covers 15 units only. There are numerous franchises granted to the company covering hun-dreds of units. Now, the company has the discre-tion to allow these driv-ers to drive other units whose franchises were not suspended subject of course to a seminar nga gi-hangyo nato sa kom-panya.”

“To impute to myself the consequences of their reckless act is highly ma-licious and unfounded,” He stressed.

He also clarified that the suspension was pre-ventive in nature pend-ing investigation and not a penalty.

as the next day, or in the afternoon of the day the requirements were sub-mitted by an applicant.

“A lot of taxpayers are very happy with the 72-hour rule, corruption can be avoided, and we have no reason to delay in the

first place,” he said, add-ing that there are other applicants who are find-ing it hard to provide some vital requirements, which leads to delay.

Bantiding said, he had a meeting Wednesday with all the regulatory of-

fices in Davao, since they are part and parcel in the issuance of business per-mits, and are committed to help make issuance of business permit applica-tions faster, earlier than 72-hours, with less than five steps to undertake.

Philconstruct Mindanao event.

Lao admitted there is a huge construction boom in Mindanao where this year’s construction show could anchor on. “Con-struction is going on ev-erywhere,” Lao said.

Meantime, Ivan Chin Cortez, head of the Davao City Investment and Pro-motions Center (DCIPC), made a presentation on “Investing in Davao” during the Investment Fo-rum.

Cortez, in his presen-tation, said the city is pushing forward a devel-opment policy wary of the effects of climate change.

Cortez cited that there is now a prefer-ence for climate change responsive designs and operations, reduction of carbon footprint and consideration of the ris-ing water level.

“Maybe we can start entertaining ideas for a water village, literally. Think of floating hous-

es or houses with float-ers, stilt houses,” he said while revealing the plan of the city government to eliminate informal set-tlers in coastlines to give way to coastal roads and wide open spaces.

This year’s Philcon-struct Mindanao will also have technical seminar series on various topics like construction safety standards as well as lat-est trends and best prac-tices in the construction industry.

fear that something bad might happen to them should they speak out. Digamon also said, his programs also aired Dute-rte’s statement to be fair.

He said he respects the vice mayor’s opin-ion as long as it will not reach to a point that he (Duterte) will “dictate to me what I am supposed to do.”

Digamon cited Rus-

sia’s “managed democ-racy,” where the govern-ment dictates what the media should say, and that this is false democ-racy.

He also quoted one of the United States of America’s (USA) great-est presidents, Thomas Jefferson, who said that it’s better to have a press without a government, than to have a govern-

ment without a press.“It is our (media) job

to be the voice of the voiceless, and besides, the government is sub-ject to public criticism,” said Digamon.

Finally, his message for the vice mayor was, “next time, kung magbu-hat silag decision, dapat siguraduhon nila nga dili madamay ang walay labot.” EJF

only a small number of participants in the Davao edition of the Million People March.

He said the Septem-ber 11 march will include a series of noise barrage and a cultural night at Freedom Park after the march which would coin-

cide with a national event dubbed “EDSA Tayo.”

Cagula added that students who join the march will also join a multisectoral march on September 13, and an-other nationally orga-nized march on Septem-ber 21, adding that Youth

ACT Now is demanding for the abolition of the pork barrel, not just re-forms, and that there should be a rechanneling of funds instead, where the money should go pri-marily to education and other basic needs of the citizens.

declared all of the soldiers are on stable condition.

The case stemmed from a military statement on September 5 that sev-en soldiers who wre hurt in a landmine explosion while conducting a com-munity security patrol in Sitio Lantawan, Brgy. Napnapan, Pantukan, Compostella Valley prov-ince were found positive for bacteria.

However, Rigoberto F. Sanchez, spokesperson of NPA Southern Mindanao Regional Command vehe-mently denied the allega-tion.

“To insinuate that the NPA is engaged in a high-

ly criminal biological and chemical warfare is, in-deed, pure invention. NPA Red fighters have been using in the last four de-cades, guerrilla warfare weapons, such as but not limited to, command-det-onated explosives made up of traditional, non-bi-ologically toxic ingredi-ents,” Sanchez stated in his press release, add-ing that the seven sol-diers were hit by com-mand-detonated explo-sives and not the falsely reported pressure-type bombs that are banned by international laws like the Ottawa Treaty.

