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ZAMBO SHUT DOWNRogue MNLF group attacks Zamboanga City, 20 hostaged

AT A GLANCE: 20 civilians hostaged Misurari supporters try to plant flag in City Hall

CONSTRUCTION BOOM. Another evident sign of the current construction boom in Davao City is the Matina Enclaves township project of the Escandor Development Corporation (Esdevco) which broke ground on Sunday to start the 6-hectare mixed use development. Esdevco president Glenn Escandor (6th from left) is joined by (l-

r) daughter Irena, wife Mic-Mic, son Francis Gabriel, mother Violeta, Fr. Art Abarca, Gerome Escandor, Engr. Ludwig Van Ledesma, Arch. Joe Alvarado and Noel Quiap. Lean Daval Jr.

MARDI GRAS. A participant clad in peacock-inspired costume parades in the ramp during the Mardi Gras competition of The Royal Mandaya Hotel marking its 15th anniversary. Lean Daval Jr.

MANILA, Philippines -- Heavy firefight erupted in Zamboanga City between the military and around 400 followers of separatist leader Nur Misuari of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) Monday morning. While the shooting has stopped, the group led by a rogue faction of the MNLF is said to be holding some 20 civilians hostage.Agence France-Presse quoted Mayor Isabelle Cli-maco-Salazar as saying that the firefight has effective-ly shut down the city, as she ordered all schools and offices to remain closed.The mayor said a district official had told her members of the rebel forces were holding 20 civilians hostage inside a mosque. MNLF rebels had taken over at least four barangays, she said.

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FHANDBOOK,10A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been finally signed between the Davao del Norte Electric CooperativeNEA and Davao del Norte Electric Coop-erativeCDA aimed at easing out the tension among the two parties that directly affected the power consum-ers in the provinces of Davao del Norte and Compostela Valley.The pact was bro-kered through the ini-tiative of Department of Energy (DOE) Sec-retary Carlos Jericho Petilla.Acting on Petillas recommendations as provided in the MOU, a Confirmatory Referen-dum shall be conduct-ed by the member-con-sumers of DANECO on January 11, 2014 to set-

tle once and for all the legal dispute between the two groups that has been going on for quite some time. Upon the validity of the MOU, DANECO-NEA shall be the collecting agency of DANECO pending the results of the referen-dum.With the interven-tion of the DOE Secre-tary together with the local officials of the provinces of Compos-tela Valley and Davao del Norte, both parties agreed that DANE-CO-CDA will temporari-ly give to DANECO-NEA the right to collect elec-tric bills of DANECO for purposes of immediate payment of the power firms outstanding obli-gations to its suppliers. DANECO has outstand-ing financial obliga-

ANY Zamboanga City-type attack on Davao City by an armed group would be met with fierce re-sistance by local secu-rity forces, according to Public Safety Command Center (PSCC) chief Francisco Villaroman.A 400-member armed force of the Moro National Liber-ation Front (MNLF) attacked Zamboanga City at dawn yesterday, Monday, taking 20 civil-ians hostage. As of this writing the situation in that city remained unclear, although there were reports that the rebel group was poised to march on city hall where they would raise their own flag of inde-pendence.We are ready, he said, when asked if the citys peace keepers could handle a similar situation. We have an inte-grated security plan which assigns all gov-ernment agencies, es-

pecially the security forces, their respective tasks, he said. We meet frequently in my office. Meanwhile, in Zam-boanga City, Mayor Is-abelle Climaco-Salazar had ordered the shut-down of all schools and offices as a precaution-ary measure until fur-ther notice.The MNLF report-edly took over four ba-rangays, although there were no further report of fighting or casualties.

A book about the P h i l i p p i n e s could bring in assistance from benev-olent organizations in foreign countries through giving more detailed information about the countrys society, culture, poli-tics and economy. One of the editors of the book Handbook Philippines, Niklas Reese, on Monday told members of local media that the book will be a great help to foreign organizations which want to provide assistance to the Phil-ippines. He said that one of the Filipino editors of the book learned a lot about the Philippines while reading.This means that not only foreigners should read the book but Filipinos, too, to learn more about their own country, he said. A radio station was robbed by six armed men who carted away a transmit-ter and UHF repeater costing about P1 mil-lion after shooting the caretaker.The radio station tower is located in Purok Mahogany, Ba-rangay Soong, Digos City at noon last Sun-day at the height of the Araw ng Digos celebra-tion. The caretaker of ra-dio station MUES 97.5, Roy Beronas Y Carmel-etos, 37, who was shot at three times but was

hit only once, in the right arm, remains in stable condition at the Digos Doctors Hospital. P/Superintendent Quirobin Manalang, of-ficer-in-charge at the Digos police station, said aliber pistolsonly sustained a lone gun-shot on his right arm, is confined at Digos Doc-tors hospital. Manalang said that Beronas had just come in from inspecting the stations tower area when the three men who had earlier posi-tioned themselves in the vicinity without

warning fired at the caretaker who imme-diately rolled down the mountain slope. Yung kawatan ex-pert dahil hindi pinu-tol yung mga wires at parang alam na alam kung paano tanggalin yung transmitter at re-peater, he saidThe robbers fled aboard three motorcy-cles.We cannot yet es-tablish the motive, but the station is known for allowing political

figures to air their pro-paganda, Manalang said.

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Six men rob radio station, shoot caretaler By EMILORD P. CASTROMAYOR

Handbook Philippines provides in-depth info about the country

DANECO factions ink pactBy LAN DAVAL

HANDBOOK. Niklas Reese, one of the editors of the book Handbook

Philippines, believes that the book will greatly benefit the civic organizations

abroad who are trying to provide assistance to the Philippines during yesterdays press briefing at SM City

Davao. Lean Daval Jr.

NEW HEROES. Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte hands over certificate of commendation to one of the Central 911 personnel who saved seven people during Saturdays fire, at Quezon Park along San Pedro Street yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

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JANET Lim Napoles, the alleged master-mind of the P10 bil-lion pork barel scam, should not be the only one put behind bars, but also all others in-volved.Edge Davao con-ducted a survey Sat-urday, asking certain personalities whether Napoles is receiving special treatment in Fort Sto. Domingo in Sta. Rosa, Laguna, and should other people involved be detained as well. Here are the re-sults: 1BAP Party List Rep. Silvestre Bebot Bello said, She (Napoles) is certainly getting very special treatment and all those involved in the scam should be charged and, hopefully, placed in jail---not in a military camp, not in a hospital and not Sto. Domingo.Caucus of Develop-ment Non- Government Organizations (CODE-NGO) Region 11 coor-dinator Glenn Bais said,

COTABATO CITY-- Followers of the Moro National Liberation FrontEx-ecutive Council of 15 (MNLF-EC15) chaired by Muslimin Sema is up-holding the 1996 final peace agreement it forged with the government, and nixed any violent actions to overstate their senti-ments before the public.The Sema factions stand came on Monday amid the continuing street gun battle between government troopers and MNLF forces loyal to Nur Misuari in Zamboanga City that has so far killed three and wounded 10 others.We continue to stand our commitment by the government-MNLF 1996 final peace agreement as we would also like to stress that we have noth-ing to do with the attack in Zamboanga launched by our comrades loyal to Chairman Nur, said Romy Sema, head of the MNLFEC15 secretariat.The MNLF EC15 was formed in 2001 by a group of MNLF leaders who turned away from Misuari, whose term as governor of the Autono-mous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) fol-lowing the 1996 peace pact was riddled with graft and corruption.Misuari, thereafter, led a short-lived rebellion against the government and was arrested for il-legal entry in neighbor-ing Malaysia some two months after.Misuari was extradit-ed back to the Philippines where he faced the rebel-

lion charges against him.During the period, the MNLF-EC15 took over the MNLF leadership as Misuari was made polit-ical prisoner under the former administration of President Gloria Macapa-gal-Arroyo.

