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“I had to come up with those sar-castic statements

to persuade ang akong mga kauban na coun-cilors to vote for the ordinance,” councilor Tomas Monteverde said yesterday, referring to his allegation that media had been portraying the local government as evil and callous to the needs of the poor.

“I was appealing for support from the group at the time, many mem-bers of the council were worried about the ordi-nance,” Monteverde said, adding that some photo-journalists did not un-derstand what I meant.”

He said in an inter-

view yesterday during the second reading of the supplemental budget (SB3) that he was try-ing to win the votes of his fellow councilors for the approval of the ordi-nance pertaining to the establishment of night markets where vendors could legally operate.

“Some were afraid to vote in favor of the ordinance for fear they would end up in court. I was the proponent, I needed to resort to it.. I had to make sarcastic remarks,” he said.

Monteverde said he only used it as a “Segway” for the night market since they cannot dictate

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DCL Final 6 cast is complete

One killed, 11 injuredas bus falls into canal

INSIDE:

24Lawyers of GMA ought

to file motion on furlough

16AEON TOWERSRising up

‘I WAS MISUNDERSTOOD’Monteverde admits using ‘sarcastic’ statements to convince colleagues

F’I WAS, 11HEALTHY TOYS. Surrounded by vegetables on a stall at Bankerohan Public Market in Davao City yesterday, a boy finds instant toys in onions and other vegetables being sold by his mother. Lean Daval Jr.

SEASON. A lumad from the Matigsalog tribe of Paquibato District in Davao City solicits loose coins as Christmas gift from the passengers of public utility vehicles (PUV) stuck in the traffic along San Pedro Street yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

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GRADUATES be-longing to Class 1963 of the Davao

City High School, now renamed Davao City Na-tional High School (DCN-HS), will be honored during a cocktail party at the Royal Mandaya Hotel along Palma Gil Street starting at 3 p.m. today, December 13.

The cocktail party in honor of Batch ‘63 is part of a series of ac-tivities lined up for this year’s DCNHS grand homecoming organized

by Batch ’88, December 13, 14 and 15.

This was bared by Lulyn Saniel and Larry Velasco, 1988 gradu-ates of Davao region’s 91-year old public high school.

The valedictorians of Batch ’63 –Evangeline Barlis, a retired bank executive, and Eduardo Pinggoy, a retired prin-cipal and now municipal councilor of Tampakan, South Cotabato – are expected to attend the

SOME sidewalk ven-dors are set to occupy stalls along Roxas Ave-

nue when an experimental night market starts operat-ing there next week.

This, according to coun-cilor councilor Tomas Mon-teverde IV, principal pro-ponent of the scheme who spoke to the media yes-terday after the ordinance was approved by the 17th council of Davao City last Tuesday afternoon.

The ordinance will ad-dress the problem of where to place sidewalk vendors and eventually, provide an alternative area for side-walk vending in the down-town area.

“This is the start of our experiment,” he said. “It is only seven meters from the railing of the drainage ca-nal,” he added. It occupies only one side of the wide avenue from 7:00 p,m. to 12:00 midnight and will not

cause a hindrance to motor-ists using the other half.

Many vendors have applied for the night and weekend market, with the public raffling scheduled set this week. According to Monteverde, the allowable size of the stalls will be 1.5 meters by 2 meters and leased for P15.00 – P 20.00 per day, excluding the cost of lighting. The vendors will be made to following a pre-scribed design.

If the renter fails to op-erate for three consecutive days, the lease contract will be nullified.

The experiment will last for three months to deter-mine its effectiveness.

Aside from Roxas Av-enue, other night markets will be installed in front of the Office of the Ombuds-man on Uyangguren, Aqui-no St., Agdao, San Pedro, and on Duterte St., in front of Gaisano South.

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THE BIG NEWS

ONE woman was killed and 11 other passengers injured

when a bus fell into a large canal along the road at Sitio Langub, Barangay Baganihan, Marilog dis-trict at about 4:25 a.m. yesterday.

The fatality was iden-tified by the police as one

Melirita Poyos Inclunar, 42.

Chief Inspector Ro-berto Espina, station commander, said that the injured victims were brought to the nearest hospital.

Dennis Estrera, 33, driver of the bus owned by Rural Transit Mind-

anao, Inc. of Cagayan de Oro City, was reported-ly sleepy at the time and lost control of the vehicle which fell into the canal.

The bus was bound for Davao City.

Estrera will be facing a charge of reckless impru-dence resulting to homi-cide and multiple physical

injuries before the Davao City Prosecution Office.

He is in the custody of the police.

Under the law, police are tasked to file criminal charges, while in a civil case an individuals, par-ticularly relatives of fatal-ities, charges against the bus company.

A 23-year-old con-struction worker was shot dead by

motorcycle-riding gun-men yesterday morning in Crossing Uraya, Catalunan Grande.

The victim, Julius Patricio, a resident of Si-tio Kalubihan, Catalunan Grande, succumbed to five gunshot wounds in his body.

Max/imiano Matuel, deputy station command-er of the Uraya Catalunan Grande police sub-station, said that at around 6:30 a.m., Patricio was waiting at a sari-sari store owned by Roquiza Recabor for his

co-workers to arrive. After about an hour, an

unidentified man arrived on a motorcycle driven by a companion and ap-proached Patricio and shot him several times before riding away in the direction of Mintal.

Police immediately re-sponded to the incident after receiving a call from a concerned citizen. Scene of the Crime Operatives led by Senior Inspector Nolan Genova soon ar-rived and recovered four empty shells from the crime scene.

Police are following up the case. [EPC]

Worker shot deadby tandem riders

One killed, 11 injuredas bus falls into canalBy EMILORD P. CASTROMAYOR

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DCNHS Class ’88 to honor Class ’63 in reunion today

Night market opens on Roxas next week

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DIFFERENT STROKES FOR DIFFERENT FOLKS. This mother and daughter were unconsciously caught on camera cleaning away dirt from their eye and nose while waiting at the parking area in downtown Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

AT THE WRONG PLACE. Aware or not, these men comfortably sit where only women are supposedly allowed to maintain their privacy. Lean Daval Jr.

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AN emergency elec-tronic alarm system will be installed in

the barangay halls of 12 ini-tial coastal barangays from Binugao, Toril to Lasang, Davao City by next year.

“Ang purpose niani ac-tually, pag nay mahitabo labi na sa issue ng storm surge and tsunami,kini ang gamiton na alarm system for people to be aware,” City Disaster and Risk Re-duction Management Office (CDRRMO) administration and training chief said yes-terday during the Disaster and Risk Reduction Man-agement Center (DRRMC)

Yearend Evaluation and Awarding in Davao Region at the Apo View Hotel yes-terday.

“Dili man gud nato kaya na libuton at singgitan tanang tao each barangay nga pamakwit na mo,” he said especially during times when there is a warning of sturm surge and tsuna-mi. “Through this alarm system, we can be sure na mainform tanan.”

He said that the 12 units costs an estimated total of P 600.000 and will be cov-ering 60 kilometers as its sound alarm can reach as

A 48-year-old al-leged bodyguard of a business-

man, who introduced himself as a member of Task Force Davao, was apprehended by the po-lice after he failed to present valid documents at a checkpoint at Ba-rangay Binugao, Toril on Wednesday at about 4:30 p.m.

Police said Fernando Casas, a security guard of VIDA Security Agen-cy and resident of Punta

Dumalag, Matina Aplaya will be charged with vi-olation of Article 177 or Usurpation of Authority of official function.

Chief Inspector An-gel Sumagaysay, station commander of the Toril police, said that Casas, wearing an army uni-form with patches of Task Force Davao while aboard a motorcycle tailing a vehicle owned by Mario Tan going to Davao. Casas said that he

4 NEWS

FORMER Davao City Rep. Jesus G. Du-reza supports the

proposal of some 70 members of the House of Representatives for the Sandiganbayan to grant a weeklong furlough to de-tained former President Gloria Macapagal Arr-royo.

A former member of the Arroyo Cabinet han-dling the peace process and the press, Dureza said he witnessed how difficult life is with the former President in her detention cell.

Dureza, who is now back as publisher of the Mindanao Times and president and chairman of the Philippine Press In-stitute (PPI), said he and wife Beth visited Presi-dent GMA six months ago at her hospital room at the Veterans Hospital in Quezon City.

