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How sweet it is!HOLIDAY TREATS

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ON THE COVER

LET’S put it this way, creativity is the mother of all

business.Sounds more like

a lesson in entrepre-neurship. Yes, two home-based businesses in Davao are trying to make a run of the hol-idays to make money out of their creativity in the kitchen. Chocobox and Desdemona are two home-grown and hone-based food business ventures worth our taste buds this Christ-mas season.

It may not be your usual overnight success story or flash-in-the-pan kind of thing but who cares, it’s making waves from gift-hunt-ers.

It starts this way, if you can’t think of any gifts this holiday sea-son, have a glimpse of some rare choices of sweets that your family, most especially the kids, would surely love.

Start off with the mouthwatering holiday special Oreoballs from Chocobox. These sweets are specially made of the all-time hit Ore-os topped with M&Ms and chocolate syrup. If you’re looking for some-thing round and super sweet then Oreoballs is a must-have.

Chocobox is owned by student entrepre-

neurs Emmanuel John Ramos and Iscarleth Mae Perez. The store began its home-based business on November 25, 2013. Partners Em-manuel and Iscarleth are sell the amazing Oreoballs for a box of 3 worth P70 and box of 15 worth P320—not bad for that sweet box of surprise.

Another sweet treat that features the cool frost of Christmas is Desdemona Cakes. It’s got delightful Christ-mas Special Cupcakes available only this hol-iday season. There’s an array of holiday special cupcakes—Choco Moist cupcake with Choco Icing and Choco Moist cupcake with Buttercream Ic-ing.

Desdemona Cakes, Cupcakes and Pas-tries is owned by Julia Azarcon, Aidx Paredes and Tiffany Somosier-ra. Desdemona’s main treats are cupcakes for a box of 4 worth P100. Totally affordable and worth it!

Here you go, two choices of sweetness perfect for your gift list this Christmas sea-son. Show your par-ents, children, friends and loved ones how much you love them by giving them one or both of the homemade

treats mentioned above.

Here’s how to get through Choco-box and Desdemona.

Contact Chocobox at 09226418554 and check out their face-book for inquiries at www.facebook.com/

chocoboxsweets. If you are craving for Desde-mona’s cupcakes, con-tact at 09334105764 or check them on

Facebook, Desdemona Cakes, Cupcakes and Pastries and Instagram DesdemonaCC or tweet them @DesdemonaCC.

By ATHENA JILLIAN BRAVO

DESDEMONA’S Christmas Special Cupcakes box of 4 for 100 pesos.

CHOCOBOX. Box of 15 Oreoballs for 320 pesos only. OREOBALLS topped with M&Ms and chocolate syrup.

How sweet it is!HOLIDAY TREATS

IT’S that time of the year when everything just goes more than

usual—more spending, more partying and more eating. That’s because it’s holiday season.

Davao’s biggest mall, SM Lanang Premier has got a lot in store for Dabawenyos this Christ-mas holidays.

It won’t be like Christ-mas if you don’t have a photo remembrance with your family with the 57-feet tall Holiday Tree located at the mall’s Atri-um. Decked with tons of glittery lights and starry ornaments, your family photo would be worth re-membering for the whole family.

For your kids, Hello Kitty Café in Paris would

be the best place for them to enjoy. Take photos with the human-sized kitties and their enormous Eiffel Tower-a wonderful and cute addition for your family holiday album.

If you’re up for more photos with Christmas trees then the 30-feet electric Christmas tree and sparkling starry at-tractions located at the Fountain Court would increase your excitement for that.

Celebrate reunions and family gatherings at any of the many dining options at the Fountain Court. You’ll surely enjoy and be satisfied to what-ever they offer this holi-day season while having a visual-musical feast with the Waterworks Show.

Feel the holiday magic with chorale and music band performances at the Atrium by the Ma-nila String Machine on December 15, 5 PM and the Songspell Christmas Carols on December 20, 7 pm. Get serenaded and sing along with a 20-piece symphony orchestra all Sundays of December ev-ery 6:30 pm at the Foun-tain Court.

If the family enjoys concerts then maybe it’s time for something new. Watch concert for a cause by St. Francis Xavier Sem-inary’s The Loboc Am-bassador of the youth on December 28 at the SMX as they entertain you with their selection of Christ-mas songs for the benefit of typhoon Yolanda survi-

vors.Spend some fun and

quality time with your kids at SM Science Dis-covery Center as they pre-pared you experiments and interactive galleries this season.

Meet the exciting and mysterious Santa Claus and share with him your Christmas wishes on De-cember 24, from 3-6 pm and on December 25, from 11am-2pm at the Atrium.

For mom and dad, feel like a kid again and catch the mascots and Hello Kit-ty’s meet and greet on De-cember 25 live at the Atri-um at 12pm, 1:30pm, 3pm and 4:30pm. This Christ-mas, there are no bound-aries for enjoyment for the whole family.

Unwind and enjoy at

the SM Bowling Center with a game of bowling and billiards perfect for you teenagers and kids by heart, sing your heart out with their KTV facilities.

Go on a holiday shop-ping spree at the SM Store and from their interna-tional fashion brands such as Forever21, American Eagle, Cotton On, Marks & Spencer, Call it Spring, Tis-sot, Phillip Stein and the newly opened Aeropostale. Enjoy great finds and dis-counts as they extend their mall hours until 12 mid-night on December 13, 14, 20 and 21.

Nothing compares to a life-like experience as you watch the holiday block-buster sequel The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug at IMAX in SM Cinema La-

nang. Be captivated with their mythical adventures on the big screen with breath-taking crystal-clear quality.

Chill and bond with your friends and love ones at the Sky Garden strip of casual dining restaurants with a cozy ambience and refreshing pockets of water features.

Lastly, party your way to 2014 and welcome a new and bountiful year with a spark by joining their unique fun run and year ender bash perfect for the whole family, couples and friends.

Celebrate your holidays this year at SM Lanang Pre-mier and make 2013 a year worth remember not just for you but for the whole family. [AJB]

How would you spend Christmas? Count the ways

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PLEDGE OF SUPPORT. A dance performer signs on the pledge of support wall during the launching of the updated Davao regional development plan 2014-2016 held at SM Lanang Premier’s SMX Convention Center on Friday . Lean Daval Jr.

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THE BIG NEWS

REACHING OUT. Rep. Bebot Bello of 1BAP talks to the residents during an outreach program in Paquibato, Davao City.

CLOSE to 600 men, women and children benefited from the

outreach program con-sisting of free medical and dental clinics jointly con-ducted by the 1BAP Par-ty-list and the Hugpong sa Tawong Lungsod Party last November 30th in Paqui-bato district in Davao City.

The activity was orga-nized by the congressional staff of 1BAP party-list Rep. Silvestre “Bebot” Bello III, who was present during the event.

The outreach program was held in sitio Panaga in Barangay Colosas under the leadership of barangay captain Antonio Bellera.

According to broad-caster Jimmy Torres, who covered the one-day affair,

the medical team was able to serve 245 adults and 266 children, while a total of 76 beneficiaries of all ages availed themselves of free dental services.

Torres identified the members of the medical team who volunteered to render medical consul-tation and treatment ser-vices as Dr. Gloria Felonia, Dr. Gary Agustin B. dela Rosa and Dr. Rucelle C. Bill-anes.