The pro-Misuari MNLF faction laid low from 2001 until his comeback in 2010 where he once more as-sembled his loyal forces in Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-ta-wi until his separatist dec-laration of independence late last month. (PNA)

MNLF-Sema wing affirms loyalty to 1996 GPH-MNLF final peace accordKO R O N A D A L CITY The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) remained optimistic on the pros-pects of signing a final peace deal with the government as Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) elements clashed with govern-ment troops in Zambo-anga City, an MILF offi-cial said on Monday.MNLF forces loyal to Nur Misuari, MNLF founding chairman, have held hostage scores of civilians after clash-ing with soldiers. The MNLF members report-edly started arriving in Zamboanga City Sunday evening as part of the advance party of Misu-ari, who openly voiced opposition to the ongo-ing GPH-MILF talks.MILF spokesperson Von Al Haq said the de-velopment in Zambo-anga City would have no bearing whatsoever with the ongoing peace talks involving the gov-ernment and the MILF. We are very con-fident that our peace talks is unstoppable as what the GPH (govern-ment) peace panel said before. Tuloy-tuloy na ito, Al Haq said in a text message. He also stressed that MILF troops have remained loyal to their chain of command and have not defected to the MNLF.Late last month, the government and the MILF concluded the 39th round of formal exploratory talks on a

positive note, resolving several issues on the two remaining annexes on power sharing and normalization.In a joint statement, the parties said they have achieved sub-stantial progress in the discussions towards fi-nalizing the Annexes on Power Sharing and Nor-malization to the Frame-work Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB).Both sides earlier agreed on the annex-es on Transitional Ar-rangements and Mo-dalities and on Rev-enue Generation and Wealth-Sharing.The government and the MILF peace panels hope to sign the com-prehensive peace agree-ment within the year. Under the FAB, the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) will be re-placed by the Bangsam-oro government, target-ed to happen in 2016.In the face of the siege launched by the MNLF in Zamboanga City, ARMM executive secretary Laisa Ma-suhud Alamia said the regional government is on security alert status. ARMM Governor Mujiv S. Hataman has advised authorities and local government units in the provinces of Bas-ilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi to heighten security in their respective areas and help guard against the movement of suspi-cious groups, she said in a statement. (Bong S. Sarmiento/MindaNews)

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POLICE have released an artists sketch of three gunmen who shot dead a barangay kaga-wad of Tagakpan, Tugbok district last Thursday. How-ever, witnesses at the scene of the crime could identify only two of them as the third had his head down. Major Ariel Acala, sta-tion commander of Tugbok police station, said the first suspect was described as a bit chubby, 54 in height, 40-45 years old, st least 75 kilos in weight and cross-eyed. The second suspect was of medium build, 40-45 years old, 56 tall weighing about 60-65 kilos. However, they could not get the artist sketch of the third suspect as sketches are based only on witnesses description who happen to be both minors.The crossed eyed sus-pect was easiest to identify among the three gunmen, Acala said. The victim, Ruel Cat-igan Pague, 43, of Purok Crossing, sustained several wounds in his body when shoe at about 12:00 noon while he was on his way home from the barangay hall. Acala said that the day before the incident, the vic-tim attended a fiesta in ba-rangay Gumalang, Baguio

district where he noticed that he was being trailed by the unidentified men aboard a single motorcy-cle. When he arrived home, Pague immediately disem-barked from his motorcycle and his house, according to Pagues driver, Melencio Lora.On September 7, the day of the incident, Pague chose to ride a motorcycle with a sidecar instead of his own motorcycle where his driver, Lora, was waiting for him.Unusual kaayo ngano mas gipili niya magsakay sa sidecar...didto siya napatay, he said.

The suspects have no previous criminal record and police are still confirm-ing what their names ate. Police have three leads: (1) vendetta for having alleged-ly killef a Muslim; (2) poli-tics for reportedly planning to run for barangay captain, and (3) he was executed by NPA hitmen, after the police retrieved a piece of paper at the scene on which was written in the vernacular (Editors note: unedited): Font 54 NPA, gisilutan siya sa sala nga mooltipol mor-der, ikaduha delir ug cyabo, ikatulo huldaper, ika upat ug uban pa na mga kaso. MRKES.

Zambo incident involving MNLF wont affect GPH-MILF peace talks

Artists sketch of gunmen outBy EMILORD P. CASTROMAYOR

All involved should join Napoles in jail -- survey

BONDING MOMENT. A mother and daughter spend bonding moments during the weekend at SM City Davao at the Annex. Lean Daval Jr.

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EMPLOYEES of the provincial govern-ment learned the skills on providing basic life support for life-threat-ening injuries in the work-place.The two-day train-ing on first aid and basic life-saving cardiopulmo-nary resuscitation (BLS-CPR) equipped the Capitol staff with the knowledge and skills in providing immediate care for an in-jured person. The personnel also learned how to perform external cardiac massage and artificial respiration, as first treatment for a per-son who collapsed with no pulse and has stopped breathing, while activating emergency medical re-sponse.They were also giv-en orientation on the use of an automatic external defibrillator (AED) and some skills on controlling bleeding and dealing with a choking person. OIC-Provincial Admin-istrator Norma Lumain stressed the importance

of having first respond-ers who act quickly in the event of an emergency in each department of the Capitol. She said helping the employees prepare for and respond to emergencies is vital to the attainment of the expanded P.E.O.P.L.E. agenda of Governor Ro-dolfo del Rosario, which now mainstreams disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in the next three years. It is important for our employees to prepare for emergencies, do first-aid treatment and respond effectively when a tragedy strikes, she said. Lumain hinted the em-ployees can use the train-ing in their official work stations, at home or in any emergency. Youll never know when the time comes for you to use it and save someones life, she said. The activity is in line with the provincial cele-bration of the 113th anni-versary of the Philippine Civil Service.

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STRESSING IMPORTANCE. Davao del Norte OIC-Provincial Administrator Norma Lumain stresses the importanceof having first responders who act quickly in the event of any emergency in every department of the Capitol. [PHRMO]

Capitol staff learn life-saving skills

THE municipali-ties of Boston and Baganga, Davao Oriental and the Depart-ment of Environment and Natural Resourc-es (DENR 11) recently signed a Memorandum of Partnership Agreement (MOPA) to expedite pub-lic land titling activities specifically in the said two municipalities.Both municipal may-ors, Rebecco B. Rosit, Sr. of Boston and Arturo Monday of Baganga, laud-ed the DENR specifically the Lands Management Service (LMS) for coming up with such agreement that can better help them serve their constituents as far as land matters is concerned.DENR 11 Regional Ex-ecutive Director Joselin Marcus E. Fragada said that this agreement is in consonance with De-partment Administrative Order (DAO) No. 2011-

06 which prescribes the guidelines for the imple-mentation of public land titling in partnership with the local govern-ment units.Fragada also stressed that this partnership with the LGUs will serve as a check and balance mechanism on how the DENR, particularly the Lands Management Ser-vice (LMS), fares in terms of land titling. Generally, this MOPA is beneficial

to the DENR, the LGUs as well as to the constit-uents of Boston and Ba-ganga.Under the MOPA, the municipalities of Boston and Baganga shall pro-vide a Land Management Office; assign official and personnel required un-der the partnership; ap-point a permanent focal person that shall act as liason between the mu-nicipality and the DENR, among others.

LGUs ink land titling deal with DENRDSWD 12 readies for national poverty survey

Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer (PENRO) for Davao Oriental Chamberlain Babiera and Boston Municipal Mayor Rebecco B. Rosit, Sr. sign a Memorandum of Partnership Agreement (MOPA) to expedite public land titling in the municipality of Boston, Davao Oriental. [DENR Photo File]

THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Region 12 is set to deploy some 2,649 field workers in various parts of the region for the implementation of the second National House-hold Targeting System for Poverty Reduction (NHTS-PR) assessment.Jackiya Lao, DSWD Re-gion 12s NHTS-PR unit head, said they are now finalizing the regions pool of field workers for the scheduled launching of the second round of the NHTS-PR survey later this month.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.She said the agency has been closely coordi-nating with the National Statistics Office (NSO)-12, National Commission on Indigenous People (NCIP)-12 and local colleges and universities for the hiring of the survey or assess-ment workers.While DSWD-12 con-

ducts the final assessment for the field workers, the shortlists are recommend-ed by the NSO, NCIP and the academe, she said.Lao said they are mak-ing sure that they hire the most qualified workers as the completeness and accuracy of the assess-ment database of the poor households depend main-ly on how well the field personnel perform their roles and functions.Choosing the right field workers is just as im-portant as training them as we want to ensure the completeness, accura-cy and reliability of the NHTS-PR database, she said in a statement.Lao said that out of the 2,649 field workers that they are targeting to hire, 1,615 will be assigned as enumerators, 323 as area supervisors, 65 as area co-ordinators, 323 as encod-ers and 323 as verifiers.She said the field per-sonnel that will be hired will undergo a week of intensive training before their deployment.She said the regions unit personnel were re-cently sent to Manila for a training-orientation for trainers. [Allen V. Estabil-lo/MindaNews]

