Edge Davao 6 Issue 175

DAYS after the ex-pose’ of Councilor Leonardo Avila

III on the alleged incor-rect practice of hospitals, clinics and health care establishments in Davao City in disposing of their medical wastes, the City Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro) still has to come up with a list of the violators.Councilor Danilo C. Dayanghirang, head of the committee on en-vironment and natural resources, said in an in-terview with Edge Davao that he hasn’t received response after sending a letter on the matter to the Department of Health in

Region 11 and the Cenro.Dayanghirang said

that he sent the letter containing the alleged improper disposal of medical wastes, Tuesday afternoon right after Avila made the expose.

“With this informa-tion, dapat aksyonan agad [referring to the informa-tion and photos of the al-leged improper disposal of medical wastes bared by Avila],” he added.

In the letter Dayanghi-rang asked for a list of the erring establishments.

“Hindi pwedeng ha-yaan lang yan kay mag-continue ra na sila,” he said.

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HELPING HANDS. Volunteers make food packs for the typhoon-devastated residents of Leyte yesterday at the Department of Public Works and High-ways compound which became the relief goods center for victims of typhoon Yolanda. Lean Daval Jr.

‘LIST ERRING HOSPITALS’No response yet coming from DOH, CENRO

CHEERDANCE CHAMP. Students of the Davao del Norte State College perform their winning dance routine during Wednesday night’s Phoenix Petroleum Phils. cheerdance competition at the activity center of Abreeza Mall. Lean Daval Jr.

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THE city government of Davao will con-struct 200 housing

units for victims of Ty-phoon Pablo in Los Amigos, Tugbok district, Matina Aplaya and a portion of Ma-tina Pangi, an official said yesterday at the weekly iSpeak media forum at the City Hall.

Dubbed Shelter Pro-gram, Housing and Homesite Division offi-cer-in-charge Roy Ryan Rigor said as of November, they have already finished the first phase of the project which funded to the tune of P200 million.

At present, a total of 50 units have been built on the 21-hectare land owned by the city government. It will be composed of four blocks with 50 units each.

He said that an area of 13 hectares has already been developed, while the remaining seven-hect-are land is expected to be fully developed by next year. Each unit will cost P100,000.

The project pursued with funds from the Hous-ing and Urban Develop-ment Coordinating Council (HUDCC) headed by Vice

A SISTER of veteran broadcaster Jose “Jay” Sonza suf-fered a slight head

injury while a construction worker was shot in the stomach when a mental-ly-challenged person indis-criminately stoned people and passing vehicles some-where in Barangay Sirawan, Davao City yesterday after-

noon.Wounded in the head

was Macaria Sonza, 74. Ms Sonza was hit in the head when the suspect, one Tata Iglesia, 37, stoned the Mit-subishi Strada SUV (sport utility vehicle) owned by the broadcaster. Macaria was in the car of Jay bound for Bansalan, Davao del Sur from Davao City.

Jay used to be a Davao City radio announcer who ventured in Manila to be-come a popular newscast-er for ABS-CBN, GMA and UNTV. He once ran for sena-tor and vice president.

Jay brought Macaria to MediQuest Hospital in To-ril where attending dpctors pronounced her out of dan-ger.

One of the stoning victims, a certain Rosdie Tiangui, said to be a son of Sirawan barangay kagawad Michael Saligdong Tiangui, shot the demented attack-er with a caliber .45 pistol several times but missed Ig-lesia and instead hit one Da-ryll Gaspar, 24, a construc-tion worker, in the stomach.

THE San Pedro Po-lice station filed charges before the

Davao City Prosecution Office yesterday against six suspected drug deal-ers arrested in two sepa-rate buy-bust operations.

P/Supt. Joel Consul-ta, station commander, identified the conspiring suspects as Ben Niske, 48, fisherman, of Ilang Tibungco; Sihoracman Abdurasid, 43, jobless and Helen Abdul, 37, res-idents of Km 11 Neliaville Sasa all of whom are fac-ing charges of violation of sections 5 and 11 of pos-sessing and selling illegal drugs to a police poseur.

SPO3 Ejercito Molina, investigator, along with other police officers con-ducted a buy-bust op-eration on Wednesday around 10:00 p.m. along Palma Gil St. near PAG-COR Casino against the suspects that led to their arrest.

Earlier, the poseur buyer had contacted the suspects to buy sha-bu worth P1,000, then agreed to meet inside the suspects’ high-end vehi-cle in the evening.

After, the suspects sold the shabu, immedi-ately the buyer signaled his fellow police to arrest

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DOING THEIR SHARE. Students from different universities and colleges in Davao City sort out used clothes for the victims of typhoon Yolanda at the Davao City Recreation Center compound yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

MANAGING THE TRAFFIC. An enforcer from the Traffic Management Center (TMC) manages the flow of traffic along McArthur Highway in Matina, Davao City yesterday to help the pedestrians from crossing the street safely. Lean Daval Jr.

THE Regional Trial Court Branch 33 has granted a temporary

protection order petition of a woman who figured in a lewd photo with her lov-er to prohibit the ex-lover from getting close to her.

Judge Callo on No-vember 4 ordered former barangay captain Robert Olanolan not to get closer than 200 meters from peti-tioner’s (alias “Lili”) house.

Lawyer Ranelo Leonar, counsel for Lili, said that Olanolan was behind the circulation of the photo starting last October 25. He said the woman has also been receiving death threats and even a call from Olanolan himself just before

the pictures became viral in Bankerohan and Barangay 10, saying, “i-scandal tika.”

Leonar said that he was about to withdraw as counsel for the petitioner, suggesting that she hire a woman lawyer. But Lili still chose Leonar as she found difficulty conveying facts of the case to another lawyer.

Leonar also filed four separate complaints with the City Prosecution Office against Olanolan for ob-scene publication; violence against women and chil-dren; anti-photo and video voyeurism Act of 2009, and slander by deed.

