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DAVAO BIG FUN SALE

SALE LIKE NO OTHER

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ARE you ready for this?Slashed down pric-

es of top brands and best finds. Outrageous shopping deals and food treats.

There can be noth-ing more exciting than the Davao Big Fun Sale on March 14 to April 18.

Patterned after the very popular Big Fun Sale of Singapore, the Department of Tourism in region 11 and partnering malls are targetting to make Davao City as Mindanao’s first and biggest shopping des-tination. Big names in the industry like NCCC Mall of Davao, Gaisano Mall Davao,

Abreeza-Ayala Mall, SM La-nang Premier and SM City are collaborating to treat not only Dabawenyos but also local and foreign tour-ists to discounts of up to 80 percent on various items, perks, awards, prizes and freebies.

Every week, there will be scheduled discounts on selected items. There will be sales scheduled on March 14 to 16 (general mall wide sale), March 14 to April 16 (dining, crafts, fruits & flow-ers), March 16-23 (theme: health and beauty), March 24- 30 (electronics and gadgets), March 31- April 6 (home & travel), and April

7-16 (active lifestyle and fashion).

To avail of prizes and awards, event passports will be distributed to DOT booths in participating malls and airports. It will be

stamped once the shopper purchases a minimum of P500 from each shopping mall. Once completed, a to-ken shirt and chance to join the raffle will be given.

Meanwhile, mall ten-ants will also be giving their respective discounts on se-lected items

DOT 11 offi-cer-in-charge Arturo P. Boncato,Jr said during the grand launching of the Davao Big Fun sale at The Marco Polo Davao yester-day that the one month event will bring more tour-ists to the city. He said that aside from discounts, there are also brands offering choices like the Vikings and bigger showroom of Mark & Spencer.

The four week long shopping, councilor Al Ryan Alejandre said, will be geared toward the promo-tion of the city. He said that tourists “will be glad to find” that vacationing in Davao

will not be limited to nature hopping, but also shopping, cuisine and music.

Jader P. Regis, NCCC marketing officer and pres-ident of the DBFS, is confi-dent that the event will be a huge success, adding that Davao can offer an “island to highland” experience.

Davao City is just minutes away from white sand beaches and a couple of hours away from the tow-ering trails of Mt. Apo.

The sale event is ex-pected to bring in more tourists. Boncato said that tourist arrivals is expected to increase by 15 percent

once the fun sale starts, adding that last year, there were about 100,000 tour-ists who arrived.

While malls are ex-pecting a minimum of 15 percent increase in sales. Regis said that they are only extending their sale period prior to the Araw

SALE LIKE NO OTHER

DAVAO BIG FUN SALE

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NEWS

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THE BIG NEWS

AFTER more than two weeks of continuous rains affecting some

towns in Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental, the De-partment of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will conduct another round of assessment before it re-leases additional funds.

“To determine how many of the displaced fam-ilies have damaged houses,” Camilo G. Gudmalin, DSWD assistant secretary, told re-porters during the agency’s 63rd anniversary last Fri-day at the DSWD field office 11.

Gudmalin said if they find a need to augment the local government units for the damages brought by the low pressure area (LPA), then he said they will give

augmentation funds. The DSWD 11 has already given relief goods to the displaced families in the affected ar-eas.

Based on the report of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) XI, a total of 221 ba-rangays were affected by the LPA with 102 in Davao Oriental, 54 in Composte-la Valley, and 63 in Davao del Norte. The OCD also recorded 52,807 affected families, 38,372 were res-idents of Davao Oriental; 5,190 in Compostela Valley and 9,190 families in Davao del Norte.

A total of P126,800,000.00 damage to roads and bridges of the affected areas based on the joint reports of the Depart-

IT’S worse than the wrath of Pablo.

This was the de-scription of Davao Oriental Gov. Corazon Malanyaon of the damage brought by two weeks of rains brought about by a low pressure area (LPA).

Malanyaon told report-ers in last Friday’s ‘Kape-han sa PIA’ at Abreeza Mall that almost all towns in the province were affected as a result of the LPA.

She said that the two weeks-long rains gave their team a hard time delivering relief goods to sitios and ba-rangays of the province, un-

like Pablo’s aftermath when they were able to deliver the goods in three days.

The governor said the damage to the bridges has added to the problem of de-livering relief goods to iso-lated areas hit by landslides.

“It’s close to 200 struc-tures- like houses covered by the boulders… the soil, the boulders, all forms of debris, ganun ang nangay-ri,” said Malanyaon.

A lot of barangays in the province are “not habitable” because of the devastation brought by the LPA.

She said that there was

THE Caraga and Davao regions are cited as priority areas of the

Armed Forces of the Philip-pines for this year, accord-ing to whe commanding officer of the 10th Infantry Division, Maj. General Ariel Bernardo.

He dentified the priority areas as concentration of resources for 2014, like in-creasing manpower, weap-ons and promoting peace and order projects to com-bat insurgency.

He identified Composte-la Valley

province as a hotspot of

rebels because of the min-ing areas in most of its mu-nicipalities where the New People’s

Army can extort money from miners.

Recently, the military reported the discovery of a landmine factory cache of 180 pieces and other equipment in Brgy. Sabud, Laak, Compostela Valley, as well as the 44 landmines discovered during a securi-ty patrol in Sitio Mampait, Barangay Mansanitas, Agu-san del Sur.

Bernardo said they will

DSWD: Second assessment needed for release of fundsBy ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.