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MATINA ENCLAVES. Escandor Development Corporation president Glenn Escandor (third from left) with (l-r) Violeta Escandor, Fr. Art Abarca, Gerome Escandor, Engr. Ludwig Van Ledesma, Arch. Joe Alvarado and Noel Quiap during the groundbreaking rites on Sunday of the Matina Enclaves township project. Lean Daval Jr. THE Escandor De-velopment Corpo-ration (Esdevco) formally broke ground on Sunday its 6-hectare mixed use development project in Quimpo Boule-vard, Davao City.Esdevco president Glenn Escandor led the groundbreaking and blessing ceremonies of the Matina Enclaves proj-ect in Quimpo Boulevard in what he calls the start of a new urban living life-style in Davao City.Escandor was joined by his family led by the Es-candor matriarch, Violeta, wife Mic-Mic, children Francis Gabriel and Irena Glenn, brother Gerome, architect Joe Alvarado and Noel Quiap of the JD Alvarado Architects and Engr. Ludwig Van Ledes-ma.Ledesma will handle the horizontal construc-tion component of the township project.This is a very mem-orable day for us. We are celebrating the 15th year of our hotel business and we are starting a new en-deavor this time with the Matina Enclaves, Escan-dor said.This project will start a new lifestyle in urban living in Davao City. Those who wish to invest in this project should find peace of mind at having invest-ed their money right, he added.

ESDEVCO AND ITS VISIONEsdevco, a Davao City-based conglomerate, has barged into the real es-tate limelight after years of quietly and judiciously investing in various prop-erties in Davao Region.Esdevcos reputation for financial strength and management expertise is primarily based on its well-known track record in leisure and hospitali-ty, commercial property development, retail, and

security services.But Escandor noted that his father, the late Colonel Emilio Escandor, also had a passion for real estate development.The father-son team pursued this passion by diligently acquiring stra-tegic properties with high development potentials all over Davao. Under the leadership of the Escan-dor visionary, they grant-ed a total of about 150 hectares of land located in Matina, Tigatto and Toril.Today, these proper-ties are ripe for develop-ment and Esdevco is all the more committed to-ward creating innovative concepts for new commu-nities that Davaoeos can be proud of. It is a fitting tribute to the dream start-ed by Col. Escandor, who may not have lived to see its fruition but whose vi-sion continues to inspire Esdevco and focus its aim to build modern, secure, master-planned develop-ments.The signature project Matina Enclaves is po-sitioned as Davao Citys first multi-family, mixed-use, self-contained con-temporary community.A quick 10-minute drive from the city core, just off Quimpo Boule-vard and tucked away on Matina Golf Drive, Mati-na Enclaves carries the exclusive appeal of sub-urban luxury right in the city.The 6-hectare devel-opment enjoys a strategic location as well as a re-freshingly breezy, natural environment. Set against this lush backdrop, it will feature four distinct clus-ters that offer diverse res-idential options for new and growing families of emerging successful pro-fessionals and entrepre-neurs.Matina Enclaves will establish the benchmark

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THE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Office 11, Davao Light & Power Co. and the elec-tric utilitys service contractors signed a Memorandum of Under- standing (MOU) under DOLEs Kapatiran Wise-TAV (KWT) pro-gram last August 20 at the DOLE 11 regional office. The KWT program is in line with DOLEs campaign to foster voluntary compliance with la-bor laws and standards through strengthened public-private partnerships in the region. And through this MOU signing, big brothers or large compa-nies like Davao Light will help DOLE in guiding and monitoring the small brothers or those small companies to become fully com-pliant of the labor laws and the occupational safety and health standards of DOLE. Moreover, this program will not only enhance labor com-pliance but will also promote growth to the small brothers through the sharing of best prac-tices from the participating big brothers. We in Davao Light will give our best efforts to ensure full compliance and safe and produc-tive office environment for all. And in doing so, we will contrib-ute in building the nation. said Arturo M. Milan, EVP and COO of Davao Light.

THE Social Security Sys-tem (SSS) conferred the first-ever Miyem-bro, Bilib Kami SaYo Special Awards to four cooperatives and five informal sector groups (ISGs) for their pioneering part-nerships with SSS that have paved the way for social protec-tion and active SSS membership of workers in their respective sectors during ceremonies on September 9.SSS President and Chief Ex-ecutive Officer Emilio de Quiros, Jr. said the SSS also honored five retail corporations for their role in making SSS services acces-sible to the mall-going public during the awarding ceremo-nies, which was part of the An-niversary Program held at the SSS Building in Quezon City. With the support of ISGs, cooperatives and other partner institutions, the SSS has been able to establish innovative ways of reaching out to millions of Filipino workers, especial-ly those in the informal sector. We commend the awardees for being the first in their sectors to embrace new possibilities in bringing the SSS closer to their members and clients, he add-ed. The new SSS awards pro-

gram is inspired by the 56th SSS anniversary theme Nagpu-pugay sa Miyembro, Bilib Kami SaYo! De Quiros, Social Securi-ty Commission Chairman Juan Santos and SSS Executive Vice President Edgar Solilapsi pre-sented the trophy to the repre-sentatives of the 14 awardees, some of whom have traveled from areas as far as Legaspi and General Santos cities. The awarded cooperatives were Deep Well Sumulong Irri-gators Association, Inc. as the first SSS servicing partner agent (PA) and subsidy provider; Dao Multi-Purpose Cooperative as first SSS collecting cooperative; Simbag sa Pag-Asenso, Inc. as first SSS servicing PA; and Cen-ter for Agriculture and Rural Development Inc. as first SSS servicing PA with a nationwide scope.De Quiros said the ISG-awardees were TS Cruz Tricycle Operators and Drivers Associa-tion (TSC-TODA) and the United Vendors of New Las Pias Public Market, both from Las Pias City; QC Female Dormitory Working Inmates and Payatas Alliance Re-cycling Exchange Multi-Purpose Cooperative, both from Quezon City; and Samahan ng mga Cad-dies sa Calatagan Golf Club, Inc. from Batangas province. These five ISGs showed ex-emplary initiative in enabling their respective memberships to become active SSS members through our microsavings pro-gram called the AlkanSSSya, de

Quiros noted. They were also the first to join the AlkanSSSya Program among the various as-sociations nationwide for trans-port workers, market vendors, golf club workers, waste recy-clers and jail inmates.

THE ECONOMY

BY THE NUMBERSPHL posted a budget deficit of

P53.2 billion in July, bringing the total for the first 7 months to

P104.5 billion as expenditures grew faster than revenues.

SOURCE: DOF

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

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AXA opens new GenSan branch. AXA Philippines, one of the coun-trys largest and fastest-growing life insurance companies, recently inaugurated its new branch office in General Santos City. Leading

the ribbon-cutting ceremonies were Rahul Hora, Chief Agency Offi-cer of AXA Philippines (right) and Elizabeth Bagonoc, General San-tos City Councilor (left).

Coops, partner-institutions receive SSS special awards

DOLE 11, Davao Light contractors signMOU under Kapatiran Wise-TAV program

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SCIENCE/ENVIRONMENTSENATOR Loren Legarda echoed the call of the Eu-ropean Unions Climate Commission for greater climate change action, particularly significant reductions in green-house gas emissions.Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Cli-mate Change, expressed her commitment to fur-ther push her advocacy on climate change ad-aptation and mitigation during the courtesy call of the EU delegation led by EU Climate Action Commissioner Connie Hedegaard.In support of Com-missioner Hedegaards mission to seek com-mitment for more cli-mate change action, we will continue to encour-age the commitment of more local governments, government agencies and other organiza-

tions in working for a climate-resilient nation. I will also engage other Asian parliamentarians as well as state leaders to heed the call for cli-mate change action. I am willing to help the EU Climate Commission in my capacity as UN Representative for Asia, said Legarda, who is the UN Champion for Disas-ter Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adapta-tion for Asia-Pacific.The EU aims to re-duce its carbon emis-sions from transport by six per cent, with inter-mediate indicative tar-gets of two per cent by 2014 and four per cent by 2017. Through Com-missioner Hedegaard, the EU explores further cooperation to address the challenge of keeping the global temperature from further rising.Like the EU, our

hope is for world lead-ers to lead their nation in cutting down on pol-lution and greenhouse gas emissions, reducing fossil fuel consumption, promoting the use of renewable energy, and assisting developing na-tions that are most vul-nerable to the effects of environmental degrada-tion and climate change, said Legarda.World leaders must not allow people to con-tinuously suffer from floods, hunger, displace-ment, and economic setbacks. The past disas-ters that have depressed many nations should remind world leaders of their great responsibility to lead people out of the crises and uncertainties brought about by unsus-tainable development, worsening disasters and climate change, Legarda concluded.***SOLICITING SUPPORT. Senator Loren Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Climate Change, welcomes European Union Commissioner on Climate Action Connie Hedegaard, who visited the Philippines to elicit support for the EU position on emission reduction. Legarda said

that, like the EU, she hopes that all countries will engage in climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts, in-cluding cutting down on pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, reducing fossil fuel consumption, and using renewable energy, among others.