Maj. General Ariel

Bernardo, Armed Forces of the Philippines ,10th Infantry Battalion Com-mander, said in response to the denial statement from the NPA, said “If maging positive, this would have an action from the CHR.. they have been violating the CAHRIL for using landmines and if mapatunayan na gumag-amit sila ng chemical mas lalong violation yun,”Ber-nardo said.

Major Jake Obligado, spokesperson of the AFP said there were 42 land-mine cases recorded from 2010-to present date hap-pened in the Davao region and others in Region 12.

species, so harvesting of these are allowed,” Juson added.

In a sworn statement submitted by the Gener-al Manager of Peter-Hel-en Wood Industry, Mr. Eugene T. Fernandez, stated that he direct-ed the movement of the 14 container vans from Carmen to Sasa Pier pending the comple-tion of the Certificate of Verification Clearance (CVC) documents from the DENR because the pallet boards need to be shipped on a particular date which is August 27, 2013. According to Fer-nandez, the shipment is necessary so the plant can get the proceeds from the shipment just

in time for the salary of the employees.

One reason cited by Fernandez for failure to get the CVC was the holiday on August 21, 2013 and the long week-end from August 24-26, 2013. August 26 is a working holiday for the company which was also the date when the vans were apprehended.

Fenandez in his statement also pointed out that their wood pro-cessing plant is duly reg-istered and is engaged in the production and export of wooden pallet components made from planted species such as Acacia Mangium and Gmelina.

On the other hand,

DENR-XI Regional Tech-nical Director for Forest-ry Lourdes C. Wagan dis-closed that the Peter-Hel-en Wood Industry is very compliant to DENR laws and regulations, howev-er, they failed this time. “We are just implement-ing the law and we are resolute to implement forestry laws to the full-est without fear and fa-vor,” Wagan added.

The apprehension of the 14 vans was a joint operation of the Philip-pine Coast Guard headed by Lt. Roy Sumayao, per-sonnel of the Bureau of Customs Leonard George Carillo and some person-nel of the DENR assigned at the Port Integrated Clearance Office. [DENR]

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COMMUNITY SENSE

ANTHONY Timtim, a 27-year old former nurse of a public

hospital in Tagum City, has been voluntarily help-ing young souls who were victims of Typhoon Pablo and who are now residing in the tent city in Com-postela town, Compostela Valley Province.

Despite not having a good source of income to help his family nowadays, Timtim has continued to help the children in his village as he was able to upgrade his knowledge in psychosocial handling after undergoing a semi-nar conducted by Plan In-ternational (Plan) on the topic.

“Until now, ang mga bata sa amoa dili pa to-tally okay kay ultimo hangin lang o ulan ta-bangon namo kay man-gurog man sa kahadlok, unya manglagom (Until now, the children in our community have not totally recovered because even if the wind is not too strong or even if it is not raining heavily, they would start trembling with fear and then turn blue),” he explained.

There are times when he would feel the con-solation of being able to help the children who,

like him, have been try-ing to survive the impact of what has become the worst typhoon to have ravaged this part of the country.

Promoting the rights of women and children

Timtim is one of the three community educa-tors of Plan in the munic-ipality. As a community educator, he explains to the people cases like child protection, gender-based violence, human traf-ficking, abuse, and other related issues. Together with the Barangay Coun-cil Protection for Children (BCPC), they would share their knowledge on these cases, which are consid-ered pervasive during and after a disaster.

During communi-ty education sessions, however, some people would enlist themselves even when they were not among those who were listed as partici-pants. When lunchtime comes, Timtim and the other community educa-tors would just give their share of food to those who have joined the ses-sion but are not on the list.

“Mao na usahay, mag-kasakit ko ug maguol ko kay dili man pud ko nila

kayang tabangan. Pero much better nga ako’y motabang kaysa ako’y tabangan (This is some-times the reason why I would get sick, and would be saddened be-cause I know that these people could not also help me. But it would be better that I am the one

extending help than the one receiving it)”, he said.

Timtim said that oth-er than helping the vil-lages, he has also educat-ed himself about these issues. “Parehas anang trafficking, sa una maka-kita mi ana wala ko’y pa-kialam. Pero karon maka-ingon ko nga puwede ko

makasumbong maski asa, kabalo ko kung unsa ang mga steps nga akong buhaton para mapaabot ang kaso nga dili pud madelikado akong kinab-uhi (Take trafficking as an example. Before, I was indifferent about the matter. Now, I can report to the authorities and

I know the steps that I would take),” he added.