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FDAVAO, 10

‘LPA worse than Pablo’DAVAO ORIENTAL

AFP SAYS: Caraga, Davao regionsare priority concernsBy EMILORD P. CASTROMAYOR

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FAFP, 10

Motorists plying the Davao City-Davao del Norte route experience constant inconvenience due to the road construction project in Lasang, Davao City which causes massive traffic jam in the area especially during rush hour. Lean Daval Jr.

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THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources’

(DENR) Mines and Geo-sciences Bureau (MGB) is targeting to cover 19 more municipalities in Region 12 this year for its continuing detailed geohazard map-ping program.

Constancio Paye Jr., MGB-12 director, said Fri-day the initial preparations and surveys are presently ongoing in the 19 munici-palities that were identified for the mapping program, which is set at 1:10,000 scale.

He said the targeted municipalities are located in parts of Sultan Kudarat and North Cotabato prov-inces.

At the end of 2013, Paye said the agency has already completed and issued the detailed geohazard maps of 31 municipalities and cities in the region.

Region 12, which is also

known as the Soccsksargen Region, is composed of 45 municipalities and five cit-ies.

The region covers the provinces of South Cotaba-to, Sultan Kudarat, Saran-gani and North Cotabato and the cities of General Santos, Koronadal, Tacu-rong, Kidapawan and Cota-bato.

“With the mapping of the 19 municipalities this year, we will be completing the program’s implementa-tion in all 50 localities in the region,” Paye said in a radio interview.

The official said the ini-tiative is part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to enhance the region’s preparedness and implementation of var-ious mitigation measures against possible disasters that may occur in the area.

He said it aims to pro-duce geohazard maps at more detailed or con-

4 NEWS

PROPOSAL to shorten the working hours of teachers to six a day

may need consultations among stakeholders, Mala-cañang said Saturday.

Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said such a change in the schedules of teachers could impact on other sectors.

“Merong mga employ-ers na bukas sa flexitime pero to shorten to six hours, that will require consulta-tions with other stakehold-ers. Magkaka-impact yan sa kinikita ng ating mga ka-babayan (Some employers are open to flexitime. But to shorten the teachers’ time to six hours a day, that will require consultations with other stakeholders because it may affect other sectors of the economy),” she said on state-run dzRB Radyo ng

Bayan.For now, she said some

employers had said they were open to a flexible schedule for workers, espe-cially with the third stage of the Metro Manila Skyway project having started.

Some lawmakers earli-er proposed to reduce the working hours for teachers from the standard eight hours a day to six.

A bill in the House of Representatives proposes a six-hour workday for pub-lic school teachers and ex-empts them from comply-ing with the Civil Service’s eight-hour requirement.

Lawmakers calling for the shortened work hours said this will allow the teachers more time to rest, and in turn “innovate and enhance classroom teach-ing.” [PNA]

THE Regional Trial Court Branch 10 has issued a warrant of

arrest against a man who is charged for selling loose firearms.

Presiding Judge Retri-na E. Fuentes, in her order dated last January 20, 2014, directed the police to bring Willie Bustamante Francis-co of San Antonio Village, Matina to her sala within 10 days after receipt of the warrant of arrest.

Bustamante recom-mended P120,000 bail for his temporary liberty.

Police conducted buy-bust operation last January 6 against the accused who then sold .45 caliber pistol to a policeman poseur buy-er for only P15,000.

Police recovered from his possession the .45 cali-ber pistol and the marked money which will serve as evidence against Busta-mante during court trial.

6-hour workday for teachers pushed

Arrest warrant out for loose gun traderBy EMILORD P. CASTROMAYOR

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MGB to conduct detailed geohazard mapping

FMGB, 10

Compostela Valley Province Governor Arturo Uy welcomes U.S. ambassador Philip Goldberg at Compostela National High School last Friday. Lean Daval Jr.

A man is seen walking by a pile of large culverts which will be used as replacement of the smaller one as part of the city government’s sewage system project to solve the flooding problem in R. Castillo Avenue, Davao City. Lean Daval Jr.

SOME 23,000 farmers and fisherfolks bene-fitted from the P5.83

million worth three-build-ing project public market funded by the United States Agency for Internation-al Development (USAID) and implemented by the Growth with Equity in Min-danao (GEM) in Composte-la town, Compostela Valley.

U.S Ambassador to the Philippines Philip S. Gold-berg led the ceremonial turnover last Friday morn-ing. The project will serve as a center for trade and commerce in the munici-pality which was badly hit by typhoon Pablo in 2012.

The three-building fa-cility, based on a commis-sioned study on climate

vulnerability, can withstand a typhoon with 250kmp wind velocity and elevated enough to withstand flood-ing. It is one of the 16 proj-ects of USAID amounting to a total of P201 million pe-sos distributed in assessed areas badly hit by the ty-phoon for the multi-com-ponent disaster-recovery program.

At the ceremony, the American ambassador met beneficiaries of the liveli-hood program funded by the USAID. The farmers and fisherfolks were taught climate adaptive agricul-ture and inland high-value aquaculture technologies.

The farmers, who are also vendors, showcased their harvested fruits and

vegetables whose seeds were distributed by the international agency. To recover from the devasta-tion, seedings of short term crops that can be harvested after five months were also distributed to farmers, as well as planting materials.

Through the program, fingerlings of reverse sex tilapia and milkfish were also distributed. The pro-gram aims to integrate technologies used by fish-erfolks.