Legarda echoes EUs call for greater climate action

A visiting executive of Plan International has urged commu-nities to help the organi-zation sustain its disaster risk reduction program. Frank Manfredi, Plan International USA Disas-ter Risk Management Di-rector, said there is a need for the communities to build resilience so they could survive calamities like typhoon Pablo which devastated the municipal-ity and two others in the province.Manfredi said the communities will be the ones to do the real work as the organization will only build their capacities in facing disaster.We are humbled by the work that you here and the communities will do, he told those who at-tended the launching of the program at the mu-nicipal hall that the ty-phoon did not spare.Plan International is implementing the pro-gram as its way of help-ing the communities in this town and in the near-by Baganga and Boston prepare for calamities.Program Manager An-gelo Hernan E. Melencio pointed out that the pro-gram will help the people

prepare themselves in times of disaster.Melencio explained that the program will not only for the adults but also for children since they are among the most vulnerable to disasters.Department of Edu-cation Schools Division Supt. Feliciano Tamon-dong also vowed to rally all the schools in sup-porting the program. He even suggested that pro-grams like this must be incorporated in school curricula.The one-year long program will help the communities, includ-

ing school children by preparing them face ca-lamities. The capacity of schools in responding to disasters will also be enhanced with the im-plementation of the pro-gram.Funded by the Unit-ed States Agency for International Develop-ment Office of U.S./For-eign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA), the pro-gram aims to increase resilience against im-pacts of natural disasters through capacity build-ing and awareness rais-ing activities. Plan/Leslie Lao-Francisco

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Villagers urged to helpsustain disaster preparedness program THE Davao City Investment Pro-motion Center (DCIPC) has chal-lenged Davao con-structors to reduce their carbon foot-prints by adopting in-novative and environ-ment-friendly technol-ogies.The construction industry is encour-aged to shift to de-signs and operations that are responsive to climate change ad-aptation, DCIPC of-ficer-in-charge Ivan Chin Cortes said.He said the con-struction sector can do so much not only for the economy but also for the environ-ment by using ener-gy-efficient materials. Davao City is already feeling the negative ef-fects of climate change with floods occurring in most parts of the city even with minimal rainwater volume. Cortes said it is time to start looking into going back to the basics like floating houses and villages in order to adjust to cli-mate change and the flooding problem in the city. Houses with stilt design and stand-by life-saving floaters will reduce problems

related to flooding in the city.He said it is worth-while to consider the inclusion of wa-ter-catchment facili-ties and working with the natural terrain of the city in every con-struction project. He said Davao planners envision a city with inter-connected green parks, boulevards that are free from informal settlers and roads and walkways for bikes and pedestrians.Ramon Allado, event chair of the 4th PhilConstruct Show held at SMX Conven-tion Center over the weekend, said this years construction show featured many innovative products that are environ-ment-friendly. He made mention of air conditioning products that are energy-effi-cient and come with solar power options.Cortes said Davao City provides up to five years tax incen-tives to investments that involve green projects, generate new sources of energy and agriculture proj-ects that make use of organic and environ-ment-friendly technol-ogies.[PNA]

Constructors asked to reduce carbon footprint

THE announcement last Friday that five Nordic countries will stand with the US in end-ing public finance for new coal-fired power plants overseas, except in rare cir-cumstances, is significant and builds on the growing movement away from coal, the most polluting energy source, says WWF.Denmark, Finland, Ice-land, Norway and Sweden have joined the US in adopt-ing this public position, further strengthening a growing trend among ma-jor financiers and donors to switching investments from fossil fuels via a transition to clean, renewable energy. Samantha Smith, WWFs Global Climate & Energy Initiative leader, says with the leadership seen from these countries, the World Bank and more recently the European In-vestment Bank, it is time for other major institutions to follow their lead.The need to act is great and the time to act is now. We are calling on financial institutions both public and private to commit US$40 billion in new in-vestments into renewable energy by June 2104, and to phase out investments in fossil fuels through a just transition, said Smith. The risk of ignoring what the science is telling us is huge. The longer we delay real action, the more expensive addressing cli-mate change will get. Thats why solutions that are available today in the form of renewable energy should be rapidly scaled up, said Smith. The European Bank for Reconstruction and

Development is also currently considering its policy position on investments in all energy types, including coal. We call on EBRD to go fossil free and end coal financing. EBRD must in-crease its investments in sustainable, renewable en-ergy because, as the leaders of the five countries and the US said in their statement, climate change is one of the foremost challenges for our future economic growth and well-being, said Smith. WWF also calls on the Nordic countries themselves to make the change in their national investments, which are substantial, added Smith. The Norwegian sov-ereign wealth fund is the worlds largest, and has investments in coal and oil with emissions equivalent

to more than 108 times the emissions of Norway. WWF is calling on the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund to move away from coal and tar Sands fi-nancing and to allocate 5% of its portfolio to renewable energy. WWF said countries like Sweden must make the same shift within its state pension funds (AP-fonder-na), where a large majority of energy investments to-day go to coal, oil and gas.The announcement from these countries also signals a possible change in political will at the interna-tional climate negotiations, which next meet in Novem-ber in Poland. It will be vital to make concrete progress at the next UN climate negotia-tions meeting as we near the tipping point in climate change, said Smith.

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EDITORIALA culture of legal awarenessAS important as knowing ones rights as a jour-nalist, it is likewise imperative that journalists know the basics of our laws including the pro-cesses and procedures in order to better understand the complexities of this profession.This is every journalists concern. It is not the length of years one has devoted to the profession. Even the so-called veterans commit mistakes. Its no assurance that you have been around and you will not make mistakes. What matters is that one under-stands that there are provisions of law that govern our conduct and one cannot play blind to such.With the libel issue resurrected amidst the recent conviction of Davao journalists of a 10-year old libel case promulgated only recently, the need for educa-tion of the legal implications of the journalism pro-fession must be addressed. One cannot be very com-placent of a case that has dragged on for years with the thought that the crime has prescribed or that

there is a failure to prosecute. One cannot also safely assume that a case is al-ready dismissed just because the court has not con-tinued with the hearing of the case. Instead, the jour-nalist should act on the apparent inaction from the prosecution and exercise the legal reliefs available to respondents in a libel case. Criminal cases take years to be decided in our jurisdiction, notwithstanding the basic judicial tenet of justice delayed is justice denied.While we pursue amendments to the libel law, making it partake of a different nature like one of civil action for damages instead of a criminal action, not all journalists breathe and live under the codes of conduct of journalism. Hence, as imperative as the legislature revisiting the libel provisions of the Revised Penal Code, it is also equally important that journalists engulf a cul-ture of legal awareness.

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President Barack Obama will have to deliver one of the finest speeches of his presidency next Tuesday if he hopes to win Congressional support for a strike against Syria. Out of nowhere, the Syria vote has emerged as one of the de-fining moments of Obamas second term.