An educator at heartThe community edu-

cator said he and the oth-ers have been trying to cope with the impact of the disaster as they have continued to stay in the tents eight months after the disaster.

CHILD-FRIENDLY. Community educator Anthony Timtim (center) and Plan International Country Director Carin van der Hor pose with the children outside the child-friendly space in Compostela, Compostela Valley Province.

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DE F E N D I N G champion Uni-versity of Min-

danao faces arch-rival and last year’s run-ner-up Rizal Memorial Colleges for the cham-pionship in the DFA Inter-Collegiate Foot-ball tournament set on Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Tionko grounds.

Philippine College of Technology will bat-tle Philippine Wom-en’s College for third place at 1 p.m.

DFA president Ed-ward “Chaya” Lam will award the trophies to the winners.

Meanwhile, Ateneo de Davao High School and Philippine Wom-

en’s College will col-lide for the champion-ship in the 2nd Davao Football Association (DFA) Women’s Open on Saturday, Sept. 7 also at the Tionko grounds.

Game time is set at 3 p.m. at field 1 fol-lowing the battle for third place between D’ Davao Survivors and SOS Davao at 1 p.m.

Over at field 2, Ateneo Blue takes on Sakya Football Club for their own title-match in the DFA Under 13 Girls Cumulative Festi-val set at 3 p.m.

Ateneo White plays Mintal Interage for third place at 1 p.m.

AN official of the Davao City Sports Council yesterday said Philip-

pine Judo Association (PJA) chapter president Paolo Tancontian has no power to suspend member associ-ations.

DCSC vice president Joaquin Sarabia said during yesterday’s Davao Sports-writers Association (DSA) Forum at Dexter’s Pizza at the Stadium that “Tancon-tian as the chapter president can only bring the matter to the PJA national office for in-vestigation but it is only the

PJA national office that can implement suspensions and other sanctions to respec-tive clubs.”

Sarabia is also the athlet-ic director of the University of Mindanao whose judo club Tancontian reported-ly suspended for staging a walkout.

University of Mindanao judo coach Edwin Pelaez cried foul after receiving a letter from Philippine Judo Association (PJA) Davao City chapter president Paolo Tancontian stating that his group will be suspended

for 24 months after their re-cent withdrawal in the 2013 Mayor Rody and Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte Kadayawan sa Dabaw competiton held at the Abreeza Mall.

“We did not withdraw, we even emerged as overall champions. So, how can we be suspended? ,” stressed Pelaez.

Team University of Min-danao came up with seven golds, four silvers and one bronze medal on that tour-nament which was marred with the staging of a “walk-out” by team Holy Cross of

Davao College led by head coach Mariano Barayuga.

Holy Cross of Davao Col-lege staged their walkout after a controversial deci-sion made by Tancontian as chief jury during the match between Crusader Rovie-lyn Pampilo and Sydney Tancontian in the girls 63 kilogram division. Tancon-tian, father of Sydney, who acted as both jury and chief referee during the match overruled referee Ace Lari-da’s decision that altered the result of the match-up hand-ing Tancontian the victory.

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UM, RMC contest football title

READY FOR THE PBA. Ian Sangalang of The Royal Mandaya Hotel-Duter-te Agilas shoots over a defender from the Omega Pain Killer Pro during the finals of the 1st Pacman Cup in Gen. Santos City. The 6-7 Sangalang is PBA-bound this November. Lean Daval Jr.

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Philconstruct Mindan-ao 2013 (4th Mindanao International Construc-tion Equipment, Build-ing Materials, Interior and Exterior Products Exhibition and Technol-ogy Forum) will be held in a different and bigger venue to cater to more exhibitors and visitors. The exhibit, which is jointly organized by the Philippine Construc-tors Association Inc. (PCA) and the Davao Constructors Associa-tion Center Inc. (DCA-CI), will be open to the public on September 5 to 7 at the SMX Con-vention Center Davao, 3rd level of the SM La-nang. Entrance to the show is free. It will be open from 10:30 am to 6:30 pm.

Philconstruct Mindanao is ready to take on the city by storm – more innovative products and technologies on display and new entrants to the show will definitely make for a bigger and bet-ter series this year. We have high hopes to surpass last year’s exhibition,” said Au-gusto F. Manalo, President of PCA.