Aside from the public market facility, Goldberg also toured the Poblacion, the Compostela bridge which is expected to bene-fit nearly 14,000 residents of four baranggays and provide a long term posi-

tive economic benefits as it provides faster, easier and cheaper transportation of goods and services

“It is an opportuni-ty for us to thank the U.S. government through the ambassador, for the huge support in terms of infra-structure, livelihood and educational assistance to our provinces, even before Typhhon Pablo, most espe-cially thereafter,” Davao del Norte governor Arturo Uy said in his speech.

Uy said that a year af-ter the typhoon, only 30 percent of damage were rehabilitated, but decrea-serd because of the recent low pressure area that also caused damage to agricul-ture and infrastructure.

IN COMVAL

23-T farmers, fisherfolkbenefitting thru USAID

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THE higher import value of capital goods bolstered the coun-

try’s import performance in November 2013, according to the National Economic and Development Authori-ty (NEDA).

This statement came after the National Statistics Office (NSO) reported that merchandise imports rose by 0.5 percent to $5.24 bil-lion in November 2013, from $5.21 billion in the same period a year ago.

“The value of import-ed capital goods has sus-tained its buoyant growth performance since August 2013,” Economic Planning Secretary and NEDA Direc-tor-General Arsenio M. Bali-sacan said.

He added that capital goods grew at a faster pace of 12.1 percent in Novem-ber 2013 compared to the 4.8-percent annualized growth that was recorded in the previous month.

“We should remain op-timistic that this trend will continue, given that the fourth quarter Business Expectations Survey of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas indicates an uptick in confi-dence index to 52.3 percent from 42.8 percent in the

third quarter of 2013,” Bal-isacan said.

He stressed that given the relatively stronger per-formance of merchandise exports, the trade-in-goods deficit narrowed to $7.0 bil-lion in January to Novem-ber 2013 from $8.7 billion a year ago.

Balisacan, however, explained that in total, the volume of capital goods shipped to the country fell by 13.2 percent. “This may be partly on account of lo-gistical problems related to an extreme weather event such as Typhoon Yolanda,” he said.

He cited that capital goods include power gen-erating and specialized machines, office and EDP machines, telecommunica-tions and electrical machin-ery , land transportation equipment, aircraft ships and boats, and, photo-graphic equipment and op-tical goods.

Meanwhile, lower pay-ments for imported raw materials and intermediate goods, mineral fuels and lubricants, and consumer goods dragged down over-all imports growth.

“This is due to the less optimistic outlook of busi-

nesses on their own op-erations in anticipation of a seasonal decline in the volume of business activity in the first quarter of 2014. Processing delays due to lo-gistical problems in major ports caused by weather

disturbance, particularly Typhoon Yolanda, may also have had an effect,” Balisa-can said.

China remains as the top source of inward ship-ments in November with a 12.8-percent share, fol-

lowed by the USA and South Korea with 9.9 percent and 8.4 percent, respectively.

Major trade-orient-ed economies in the East and Southeast Asian re-gion showed mixed import growth performances in

November 2013.Hong Kong, Vietnam,

China, and Malaysia posted import gains in November, while Thailand, Indonesia, and Singapore’s import showing declined during the period.

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FRESH HARVEST. Vendors sell singkamas (yam) at the market in Matalam, North Cotabato on January 24, 2014. The singkamas, which were harvested in Barangay Marbel, are sold either per kilo or per bundle. [MindaNews Photo by Keith Bacongco]

Capital goods keeping imports growth afloat


BIGGER PICTURE

THE national govern-ment has allocated a total of P2.3 billion

to revive the local manufac-turing sector.

Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Un-dersecretary Adrian Cris-tobal Jr. told reporters in the sidelines of the ASEAN Comprehensive Investment Agreement (ACIA) Forum Friday that the P2.3 billion budget was included in the 2014 Government Appro-priations Act (GAA).

”For 2014 GAA, there’s roughly P2.3 billion in the budget that is geared to-wards the manufacturing sector and these P2.3 bil-lion is spread out through agencies,” Cristobal said, citing converging govern-ment agencies such as the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Tech-nical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Department of En-ergy (DOE), and DTI for the “manufacturing resurgence program.”

He mentioned that each agency will have its own projects that will enhance the country’s manufactur-ing industry.

”You see that there will be budget for research and development on the DOST side. There will be training on technical side on TESDA. Also other programs with

DOLE and studies I think from Department of Ener-gy,” he added.

DTI’s part on the P2.3 billion budget will fund the revival of the Industry De-velopment Council (IDC) which will be the govern-ment’s official body for policy making to boost the sector.

”The role of DTI as lead or chair is to coordinate the different interventions or the different agencies. It doesn’t necessarily mean that we will have direct pro-grams,” Cristobal explained.

”So far the most palpa-ble, the most concrete inter-vention the department has is the shared service facility

(SSF program),” he further said.

DTI’s SSF program aims to provide advance equip-ment for micro, small and medium enterprises (MS-MEs) in order to upgrade the quality of their prod-ucts.

”So for instance in one project, one facility is the 3D

printers for manufacturers. We can locate them strate-gically around the country so that we can help SME in manufacturing in creative moulds or prototypes that we are looking at. That will be a significant support for the manufacturers,” the DTI official said.

For 2013, DTI allotted

a total of P700 million pe-sos for the SSF program. It also planned to allocate the same amount for this year.