With three years remaining in office, the vote will either revive his presiden-cy or leave Obama severely weakened at home and abroad.There are legitimate criticisms of Obamas initial response to the Syrian gov-ernments barbaric August 21st gas attack outside Damascus. The president should have demanded that Congress be called back from recess immediately. He should also have immediately made a far more personal and passionate case for strikes.But what may doom the presidents effort, in the end, is not his short-term tactics. It is years of contradictory policies and unfulfilled promises by Obama him-self.As Charles Blow noted in the New York Times this week, this is the Era of Disbelief, where Americans dont trust their president or Congress. Blow rightly cited Iraq as the primary cause. But a lit-any of other government half-truths have pushed the publics trust in its govern-ment to record lows.According to Gallup, only 10 percent of Americans now have a great deal or

quite a lot of confidence in Congress, a re-cord low since Gallup started tracking the measure in 1973, Blow wrote. Only 36 percent have the same level of confidence in the presidency.Obamas primary sin has been con-tradiction. On many issues related to the war on terror, he has broken campaign promises or adopted inconsistent posi-tions. Obama is now asking Americans to trust him on Syria. But they do not.For the last six years, Obama has told Americans that the United States needs to extricate itself from the Middle East. He proclaimed a pivot to Asia and declared that region far more important to Americas future than the Middle East.Iraq and then Afghanistan were coun-tries that the United States should get out of, Obama declared. And never look back. For two years, a similar message was con-veyed about Syria: stay out at all cost.Now, Obama is telling Americans that attacking Syria is vital. Voters respond with a simple question: Why now? The chemical weapons attack was horrific,

skeptics argue, but they say the adminis-tration has not explained why Syria now represents a national security threat to the United States.In a development that must deep-ly worry the White House, support for a strike from the Israeli government and the American Israeli Public Affairs Com-mittee has so far failed to dramatically increase support in Congress. Conserva-tive Republicans who normally shower support on Israel say sweeping opposi-tion from constituents compels them to vote no.Distrust of Obama on the right, of course, is nothing new. Conservatives have reviled him for years. What threat-ens Obama is a lack of trust from his lib-eral base.Since he won re-election, liberals have expressed growing frustration with Obamas national security policies. Hopes that he might change some of his positions in his second term have been dashed.Obama has made only a tepid effort to close Guantanamo Bay; insisted on cloak-ing drone strikes in secrecy, and strong-ly defended sweeping National Security Agency surveillance. The candidate that liberals thought would return the rule of law to the struggle against terror contin-ues to embrace many of President George W. Bushs practices.

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INCREASING IMPATIENCE OF THE PEOPLE At this juncture the executive and legis-lative branches of government have many problems on their plates. And this period has been a difficult one for our country and for all of us. It has been an enormous deal more thor-ough than it had been in the past. Even so, the wary public does not think government has accomplished enough. Public money still is far from being used as efficiently and effectively as the people should want.The irate and disgusted people feel that the time has come for Congress for the whole of government, for that matter to face up to a problem it has put off for so long: the job of doing something about the unabated corrup-tion in the bureaucracy. Today, public funds worth several billions that portion allocated to the controversial Priority Development As-sistance Fund (PDAF) or pork barrel funds to members of Congress more than half goes down the drain or simply put, surreptitiously make its way into the deep pockets of some erring legislators and their equally corrupt cohorts. It is true weve been at the thick of a very difficult period but what counts the most is that our countrymen stood by their constitu-tional duty and faced up to the threats to their well-being. Unfortunately, the multi-billion pork barrel funds intended for the so-called hard and soft projects of the government, many of which are pro-poor developments are being squandered by some wicked and corrupt officials using bogus non-government organizations (NGOs) and fake foundations. But the concerted public effort to raise a howl over the financial scam makes it all the more precious worth defending, no matter what the cost.The P10 billion PDAF scandal orchestrat-ed by Janet Lim-Napoles is just the tip of the

iceberg, so to speak. In fact, g o v e r n m e n t probers firm-ly believe that plenty of such funds and even of bigger scale havent been unearthed yet. As a result, gov-ernment simply does not have enough capi-tal resources to keep up even its basic social services continuously and efficiently. The problem on corruption will become more and more acute unless government would soon raise the political will and determination to do something sensible about it. Top officials, President Benigno Aquino III above all, have to make up their minds on what to do about government programs that were badly affect-ed by the latest financial scandal.A number of projects aimed at easing out massive unemployment, abject poverty and stirring up countryside development that are crying out for immediate attention are now stalled. The root cause of all the mess is the misuse and abuse in the distribution of pork barrel funds a serious matter which has been complicated by the strong public opin-ion it has attracted, and which seems to have distorted the previous wholesome public opinion on Congress as a whole. After the in-vestigations are completed, certainly, severe punishment should be meted out to whom it is due. But the big question is, how long will it take for the government to provide con-vincing results? The people feel responsibility should also be accepted where failures have oc-

curred and where neglect have allowed im-mense corruption to flourish and to remain unabated. Perhaps the brewing financial scam has served some purpose if it awakens our present leaders to the realization that time is running out on the country, that the impatience of our people grows day by day and that those in positions of responsibil-ity should shape up or make way for better people. Top officials should use the shameful pork barrel issue as the occasion for taking stock of where they are, where theyve fallen short and where they need to do better.We think its about time for the Aqui-no administration to make hard decisions it has postponed for so long fulfillment of a campaign promise and priority political agenda to totally stamp out corruption. It is time for government to strike out new direc-tions if it is to heal the divisions in society and restore to our lawmakers their sense of selflessness. They should use the prevailing situation as the spur for reform and rethink-ing. The urgency of their work is underlined for them by the increasing impatience of our people and the growing pessimism about their prospects and the future of our country.If they do not pull this off, they risk turn-ing the country into a banana republic torn apart by endemic political conflict. And now is the time to do it. The spilling of the can of beans surrounding the pork barrel fund scam embroiling several members of Con-gress has given the Aquino leadership a breathing spell, therefore they cannot take their responsibilities lightly. And members of Congress cannot command loyalty to the representative system it stands for unless they can prove to the people, over and over again, that they have their interest at heart. Reforms in government must be an endless process.

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Making PHLs navy more flexible

Spur for reform and rethinking

For Obama, a contradiction too manyBY DAVID ROHDE

COMMENTARY

BY PRIAM NEPOMUNCENOSPECIAL FEATUREWITH the Dept. of National Defense nearing the com-pletion of the P4-billion strategic sealift vessel (SSVs) contract, the Philippine Navy an-nounced that having such ships in the fleet will make the service more flexible.The SSV is an integral part of the PNs Service Force (logistic) and is needed to accomplish the Navys missions in different ar-eas, PN spokesperson Lt. Cmdr. Gregory Fabic said.The ships are estimated to weigh around 7,300 gross register tons. The SSVs will be also used to improve the PNs transport and lift capabilities.These missions are needed es-pecially in times of natural disas-ter of which the Navy is one of the responders.The ships are capable of acting as mini-helicopter carriers as it is capable of carrying two helicop-ters at it flight deck and another at its enclosed hangar area.(SSVs must have) helideck ca-pacity for two 10-ton helicopters (based on Sikorsky Black Hawk) (while) enclosed hangar for an-other 10-ton helicopter (also based on the Black Hawk), a DND supplemental bulletin on the SSVs stated.With the capability to carry three helicopters, the SSVs has the capacity to conduct long range pa-trol and conduct rescue work.The DND supplemental bid bul-letin also said that the two ships must have a beam of 21 meters and a propulsion system consist-ing of two diesel engines coupled to two controllable pitch propel-lers giving it a minimum speed of 13 knots and a maximum of 16 knots.It should also have a cruising range of 7,500 nautical miles and a crew of 100 to 130 officers and men.The SSVs must be also capa-ble of carrying two landing craft mechanized/utility at floodable well decks, two RHIB or LCVP on boat davitsIt must also have room or space to carry 500 fully equipped sol-diers.The SSVs must be also equipped with navigation, surface and air search radars, electronic warfare suite, electro-optical fire control system and combat management systemsIt must be armed with one main gun between 40mm to 127mm in caliber and two 30 mm automated cannons and between four to six light machine guns.DND bidding and awards chair Undersecretary Efren Q. Fernan-dez earlier said the ships have an approved budget contract of P4-billion.The money will be sourced from the AFP Modernization Act Trust Fund. The SSVs program is expected to be completed within two years time. [PNA]

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for exclusivity, security, and convenience, where residents will enjoy first-rate amenities such as upscale commercial and retail developments. It will also set the stage for Arcadia Sports and Leisure Complex, a sig-nature development that will complement the re-laxed and healthy vibe within the community.It promises to be the most modern sports and recreation facility

in Davao, suited to the evolving cosmopolitan lifestyle in the city. Fu-ture developments in-clude provisions for a boutique hotel and con-dotel. Matina Enclaves is definitely poised to rede-fine lifestyle options and property development concepts in the region.Esdevco devoted a year of planning and preparation before un-veiling its signature project to enthusiastic

reception at an exclu-sive event last May.Matina Enclaves is also the product of careful consultation between Esdevco and Ingenue Property Con-cepts & Marketing Cor-poration, a dynamic and multi-disciplinary team that provides profes-sional services in real estate planning and development, project management, and mar-keting.