Last year’s Philconstruct Mindanao was a success with millions worth of re-ported on-site sales. Close to a hundred prominent com-panies from the construction industry participated and a

Philconstruct expo takes Davao construction sector to new heights

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PHILCONSTRUCT MINDANAO OPENING. At the opening of the 2013 Philconstruct Mindanao yesterday at the SMX Convention Center with city officials and organizers (top photo); Paper In-dustry Association of Davao Inc. (PIADI) directors (r-l) Olive Velasco of Zion Accuprint Publishing

Inc., Riezl Reyes of Image World, and Jon Jon Ramirez of Cortess Printing with son Jeffrey. PIADI has partnered with Pack Print Plas Davao. Other photos show the display booth of Edge Davao and other participating exhibitors. Lean Daval Jr.

IN A BID to strengthen its core mobile services and sus-tain momentum of its prepaid business, Globe Telecom unveiled its biggest and most aggressive 7-day call and text offers for prepaid subscribers who look for longer validity promos. For subscribers who want uninterrupted text messaging for the entire week, GoUNLITXT49 allows them to send un-limited texts to Globe and TM for only P49, the most afford-able week-long unlimited text promo available in the market today. This is equivalent to just P7 per day of unlimited text messaging to the Globe and TM networks for 7 days. Meanwhile, subscribers who want to avail of the low-est 7-day call promo in the market today can register to GoCALL100, which gives them 500 solid minutes of calls to Globe and TM for P100, valid for 7 days. This is over 8 hours of talk time for an entire week at an affordable price of P100. “Only Globe gives subscribers the best and most competi-tive 7-day text and call promos with GoUNLITXT49 and GO-CALL100. Send text messages all you want and stay connect-ed with your calling circle longer with these offers that give you the biggest value for your money,” said KD Dizon, Head of Globe Prepaid. To register, dial *143#, choose GoSAKTO and create the de-sired promo, or text GOUNLITXT49 or GOCALL100 to 8888. As of end-June 2013, cumulative mobile subscribers were at 36.1 million. Globe prepaid subscribers stood at about 34.2 million, 14% above last year’s 30.1 million and 3% higher than previous quarter’s 33.3 million

TO HELP boost the country’s travel and tourism indus-try, Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) and Digitel Mo-bile Philippines, Inc. (DMPI), through its mobile brand Sun Cellular – are throwing their full support for the celebration of the 2013 Philippine Tourism Week at the SMX Convention Center running until September 08. Organized by the Philippine Tour Operators Association, Inc. (PhilTOA), the country’s biggest association of travel agencies, hotels, resorts, transportation companies, handi-craft stores, and other tourism-oriented establishments, this year’s celebration of the national tourism week provides an opportunity for everyone to support the domestic travel sec-tor to make it one of the most progressive industries in the country. “Tourism has a strong impact not only to the country’s economic growth but also to the improvement in the quality of lives of Filipinos, especially those in the countryside,” said Edith Gomez, AVP for Smart and Sun International Services Marketing. “Smart and Sun are very proud to be one of the major sponsors of the 2013 Philippine Tourism Week where we don’t only help promote the best of what our country has to offer, but we also help many Filipino workers and their families.” The 2013 Philippine Tourism Week has lined up a series of tourism-related events the main highlight of the celebra-tion is the 24th Philippine Travel Mart, the longest running travel expo that promotes nationwide tourism destinations, products, and services. This will be participated by over 350 exhibitors composed of tour operators, hotels, resorts, and other travel-related industries from all over the country. With the theme “Travel More, Live More,” the event is expected to draw in thousands of travelers and interested visitors looking for the best travel promos and packages. Aside from providing giveaways and prizes, Smart also helped PhilTOA and the Department of Tourism to massively promote the event using the telco’s LED digital billboards along major thoroughfares of Metro Manila. Sun Cellular, through its corporate solutions arm Sun Business, will pro-vide a mobile solution to be used as a registration tool for PhilTOA’s raffle activities. Its parent company, PLDT, will be providing high-speed broadband Internet connection at the venues. For traveling Filipinos, Smart and Sun Cellular offer a com-plete suite of services that allow them to reach their loved ones wherever they are in the world. Both telcos also offer roaming services to tourists to the country. “With our reliable network, our travelling subscribers are assured that we got their communication needs covered, en-abling them to truly live more,” said Gomez.