Olanolan has vehe-mently denied the accusa-tions. [EPC]

Olanolan caseCourt grants TPOin favor of ‘Lili’

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Police file chargesvs 6 drug suspects

Jay Sonza’s sis hurtin stoning incident

Kagawad’s son hunted for shooting laborer instead of demented man

For Pablo victimsCity to build 200 units

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MALACANANG has called for un-derstanding and

patience in the ongoing relief operations in areas affected by super typhoon “Yolanda” (international name: Haiyan) in Eastern Visayas as some groups have criticized authorities for the seeming slow ac-tion in distributing relief to desperate survivors.

In a press briefing on Thursday, Presidential Communications Opera-tions Office (PCOO) Secre-tary Herminio “Sonny” Co-loma Jr. said the typhoon’s aftermath was overwhelm-ing and noted that no one is “precision perfect” in the execution of disaster plans.

“Kinakailangan ng

pag-unawa sa naganap na sitwasyon. The sever-ity and magnitude of this disaster is unprecedent-ed and unparalleled with our previous experienc-es. Extraordinary din ang demands ng sitwasyon, compounded by the break-down of power and other factors. [We need under-standing in this kind of situation... This situation calls for extraordinary de-mands],” he said.

The government is drawing flak from some sectors, including interna-tional media, for the seem-ing lack of organization and slow response in disaster operations, particularly in Tacloban City, Leyte.

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DONATIONS POURING. A volunteer carrying a sack of rice walks pass piles of donated rice and repacked food supplies for the victims of typhoon Yolanda at the Department of Public Works and Highways compound yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

NIGHT MARKET REGISTRATION. A City Demolition Unit staff makes announces the next schedule of registration for Davao City’s night markets intended for illegal street vendors at the Davao City Recreation Center yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

DESPITE the nation-wide grief caused by typhoon Yolan-

da, an official from the City Tourism Office an-nounced yesterday the opening of the Pasko Fi-esta on December 6 and which ends on January 1, next year.

“Currently, we are still finalizing the events in this year’s Pasko Fiesta,” Maria Felisa Marques said at the I-Speak Media fo-rum at the city hall.

She said that that there still will be compe-titions in this year’s fiesta.

“Councilor Al Ryan Alejandre will be our spokesperson,”she said. Alehjandre is the commit-

tee chair on tourism and beautification.

Pasko Fiesta is the fourth official festival of the city, through the office of the city mayor in part-nership with a private in-stitution.

It may be recalled that Duaw Davao Festival Foundation, one of the private partners of the city government alloted a P3.5 million fund for Pas-ko Fiesta 2012

Last year’s event in-cluded Pailaw sa Dabaw, Pahalipay sa Pasko, Pasko Fiesta Bazaar, Pasko sa Litsonan ng Chinatown, Pasko Fiesta sa Museo Dabawenyo, Elderlym-

A man who was sentenced to life imprisonment for

kidnapping a business-man in 2007 has asked the local government to help him get a reduction of his sentence, alleging that he was instrumen-tal in the arrest of the kidnap group.

Meted with reclusion perpetua, equivalent to 40 years in jail, was one Marvin Booc, 34, said to be a member of the Bal-bacua kidnap-for-ran-som gang. Booc pleaded guilty before Regional Trial Court Branch 10 presiding Judge Retrina

E. Fuentes last October 25 for his role in the abduction of Edgar Tiu Barroso, proprietor of a Flying V gasoline station in Barangay Panacan on July 8, 2007.

Booc said that he admitted his role and disclosed other person-alities involved in the failed kidnapping of a Davao City businessman whose rescue resulted in the killing of a respond-ing police officer and a former Philippine Army soldier six years ago.

“Dapat barugan sa mga police ang ilang

OUT of the 18,000 applicants for 300 cadetship slots in

the Philippine National Police, 1,050 are from the Davao Region. The Dabawenyos took the PNPA Cadet Admission Test (PNPACat) last Sun-day, an official said.

P/Supt. Rhodora Maylas, Chief Examiner, Davao City, Police Re-gional Office 11 said that this year only 300 slots are available for cadet-ship.

“The screening is very competitive because we have only few slots and there are many candi-dates,” Maylas said.

She observed that the number of young men and women wanting to serve the country as law enforcers is growing. In-fact, she reported there are slightly more appli-cants this year than last year’s with 700 to 1,000 examinees.

”Siguru nagkaroon sila ng (Maybe they have)

awareness that they could help the country through their services as law enforcers,” Maylas said.

Many applicants were disqualified for failing to meet the requirements, like age limit (18-22 years old) and height re-quirement ( for females it should be 5 feet, 2 inch-es while for males 5 feet, four inches.)

“If they pass the ex-amination they will un-dergo a series of screen-

ing like physical agility test, medical screening, neuropsychiatric test,” Maylas explained, add-ing that there will be a final interview before the selection of qualified ca-dets.

Last year, the PNPA accepted 17-year-olds as applicants but this year applicants must be at least 18.

Maylas also said that they will thoroughly screen applicants, regard-less of recommendation.

Pasko Fiesta ’13 staging to go on

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Reclusion perpetua

Court nixes man’s pleafor a lesser sentence

1,000 plus Dabawenyos want to be police officersBy EMILORD P. CASTROMAYOR

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EDITORIAL

BELEAGUERED Tacloban City Mayor AlfredS. Romualdez has urged his constituents to es-

cape the horrors of the place now and go to oth-er cities to seek help from relatives and sympathetic friends.

The mayor’s call is loaded with implications that might not be good for his image as a politician at all. It is like surrendering, giving up all pretensions to lead-ership, in the face of the insurmountable problems that his city and constituents currently face. No matter how sincere and pure the mayor’s intentions are, his state-ment will immediately be taken as a sign of weakness, a political suicide to some.