They were assisted by the following nurses: Al-lan Reyes, Kathleen Cindy P. Nogadas, and Nefer T. Mariano.

On the other hand, the dental team was composed of former Dumoy barangay captain, Dr. Jessemar Co-

THE City Prosecution Of-fice has charged a security guard with illegal posses-sion of firearm after he was caught by a member of Task Force Davao bringing a fire-arms into the Davao City Overland Transport Termi-nal last December 8.

Prosecutor Faizal A. Padate charged Philip Al-viar, of Purok 22, Kabacan, Ecoland, after Eduardo Santos filed a complaint against Alviar through in-quest proceeding.

Alviar who is detained at the Talomo police sta-tion, recommended to

post bail P120,000 for his temporary liberty. The re-spondent may able to ask the court to reduce the bail bond.

Based on the com-plaint, Santos said that around 2:00 p.m, the re-spondent presented his bag containing .45 caliber pistol, three pistol mag-azines and ammunition for inspection. When he was asked for documents Alviar only presented his duty order from Anflo- Tadeco Security Agency but failed to show a per-mit to carry.

THREE men who held up passengers of a PUJ have been

charged with robbery by the City Prosecution Office.

Prosecutor Carlos Cos-tanos Jr. charged one Ray-mar Yanong and two John Does based on the com-plaint filed by one of the victims, Helen Mangilit, a government employee and resident of Salvador St., Km. 6, Buhangin. The three sus-pects are still-at-large.

Costanos recommend-ed P100,000 bail for each of them.

In her complaint, Mangilit claimed that at about 11:00 p.m. while the jeepney was travelling

towards Panacan the trio declared a holdup at the corner of Panacan Reloca-tion and took passengers’ belongings before disem-barking and fleeing in the darkness.

Mangilit reported the incident to the Sasa po-lice station and positive-ly identified Yanong as one of the culprits when she saw his picture in the rogue’s gallery.

Police conducted a follow-up operation and went to the house of Yanong and saw the three culprits running away from them.

The three remain at large. [EPC]

THE 17th council of Davao City has denied the permit

application of a memo-rial park which will sup-posedly be established in Tugbok district.

The city council dis-approved on Friday the application of Manila Memorial Park Inc. for

a special use of permit to establish a memorial park in barangay Tacu-nan.

The council says lo-cation of the proposed cemetery is on the water resource map and would affect the water resource of the city.

Earlier, Vice Mayor

Paolo Duterte already expressed his opposition to the application claim-ing that the health of the people in the third dis-trict would be compro-mised.

Councilor Bernard Al-ag, the proponent, said that during the ap-plication of the memori-

al park it was outside the water resource area.

“Karon na gipadak-an ang mapa, nasulod sila,” Al-ag said pointing out the expansion of the wa-ter resource area map of the city.

Al-ag added that the third district needs more cemeteries.

1BAP, Hugpong conductPaquibato medical outreach

HEALTH RISKCouncil disapprovesnew memorial parkBy ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.

[email protected]

Guard facing chargeof illegal possessionBy EMILORD P. CASTROMAYOR

[email protected]

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THE Christmas season is not complete with-

out shining, sparkling Christmas lights adorn-ing establishments and buildings in Davao City. Aside from being attrac-tive, they also signify hope for Christians com-memorating the coming of the Christ Jesus, the savior of mankind.

This yuletide season, malls and other build-ings in the city have a lot of Christmas deco-

rations to attract shop-pers. But these consume a lot of electricity.

Aside from that, malls also have extend-ed shopping hours and midnight sales on week-ends for the Christmas rush.

Based on the power outlook of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines on Saturday, Mindanao Island has a power capacity of 1,315 Megawatts, but the de-mand reaches up to

1371 Megawatts, which simply means that the island still has a power shortage of 56 Mega-watts.

Evenings have the highest demand that reach to 1,222 mega-watts against the 1,151 supply of all the pow-er plants in the island. There is a power deficit of 55 megawatts during this time.

For the power sec-tor, Jose Venancio P. Ba-tiquin , chief operating

officer (CEO) of Ther-ma Marine Inc. said that their two power barges in the island have been operating for long hours this season.

Batiquin told report-ers in an interview that their barges ended their operation at 12 midnight of December 11 which was unusual. Their oper-ation began at 8:00 a.m.

“That is a very long number of hours for a non-summer running operation,” Batiquin

said. The normal opera-

tion of the power barg-es is only up to three hours. These power barges are only a buf-fer supply during peak hours but, this time it ha a base load supply since it runs for long hours.

The two barges in the town of Maco, Compostela Valley and Nasipit in Agusan del Norte produced

190megawatts this month which is similar

to their summer opera-tions.

Batiquin urges the public to conserve pow-er so that the demand will not increase as the island will experience a long summer season and may experience a power shortage as the water of both Pulan-gi and Lake Lanao are not at their ideal lev-els. This might reach to critical level if no heavy rains occur in the is-land.

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BIGGER PICTURE

By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO [email protected]

Power to the holidays

LIGHTING IT UP. Despite the order to cut down on Christmas spending, the City Hall has been lit up just enough to look festive for the holidays. Lean Daval Jr.

USUAL ATTRACTION. Victoria Plaza’s giant lighted tree. Lean Daval Jr. STILL A FAVORITE. The City Hall grounds remain among the top Christmas attractions in the city. Lean Daval Jr.

VOL. 6 ISSUE 196• SUNDAY-MONDAY, DECEMBER 15-16, 2013 7THE 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

THE European Union (EU) has provided a P59 million fund to

improve the quality of gov-ernance and help push fis-cal self-sufficiency of select municipalities in four prov-inces in Central Mindanao.

Two municipalities were selected each from the provinces of Sarangani, South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat and North Cota-bato as beneficiaries of the project dubbed “Revenue Enhancement by Strenght-ening and Optimising the Utilisation of Resources and CSO Engagement in Local Governance” (RE-SOURCEGov).

A memorandum of agreement was signed ear-lier this week, marking the start of a 36-month imple-mentation of ResourceGov project.

Martiniano Magdolot, executive director of Ma-hintana Foundation, Inc., said the beneficiaries went through a rigid selection process conducted by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG).

Low-performing LGUs in terms of local legisla-tion, revenue generation, resource allocation and utilization and low local-

ly-sourced incomes and high dependency on In-ternal Revenue Allotment were the main criteria set in choosing the project re-cipients.

Eric Galvin, European Union’s Philippine opera-tions section programme manager, was hoping that upon the completion of the project, beneficiaries would no longer be depen-dent on internal revenue allotment coming from the national government.

“We are hoping that through this project, we can make a difference in promoting transparency and in capacitating recipi-ent municipalities so that in the future they would be self-sufficient,” Galvin said.

Sarangani Governor Steve Solon vowed to give his all-out support to en-sure the success of the proj-ect.

Impoverished towns of Maasim and Malapatan in Sarangani were among the eight recipient munici-palities.

“We optimistic that through this project, Malapatan and Maasim would improve their tax collection efficiency,” Solon said.

Magdolot projected a 30 percent hike in local revenues and investments, as well as, a minimum of 80 percent increase in terms of compliance in statutory and mandatory obligations.

ResourceGov project complements EU’s objec-tive of capacitating non-state actors, local authori-ties and marginalized com-

munities in reducing pov-erty rate and in sustaining development in Mindanao.