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A Thursday birthday party throwback

ONE trend over the internet is the “Thursday throw-back”. These are photos where we cel-ebrate the happen-ings of the past that we have with friends. That is what styl-ist and M Magazine fashion and beauty editor Otoi Mercado had in mind for his birthday party.Shunning away from fancy restaurants, Otoy’s party was held at Cecil’s Bake-shop along Iñigo Street with a menu composed of all-time Dabawenyo favourites such as Cecil’s famous lug-lug, eclairs, La Paz batchoy and dinuguan. I would definitely say that Cecil’s Bakeshop is where a lot of old-time Dabawen-yos remember having their cakes and eating them too.It was literally a trip down memory lane for everyone as the vibe of Cecil’s bake-shop literally sparked mo-ments of laughter and bril-liance that made the party

even more memorable and judging from all the smiles, Otoi’s Thursday throwback was a definite beautiful blast from the past.A big happy birthday to the ageless one!

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KAPUSO Royal Cou-ple Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera celebrate Tuna Festi-val 2013 After spending qual-ity time with each other during their vacation in Balesin, Quezon and Bali, Indonesia last month, Ka-puso Royal Couple Ding-dong Dantes and Marian Rivera return to work and both are now off to bring a special treat to the country’s Tuna Capital—General Santos City—as they join in this year’s Tuna Festival celebration. The real-life sweet-hearts are set to delight their fans via a Kapuso Fans’ Day happening 3pm this Thursday, Sep-tember 5, at the Events and Convention Center of KCC Mall of GenSan. “It is always nice to get away for a few days with your special someone and come back rejuve-nated for work. Actually, marami pa kaming gus-tong gawin ni Marian but we really need to go back para magtrabaho and here comes the Tuna Festival of GenSan. I am

happy and delighted dahil magkakasama ulit kaming dalawa para makapagpaligaya sa sup-porters namin,” shares Dingdong, lead actor of GMA’s forthcoming pri-metime offering Genesis. Also happening on the same day is the colorful Tuna Float Parade, with a special coverage from GMA Network that will air on September 15 via the network’s regional sta-tions in Gensan, Davao and Cagayan de Oro. Scheduled the next day, Kapuso versatile ac-tress Chynna Ortaleza will be part of the Fish Fest which will take place

at the city’s Fish Port from 6am to 12nn. Cast members of pri-metime soaps Annakar-enina and My Husband’s Lover, meanwhile, are set to cap off the festivities via a Kapuso Mall Show on Friday, September 7. At 4pm, supporters get to watch Joyce Ching, Krys-tal Reyes, Julian Trono, Hiro Magalona, Rodjun Cruz, and Bettina Carlos perform live. The Tuna Festival is an annual week-long celebration highlight-ing the significant role of the tuna industry—the city’s primary source of income.

KAPAMILYA actress Sunshine Cruz re-cently shared that she can closely re-late with her mother role in ABS-CBN’s top caliber afternoon action-drama series “Dugong Buhay” be-cause both of them are willing to fight for their children. “Isabel and I have a lot of similarities, especially as a mother,” said Sun-shine who plays in the series as the mother of Rafael (Arjo Atayde) and the lost De Lara, Victor (Ejay Falcon). “Like Isabel who gives her all just to keep the De Lara family intact, I have always been a person who fights for what I know are right and fair, espe-cially if it involves my family, my children. Because they are my life.” “Isabel and Sun-shine both depend on God especially in

times when they need to make crucial deci-sions for themselves and their families,” Sunshine added. Meanwhile, Sunshine s a i d that

loy-

al viewers of “Dugong Buhay” will further be hooked in their series with the action-packed scenes of Victor and oth-er characters. “Aside from the ‘re-union’ of Isabel and Vic-tor, there are still more intense scenes to watch out for in ‘Dugong Bu-hay’ like the face-off of Victor and Simon (Nonie Buencamino) at the De

Lara men Rafael and Enrique (Christian Vasquez), and the next phase of the love story of Victor and Sandy (Yam Concepcion) who is now pregnant.” Don’t miss the h e a r t - p o u n d i n g scenes in “Dugong Buhay,” every after-noon, after “My Little Juan” in ABS-CBN’s Kapamilya Gold. For more updates, log on to www.abs-cbn.com or follow @ab-scbndotcom in Twit-ter.