Still, it is not surprising if some people, friends or foe, would credit Romualdez with honesty, honesty to admit that the challenges of his beloved city are now simply beyond him, given the limitations of the local govern-ment unit that he heads. To that extent, it is possible that the role of Romualdez, who belongs to a proud clan of politicians in that region, may still be viewed with a modicum of kindness and understanding when this horrible episode in Tacloban’s history will be written about in the future .

Now comes a statement from Davao del Norte Gov. Rodolfo del Rosario, speaking as chairman of the Re-gional Development Council, inviting suffering resi-dents of Tacloban and neighboring places to come and consider the Davao region as temporary sanctuary or as permanent place of abode where they can do business, seek employment and pursue other means of livelihood. The governor’s invitation, made during a well-attend-ed press conference in Tagum City, was followed by a confident citation of the region’s fast-growing economy and still wide space for everybody. He advised people from the Visayas who intend to come to just inform his administration so arrangements can be made.

Del Rosario’s bold invitation reminds us of the great move of the late President Manuel L. Quezon to encour-age young Filipinos from Luzon and the Visayas to go South. It was a move that made what Mindanao is today, a haven of development, although admittedly with the concomitant challenges.

Unbeknownst to many Dabawenyos, del Rosario who arrived by ship in Davao City at the age of 14 was one of the young men who came to the South and participate in its growth.


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THE Philippine Institute of De-velopment Stud-

ies, is a non-stock and non-profit government research institution en-gaged in policy oriented research. It has recent-ly pointed out that the country needs to boost manufacturing in order to provide employment and contribute to in-clusive growth. But this proposition is puzzling.

Most of the poor are landless tenants in the rural areas engaged in marginal farming (see figures below). Indeed some of them migrate to the urban centers hoping to be employed in some manufacturing facility. But they end up doing menial, low-waged and temporary jobs for lack of knowledge and skills. They also add to the con-gestion of urban squat-ter colonies.

Moreover, boosting manufacturing requires the existence of a via-ble and expanding con-sumer market. But the country is burdened by a

28.7% poverty incidence or just about a third of the total population and the greater number are landless tenants in the countryside as shown below. There’s hardly any expanding consum-er market which man-ufacturing industries may rely on to expand. But there’s a way out of this conundrum which is agrarian reform.

The agrarian reform program is supposed to transform impoverished landless tenants into vi-able farmers assuming proper implementation. The agrarian reform program therefore has the potential of creat-ing a huge market base

on which the manufac-turing sector may rely for expansion. As the manufacturing sector expands, more employ-ment opportunities are created in the urban centers where manufac-turing concerns are usu-ally located.

This in fact is among the stated objectives of the agrarian reform pro-gram. The problem how-ever is implementation as usual. The Compre-hensive Agrarian Reform Law has been passed way back in 1992. But imple-mentation is so slow and riddled with corruption in several instances.

P-Noy has promised to complete implemen-tation of agrarian reform by the end of his term in 2016. He has also prom-ised Matuwid na Daan which is supposed to end if not reduce to in-signifance corruption in government. If indeed he can do both, then we should expect the Philip-pine economy to be rid-ing high soon with truly inclusive growth.

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THE ECONOMYRiding high soon with inclusive growth

INDUSTRY2nd Quarter Annual

2011-12 2012-13 2010-11 2011-121. AGRI., HUNTING, FORESTRY AND FISHING 0.6 -0.3 2.6 2.8 a. Agriculture and forestry 1.3 -1.1 4.4 3.6 b. Fishing -2.5 3.3 -4.3 -0.42. INDUSTRY SECTOR 5.8 10.3 1.8 6.8 a. Mining & Quarrying 6.5 -2.7 7.0 2.2 b. Manufacturing 4.3 10.3 4.7 5.4 c. Construction 11.6 17.4 -9.8 15.7 d. Electricity, Gas and Water Supply 6.1 5.5 0.6 5.13. SERVICE SECTOR 7.7 7.4 4.9 7.6 a. Transport, Storage & Communication 9.3 3.5 4.3 8.1 b. Trade and Repair of Motor Vehicles,

Motorcycles, Personal and Household Goods 7.8 7.3 3.3 7.5

c. Financial Intermediation 7.0 9.6 5.2 8.2 d. R. Estate, Renting & Business Activities 8.1 9.5 8.4 7.5 e. Public Administration & Defense; Compulsory

Social Security 3.8 5.9 1.9 6.1

f. Other Services 8.4 7.4 5.6 7.7

GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT 6.3 7.5 3.6 6.8

GROSS NATIONAL INCOME 6.5 6.8 2.8 6.5

Growth Rates of Gross National Income and Gross Domestic Product 2nd Quarter 2012 and 2013 and Annual 2011-2012

(at constant 2000 prices)

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ROAD MENACE. A “payong-payong” cab recklessly crosses a highway along Panacan in Davao City yesterday unmindful of the risk of being hit by traversing ten-wheeler trucks and other vehicles. Lean Daval Jr.

“Kung meron pong pumupuna, tinatanggap natin ang kanilang pag-puna, ‘di natin itinatanggi na maaaring nagkaroon ng pagkukulang pero ito ay bunga na rin ng severe constraints [We accept the criticisms. We do not deny that we have shortcomings but this is also due to se-vere constraints],” Coloma said.

The Cabinet official defended the government and said it prepared days ahead of “Yolanda’s” land-fall.

“We are prepared for all possible eventualities, including storm surge was anticipated by the govern-ment. The warning and alert system were exten-sive,” he said.

All Cabinet officials were given their own re-spective assignments, Co-loma said, as President Be-nigno S. Aquino III contin-

ues to be the one in charge of the entire disaster oper-ations.