Mahintana Foundation noted that lack of trans-parency in government transactions serves as a drawback depriving people to actively and effectively participate in governance.

Mahintana Foundation was tasked to implement

ResourceGov in the prov-inces of Sultan Kudarat and North Cotabato, while partner organizations, Coalition of Social Devel-opment Organizations and Sarangani Province Empowerment and Com-munity Transformation Forum will carry out the project for South Cotabato and Sarangani.

EU allots P59 M for fiscal self-sufficiency

Correspondent

By AQUILES Z. ZONIO

PARTNERSHIP. NorthBank Holdings Corp. president and chief executive officer Simeon P. Marfori II (2nd from left) shakes the hand of NCCC Mall supermarket president Javelin Lim (2nd from right) to seal a part-nership after Commercio Marquella signed a contract of lease with NCCC Choice Mart on Friday at the Grand Men Seng Hotel in Davao City. NorthBank Holdings Corp. chairman of the board Jose Ma. P. Marfori (ext. left) and NCCC marketing head Tjader Regis witnessed the said contract signing. Lean Daval Jr.

THE Philippines’ lead-ing low-cost carri-er, Cebu Pacific Air

(PSE:CEB) offers a 75% off seat sale on all its 33 domestic destinations, from December 13 to 16, 2013 or until seats last. This is for travel from Jan-uary 1 to March 31, 2014. “What better way to start 2014 than with exploring the Philippines. We en-courage everyone to take advantage of Cebu Pacific’s extensive network, which can take guests to some of the world’s best diving and

surfing spots, as well as family-friendly and eco-ad-venture attractions,” said CEB VP for Marketing and Distribution Candice Iyog. Guests can book 75% off seats to any of the follow-ing destinations: Bacolod, Boracay (Caticlan), Bu-suanga (Coron), Butuan, Cagayan de Oro, Camiguin, Cauayan (Isabela), Cebu, Clark, Cotabato, Davao, Dipolog, Dumaguete, Gen-eral Santos, Iloilo, Kalibo, Legaspi, Laoag, Manila, Naga, Ozamiz, Pagadian, Puerto Princesa, Roxas, San

Jose (Mindoro), Siargao, Surigao, Tacloban, Tagbi-laran, Tawi-Tawi, Tuguega-rao, Virac and Zamboanga. CEB’s newest route be-tween Davao and Bacolod is also included in the seat sale. Travel period is from January 25, 2014, when the route is launched, until May 31, 2014. Meanwhile, CEB also of-fers great deals on select international routes, for travel from January 15 to April 30, 2014. Up for grabs are P99 seats from Manila to Osaka or Guangzhou.

P699 seats are also avail-able for flights from Manila to Phuket, Kota Kinabalu or Xiamen; from Cebu to Bangkok; and, from Clark or Iloilo to Hong Kong. Those traveling from Manila, Cebu or Clark to Singapore can also buy P1,499 seats. The same goes for those traveling from Manila to Bangkok, Siem Reap or Hong Kong. For bookings and inqui-ries, guests can go to www.cebupacificair.com, or call the reservation ho-tlines (02)7020-888 or

(032)230-8888. The lat-est seat sales can also be found on CEB’s official Twitter (@cebupacific-air) and Facebook pages. CEB’s 47-strong fleet is comprised of 10 Airbus A319, 27 Airbus A320, 2 Airbus A330 and 8 ATR-72 500 aircraft. It is one of the most modern air-craft fleets in the world. Between 2013 and 2021, Cebu Pacific will take de-livery of 15 more brand-new Airbus A320, 30 Air-bus A321neo, and 4 Airbus A330 aircraft.

Cebu Pacific Air slashes 75% off Philippine fares for 2014 travel


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EDITORIAL

IF you receive a gift certificate (GC) this Christmas, it is not impolite to return the same to the giver if it has an expiry date.

This is because it is unlawful for anyone, much less business establishments, to give a gift certificate with an expiration date.

In fact, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima has warned firms against the practice which had been outlawed effective July 1, 2012, pursu-ant to Administrative Order No. 10-4, Series of 2010 of the Department of Trade and In-dustry (DTI).

The administrative order prohibits a sup-plier from issuing gift certificates with expi-ry dates.

De Lima said violators of the AO could be charged and penalized under the law. Under

the AO, gift certificates, gift checks or gift cards shall be redeemable until used up by the bearer.

However, business firms may refuse to honor GCs and gift checks if they are mutilat-ed or defaced in such a way that the supplier or firm to which they are presented can no longer identify the security and authenticity features.

In this season of giving, the management of many firms could be violating the law, prosecuted and penalized, no matter how well-intentioned they may be. They still have the time to recall GCs that have expiry dates and replace them with the proper ones. The law is the law, no matter how harsh. As they say, ignorance of the law excuses no one.


THE College Editors Guild of the Philippines, the oldest, widest, and only-existing alliance of ter-

tiary student publications in the Philip-pines and Asia-Pacific, expresses its ut-most outrage over the increasing attacks on journalists for the two last weeks.

On November 29, Joas Dignos of dxGT Radyo Abante was shot dead by four un-identified men in front of his friend’s house in Valencia City, Bukidnon. Last December 6, Michael Diaz Milo of Prime FM 99.1 was shot dead in Tandag City, Surigao del Sur while onboard his mo-torcycle by three unidentified men and just yesterday, December 11, Radyo Na-tin’s Rogelio “Tata” Butalid was fatally shot several times in Tagum City, Davao Del Norte by armed men. Another media worker, Jey Villalva of Aksyon Radyo Iloi-lo, was shot by two unidentified men last December 10 but survived.

In a span of eleven days, three me-dia workers were murdered and all these attacks are strongly believed to be

work-related.CEGP highlights its outrage over the

Aquino administration’s indifference with regard to these unabashed at-tacks on journalists. Under the Aquino government, 22 journalists have been murdered in the line of duty according to the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility and 11 happened this 2013.

Instead of addressing atrocities against media workers in direct con-nection to his mandate and trademark statement “Kayo ang Boss ko,” the Pres-ident has frequently complained that the media has been nothing but critical of him since he assumed office. Aside from this, Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. downplayed media killings

a day before the fourth anniversary of Ampatuan Massacre.

Clearly, he is more concerned of me-dia and public approval than actually exhausting everything at his disposal to uphold the rights of the Filipino people. The apathy and inaction of Aquino only speaks volume of his negligence of his duty.

It is within Aquino’s power that such barbarity is perpetrated and so it is him who is accountable. In this light, justice for the victims of media killings and press freedom from the Aquino ad-ministration is resolutely demanded.

The Guild stands firm as one of the front liners in condemning the grave media suppression sanctioned by Aqui-no’s culture of impunity. We are in sol-idarity with the families of the victims and in their defense the Guild will not resort to blood and sword, just like them oppressors: in the name of truth and justice, we will always be mightier with our pens and words.

AQUILES Z. ZONIOCorrespondent

COLLEGE EDITORS GUILD OF THE PHILIPPINES

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VANTAGE POINTS 9EDGEDAVAO

Rhetorical cover-up

On relentless media killings

Back to Imelda’s mansion at Olot

BACK IN 1 9 8 9 when I

was still active as a Philippine cor-respondent for the international Asiaweek news magazine, I was sent by my Hong Kong editor to Olot, Leyte to do a feature story on Imelda’s mansion which was seized by the new revolutionary government of Cora-zon Aquino.