Kapuso Royal Couple Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera

celebrate Tuna Festival 2013

Sunshine, ready to fight for what is ‘right and fair’ for her kids

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total of 6502 visitors came to the trade show. With this year’s venue, a total of 7,835 square meters of total floor space, it is expected that there will be a grander show-case of products and services that will generate more in-come and attract more po-tential buyers. Davao city is also the perfect place to hold a construction expo because it has been the center of busi-ness, investment and tour-ism in the Southern part of the country.

“This show has helped the region prove its worth as the business destination of choice for the construction industry. This year, much is expected from this event but rest assured that we at the Organizing Committee are putting in our best efforts

in order to give you better results and more impressive outcome for his show”, said Ramon Allado, event chair-man of Philconstruct Mind-anao 2013 and past president of the Davao Constructors Association Center, Inc.

Philconstruct Mindanao also has a line-up of techni-cal seminar series, which will feature the latest trends and best practices in the in-dustry. Having the biggest construction show in the Philippine’s Asian City of the Future is one great op-portunity that shouldn’t be missed. To learn more about the event, contact the Event Liaison Office in Davao, Konkordans at 286-3311 or email [email protected] / [email protected].

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NEW YORK (Reu-ters) - Rafa Nadal steamrolled com-

patriot Tommy Robredo 6-0 6-2 6-2 to move into the semi-finals of the U.S. Open at Flushing Mead-ows on Wednesday.

The second-seeded Spaniard needed just an hour and 40 minutes to get the job done on Arthur Ashe Stadium against Ro-bredo, who had upset Swiss master Roger Fed-erer in the fourth round.

However, he was no match for Nadal, receiv-ing an ironic cheer when he finally won a game at 0-2 in the second set.

Nadal will play Frenchman Richard Gasquet in the semi-finals on Saturday.

Robredo won the first point with an unreturn-able serve but that was about as good as it got for the 31-year-old, who was constantly on the back foot as Nadal dictated play with heavy forehands and only 15 unforced errors for the match.

Nadal has yet to lose his serve in the tourna-ment and did not face a break point against Ro-bredo.

Robredo showed glimpses of form early

in the third set but when Nadal broke in the fifth game the writing was on the wall.

Nadal broke serve for the seventh time before sealing the lopsided af-fair when Robredo sent a forehand long.

“I think I played my best match in the U.S. Open this year,” Nadal said. “Playing a little bit better every day is great. I am in the semi-finals and very happy to be here.”

Earlier on Wednes-day, Gasquet, who has a 0-10 record against Na-dal, had recalled beating the Spaniard when they were 13-year-olds.

“I think I lost 6-4 in the third,” confirmed Na-dal.

“It was one of the first tournaments for me to play internationally, under 14. Richard was unbelievable. He’s a nice guy and a good friend. We started together as kids and it’s great to see him in the semi-finals in the U.S. Open.”

NEW YORK (AP) -- At 24 years young, Victoria Azarenka

can claim something very few of the more experi-enced players can.

She has a formula for beating Serena Williams.

By topping Daniela Hantuchova 6-2, 6-3 in the quarterfinals Wednesday, second-seeded Azarenka moved a win away from a possible showdown with Williams in the U.S. Open final. She also became the only woman under the age of 30 to make the final four at Flushing Mead-ows.

‘’I’m a baby, what can I say?’’ Azarenka said.

Azarenka is one of only three women to beat

top-seeded Williams this year and is the only wom-an to beat her twice in 2013. The last win came last month in the final of a tuneup tournament in Cincinnati.

Williams won the ti-tle here last year with a three-set win over the two-time Australian Open champion from Belarus.

Does Azarenka think about a possible rematch with Williams? ‘’No,’’ she said.

Ever bother watching her matches on TV?

‘’Sometimes I watch but I don’t really watch a lot of TV,’’ Azarenka said. ‘’Plus, she played too quick, all the matches.’’

Similar to Williams’

double-bageling of Carla Suarez Navarro the night before, Azarenka’s match against 48th-ranked Han-tuchova wasn’t much of a roadblock.

Returning to the U.S. Open quarterfinals for the first time since 2002, Hantuchova broke Aza-renka’s first service game in both sets but gave the breaks back right away both times. She picked up another break to pull within 5-3 in the second set but Azarenka broke back right away to close out the match.

