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Two persons were killed while four others were injured

in three separate shooting incidents in two days in the city.

Major Angel Sumagay-say, station commander

of Toril police station said that one Brando Zapan-ta Jr., 31, a construction worker, succumbed to three gunshot wounds in his body while Mark Abre-gana Oberez, 31, driver,

THE ASSISTANCE of the police and local government

authorities were sought to stop rampant abuse of illegal drug in small-scale mining areas in the Davao Region.

Lawyer Benjo Tesior-

na, chief legal officer of the Philippine Drug En-forcement Agency in Re-gion 11, brought up the problem during an open forum in the 3rd Mind-anao Mining Summit, last Tuesday.

Tesiorna said reports

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IT’S IN THE AIR. A young girl browses through a Christmas showwindow in a establishment along E. Quirino Avenue in Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

Drugs in mining areasPDEA alarmed by situation in Diwalwal, etc. Vice Gov. Zamora confirms problem

2 killed, 4 woundedin shooting incidentsBy EMILORD P. CASTROMAYOR

BURDEN ON HIS SHOULDER. It’s written all over a worker’s face the struggle he’s going through while carrying a heavy ice block which he will deliver to a fishing boat at Sta. Ana Wharf in Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.


JuvENILE delinquen-cy in Davao City is at a “critical stage” and

would produce criminals “if not taken seriously,” according to the univer-sity of Mindanao Institute of Popular Opinion (uM-IPO)

uM-IPO specialist on economics, government, and political issues Adri-an Tamayo, in yesterday’s Club 888 media forum at The Marco Polo Davao said that they conducted the survey because of the increasing number of mi-nors involved in crime in the city.

The survey had a to-tal of 1,200 respondents with a five percent mar-gin of error and 95 per-cent confidence level.

According to the sur-vey, 55.97 percent of the respondents said that juvenile delinquents in the city are “too many” while 41.64 percent said this problem is in a criti-calstate.

They also found out that 39 percent of the re-spondents know only lit-tle about the Juvenile De-linquent Act or Republic Act 9344 and only 15.38 percent are “very much knowledgeable.”

According to the sur-vey, the respondents be-lieve that youth offend-ers were able to commit crimes for having been deprived of their basic needs, being voiceless and marginalized,+ while

OPERATIONS at the u.S. Embassy in Manila will con-

tinue despite the budget lapse that led to the shut-down of American gov-ernment agencies.

“Activities carried out by the Bureau of Consular affairs, both domestically and abroad, are fee-fund-ed and will continue oper-ations,” embassy spokes-man Kurt Hoyer said. “The

department will continue visa issuance overseas. We will also continue our passport operations.”The u.S. shutdown of gov-ernment agencies was caused by failure to meet a deadline to pass a bud-get, sparking speculations that u.S. President Barack Obama might completely forego his Asian trips, in-cluding a two-day visit to

DAvAO’S computer t e c h n o l o g y students bagged

top awards at Iligan City Computing Fair (LCCF)

held on 23-25 September 2013 at the Mindanao State university (MSu) – Iligan Institute of Technology.

In the Open P r o g r a m m i n g Competition, two Ateneo de Davao university (ADDu) teams— Blue

Knights 1 (Marielle Banawan and Jake Randolph Muncada) and Blue Knights 2 (Chanly

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A POLICE officer is fac-ing an administrative charge for allegedly

punching a waiter yes-terday without apparent reason while having some drinks inside a food store along J.P Laurel St at about 12:30 a.m.

P/Supt. Joel Rentoy Consulta , commander of the San Pedro police sta-tion said that Renelo Re-gana Pineda, 32 , a police officer 1, will still be facing a case for misconduct even if the complainant. Eljon Geonzon Buan, 25, did not pursue the filing of case for alarm and scandal and physical injury.

It was alleged that Pine-

da has a problem with his love life.

Pineda, under the in-fluence of liquor, allegedly pushed Buan and punched his back.

Consulta said Pineda is a good man whose person-al problem got the better of his judgment.

If proven guilty, the worst punishment he will get is dismissal from the service or at least suspen-sion.

Moreover, Consulta has observed that many police-men having difficulty with their love life contradicts the perception of many that policemen are prone to having love affairs.

THE court yesterday stopped the Civil Aviation Authority

of the Philippines (CAAP) and its special bids and awards committee (SBAC) from implementing a con-tract awarded to a securi-ty services company.

The stoppage came in the form of a temporary restraining order (TRO) issued by Judge PelagioP-aguican, executive judge of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) 11th Judicial District. The TRO is good

for 72 hours. The TRO enjoined the

CAAP, its SBC, Andrew B. Basallote, Regino v. Hofile-na, Jocelyn Ching, Luciano Macuse, Col. Leo Husada and Armorshield Security Services, Inc., the contract awardee, “to stop, stay and prevent he implemen-tation of the award con-tract.”

The TRO was issued af-ter the Mati Investigation Security Agency Services, Inc. (MINSAS) and Benito v. Pang, through their legal

counsel, lawyer Israelito P. Torreon, filed a petition Civil Case No. 35,255-13 for “Certiorari, Prohibition and Mandamus under Rule 65 of Rules of Court, with prayer for Issuance of Writ of Preliminary In-junction and/or Tempo-rary Restraining Order” questioning the legality of the award of the contract to Armorshield, a compa-ny based in Marikina City.

The complaint like-wise questioned the dis-qualification of petitioner

MINSAS by the SBAC in connection with the bid-ding for security services of CAAP Area Center com-posed of Davao City Inter-national Airport, General Santos International Air-port and Cotabato Air-port.

Petitioner alleged that contract awardee Ar-morshield “did not meet minimum requirements of the law to bid.”

Paguican ordered that the case included in today raffling of cases.

Drunken copin hot waterBy EMILORD P. CASTROMAYOR

Court stops CAAP awardTRO issued

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By ANTONIO M. AJERO

Davao college students dominate programming contest, quiz show

Juvenile delinquency in Davao City alarming

Survey says

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By EJ DOMINIC FERNANDEz

US Embassy to continue operating amid shutdown

TRAFFIC VIOLATOR. A traffic enforcer issues Temporary Operator’s Permit (TOP) to a public utility vehicle (PUV) driver after being caught loading passen-gers in an unloading area along Magsaysay Avenue in Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

ADDU Computer Science and Info Technology majors with Coach Stony Freires (center) and Student Coach RK Amplayo (right, back).


POLICE apprehend-ed 41 drivers for traffic violations

yesterday. P/Supt. Rhodelio

Poliquit, chief of the Traf-fic Management Group of the Davao City Police Office (DCPO), said the 36 violators are facing charges of reckless driv-ing while 5 others are for expired license registra-tion and using loud muf-fler.

Meanwhile, Traf-fic Management Center

(TMC) chief Dionisio Abude said that reckless driving, including over speeding, beating the red light, etc.

The number one cause of accidents is reckless driving, Abude said, add-ing that they have also recorded a high number of reckless driving viola-tions resulting to physical injury. He did not give the exact number.

He said abusive driv-ers will continue violating

uNIvERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES engineers and sci-

entists, funded by the De-partment of Science and Technology, have devel-oped machines and a pro-cess capable of extracting up to 95 percent of gold, copper and other heavy metals from the ore.

This is practically dou-ble the yield of only from 40 to 45 percent through current processes using mercury or cyanide which result in a lot of waste and a threat to the environ-ment and health of peo-

ple.This was revealed by

Dr. Anthony Sales, DOST Region 11, in an exclusive interview with this writer at the opening of the two-day 3rd Mining Summit at the SM Lanang Premier SMX Convention Center Tuesday.

The innovation is aready available for ac-quisition by small-scale mining ventures, espe-cially in the Mindanao region which is known for being a rich source of gold and other valuable min-erals. Small-scale mining

ventures which cannot yet afford to purchase the machines will be granted financial assistance by the DOST, Sales said.

“The system is very environment-friendly since there is no need to use mercury and cyanide in extracting gold from the ore,” he said, adding that the process may be observed at a demon-stration facility at the uP Dilliman engineering de-partment.

The project was fund-ed by the DOST and the technology is available for

transfer to local govern-ment units or small scale miners.

“It’s a set of machines, and the principle behind the process is gravitation and flotation, so it doesn’t use mercury and cyanide as is being done by our small-scale miners,” Dr. Sales said, adding, “it uses only water.”

He said parties inter-ested to see the process may contact regional or provincial offices of the DOST, if not directly with the DOST central office in

WEALTH Sharing of the Frame-work Agree-

ment of the Bangsamoro aims to bridge the fi-nancial gap between the Bangsamoro’s needs and the revenue it creates, which is about P11.5 bil-lion.

Government of the Philippine (GPH) Peace Panel member and for-mer agriculture secretary Senen Bacani in the 3rd Mindanao Mining Sum-mit at the SMX Conven-tion Center, SM Lanang Premier yesterday said, the Bangsamoro can raise an annual tax revenue of

P1.5 billion, but it has an annual expense of about P13 billion.

He said, the Bangsam-oro gets its support to bridge the P 11.5 billion gap from sources outside its taxes.

The Annex on Rev-enue Generation and Wealth Sharing of FAB which was signed in July 13 2013 in Kuala Lum-pur, Malaysia, states that 75 percent of the central government taxes, fees and charges, collected in the Bangsamoro will go to the Bangsamoro, while only 25 percent will go to

TO sustain safety and security with-in the country for

the October 28 barangay election, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) nationwide gun-ban has reached to almost 60, a Philippine National Police (PNP) official said Thurs-day.

PNP spokesperson, Senior Superintendent Wilben Mayor, said police operations in compliance to the Comelec gun ban have resulted to the ar-rest of 58 persons, most-ly civilians, since the rule was imposed on Septem-ber 28 that will last until November 12.

Of the total number of violators, 54 were civil-ians, two police officers, one security guard and one government official.

The 45-day ban on carrying firearms and

employing security per-sonnel in public officially started September 28, the start of the election peri-od.

“Pursuant to Comelec Resolution No. 9715 which prescribed the cal-endar of activities and pe-riod of prohibited acts in connection with the Oc-tober 28, 2013 Barangay Elections, gun ban will be imposed beginning Sep-tember 28, 2013 until No-vember 12, 2013,” accord-ing to the official website of the Comelec.

The election period is 30 days before the date of the elections and 15 days after.

The filing of candidacy starts on October 15 until October 17.