Here are excerpts of that story :“Just days after the (People Power)revo-

lution, massive looting left the (Imelda) resort in shambles. Now, Olot has become an embar-rassment. Both the PCCG and tourism officials discourage visitors from entering Imelda’s ‘summer place’. Said one tourism official: ‘It’s so embarrassing to show off. We don’t want people to think that Leyte is an island of thieves.’ ”

“Looters hauled off appliances, toilets bowls, kitchen utensils, chinaware, furniture, beds, paintings,----in short, anything they can lay their hands on.

‘There’s nothing to see in Olot’ says resident Federico Anido.’We could have used Olot as a tourist spot if it was well preserved’

“But nothing was preserved at Olot. Only shells of buildings remain. The swimming pool, where the rich and famous once splashed, is now home to frogs and mosquitoes. One whole building was even hauled off the ground, attest-ing to the local anger (against the Marcoses). But for Leytenos who were proud of Imelda, the lootings came as a shock. ‘It was our biggest dis-appointment in Leyte’”.

Although the main resort building was still standing when I did this story 24 years ago, even this remaining structure was totally devastated by the super typhoon Yolanda three weeks ago. A TV footage showing the former dictator’s son Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr surveying the damage of his mother’s Olot mansion showed that the whole resort was wiped out from the face of the earth. Nothing was left there except debris and fallen coconut trees.

Whether you like it or not, Leyte has earned the dubious title of “Imelda Country” due in part to what the couple left behind in this typhoon battered province. The most obvious, of course, was the Marcos Shrine which looks like a mini-Malacanang, so full of Marco memorabilia like boxes of jewelry, big paintings, antique fur-niture, antique sculptures, Persian rugs, expen-sive chandeliers, gowns, shoes, etc, etc

Yolanda’s fury left this shrine still standing, minus the roofing and some louvered windows, leaving everything inside in total shambles with rain water refusing to dry up even weeks after the typhoon hit Tacloban.

When rampant looting was breaking out all over the city, with people shown on TV footages, forcing themselves inside a Gaisano mall and other big department stores, it was easy to understand their desperation to survive in this natural calamity.

It’s unfortunate that looting and stealing are traits most people outside Leyte identify with this province, which is unfair to all those who still have the integrity and decency to hold their heads up high. Because we have friends from Leyte, this negative tag must never stick, no matter what.

Ferdinand Magellan supposedly“discovered the Philippines in 1521 after landing in Homonhon, eastern Samar but ended up with the islanders stealing food and merchandise from his ship. Burning with anger, Ferdie named the islands as “Islas de las Ladrones” or Island of Thieves.

With Ferdinand Marcos and Imelda having done the same thing with people’s money, one would think that the “epicenter” of looting is somewhere near the point where the eye of Yolanda struck.

That’s why I felt relieved when I saw on TV, a full rainbow covering the entire horizon of Tacloban as the sun broke out of the clouds, days after the super typhoon.

If you’re familiar with the Bible story of Noah and the Great Flood, the rainbow was the sign given by God as His promise never, never to bring back the flood to destroy the earth…

As long as people there vow never to loot and steal, no flood nor any “storm surge” will ever strike Leyte again….

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CONSUMERS LET OUT A SIGH OF FRUSTRATION – It is an accom-plished practice among high profile

officials to charm the people with rhetoric when the latter’s frustration over lacklus-ter government action erupted into rage. The reason especially for the consuming public’s dissatisfaction is simple. Time and again ranking officials of concerned government agencies like the Depart-ment of Trade and Industry (DTI) would declare that prices of basic commodities notably rice, flour, sugar, canned goods, pork, beef, poultry and sea produce, and other essential food items have gradually been going down. With the price trending slowly going down, of course if there’s really such a thing, wholesalers and re-tailers probably are obliged to follow government directives and immediately implement the ‘suggested retail price’ (SRP) scheme.

But where it really hurts the consum-ing public – and the DTI is a prime exam-ple – is in the lenient implementation of rules and supervision. In some instances the desperate and disgusted poor con-sumers would heave a collective sigh of relief upon learning of the “good news” conveyed by the trade agency. Simply be-cause on nationwide TV, newspapers and radio, consumers recurrently learned from its executives about the directive urging traders to lower the prices of their goods because prices of raw stuffs and supplies likewise plummeted in the market. But the absurd is well known. For insufficient reason the concerned agency can’t take concrete action or make any decision to cushion the impact of surging prices of basic goods. Instead there’s a rhetorical scheme to conceal the ineffi-ciency.

At the same time, consumers and end-users let out a sigh of frustration because the supposed adjusted prices in the markets and grocery stores have re-mained unchanged. Again, the sad lament is: “why should government people en-gaged in rhetoric assuring consumers that there is no price adjustment of basic necessities especially during the Christ-

mas season when in fact there are no i n d i c a t i o n s that business-men actually are following the pricing r e g u l a t i o n s imposed by the govern-ment?” From all indications the secrecy about the price spirals has not been closely monitored and acted posthaste by the DTI people. Their action it seems is more on posturing rather than the intended purpose.

These beg a consumers’ query: “Will the wholesalers and retailers lower the prices of their goods to the pre-oil price increase levels or right now that many ar-eas in the country especially the Visayas region where many of its provinces were devastated by horrifying earthquake, ty-phoons and storm surge? And the rest of country are likewise badly shattered by monsoon rains, landslides and sub-merged in ravaging floodwaters? But as far as we could remember, poor con-sumers as always are the likely victims of unscrupulous businessmen who took advantage of the situation – bad or fair weather.

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

Government representatives notably the DTI people want the infuriated con-suming public to believe that laws can be imposed against cheats and profiteers.

They can even boastfully rattle some names and certain arrests. Holy cow! But we are talking about millions of exploited consumers and an enforcement setting that is pockmarked with inefficiency. Most of the time or maybe all the time the hapless consumers are always at the losing end.

Concerned government agencies and its well-paid bureaucrats should start ad-mitting the helplessness of government amid its puny effort to curb if not totally eradicate hoarding and profiteering. The government administrators’ way of perk-ing up the exasperated consumers, as their wont, is to impress and assure them that the agencies, DTI in particular intensify it’s no non-sense campaign against cheating and profiteering and to conduct periodic inspection, strictly monitor price move-ments of basic goods in all establishments. They even urged consumers to immediate-ly call their hotlines if some business firms are found violating government directives.

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

Government agencies, whose credibili-ty has been repeatedly questioned, should stop amusing the irate and aghast consum-ers with rhetoric. They simply cannot win the argument about the unabated price hike. We’re quite sure that government price monitoring teams are detailed in pub-lic markets, grocery stores, supermarkets and other business outlets, but probably were busy gobbling and collecting goodies from the establishments they are supposed to monitor. The result: the drive against hoarding and profiteering ended up in total failure.

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YEAR-END REPORT. Department of Tourism (DOT) assistant secretary Art Boncato (center) together with Davao Association of Tour Operators (DOTA) president Pearly Lonh (left) and Davao Travel Agencies Association (DTAA) representative Arnold King present the signed “Bangon Tours” Memorandum of Agreement during the Davao Region tourism industry year-end report held at the Apo View Hotel in Davao City last Friday night. Lean Daval Jr.