“She obviously had lost weight. Her neck problem was still bother-ing her, he said.

“But what was to us was agonizing (revolting, if I may) was the fact that although her detention

room was in a building adjoining a chapel, she was never allowed then just to step out and pray and hear mass in the chapel nearby,” Dureza said, adding “I remember telling her: ‘Ma’am this is too much. I will write about this.’ She meekly said: Never mind Jess. And please don’t write about your visit with Beth.’

Dureza said he agreed as it may worsen things. “Now a Christmas fur-lough for 10 days? Good luck! No wonder even the

lawyers of PGMA were saying they had not filed any such motion in court,” he said.

Dureza said a motion needs to be filed.

Bello initiated the move in the House to ask the Sandiganbayan to al-low the former chief ex-ecutive and now member of Congress to go home to her province, Pampanga, for at least 10 days during the Christmas season. The move the House was ini-tiated by 1BAP partylist Rep. Silvestre H. Bello III who is also Dabawenyo.

DUREZA BACKS BELLO INITIATIVE

Lawyers of GMA oughtto file motion on furlough

Fake TFD membernow in hot waterBy EMILORD P. CASTROMAYOR

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12 alarm systemsin barangays soon

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By CHENEEN R. CAPON

GRATEFUL. Mr. Sumikawa, Mr. Ogata and Mr. Oishi, JICA representative, receive plaque of appreciation from the newly-installed Sultan sa Ranao, Mayor Mastura D. Manabilang, for their untiring support to the socio-economic development of Lanao del Sur and witnessing the enthronement ceremony of the new Sultan on November 30, 2013 held at the new capitol gymnasium in Marawi City.

MORE OPTIONS. Customers browse through a wide array of Christmas lanterns on display along Tionko Avenue in Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

THE City Disaster and Risk Reduction Management Office

(CDDRMO) is planning to establish the first Knowl-edge and Training Center in Davao City to make all Dabawenyos knowledge-able and equipped during times of disaster.

“It will be the first in Davao City and in the whole Philippines,” Pepito S. Cap-ile, CDRRMO administra-tion and training chief said.

He said that the CD-DRMO intends to develop a center containing all relat-ed data regarding disasters and climate change by next year through a public-pri-vate partnership (PPP).

Aside from being a learning center, their office will also hold training for Dabawenyos in the same center for free.

“It woll also conduct

trainings for our barang-gay officials and anyone among us who wants to be prepared against disasters thru first aid and others, all for free,” Capile said.

He said that various courses related to disas-ter and risk management and mitigation will also be offered at the center.

“Gusto nato na uni-versal ang knowledge na atong makuha, so maoo na among intention which is a part of the Disaster Risk and Reduction Man-agement (DRRM) plan.

Central 911 head Emmanuel Jaldon,mean-while, chose not to dis-close as to who will be their private partner in the construction of the facility while the city government will provide the land area to be used. [CRC]

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THE inclusive growth mantra has to be further as-

serted in the ASEAN Eco-nomic Community (AEC), said Dr. Cielito Habito, former Director-General of the National Econom-ic and Development Au-thority (NEDA) and Chief of Party of the USAID Trade Related Assistance for Development, during the 4th Final Workshop of the ASEAN Beyond 2015, a project of the Economic Research Insti-tute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA). State think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) co-organized the event held at the Carlos P. Romulo Hall, NEDA sa Makati Building.

According to Habito, ASEAN trade relations must be competitive rather than complemen-tary. “The Philippines has a predominantly intra-in-dustry trade with the rest of the ASEAN countries, especially with its ma-jor trading partners in the region, meaning we trade in products with-in the same industries. The Philippines’ top ex-ports to its major ASEAN trading partners are pe-troleum products, elec-tronics, and chemicals,

the same products that we import in the region,” Habito noted.

Habito also com-mented on the budget misallocation in the ag-ricultural sector, where 70 percent of the com-modity budget goes to rice yet it is only re-sponsible for only about 16 percent of the value adding in agriculture.

He considers the growth potentials of the services sector. “The Philippines has much more growth in the ser-vices sector because there are lots of value adding within this sec-tor such as in design and software.”

Meanwhile, UP Pro-fessor Emeritus and first NEDA Director-General

Dr. Gerardo Sicat ac-centuated the negative impacts of the country’s governance and politi-cal issues on our invest-ment performance. The changes of government have caused reversals of economic policies and the effects of these re-versals were very costly, Sicat said.

Sicat explained that

the Philippines is the only country in the ASE-AN that has complex constitutional provi-sions on economic is-sues. “We have restric-tions on capital, land-ownership, public util-ities, and operation of land mineral resources, which not all foreign in-vestors could deal with,” he said.

6 THE ECONOMYStat Watch

MONTHLY AVERAGE EXCHANGE RATE (January 2011-September 2013)

Month 2013 2012 2011

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

September 43.83 41.75 43.02August 43.86 42.04 42.42

July 43.35 41.91 42.81June 42.91 42.78 43.37May 41.30 42.85 43.13April 41.14 42.70 43.24

March 40.71 42.86 43.52February 40.67 42.66 43.70January 40.73 43.62 44.17

7.1 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

Indicator Latest

1. Gross National Income Growth Rate (At Constant 2000 Prices)

6.8 2nd Qtr 2013

2. Gross Domestic Product Growth Rate (At Constant 2000 Prices)

7.5 2nd Qtr 2013

3. Exports USD 5,045 million

Sep 2013

4. Imports USD 5,711 million

Sep 2013

5. Trade BalanceUSD -665

million Sep 2013

6. Balance of Payments USD 692

million Jun 2013

7. Broad Money LiabilitiesP 5,980,938 million

Aug 2013

8. Interest Rate 2.0 % Sep 2013

9. National Government Revenues

P 127,336 million

Sep 2013

10. National government outstanding debt

P 5,609 billion

Sep 2013

11. Peso per US $

P 43.83 Sep 2013

12. Stocks Composite Index

6,191.8 Sep 2013

13. Consumer Price Index 2006=100

135.2 Oct 2013

14. Headline Inflation Rate 2006=100

2.9 Oct 2013

15. Core Inflation Rate 2006=100

2.5 Oct 2013

16. Visitor Arrivals 382,022 Aug 2013

17. Underemploymen Rate

19.2% Jul 2013

18. Unemployment Rate 7.3% Jul 2013

MORE LOCAL. The Marco Polo Davao general manager Anthony Tan says that 95-percent of hotel occupants in Davao City consist of domestic visitors and only 5-percent are foreign tourists who are still hesitant to visit the city due to security concerns. Lean Daval Jr.

NESTLÉ Philip-pines recently kicked off the lat-

est leg of its farmer cara-van in Mindanao, visiting several key coffee-pro-ducing areas to provide local farmers with train-ing and assistance in the areas of coffee produc-tion and post-produc-tion.

Among the places visited by the caravan were Tagum City, Davao del Norte; Valencia City, Bukidnon; General San-tos City, South Cotaba-to, and nearby areas. During each visit, Nestlé

agronomists imparted knowledge about prop-er harvesting conditions and methods; discussed post-harvest processes such as floating, build-ing all-weather dryers and hulling; and shared information about the Nestlé Quality Grading and Standards, the com-pany’s criteria in pur-chasing coffee beans, which includes moisture content and cup taste.

Apart from offering training programs, the Nestlé farmer caravan also informs farmers about the opening of

Nestlé satellite buying stations, where they can directly sell their coffee produce to the company at rates competitive with the global market prices. The Nestlé buying sta-tion in Tagum City sub-sequently opened on Oc-tober 14, while the ones in Valencia City and in General Santos City start-ed operations on October 21.

The Farmer Caravans to support the opening of the buying stations are at the core of Nestlé’s Farmer Connect Model, a direct buying program

that encourages small farmers and small-scale intermediaries to sell their produce directly to Nestlé. The model is a key program under the NESCAFÉ Plan, Nestlé’s global initiative that sup-ports responsible coffee farming, production and consumption.