TWENTY seven minors who al-legedly com-mitted petty crimes during a weeklong cel-ebration of the Araw ng Digos on Sept. 2-8 were nabbed but were released for being mi-nors, an official said.P/Superintendent Querobin Manalang, officer-in-charge of the Digos police sta-tion said, that most of the minors were from neighboring places like Hagonoy, Gensan, Matanao who went in Digos as opportunity to commit crimes like snatching. However, they were released because of the Juve-nile law which does not allow detention of minors who commit crimes.Maraming bata dito ang dayo na in-aresto dahil sa snatch-ing pero pinalabas namin dahil bawal sampahan sila ng kaso,he said. Despite bomb threats, the events were peaceful and successful because of the joint efforts of law enforcers, Manalang said.Based on records obtained from Di-gos City Womens and Childrens Desk

(DCWCD ) most of the 27 minors were boys for attempted theft, mauling and using vulcaseal, a solvent that gives its user a high. May dalawang bata kaming giturn over sa DSWD pero yung iba din kinuha ng kanilang magulang, PO1 Kristel Joy Nar-zabal, in-charge at DCWCD said. The number of pet-ty crimes committed by minors increased during the main events on Sept. 7-8 that attracted large crowds of people join-ing the celebration.

In a radio interview with radio station dzBB, an Army colonel said the group is led by Haber Malik. Their target is the City Hall. They want to raise their flag of inde-pendence at city hall, the mayor told dzBB in a sep-arate interview. She said a negotiator had been sent to the area to try to free them.At least one soldier had been killed in the fighting so far, military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Ramon Zagala said. About 100 MNLF fighters were intercept-ed by troops on the coast of Zamboanga before dawn, triggering the fighting, he said.Six unidentified peo-ple injured, according to a report from dzRH radio. IN THE WEE HOURSThe hostilities, which broke out in the citys Ba-rangay Rio Hondo, start-ed at around 3 a.m. Hun-dreds of residents have fled the area. The city remained largely desert-ed as people stayed home while gunshots rang out in different areas.A decades-old insur-gency by Muslim rebels in the south of the main-ly Catholic country has claimed 150,000 lives.FLIGHTS CAN-

CELLEDCebu Pacific an-nounced the cancellation of flights to Tawi-Tawi and Zamboanga due to the situation. Philippine Airlines has also an-nounced cancellation of Zamboanga City flights.MAYOR SUSPENDS

WORK, CLASSES Mayor Ma. Isabelle Climaco-Salazar has suspended classes and works in both public and private schools and offic-

es as hostilities broke out in this city after armed followers of Moro Na-tional Liberation Front (MNLF) founding-leader Nur Misuari landed at the shores of this city early Monday.Due to the present situation, Mayor Salazar in coordination with the Department of Education (DepEd) is suspending classes in all levels, pri-vate and public in Zam-boanga City today (Sept. 9), City Hall information officer Sheila Covarru-bias said in a text mes-sage.Authorities are col-laborating efforts to re-solve the situation. The public is advised to re-main calm and sober but alert and vigilant and re-port anything unusual to the police at (062)991-56-56 or you nearest po-lice station, Covarrubias added.Salazar has convened a Crisis Management Committee meeting to-gether with local police and military officials to assess the situation.So far, three people -- a policeman and two civilians -- were report-ed killed on two separate locations. The policeman was killed by sniper fire in Barangay Sta. Barba-ra, 0.35 kilometers east of this city, while the ci-vilians in Barangay Tal-on-Talon, five kilometers east of this city.An MNLF follower was killed in the firefight near the Zamboanga City Public Safety Company headquarters in Baran-gay Sta. Barbara.Aside from Sta. Barba-ra, on-and-off skirmish is also taking place just out-side the government-run Zamboanga City Medical

Center (ZCMC) along Dr. Evangelista Street in Ba-rangay Sta. Catalina.MNLF Secretary-Gen-eral Abdul Sahrin said over RMN-Zamboanga that he received infor-mation that some 50 fol-lowers of Misuari arrive Sunday in Barangay Rio Hondo, 0.92 kilometers east of city hall.Sahrin disclosed that further information states a group of 400 rebels were mobilized Sunday by Ustadz Haber Malik in Barangay Can-diis, Mohammad Ajul, Basilan.Malik, who is based in Panamao, Sulu, is one of the loyal rebel leaders of Misuari.Sahrin disclosed that Misuari is now acting on his own.There were also re-ports that unidentified gunmen were seen to have landed Monday morning at the shores of Barangay Talon-Talon.Meanwhile, the group led by Commander Hus-sin Hasimin, one of the leaders of the Misuari group, is holding hos-tage at least 28 people, including women and children, in Barangay Sta. Catalina, 1.76 kilo-meters east of this city.Hasimin said over RMN-Zamboanga that their mission is to march towards downtown to raise the MNLF flag at the flagpole of City Hall.His group togeth-er with the hostages is holed up in the boundary of Sta. Catalina and Ba-rangay Kasanyangan and cannott march to the city proper as government forces are stationed in the barangay hall of Sta. Catalina. (PNA)

The three major features of the book are (1) a comprehen-sive understanding of the social, political, and cultural situation in the Philippines, (2) it is more focused on social issues and tran-scends what people might learn from trav-el guides, it has a bot-tom-up peoples per-spective of the country. The book is a ma-jor project of Philip-pinebro, an indepen-

dent, socioeconomic and political informa-tion center based in Germany whose mis-sion is to inform and raise awareness in the German public about the Philippines. The book, which was launched last Sat-urday in Davao City, is an English version of a German book writ-ten in 2012 which sold over 1,000 copies in that country. It is an up-grade of another Ger-

man book written in 2006, which sold over 5,000 copies there. Handbook Philip-pines is sold at P500 a copy and will be dis-counted at P400 per copy if one buys four books and may ordered at handbook.philip-pines@gmail.com with a shipping fee of P150, or it may be purchased at certain bookstores in Metro Manila, Davao, Cebu, Dumaguete, and General Santos. EJF

tions from its suppliers namely: PSALM, NGCP and TMI which should be immediately settled to prevent disconnec-tion of power supply.However, the MOU does not constitute a waiver on the part of DANECO-CDA to seek legal remedies with respect to the cases pending before the Court of Appeals (CA) and to resume collect-ing and billing in the future. Moreover, the MOU shall cease and be of no force and effect in case of any violation.Aside from DAN-ECO-NEA conducting the meter reading and collection of payment after the reconcili-ation of consumers account recognizing the validity of all pay-ments made to DAN-ECO-CDA, the former

also has the right to effect disconnection of electric services of delinquent consum-ers in accordance with the DANECO and ERC rules. DANECO-CDA shall be furnished with all records pertaining to meter reading and collection by DANE-CO-NEA.Other salient points included in the MOU are the utilization by DANECO-NEA of all existing personnel and security guards of DANECO-CDA ex-cept those personnel to be retained by the latter in the perfor-mance of its mandated functions, duties and responsibilities as a duly registered electric cooperative under RA 9520.Both parties also agreed that prior to the

referendum and effec-tivity of the MOU, DAN-ECO-NEA has to honor all contracts and obli-gations entered into by the Board of Directors of DANECO-CDA, and all communications, documents, signages and the like shall only bear DANECO, minus NEA or CDA. The two groups are advice to cease throwing black propaganda against each other.Representatives of both parties signed the MOU in the pres-ence of ComVal Gover-nor Arthur T. Uy who persistently acted as mediator to iron out the differences and threw full support in resolving the dispute to end the confusion confronting the power consumers in the two provinces. (LBD)

Napoles gets special treatment, because she Is a high profile person and can be instrument to unveil more cases.She is just an ac-complice, we need to identify the principals and tried in court.Rendell Ryan Cagula of Youth for Account-ability and Truth Now (Youth ACT Now) said, All implicated con-gressmen and senators should be investigated

and prosecuted togeth-er with Napoles. We chide the special treat-ment as we see anoth-er wheelchair strategy like former Philippine President Gloria Ar-royos, he added. Davao businessman Sonny Dizon said, Ev-eryone involved in the scam should be pun-ished. I think shes get-ting reasonable treat-ment because she cant be mixed with other

prisoners or else her life would be endan-gered.Mindanao Busi-ness Council (MinBC) chair Vicente Lao said, What she (Napoles) did was morally wrong. Imagine the number of schools that could have been built and the number of families that could have been helped with such a huge amount that was squandered away.