“Patuloy na naka-focus ang Pangulo sa pag-direct ng operations through the Cabinet and through the NDRRMC structure. Na-ka-focus sa pagbabalik sa normalcy sa lahat ng pas-ilidad at pinaghahandaan na din ang transition to rehabilitation. [The presi-dent is focused on direct-ing operations through the Cabinet and through the NDRRMC. We are focused on restoring normalcy and we are preparing for the transition to rehabilitation efforts],” he said.

The national govern-ment took over the lead in disaster-stricken areas as local governments, which are usually the first re-sponders in times of disas-ters, have been decimated and unable to perform their duties. [PNA]

saad sa akoa nga taban-gan ko unya na reclusion perpetua man nuon ko,” he said.

Booc said that he risked his life and family in this case. “Ang akong gipangtudlo dili baya bastabasta kay mga pulis na involved.”

He expected the po-lice would not include him in the case as he was the state’s witness.

He also said his legal counsel lawyer Manu-el Quibod told him that the court may give him a sentence of at least eight years and a maximum of 14 years.

However, Judge Fuen-tes stated in his decision that Booc’s plea of guilty lost significance be-cause the victim himself and the police testified that Booc committed the crime of kidnapping.

“There is sufficient evidence, not merely on the guilty plea of the accused, that indeed he committed the crime,” Fuentes stated.

Judge Fuentes, how-

ever, denied the respon-dent’s plea and main-tained the sentence of 20 to a maximum of 40 years in prison.

“Mag-unsa na lang akong pamilya ani, naa koy upat ka anak kung mapriso ko ug 40 years buhi pa kaya ko ana?”he said.

Meanwhile, DCPO di-rector Vicente Danao Jr. said: “Wala na kaming magagawa diyan dahil decision iyan ng korte”.

Barroso was success-fully rescued after two days by the police. How-ever, the rescue resulted in a shootout that killed PO2 Jaime Telebangko of the Regional Mobile Group (RMG) and a cer-tain Jessie Muit, a former enlisted Philippine Army personnel.

Meanwhile, the court trial of other accused gang members iden-tified as PO2 Michael Sanz, Angelito Froilan, Wendel Asentista and Petronio Ali who are all detained, will continue. [EPC]

pics, Hulagway sa Dabaw, Handuraw sa Himaya, Pasko Fiesta sa Lumad, Pasko sa Roxas, Pasko

Fiesta sa mga bata, Li-bro sa Pasko, Christmas Shopping, Nine Mornings, Pasko Fiesta sa People’s

Park, and competitions: Panaygon, Rondalsayaw, Tugsayawit, and Parol ug Paskong Kahoy Display

Showcase and Pasko Fies-ta sa Rizal and Magsaysay Park and the well-known Lamdag Parada.

them. Police recovered from

the possession of Ni-ske the P1,000 marked money and confiscated a big sachet of shabu with street value of P35,000 from Abdurasid and an-other medium size sachet worth P7,000 from the possession of Abdul.

Police said that based on their experience sus-pected dealers of drugs who are Muslim will pro-tect their boss who will provide a lawyer for them if they are arrested.

Three other suspect, Rolex Alien Tiodanco,23,

driver; Eugene Valliente Sanchez , 33, driver, and Richard Tandaan, door installer, 34, all residents of Casilak Bucana were arrested for selling P500 worth of shabu to a police poseur Tuesday along Mt. Mayon St., in front of Old Sampaguita Inn.

The three men will be facing charges of selling and possession of illegal drugs.

Police found one piece of sachet worth P1,000, one tea bag of shabu worth P15,000 and marked mon-ey from them which will serve as evidence in court. [EPC]

The construction work-er was also rushed to the MediQuest Hospital and was later transferred to the Southern Philippines Medi-cal Center (SPMC).

Police recovered three empty shells of the pistol used in the shooting. Tian-gui, the gunman, escaped after the incident and is

now being hunted by the police.

Police Insp. Joel M. Mi-gullaf, head of the Toril po-lice station investigation unit, said the lawmen are coordinating with Kagawad Tiangui and Sirawan baran-gay captain Madjib Lumpa-pac for the possible surren-der of the younger Tiangui.

Meanwhile, Toril po-lice investigators are considering the filing of charges of physical inju-ries and malicious mis-chief against Iglesia who is still detained in the To-ril police station.

Chief Insp. Angel Su-magaysay, Toril station chief, called on the rela-

tives of Iglesia to come to the station and claim the mentally-challenged man and bring him home.

He said relatives should take care of their mental patients and not allow them to roam around, especially if they have a tendency to be vi-olent.

President Jejomar Binay, thru the National Housing Authority, will be occupied by families who were affect-ed by the Typhoon Pablo in December 2012.

Each family will need to shell out a monthly amor-tization of P300 for the ful-ly-furnished unit.

He said that this is part of their effort to at least lessen the number of in-formal settlers in the city which shares 4.1 percent of the total 334,473 house-holds in 2010 based on the 2010 Census of Population and Housing (CPH) of the National Statistics Office.

He described informal settlers as those who occu-py lots rent-free but with-out consent of the lot own-er. In Davao, the concen-tration of informal settlers can be found in the Second District.

Rigor added that the number of informal sectors has been increasing since 2010 because of urban-ization and it is feared this cause a hindrance in the de-velopment of the city.

He said that there are businessmen who cannot proceed with their con-struction because of set-tlers occupying the place.

“We want them to real-ize na we are giving this op-portunity for them to stop the trend of being an infor-mal settler,” he added.

Aside from the housing, they have also talked with the City Agriculturist Office and Technical Education and Skills Development Au-thority (TESDA) for a pos-sible sustainable livelihood at the relocation site in Los Amigos.

“One of the reasons talaga nganong mubalik sila, wala’y livelihood sa girelocate-tan nila, mao ng kadalasang ilang claim,” he said, adding that they are

looking at an area owned by the city government in Lasang to be developed as the next relocation site, but they still need funding.