“The Nestlé farmer caravan is specifical-ly designed to provide end-to-end support to our coffee farmers,” said Jeremie Laurente, North Mindanao Agronomist, Nestlé Philippines. “We share information and

methodologies that can help them improve their harvests through our training programs while the announcement of the buying station open-ings provides them with an opportunity to im-mediately benefit from their produce,” added Art Baria, Assistant Vice President and Head of Agri-Services, Nestlé Philippines.

The caravan is set to visit Sultan Kudarat during the last part of the year before moving on to other buying stations in 2014.

Nestlé brings farmer caravan, opens buying stations in Mindanao areas

Inclusive growth mustbe asserted in AEC 2015



Local tourism

Kudos to Migs!

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EDITORIALS

ACCORDING to the National Statistical Coordina-tion Board (NSCB), local tourists are still the main drivers of the tourism industry in the Philippines.

In 2012, expenditure of domestic tourists, including resident visitors within the country making either a lo-cal visit or a trip that is part of an international travel group, grew by 15.2 percent to P662.7 billion in 2012 from P575.1 billion in 2011.

Domestic tourism expenditure has grown so much that it now represents 8.5 percent of the household fi-nal consumption expenditure in the 2012 national ac-counts.

The NSCB report only proves that efforts of local gov-

ernment units and the private sector to improve the at-tractiveness of their localities to tourists are in the right direction and will not after all go to waste.

Success stories on domestic tourism abound in our country. Our very own Davao City and Island Garden City of Samal, Siargao Island, Dakak Resort, and Cami-guin are just a few examples in Mindanao. The rockstars, of course, are Palawan, Boracay Island, Bohol and Cebu in the Visayas and countless others in Luzon.

The bullishness of the national government, through the Department of Tourism under Secretary Ramon Jimenez Jr., in developing Philippine tourism will con-tinue in the years to come.

A YOUNG Dabawenyo, Miguel Rene Alcantara Dominguez, was named recently as one of The Out-standing Young Men (TOYM) of the Philippines,

a prestigious award organized by the Junior Chamber International Philippines, more popularly known as Pil-ipinas Jaycees.

Migs, who turns 37 next February, is the former gov-ernor of Sarangani for three terms. He is the son of for-mer presidential assistant for Mindanao Paul Rene G. Dominguez and Rosvida A. Dominguez, top executives of Alcantara & Sons and several other companies.

Congratulations, Migs. We are proud of you.


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SENATE REQUIRES AN ENVIRONMENT OF PRUDENCE – On the political level, the bad news, which has stunned the

nation recently, was that the true hues of some senators were finally unveiled. Of all the branches of government, the legislature, Senate in particular, is the one that requires the utmost respect for its process of ensuring to enact laws of national interests and in gor-geous foundation. The primary reason is that public confidence in the integrity and upright-ness of the Senate is groundwork for stability, credibility and political order. That was then, this is now.

The Senate being a political department of government similar with the House of Representatives whose reason for existence is that, slowly and steadily, now becomes the center of political fracas and controversy. By the very nature of the functions of the Senate there must be a fair and free flow of debate among its members. Furthermore, the Upper Chamber requires an environment of judi-ciousness. Violation of the house rules with more damaging effect on the dignity and rep-utation of the Senate or any legislative body in established democracies are likely to be given appropriate action by the chamber’s leaders.

Contradictions, dissatisfaction, argu-ments and hurling profanities have been known to arise when one feels aggrieved. One glaring example happened last year when emotions flared up over the distribution, no-tably the unequal amount of Christmas “cash gifts,” as in the case of Senators Allan Peter Cayetano, Miriam Defensor-Santiago, Pia Cayetano and Antonio Trillanes. The object of their ire no less is then Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile who allegedly plays favoritism in giving dole outs to members of the chamber. Apparently the senator-protagonists deliber-ately played up the brewing issue on the floor perhaps in an effort either to attract listeners and sympathizers or just pure grandstanding and self-aggrandizement. What public good can be served when senators fight their “per-

sonal dispute” in the Senate floor supposed-ly the bastion of respect and nobility?

Obviously, the fact that this has an adverse effect on nation-al interests, not to mention the Filipino psyche, is of no concern to them. Many questions were raised in the light of the previous word war waged against each other by Senators Enrile and Peter Al-lan Cayetano where their heated discussions veered away from the crucial issues confront-ing the nation and people. Both exchanged barbs scoring in “harsh language” that ex-plained away that insulting incident. The heated verbal exchange served no objective except to expose an acrimonious relationship between warring lawmakers and revealed how a dignified lawmaking body can be used by its members as a tool for advancing and protecting personal interests.

On the other hand, what can the public say about the recent verbal tussle between, again, Enrile and his “obsessive hater” Lady Miri-am? Their intense verbal skirmish it seems is far from over with Santiago threatening to file charges against Enrile before the Ethics Committee for delivering an entire speech by engaging in personal prejudice rather than to reason. Santiago demands civility from her peers during floor deliberations, yet she her-self utterly lacks good manners and has the penchant of displaying outrageous behavior. Our lawmakers have the guts and the pluck to demonstrate eccentric behavior and expose the “dirty linens inside the closets” on the Senate floor because they are covered by the mantle of parliamentary immunity. Goodness gracious!

Perhaps at this stage the Senate leader-ship and some cooler heads should find ways to stop their senseless bickering and instead focused their effort in ratifying priority legis-lative measures. But that doesn’t mean muz-zling the squabbling senators just as respon-sible and credible members of the Senate need not to be stifled. We shudder to think what the consequences might be if the press continues to play up the negative feelings of the wary public – aghast and disappointed of what had happened at the Senate. The people may have the right to know about the laws of national concern enacted by Congress but it also reserves the right to be spared from virulent verbiage that has nothing to do with them in the first place.

It would make more sense if our sen-ators would set aside self-righteous pride and apply a variety of approaches that would better serve the public’s need for uplifting their standard way of living. It is absolutely essential to look closely into the people’s concern and now is the appropri-ate time as we are at the stage of a stormy and tempestuous era preparing for the start of a new but challenging year. Per-haps our lawmakers should give the public sufficient grounds to believe that they will take their role as molders of statutes seri-ously and with a sense of responsibility.

But from a moral standpoint, the war-ring senators instead chose the fretful way in patching their differences, resorting to hurling vulgarities and verbal scrim-mage to perpetuate personal ends. Sad to lament, though, they made the Senate a “chamber of joke and travesty.” This cer-tainly violates the code of conduct and ethical standards of the Senate. What kind of values will the people of the future as-cribe to the sum of their job? How would the public judge the record of events in the Senate chronicles they will leave behind? For sure the public will be inclined to be hypercritical.

All is not lost for Manny Pacquiao, after all. His tax woes may soon be over, and a horrible nightmare would become

but a mere echo of forgotten memory. Thanks to a caring soul named Lito Atienza.

Former Manila city mayor, now Buhay party-list representative and acknowledged political patron of Pacquiao, Atienza has filed a bill that would exempt sports heroes from paying taxes for prize money won in interna-tional sports competitions.

Returning home from a triumphant cam-paign against an unbeaten American boxer last November 24th in Macau, Pacquiao got a rude welcome instead of a hero’s welcome from a deadpan taxwoman Kim Henares (who is obviously unimpressed by Pacquiao’s ring exploits).

Henares couldn’t care less about Pac-quiao’s redemption in Macau. All she wants is to collect the taxes Pacquiao allegedly owes the government. And towards this end, she would not mind a bit freezing Manny’s money as well as properties. Wow, this girl is super astig!

Pacquiao conquered a foe in a foreign land, but got clobbered and humiliated in his homeland.

Not unexpectedly, Noynoy joined the fray and let Henares do her thing – hound Pac-quiao from Quezon City to Gensan City.

It cannot be gainsaid that while Pac-quiao was preparing a strategy against Rios, Henares was preparing a perfectly timed assault to embarrass Pacquiao’s triumphant

homecoming. Henares doesn’t care about Pac-quiao’s accom-plishments in the ring. All she cares about is squeezing Pac-quiao’s earnings from the ring.

And Noy-noy? Well, he, too, doesn’t care about Manny and boxing. His hobby is practice shooting. He likes shooting down political opponents. (There is no truth to the rumor that Noynoy would rather watch a Miss Gay beauty pag-eant than see a boxing bout.)

Now, about that Atienza bill for sports he-roes.