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THE first of its kind in the Vi-sayas and Mind-anao, the Siemens Acu-son S3000 Premium Ultrasound Machine is now available at the Brokenshire Memorial Hospital.The ACUSON S3000 ultrasound system is the ultra-pre-mium system that pro-vides high resolution image quality, Merge CT or MRI 3D data vol-umes with real-time ultrasound, Utilize 3D real-time ultrasound navigational guidance supporting biopsies and ablation proce-dures, import and view historic ultrasound, CT, MR, or Mammography for split screen com-parison with real-time Ultrasound, advanced elastography, and it has the fusion technology where x-ray and ultra-sound can be seen in one monitor. Brokenshire radiol-ogy head Susan Gaspar, said this is very bene-ficial to their patients since it has cutting edge technology that can de-tect certain health con-ditions clearer, faster, and more convenient.This offers better service to our patients, she said, adding that this can be used on pa-tients, from their head to their toes, at a very competitive price.Department of Health (DOH) 11 Food and Drug Administra-

tion (FDA) regulation officer Arnold Alinda-da said at the blessing ceremony of the new ultrasound machine Friday representing DOH 11 head Abdullah Dumama Jr., DOH is of the breakthrough of Brokenshire with their new machine. When we hear of breakthroughs in any health facility, we are very proud and happy, when we attend nation-al conventions where we brag of our facili-ties here in Davao, he said, adding that DOH 11 hopes to see more breakthroughs in Bro-kenshire hospitals.

Councilor Mary Jo-selle Villafuerte, who chairs the committee on health, congratu-lated Brokenshire for their new ultrasound machine which can serve not only Davao City but even the entire Mindanao.In the official web-site of Siemens it is stated that the ACUSON S3000 ultrasound system also has high density transducers, including the 8C3 HD transducer with an ex-panded field-of-view and excellent resolu-tion at depth even on third trimester patients and multi-modality re-

view to view previous exams alongside re-al-time ultrasound for more accurate follow up examinations.It is also more prac-tical workflow for rou-tine clinical use, reduc-es examination time from auto-alignment, and reduces expendi-tures from other image modality follow ups.ACUSON S3000 system offers the most complete portfolio of advanced elastography and shear wave appli-cations using Acoustic Radiation Force Im-pulse (ARFI) clinical applications, accord-ing to the website.

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BIG GAME JAMES. James Yap of SMC tries to wiggle his way against Ginebras Chris Ellis in Sundays SMC win over Ginebra in the PBA Governors Cup.

THE Agro Industrial Foundation College Sea Horse defeated Ateneo de Davao Univer-sity Junior Blue Knights, 58 50, in the battle of the Group A heavyweights at the resumption of the Sante Barley Inter-School Juniors Basketball Tour-nament at the GS Skygym on Sunday.Agro got off to a slow start before pulling it through in the final half to grab its second win in as many games and boost their Final Four hopesArchie Escalante, Rex Tahanlangit, and Bernard Gutierez took turns down the stretch after a slug-gish start to lead the Sea Horse who now topped Group A with 2-0 slate.They were account-ed 24 of the 34 second half points of Agro that seized the upper hand entering the fourth pe-riod, 39 37 after trail-ing 13-12 in the opening canto and 23-22 at the half.Escalante top scored for Agro, last years run-ner-up to Assumption College of Davao, with 15 points as Tahanlagit added 12 markers.Ateneo absorbed its first defeat in the tourna-ment supported by Nike Athletic Club less than twenty four hours after the Junior Blue Knights captured the DACS 2013 title.Frenz Kato had 10 points for Ateneo.Ford Academy of the Arts extended its win

streak to three games following a 71 57 win over Daniel R. Aguinaldo National High School.Rald Barrera provid-ed the spark and Ezequel Austria continue to play better as Ford marched at the top of Group with 3-0 card. Barrera canned 14 points while Austria had 10.DRANHS remained win-less in four outings despite superb showing of Kinitchi Rendon who made 16 baskets in the losing cause. Emar Col-lege edged Assumption College of Davao, 70 66, in the other match.The tournament is organized by Duterte Basketball League and sanctioned by SBP Re-gion XI. (Rico Biliran)

KENNETH John Ta-bada and Carl Zi-rex Sato their third straight wins to share the lead in the 20-Under boys division of the on-going Mayor Rody and Vice Mayor Pulong Duterte Kadayawan Age-Group Chess tournament at the NCCC Mall.Tabada crushed Ced-ric John Petalcorin while Sato downed Tahseen Saludsong in the third round to tie for the lead with identical 3.0 points.Meanwhile, Batang Pi-noy Mindanao Qualifying leg girls chess triple gold medalist, Ella Grace Mou-lic, who is campaigning in the boys division is tied with Gino Angelo Asun-cion in second place with 2.5 points. Moulic had a draw with Franklin Liba-ton while Asuncion beat Raymondwil Mirantes.Libaton now totes 2.0 and is tied in third with Petalcorin, Saludsong, Bhing Joel Gimony, John Gerald Acedo, Daniel Bo-rinaga, Manuelito Belar-

ma, Johua Noel Tiagan and Andrian John Yap.In the girls division, Joerlz Gimony and Mari-ane Jasmine Infiesto also made their third straight wins to share the lead with similar 3.0 points. Gimony beat Erna Liwa-nan while Infiesto out-classed Janine Chanelle Fune. Bunched in second place with 2.0 points are Liwanan, Fune, Jane Hitfield Caingles, Angel Davao and Mara Ostique.In the boys 14 under, Gerald Casivo, Eric Yngayo Jr., James Sumatra, Kuth John Placencia and Kryz Lord Metran are tied with identical 3.0 points while leading in the distaff side also with 3.0 points are Lorraine Yngayo, Honey Grace Buenafe and Frinze Ezra Odiasa.The leaders in the boys 10 under are Irish Yngayo, Sumyla Sekak and Queen Peralta with 3.0 points while in the girls division are Billy Joel Sarno and Kyle Patryk Metran with 3.0 pts.DEFENDING cham-pion University of Mindanao and last years runner-up Rizal Memorial Colleges beat their separate rivals in the semi-finals to arrange their title-showdown in this years Davao Football Asso-ciation-Columbia Comput-er Inter-Collegiate Football tournament at the Tionko grounds Sunday.UM blanked Philip-pine Womens College, 8-0 while RMC routed Philip-pine College of Technolo-gy, 7-1 to enter the cham-pionship set next week.UMs Marlon Demap-anag (3, 25), Bal Angelo Morata (9, 19) and Je-rard Bierniza (17, 23) all scored two goals while the other goals were made by Roland Manabit (1) and Juven Benitez (28).RMC, on the other hand, relied on Jeric Ta-may, who exploded with five markers. Tamay gave the Bulldogs a 2-0 lead with goals in the 11th and 35th before PCT playing coach Ramonito Carreon found the net in the 40th, 2-1.But the Bulldogs showed too much fire-power as Warren Ravanes (45) and Al Dinn Tibo-ron (49) added two more markers for a 4-1 lead.Tamay then made his hat trick in the final half with goals in the 58th, 67th and 85th to complete the rout.

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24 hours on the sands of Boracay

THE BRIGHT SUN on my skin, the sound of the waves in my ears, the crystal blue sea on the horizon, and the powdery white sand on my feet. This is what the world-renowned island of Boracay is all about. People have been talking about it and raving about it for years yet before this year I was a bonafide Boracay virgin.

You heard that right, I was a Boracay virgin! Blame it on my love for big cities and mass transit, but the very thought of trounc-ing about the beach with my belly, nor the fact that Boracay used to be such

a pain to travel to never really appealed to me. So imagine the amount of planning and thought I had to go through to say yes to a Boracay getaway with my insistent Manila friends.