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Bridging the P11.5-B gap between needs revenue

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DOST, UP develop systemto extract 95% gold from oreGovernment looking for LGUs, miners to acquire new technology, machines

RESPONSIBLE MINING AGREEMENT. Vicente T. Lao (center), president of Alliance of Responsible Miners (ARMOR) 11; Dr. Rolando S. Doria (left), president of Coalition for Responsible Mining in Mindanao (COREMIN2); and Joseph Palanca, SocSargen Responsible Miners Alliance (SRMA) vice chair; forge a part-nership agreement on responsible mining during the second day of the 3rd Mindanao Mining Summit.

JUVENILE DELINQUENTS. Dr. Adrian Tamayo, specialist on economics, government, and political issues of University of Mindanao Institute of Popular Opin-ion (UM-IPO), announces the results of their latest survey entitled ‘The Juvenile Delinquents and the Public Opinion’ which says that Davao City’s juvenile delinquents are “too many” and at a “critical stage” during the Club 888 media forum at The Marco Polo Davao yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.


THE Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)

has approved the investments of two large companies worth P390 million, an official said.

Lawyer Ishak Mastura, ARMM Regional Board of Investment (RBOI) chief, said the board recently approved the investment registration of La Frutera, Inc. and Iron Blaze Petroleum, Inc.

La Frutera is engaged in banana production while Iron Blaze is an oil industry player.

These investments are expected to generate 500 jobs, he said in a statement.

“After careful evaluation, the board provisionally approved their registration considering the social impact of these projects in terms of employment and capital inflow to the region’s economy,” Mastura said.

He said the two companies will enjoy incentives like income tax holiday and duty free importation of capital equipment for registering with the board.

Iron Blaze is

investing P90 million for the construction of an oil depot in Polloc Port in Parang town in Maguindanao, RBOI data said.

On the other hand, La Frutera, a subsidiary of unifrutti Group of Companies, is expanding with 300 hectares of banana plantations in Pandag town, also in Maguindanao, with an investment of around P300 million, it added.

Mastura said La Frutera’s expansion is expected to produce 1.2 million boxes of banana annually in response to the rising demand of the commodity in the world market.

The current banana production of La Frutera is insufficient to meet the demand of the growing markets in China, Japan and the Middle East, he added.

Ed Bullecer, a representative of unifrutti, said in the statement that as investor, they play important roles in the communities “by working with the culture and getting involved in mitigating conflicts to sustain peace.”

“[Our expansion would have] a positive effect in the investment climate of the ARMM,” he said.

Mastura said the administration of ARMM Gov. Mujiv Hataman is continuously seeking for investors in the

agriculture sector with the region’s vast and rich agricultural lands.

Late last year, Delinanas Development Corp., a subsidiary of Del Monte Philippines, Inc., poured P569 million for a banana plantation venture in the town of

Datu Abdullah Sangki, Maguindanao, targeted to employ around 900 workers.

The investment seeks the development of 550 hectares of banana farms, with the company eyeing an expansion involving another 500 hectares in

the towns of South upi, North upi, Datu Odin Sinsuat and Parang, all in Maguindanao, the RBOI earlier reported.

ARMM also includes the provinces of Lanao del Sur, Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-tawi. [Bong S. Sarmiento/MindaNews]

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THE Koronadal City local government has launched

a relief campaign for residents of Zamboanga City who were displaced by the standoff between government forces and members of the Moro National Liberation Front under founding chair Nur Misuari.

Mayor Peter Miguel said Wednesday they are currently raising funds and gathering various relief goods to augment the needs of at least 20,000 families or 105,000 individuals that have evacuated as a result of the conflict.

He said they have designated the city hall lobby as drop-off area for donated relief

items, which would be delivered later on by the local government to Zamboanga City.

“We’re calling on our residents to join us in this campaign. We will accept donations for rice, canned goods and other food and relief items,” he said in a radio interview.

For its part, the mayor said the city government is sending an initial P400,000 as financial assistance to the local government of Zamboanga.

He acknowledged that the release of the assistance was quite delayed, noting the local government had to find sources of fund for such purpose.

Miguel said they were able to come up with the initial amount through the realignment of some of its programmed expenditures and other funding priorities.

“But even at the height of the standoff, we already resolved to extend our help to the affected residents there,” he said.

As of Tuesday, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said a total of 23,794 families or 118,819 individuals have been affected by the conflict in 14 barangays of Zamboanga City and one village in Zamboanga Sibugay.

It said 20,810 families

or 105,705 families are currently staying in 37 evacuation centers set by the government and in other outside shelter areas.

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Region 12 earlier sent some 10,000 family food packs and other relief items for the evacuees or ‘bakwits’ in Zamboanga City.

The DSWD, Department of Education and the Department of Health in Region 12 sent some of their personnel to assist the ongoing relief, medical and psychosocial activities for the affected residents. [MindaNews]

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LAKE SELOTON. A fisherman checks his net, locally known as “pukot,” in Lake Seloton in Lake Sebu town of South Cotabato. Lake Seloton is one of the three lakes of this town. Tilapia fishing is the main source of living for residents around the lake. [Mindanews photo by Arthur Yap]

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CLOSE to 700 teachers from six towns of Maguindanao have

refused to work as Board of Election Tellers for the Oct. 28 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan polls due to security reasons.

In a communiqué sent to Commission on Elections (Comelec) – Maguindanao polls supervisor udtog Tago, the teachers said their refusal stemmed from being the targets of irate losing candidates during past elections in the

province.“The BETs forms part

of the board of canvassers in the barangay level that is why the teachers fear for their lives as they are exposed to threats and violence during election time,” Tago explained.

The petitioning teachers are from the towns of Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Salipada K. Pendatun, Shariff Aguak, Saidona Mustapha, Datu Piang and Datu Abdullah Sangki, all in the second district of the province. [PNA]

700 teachers refuse to work as BETs in upcoming polls

IN a bid to strengthen the ongoing implementation of

the ceasefire agreement between the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Sarangani Province, members of the local and international monitoring teams (LMT/IMT) in the area have started crafting mechanisms in support of the deal.

Sarangani Gov. Steve Chiongbian-Solon said the monitoring teams are specifically formulating mechanisms that would define the role of both parties in safeguarding the continuing ceasefire and the peace process, especially on the ground.

The provincial government earlier convened the LMT and IMT to a joint meeting to discuss the crafting of the ceasefire mechanisms for the area.

“Structures are existing but a clearly defined system on the ground has yet to be crafted,” the governor said in a statement.

The LMTs, which are operating in 13 provinces

in Mindanao, are the local-based support mechanism to the Coordinating Committee on the Cessation of Hostilities (CCCH), which is mainly mandated to protect the ceasefire agreement.

The IMT, which is led by Malaysia, is tasked to monitor the compliance and investigate possible violations of government and MILF forces on the provisions of the ceasefire accord.

In the wake of the ongoing peace negotiations, Solon said the mechanism of coordination or Manual of Instruction (MOI) should be agreed upon and adopted by both local peace panels as implementing guidelines on the security aspect.

The MOI was seen to form part of the government’s partnership with the MILF in the peace agreement in terms of the security aspect, he said.

The governor said they pushed for the crafting of the local ceasefire mechanism to further ensure the area’s security.[PNA]

LMT, IMT formulate ceasefire mechanisms

LGU launches relief drive for Zambo ‘bakwits’


ONLY seven out of the 33 member cooperatives of the

Association of Mindanao Rural Electric Cooperative

(AMRECO) plan to tap modular power generators as short term means of addressing the power shortage in their respective

areas. This according to Clint Pacana, executive director of the AMRECO.

He told reporters at the I-Talk Forum at Seda

Hotel that earlier, officials of 22 electric cooperatives considered the idea of buying generating sets to address the power

shortage from 2013 to 2015, but later changed their mind.

Pacana said that delay in the release of the governing guideline or Executive Order No. 137 made several electric cooperatives to reconsider the plan.

He said the government through the National Electrification Administration has appropriated P4.5-Billion for the modular power generators which can be available electric cooperatives through loan.

“This is going to be for a short and medium term basis crisis given the projection that the power situation in Mindanao may normalize by 2015,” Pacana said.

He said among the seven takers, three electric cooperatives opt to purchase while four only want to rent generators, respectively.

Pacana said those who want to purchase generators include the Misamis Oriental

Electric Cooperative I, Davao Oriental Electric Cooperative and Davao del Norte Electric Cooperative while those who want to rent comprise of Zamboanga del Sur Electric Cooperative, Zamboanga del Norte Electric Cooperative, and two other electric cooperatives.

He stressed that for electric cooperatives have to provide power especially in urban areas where business thrives.

Pacana said the bidding for the modular generators was delayed as they waited for the corresponding guideline from the government.

“The Bids and Awards Committee just reported to the Amreco which in turn report the result to government through the NEA and the Energy Regulatory Commission,” he said.

Pacana projected that the use of modular power generators will be realized on the first quarter of 2014. [PIA 11/Joey Sem G. Dalumpines]

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THE ECONOMYOnly 7 electric coops in Mindanao plan to tap modular generator sets

DATE’S UPDATES. Davao Trade Expo (Date) 2013 chairperson architect Agatha Salanatin-Valencia (left) gives the latest updates on the upcoming DATE 2013

slated on October 17-19 at SM Lanang Premier’s SMX Convention Center in yesterday’s Club 888 media forum at The Marco Polo Davao. Lean Daval Jr.


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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MORE small busi-nesses are being put up in Saran-

gani Province due to the area’s improved economic condition in the last three years, an official said.

Nenita Barroso, De-partment of Trade and Industry (DTI)-Sarangani provincial director, said their records showed that the number of business name registrations in the area for single proprietor-ship has continually in-creased since 2010.

In her report to the Sa-rangani provincial board, she said a total of 1,248 businesses were regis-tered in the area in the last three years.

Barroso said they re-corded 319 new business name registrations cov-ering various ventures in 2010, 458 in 2011 and 471 in 2012.

From January to Sep-tember this year, she said a total of 374 new busi-nesses have so far regis-tered with their office.

“The increase could be attributed to the im-proving economy of the province,” Barroso said in a statement released by the Sarangani Informa-tion Office.

She noted that among the proofs that the area’s economy has been grow-ing are the continuing infrastructure develop-ments like road rehabili-tations.

Complementing it are the convergence initia-tives of local government and its partner organiza-tions, she said.

For this year, Barroso said they are confident that the trend on new business registrations will continue and possibly even surpass last year’s figures.

She said the agency is presently processing a number of new business registrations coming from the province’s seven mu-nicipalities.

“We’ve been continu-ally reminding residents to register their business-es, even the small ones, and they also expressed willingness to do so,” she said.

Aside from the in-crease in business name registrations, Barroso said the number of owners who applied for renewal has been growing since 2011.