Standing in the way of a Williams-Azarenka final are fifth-seeded Li Na, who plays Williams in Friday’s semifinals, and

83rd-ranked Flavia Pen-netta, who goes against Azarenka.

‘’She’s very good play-er, all-around player,’’ Azarenka said about Pen-netta, a 6-4, 6-1 winner over Roberta Vinci earlier Wednesday. ‘’She can do anything. She has a great touch, great variety, she can create power, create spin. I’m really looking forward to that match. It’s a big challenge.’’

Li, Williams and Pen-netta are all 31. Han-tuchova is 30, and had she won, this would have been the first Grand Slam women’s semifinal of the Open era with all four of the semifinalists in their 30s.

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‘SERENATONITE’Azarenka says she has formula to beat Williams

THROUGH THE SEMIS. Rafael Nadal returns against compatriot Tommy Robredo in a quar-terfinals win. Daniela Hantuchova (below, right), of Slovakia, watches a serve to Victoria Aza-renka (left), of Belarus, during the US Open quarterfinals match won by Azarenka.

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GEN. SANTOS CITY—This one is not for the faint-hearted.

Davao’s The Royal Manadaya Hotel-Duterte Agilas went through two agonizing extra period only to suffer a heart-breaking 82-80 double overtime loss to Cebu’s Omega Pain Killer Pro to settle for runner-up honors in the 2013 Tuna Festival 1st Pacman Cup basketball tournament at the Gen. Santos City Gym here on Wednesday night.

The game was filled with hero-making shots and party-spoiling offici-ating calls.

TRMH slotman Mark Andaya was called for a foul with 8.9 seconds left in the second overtime that sent Hafer Mondrag-on to the line for the two game-winning charities. The TRMH Duterte Agi-las, who were looking for their third title in fran-chise history, actually had one last crack at either tying the game or win-ning it but the Pain Killer Pros’ stifling defense in the endgame forced JR Gerilla to take an awk-ward 10-foot jumper that went short as the clock ticked away for the final buzzer.

The TRMH Duterte Agilas led by as much as 16 points, the last at 55-39 after a Gerilla twinner a little over 3 minutes left in the third quarter but a spate of disputed calls put TRMH forward Devon Sullivan to cool his heels at the bench af-ter committing his fourth foul and the Agilas went into foul trouble early.

The Pain Killer Pros cashed in on Sullivan’s

absence to mount a fierce rally early in the fourth while forcing the Agilas to play in the pe-rimeter where they shot miserably. When Sulli-van returned with 4:05 left in the fourth, the TRMH lead was down to 4 points at 59-55. Jerome Silva then banked a triple and Eman Calo scored on a fastbreak off a steal on Ramsey Williams with two minutes left to give the Cebuanos a taste of the lead for the first time 60-59.

The TRMH Duterte Agilas went to their two Marks—Andaya and Mag-sumbol for back-to-back hits for a 63-60 cushion. Another questionable call—an offensive foul on Magsumbol—turned the ball and the tide over to the Cebuanos who went to import JR Wade for a strong drive with 20.1 seconds left.

Things turned sour for the Agilas as Sullivan balked on an errant pass by Williams and Wade was fouled with 4.9 sec-onds left paving the way for a split and sending the finals to the first extra period, 63-all.

It was a different sto-ry in the second over-time as lady luck smiled on TRMH when Sullivan sank a halfcourt hailmary shot that went in as the buzzer sounded for 71-all standoff. It took Rep. Manny Pacquiao’s in-tervention to settle the disputed final shot and both teams returned to the floor for another five minutes of battle.

With top PBA pros-pect Ian Sangalang scor-ing from inside, TRMH

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RAMSEY SANDWICH. The Royal Mandaya Hotel-Duterte Agilas’ Ramsey Williams gets sandwiched in this play in the closing minutes of overtime against Omega Pain Killer Pro. The Agilas survived two extra period battles only to fall short in a maze of lapses and controversial calls in the closing seconds. Omega won 82-80 to clinch the 1st Pacman Cup in Gen. Santos City.

Below, (left photo) TRMH team officials Bong Gonzaga and Jek Melendres receive their trophy and cash prize from Rep. Manny Pacquiao. (Right photo) The Agilas with team supporters celebrate their runner-up finish. Lean Daval Jr.


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