Lucky for me, times have changed and Cebu Pacific now has a direct flight from Davao to Ka-libo, taking away the much dreaded hassle of domes-tic connecting flights. Al-though Kalibo was still a ways from Boracay, the shuttle services provided a hassle-free way to get to and from the island. Upon arrival, I can in-stantly feel why so many of my friends and tourists fell in love with Boracay. The beach stretched for kilometres on end without any barriers that impede walking. One can literally spend sunup to sundown exploring the island and its many facets which I did.

Morning peace Mornings on the beach are quiet and leisurely with the occasional joggers and people doing yoga. This is also the time when you will see the locals get ready for the daily grind as well as see divers prepare their boats and equipment for a quick dip in the deep blue. The cool and pristine sand makes walking a treat that is more like medi-tation rather than just a means of going from one boat station to another.

Mid-day vibe Come around noon-time is when the island starts to stir again with ac-tivity. The stores at DMall chime with the sound of many languages from peo-ple from all over the world mingling with each other. I would say that the island, although not a city, pulses

Walking on Boracays beach with my Havaianas.

The beachlife is definitely at Boracay.

Partying at Club Paraw

Sunset at Boracays Station 2.

Walking is the best way to go around the beach.

Caipirinha at the Juice Bar.

Firedancers on the beach.Riding a paraw to catch the famous Boracay sunset. F24 HOURS,A4

WHEN artist Ann Pamintuan was commissioned by the Ayala Malls to create a sculptural art piece best repre-senting Davao for Abreeza, the first premier mall in the city, she fashioned a triple pyramid out of metal inspired by the countrys tall-est peak, the Mt. Apo, a Davao land-mark. This assign-ment didnt only pave the way for this acclaimed artist to showcase her art-istry but also find a home for her other passionthe Min-danao Trade Expo, where she presides as the president of the foundation. Since 1995, the Mind-anao Trade Expo has been the forerunner in the ex-posure of the best crafts the Mindanao artisans have produced. From Zambo-anga to Cotabato, Davao to Surigao, the most success-ful of the handmade won-ders have landed the pages of international glossies, the homes of celebrities and won accolades from the most respected award-giving bodies in the world of design. This is why MTE Presi-dent, Ann Pamintuan, the Davao-based pioneering member of the Movement 8 design alliance and the only Asian woman de-signer to be included in the prestigious Interna-tional Design Yearbook, is impassioned with the idea that, like her, the rest of the Mindanao designers and manufacturers, with solid mentoring and continu-ous product development, can also break through the national and international market. The MTE exhibit tran-spires during the Kaday-awan Festival season. Its first show was held at the Central Bank Convention Center and the address be-came its prestigious home for years, until the venue had to be renovated. In the past two years, Abreeza Mall played host

to this highly regarded exhibition. Abreeza is a venue that can equate with Central Bank in terms of prestige, stated Pamintu-an, and added, its the perfect venue to showcase the products of the par-ticipants to the market Abreeza caters to. I am glad that MTE has found a partner in Abreeza who shares the same vision for Mindanao. Echoing the MTEs per-spective in her welcome note, Ms. Rowena Tom-eldan, Ayala Lands Vice-President and Head for Operations and Support Services for Commercial Business Group, said, We are indeed happy to see the thriving export industries of Mindanao in this trade expo. The products that you have are truly some-thing that every Filipino can be proud of. This expo is definitely a good venue to proudly showcase the regions finest. We, at Aya-la Malls are in full support as we inspire producers and manufacturers to con-tinue to create products that are truly world class.

AS we are now in the Bermonths, feasting mode is just around the corner for Dabawenyos. What better place to indulge than at Misto, Seda Abreezas cozy 3 in 1 all day dining restaurant located at the hotels lobby area? Sample culinary favorites lined up this month of September with your family and friends. Start off your weekends with Mistos Week-end Power Pinoy Breakfast Buffet every Saturday and Sunday for only Php 500 nett per per-son. A tempting breakfast spread is available from 6:00 am to 10:00 am every Satur-day & Sunday. Misto offers daily lunch and dinner executive set menus fit for a king at Php 550 nett per person. Sample Mistos tasty carvings of baby back ribs and other flavorful surprises coupled with a glass of complimentary red or white wine. Help yourself to a sultry and healthy salad bar and finish off your dinner with [piquant desserts for that perfect meal. Only Php 699 nett per person, available every Friday and Saturday.

CALLING all Metrobank Card Holders! Get 40% Off on Samsonite, Ameri-can Tourister, Wenger, Compass Backpack/ Suit-case & Technopack for a minimum single-charge of Php 7,500.00 at the SM Store Aura, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Clark, Cubao, Davao, Iloilo, Las Pinas, Makati, Mall of Asia, Ma-nila, Marilao, Masinag, Megamall, North EDSA, Pampanga, Rosales, San Lazaro, Sta. Mesa, Sta. Rosa and Tarlac.

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HOW FAR will an extra-ordinary lady go to win the love of her family and earn the respect of the people around her? This is the struggle that Kapamilya actress Andi Eigenmanns character, Galema, faces in the highly anticipated TV remake of one of the most-loved Pinoy komiks characters--Galema: Anak ni Zuma. Born with twin snakes at-tached to her neck, Galema (Andi) is just like ordinary kids who seek for the love and acceptance of their families. This September, in con-tinuing celebration of 60 years of Philippine TV, ABS-CBN will bring back the journey of a good-hearted young lady who inherited the curse of her beastly father Zuma (Derick Hub-alde). Galema: Anak ni Zuma is based on the hit serialized

Pinoy komiks tale of Jim Fernandez that was popu-larized on the big screen in 1985 in the movie starred by actress Snooky Serna. Is there a chance for someone extraordinary like Galema to live an ordinary life? How important is a familys love for a girl who seeks for nothing but the acceptance of the world where she lives in? Joining Andi in Galema:

Anak ni Zuma are Matteo Guidicelli, Meg Imperial, Sunshine Cruz, Sheryl Cruz, Carlos Morales, Divina Va-lencia, Lito Legaspi, and in-troducing Derick Hubalde as Zuma. Galema: Anak ni Zuma is directed by award-winning and box-office di-rector Wenn V. Deramas. Discover the captivating beauty of Galema: Anak ni Zuma this September in ABS-CBN.

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MULTI-AWARDED Fili-pina rock star song writer Yeng Constantino will in-troduce her latest album to her Davao fans on September 14 at SM City Davao. Yengs recent album Metamorphosis was offi-cially launched early this year under Star Records after the success of her first three studio albums Salamat (2007), Journey (2008), Lapit (2009) and her first compilation al-bum Yeng Versions Live. Metamorphosis, Con-stantinos come back, is a 10-track album which represents the evolution of her music. Grab a copy of the al-bum at Odyssey or As-trovision located at the Ground Floor of the Main Mall, SM City Davao. Everything is here at SM City Davao! Catch Yeng Constantino live,

5pm at the Annex Event Center on September 14. For inquiries, call 297.6998. Like SM City

Davao on Facebook or follow @smcitydavao on Twitter for event and pro-mo updates.

Yeng Constantino at SM City Davao, Sept 14

Is Galema willing to sacrifice everything for her family?

University President Fr. Joel E. Tabora, SJ, is accompanied by Office of Student Affairs staff led by Director Ma. Theresa S. Eliab at the start of the 65th Anniversary fiesta of the Ateneo de Davao University. The Sunday parade wove its way through Palma Gil and C.M. Recto streets as it started from Peoples Park and ended in the ADDU Jacinto Campus at Roxas Avenue. (ADDU IPO)

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with a cosmopolitan vibe that is far from what the island used to be a two de-cades ago. I was hard for me to imagine older friends tell-ing me that the island used to be so idyllic and laid-back with all the buzz and people now on the beach.

Sunset worship Being an island in the middle of the sea makes Boracay the perfect place to experience both sun-rise and sunset, and come late afternoon, you can actually see people mak-ing their way to the beach, some renting paraws (out-rigger boats) to catch the sun turn into a fiery red ball that slowly sinks into the horizon. The spectacle actually reminds me of the time I was at the sunset temple at Siam Reap which

was a sight to behold. As the sun disappeared, the clubs and bars slowly awaken, each beat adding energy to the island. This is where the islands life goes overtime. With so many places to choose from, one is hard pressed not to have a good time. In fact, there is now a Boracay Pub Crawl tour which allows one to literally party all night through some of the best places to have a good time on the island. And since there is no liquor curfew here, the drink-ing and dancing lasts all through sunrise