Cristobal clarified that the budget for the SSF pro-gram is not included in DTI’s allocation from the P2.3 billion for the manu-facturing sector under the 2014 GAA. [PNA]

THE strength of ASE-AN is at its greatest when members work

together, Southeast Asian countries said on Friday at a panel discussing the future of the regional bloc amid ongoing territorial spats with China.

DAVOS, Switzer-land--The strength of ASE-AN is at its greatest when members work together, Southeast Asian countries said on Friday at a panel discussing the future of the regional bloc amid ongoing territorial spats with China.

“We are strong if we negotiate as a group,” said Vietnam’s Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh, insist-ing that the future of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations was through deeper integration despite the preference of non-ASE-AN heavyweight China for country-to-country ties.

“The unity of ASEAN is a very important factor,” the minister said, though he said on some matters, in-cluding territorial conflicts, bilateral dealings could not

be avoided.The 10-member region-

al grouping has a number of complex issues on the table, including territorial dis-putes between Beijing and several ASEAN members -

particularly the Philippines and Vietnam - over the South China Sea, as well as ambitious economic inte-gration plans.

ASEAN, a region of 600 million people, wants to

establish a common mar-ket and manufacturing base to better compete with China and India, but there are growing doubts about whether it will meet a 2015 target.

Anthony Fernandes, chief executive of low cost airline Air Asia, said ASE-AN’s potential was huge.

“Asia is not just about China and India. It is a fan-tastic consumption mar-

ket,” he said, sitting on the same panel.

“The power to con-sume is immense (and) the majority of those new customers come from ASEAN,” he added.

Gregory Domingo, the Philippines’ trade minis-ter, said that ASEAN na-tions were much stronger in trade talks when they negotiated as a group.

“The value is that as a group we can negotiate better agreements with these bigger parties. If we were alone... we would get the short end of the stick,” he said.

President Thein Sein of long-isolated Myanmar, which took the ASEAN chairmanship this year, hailed the spirit of coop-eration and coordination within the group which helped bring his country back to the international community.

Since its creation in 1967, “ASEAN has been the model of regional co-operation,” the president said.

Government allocates P2.3-B in 2014 GAAPH rolls out ‘Manufacturing Resurgence’

Asean integration talks up at World Econ Conference

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A RARE Philippine ea-gle, whose species is on the brink of

extinction, was killed in-side a conservation group’s breeding center when a branch fell on its cage, the center said Saturday, Janu-ary 25.

The 15-year-old male bird, named “Arakan,” was one of about 250 adult Phil-ippine eagles remaining ac-cording to the Swiss-based International Union for the Conservation of Nature, which lists the species as “critically endangered.”

Days of non-stop rain caused the huge branch of a tree to fall on Arakan’s cage at the Philippine Eagle Foundation’s center in the southern island of Mindan-ao, crushing the raptor on January 18, the foundation said.

Numerous large trees are planted inside the cen-tre because the conser-vation group is “trying to simulate the natural envi-ronment of the eagles,” said the foundation’s communi-cations officer Beauxy Aux-tero.

The eagle, also known as the “Monkey-eating Ea-gle,” is one of the largest birds of prey in the world and is the most critically en-dangered of all the world’s raptors, the IUCN says on its website.

Famed for its elongat-ed nape feathers that form into a shaggy crest, the Phil-ippine eagle is found only on four of the Philippines’ largest islands but mostly on Mindanao and grows to a meter (3.3 feet) with a two-meter wingspan.

The Philippine Eagle

Foundation rescues strick-en birds in the wild includ-ing Arakan who was turned over to the foundation in 1999. It also has a captive breeding programme.

The eagle, which is the country’s national bird, is protected by law but au-thorities say the biggest threat is the loss of its hab-

itat as humans encroach on the country’s dwindling for-est ranges.

Efforts to release reha-bilitated birds into the wild have had mixed success.

In October last year, a ju-venile male eagle was found apparently shot to death just two months after it was freed by the foundation.

Endangered Philippine eagle killed by falling tree branch

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RARE BIRD. In this file photo, Arakan lands in his makeshift nest in a cage at the Philippine Eagle Center in Davao City. [File photo by Romeo Gacad/AFP]

FISHERMEN in the small Japanese town of Taiji killed more

than two dozen striped dolphins on Thursday, Jan-uary 23, campaigners said, as global outrage over the slaughter grows.

Activists from the mil-itant environmentalist group Sea Shepherd said the hunters were herding the animals into a screened-off area because they want-ed to hide what they were doing.

“They continue to use tarps to cover the slaughter, and physically drive the pod under the tarps... to avoid cameras,” Melissa Sehgal told Agence France-Presse by telephone from Taiji.

“You can hear the dol-phins splashing below,” she said, as the fishermen stab a metal spike into their spinal cords.

“It was approximate-ly 30 dolphins – striped dolphins – that were all slaughtered this morning.”

Boats search the open ocean off Japan’s Pacific coast for pods of dolphins. When a group is located the fishermen drive them towards the cove by bang-ing on submerged metal poles attached to their boat.

This creates a sonar wall from which they flee. By positioning sev-eral boats in an arc, the

hunters can funnel the creatures into a small bay. Once there, nets are strung across the mouth of the cove to prevent the dolphins’ escape.

Activists say the pod can be kept there for sev-eral days while some of the more attractive dol-phins are selected for sale to aquariums and dolph-inariums, who are pre-pared to pay handsomely for a prime specimen.

Many of the rest are killed for their meat, which features in the diets of a small number of coastal communities in rural Ja-pan. It is not widely con-sumed and the Japanese government recommends limiting intake because of the high levels of mercury it contains.