“As of now, puno na ung ibang relocation sites natin at konti na lang yung nasa Los Amigos,” he said.

Other relocation sites are Panacan Reloca-tion-A, Mintal Relocation & Phases 1,2,3; Tibungco Relocation and Phases 1 & 2, Tigatto, Buhangin Relo-cation, Catalunan Grande Relocation, Malagamot Relocation, PPA Mahay-ag-A and Marapangi, To-ril-A.

The councillor feels that he is obliging DOH and Cenro to closely su-pervise the establish-ments, and apply the cor-responding administra-tive or criminal action.

“If their investigation finds that there is a vio-lation of the law or ordi-nance, then, they [DOH and Cenro] should recom-mend corrective action,”

Dayanghirang said.Avila said his privilege

speech, that malpractice is a violation of the city ordinance on solid waste management and of Re-public Act 8749 or the Clean Air Act and Repub-lic Act 9275 or the Clean Water Act.

Avila showed photos of yellow bags containing infectious medical wastes

mixed with the city’s gener-al wastes. There were also photos of medical wastes, like syringe and hand gloves mixed with general waste and transported by one of the city’s garbage trucks without the neces-sary permit to do so.

The data bared that only 14 percent of the total infec-tious wastes are currently collected for proper trans-

port and disposal while the other 86 percent went with the general wastes, noting that the city produces a total of 40 tons of medical wastes per month.

He also said that they will be conducting a com-mittee hearing right after Cenro and DOH come up with the names of the hos-pitals, clinic, and medical hospitals.

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THE regional office of the Department of Social Wel-

fare and Development (DSWD) in Davao Re-gion has deployed 14 workers to augment the work force of DSWD Re-gion 8. Serving as first batch of volunteers, the team departed Tuesday afternoon following an orientation-seminar and team-building session.

According to Direc-tor Priscilla N. Razon of DSWD, the group will

serve in the devastated areas for 15 days and another batch will re-place them. “Physically fit and professionally competent, our workers will help in the manage-ment and coordination of evacuation centers and other transition shelters. They will also assist in establishing women- and child-friendly spaces and in the distribution of re-lief goods.”

Director Razon fur-ther said that the region-

al office has released an initial 10,800 family food packs to the fam-ilies affected by Super Typhoon Yolanda in Re-gion 8. “Each of the food packs we have prepared contains 3 kilos rice, 3 tins sardines, 5 pouch-

es noodles, 2 tins beef loaf and 5 sachets 3-in-1 coffee. Along with the food packs, we have sent as well 50,000 pieces half-liter bottled water.”

Earlier, DSWD 11 augmented 19,280 fam-ily food packs in Zambo-

anga City and delivered some 2000 packs to the families affected by the flash floods which struck Davao City last month.

Meanwhile, DSWD is calling for volunteers to repack relief goods at

the DPWH Depot, Pana-can. Interested parties may call DSWD at [082] 2271964 or 2278746 and connect with Ms. Lani E. Cudino, DSWD Bayanihang Bayan Desk Officer. [DSWD/Carmela Cadigal-Duron]

‘YOLANDA’ VOLUNTEERS. The DSWD 11 team of volunteers bound for Region 8 with Director Priscilla N. Razon [rightmost] and Assistant Director Mila T. Segovia [second from left].

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Badminton champions from the Ateneo de Davao University (AdDU) Macy Anne Patricia G. Salvado (center) and brother Arthur Samuel Jr. (left)share their preparations for the upcoming Batang Pinoy National Finals while AdDU badminton coach Leo Pulumbarit listens during yesterday’s Davao Sportswriters Association (DSA) held at Dexter’s Pizza Stadium in Matina. Lean Daval Jr.

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EDGEDAVAOART AND CULTURE

SINGAPORE’S entry into next year’s Oscars, “IL-OILO,” which touches upon the challenges and experiences faced by the Philippines’ overseas workers, particularly those who acquire jobs as household helps for foreign families, finally hits local theaters as it premieres at Robinsons Galleria last Wednesday as a guest film in the Cinema One Originals Festival 2013.

Oscar entry ‘Ilo Ilo’ makes Philippine debut this November

Award-winning film to hit regular cinemas on December 4

Acclaimed Singaporean di-rector Anthony Chen once grew up under the care of a Filipina his family had hired as a maid when he was still a little boy. In his Academy Award-nominated film “IL-OILO,” his experiences in growing up under her care are somehow reflected in the story of a child named Jiale (Koh Jia Ler) and his family’s household help, Terry (Angeli Bayani). “ILOILO” details the story of a Filipina who ac-cepts work as a maid for an ordinary family living in a

tenement in Singapore. In taking upon this new chap-ter in her life, she quickly discovers her biggest chal-lenge: the precocious ten-year old son of her employ-ers. The boy tries to make her life a living hell by be-ing difficult, disobedient, and rude—even framing her for acts that aim at her getting deported. Other challenges arise as the boy’s family struggles with their finances. However, with de-termination and tough love, the relationship between timately putting things far

greater than employment on the line. “ILOILO” stars Angeli Bayani, Koh Jia Ler, Yeo Yann Yann, and Tian Wen Chan. The film was previously screened in Berlin, Rotter-dam, Pusan, London, Sao Paulo, Stockholm, Sydney, Montreal, Melbourne, Chi-cago, and Hawaii. At the Cannes Film Fes-tival, “ILOILO” received a 15-minute standing ova-tion. Critic David Ollerton of The London Film Review re-ferred to the film as being “qui-etly brilliant,” calling it a “gen-tle, subtle film that is a worthy debut”. Variety.com’s Maggie Lee, on the other hand, found “ILOILO” remarkable as it was