Such a proposal / bill is not really unusu-al, unique or unprecedented. Hundreds of centuries before modern civilization, special people were granted special privileges by the state in Greece.

During the ancient Greek civilization when the Olympic Games were special at-tractions at pagan festivals, champions or winners of various sports competitions were honored as heroes, and were exempted from paying taxes for life. Statues were also erect-ed in their honor in the city where they come from.

Pacquiao detractors who frown at his

limited educational attainment must accept and recognize the indisputable, irrefutable , incontestable fact that Manny Pacquiao is a world-class athlete, a certified boxing super-star considered by boxing experts and au-thorities today as one of the greatest boxers of all time.

Pacquiao has won “Boxer of the Decade” award for 2000-2010, the same honor be-stowed on Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leon-ard, Julio Cesar Chavez, Oscar dela Hoya, Marvin Hagler. He has been named one of 100 world’s most influential people in 2011-12. He is the only boxer in the history of boxing to have won eight world titles in eight weight divisions. No other Filipino athlete past or present, has brought more honors to the country than Pacquiao. He is in a class by himself.

Pacquiao was a poor boy who dreamed big, and ended up bigger than his dreams. He is, today, unquestionably, one of the big-gest names in sports. He is a classic example of a poor boy who made not just good, but very, very, very good.

Those who downplay Pacquaio’s out-standing ring exploits and denigrade his person, must re-assess their opinion of Man-ny and judge him objectively.

Manny is our very own treasure. He brings honor to the Filipino race. For Pac-quiao, “Para sa iyo ang laban na ‘to” is not just a motivating cathphrase, a promo gim-mick; it is a mandate to do his very best and bring honor to his people.

SO M E -T I M E a r o u n d

midnight two days ago, my c e l l p h o n e beeped, alert-ing me to some text messages. I was already slipping into dreamland, so my sleep was i n t e r r u p t e d with that text message which came from someone with a cell number, but no name. I was fuming.

His first text message was :“Between Bob Arum and Commis-

sioner Henares, I trust Bob more. Look how Henares explain why Manny Pac-quiao must pay the taxes owed to this country. She smiles like a dog. Ngising aso!. Its easy to see when someone is ly-ing, di ba?”

Since I had no idea who was texting me, I texted back : “Sino to? Kinsa ma ni?”

A text reply came instantly:“Doesn’t matter. Galit ako kay

Henares. You’re writing a column, di ba? In all Manny’s fight in the US, he had no choice with his money because Bob makes sure US taxes are deducted from Manny’s fight earnings. He’s not a tax evader! Dios por santo! Wala siyang magawa sa US, kasi automatic ang bayad nya. Billions of pesos binabayad nya! All the BIR has to do is to ask for the certi-fied copies of all Manny’s tax filings, ba’t hindi nila ginawa yon?”

“Kinsa ba ni??? Sino to??” I texted back.

It took about five minutes before his text reply showed on my cheap cell phone screen. The text read:

“ Malaking harassment ito. Hina-ha-rass siya by some people sa Malacanang. Snake pit pa rin hanggang ngayon! Di-ni-deny nila wala raw politika ditto ? Naka ngising aso nga si Henares, kasi alam niya! She knows it and she’s hid-ing it”.

“Totoong sinabi ni Bob about the beaucratic red tape sa US internal rev-enue at dito sa BIR. What he doesn’t know ginigipit si Manny because he abandoned Pnoy’s political party and moved to Binay’s party. Because of what he’s going through, he’ll move over to the minority opposition group in Congress.”

With my eyes drooping heavily, I texted back, holding back my anger:

“If you don’t identify yourself, I will put off this cell.”

It was nearly one in the morning when his text reply came:

“Walang utang na loob, gobyerno’ng ito kay Manny! He had been putting the Philippines in the boxing world map. Nasikat ang Pinas dahil lang kay Man-ny! Now they’re running after him as a tax evader. Yet, the BIR didn’t ran after the most notorious tax evaders of this country!”

“Bakit si Manny pa?? Dahil ba tinde-ro lang sya ng pan de sal noon sa Gen-san? Bakit ba in this country, yon mga tao pa simisikap, yon pa hinahabol ng BIR? Bakit? hindi nila kaya habulin si Lucio Tan? Si Enrile? Si Revilla? Si Es-trada? Dahil takot sila sa mga taong ito?”

“Bakit sa Manny pa? Porke’t boxer lang at tindero lang ng pan de sal ? Ha? Ha? Galit ako! Galit na galit ako!”

In an instant, I texted back: “Tama na. I want you to stop. Now.

Sorry, I’m closing this cell.”I waited for about a minute before

closing. His last text was:“Call me Ishmael.” (Comments? Email me at> trading-

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THE Atrium of Limket-kai Mall buzzed with excitement when

the all-new Isuzu D-Max was unveiled by Mr. Nobuo Izumina, Isuzu Philippines Corporation (IPC) President and Mr. Frank Rolida, Isuzu Cagayan de Oro President. The D-Max’s Cagayan de Oro debut was the ideal since the city and the sur-rounding areas account for 50 percent of IPC’s sales in Mindanao.

The launch was also meant to address the re-gion’s demand for a vehicle that can serve various busi-ness functions and agricul-ture-related requirements, as well as cater to the week-end recreational needs such as mountain trekking or trips to the farm.

“We formally launch our latest product here in Cagayan De Oro as you have always been one of our most important markets; in fact in our latest sales re-port, more than half of our sales here in Mindanao are from Cagayan de Oro City,” Izumina said in his speech.

The Isuzu D-Max is en-visioned to “Challenge the

Terrain” and is built around three design philosophies: perfect proportions, ag-gressive form, and innova-tive structure. The all-new D-Max is longer, wider, taller, sleeker, and tougher than ever before. Upfront, it has projector-type head-lamps, front fog lamps, large sideview mirrors with inte-grated LED turn signals, and LED combination lamps.

The athletic form aside, the D-Max takes passenger comfort and convenience to a new level, especially in the range-topping LS or Life Style variants. Ingress and egress is made easier now thanks to enlarged door openings and pillar-mount-ed grab handles for the front occupants. Inside, the D-Max offers a much more spacious cabin. The seats are covered in unique mahogany shade leather. The driver is treated to the added convenience of a four-way power adjustable seat. At the back, all three occupants get adjustable headrests along with a cen-ter arm rest. Meanwhile, there’s also the convenience of 15 storage compartments

and 10 cup holders.Designed with max-

imum visibility and er-gonomics in mind, the D-Max’s elegant and sculpt-ed dashboard features a new electroluminescent

instrument cluster that in-tegrates a multi-informa-tion display. Isuzu is also known particularly for its in-car entertainment sys-tem, and the all-new D-Max doesn’t disappoint. The integrated 2-DIN audio system features a multi-tude of connectivity op-tions including MP3 and USB as well as Bluetooth hands-free. The D-Max also has a six-speaker system that includes first-in-class ceiling-mounted “exciter” speakers for a commend-able aural experience.

Meanwhile, the LT

(Light Truck) and sin-gle-cab variants of the D-Max are generously equipped with power win-dows, central door locks, a 1-DIN audio system, and durable vinyl seats as stan-dard features.

Isuzu’s design philos-ophy with the D-Max’s drivetrain wasn’t to achieve best-in-class power or torque; rather it strives to provide efficient perfor-mance. Under the hood of the D-Max lies Isuzu’s tried-and-tested 4JJ1-TC 3.0-liter CRDi engine that produces 146 PS at 3,800

rpm and 294 Nm of torque at 1,400 to 3,400 rpm. On the base LT 4x2 and sin-gle-cab variants, the new 4JK1-TC 2.5-liter CRDi producing 109 PS at 3,400 rpm and 280 Nm of torque from 1,800 to 2,200 rpm provides the thrust. Both engines are mated to a 5-speed manual transmis-sion as standard. For the first time, the LS 4x2 and 4x4 variants can be mated to a new 5-speed automat-ic with a sequential shift function for improved fuel efficiency and driving com-fort.