“Over 1,200 dolphins have been driven into the cove since September 1, when the season began,” Sehgal said. “Of those 1,200, over 600 dolphins have been slaughtered, not including today, and 149 have been taken captive.”

Local defenders of the hunt say it is a tradition and point out that the animals it targets are not endan-gered. They say Western objections are hypocritical and ignore the vastly larger number of cows, pigs and sheep butchered to satisfy demand elsewhere. [AFP]

Dolphin slaughter in Japan town continues

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EDITORIAL

THE City Economic Enterprises (CEE), a unit under the City Administrator’s Office of the Davao City government, was reported days

ago to have ordered the padlocking of more than 100 public market stalls for their owners’ failure to pay contracted rentals for years now.

Majority of the stalls are located in the public markets of Bankerohan, Calinan, and Agdao, ac-cording to CEE coordinator Reynan Librado. The stalls sell different kinds of merchandise, such as meat, vegetables, grains (rice and corn), live and dressed chickens while others are mini-groceries, or eateries serving hot meals.

Librado’s report implies that stallholders in oth-er public markets like in Toril, Panacan, Tibung-co and other areas are up-to-date in paying their rentals.

The crackdown is long overdue. These stall-holders have reportedly been delinquent in their rentals as far back as 2009. Four years is a long time. The arrears now reportedly total P4.3 mil-

lion. That the delinquent accounts were allowed to accumulate this much tells volumes about the public markets’ management or lack of it. Defi-nitely, this is no way to run a city enterprise.

Our city fathers should take a hard look at the oper-ation of our public markets and other city enterpris-es. Years back, ours were the only public markets that were not making money, compared to other local gov-ernment units whose public markets are sources of both huge earnings and great pride.

What is wrong with the stalls, for instance? Is it true that many of these stalls, although mostly lowly and decrepit-looking, behind them is a brisk clandestine business activity, that of buying and selling of rights over them? Some reports say that rights to one stall could pitch as high as P150,000, depending on the lo-cation.

If the operation of these markets continues to be subsidized, the city government ought to find ways to reverse the situation and make them truly viable en-terprises.


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BY JOHN LLOYD

ANALYSIS

AQUILES Z. ZONIOCorrespondent

VANTAGE POINTS 9EDGEDAVAO

CEOs on stage

GERRIT Zalm, the chief executive officer of the Dutch bank ABN AMRO, appeared before his staff

in drag last week. In a performance that belied his usually dour management style, Zalm was dressed as his sister, “Priscilla.” He may make a bulky drag queen, but the CEO’s performance as a Madame working in the world’s oldest profession offered a series of brilliant comparisons to the profession of bank-ing today.

Posing in a purple dress with star-tling red hair, Priscilla gave her brother a lesson in “putting the customer first” from a “flourishing business with a cen-turies-long tradition.” She noted that Zalm had given up working for leading — a choice that immensely benefited his salary.

“You should start with core values. In my company, we have three: reliabili-ty, professionalism and ambition. We try to give the customer a warm welcome. We aim for long-term client relation-ships and we deliver what we’ve agreed upon.”

The satire was clear enough. Pris-cilla suggested that this professional diligence in her brothel was in contrast to her brother’s bank. It lampooned a banking culture in which the top bosses were immensely well-rewarded, while customers suffered. The morals at the bank were lower on an ethical scale than those of a bordello. From inside of a large bank, Zalm was saying, as he beat his fake breasts, he was in a sleazy busi-ness.

It was, to be sure, an absurd way of demonstrating a point, but ABN AMRO has had an absurd two decades. Created as a merger between two of the Nether-lands’ biggest banks in 1991, it grew so large that it was referred to in its home country simply as “The Bank.” It em-barked on a rapid series of acquisitions abroad — in Italy, the U.S. and India. In 2007, it was taken over by a consortium led by the Royal Bank of Scotland in a deal worth close to $100 billion, just be-fore the crash. One grossly over-extend-ed bank took over another.

In the immediate aftermath, both RBS and ABN AMRO were nationalized

by the British and Dutch governments. Zalm’s cabaret was a sly commentary on twenty years of irresponsible business.

His act has been compared to the ex-uberant theatricality of other CEOs, like Richard Branson of Virgin, who dressed as a female attendant in one of his own planes after losing a bet, Apple’s Steve Jobs and Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer. These comparisons are misleading. Jobs, Ballmer and Branson were all, in differ-ent styles, marketing their products. Zalm, in moving out of his prescribed role, was commenting on the morality of his business.

Zalm’s performance was also a signal that the top executives of large business-es are now stepping away from their desks to occupy podiums that have tra-ditionally been the preserve of politi-cians. Some of them are now addressing the future of society and of capitalism, the system in which they and their com-panies reside.

Launching his new model autos at the Detroit motor show last week, Ford’s CEO Alan Mulally — a much lauded busi-ness leader – said that “simply providing more cars was not going to work.” To those — like his board and stockholders — who might object that his job in fact is to provide more cars, he answered “the most important thing is to look at the way the world is and where the world is going and develop a plan.”

Or read Paul Polman, the CEO of Unilever, in a long reflection on “the remedies for capitalism.” He argues that “what we have experienced over recent years is not, in my view, so much a crisis of capitalism as a cri-sis of ethics.” He says, “in a world of scarcity, there will be greater pres-sure to ensure that wealth is creat-ed not just for the few but that the benefits are spread more widely… if you doubt the truth of this, just look at what is happening on the streets of Cairo and Tripoli, where educat-ed, digitally connected young peo-ple who have been locked out of the

formal economy are challenging the prevailing political and economic or-thodoxy.” This connection between the boardroom, the seminar room and the streets of Cairo has previ-ously belonged only to presidential orations or to the lectures of famous intellectuals. It’s now being taken into the executive suite.