“ALL that glitters is not gold,” the say-ing goes. Read

on.The City Prosecution

Office has charged eight people with robbery after they held up a married couple and divested them of P500,000 in cash which they were supposed to pay for fake gold bars that they were selling.

Prosecutor Marte Melchor Velasco charged

Mansor Abbas, Gemma Mansalinta, Arnel Man-salinta, Jecip Laday, Sam-uel Nogan, Romer Ugpat, Edwin Laday and Jonathan Talon for robbery with intimidation of persons based on the complaint filed by Gerardo Panes, 50, farmer of Purok Capillar, municipality of President Quirino, Sultan Kudarat.

The eight respondents are still-at-large.

Velasco resolved the

case based on the com-plaint filed by Panes since all accused were not able to submit their counter-af-fidavits despite notices.

Last June 18, the armed group and the vic-tims agreed to meet in Si-tio Sambunutan to settle the transaction.

However, the armed group got irked and threatened to kill Panes and his wife, Sophia, af-ter the couple discovered

that the gold bars were fake.

The victims had earli-er been duped into buying the items when showed a 25-carat piece of gold be-fore the transaction hap-pened.

The armed group managed to flee with the money, leaving the vic-tims in the area. The cou-ple immediately reported the matter to the Marilog police station.

THE Peace and Order program of the city mayor’s office (CMO)

of Davao is still the priority in the approved supple-mental budget 3 of the city council.

Based on the ordinance, the council allocated P150 – million from the P245 – million of the approved ad-ditional budget of the city under the general funds.

Councilor Danilo Dayanghirang, the propo-nent, told reporters that they need to allocate more for peace and order as they want to maintain law and order in the city.

Dayanhirang also said that the city subsidizes the operational expenses of the different police precincts.

“And we are also sup-porting other military agencies in the city,” said Dayanghirang. After peace order, the Lingap para sa mahirap program follows which has a P23.7-million allocation also under CMO.

The general fund has a total allocation of r212.9-million which in-cludes the budget for the offices such as the P3.8-mil-lion for the Sanguniang Panglunsod; P6.3-million for the City Environment

and Natural Resources; City Assessor’s Office P252, 387; P231,900 for the City Veter-inarian’s Office; P121,668 for the City Treasurer’s Of-fice and P7,500 for City Civil Registrar’s Office.

The general fund also includes lump sum ap-propriations such as elec-tricity expenses part of it is the streetlights which P16.5-million and P7.5 -million Disaster Risk Re-duction Fund under the statutory and contractual obligations. The city also allocated for aid and con-tributions to the nation-al government agencies such as P4.2-million assis-tance for the Commission on Elections; P27,752 for Aviation Security Com-mand and P50,000 for Department of Labor and Employment.

The city also allo-cated P147,415 for the programs, awards and incentives for service ex-cellence. P29.7-million was also allocated for development fund and P3-million for economic enterprise for the oper-ations expenses for the income generating prop-erties and facilities of the city government,

AN eight-year old boy became the 27th fa-tality of the dengue

outbreak in General San-tos City.

The victim, John Paul Golbe, was admitted to the General Santos City Hos-pital last Dec. 7. Five days later, he succumbed to hemorrhagic fever.

Worse, Golbe may have not been given ade-quate medical attention.

His mother, Margie, told the Inquirer her son was not given dextrose as the Gensan City Hospital had run out of supply.

“We tried to transfer our patient to another

hospital for lack of proper attention and there was no dextrose, but we were not allowed to leave by the hospital,” the mother claimed.

She added that two hours after her son’s ad-mission, they were billed P2,200, an amount they could not afford as they had no money at the time.

“In a matter of two hours, we were billed P2,200. We were told to buy dextrose prescribed by the doctor, but we had no money. The hospital had no supply of dextrose used for dengue patients,” she said.

Aside from the ab-sence of dextrose, patients also complained about the lack of medicines.

They have to line up on the street just outside the government hospital compound to buy needed medicines.

Dengue in Gensan has breached the outbreak level, surging over 2,000 this year, much higher than last year’s 1,200 for the same period.

Dr. Benjamin Pagarig-an, Gensan City Hospital director, told reporters they ran out of dextrose due to the snail-paced pro-curement process and the

number of patients. Pagarigan added that

their request was made long ago but none have ar-rived do far.

Pagarigan refuted the allegation that patients be-ing brought to the hospital were not given immediate medical attention.

“We know that a pa-tient is brought to a hospi-tal to seek medical atten-tion. So, we are obliged to attend to them,” Pagarigan said.

He clarified that lack of medical supplies has been an old, gnawing issue bugging the management of the hospital.

laste, and Dr. Arvin Spaner.“The medicines admin-

istered in that outreach event were all branded, not generic,” Torres reported.

Rep. Bello said that no priority development as-sistance fund (PDAF) was used in the project.

Earlier, even without PDAF, his congressional office will be able to ren-der service. His strategy includes networking with friends and allies who are willing to assist him in his social services projects, Bel-lo said.

Gang robs couple of P500,000 cash By EMILORD P. CASTROMAYOR

[email protected]

By AQUILES Z. ZONIOCorrespondent

P&O is top amongSB3 allocationsBy ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.

[email protected]

Gov’t hospital needs dextrose

HEALTH secretary En-rique Ona Saturday assured the support

of the national government in reducing cases of mater-nal mortality and improving health care services in the country, particularly areas hard hit by super typhoon Yolanda and other calamities.

Secretary Ona gave the assurance during the turn-over rites of the Emergency Maternity Care Unit estab-lished by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Palo town, Leyte province on Saturday, Dec. 14.

In his message, he men-tioned that the donation is very timely as it is estimated that some 24,000 to 26,000 deliveries will be done in the next three to four months in areas hit by calamities.

He said that the health facility could aid in achieving the target of lowering cases

of maternal deaths not only in Palo and in the entire prov-ince of Leyte.

Meanwhile, in boosting health care, he cited that na-tional government efforts will subsidize the premium payments to state health in-surance or to the Philippine Health Insurance Corpora-tion (Phil Health) starting next month to achieve uni-versal coverage.

He announced that the national subsidy for Phil-Health has been increased from P12.5 billion to P35 bil-lion starting next year.

UNFPA executive direc-tor, Dr. Babatunde Osotime-hin, who flew all the way from the United States for Saturday’s turnover activi-ty, said that the Emergency Maternity Care Unit is part of their efforts to ensure the “women have access to quali-ty health care.” [PNA]

DOH assures gov’t support to reduce maternal mortality


EXECUTIVE PROFILE

HE has been, he says, in the prosecution ser-vice “longer than I can

remember”. Still, he derives inspiration from his job re-gardless of the heavy work-load, even at his age.

Raul B. Bendigo, turned 62 last Wednesday, Novem-ber 27.

He is married to Denise Mai “Pinky” Duboulay, with whom he has two kids – Inna Isabela and Marco Angelo.

Bendigo still manages to spend time with his family despite the pressures of his job.

He has been prosecuting cases for the last 27 years and presently heads the City Prosecution Office in Davao City that handles the 60% of all the cases filed in the Davao region. It has been said that the number of cases filed is directly proportionate to the size of the population. An in-crease in population increas-es the number of cases filed.

After graduating from the Ateneo De Davao high school Raul took up pre-law at the Ateneo de Davao and stud-ied law at Ateneo de Manila University, he subsequently passed the bar examination with a grade of 86.10%.