DTI records showed that 34 renewals on single proprietorship businesses were made in 2011, 45 in 2012 and 77 from January

to September this year.She said entrepre-

neurs are mandated to re-new their business names with the DTI every five years while their business permits, which are pro-cessed by the local gov-ernments, are renewed annually.

“It’s important for entrepreneurs to renew their business names to avoid losing them to other interested parties and at the same time, maintain the image of their busi-nesses,” she said.

Barroso said that the

agency has already ratio-nalized the processes for business registrations as part of their efforts to cre-ate a business and inves-tor-friendly atmosphere in the area.

She admitted that in the past, business regis-trations could take about a year to complete due to the number of require-ments and agencies or of-fices involved.

“Now it’s faster. En-trepreneurs can get the needed documents with-in three days,” she added. [MindaNews]

uPLAND areas in the region are being eyed as

planting areas for Ar-abica coffee which is a high-demand coffee va-riety in the world mar-ket.

Dawn Albert Pates marketing manager of Coffee for Peace, said that coffee is the second most traded liquid in the world, with Arabica va-riety cornering 70% of the world market.

“There is no prob-lems in the demand but

it is in the supply.” Pates said during her guesting at the Club 888 media forum at Marco Polo Davao yesterday.

She said that the country currently im-ports $400-million worth of its coffee from foreign sources a far cry from the 1800s when the Philip-pine islands was one of the chief exporter of cof-fee in the world.

Coffee for Peace, an agri social enterprise dedicated to peace-build-ing, environmental pres-

ervation and upliftment of rural communities through the cultivation of coffee has trained about 972 farmers mostly in-digenous peoples living in the areas of Mt. Apo, Mt. Kitanglad and Mt. Ma-tutum to grow coffee.

Pates said that most of the planting areas are already denuded and cleared for cultivation with Arabica coffee a per-fect reforestation materi-al since it only needs 25% of sunlight for it to grow hence it can be planted in

forests.Coffee berries are

also food for civet cats whose coffee droppings are made into one of the world’s most expensive coffee. Pates said that the presence of civet in an area would indicate a healthy and functioning ecosystem.

She said that Ara-bica grows in highland areas in an elevation of least 900 meters above sea level. Most of the coffee-growing areas in Davao particularly in

Tagum, Kapalong and New Bataan are growing Robusta coffee.

Pates said that there is huge market potential for local coffee since in-ternational buyers are looking at coffee grown in the Philippines since they consider it as one of the world’s best tasting coffee.

The coffee industry in Davao will be featured during the coming Davao Trade Expo 2013 to be held this October 17-19 at SMX Davao. [PIA/RG Alama]

Small businessessprout in Sarangani

Upland areas eyed for Arabica coffee

GRINDING PLANT. Cacao Industry Development Association of Mindanao, Inc. (Cidami) chair Rene Dalayon (right) divulges that in two to three years time Davao City will have its own cacao bean grinding plant which aims to give export cacao end products much longer shelf life during yesterday’s Club 888 at The Marco Polo Davao. At his right is Dr. Rafael T. Mercado, officer-in-charge for Research and Regulations Department of the Department of Agriculture (DA). Lean Daval Jr.

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ENVIRONMENT

A major international assessment of cli-mate change recently

adopted by 110 govern-ments provides conclusive new scientific evidence that human activities are caus-ing unprecedented changes in the Earth’s climate.

Produced by the Inter-governmental Panel on Cli-mate Change (IPCC), which was established by the World Meteorological Or-ganization and the united Nations Environment Pro-gramme in 1988, the report confirms that it is extremely likely (95-100% probabili-ty) that most of the warm-ing since 1950 has been due to human influence.

The IPCC’s previous as-sessment, released in 2007, described the evidence for human-caused global warming as “unequivocal,” with at least a 9 out of 10 chance of being correct.

The new report fur-ther states that green-house gas emissions at or above current rates would induce changes in the oceans, ice caps, gla-ciers, the biosphere, and other components of the climate system. Some of these changes would very likely be unprecedented over decades to thousands of years. Limiting climate change would require substantial and sustained reductions in emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases.

“Multiple lines of evi-dence confirm that the ex-tra heat being trapped by greenhouse gases is warm-ing the Earth’s surface to record levels, heating the oceans, raising sea levels,

melting ice caps and gla-ciers, and changing weath-er patterns and extremes,” said WMO Secretary-Gen-eral Michel Jarraud.

“The IPCC report demonstrates that we must greatly reduce global emissions in order to avoid the worst effects of climate change. It also contains important new scientif-ic knowledge that can be used to produce actionable climate information and services for assisting soci-ety to adapt to the impacts of climate change,” he said.

“Climate change is a long term challenge but one that requires urgent action, not tomorrow but today and right now, given the pace and the scale by which greenhouse gases are accumulating in the atmosphere and the rising risks of a more than 2 de-gree C temperature rise,” said uN under Secretary General and uNEP Execu-tive Director Achim Steiner. “For those who want to fo-cus on the scientific ques-tion marks, that is their right do so. But today we need to focus on the funda-mentals and on the actions. Otherwise the risks we run will get higher with every year.”

“A universal new uN cli-mate agreement by 2015 is critical, backed by support-ive voluntary initiatives such as those managing down short-lived climate pollutants like black car-bon. As work under the inclusive Green Economy shows, the benefits of a transition to a low carbon future are multiple from improved public health,

food security and job gen-eration to combating cli-mate change now and for future generations,’ he added.

The role of the IPCC is to supply policy-relevant information about climate change to the world’s gov-ernments. Its Fifth Assess-ment Report (AR5) will be considered by negotiators responsible for concluding a new agreement under the united Nations Frame-work Convention on Cli-mate Change (uNFCCC) in 2015.

Some of the report’s key findings include:

The global mean aver-age surface temperature rose by 0.89°C from 1901 to 2012. Each of the last three decades has been warmer than all preced-ing decades since 1850. In the Northern Hemisphere, 1983-2012 was likely the warmest 30-year peri-od of the last 1400 years. The first decade of the 21st century has been the warmest of all (WMO’s The Global Climate 2001-2010 estimates the global aver-age surface temperature for that decade at 14.47°C). Global average tempera-tures will likely rise by an-other 0.3°C to 0.7°C in the period 2016-2035. Aver-aged over the period 2081-2100, the global surface temperature is likely to ex-ceed pre-industrial levels by 1.5°C or even (depend-ing on future greenhouse gas emissions) 2°C.

Changes in many ex-treme weather and climate events have been observed since about 1950. It is very likely that the number of

cold days and nights has decreased and the number of warm days and nights has increased on the glob-al scale. In in large parts of Europe, Asia and Australia, it is likely that the frequen-cy of heat waves has in-creased.

It is virtually certain that the upper ocean (down to 700m) has warmed from 1971 to 2010. The deep ocean be-low 3000m has also likely warmed since the 1990s, when sufficient observa-tions became available. Ocean warming accounts for most of the change in the amount of incoming solar energy stored by the Earth, accounting for about 93% of it between 1971 and 2010. The global ocean will continue to warm during the 21st century. Heat will penetrate from t he surface to the deep ocean and affect ocean cir-culation.

The rate of sea level rise since the mid-19th century has been larger than the mean rate during the previous two millen-nia. The global mean sea level rose by around 19 cm from 1901 to 2010 due to increased ocean warming and melting glaciers and ice sheets. The rate of rise accelerated between 1993 and 2010, and it is very likely to increase further during the 21st century and beyond. The report notes that, during the last interglacial, when the cli-mate was 2°C warmer than pre-industrial levels, maxi-mum global sea levels were 5 to 10 meters higher than they are today.

Human activity will further warm the Earth

ASTRONOMERS have created the first map of the clouds on a planet

outside our Solar System.The planet in question

is Kepler-7b, a large gaseous world like Jupiter, roughly 1,000 light-years away.

The researchers used data from Nasa’s Spitzer and Kepler space telescopes to study the exoplanet, which orbits close to its parent star.

Their results suggest the hot giant is marked by high clouds in the west and clear skies in the east.

The findings have been accepted for publication in the journal Astrophysical Journal Letters.

“By observing this planet with Spitzer and Kepler for more than three years, we were able to produce a very low-resolution ‘map’ of this giant, gaseous planet,” said co-author Brice-Olivier De-mory of Massachusetts Insti-tute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, uS.

“We wouldn’t expect to see oceans or continents on this type of world, but we de-tected a clear, reflective sig-nature that we interpreted as

clouds.”Astronomers have pre-

viously been able to make temperature maps of plan-ets orbiting other stars, but this is the first look at cloud structures on a distant world. Kepler-7b is some-thing of an oddity - bigger than Jupiter, but lower in mass - with a density about the same as polystyrene.

Stable climate The Kepler telescope’s

visible-light observations of this distant world’s moon-like phases led to a rough map of the planet that showed a bright spot on its western hemisphere. But these data were not enough on their own to de-cipher whether the bright spot was coming from clouds or heat.

So the team used Spitzer to gather further clues about the planet’s at-mosphere. They determined that light from the planet’s star was bouncing off cloud tops located on the west side of Kepler-7b.

“Kepler-7b reflects much more light than most giant planets we’ve found, which

Kepler-7b, compared in this artist’s impression with Jupiter, is the first exoplanet to have its clouds mapped.

Distant planet’sclouds are mapped

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EDITORIAL

TODAY’S main story of Edge Davao has to do with the revelation that there is ram-pant abuse of illegal drugs in the small-

scale mining areas of the Davao region. The revelation, although considered by many to be a fact of life in these special areas of the region for sometime now, came no less than from law-yer BenjoTesiorna, chief legal consultant of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA).

Speaking for his agency, Tesiorna appealed to authorities and local government unit (LGu) leaders to help PDEA in its all-out campaign against the menace by identifying the groups supplying illegal drugs to mining areas in their localities. The lawyer, who once served as a Philippine Army officer before studying law, couldn’t hide his alarm over the problem.

It is said that workers in mining areas, es-pecially the lowly “abanteros” and “atraseros”

who are the intrepid souls who work inside the mine tunnels, risking being buried alive in landslides, reportedly take shabu and/or mar-ijuana as a means of overcoming their their apprehension and help fight drowsiness and hunger.

Compostela valley vice Gov. Manuel “Way Kurat” Zamora confirmed Tesiorna’s fears expressed during an open forum on the first day of the 3rd Mindanao Mining Summit at the SMX convention center in SM Lanang last Tuesday. Zamora said that the drug menace in the Diwalwal goldrush area has been existing for more than three decades now.

PDEA’s call for assistance should be heeded by local authorities. Clearly, one government agency like PDEA cannot do it alone, no matter how hard it tries. Illegal drugs are a menace to society and should be everyone’s concern.