The management consultant firm McKinsey, in a series of conversa-tions with CEOs about the future of long-term capitalism, has revealed an anxiety about short-term pres-sures and a commitment — at least rhetorically — to social responsibili-ty. In many ways, these officeholders are demonstrating a broader vision of how the world should go than leaders in many countries.

Richard Edelman, CEO of the public relations company that bears his name, notes that his company’s annual “Trust Barometer” shows a decline in trust in politicians, while trust in business leaders has recov-ered significantly. It suggests to him that leaders in business should use their relative popularity to take on social and political leadership to identify the key challenges in the world and speak to the necessary changes.

This may be asking a lot: CEOs are hired and paid to sell more Fords, stocks or soap. They may believe in their own form of what Charles Wilson, CEO of General Motors in the 1950s, said — that “what was good for our country was good for GM, and vice versa.” But when the cor-porate and the universal interests clash, which way do they really go?

There is a gap where the political bully pulpits used to be. Socially-mind-ed corporate leaders see a space that needs to be filled to command our at-tention with sober reflections on where the world will go. But democracies still depend on elected politicians for leader-ship. A shift of power to business execu-tives leaves the question of how politics can recover from its nadir of distrust. This is an urgent and worrying mat-ter, as power drains from the men and women we elect to lead.

BY EDWARD HADAS

OPINION

Bitcoin repeats gold-standard errors

I CANNOT judge whether bit-coin represents a technological breakthrough, but I am confi-

dent that the pseudo-currency’s popularity shows widespread eco-nomic amnesia. If bitcoin ever be-came a real currency, it would suf-fer from the crippling problems of the gold standard.

The underlying problem is the belief that the electronic token’s independence from the govern-ment is a good thing. This libertar-ian notion could hardly be more wrong. Money is a common good for the whole society, and in the contemporary world governments are the pre-eminent social guard-ians.

It is true that under dire cir-cumstances people might have to resort to an inferior monetary substitute. If a government col-lapsed or totally trashed the mon-etary system, then some privately issued money could be the least bad alternative. In such apocalyp-tic times, though, a software pro-tocol which relies on secure elec-tronic communications would not be first choice. Gold, which is tan-gible and not subject to hacking, is more plausible. So are old baseball cards.

But for the sake of argument, assume that bitcoin or some-thing like it did actually become the leading currency in a mone-tary dystopia. People would learn soon enough why non-government money works badly.

Deflation is an obvious issue. Price declines are inevitable when a finite supply of bitcoin money, a feature of the software, meets an expanding supply of purchased goods and services. That would be uncomfortable. Consumers might delay purchases as they wait for prices to fall, workers might chafe at regular annual wage cuts, and creditors would be even worse off.

But in itself, deflation does not discredit non-government money. People and banks could adjust to the new monetary reality, as the Japanese have to the country’s 0.3 percent average annual decline in consumer prices since 1998. Alter-natively, a different non-deflation-ary electronic currency could be created; one which added steadily to the supply of money. If the addi-tion was in line with GDP growth, prices and wages could be roughly flat in normal times.

Yet times are not always normal, and neither bitcoin nor some pu-tative “growcoin” – nor any sort of limited-supply money – can cope with unexpected bad news. His-torians of money know the story well. Before governments started to issue money purely by fiat, the supply of money was limited by the supply of gold or silver, supple-mented by public or private notes which were theoretically backed by some valuable asset. Whenever people decided to hoard their hard currency and reject paper notes, there was trouble.

BY LORAINE V. SANTOS

SPECIAL FEATURETHE annual celebration of Chinese New Year, which is due to com-mence next week, is steeped in

tradition still observed to this day.In China, New Year celebration is

synonymous with the Spring Festival and is typically a week-long event.

The Chinese New Year is held not just in China but also in countries where a significant number of Chinese live.

Such countries include Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Macau, Taiwan, the Philippines and Mauritius.

The annual celebration is also held in other countries with their respective Chinatowns.

Last year, the Chinese New Year was celebrated from Feb. 10 to 24 while this year, this event will begin Friday (Jan. 31) and end on another Friday (Feb. 14).

The Philippines has its own Chinese

New Year-related traditions.Among these is the dragon and lion

dance featuring dancing dragons or li-ons paraded in Binondo, Manila’s China-town.

Chinese and non-Chinese people flock to Binondo for the dance.

Another tradition is eating the fa-mous ‘tikoy,’ a delicacy made of sticky rice that’s mixed with egg when cooked.

During the period when Chinese New Year is celebrated, people can buy ‘tikoy’ in various flavors and at lower prices.

Giving money placed inside red en-velopes or ‘ang pao’ is also a tradition related to the Chinese New Year celebra-

tion.The envelope is red as Chinese con-

sider this color lucky.Greeting people “kiong hee huat tsai”

or “kung hei fat choi” is likewise a tradi-tion Filipinos are fond of.

Those Chinese greetings mean “con-gratulations and be prosperous.”

Although widely celebrated, Chinese New Year isn’t a public holiday in all countries.

In 2013, Malacanang issued Proc-lamation 655 declaring as a special non-working day Jan. 31, 2014 which marks the official start of the new Chi-nese New Year.