In his youth, Raul often day-dreamed of becoming a top-notch lawyer like his

legendary fiction hero, Perry Mason. That was as far as his fantasy went, however. At age 28, Raul became a practicing trial lawyer for the next six years, after which he decid-ed that being a prosecutor would be more exciting and fulfilling.

“I talked to judges who said that being a judge was a job very difficult to handle,” Bendigo recalls.

In 1985 he finally had his wish when he was appoint-ed assistant city prosecutor, a bit later than another con-temporary--Rodrigo R. Dute-rte—who, shortly thereafter found himself shunted into the political arena and has remained there eversince.

Bendigo, who has re-mained a prosecutor the past 28 years, says that one of the challenges of his office is to beat the dispository period required by the Department of Justice.

Bendigo said that the number one problem in his office is it being under-manned in terms of the num-ber of prosecutors under him as well as support staff. According to Republic Act 10071, there should be 30 prosecutors, including the chief, in his office. As of this writing, Bendigo has only 17 assistant prosecutors under

him. Bendigo says that each

of them handles an average of 50 cases every month, whereas the ideal number would be 30 cases.

Despite the challenge, they had an 80% disposition rate in the last rating perfor-mance.

To know him better in his chosen field, we interviewed some assistant prosecutors, one former chief prosecutor, even the regional state prose-cutor as well as his long time secretary.

Intelligent, circumspect, respected, hardworking, and a goal-oriented public ser-vant -- that is how he is de-scribed.

“He is one of the good ones among knowledgeable criminal prosecutors that I have met. He is objective and rational,” Regional State Prosecutor Antonio Arellano said.

Arellano says he is sat-isfied with the performance of his prosecutors in Davao City. However, there are only few like him as the national government has not as yet appointed new prosecutors.

Prosecutor Victor C. Sep-ulveda, now in his 24th year as a prosecutor which began in 1989, said that Bendigo knows his job so well that

even his former chief, Em-manuel Galicia Sr., had no reason to argue with him.

“As a manager, he is an in-telligent fiscal, and so knowl-edgeable about law it is pointless to argue with him,” Sepulveda said.

Prosecutor Maria Gem-ma Dabbay-Tambis describes Bendigo as circumspect manager.

“As much as possible, he tries to consider all aspects before making a decision (re-garding office work),” Dab-bay-Tambis said.

His long time secretary Carmelita Necor said that Bendigo is a hard-working boss despite his workload, and still manages to oversee his staff.

Moreover, Bendigo is an advocate of good governance and is against corruption. In fact, he joined the Davao leg of the nationwide so-called Million March rally last Au-gust against the improper spending of pork barrel funds.

Bendigo is set to retire from government service and intends to devote full time in agriculture.

“No more quarrels with lawyers over cases and paper work, and more time with family or probably even teach law on the side,” he added.

Fulfilling a dreamRAUL B. BENDIGO

Raul B. Bendigo

Bendigo with wife Pinky and children Marco Angelo and Inna Isabela.

By EMILORD P. [email protected]

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WALKING across a carpet of dead people and feel-

ing the anguish and fear of an empty stomach, the unimaginable sight brought by “Yolanda” could weigh down even the strongest of hearts. But amidst this sea of ut-ter destruction the resil-ience of the Filipino peo-ple without doubt lifts the heavy heart.Days passed yet the affected areas re-

mained doomed displac-ing more than 3 million people and more lifeless bodies recovered in ev-ery place where death toll feared to reach more than 7,500.

TADECO, AOFF, PB-GEA and Mindanao De-velopment Authority (MDA) joined forces to catch HOPE for the YOLANDA survivors bringing with them some 3,100 boxes of bananas, 6,500 relief packs, 500 bags of used clothings and medicines in the Barangays ofOrmoc and Tacloban City. For 5 days the team journeyed to far-flung areasif only to reach and bring relief to more barangays.

“The journey is nev-er easy, we too experi-encedhardships along the way but it was noth-ing compared to the fate

of our brethren who suffered from the ca-tastrophe brought by ty-phoon Yolanda. Helping hands,our people in TA-DECO and Anflocor and even our communities shared some relief packs to the survivors,” shared Mark Maghalin, Team Leader and Community Relations Head of TADE-CO team.

With the bananas which are rich with po-tassium and carbohy-drates, this will bring out the energy of the sur-viving brethren which Yolanda had snatched from them in a moment; sending the message that they are not alone. Their world may have been torn apart, but the overwhelming sup-port from all over the world will make them rise and shine again.

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Republic of the PhilippinesREGIONAL TRIAL COURT

11th Judicial RegionBranch 15, Davao City

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FORCORRECTION OF ENTRIES FROM MULTIPLE CHILD BIRTH TO SINGLE AND WITH RESPECTTO THE MAIDEN NAME OF PETITIONER’S MOTHER FROM LUZVIMINDA SAHOT SEBUMPA

TO LUZVIMINDA SAHOT SEBUMPAN

JAMES SEGUMPAN VIDALPetitioner,-versus-

THE OFFICE OF THE CIVIL REGISTRAR OF DAVAO Respondent

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ORDERThis is a verified petition for correction of entries

from multiple child birth to single and with respect to the maiden of petitioner’s mother from Luzviminda Sa-hot Sabumpa to Luzviminda Sahot Sebumpan.

Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and sub-stance let the petition be heard on January 29, 2014 at 8:30 a.m. at the session hall of this Court, on which date, hour and place , all interested persons are hereby cited to appear and show cause if they have any, why this pe-tition should not be granted.

Let copy of this Order and Petition be published be-fore the hearing date at the expense of the petitioner in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Davao once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks. Give the Davao City Civil registrar and the Solicitor General cop-ies of this Order.

SO ORDERED.

Davao City, Philippines, November 14, 2013.

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PBGEA Executive Assistant Betty Francia shared some bananas to the Yolanda survivors

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FOR the younger set, “Top-siders” are the latest in-trend fashion footwear, but when you mention the “Top-siders”

to any thirty-something yuppie and you can well expect a wide-grinned smile and memories of high school during the late 80’s through the 90’s. The original boat shoe that was founded in 1935 in New England by Paul Sperry is alive and well and is now a symbol of seaside adventures, nostalgia, pride and familiarity. Today, Sperry Top-Sider’s flagship Davao City store carries the brand’s entire line. From Sperry’s premier Gold Cup collection, Colle-giate Color Pack, Wave Driver collection, the Bahama and Stiper canvas sneaker, and the feminine Audrey boat shoe. The Sperry TopSider Gold Cup collection is for men of distinction, the luxurious standard for ultimate comfort and high style in shoes. Renowned for its meticulous craftsmanship, the Sperry Top-Sider Gold Cup collection in-cludes boat shoes, Penny loafers, and drivers which are made with the finest leather and ac-centuated with 18K gold-plated details. For the college set and alumni who are proud to wear their school colours, Sperry Top-Sider offers the Limited Edition Colle-giate Color Pack with boat shoes that match each university’s official hue. New for the holiday season, Sperry Top-Sider takes its classic heavy canvas Bahama

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Nikki Gil at SM Davao’s Enchanting Christmas, Dec 20