The drug menace


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By Manny ValdehueSaWORM’S EYEVIEW

Trading stocks as a home business

ANYONE with a bit of knowledge how the stock market works, can actually put up a small business venture right

at home, doing nothing else but just simply buying and selling stocks of companies in the Philippines.

It’s so simple really, it’s like buying and selling rice, sugar, corn, onions, garlic, cooking oil, pork, chicken, etc in the market like Agdao or Bankerohan markets in this city.

The only difference is that, with these commodities, you buy them wholesale at lower prices and you sell them at retail prices with your little profit or “tubo” on top of each price. Example: if you bought sugar at P30 a kilo, you sell at the market at P35 a kilo, with P5 as your profit. Simple, yes?

But with stocks of companies you buy at that “market” called the Philippine Stock Ex-change (through a stock broker), you buy a stock at lower prices, wait for its price to go up, then sell it when it’s giving you profits of say 20%, depending on the “profit target” you’ve set for that stock.

What you’re doing is NOT “invest-ing, and your mindset is not buying shares of stocks as an “investment” in a company, like Ayala, Aboitiz or Metrobank. Don’t look at it as an “investment” but rather as just another type of commodity that you want to buy or sell.

This is TRADING. When you’re “investing” in a company, you’re betting on it---and that’s gambling. In stock trading, you buy and sell stocks or trading---and that’s business. To be honest, investment is gambling.

So, how do you trade stocks as a real busi-ness ?

There are two ways to do this. One, you can do it thru online stock bro-kers like COL Fi-nancial (former-ly Citisec On-line), Philstocks.ph, 2TradeA-sia.com, First Metrosec, etc. Two, you can do it by getting a stock broker firm to execute your buy/sell orders with the PSE via a computer at their office. You use your cellphone to call your bro-ker.

If you do this thru a broker, we call that “offline trading” where you can ask your bro-ker for stock prices and order him to buy or sell, all by texting or calling. In Davao, you can try out Abaca Securities along Monteverde St (in front of volunteer Fire station), AA Securi-ties beside SM Ecoland, or ATR-Kim Eng Secu-rities at Cabaguio-Bolcan street.

As your “business capital” to start your fulltime stock trading business venture, you can start with a minimum of P5,000 and let it grow little by little by simply buying stocks whose prices are rising and selling them when its giving you profits.

With such a very small capital, I’d con-sider that more of a “hobby” than a real busi-

ness. I don’t even consider a starting capital of P10,000 or even P25,000 as enough to con-sider it as a real business venture, specially if you’re paying house rent, tuition expenses, monthly groceries, utility bills, etc--- because all these monthly expenses will eat up all your profits from your stock trading business.

For a real business venture, it’s much better to start with at least P100,000 or even P200,000 because these big amounts can eas-ily rake you big profits if you trade stocks very well. It’s easier and faster to reach your first million with this start-up capital.

Your P200,000 could easily grow to P400,000 or P600,000 after 12 months and if you just keep on trading using a good strategy. With a strict “trading rule” and discipline, it’s possible for you to hit your first million pesos in less than two years.

Anyone who’s really serious going full-time into a business venture by trading stocks, either offline or online, can get Free Advice from a stock analyst who knows the ins and outs of the Philippine stock market like the palm of his hand for more than twenty years. (Just open the website www. pinoystocktrad-er.wordpress.com)

But the same warning goes to both green-horns and veterans of the stock market. With no knowledge and discipline in stock trading, you face the real risk of losing your entire capi-tal in this business venture--- or make millions if you’re very serious about learning the right skills of buying and selling shares of stocks.

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OBSCENE GAP BETWEEN RICH AND POOR – Some of the coun-try’s renowned political strat-

egists, economic analysts and legal experts blamed the Philippine’s pre-dicaments not on too much democra-cy, but on too little of it. They agreed that the present socio- economic and political woes in the country debunks the myth of the so-called “Daang Matu-wid” (Straight Path) promoted by our top leaders, President Benigno Aquino III above all.

These knowledgeable people ob-served that the process of socio-eco-nomic and political breakdown under-way in the country strikes at the very core of the Aquino administration’s stability. As the multi-billion Priority Development Assistant Fund (PDAF) scam embroiling some callous mem-bers of Congress unfolded and more equally controversial fund anoma-lies coming out in the open, keen and thoughtful observers claim that in the Filipino paradigm, values such as mo-rality and integrity trump individual rights and self-determination.

In recent years, they assert that in order to push progress and further development, a strong leadership sup-posedly is needed to guide, organize and protect “hard and soft” projects of the government. unfortunately, many of those projects now have been shown to be thriving on corruption, nepotism, cronyism and lack of accountability. Experts have argued that the lack of transparency and accountability were necessary prices to pay for socio-eco-nomic and political development. But to what end development?

Nowadays virtually all government projects funded by several billions of pork barrel funds seemed are tainted

with irreg-ularities. It has become an estab-lished prac-tice in gov-ernment to allocate gar-gantuan an-nual budget to members of Congress who in turn will funnel their funds to their cronies and favored but bo-gus non-government organizations (NGOs) intended either for soft or hard projects. The deceptive scheme is actu-ally eating away the foundations of the country’s economy – resulting in an obscene gap between the rich and the poor. The poor majority have always been at the receiving end of all the high-level fund anomalies happening in government.

This is the right moment for our na-tional leaders to use its political lever-age to push for a strategic vision which incorporates socio-economic and polit-ical reform, rule of law and accountabil-ity. Our elective officials particularly members of Congress should view their constituents as partners to be helped in times of needs, and not as golden op-portunity for taking advantage of their vulnerable situation. This is a disturb-ing aspect of allocating PDAF to benefi-ciaries, most if not all are non-existing obviously arranged by some enterpris-ing lawmakers. Another is that they are turning out to be a financial assistance not of the needy beneficiaries but for their own self-interest.

More is needed to push the present

dispensation to execute drastic mea-sures posthaste – more so now, when it is facing socio-economic and politi-cal turmoil. Now it is the turn of some scheming legislators to face and feel the pain, be they party mates or opposition which allegedly facilitated everything – from choosing the type and cost of proj-ects to the appropriation and release of funds to favored groups. This means there are often no efficient mechanisms to check and monitor insolvent NGOs and foundations and redirecting the re-sources of government to more produc-tive uses. All this is dangerous because it will result in a backlash of resentment and anger from ordinary people – and it eventually happened.

President PNoy’s recent references to socio-economic and political devel-opment amidst the mounting interlock-ing problems, however, have led to spec-ulations about moves in this sphere. Of course, there have been many subtle de-velopments in the past three years that may suggest in which direction changes and reforms are headed. But necessi-tated by socio-economic and political reforms and the need to strengthen a bureaucracy shattered by the startling revelation of the multi-billion PDAF scam and other high-level fund anoma-lies in all government agencies, changes and reforms must be given utmost pri-ority.

Legal toss up to determine the cul-pability of all those involved in the pork barrel scandal is just beginning and it promises to help spread the concept of rule of law and accountability in all levels of society. Nonetheless, while the country’s history reminded us that the course of reform is never certain, it also teaches that an unwillingness to change is certainly damaging.

Certainly damaging

“REvOLuTIONS happen in quiet places.” This was a popular mantra printed on posters in the 1960s,

the decade of fiery activism here and abroad. Plastered on walls in work places and dor-mitories of activists and “street parliamen-tarians,” this ubiquitous poster reflected the mood of the times as that decade wore on.

It was the decade that saw the rise of protest movements in the world’s capitals,. And that was when our own youth learned to attend or conduct teach-ins, seminars, and workshops, at first in discreet corners of their neighborhood or in the suburbs, then in the heart of campuses as their advocacy became more and more militant.

And it did come to pass that what started out as quiet exchanges and sessions analyzing socio-political problems turned into revolu-tionary fervor and a resolve to work for re-forms. Resolutions and manifestos would be issued left and right by placard-bearing advo-cates whose marches became commonplace in metropolitan areas.

Thus was a societal ferment for change and reform stirred up in the halls of academe, inflaming the rank and file of studentry. It simmered, frothed, and picked up force, accel-erating till it erupted during the First Quarter of 1970 to protest the corrupt elections that gave Ferdinand Marcos an unprecedented second term.

The revolutionary mood raged on through the decade of the 70s and into the 80s, gaining strength even more from the fall of Ninoy in August 1983. It refused to die, and it found expression in nightly noise barrages and subtle protests, increasingly bolder at home and abroad. ultimately, it forced Marcos into agreeing to hold Snap Elections—which of course led to the Edsa People Power Rev-olution.

When the Conjugal Dictatorship finally decamped in February 1986, “People Power” entered the dictionary as our unique contri-bution to lexicography. It was a worthy coun-terbalance to “domestic worker” which came to define “Filipino” as a result of Marcos’s policy of pushing our brethren into serfdom abroad for the precious remittances he need-ed to prop up our failing economy.

Rise of People PowerAfter Edsa, it dawned in the minds of

many that in fact People Power had always been with us, but that it worked in unspectac-ular ways. They recalled that its stirrings had been foreshadowed in such terms as “popular participation” and “community organizing” that were in vogue in activist circles years before. Moreover, they realized that it did not necessarily involve massing on streets or “in-citing to rebellion”—as some did and others do.

It also occurred to them that there is Peo-ple Power whenever groups, small or large, meet to address an issue—to draft a position paper, write a resolution, hold a group discus-sion, conduct a teach-in, or write a letter to the editor.

At other times they recognized People Power in action when advocacy groups made use of public service segments in broadcast stations, when funds were pooled to buy ad-vertising space on media, or when citizens volunteered to serve in task forces and study groups.

They saw it at work too when citizens demanded public hearings on contro-versial issues or testified in them. And it was manifested when people invested in socially meaningful ventures such as the Gawad Kalinga program or Habitat for Humanity.

Such are the elements of a quiet revo-lution. unspectacular social action, really.

Some are routine activities in the course of business or profession. un-fortunately, there are many who think it unnecessary to engage in essential af-firmative acts that greatly impact on the community, such as taking part in its gov-erning processes. They figure that they already have lobbies, connections, and influence in high places—something the poor don’t have.

So the poor or lower classes are left to themselves with no connections or influ-ence in high places, feeling powerless.

How about a quietrevolution?


many are not from the city. The survey also

showed that the people believe the young offend-ers will ultimately become criminals if not taken seri-ously, and will be involved in bullying and fighting, robbery, members of gangs, and will be exposed to a bad environment.

Some 60.48 percent of the respondents suggest-ed that local government

units implement the Ju-venile Justice Law while 55.35 percent suggested that the law should be amended.