Malacanang’s Proclamation 295 se-ries of 2011 also declared Jan. 23, 2012 as a special non-working day for the observance of Chinese New Year nation-wide. [PNA]

The tradition-rich Chinese New Year


densed scale covering di-saster-prone areas.

Paye said the detailed geohazard maps will main-ly serve as tools for local government units (LGU) to formulate their disaster management plans.

“The maps mainly iden-tify in more detail the areas within a municipality or city that are highly prone to landslides and severe flood-ing. Through them, our LGUs will be able to set ear-ly their contingencies and strategies in addressing potential disasters in their areas,” he said.

Three years ago, the MGB-12 completed the region’s initial geohazard mapping program at a scale of 1:50,000.

Paye said all 50 LGUs in the region had been given copies of the 1:50,000 scale geohazard maps while the reproduction of the maps for those already covered

by the detailed mapping are ongoing.

Last year, the mapping program covered a total of eight municipalities in North Cotabato, South Co-tabato and Sultan Kudarat.

Aside from the de-tailed geohazard mapping, MGB-12 will also conduct a groundwater assessment in four municipalities in South Cotabato.

The DENR had allocat-ed around P354 million for the conduct of the detailed geohazard mapping in var-ious disaster-prone areas in the country that is targeted for completion by yearend.

The agency said among the details that would be es-tablished through the three-year mapping program are parameters or features that may affect ground stability and the type of landslides that may possibly occur within the identified critical areas. [MindaNews]

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THE House commit-tee on higher and technical education

over the weekend rec-ognized the nation’s top five accounting schools, based on the outstand-ing performance of their graduates in the last two Certified Public Accoun-tant (CPA) licensure ex-aminations run by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC).

Pasig City Rep. Ro-man Romulo, committee chairman, identified the top accounting colleges as follows, with the per-centage of their examin-ees passing the last two CPA eligibility tests in brackets:

They are the Universi-ty of the Philippines-Dili-man (98.81%); De La Salle University-Manila (94.59%); Mindanao

State University-Iligan Institute of Technology (90.00%); University of Santo Tomas (89.65%); and Bicol University-Da-raga (85.94%).

According to the PRC, some 36.10 percent or 5,799 out of 16,061 ex-aminees passed the last two CPA qualifying tests in May and October 2013.

Citing PRC statistics, Romulo said the five schools were the only ones “with 50 or more examinees and with at least 80 percent of their examinees passing” the last two CPA licensure tests.

PRC and Commis-sion on Higher Education (CHED) records show that the country has a total of 398 higher institutions of learning accredited to train would-be CPAs. [PNA]

SEN. Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara on Saturday urged the

government to streamline the processes in issuing permits to fast-track the setting up of new power plants in the country.

Angara made his call after Energy Secretary Jer-icho Petilla told the Senate inquiry last Thursday that over 100 approvals for new power plants are necessary to address the looming power supply shortages.

”It is not surprising that

we are in this kind of situa-tion because more than 100 approvals or signatures are needed to build a new pow-er facility,” Angara said.

Petilla said it takes more than a year to pro-cess an application for a new power plant, “then another three to four years to build the actual plant.”

Angara emphasized the need to shorten the period of setting up new power facilities, especial-ly now that the country needs to increase its pow-

er capacity to stabilize power rates and address the rising demand in the long term.

According to Petilla, the Department of Energy is already conferring with other government agen-cies on ways to reduce the 165 steps and hasten the process.

Angara noted that many are interested in in-vesting in the power sec-tor since it has been lucra-tive for the past decade.

The lawmaker pro-

posed putting up a one-stop shop for the issuance of permits to simplify the procedure.

“We want to give as-surance to the Filipino consumers that there will be no more sudden spike in rates. The EPIRA law has been amended and the power sector has been privatized to ensure there will be no rate hikes but here we are still. We should do something to avoid this,” Angara said. [PNA]

A MAN who al-legedly stole cellphones from

two women in separate incidents in March of 2013, was released from jail after the presiding judge dis-missed the cases for lack of evidence.

Presiding judge Retrina Fuentes of the Regional Trial Court Branch 10, last last January 7 acquitted Jimbo Gomez of theft charges against him.

Fuentes said the prosecution failed to present the complain-ants (Maria Luwalhati Pena Truya, 39, and Julivie Lazarate,22, during the trial since November of last year.

Gomez served 9 months in the Maa city jail before his case was dismissed by the court.

Based on the com-plaint, Gomez was ar-rested for taking the cellphones from the victims in two separate incidents last March 15 and 16, 2013.

Police said Gomez was identified was as a notorious thief in their area and faced several cases of theft.

Truya and Lazarate were informed by the police of the San Pedro station that their cell-phones were recov-ered from the posses-sion of Gomez during manhunt operations.

A used auto parts dealership along Sta. Ana Avenue in Davao City occupies the entire sidewalk for its merchandise’s display area, a clear violation of the 1/3-2/3 sidewalk policy of the city government of Davao. Lean Daval Jr.

continue supporting local government units in the de-velopmental, environmen-tal protection, humanitari-an assistance and disaster risk reduction activities in order to establish secured, resilient and progressive communities in the region.

However, he admits that insurgency concerns are multi-faceted and a mil-itary solution is inadequate, thus there is a need for

complimentary and con-certed effort from all stake-holders to help improve the livelihood of the masses to entice them not to join in armed struggle.