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THE Ducati Riding Experience (DRE, no relation to Dr)

is set to continue in 2014, with a range of carefully structured courses start-ing with basic skills for novices, right up to the Troy Bayliss Academy on offer, and so is most of the Ducati fleet – the new 899 Panigale and Mon-

ster 1200 included.As well as Troy, the

instructors include Man-uel Poggiali, Andrew Pitt and Niccolo Canepa and are overseen by DRE Technical Director and Chief Instructor, Dario Marchetti, and Alessan-dro Valia – the official Factory Test Rider.

There’s also a raft of

technical support on of-fer. And if you need any-more excuses, riding at Mugello has to be on any-one’s bucket list. Enrol-ment starts on the 16th December at Ducati.com, so there’s still time to prep your loved ones for an Xmas gift idea.

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THREE Special Inves-tigation Task Groups (SITG) looking into

three separate incidents of violence involving media personnel in Bukidnon, Surigao and Davao recent-ly, do not see any common pattern among the cases.

The Directorate for In-vestigation and Detective Management (DIDM) thru Task Force USIG is keeping tab of all ongoing investiga-tion into cases of violence committed against working journalists.

“At this early stage of investigation, there are no peculiar indications of a link that can connect the three incidents,” according to PNP Chief, Director Gen-eral Alan L Purisima.

The Chief PNP nonethe-less expressed confidence that SITGs formed by the concerned Police Region-al Offices will be able to achieve significant break-through in the investigation of these cases.

He assured national media organizations of fo-

cused attention by dedicat-ed SITGs composed of sea-soned crime investigators backed by forensic examin-ers, legal team, intelligence support, and local police.

Purisima said Task Force USIG is paying par-ticular attention to the recent shooting of broad-caster Michael Diaz Milo, 34 of Prime Radio FM in Tandag City, Surigao del Sur last December 6; the shooting of broadcaster Jash Dignos, 48 in Valen-cia City, BUkidnon last

Nov 29; and the shooting of broadcaster Rogelio Butalid, 44 in Tagum City, Davao del Norte last De-cember 11.

In the case of Dignos, Northern Mindanao po-lice has filed a case for Murder against an iden-tified suspect and several John Does. The suspect was identified thru a computerized facial com-posite provided by NBI based on descriptions provided by a key wit-ness. [PNA]

PRES. Benigno Aqui-no III has appointed John Philip Sevilla

as head of the Bureau of Customs (BOC), Mala-canang announced on Thursday.

Sevilla will replace Rozzano Rufino Biazon who resigned from post after he was charged with malversation in connec-tion to the misuse of pork barrel while he was still a lawmaker.

Presidential Spokes-person Edwin Lacierda said the appointment was made last December 9.

Earlier, Finance Secre-tary Cesar Purisima said Sevilla’s financial exper-tise and track record in public service made him more than capable of con-

tinuing the reform agen-da at the BOC.

Sevilla was Finance undersecretary for the Corporate Affairs Group and Privatization.

Prior to his stint in the government, Sevilla worked as an executive director at investment bank Goldman Sachs. He also served as Chief Oper-ating Officer of Synergeia foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of public education in the Philippines.

Sevilla earned a de-gree in Economics and Government from Cornell University and also holds a master’s degree in Pub-lic Affairs from Princeton University. [PNA]

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reunion. Delia Mercado Ladao, until lately vice president for Mindanao of the Land Bank of the Philippines, will likewise join her fellow class ’63 honorees in the reunion. Ladao, one of the only two past lady presidents of the multi-awarded Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc., has been campaign-ing for participation in the homecoming togeth-er with

other classmates, who have been meeting weekly to prepare for their number in the pro-gram.

Ladao said that a number of alumni be-longing to Class ’63 are expected to come home from various foreign countries where they have been residents for years to attend the re-union.

Velasco said that the valedictorian of the hosting Batch ’88 com-posed of around 1,200 graduates is Bruno An-tonio Siaotong, a teach-er in math, physics and music in Saskatchewan, Canada, where he is cur-rently finishing a doctor-ate.

On Dec. 14, at 8 a.m., a thanksgiving mass for Batch ’88 will be cele-brated at the Assump-tion Church on F. Tor-res St., Davao City. The mass will be followed by a grand motorcade along the city’s major thor-oughfares. The motor-cade starts at the DCNHS campus and ends in the same venue.

The reunion proper will be on Dec. 15 in the DCNHS multi-purpose gym. Registration starts as early as 2 p.m., while the program begins at 4 p.m. Ticket for the home-coming is P350 to cover expenses involved in the reunion’s various activi-ties.

The program expect-ed to end at 4 p.m. will be capped by a raffle draw of door prizes, including LED television sets and smartphones.

Then hosting batch is publishing a souvenir pro-gram as memento of the 2013 grand reunion and as part of the fund-rais-ing scheme. Proceeds of the souvenir program will partly underwrite the cost of a covered walkway leading to the school’s So-cial Studies building.

media what to write or what photos to show the public. “It’s good because some say that the govern-ment is implementing the law, but what majority see appears to be callous

treatment of the poor (vendors).”

“If we cannot control media, we should not have proceeded with the ordinance. Thank God, however, we passed it.”

serves as a back up secu-rity of Tan.

Police said that based on the military intel-ligence report, Casas

was monitored roaming around Kidapawan City. He was flagged down by the police and Task Force Davao at a checkpoint.

far as 5 kilometers during the day but varies at night.

“As to specifics dili pa nato maingon asang ba-ranggay itaod kay itest sa, kung asa muabot ang alarm didto next itaod,” Capile said, adding that the alarm

system will have three dif-ferent kinds of alarm.

The first alarm sound will be for warning for the occurrence of tsunami and sturm surge, second will be for the preparation for eva-tion, third is for monitoring

evacuation.He said that the alarm

system is not yet connected to the Public Safety Com-mand Center, but will be centralized in the future. The operation of the system will be reliant to their per-

sonnel deployed in each ba-rangay or to the baranggay officials.

The information and education drive in the ba-rangays near coastal areas will start early next year. [CRC]

THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agen-cy (PDEA) has in-

tensified its intelligence operation against groups responsible for distribut-ing in the country a new variety of methylenedi-oxymethamphetamine (MDMA), or popularly known as ecstasy, a party drug.

In a statement Thurs-day, PDEA Director Gen-eral Undersecretary Artu-ro G. Cacdac Jr. said that

the new form of ecstasy is blended with metham-phetamine hydrochloride, or shabu, that comes in capsulated form and vary-ing colors.

“The disclosure of the souped-up ecstasy was the result of the chemical anal-ysis conducted by the PDEA Laboratory Service on the pieces of drug evidence con-sisting of 38 green capsules that were seized during a buy-bust operation in Que-zon City last week,” Cacdac

said.The shabu-laced ecsta-

sy, often called “fly-high”, or “party” is said to be gaining headway and in demand among club and party-go-ers. The chemicals used in the preparation of the new ecstasy are directly import-ed from one of the coun-tries in Southeast Asia and delivered to the Philippines through bulk shipment on a weekly basis.

“These capsules may differ in color correspond-

ing to its content. The ec-stasy-shabu combined substance is colored dark green, while those colored light green and brown con-tain ephedrine, a controlled substance and a critical component in the manufac-ture of shabu,” Cacdac said.

He said the agency is presently intensifying its intelligence gathering to ar-rest unscrupulous elements responsible for this new trend in illegal drug traffick-ing. [PNA]

PDEA uncovers new variety of Ecstasy

Pres. Aquino appoints new Customs head

Police seeing breakthrough in probe of 3 media killings

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THE Davao City National High School Grand

Alumni Homecom-ing will be hosted by Batch ’88 and honoree Batch ’63 on Decem-ber 15 at the DCNHS Multi-purpose gym.

“Our theme for this event is “That’s En-tertainment” “, which was inspired from the TV show of German Moreno during the mid 80’s,” said alum-ni president Larry Velasco at the SCOOP session of The Royal Mandaya Hotel last Tuesday.

Registration starts at 2 p.m. and the pro-gram begins at 4 p.m. and ends at 8 p.m.

Tickets are sold at P350 which served as a raffle ticket for the door prizes.

Major raffle priz-es are Samsung 42” Plasma TV, Panaso-nic Lumix Cameras, LG smartphones and many more.

The event is spon-sored by EMCOR, STI,

SM Davao, Samsung, LG, Panasonic and Jak-kar Mktg.