Tamayo said, “this is an indication of the big heart of Dabawenyos for the conversion of the young offenders and the desire to streamline them to become active and pro-ductive members of soci-ety.”

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Kaye Basa and Justin Symon Mearns) bested all teams with 1st and 2nd prizes, respectively. MSu-Main settled for the 3rd prize. Other contenders included MSu- GenSan, MSu – Marawi, and Xavier university, among others.

Quiz Show winners are ADDu’s Team Blue Knights 1 (Jose Martin Ipong and Justine Yu) for 1st place; Mindanao university of Science and Technology for 2nd place, and MSu-Main for 3rd place.

ADDu team coaches are Computer Studies faculty Ms. Sheila Dawn M. Nisperos, Mr. Yancy vance M. Paredes, Mr. Jose Mari v. Freires, and Reinald Kim Amplayo (student coach).

Held annually, the MSu-IIT ICCF features computer programming competitions and other technology events participated in by students, teachers, and professionals in the Mindanao and visayas regions.

the Philippines, or limit his travel time in Asia to deal with the crisis.“Pre-viously, the department relied on a mixture of fees and appropriated funds for its consular operations but has moved to funding

from retained fees,” Hoy-er explained. “Thus, we can continue these op-erations even given the appropriations lapse. The Department will continue visa issuance overseas.” [PNA]

the central government. Bacani also report-

ed that 75 percent of the income generated from non-metallic minerals in the Bangsamoro will be retained by the Bangsam-oro while 25 percent will go to the central govern-ment, same as the income generated from metallic minerals, while fossil fuel will be split 50-50.

The annex states that all

taxing powers already de-volved to the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindan-ao (ARMM) by the Republic Act Number 9054 and oth-er legislations shall be exer-cised by the Bangsamoro.

Bacani said there are four basic taxes includ-ed in the taxation for the Bangsamoro Government, namely the capital gains, documentary stamp, donor and estate.

employing security per-sonnel carry a fine of one to six years imprison-ment, permanent disqual-ification to hold public office, and deprivation of the right to vote.

Comelec Resolution No. 9735 provides the gun owners who were given exemption during the May 13 elections will enjoy the privilege of car-rying their guns outside of their residence during the conduct of the baran-gay elections without re-newing their permits.

However, the resolu-tion provides that “ap-proved applications for employment/availment/engagement of securi-ty personnel/agencies during the May 13, 2013 National and Local Elec-tions will be subjected to renewal for purposes of the October 28, 2013 Ba-rangay Elections.”

Moreover, Mayor said the PNP has confiscated 46 firearms, three airguns and firearm replicas, 19 bladed weapons, three grenades and 477 rounds

of ammunition.He added that PNP

chief, Director General Alan Purisima, assures that the PNP will remain vigilant in its law enforce-ment and security opera-tions to ensure a Safe and Fair Election (SAFE).

Purisima has issued Command Memorandum Circular No. 32-13 (SAFE 2013-ALPHA), setting policy guidelines for the dynamic cooperation with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) through the Joint Peace and Security Coordinating Center (JPSCC); intensified intelligence-driven law en-forcement operations; and strengthened police-com-munity partnership to pre-clude violence and ensure order in the polls.

SAFE 2013-Alpha also sets operational guidelines to PNP units to thwart at-tempts by the local com-munist insurgency move-ment to take advantage of the situation to raise funds thru extortion and expand their foothold into peaceful communities. [PNA]traffic rules if they notice

that there are no traffic enforcers on the road.

Within the city prop-er the speed limit is 80 kph while on the national highway it is 120 kph.

It may be recalled that in 2010, nine people were killed and 14 others in-

jured when a passenger jeepney collided with a truck along MacArthur highway.

Mayor Rodrigo Duter-te, when he was still vice mayor, had suggested that the speed limit within the city proper should be 40 kilometers per hour.

Manila.The technology and

manufacture of the needed set of machines were perfected by uP engineers in about three years time, Sales said.

Funding of the study for the alternative ex-traction method for gold,

estimated at between P3 million and P5 million, came from the DOST grants and aid program, Dr. Sales said, adding that “under the program, we provided grants and subsidies to research and development proj-ects.”

validated by PDEA in-dicated that lowly mine tunnel workers, locally known as “abanteros,” and “atraseros” use marijuana or “shabu” (methamphet-amine hydro-chloride) to gather courage, and fight sleepiness and hunger every time they enter the tunnel.

“Abanteros” enter the tunnel to chip away at the raw stones which are only lit by basic flashlight and headlamp. The rocks that have potentials for gold processing are put in huge sacks which can way up to 80 kilograms. These sacks are then carried by “atra-seros” or porters to the processing plant which maybe kilometers away.(Manuel Domes blog).

The mine workers are haunted by constant fears for cave-ins or landslide, sleepiness and hunger due to long hours of work in-side the tunnel.

Tesiorna said that PDEA is asking LGu and police authorities in small-scale mining area in the four provinces of Region 11 to help establish the suppliers of the illegal

drugs so that the anti-drug agency ne assisted in its operation against drug traffickers.

Compostela valley vice Gov. Manuel “Way Kurat” Zamora, who was speak-er in the mining summit, confirmed Tesiorna’s statement, saying the ille-gal drug trade is believed most rampant now in Di-walwal.

He said that illicit drug has always been a problem since the 90’s when more than a hundred thousand people of all kinds migrat-ed to Diwalwal in search of gold.

He said that it is in the mining areas where drug abuse is most rampant, not in Davao City or Tagum, where the political lead-ers like Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte and former Mayor Rey T. uy are known to be uncompromising against the problem.

He said the operation of the PDEA and other law enforcement units against the drug menace in Com-postela valley and other areas where there small scale mining operation is most welcome.

and Ronald Manlangit, 30, also a driver, are still under medication at the Southern Philippines Medical Cen-ter. They were attacked by armed men aboard a mo-torcycle along Saavedra St., Toril at about 1:50 a.m last Tuesday.

Oberez was shot in the abdomen and Manlangit in the right arm.

Ranilyn Sandoy, 33, was wounded in the arm by a stray bullet while standing near the crime scene.

PO2 Barney Jones Ba-tuto, an investigator, said that before the shooting, the three persons were en-

gaged in a fist fight when two unidentified males suddenly appeared from out of nowhere and at-tacked them before driving away aboard a motorcycle.

Batuto said that the as-sailants were armed with .45 caliber pistols based on the bullets recovered from the wounds of the victims.

Meanwhile, the driver of a public utility jeepney was shot dead while wait-ing for passengers last Tuesday about 1:50 a.m. along Magallanes St, near the city hall by two men aboard a motorcycle.

Mark Anthony Baliwan,

23, was dead on the spot inside his vehicle from wounds in the face and neck.

A passenger aboard the jeepney, Rene Gunato, said the killers approached the victim and shot him with a handgun.

In another incident, Danver Romanillos, 33, was first mauled by his as-sailants before they shot him before his horrified girlfriend last Monday morning along MacArthur Highway, Bago Aplaya.

Investigators from the Toril police station said that the victim and his girl-

friend stopped near the Felix Hospital when their vehicle ran out of gas. Ro-manillos left his girlfriend to buy gasoline but when he returned the two sus-pects mauled him before killing him.

Police are still investi-gating the incident.

P/Supt. Antonio Rivera, chief of the Investigation Detection and Manage-ment Branch (IDMB) told Edge Davao that the num-ber of shooting incidents have increased since last week, although most of the cases have been solved.

ICC STICKERS-SWITCHING. City director Teolulo T. Pasawa of the Depart-ment of Trade and Industry (DTI) – Davao City says that the agency is cur-rently monitoring reports that there are establishments practicing Import

Commodity Clearance (ICC) stickers switching during this week’s edition of Club 888 media forum at The Marco Polo Davao yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.


NATIONMANILA

THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) reported the arrest of

one of China’s most wanted fugitives who is allegedly involved in a multi-million pyramid investment scam and illegal gambling activity.

Zhang Fuhui, 26, was apprehended last Sunday inside a unit at the Solex II Bldg, along Soler Street, Manila, pursuant to a summary deportation order issued against the former by the BI Board of Commissioners last Jan. 21 for being an undesirable alien.

According to BI Officer-in-Charge Siegfred Mison, the foreigner’s arrest and deportation was requested by the Chinese Embassy, which informed the bureau about an arrest warrant that was issued against Zhang by police authorities in Huai An City, Jiangsu

Province, China where he and his accomplices were charged with economic crimes.

Chinese authorities have alleged that sometime in April 2012, Zhang conspired with other suspects in setting up a pyramiding firm called Bao Ma that advertised its business and amassed huge profits through its website.

The scheme reportedly lured an estimated 40,000 Chinese victims whose combined losses amounted to at least 1.482 billion yuan or 242 million uS dollars.

The suspects, a few months later allegedly opened another website that invited gamblers to bet in its online games, where they managed to lure more than four thousand online gamblers whose total bets reached more than 61 million yuan and from

MOST WANTED. Bureau of Immigration (BI) Intelligence Division Acting Chief Atty. Jose Carlitos Z. Licas (left) and BI Spokesperson Ma. Angelica Pedro present China’s most wanted fugitive Zhang Fuhui, 26, (center) at the BI detention center in Camp Bagong Diwa Bicutan, Taguig City yesterday, October 2, 2013. Zhang was arrested pursuant to a summary deportation order issued by the BI Board of Commissioners last January 21 for being an undesirable alien. Zhang allegedly ran a multi-million pyramid investment scam and illegal gambling racket that victimized more than 40,000 people in his country. [PNA photos by Ben Briones]

BI arrests China’s most wanted

which the suspects earned more than 6.3 million in profits.

On the other hand, Atty. Jose Carlitos Licas, BI Acting Intelligence

Chief, said they will send Zhang back to China as soon as the BI secures the required clearances for his deportation.

He added that the

fugitive will be barred from returning to the Philippines after he was placed in the immigration blacklist.

Meanwhile, Mison disclosed that two other

Chinese nationals, Huang Zhen Xue and Liu Ying, were also arrested along with the fugitive for failure to present their travel documents. [PNA]

PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III will join other world leaders to

discuss ways to boost eco-nomic growth, cooperation and trade and investment among their respective countries during the 21st Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) Leaders’ Meeting in Bali, Indonesia from October 6 to 8, 2013.

In a press briefing in Malacanang on Wednesday, Foreign Affairs Spokesper-son Raul Hernandez said President Aquino is set to meet his counterparts from the other 20 member-econ-omies of APEC to “discuss issues of mutual concern, specifically to promote trade liberalization and fa-cilitation, economic techni-

cal cooperation and people to people connectivity.”