UP AND ABOUT EVENT

CELEBRATE an enchanting Yuletide season at SM City Davao on December 20 with Nikki Gil. SM Davao is treating its mallgoers to an evening of great music and Christmas cheers with the country’s multi-media sweetheart. Gil was started singing and doing voiceovers for commer-cials as early as four years old. She was singing in a church when an agent spotted her in 2004. After that, she crooned her way into her first commercial ad for a popular soda brand in 2005. In the same year, she released her first self-titled album, Nikki Gil, with “Sakayan ng Jeep” as the car-rier single. In July 2006, EMI Philip-pines and Walt Disney Records in-troduced her with other Asian artists to sing and to star in the music video of Disney Chan-nel’s original mov-ie High School Musical’s theme song, “Breaking Free”. Gil sang “Gotta Go My Own Way”, which also climbed the charts and boosted High School Musical’s status to double platinum record. In 2008, Gil released her second music album, Hear My Heart. She later finished a project for Disney in Hong Kong when she recorded a music video for “It’s a Small World After All”. Her third music album, Somebody to Love, was released in 2010. Apart from her recording career, Nikki is also involved in musical plays. She played the character of Elle Woods in the Manila production of the musical Legally Blonde. Catch the Nikki Gil Christmas special at the SM Davao An-nex Event Center, 7PM on December 20. This Holiday season, SM City Davao extends its mall hours to 10 PM until December 30. You may enjoy Christmas shop-ping until 12 MN on December 20 and 21. On December 24 and 31, the mall will be open at 9AM up to 7PM. For inquiries, call 297.6998. Like SM City Davao on Face-book or follow @smcitydavao on Twitter for event and promo updates.

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REWARD YOURSELF WITH THE PERFECT CUP OF COFFEE. Enjoy your favorite brew anywhere, with your own personal coffee press anytime! Visit SM Homeworld now and bring home your new coffee press finds!

Swiss Deli’s wine and cheese affair

THE SWISS DELI held a wine and cheese tast-ing event for select guests last December 3 at their Lanang restaurant in cooperation with Werdenberg International Corporation, sup-plier of quality wines and cheeses from around the world.

Up for tasting were a wide range of new world and old world wines that cater to the many different palates and preferences of a select few of Davao’s wine loving public and luckily I was one of them. Aside from sampling the latest wine vintages, the event also served as a casual venue for invited guests to taste and discuss the vari-ous wines at the Swiss Deli Lanang’s cozy wine cellar. Also featured during the event were Werden-berg’s vast line of imported European cheeses such as the boursin, munster er-mitage, taleggio, emmen-thaler, gruyere and various goat cheeses that comple-ment the wines being tast-ed during the event and are made available to the local market through the Swiss Deli Lanang as well as at their other restaurant at Matina. I personally love the boursin, the taleg-gio (a blue cheese), and the munster hermitage which are deliciously creamy and

really round out the finish of the wines offered during the event. And what is a wine tast-ing event without a wine sale right? Guests to the event were given discounts for every bottle or case they pur-chase during the duration of the wine tasting event making buying wines for the holiday easier and def-initely a gastronomic af-fair to remember until the next wine tasting event. Follow me on Instagram or on Twitter @kenneth-kingong for more foodie and travel finds as well as happenings in, around and beyond Durianburg.

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GMA News TV’s ‘Cine Totoo’ calls for entries

ABS-CBN’s ‘Kwento ng Pasko’ concert to air this

‘Solidarity Weekend’

More than 100 Kapamilya stars unite to rebuild lives of calamity survivors…

ENTERTAINMENT

CINE TOTOO, the 1st Philippine International Documentary Film Fes-tival, is now accepting documentary proposals for its local competition section. A special project of GMA News TV Channel 11, CINE TOTOO will be awarding grants worth P150,000 each to 11 Filipino documen-tarists in order to produce their dream documentaries. These will be screened in competition in local the-aters next year. Three winners will be chosen from those in com-petition: Best Documentary Film, Special Jury Prize and Audience Choice Award. The winners will not only receive trophies and cash prizes – their films will also be aired in primetime slots on the country’s no. 1 news channel.

“We hope to meet the next generation of docu-mentary directors and producers through CINE TOTOO. We look forward to powerful stories as well as personal stories, documen-taries with a unique point of view beyond what we have been accustomed to seeing locally,” says GMA News TV Channel Head Nessa Valdel-lon. CINE TOTOO’s jury will be composed of some of the

country’s award-winning documentary producers, led by Festival Director Jo-seph Laban. The festival will also have an ASEAN compe-tition section, open to fea-ture length documentaries from all over the region. To download entry forms and get the full mechanics on the competition, visit: [email protected] or facebook.com/cinetotoo Deadline for submissions is January 10, 2014.

ABS-CBN’s recently held star-studded solidarity con-cert titled, “Kwento ng Pas-ko: Pag-asa at Pagbangon: The 2013 ABS-CBN Christ-mas Special” will be aired as a two-part special this com-ing Saturday (Dec.14) and Sunday (Dec.15) dubbed as “Solidarity Weekend” dedi-cated to raise awareness, funds and hope for all Ka-pamilya calamity survivors. The sold-out fundraising concert gathered more than 100 Kapamilya stars who prepared special produc-tion numbers. Among the highlights of the show were the inspiring song numbers of Kapamilya singers includ-ing Lea Salonga, Gary Valen-ciano, Martin Nievera, Lani Misalucha, Sarah Geroni-mo and Angeline Quinto; breathtaking romantic ser-enades of ‘Kapamilya Heart-throbs’ led by Piolo Pascual, Coco Martin and John Lloyd Cruz; surprise numbers of Anne Curtis and Vice Ganda; and The Beatles’ medley of a band from Tacloban that got everyone at the Ara-neta Coliseum off their seats and earned the only stand-ing ovation of the night. The concert also featured never-before-seen touching stories of calamity survivors

and volunteers. The proceeds of the ‘Kwento ng Pasko’ solidarity concert will be donated to the Sagip Kapamilya calami-ty fund of ABS-CBN Founda-tion that continues to help rebuilding the lives of survi-vors from various calamity-stricken areas in the country Catch the “Kwento ng Pas-ko: Pag-asa at Pagbangon: The 2013 ABS-CBN Christ-mas Special” this Saturday and Sunday at 9:30pm on ABS-CBN. Aside from watching the solidarity concert, Kapami-lya viewers can take part in the “Solidarity Weekend” by wearing “Tulong Shirts” and send their messages of hope for the calamity survivors via social media. Simply take a picture of you holding your personal message wearing the “Tulong Shirt” and post it on Facebook, Twitter and

Instagram with the official hashtag #TulongPH. For additional information on the “Solidarity Weekend” and “TulongPH campaign,” visit ABS-CBNnews.com/Tu-longPH.

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sneaker into new pre-mium applications with rich full grain leather ac-cents and heavy uppers to provide added dura-bility. Women can also have a piece of the nautical life with Sperry Top-Sider’s Audrey collec-tion. A feminine twist on the Authentic Original boat shoe, the Audrey collection comes in me-tallics, animal prints,

patent leather and clas-sic colour combinations. Comfortable and perfect for any casual day look, the Audrey is the perfect shoe to complete that preppy look. The Sperry Top-Sider store is located at the ground floor of SM La-nang Premier. Sperry Top-Siders are also available at Shoe Salon, Sneaker Club and select department stores.

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From left, Alessa Arevalo, Sperry Top-Sider marketing associate, Niza Forschiler Sperry Top-Sider PR Manager and Thanee Marie Natividad, Sperry Top-Sider sales and operations - Mindanao.