Prior to that, the DCNHS is having a Testimonial Dinner to Honor Batch ‘63 on Dec.13 at 6 p.m. at The Royal Mandaya Hotel. It will be followed by a Thanksgiving Mass for Batch ’88 at the Assumption Church, Torres St. on Dec. 14 at 8 a.m. which will followed by a Grand Motorcade starting from DCNHS Campus traversing the major streets of Davao City then back to the cam-pus.

“We will also be producing a Souve-nir Program for the homecoming event which was one of our fund-raising projects,” Velasco said.

Part of the pro-ceeds of this souvenir program will be used to finance the pro-posed project at DCN-HS, which is a walkway with canopy along the Social Studies building.

THE GenSan Interna-tional Blues Society in cooperation with

SM City General Santos is staging the much-awaited second annual GenSan In-ternational Blues Festival on Dec. 13 to 15 at the Fountain Court of SM City in General Santos City.

“This event promises to bring you three fun-filled, informative and ex-citing days of music and enjoyment to add to your Christmas holiday festivi-ties while learning about a genre of music called the American Blues,” said co-founder Allan Cabardo of Brooklyn, New York.

Cabardo, who was born and raised in Gen. Santos City, started the Blues festival together with fellow Gensan na-tive James Jubelag, who is now based in Stockholm, Sweden.

Along the pioneer-ing members Pio Valdez, (Tropical Depression, Sticky Stones, etc.), Rich-ard Nuneza (France), Tom Alzona (New Zea-land), Gumer Liston and Glen Valdez (Cebu), they started as a humble open

Blues jam at a bar called No. One Bar, owned by musician friend, guitarist extraordinaire Gifford Su-maylo in General Santos last year.

A group of musi-cian friends flew in from around the world to help them out and to get to-gether for a festival style jam session and to share what they had learned about a style of music lit-tle known in Mindanao - the American Blues.

“Due to the incredibly positive feedback from the audience and the overall success of the fes-tival, we got the ball roll-ing to make this an annual event”, said Jubelag.

This year promises to be bigger and better than last year. There will be lo-cal greats, some foreign friends and musicians coming in from different countries bringing with them their personal style of the Blues that they learned in their respec-tive countries and be on the look-out for some sur-prise guests.

The festival will also showcase the up-and-

coming local, talented youth. Everyone will be coming together with the common goal of exposing, educating, and sharing their love of this great genre of music. As well, there will be a Christmas musical selection with a Blues twist. The organiz-ers will be holding clin-ics where members of the audience are invited to ask questions, meet the musicians, or share their experiences. There will even be an open jam where anyone who wants to join.

“This is quite possibly the first festival of its kind in the country,” Jubelag added.

On December 13 and 14, the Blues Festival kick off at 5 p.m. while on Dec. 15 at 2:30 p.m.

“If you got the blues, come and tell your story and sing or play about it on stage!” Jubelag said.

You will be enlight-ened and given a history of the Blues, information on the different styles and have any questions answered that you may have.

This festival prom-ises to be an original. It won’t be your regular cut-and-paste style of music. There will be a lot of original music by the artists as well as lots of old-time favorites. It pro-poses to put Mindanao and in particular General Santos City on the World Blues map as a top Blues festival destination in this part of the globe, much like Memphis, Tennessee, Chicago, Toronto, New York; places you would think of when thinking Blues Festivals.

“We are trying our best to bring you the great heavies from the USA like, Howard Gazer(Michigan), Otis Rush (Chicago), Rob Bowrosen (New York), all friends of ours that were unable to make it this year due to the short no-tice, prior commitments and funding issues”, said Cabardo.

To learn more about the 2nd Annual GenSan International Bues Fes-tival, visit our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/gensanblues/

DCNHS Grand Alumni Homecoming Dec. 152nd Gensan Int’l Blues

Festival set Dec. 13-15


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CIUDADES Outdoor Clinic, a two-day boot camp and trail

running event, will be held on Dec. 14-15 at the Ciudades in Tigatto fea-turing former Born to Be Wild host Kiko Rustia, blind runner Aga Casidsid and Hollywood actor and fitness consultant Ned Hourani as resource speakers.

“We are holding this clinic exclusively for our media friends and select-ed VIP’s,” said Lapanday Properties Phils. market-ing officer Maria Luisa “Chai” Abaya of Lapanday at the SCOOP session of

The Royal Mandaya Hotel last Tuesday.

The first day will have a trail running clinic and stretching at 6 a.m. fol-lowed by the question and answer portion. The clinic, which is handled by Irok Adventures, is also a participated workshop in Basic Mountaineering, Boot Camp, Tent pitch-ing, Training and Survival 101.

“We have also invited mountain bikers to ride this Sunday at Ciudades,” Abaya said.

Ciudades is situated in a vast 200-hectare stretch of land along Tigatto

Road, Buhangin where the developer plans to put in place the First-Mind-anao Business and Indus-trial Park (FMBIP), which is poised to become the town’s premiere busi-nesses and industrial hub.

Located within the 20-hectare unique mixed-use park are ar-eas intended for the Business-Industrial-Res-idential Estate (Bire), designed for its multi-use features that combine to-gether commercial, pro-duction, manufacturing, office, residential and warehousing purposes in one.

Ciudades Outdoor Clinic set Dec. 14-15

FLOYD Mayweather is reportedly thinking of Manny Pacquiao now.

If that’s the case, then the fight the boxing world wanted to see could hap-pen afterall. And maybe too soon.

A commentary made by Yahoo! Sports contrib-utor David King revealed

that “The Fight The World Wants To See” is now in the mind of Mayweather.

King said: “It’s almost impossible to read Floyd Mayweather.”

That’s because “Money” is a fast-talking, business savvy boxer who knows ex-actly what he needs to say to keep the media and fans

mesmerized, according to King.

Here’s the story.Said King, “That’s why

he’s the highest paid boxer ever, and will likely retire as the highest paid athlete in sports history when it’s all said and done.

So what does that have to do with anything?”

Floyd thinking Manny now

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EDGEDAVAOSTYLE

Midnight in Paris

80/20’s Holiday collection

80/20’S fashion for the holi-days is refined, elegant and ef-fortless as it carries the theme, “Midnight in Paris”. Asym-metric silhouettes and drap-ery exude a casual but elegant look. While earth tones such as brown, beige, and light grey accompanied by subtle pops of navy, purple, and burgundy, dominate the collection. French romanticism takes center stage through the use of iconic Parisian imageries such as hot air balloons and stained glass windows. The color pal-ette of the collection makes use of monotones as well as deep jewel hues. For the men’s line, shirts pos-sess exaggerated pockets as well as checkers or scenic prints. As for the Leather Jacket line for both men and women, sheepskin leather is used to cre-ate slim-cut varieties with metal buttons and studs. The jackets are available in vivid colors such as royal blue, fuchsia, peacock green, and red. 80/20 is exclusively available at Bauhaus located at the second level of the Abreeza Mall besides Colum-bia.

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Aéropostale opens first VisMin store in SM Lanang Premier

THE city’s premier shopping and lifestyle hub welcomes a new store that is set to thrill its loyal shoppers this holiday season. Starting December 11, 2013, SM Lanang Premier has become the new home of the global fashion brand Aéropostale. An American specialty retailer of casual apparel and ac-cessories, Aéropostale offers high quality, trendy clothing at a price range that is easy on the pocket. Its branch at SM Lanang Premier is the mega-brand’s first store in Visayas and Mindanao and its fifth nation-wide. Named af-ter a 1920s air-mail company, the mall-based brand chiefly tar-gets the young-er market but its wide collection of wardrobe sta-ples – from den-ims and shirts to accessories and dresses – can ca-ter to all ages. As an exclusive offer to all its early-bird shoppers, Aéro-postale is giving away slap-on mp3s with a minimum pur-chase of Php12,000. Promo lasts until December 22, 2013 only. In the Philippines, Aéropostale is exclusively distributed by Stores Specialists, Inc. (SSI). Shop now at Aéropostale at the Upper Ground Level of SM Lanang Premier. For promo updates, check out Aéro-postale PH on Facebook. You could also visit SM Lanang Premier on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