“brimming with love, humor and heartbreak.” The premiere night of “IL-OILO” is a special feature of this year’s Cinema One Origi-nals Festival. The Cinema One Originals Festival, which runs until the 19th of November, features fifteen competing full-length feature films by top Philippine talents in the independent filmmaking scene. Catch the fifteen films of Cinema One Originals this year at Glorietta, Robinsons Galleria, and Tri-noma. “ILOILO” hits regular cin-emas nationwide on Decem-ber 4. For updates and schedules, visit and like Cinema One on Facebook (www.facebook.com/Cinema1Channel). the two slowly changes, ul-

APO VIEW HOTEL’S Entrée Restaurant kicks off its Interna-tional Dining series with a buffet devoted to the Cuisine of India at Lunch and Dinner on Friday, November 15. Enjoy the different tastes of the world every Friday as Entrée’s chefs prepare unique and innovative menus not found any-where else in Davao. This Friday’s delectable Indian dishes are vegetable Pakora, Samosas, Chapati, Keema Pulao Rice, Cucum-ber Raita, Mulligatawny Soup and Curried Cauli-flower with Tomatoes. The main dishes are Spiced Roast Salmon, Salted Beef known as Namkeen Gosht, and Tandoori Rack of Lamb. Des-serts are Gulab Jamun, Shani Tukra, Kesar Kaju Burfi, Gajar Ka Halwa and Sabudana Kheer. Entrée Restaurant is Apo View’s top- ranked buffet restau-rant located in the spacious ground floor of the Hotel. Buffet lunch is Php 680 net and dinner is Php 790 net. Children 10 years old and under are 50% off, and infants 3 years old and under dine free. For reservations please call 2275088 and 221-5321.

MARCO POLO DAVAO invites you to join the 15th Anniver-sary Run for a Cause 2013 happening this November 17, 2013. Come and run for the benefit of the Typhoon “Yolanda” Victims. Registra-tion fee is only Php100.00 for 3K, 5K Run and Zumba. Rates are inclusive of light snacks and ticket for the lucky draw. For details, please call the Fitness Center at 221-0888 local 7462 or 7819.

DAVAO’S music and performance artists are banding to-gether for a benefit concert for the survivors of super ty-phoon Yolanda. Titled RELIEF SURGE: Kapit-bisig Dabawen-yo Para sa Visayas, the concert is on Sunday November 17 at 4 in the afternoon at the Activity Center of the Abreeza Mall. The concert will feature some of Davao’s best tal-ents including Naughty Notes, Jojo Dela Pena, D’ Vibes, Dayana June Ad-toon, Rochelle Venutti with pianist Chester Herrero and sax Joel Carbajosa, AOCAI, Students of Locsin Dance Workshop, Alex Tajan Aqui-no, LCB Performning Arts Center Foundation Inc., Chyquie Phey Uy “Kid”, M6 Teens of Musikademy, The Fantasticats of Musikad-emy, The Himig Singers, ADDU Carillon, DCNHS Girls Choir, St. Joseph Choral, Davao Chamber Singers, UM Choir, Voices of the South, Star of Davao Top 3, Rhythm ‘n Strings, Chad Borja, With Pleasha, Center Stage, Virtuoso Musika, JP Duka, Shaira Opsimar, Rhythmic Illusions, Nica Tupas, Chix Davao, Teatro Ateneo, Talent Edge Performing Arts Co., DharixBlue Villamor, Animo, Mars Band, Chabelita, Fresh, and Epique. The project is a joint effort of the Philippine Choral Direc-tors Association (PCDA) region XI in cooperation with the Davao City Mt. Apo Lions Club, Abreeza Mall, ABS-CBN Sa-gip Kapamilya Foundation and the Archdiocese of Davao. Donations in cash or in kind will be collected during the event. Collection of donations will start as early as 10 in the morning.

GMA, the Kapuso Network, had their Southern Mindan-ao local sales partner’s appreciation lunch at the Tinalak Room of the Seda Abreeza Hotel last November 7. The lunch was the network’s way of giving thanks to the the local partners and advertisers who helped made GMA TV5 and their artists a force to be reckoned with in news and current affairs as well as entertainment in the Davao region.

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Apo View presents International Buffet

Davao performance artists to hold typhoon relief concert

Marco Polo Davao to hold Anniversary Fun Run

GMA holds appreciation lunch for Davao partners

Mariles Gamboa-Puentevella, Station Manager GMA Davao.

Jocelyn Bautista-Pacleb, Sr. Program Mgr. for RTV-ETV.

Marian Rivera and Pekto. Alden Richards. Glaiza de Castro.

Maricris Garcia.Pekto and Boobay with some of the raffle winners.

Boobay and Marian Rivera.

Oliver Amoroso, AVP for Integrated Marketing ServicesTestigo Anchor, Tek Ocampo.

Present for the occasion were GMA’s Jocelyn Bau-tista-Pacleb, Sr. Program Mgr. for RTV-ETV, Ardee Pelola, Executive Producer of ETV Regional in Min-danao and Oliver Victor Amoroso, AVP for Inte-grated Marketing Services, as well as Kapuso stars Maricris Garcia, Alden Richards, Glaiza de Castro, Pekto, Boobay and Marian Rivera. The event also allowed GMA to share their future plans in the region. “Next year, we will har-ness the power of social media to reach not only our local audiences but also those in other parts of the country and the world.” says Testigo Anchor, Tek Ocampo. “We will strengthen our network of reporters to cover as much

ground in the regions where we are at. As lo-cal news is integrated into our national and interna-tional newscasts especially through Balita Pilipinas, we continue to live up to and further improve on the standards of excellence that has become the trademark of GMA News and Public Affairs. We will also con-tinue to bring Serbisyong Totoo, with the help of GMA Kapuso Foundation and like-minded partners, especially to people who most need our help.” GMA’s Jocelyn Bautista also revealed the develop-ment of more local content for the coming year. “Over the past years, GMA Re-gional Entertainment TV has grown by leaps and bounds. Since we opened our department in 2005,

we took things slowly but surely, however now, with your support, I’m proud to see that finally we have come into full bloom.” beams Jocelyn. “Together with GMA Davao, we did our first festival partici-pation in 2006 where we brought only one Kapuso star for a show in Digos City. That simple idea grew bigger and bigger each year. And today, your fiesta has become our brand.” Oliver Amoroso added “The fiesta is part and bundle of Filipino culture. Through good times and bad times, the fiesta must go on. Each city or town has at least one local festival of its own. There’s always a fiesta going on somewhere in the country everyday of

the year. In 2014, your Ka-puso Network invites you to witness the best of the Philippine Festivals. GMA joins our never-ending celebration of Philippine culture and tradition. With our partners and sponsors, we will be able to help pro-mote the regions through-out these festivals.”