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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Three games into his

comeback from injury, Kobe Bryant remains a work in progress for the Los Angeles Lakers.

While Kevin Du-rant’s Oklahoma City Thunder continued their early season roll Friday night.

Durant had 31 points, eight rebounds and five assists, Russell Westbrook added 19 points, 12 assists and eight rebounds and the Thunder routed the Los Angeles Lakers 122-97.

Serge Ibaka added 19 points and 10 re-bounds for his 11th double-double of the season and Reggie Jack-son also scored 19 for

Oklahoma City, which has won five straight and 13 of its past 14 games.

The Thunder are unbeaten in 11 home games this season and have won four straight at home over the Lak-ers.

‘’We have a pretty good team,’’ Oklahoma City coach Scott Brooks said. ‘’That’s been the case for a while now. One of the things that I tell the guys, every sea-son has its own identity.

‘’We started the sea-son knowing that we wanted to ... just contin-ue to build trust in each other and just focus on each other and not wor-ry about anything else, but trying to make your

teammates look good. It’s early, but we’ve done a great job with that.’’

Los Angeles has lost all three games since Bryant’s return from a torn Achilles tendon. Bryant had 13 assists - just two shy of his ca-reer high - but showed little of his trademark offensive ability, fin-ishing with four points on 2-of-6 shooting. He played 23 minutes and sat out the fourth quar-ter with the game out of hand.

Nick Young led the Lakers with 17 points. Xavier Henry, playing in his hometown, scored 15 points for Los Ange-les while Pau Gasol had 14 points and seven re-bounds.

THE Philippine na-tional men’s basket-ball team survived

a stiff first half challenge from Indonesia to win, 83-52, and move within one game from sweeping the competition in the 27th Southeast Games on Saturday at the Zeya-thi-ri Stadium in Naypyidaw, Myanmar.

The Filipinos led by just six points at the half-time break but outscored their Indonesian foes, 27-9, in the third quarter to

turn the close contest into a familiar rout for the Phil-ippine side.

Only Marcus Douth-it (11 points) and Kiefer Ravena (10) reached dou-ble figures for the Philip-pines, but that hardly mat-tered as they cruised to their fifth consecutive win in the tournament.

The Indonesians were surprisingly game, espe-cially at the beginning where they scored the first five points of the game and battled the Filipinos to an

18-18 draw in the first quarter behind a nine-point outburst from guard Xaverius Prawiro.

The Philippines opened the second quar-ter with guns blazing, go-ing on a 12-0 run behind Mac Belo and Jake Pascual to make it 30-18 with less than three minutes having gone by.

But Indonesia refused to go away, hitting two three-pointers in a 9-3 run to close the quarter behind by just six points, 40-34.

Belo and Douthit each had nine points to lead the Filipinos at the halftime break.

In the second half, the Philippines stamped its class, opening with eight unanswered points on three-pointers from Garvo Lanete and Kevin Ferrer and a dunk from Douthit.

After the Indonesians finally got two points off a basket from reserve center Galank Gunawan, the Fili-pinos again went on a run, with Kevin Alas and Bobby

Ray Parks leading the team on a 10-2 blast that extend-ed the Philippine lead up to 20 points, 58-38.

The Filipinos capped the dominant quarter with a three-point play from Rav-ena and transition points from Matt Ganuelas off a Belo steal that made it a 24-point advantage, 67-43, heading into the final 10 minutes.

The scoring slowed down in the fourth quarter with the Filipinos staying in step with the Indonesians before closing with a 10-3

run.The Philippines will go

for the sweep against Malay-sia tomorrow.

The scores:Philippines (83) – Douth-

it 11, Ravena 10, Belo 9, Fer-rer 9, Alas 8, Ganuelas 8, J. Pascual 8, Parks 7, Sumang 6, Cruz 4, Lanete 3, R. Pascual 0.

Indonesia (52) – Prawiro 14, Sitepu 11, Gemilang 6, Pa-mungkas 6, Putra 5, Dhyaksa 3, Siregar 3, Gunawan 2, Uto-mo 2, Nugroho 0.

Quarterscores: 18-18, 40-34, 67-43, 83-52.

LOOKER. A spiker from the Emilio Aguinaldo College takes a breather during an NCAA Volleyball match against Col-lege of St. Benilde.

MATINA OPEN. Estella Barnes (left) and Roy Quemada (right) shows fine form from around the green during the 16th Matina Open Golf Classic Tournament at the Davao City Golf Club. Boy Lim

PHL cagers a win away from sweep

Thunder pound Lakers 122-97

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TOP-SEED Bureau of Fire Protection bat-tle it out with the

fourth-seed City Mayor’s Office as the second-rank Police Regional Office-XI tussles third-rank Davao City Police Office in the semifinal round of the Mayor Rody Duterte and Vice Mayor Pulong Dute-rte – 11th AFP-PNP Bas-ketball Tournament.

BFP and PRO-XI, the top two teams at the close of the grueling elimina-tion phase, enjoys a twice to beat privilege in the next round wherein the winners advance to the best of three finals. Fi-nal Four games schedule have yet to be finalized.

The Firemen and the Policemen from Catitipan cruised to trouble-free victories in the final play date of the classification en route to clinching the twice to beat incentive.

BFP and PRO-XI fin-ished the elimination with identical 10 – 1 re-cord and the Firemen seized the top spot by vir-tue of the rule “the team that beats the other pre-vails” in case of double tie.

The same rule broke the stalemate for the third

place as CMO and DCPO ended their elimination stints with similar 9-2 slate.

Despite losing to three time defending champion CMO in their lone prelim-inary round match, the Firemen are favorites go-ing to the semis, weighing up their much more bal-ance line up on of top of youth and athleticism.

But the dribblers from City Hall are expect-ed to give the Firemen a run of their money as CMO would not seek for league record four-peat for nothing.

CMO will bank on sweet-shooting Christo-pher “Bong” Go, Weng Fa-rochillen, Rodel Bantilan and Roy Bangkas.

Expected to lead the charge for the Firemen are erstwhile collegiate basketball stars John Lu-mogda, Kristian Coquilla and Robert Namuag.

Tough-contest is seen in the other semis clash as PRO and DCPO are even-steven in man pow-er and plays in a similar way.

They have shown their class in the elimi-nation round, sending a message that they have what it takes to become champions this season.

PRO will put its hands full on scoring prowess of Jerry Tugade and Edwin Awitin as well as quarter-backing style of Tapayan.

Robinson Palomares, Estong Uganap and Jan-wed Cagape are expected to provide the spark for DCPO. [RJB]

CMO faces BFP in semisAFP-PNP HOOPS

SPITFIRE. CMO’s Bong Go will be a marked man in the semis. Boy Lim

INDIANAPOLIS — Even without Paul George’s usual offensive fire-

works, the Indiana Pacers found a way to win.

George, a forward who entered Friday night’s game against Charlotte as the league’s No. 4 scorer at 24.7 points per game, finished with a sea-son-low 10 on 2-for-12 shooting from the field. Lance Stephenson took over, scoring 20 points to help the Pacers defeat the Bobcats 99-94.

“The strength of this team is the group,” Pacers forward David West said. “Every single night, our group is going to bring it. Maybe guys aren’t making shots, he’s (George) not making shots. We’re going to put pressure on our-selves to fill in the holes, fill in the void.”

Pacers are on a roll

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