Photos by Mima Tan

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I have never been preachy about diets, fitness or exercise. Always having been only moderately involved in being fit, I didn’t really realize what a feat it truly was until I gave birth to my second

child and the pounds did not come off as easily as it once did. I am sure that I am not alone in saying that the alarm this caused me made me think long and

Ning Dureza-Uy and her green agenda

hard about how I want-ed to continue with my eating and exercise hab-its. I have since turned to yoga, lesser carbohy-drates and juicing to en-couraging results. Sometimes the best things are born out of these moments of crises and the same was true for Ning Du-reza-Uy when she started My Green Agenda, the juic-ing venture that she started just last October. When her mother’s doctor recom-mended sometime in July of this year that she try juic-ing to help treat her kidney problems, Ning decided to take charge of the situ-ation and dove right into the task. Her own health problems – such as the migraines that have been plaguing her childhood and frequent bouts of insomnia – spurred her further. Soon, she was concocting healthy cocktails with her juicer and getting more adventurous and experimental with new tastes given the diverse pro-duce available. Their health drastically improved and the accompanying weight loss that Ning experienced was a welcome offshoot as well. These days, juicing has

taken a life of its own with celebrities touting their juice bottles like they were liquid gold. It is a quick fix for so many reasons, the least and most destruc-tive being a tool for rapid weight loss. Ning tries to gently quash clients’ mis-conceptions on whether her cleansing programs that range from one to three days can immediately lead to shedding pounds. “Juic-ing for me is a way of life,” she states matter-of-factly. Her approach to juicing and how she imparts it is very thoughtful and instructive. When you order a Cleans-ing Kit from her, you find a scroll with reminders and guidelines tucked among the cool juice bottles. There is a clear belief that the body must be slowly and properly introduced to the idea of a

cleanse and is further made successful when properly conditioned. You find or-ganic herbs wrapped in cheesecloth meant for boil-ing, the fragrances already putting you in the mood to detoxify and replenish your body with long-neglected yet essential vitamins and minerals. Best of all are the juices themselves. They are inventive mixes of fruits and organic vegetables care-fully chosen from Davao and Bukidnon and are cold-pressed and unpasteurized with no artificial sugars or preservatives. “Experimenting with blends is what I am fond of,” Ning shares. She clear-

ly dotes on her signature cocktails, proudly declar-ing that most of them are her own original blends fostered through the help of the Internet and vari-ous health books to obtain specific health benefits and the desired flavor. The first six juice cocktails that she came up with and perfected are contained in her 1-day Cleanse Kit namely Gran-ny’s Green, Fruit Punch, Pineapple Chiller. Carrot Time, Green Minded and Grapefully Yours. These are the ideal flavors to start with as they are an initiation of sorts for the taste buds of first-time juicers. The suc-FNING DUREZA, A4

Innovative learning system Text2Teach was featured as one of the exemplary ICT innovations for education in the recent Asia-Pacific Ministerial Forum on ICT in Education (AMFIE) 2013 organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

“Less than 10 projects, representing the best practices in the region, were selected to participate in the AMFIE Gallery Walk, withText2Teach included among the selected projects. We are proud of Text2Teach and also of Globe for being the only telecommunications organization present in the forum and rec-ognized for its involvement in the Text2Teach project,” said Fer-nando Esguerra, OIC, Globe Corporate Social Responsibility.

During the AMFIE 2013 held in Wuzhou Guest House in Shenzhen, China and attended by a total of 27 UN member states, key players from the region were invited to showcase suc-cessfully implemented ICT in Education innovations through a Gallery Walk, a discussion platform where booths and presenta-tion boards are setup at the Forum.

The move was in line with AMFIE’s objective to raise aware-ness and initiate focused reflection on key issues and concerns on ICT for education as well as future activities on the applica-tion of ICT to achieve education for all.

AMFIE 2013 features Text2Teach

By Nikki Gotianse-Tan

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Juicy storiesMAKING juicing part of your daily routine is one of the easiest ways to jumpstart a health-ier way of life for you and your family. Take it from these two Davaoeñas who swear by this health trend:

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Mimi V. Tupas, wife and mother of three children / owner of Soul LifestyleWhen did you get into juicing? I got my family a juicer a few years back when i simply wanted to infuse freshly squeezed

fruits into our meals in place of the canned and processed ones. But it was only till early of this year when my best friend Rica Dakudao-Buenaflor introduced me to the movie Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead that I took juicing to another level. I now do juicing everyday with one of my wisest and happiest gadget purchases of the year --- the Hurom masticating juicer!

What recipes or ingredi-ents do you particularly like? I love a mix of citrus and greens. I always place an apple in almost all of my juices, especially for the kids. But I usually keep it at a mix of 75% vegetables and 25% fruits. When I do spinach (a favorite!) and other green juices, I also found out that its more fun to drink it if I add in some coconut water. I love coconut water in every-thing and chia seeds too.

What advice would you give those who are hesi-tant to try juicing? Juicing is an absolutely perfect way to jumpstart a healthier lifestyle! It’s also been fun involving the kids. Here are some tips: - Browse the Net for

inspiring stories and recipes on juicing - Always fill your refrig-erator with fresh produce & be willing to do the grocery shopping every 2-3 days - Invest in a masticat-ing juicer. It does won-

ders in juicing greens. You might not get the same results with other juicers and you might end up getting frustrated - Invest in good quality resealable bags & use them to portion your ingredients for easier juicing. It cuts you half the prep time and gives you more time to enjoy your juice! - Serve them in cute mason jars and pretty paper straws. They make juicing more fun!

Charlyn Jane B. Cura-meng, wife and mother of two childrenWhen did you get into juicing? I got into it for about

three years now. I’ve always loved the fact that I am able to mix fruits with vegetables and get a great taste without los-ing the vitamins, miner-als and fibers.

What recipes or ingredi-ents do you particularly like?I love making spinach, strawberry, orange, ba-nana, carrots and apple smoothies for my kids. Basically, I love incorpo-rating anything the Berry family. But my ultimate favorite medley is a grapefruit, spinach, kale, ginger, celery, strawberry and pomegranate juice/smoothie. These are all rich in antioxidants. I also mix nuts and chia seeds into whatever I make. Living here in the US, getting my hands on any fruits that are in season is a plus.

What are your health goals with regards to juicing? What physical changes have you no-ticed in yourself since you started?My ultimate health goal for me and my family is to be healthy as always and improve our im-mune system. Juicing al-lows your body to absorb all the enzymes, vitamins and minerals more easily. It is something that we all benefit from but enjoy at the same time. Personally, I’ve lost weight, gained so much energy and the juices keep me hydrated. I also save time and money because I make them in batches so we can have something for to-go as well. And also, my youngest daughter’s skin has improved. She used to have skin eczema but now it’s gone.

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ceeding juices are what Ning calls more intense mixes meant for more optimum results and are discovered by those who wish to continue on to their second- and third-day juice cleanses. To date, she has over twenty dif-ferent cocktails available through the Cleansing Kits (her 1-day Cleansing Kit is available at a spe-cial introductory price of Php 1,300) or through her Mixed Cocktails package (Php 495) where clients can choose a minimum of three juices of their liking. Ning is one of the first few to turn their unique health-for-a-hob-by into a full-on busi-ness here in Davao and it is her strict adherence to freshness and quality that makes her the one to watch. She strictly adheres to her 3-day lead-time for serving orders, refusing to churn out juices just

for the sake of making a sale. Since she takes a maximum of three bottles of juice daily for what she calls her ‘maintenance,’ and does a strict 1-day

Cleanse at least once a week, she operates on the open-minded premise that there is always some-thing new to try. Just re-cently, she posted pictures

of potted arugula and let-tuce on her Facebook ac-count and her followers know it is only a matter of time when their flavors will add something new to the mix. Clearly taking her pas-sions to greener pastures, Ning practices a kind of alchemy that invigorates and rejuvenates. With only the best things to share, her green agenda is the kind that you hope will continue to spread and work to change people’s lifestyles. She can definitely do it one juice bot-tle at a time. For more information on My Green Agenda, contact Ning Dureza-Uy by sending an e-mail to [email protected] or through mobile no. 0919-8004158. Add My Green Agenda on Instagram (Username: greenagenda) and Twitter (Username: green_agenda) or check their Facebook page (www.face-book.com/gogreenagenda).