“APEC is important to the Philippines because it is the premiere forum for fa-cilitating economic growth, cooperation, trade and investment in the Asia-Pa-cific region. As a member of APEC, the Philippines is working to sustain eco-nomic growth through a commitment to free and open trade, investment lib-eralization and economic reform,” Hernandez said.

Hernandez said that upon his arrival on the sixth, the President will at-tend the APEC CEO Summit, a premier business event attended by distinguished global CEOs from through-out the Asia-Pacific region.

He will join Thailand Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and Peru Pres-ident Ollanta Humala as a panelist in the session on inclusive growth and share Philippine strategies, initia-tives and accomplishments on this particular area.

The following day, Mon-day, the President and oth-er leaders will meet mem-bers of the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) and “articulate” Philippine initiatives on food security, infrastructure investment; Small, Micro and Medium Enterprises, trade in ser-vices, skills and education and women and the econ-omy.

He will then join the APEC Leaders at the 21st

APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting to discuss three priorities set by the host Indonesia for 2013: 1) at-taining the Bogor Goals, 2) achieving sustainable growth and equity and 3) promoting connectivity.

On the last day of the APEC Summit, Tuesday (October 8), President Aquino will join leaders in a retreat and will be the Lead Discussant on peo-ple-to-people connectivity and will call for the need to intensify cooperation in cross-border education and skills training as a fundamental step in align-ing human resource de-velopment with econom-ic growth and resiliency. [PNA]

President Aquino to attend 21st APEC Summit in Bali, Indonesia

DOF blasts TRO blocking reforms at customs bureau

Hong Kong increases minimum wage, food allowance of domestic helpersTHE Department of La-

bor and Employment (DOLE) announced

that the Hong Kong gov-ernment has increased the minimum allowable wage (MAW) of foreign domestic helpers (FDHs) by 2.3 per-cent or HK$ 90.

Labor and Employment Acting Secretary Danilo Cruz said with the increase household service workers there will now receive HK $ 4,010 from HK $ 3,290 per month.

Cruz added that aside from the minimum salary of domestic helpers, the Chinese government also added HK$ 45 to their food allowance.

Citing a report from La-bor Attache to Hong Kong Manuel Roldan, the labor official said the food allow-ance is now at HK$ 920 from the previous HK$ 875 with an increase of 5.1 per-cent.

“The $ 90 increase in minimum allowable wage and the increase in food allowance is, indeed, a very good news for household service workers who in-tend to work in Hong Kong,” he said in a statement.

The increase in the MAW and food allowance will apply to contracts signed effective October 01, 2013, and thereafter.

He explained that the

minimum allowable wage and the food allowance are minimum standards, which were set by the Hong Kong government to protect for-eign domestic helpers from exploitation.

under the standard em-ployment contract for hir-ing foreign domestic help-ers, employers are required to provide them with food free of charge. At present, the vast majority of HK em-ployers provide free food to FDHs. Employers, however, may choose to pay a food allowance in lieu.

“The Hong Kong gov-ernment reviews the min-imum allowable wage for foreign domestic helpers.

After careful consider-ation of the general eco-nomic and employment situation in Hong Kong, as reflected through a basket of economic indicators, in-cluding relevant economic movement; price change; and labor market situa-tion, as well as the afford-ability of employers, the Hong Kong saw there was a need to strike a balance between affordability of employers and the liveli-hoods of foreign domes-tic helpers, and decided to increase the minimum allowable wage for for-eign domestic workers,” said Roldan in his report. [PNA]

The Department of Finance (DOF) questions the Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) issued by Manila Regional Trial Court that prevents the implementation of Customs Personnel Order (CPO) No. B-189-2013.

The latter directs 27 collectors of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) to be transferred to the newly-created Customs Policy Research Office (CPRO) under the DOF.

On Tuesday, Manila RTC Branch 22 released a 72-hour stay order against the implementation of CPO No. B-189-2013. The order was signed by Judge Marino Dela Cruz, Jr.

The petition was filed by 15 of the 27 BOC officials covered by the CPO. Among the petitioners for the TRO are Port of Cebu Collector Edward Dela Cuesta, Port of Manila Collector Rogel Gatchalian, and NAIA Collector Carlos So.

Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima expressed dismay over the court order, saying that it runs counter to President Aquino’s directive to reform the Bureau.

“Reform at the BOC is an absolute necessity directed by President Aquino himself. The implementation of this order is crucial not just to restoring trust in the BOC but to stamp out smugglers once and for all,” Purisima said.

“TROs like this tie government’s hands and serve the malicious

interests he is campaigning against.”

Last Thursday, Customs Commissioner Rozzano Rufino Biazon issued CPO No. B-189-2013, transferring 27 officials of the BOC to the CPRO. At least twelve of the affected officials have since reported to the DOF and have begun working at the CPRO.

Purisima questioned the petitioners’ intent for filing the TRO, dismissing allegations that their transfer to CPRO was tantamount to a demotion and dismissal.

“The CPRO is a legitimate office created with the purpose of ensuring that the BOC is aligned with the international standards on customs administration. These collectors, by their own admission of seniority and rank, are in fact the most qualified to reach this objective,” he said.

“They are all experts in customs procedures, policies and global trade practices. They have the experience and received government-sponsored training to identify and correct weaknesses in customs operations. It is not a ghost office. Furthermore, these officials are still employees. There is no change in their tenure, salary or benefits,” Purisima said.

The Finance chief also noted that operations at all ports of the BOC have normalized, following the initial reaction from recent revamps. [PNA]

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GROOvE unlimited Dance Communi-ty (GuDC) will be

competing in the World Supremacy Battlegrounds International Dance Championships (WSB) in Sydney, Australia this De-cember.

WSB , founded by the famous dance guru Bri-an Puspos, is the biggest street dance competition in the Southern Hemi-sphere that brings togeth-er some of the best danc-ers in the world in such a way to showcase their skills, talents, creatvity and artistry in dancing.

The Groove unlimit-ed led by “Master” Bryan Grandeza is to compete in the Open Category while the Project 13 is for the Monster Crew Category. Project 13 is comprised of 25 members coming from different dancers under GuDC.

The group is composed of Bryan Grandeza, Gianne Carlo Chua, Jhoey Zulueta, Kevin Jan Fruto, Aris De-quit, Ryan Co, Aike Putian,

Noe Ross Calicdan, Shel-done Dacalos, Edel Lloyd Callao, Julius Ceasar Lopez, Aldrine Java, Jonathan En-donela, John Carlo Jabo-nete, Kennard Kintanar, Kenneth Delideli, Stephen Estilo, Takahiro Kaneko, Armando Soriano, Ellaine Jardeloza, Floriefe May So-larte, Maya Kikuchi, Rovi-anne uy, Ayana Merquita and Reina Elena Constan-tino.

GuDC is not just a group of dancers but a communi-ty that works hand in hand to reach their goal in life and one of it is to nail and win in the World Suprema-cy Battlegrounds.

The Community invites everyone to join in their activities and workshops that are open to all aspiring dancers in the city to learn new dance moves and techniques, and to express themselves in dancing. The Kool Lab project happens every Saturday 7:00 pm at Smashville Fitness Center and The Abduction is also on Saturdays 10:00 pm at Matina Town Square.

Davao dance group to compete in World Supremacy Battlegrounds

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PROJECT 13. The Project 13 team to the World Supremacy Battlegrounds.

VOL. 6 ISSUE 144 • THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 201314 EDGEDAVAOSPORTS

HOBBYIST Emiliano “ D o d o n g ” Bacalla, who

has chronicled several karatedo tournaments, won the “Shoot the Best Action Photo Contest” held during the TKS Petron Interclub Karate Age-Group Championships last Saturday at the 5th floor of the Gaisano Grand Citimall.

The 37-year old Bacalla, who works for the Zimmons Industries and is a member of the Fantastic Phils. Club, used his Canon 60D with an 855 lens.

Second placer was poultry products dealer Adonis Abueva, 45, a member of the On Any Sunday Photowalk (OASP), while third place went to former football player Gilbert “Jet” Mendez, 41, of Columbia Computer Center.

Abueva used a Nikon

D3100 while Mendez shot his entries with his Canon 7D with Canon 70-200 f/4 Lens.

They were awarded with cash prizes and plaques by Association for the Advancement of Karatedo (AAK) Davao Branch chief Rommel Tan last Tuesday at the SCOOP session of The Royal Mandaya Hotel.

Tan also thanked the tournament sponsors the Philippine Sports Commission, Gaisano Grand Citimall, Benjade Construction, Charlie and Gloria Estarija, Edgar Ponce, Rick’s Carwash, RD Rent a Car, Beefit Gym, Davao City Sports Consumer Cooperative, Living Power International Corp. (LPIC), Cherifer vitamins and SCOOP Davao.

DuBLIN, Ohio (Reuters) - For one of the most

successful individual sportsmen of his generation, Tiger Woods certainly enjoys the novelty of being part of a team.

The world number one, who last week was named the PGA Tour’s Player of the Year, says he is thoroughly enjoying the banter in the united States’ locker room ahead of this week’s Presidents Cup at Muirfield village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio.

“It’s fun because it’s a good group of guys. We all take a pretty good ribbing, and it’s constant,” Woods, who highlighted PGA Championship winner Jason Dufner and world number eight Matt Kuchar as sources of much of the humor, said on Tuesday.

“You wouldn’t expect the things that come out of (Dufner’s) mouth. Kuch is the same way. They are pretty funny guys and you just don’t expect ... you expect the unexpected with those two.”

More importantly though, to Woods the competitor, is the mix of experience and talent on the united States team that makes them favorites to beat the International team for a fifth straight time in the biennial tournament.

“We have got a lot of players who have been on these teams

Woods having a blast

before. I believe -- I think Jordan (Spieth) is the only rookie on here. Everyone has played on teams prior to this, whether Ryder Cup or Presidents Cup, and that certainly helps,” said Woods.

“Some of us have been on the team for a very long time. Phil

(Mickelson) has been on here for 20 years or so. I’m not too far behind him. We’ve got some older players with Stricks on here, and with Jordan and the youth, it’s a great balance.”

The 12-man u.S. team boasts six of the world’s top 10 players compared to the Internationals,

whose highest ranked player after world number two Adam Scott

is Jason Day (16).For Woods, that

kind of depth has been

behind the American domination of the tournament.