THE Film Development Council of the Philippines through its Film Cultural Exchange Program and in cooperation with the Em-bassy of Argentina is proud to present the 2nd ever Ar-gentine Film Festival. Four films are set to be screened at Cinematheques for this festival. The films includes the only animated film in Man-uelita (1999), based on a famous Argentinian chil-dren’s song about a turtle who gets lost from home in a runaway balloon and jour-neys home with the new friends. Widows/Viudas (2011) focuses on the living conditions of a woman and a mistress when the man they love has died. Side-walls/Medianeras (2011) is a clever romantic comedy centering on how the ar-chitecture of a city shapes the lives of its two residents. The final film is The Last El-vis (2012), a film about how a tragic accident to an Elvis impersonator forces him to reassess his priorities. The Argentine Film Festi-val will be screened at FDCP Cinematheques this month of November. The festival will be at Cinematheque Il-oilo from November 7 to 10, Cinematheque Davao from November 15 to 17, and at Cinematheque Baguio from November 21 to 24. The fes-tival is open to the public and is free of charge.

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WILL KANG CHI AND YEO WOOL’S LOVE STORY HAVE A BITTER ENDING? It’s time for Gwan Woong to pay for his evilness, but it seems someone else will pay the price in the intense finale of hit afternoon Koreanovela “The Love Story of Kang Chi.” While the Governor goes face-to-face with Gwan Woong, Gwan Woong’s loyal assistant lurks in the background and shoots Kang Chi. Yeo Wool, though, will see it just in time and catch the bullet for her beloved Kang Chi. Can Kang Chi save Yeo Wool? Will their love surpass this ordeal? Don’t miss the final eof “The Love Story of Kang Chi” this Friday (Nov 15), 5 PM, only on the first and true home of Asianovelas, ABS-CBN. For more updates, follow @Kapamilanovela on Twitter or like the official Kapamilyanovela Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/ABSCBNKapamilyanovelas.

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Two of the anime world’s most exciting and out-of-this-world creations will be hitting Philippine televi-sion this November, as the movie “Hetalia: Paint it white” and the series “Gargantia on Verdurous Planet” premiere on Hero TV on the 17th and 21st of Novem-ber. In “Hetalia: Paint it White,” the first feature-length film adaptation of the popular “Hetalia: Axis Powers,” the Axis forces are brought together from Italy, Ger-many and Japan to join the rest of the gang when aliens are caught on earth. With the extraterrestrials around, unusual incidents start to happen all over the world—particularly the strange drainage of color from the surroundings. “Hetalia: Paint it White” premieres on November 17 at 12:00 midnight with a replay at 9:00pm. “Gargantia on Verdurous Planet,” on the other hand, brings the audience to the distant future in a faraway galaxy. There, mankind fights for survival against a grotesque race of alien species. During an intense battle, a young soldier named Ledo is suddenly warped to a different planet, which is peaceful and has natural breathable air. Away from home, he is led to discover the inter-twined truth behind this new planet and the occur-ring violence where he came from. “Gargantia: On Verdurous Planet” airs on Novem-ber 21 at 10:00pm, with back-to-back episodes ‘til 11:00pm beginning November 25. Catch “Hetalia: Paint it White” and “Gargantia On Verdurous Planet” as they hit television screens via Hero TV this November. Watch the best of animation and more on Hero TV (SkyCable Channel 44 and Des-tiny Digital Cable Channel 44), the number one anime channel in the Philippines. For the latest happenings and airing schedules,visit Hero TV’s official website at www.myheronation.com.

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Gerald: No one can bring me down

GERALD ANDER-SON admits he is now a stronger person because of the ordeal that his character Miguel in ABS-CBN’s top-rat-ing primetime dra-ma series “Bukas Na Lang Kita Mamaha-lin” went through. The series will air its final episode this Friday (November 15). “Miguel’s un-fortunate journey made me realize that we should nev-er give up despite rough challenges. I learned that no matter what trials I face, no one can bring me down,” said Gerald about his character in the Kapamilya TV se-

ries. Now that it has been uncovered

that Marcus (Rayver Cruz) was the one who really raped

Carla (Diana Zubi-ri), will Miguel and Zenaida (Dawn Zu-lueta) finally claim their much desired justice for their family? What explo-sive revelation will shake the lives of Zenaida and Victo-ria’s (Dina Bonnev-ie) respective fami-lies? Don’t miss the fi-nal nights of “Bukas Na Lang Kita Mama-halin” after “Maria Mercedes” on ABS-CBN Primetime Bida. For exclusive up-dates, photos, and videos, log on to “Bu-kas Na Lang Kita Ma-mahalin’s” official so-cial media accounts at Facebook.com/BNLKM.TV and Twit-ter.com/BNLKM_TV.

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MANNY Pacquiao’s trainer says the Filipino boxer will

contemplate retirement if he fails to perform well against Brandon Rios this month.

Freddie Roach said if the Rios fight ‘’does not go well, we will seriously talk about his retirement,’’ but he added Pacquiao was training as well the Nov. 24 bout in Macau.