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BOSTON (AP) -- Doc Rivers made his way down the hallway

that goes past the locker rooms at the TD Garden, stopping every few feet to shake hands or give a hug to another old friend.

He had just gotten to the concourse where a gag-gle of about 40 reporters was waiting for him when a fan yelled out, ‘’Love you, Doc!’’

The coach who led the Celtics to the 2008 NBA championship returned to Boston on Wednesday night for the first time since taking over the Los Angeles Clippers, and the fans wel-comed him back without any bitterness over his de-parture. Rivers received a spontaneous cheer when

he walked out onto the court during warmups, a bigger one when he was in-troduced before the open-ing tip and another after a video between the first two periods.

‘’Coming to this build from the other side is sur-real,’’ Rivers told reporters before the game, listing a few of the people he was happy to see again. ‘’For nine years, they were my family. ... It’s going to be emotional in that build-ing.’’

Rivers took over a team that was on its way to the bottom, losing a franchise-record 18 games in a row in his third season while trying to position it-self for the lottery. But that summer, despite drawing

the No. 5 pick in the draft, general manager Danny Ainge acquired Kevin Gar-nett and Ray Allen, team-ing them with Paul Pierce in a New Big Three that won the NBA title in their first year together.

The Celtics returned to the NBA Finals two years later, but then Allen left for Miami and with Pierce and Garnett getting older Ainge decided it was time to start over. Rivers was traded to the Clippers for a 2015 first-round draft choice, and the two re-maining stars were sent to the Brooklyn Nets for a package of players and picks.

‘’It would have been real hard to go through the whole re-build thing

again,’’ Rivers said. ‘’I was thinking at the time it was time to go. It was just time.’’

If there were any hard feelings, they weren’t vis-ible at Wednesday night’s game.

Rivers waved to ac-knowledge the cheering fans during warmups, and walked over toward the Celtics bench to greet a few familiar faces at the scoring table. Between the first and second pe-riods, a video was shown on the scoreboard that showed clips of him fac-ing Ainge as players, pos-ing with Red Auerbach and getting drenched with orange Gatorade after winning the 2008 championship.

IN Asi Taulava’s book, there’s no doubt about June Mar Fajardo’s

status as the top big man in the PBA.

“He’s the alpha dog right now,” said Tau-lava, as the two behe-moths went toe-to-toe in Wednesday’s duel be-tween the Air 21 Express and the Petron Blaze Boosters.

The Express ended up losing, but the 40-year-old Taulava showed that he still had a thing or two to show his 24-year-old counterpart.

“All the big guys are afraid of him right now, so I went at him,” said Taulava.

He showed extra ag-gressiveness, scoring 16 points despite struggling on 7-of-21 (33 percent) shooting from the field, while holding Fajardo to just 13 points on a 4-of-10 (40 percent) field goal clip.

Taulava also won the battle of the boards, 18-16, against Fajardo, the league’s leading rebound-er coming into the game.

“I think Asi has a lot of gas in him, and he showed June Mar a few tricks tonight,” said Aba-nilla. “It’s gonna be good for June Mar.”

Fajardo admitted that Taulava’s mix of power and guile gave him a bit of trouble.

“Medyo nahirapan din ako kanina kasi malaki at saka beterano,” said Fa-jardo.

Taulava, for his part, relished the chance to bang bodies with Fajardo.

“It was awesome. Good competition. We’re both trying to help our teams,” said Taulava.

“It was nice, to kinda have a nice, good time wrestling match. Not used to seeing somebody that big throughout my whole career.”

WHAT’S UP DOC?

Former Celtics coach returns to Boston

CMO sinks Coast Guard 104-79

Despite loss, Asi shows up Junmar

DOCTORS have de-clared clinically dead a 16-year-old boxer

who suffered internal hem-orrhage in the brain after competing in a Department of Education boxing tour-nament in Zambales.

According to his attend-ing physician, Jonas Joshua is comatose Garcia and is only being kept alive by a machine while his family is waiting for the arrival of his mother from Japan.

“Brain dead na siya, ir-reversible na ito. Most cases 48 hours lang,” said Dr. Jo-selito Glorioso of the Zam-bales Provincial Hospital.

Garcia, a fourth year high school student, was rushed on Monday to the hospital after finishing the second round of his boxing match in the Central Luzon Athletic Meet organized by DepEd.

The department has suspended all boxing matches following the inci-dent.

Glorioso said Garcia’s case is similar to the case of Filipino boxer Z “The Dream” Gorres, who won his match in Las Vegas in 2009 before being rushed to the hospital after suffer-ing subdural hematoma.

Amateur boxer clinically dead

DOC RIVERS. Still loved by Boston fans.

VINTAGE ASI. 40-year old Asi Taulava of Air 21 Express taught 24-year old Junmar Fajardo of Petron a neat basketball lesson. Nuki Sabio

CHRISTOPHER “Bong” Go dished out a sensational perfor-

mance, hitting baskets nearly at all angles, to tow City Mayor’s Office capped its elimination round cam-paign with a 104 – 79 drub-bing of Coast Guard District Southeastern Mindanao in the Mayor Rody Duter-te and Vice Mayor Pulong Duterte - 11th AFP-PNP Basketball Tournament at the Davao City Recreation Center Almendras Gym.

Go, who is still in the

recovery stage of his groin injury, racked up 51 points, including commendable 15 triples, as the CMO clinched a final four berth either as No. 3 or No. 4 seed, depend-ing on today’s results of the league’s elimination finale.

Rodel Bantilan added 18 baskets for the City Hall-based dribblers who enters the next round with 9-2 win-loss record.

The win was CMO’s second after losing to Davao City Police Office, 75 – 79, on Tuesday that virtually foiled

the dribblers from City Hall to finish in the top two.

CMO came out strong early, taking a 32 – 18 lead after the first canto and never looked back to cap its prelim-inary round stint with a re-sounding fashion.

Robert Alpay scored 14 for the visibly out of the mix CGDSM squad which finished the preliminaries with 2 – 9 record.

Following up it’s big win against CMO, DCPO edged Regional Public Safety Bat-talion, 74 – 68, to solidify its

entry in the Final Four.Dan Mendez, Anthony

Padua and Robinson Palo-mares led the charge for DCPO pouring in 17, 15, and 11 points in that order.

DCPO moved up to 8-2 and likely to take its last assignment versus win-less Philippine Air Force (0-9) in today’s final play date of the elimination. The win will place DCPO at third and bring down CMO at fourth.

Rommel Cameros paced RPSB with 18. [RJB]


MINDANAO’S tallest skyscraper is well on its way from

ground zero going up.The FTC Group of Com-

panies has announced the progress of the ongoing construction of the 33-lev-el Aeon Towers at J.P. Lau-rel Ave. in Davao City.

Aeon Towers, the most ambitious real estate prop-erty development project ever outside Metro Manila, is the next iconic symbol of Davao City towering over its skyline in the manner so characteristic of the majes-tic Mt. Apo and overlook-ing the wide expanse of the Davao Gulf’s pristine blue waters.

As of the final weeks of the year, the project has almost completed the di-aphragm wall and bored piles with 10 panels of dia-phragm wall and 10 bored piles casted. A total of 20 percent of the steel re-quirement for this part of the construction has been delivered on site equiva-lent to 340,000 kilograms.

Campbell and Asso-ciates, the construction partner of FTC Group of Companies has reported that the project is 1.56

percent complete as of Oc-tober 2013 and should be nearing completion of the Phase 1 of Package 1 of the project by the end of this year.

Construction of the guide wall for the dia-phragm wall on the pe-rimeter is more than 50 percent complete and on progress. Removal of un-derground structure has also neared finish with 90 percent while the concret-ing activity is in full swing. AFCFC has poured a total of 1,834.50 cubic meter of ready mix concrete or equivalent to 13 percent of total volume require-ments.

Fabrication of steel reinforcement for the di-aphragm wall and bored pile is working two shifts, relocation of cables along J.P. Laurel Ave. is ongoing while the relocation of all electrical posts affected by the construction has been completed.

Also, relocation of all cables for communications utilities has been accom-plished.

Operation, meantime, onsite has been activated on a 24-hour shift.

[email protected]

By NEILWIN JOSEPH L. BRAVO

Rising upAEON TOWERS


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