Bacalla wins TKS Petron photo contest

FIRST PLACER. Emiliano Bacalla (middle) receives his plaque and cash prize for topping the TKS Petron Shoot the Best Action Photo Contest held last Sept. 28 at Gaisano Grand Citimall during the awarding rites held at the SCOOP

session of The Royal Mandaya Hotel last Oct. 1. With him are (Left to Right) SCOOP Davao vice-president Jimmy Javier, AAK Davao branch chief Rommel C. Tan and SCOOP Davao president Lito delos Reyes. (Photo by RACKY ACAC)

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A WEEK can blow by so fast, given deadly deadlines as well as other work concerns, it is nice to be able to sit back, kick your feet up and just chill. And what better way to chill out than at the poolside lounge at the Park Inn by Radisson Davao?

Turning their chic pool into a lounge venue, Park Inn by Radisson Davao’s Chill Out Weekends are definitely what the weary urbanites look for and I, being one workaholic ur-banite myself, took the op-portunity to unwind and relax with much gusto. I love the vibe of the poolside with its modern tropical minimalist de-cor. The colourful bar area was abuzz with activity as beautiful French wines, courtesy of Angelo’s Mar-ketlinks, and delicious canapé’s flowed. Entertain-ment was courtesy of the beautiful Rochelle Venuti belting out classic jazz and acoustic songs that are sure to soothe the tired soul. I

was lucky enough to catch Park Inn’s general manager Geir Sikko belt out a song, many thanks to the request of his loving fans. I would have wanted to take a dip into the fabulous pool with a nice white wine in my hand but I guess it will have to wait for a week-end staycation to really get away from the hustle and bustle of the city.

The start of a colorful weekend at Park Inn

Park Inn by Radisson Davao’s weekly lounge party is from six in the afternoon until eleven in the evening . You may call 272.7608 for reservations. Follow me on Instagram or on Twitter @kenneth-kingong for more foodie finds, travel tips, and hap-penings in, around and be-yond the Durianburg.

AS AN early Holiday surprise to its valued shoppers, SM City Davao will be giving away a total of P200,000 worth of shopping money from October 12 to November 9. For every P1,000 single purchase receipt from any SM City Davao mall tenant, a customer is entitled to 1 raffle coupon. Purchases made with SM Advantage Card from SM affiliates entitle a shopper one additional ticket. To join, customer may claim coupons by presenting a proof of purchase at the redemption booth in the mall during from 10am to 9pm during the promo period. Coupons must then be duly filled out and dropped at the desig-nated drop boxes. Anticipating for the Holidays couldn’t be more exciting as five (5) lucky winners of P10,000 worth of SM gift cer-tificates will be drawn on October 12 & 26 and November 2 & 9. Everything for the shopaholics is at SM City Davao! Great rewards await its valued shoppers. Like SM City Davao on Facebook or follow @smcitydavao on Twitter for event and promo updates.

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AMDG’88 holds bowling tournament

Php200,000 Shopping Rewards at SM City Davao!

Globe President Ernest Cu is finalist for CEO of the Year in 2013

World Communication Awards

THE Ateneo de Davao High School batch ‘88 (AMDG’88) silver jubilarians together with Globe Telecoms recently held an Ateneo Inter-batch Bowling Tournament last September 28 at the SM Bowling Center at SM Lanang Premier. Team Mawe went home with the top prize of a trophy and five Cloud-fones courtesy of Globe Telecom. GS’75/HS’79 and HS’73 took home 1st and 2nd Runners-up received prizes respectively and went home with a trophy and gift packs from MX3 while HS’63 and Team Voltes 5 HS’88 were 3rd and 4th runners-up and received gift packs from MX3. The Ateneo FB Strikers Bowling Tournament is just one of a series of events leading up to Ateneo Flash-

back 2013, the Ateneo de Davao Grand Alumni Homecoming to be held on December 30, 2013 at the SMX Convention Center in SM Lanang Premier. Interested alumni can catch future events and activities by following the homecoming page on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ateneo-flashback2013.

TRAPPED inside, with heavy rains pouring from above, you crave for sweets. How do you resolve a conflict as gran-deur as that? For some, they opt to eat sugar --literally. For others, they take heed of the call and bake. Noneth-less, not all own a trusty oven or a microwave even. So, the next best thing is to raid your pantry and as-semble something sweet. Ice Cream Cookie Sand-wich No need for an oven to bake a cookie for this. Your favorite store bought cookie will do. Ingredients1 pack chocoloate chip cookies ( I used Mrs. Fields) Ice cream, flavour of your choice Crushed graham crackers, optional Crushed Nuts, optional Method: Line tray with parch-ment paper. Place cookie pieces and refrigerate for a 30 minutes. This is if you want to add some kick to your ice cream filling. In a bowl, scoop out ice cream and mix your nuts, candies or even dried fruit pieces. Remember to cut them in small pieces. Mix. Take your cookie pieces and spread ice cream fill-ing. Be generous. Place another cookie on top to make a sandwich. Scrape out excess ice cream filling. Place in a tray and freeze for an hour or so. Once done, roll over de-sired crust. Serve. Grilled Banana and Pea-

nut Butter Sandwich The smoky flavour adds another reason to love peanut butter. Topped with banana pieces, this is an ultimate snack that ev-eryone will love. Ingredients 1 piece ripe banana (pref-erably cavendish) whole wheat bread (any bread will do) 2 tablespoon Peanut But-ter (of choice) Honey, optional Chocolate Liquer, op-tional Method Here you can directly grill the bread pieces on top of the stove or charcoal

or if you have a griller pan, do so. In a bowl, cut banana pieces into half an inch thick or thicker if you like. Set aside. Smother peanut butter unto bread, top with ba-nana pieces. Heat griller pan and add a knob of butter. This is optional. Place bread on top and grill until brown. Do not burn. Do not turn. See the peanut butter ooze with the heat. Drizzle with honey for a sweeter taste.

That’s just 2 of the easiest ways to concur a growling sweet craving. Raid your pantry and see the endless dishes you could concoct. Happy birthday to my nephew, Datu Al-Rashid Sinsuat Zainal, my cousin Bai Schenarizah Sinsuat Abdul. Advance Happy Birthday to my Mom, Bai Rowena FSinsuat Am-bolodto. I love you to the heaven’s and back. Be a part of Davao’s Thursday Habit! Email me at [email protected] and follow me on insta-gram @herroyalheiress.

THE MONSTROUS SALE IS ON! Happening at the Infants’ and Children’s Wear Department. Do your early Christmas shopping and enjoy up to 50% OFF on the latest fashion finds and must haves for your LITTLE ONES. Catch the Monstrous Sale from October 1 to 31 at The SM Stores nationwide. Per DTI-NCR Permit No. 8205, Series of 2013.

The ATENEO Strikers Champs, Team “Mawe” posing with their new cellphones courtesy of Globe Telecom

Fr. Rene Ocampo SJ with the ATENEO Strikers.

Of sweets and nothings

Globe Telecom President and CEO Ernest L. Cu is among 12 finalists for the CEO of the Year category in the 2013 World Communication Awards (WCA), one of the most important awards within the telecoms industry. It is organized by Total Telecom, a leading source of news and reports of the global communications industry. Cu ranks high together with telecom industry leaders AT&T’s Randall L. Stephenson, SK Tele-com’s Sung Min Ha, Verizon’s Lowell C. McAdam, and Voda-fone’s Vittorio Colao. The winner will be decided based on the results of an industry poll, open to professionals from across the globe. The twelve con-tenders represent major global op-erators, emerging market players and disruptive new kids on the block. As president and CEO, Cu has been the driving force behind Globe Telecom’s continued success. Through his leadership, Globe has accelerated its growth momentum from 2012 all the way to the current year as it set new re-cords, moved closer to superior customer experience, and marched steadfastly towards long-term competitiveness with the near completion of its network transformation program. Last year, Cu received the CEO of the Year (Service Pro-vider) award from global business research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan during the 9th Annual Asia Pacific ICT awards ceremony in Singapore. Now in its 15th year, the World Communication Awards celebrates the organizations and individuals responsible for the innovations that underpin the telecoms industry and will carry it through into a brighter future. The Awards are open to all communications providers, whether they are a traditional carrier, service provider, multimedia content pro-vider or another organization providing a communication service. Winners of the 2013 WCA will be announced at the gala dinner to be held at The Lancaster Hotel in London on De-cember 3, 2013.

FOOD

EVENTS

Ice cream cookie sandwich.

Grilled banana and peanut butter sandwich.

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Pilita Corrales wows Davao crowd at Abreeza Mall

WITH her timeless beauty, her quick wit, and her trademark pose—bent back from the waist, with one arm outstretched—Asia’s Queen of Songs Pilita Corrales easily charmed Davaoeños as she per-formed live in a free show at the Abreeza Mall Activity Center on September 29, 2013. Dressed in an elegant black suit with sparkling embellishments and sport-ing a stylish fringed bob, the iconic chanteuse breathed life into a number of popu-lar standards, among them The Righteous Brothers’ “Unchained Melody”, Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive”, Eddy Arnold’s “You Don’t Know Me”, Shirley Bassey’s “Never, Never, Never”, Ben E. King’s “I (Who Have Nothing)”, and The Platters’ “Only You” and “The Great Pretender”. She also sang the Spanish classic “Besame Mucho” and deliv-ered renditions of popular Filipino TV theme songs such as “One More Try” from the primetime soap My Hus-band’s Lover and “Please Be Careful with My Heart” from the daytime series of the same name. Proving that she’s a true-blue Cebuana, Pilita fea-tured Visayan folk songs such as “Pobreng Alinda-haw” and “Usahay” in her set. Of course, no Pilita Cor-rales performance would be complete without her signa-ture song, “A Million Thanks to You”, which she saved for the very end. Pilita’s one-hour show was filled with laughs all throughout as she shared amusing stories and gamely joked with her audience—all in Cebuano. She even got members of the audience to sing onstage or dance in front of the whole gather-ing! Asia’s Queen of Songs

truly reigned that evening in Abreeza, as she regaled a full house made up of not just older admirers who have known her through the years, but younger genera-tions in awe of her grace and showmanship as well. For more information on upcoming events in Abree-

za, please visit the concierge at the ground floor or call (082) 321-9332. To stay up-dated, please like Abreeza’s official Facebook page at www.facebook.com/AbreezaMall, and follow @abreezatweets on Twitter and @iloveabreezamall on Instagram.

The Abreeza Activity Center was full of adoring fans.

Posing with fans after the show.

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Galema and Zuma, Andi Eigenmann and Derick Hubalde.