Pacquiao is coming off successive defeats against Timothy Bradley in a much-criticized judges’ de-cision, and a knockout at the hands of Juan Manuel Marquez.

Another defeat would put his career at the cross-roads, and while Roach said performance levels were more important than results, he acknowledged serious thought would have to be given to the future of ‘’Pac-man’’ if he does not return to his best in Macau.

Pacquiao is juggling his boxing career with respon-sibilities as a Philippines

congressman and other outside interests.

‘’It’s really hard to say until we see the fight, but I will be the first one to tell him to retire,’’ Roach said in a teleconference on Wednesday. ‘’We have an agreement that as soon as I tell him that, he will retire.’’

However, Roach said, ‘’I don’t see him slipping in the ring at all.’’

The duo have been preparing in the southern city of General Santos City, which was not affected by the typhoon that recently hit the east coast of the Phil-ippines.

Roach said General Santos City remained hot and sunny as Typhoon Haiyan devastated mostly the northern parts of the country, killing thousands and leaving more than half a million people homeless.

His status as a nation-al hero in the Philippines meant Pacquiao considered leaving the training camp to help relief efforts, but Roach said it was too close to the

fight to alter preparations.‘’It’s way too close to

the fight, he needs to dou-ble down,’’ Roach said, although he granted his fighter much of Wednes-day off, giving him the

chance to help out.The brutal nature of

the Marquez knockout, when Pacquiao fell face first to the canvas, raised questions about wheth-er he could maintain the all-action, on-rushing

style that propelled him to the top of boxing.

Roach said he saw no sign of inhibition or cau-tion in his style during a scheduled 110 rounds of preparation.

‘’I know people are

skeptical about that. Manny is a realist. He accepts it. It does not bother him,’’ Roach said. ‘’If you don’t think you’re going to be knocked out, you’ve got the wrong sport.’’

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Blake Griffin had 22 points and 12

rebounds after being in-volved in a first-half scuf-fle that resulted in two

ejections, sparking the Los Angeles Clippers to a 111-103 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night.

Serge Ibaka of the

Thunder and Matt Barnes of the Clippers were ejected, and Griffin received a technical foul for his part in the alterca-tion with 6 seconds left in

the second quarter.Kevin Durant had 33

points, making 15 of 17 free throws, and 10 assists to lead the Thunder, who had won four straight. Russell Westbrook added 19 points and 10 assists.

Jamal Crawford scored 20 points off the bench for the Clippers, who had six players in double figures while winning their third in a row. DeAndre Jordan and J.J. Redick scored 15 each, and Chris Paul had 14 points and 16 assists.

The fireworks began when Griffin was trying to put the ball up and his arms and Ibaka’s be-came entangled. Barnes shoved Ibaka hard in the chest. Griffin kept trying to get at Ibaka as players from both teams formed a scrum.

Ibaka cocked his right fist, but didn’t take a swing as Barnes smiled at him.

Durant made the free throw on Griffin’s tech-nical and Westbrook hit a 3-pointer to give the Thunder a 62-53 lead at the break.

The exchange certain-ly riled up the Clippers.

Down by 10 early in the third, they rallied with a 14-2 spurt to go up 74-71, their first lead since the opening quarter. Redick had a pair of free throws and a 3-pointer, Paul had two free throws and a basket and Grif-fin capped it with five straight points.

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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- For the first time this season, basket-

ball was fun for Gordon Hayward and the Utah Jazz.

‘’Once you see that ball go in, the hoop gets wider and guys are feeding off the energy. It started to become really fun,’’ Hay-ward said.

Hayward had 27 points and 10 assists and Richard Jefferson add-ed 22 points to help the Utah Jazz claim their first victory of the season, a 111-105 win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday night.

‘’It’s definitely fun when guys are making shots and you’re whip-ping the ball around from side to side. And we were getting some stops too,’’ said Hayward, who scored 22 points in the second half to help the Jazz erase a 16-point deficit to put an end to their worst start in 39 years.

‘’It’s about time!’’ Hayward said.

Derrick Favors made a key layup with 24 sec-onds remaining and Jef-ferson added three free throws in the final min-ute to clinch the victory.

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When Marvin Wil-liams hit a 3-pointer to make it 104-100, Jazz fans leapt to their feet

and the Utah reserves bounced around and high-fived like college players in a postseason tournament.

‘’We finally got that monkey off our back,’’ said Favors, who had 12 points and 12 rebounds. ‘’We knew sooner or lat-er the chemistry would show and people were going to hit shots they normally make.’’

Enes Kanter had 21 points and 10 rebounds for the Jazz, who over-came their worst start to a season since 1974-75, their first year as an ex-pansion franchise in New Orleans.

Anthony Davis had 29 points and 15 re-bounds for the Pelicans, who dropped all three games on their Western road swing.

Tyreke Evans, an off-season trade acquisition who has struggled to find his role in the New Orle-ans scheme, had a sea-son-high 19 points, with almost all of them com-ing on drives to the bas-ket. Jrue Holiday added 19 points for a Pelicans team that was in control for most the game.

‘’We had the momen-tum the whole game,’’ Davis said. ‘’We got to make sure they have no life in them, but we let up and let them back in.’’

Jason Smith made a layup just after halftime to give New Orleans a 61-45 lead.

Jazz get first win

The players and coaching staff of Jose Maria College Kings receive a trophy and a check worth P15,000 after winning the inaugural Davao Champions League (DCL) during the awarding ceremony at the activity center of Abreeza Mall Wednesday night. Lean Daval Jr.

Roach: Manny may think retirement after bout

Oklahoma City Thunder forward Serge Ibaka, left, blocks a shot by Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin, center, with Thunder guard Thabo Sefolosha, right, picking up a foul in the first half of an NBA basketball game on Wednes-day in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Alex Gallardo)

Clippers beat Thunder after scuffle

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