Galema pilot charms afternoon viewers

ABS-CBN’s newest afternoon fantasy series “Galema: Anak ni Zuma” charmed TV viewers when it premiered last Mon-day (September 30) with a 16.6% national TV rating, accord-ing to the latest data of Kantar Media. The new series topbilled by Andi Eigenmann and di-rected by ‘Master Storyteller’ and box-office director Wenn V. Deramas beat GMA 7’s ““Pyra Babaeng Apoy,” which only rated 8.3%. “Galema: Anak ni Zuma,” which is based on the longest-running Pinoy comic book series written by Jim Fernandez, is a special offering of ABS-CBN--the true home of hit Pinoy classics--to afternoon TV viewers as part of the grand cele-bration of 60 years of Philippine television and the continu-ing tradition of sharing well-loved komiks tales that wid-ened the imagination and reflected the true Filipino culture. How can the good-hearted Galema live a normal life with twin snakes attached to her neck? Will the curse that she inherited from her beastly father, Zuma alienate her even more from her family? Also featured in “Galema: Anak ni Zuma” are Matteo Guid-icelli, Meg Imperial, Sunshine Cruz, Sheryl Cruz, Carlos Mo-rales, Divina Valencia, Lito Legaspi, and introducing Derick Hubalde as Zuma and Brenna Garcia as the young Galema. Continue to discover the captivating charm of “Galema: Anak ni Zuma,” weekdays asfter “Kapamilya Blockbusters” in ABS-CBN’s Kapamilya Gold. For more updates about “Gale-ma: Anak ni Zuma,” visit the show’s official social network-ing sites: Facebook.com/galemaofficial and Twitter.com/galemaofficial

Chinese culture shared through film festivals

THE Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) through the Film Cultural Exchange Program (FCEP), and in cooperation with Cultural office of the embassy of the people’s republic of China, is proud to present a plethora of films from China to be screened at FDCP Cinematheques. The selection includes five recent Chinese films. Forever Enthralled (2008) is a biographical account of Mei Lanfang, China’s greatest opera star. The film went on to garner awards from several festivals. The Founding of a Republic (2009), a film that marks the 60th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China, by chronicling the country’s recent histo-ry with Chiang Kai-Shek and the Kuomintang. An epic story of a family ravaged by an Earthquake and by a mother’s decision to save one child over another also joins the festival ros-ter in Aftershock (2010). Confucius (2010), a film defined as a biographical fantasy adventure drama film on one of China’s premiere scholars as he thinks back on his life and teachings that reflect his future influence. The final film included in the Chi-nese film festival is Lost on Journey (2010), a comedy about the president of a toy company who runs into a stranger on the way back to his family. This chance encounter results in wacky adventures and hilarity, as they journey back home. The festival is an instrument in sharing China’s culture to the Philippines through the power of cinema. The sharing of their stories continues to grow and reach more viewers with the help of the FDCP Cinematheques. The films will be screened at designated FDCP Cinematheques: in Baguio from October 1 to 6, Davao from October 8 to 13, and Iloilo from October 8 to 13.

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AS many as five teams in the Eastern Conference and three

in the Western Conference will be in the mix for the 2014 National Basketball Association (NBA) title, according to Indiana Pacers coach Frank vogel.

Speaking to local sportswriters in a conference call Monday night, vogel, whose Pacers stretched the Miami Heat to a Game 7 in the Eastern Conference Finals last season, said the Heat and his own Pacers should be considered strong contenders, along with the Chicago Bulls, Brooklyn Nets, and New York Knicks.

“The Chicago Bulls are

getting Derrick Rose back, the Nets have reloaded and the Knicks are coming off a 54-win season,” said the 38-year-old vogel during the conference call.

In the Western Conference, vogel picked the San Antonio Spurs, the Oklahoma City Thunder, and the retooled Houston Rockets to fight it out for the top spot.

“The Spurs, they always manage to get around 60 wins no matter what, even if they have injuries,” he said of the team that nearly won the title last June.

The Rockets, whom the Pacers will be playing on October 10 at the Mall of Asia Arena as part of the

NBA Global Games 2013, have to be considered contenders as well after acquiring Dwight Howard, according to vogel.

The Pacers also benefited from Howard’s transferring to Houston, as

they were able to snatch the Rockets’ veteran forward Luis Scola to bolster their frontline.

vogel revealed that Scola will most likely come off the bench for Indiana, which has

Roy Hibbert and David West as its starting big men, and is hopeful the Argentinian will be able to adjust.

“[Scola] will be in a new position that he’s never really been in, and that’s as a substitute. He’s been a starter ever since he was 15 years old. He’ll be a major part of what we will do. He definitely enhances our depth.”

The Pacers also recently inked Paul George to a five-year extension, locking up the small forward after he submitted a career-high 17.2 points per game as he filled the void left by the injured Granger.

vogel said the only advice he gave George about

the coming season is to “do exactly what you’ve been doing the last couple of years.”

The October 10 game will be the first time vogel will travel to the Philippines, but he has already heard so much about Manila and the Filipinos’ passion for basketball and the NBA.

“I’ve heard a lot. I know Manila is one of the nicest cities in Asia. Amazing, amazing place. From that standpoint, we are looking to visit and tour it. I know the NBA is big in all of Asia, and in particular the Philippines. There’s a tremendous following and support for our game and we’re looking forward to that.”

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Oklahoma City Thunder

point guard Russell Westbrook will miss the first 4-6 weeks of the NBA season after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his right knee Tuesday.

General Manager Sam Presti said the three-time All-Star had knee swelling that would not subside, and the procedure was intended to solve the problem. He said doctors determined that a loose stitch was to blame for the swelling, that Westbrook’s lateral meniscus has healed properly and the procedure was successful.

‘’Russell has been incredible in his work and rehabilitation,’’ Presti said. ‘’His performance levels have been tremendous, and

he’s looked great in the part of practice that he’s been cleared to go through. So, we were very, very encouraged in that respect. But when the swelling wasn’t subsiding, we made the decision to have the knee evaluated.’’

Westbrook also had surgery in May to repair cartilage in his right knee after he was hurt in Game 2 of Oklahoma City’s first-round playoff series with Houston. He had had never missed a game in his five NBA seasons before the injury.

Westbrook averaged 23.2 points and 7.4 assists per game last season, but he wound up watching the Thunder’s second-round playoff exit to Memphis from the bench.

uNITED Football League squad Global FC blew an early lead, but came

back in the second half to force a 2-2 draw against Tanjong Pagar united in the first leg of their 2013 Singapore Cup semifinal encounter Tuesday night at the Queenstown Stadium in the city-state.

Misagh Bahadoran got things going for Global at the start of the match after giving his team a 1-nil edge with a goal at the ninth minute.

S.League side Tanjong Pagar evened the score after an Ismael Benahmed goal at the 30th minute.

Tanjong Pagar completed the comeback in the second half after Monsef Zerka converted a shot at the 48th minute which put his squad up, 2-1.

Global fought back and evened the match after an Aaron Altiche goal at the 69th minute. Both teams failed to break the deadlock for the remainder of the game to settle for a draw.

The second leg of their semifinals match is slated at the Jalan Besar Stadium in Singapore on Friday.

The 2013 Singapore Cup is an annual invitational tournament featuring local clubs in the city-state and teams from abroad, mostly from Southeast Asia.

Global, which is making its debut in the competition, remains as the only Filipino club in the tournament after fellow uFL squad Loyola Meralco Sparks bowed out of the quarterfinals.

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“NEXT year we will decide, but it’s a big

possibility.”This was the answer

of FCBEscola director Xevi Marcé last Friday when asked about the chances of a branch of FC Barcelona’s Football School sprouting in the Philippines.

“We are studying the possibilities and checking the level of the players here. We’re excited about the development of Football here” he added at the press con in Rockwell Club to launch the program’s upcoming Philippine camp.

FCBEscola is the place where kids can learn the game and perhaps follow in the footsteps of Lionel Messi and Neymar in wearing the fabled red and blue shirt of “The Blaugrana.”

Marcé says that Barcelona has scores of schools all over the world, and not only in Footballing hotbeds like Rio de Janeiro. FCBEscolas can also be found in the Dominican Republic, Dubai, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi, India, Egypt, Korea, Japan, and Singapore. Poland even has four FCBEscolas.

Recently one Japanese wunderkind emerged from FCBEscola Japan to catch the eye of Barca’s scouts.

Marcé, an experienced trainer and also a licensed sports psychologist,

says there are over 200 coaches in the FCBEscola system teaching kids worldwide.

While the Philippine school may not yet be a sure thing, FCBEscola is definitely holding its second Philippine camp from December 18 to 22 in Emperador Stadium. It follows on the heels of the first camp last April, which attracted 148 kids aged six to fourteen at the Alabang Country Club.

Just like in April, the uFL’s newly-promoted Team Socceroo, represented by siblings Michael, Paulus and Nicholas Reyes, will help in the staging of the camp.

In last summer’s camp youngsters from as far away as Cebu, Iloilo, Australia and Cambodia turned up. Plus some talented kids from economically depressed areas like Tondo and Payatas were able to join.

While the roster of coaches for December has yet to be finalized, Marcé says they will be top-notch. In April one of the two coaches was Josep Moratalla, who played alongside Diego Maradona during his playing days.

Marcé gave an insight into the training philosophy of Barcelona when he bared what the kids can expect in the camp.

“Our methodology

is the same e v e r y w h e r e : control the ball, pass the ball, and think of what you will do before you receive the ball.”

The director also added that Football isn’t the only thing the kids will learn in the five-day event.

“We want the kids to develop into good players and good persons.”

This is a sentiment echoed by renowned Filipino economist Bernie villegas, who also spoke at the press con.

“Football is one of the most effective means of fostering virtues and values” affirmed villegas. “Kids who play Football

learn the

values of team

s p i r i t ,

c o o p e r a t i o n , and modesty.” villegas admitted that he beacme a big Barcelona fan when he lived in the city a few years ago. From his apartment near the club’s Camp Nou stadium he would often catch Messi and his mates in action with the use of his binoculars.

ME R A L C O i m p o r t Mario West s t r u g g l e d anew from the field against San Mig Coffee on Tuesday night, but the Bolts’ local crew picked up the slack to help the team tie their Governors’ Cup semifinals series at 1-all.

West led all scorers with 17 points, but needed 36 shots to do it, making eight for a miserable 22 percent shooting clip.

Despite West having to bleed for every point, the Meralco supporting crew was unperturbed.

“ I t ’ s just about tweaking our offense,” Jared Dillinger told t e l e v i s i o n n e t w o r k InterAKTv in an exclusive

interview. “We need to help Mario get a little bit easier shots because they’re throwing everything and the kitchen sink at that guy. So we need to help Mario a little bit.”

Dillinger was one of four Meralco locals in double figures, finishing with 10 points. Reynel Hugnatan had 15 points, while Cliff Hodge and Sunday Salvacion added 12 apiece for the Bolts.(InterAKTv)

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