Bernardo said there are municipalities facing prob-lems, such as poor farm to marker roads, agrarian problem, livelihood and health and sanitation are needed to be addressed by the government.

a barangay in Manay with about 700 families that could not be reached be-cause the area had sunk. In Marayag, Lupon resi-dents have to be totally relocated.

Based on her initial as-sessment, four barangays in Cateel, three in Bos-ton, and some in Manay and Caraga have not been reached by the team.

“I will be very strict on the no build zone policy,” Malanyaon said. adding, ”there are really certain barangays that cannot be used for settlement any-more, as well as govern-ment centers.”

Malanayaon said they have a problem on the budget for land acquisi-tion and the on-going land

clearing operations that are simultaneous work all throughout the province.

The national govern-ment has not yet respond-ed to their request for as-sistance. Davao Oriental has the most number of areas affected by contin-uous rainfall, as reported by the Office of Civil De-fense (OCD) 11.

The report stated that nine municipalities of the province, specifically Boston, Cateel, Baganga, Caraga, Manay, Tarragona, Lupon, Governor Genero-so, Banay-Banay and even Mati City were all affected.

The OCD recorded 54 barangays affected with 38,372 residents and P57 million in structural dam-age. [ABF]

ment of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) XI in-cluded in the OCD XI.

Meanwhile, after more than a year Pablo devasta-tion the DSWD will still fo-cus on finishing the 17,000 permanent shelters of the affected towns of in Com-postela Valley and Davao Oriental within this year. “Dito sa Pablo pinatutukan ito ni (DSWD) secretary (Corazon) Soliman maski meron na tayong natapos na around 1500 new shel-ters,” Gudmalin said.

Gumalin said that they have already downloaded

the budget in the field of-fice and it’s now a matter of proper monitoring so that this project will be finished.

“So that whatever hin-drance that could affect the completion of the project will be resolved,” he said.

Gudmalin added that the national government gave P3 billion for the reha-bilitation of the Pablo hit ar-eas to assist reconstruction of the damaged town.

He said that the budget is more than the P662 mil-lion quick response funds that commonly used for their disaster operations.

Gov’t urged to speed up issuance of permits for new power plants

PHL’s top 5 accounting schools recognized

Man accused of theftregains his freedom

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TESTING for Car of the Year - Philippines and Truck of the Year

- Philippines is done and dusted, and

who came out with top honors?

It comes as no big surprise

as the Mazda’s executive se-dan offering, the 6 walked away with the highly-covet-ed Car of the Year – Philip-pines (CoTY – P) while the Ford re-deemed itself with Truck of the Year – Philippines (ToTY – P) as its Rang-er Wildtrak scooped the

other top prize of the night.

Aside from winning Car of the

Year – Philippines, the Mazda6 also won for best Executive Car while the CX-5 cornered the Compact Crossover and Wagon cat-egories in both 2WD and

AWD with the 2.0 Pro and 2.5 AWD Sport winning re-spectively. Ford is the only other multiple winner in the major categories with the Fiesta Titanium 4DR winning Premium Sub-compact of the Year.

“Voting for the 2013-2014 COTY-P and TOTY-P was tough. The continually increasing improvements, value and competitiveness each new model brought to their respective classes made discerning between standout and mid-pack very difficult,” said Car Awards Group, Inc. (CAGI) President Ferman Lao.

The complete list of winners:

Best Subcompact of the Year – Mitsubishi Mirage G4 GLX M/T

Best Subcompact of the Year – Hyundai Accent CRDi M/T

Best Premium Subcom-pact of the Year – Ford Fies-ta Titanium 4DR

Best Sportscar of the Year – Honda CR-Z Modulo M/T

Best Compact Cross-over and Wagon of the Year 2WD – Mazda CX-5 2.0 Pro

Best Compact Cross-over and Wagon of the Year

AWD – Mazda CX-5 2.5 AWD Sport

Best Mid-sized Cross-over and Wagon of the Year – Kia Sorento LX CRDi 2WD

Best Premium Cross-over and Wagon of the Year – Volvo V40

Best Sport Utility Vehi-cle of the Year – Chevrolet Trailblazer 4x2 A/T

Best 4x2 Pick-Up of the Year – Isuzu D-MAX LS 4x2 A/T

Best 4x4 Pick-Up of the Year – Ford Ranger 3.2 Wildtrak

Best Van of the Year – Foton View Traveler

Special awards:CAGI Motorsports

Award – Hyundai Asia Re-sources, Inc. (Hyundai Lat-eral Drift Series)

Speedlab Tuner’s Choice Award – Honda CR-Z

Bosch Technical Inno-vation Award – BYD F5

AAP Road Safety Award – Volvo S60 T6 Polestar

Manila International Auto Show Show and Go Award – Subaru BRZ

Filinvest Lifestyle Award – MINI Paceman Cooper S

Caltex with Techron Green Award – Kia Carens.

2013’s best car and truck

ON TOUR. Ducati Davao and KTM Davao’s bikes are lined up in front of Cagayan de Oro Center in Cagayan de Oro City during a break in the Norminring Motorbikes’s weekend ride from Davao to Cagayan de Oro City. Ducati Davao photo

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Wanting to surprise and delight its loyal and potential customers, Co-lumbian Autocar Corpo-ration (CAC), exclusive distributor of Kia Motors in the Philippines, carries out a promo to usher in the year 2014. Tagged as Kia’s Year of the Horse Deals, the Kia Carens and Kia Sportage will be made available at more than 10% off of their suggested retail prices.

From January 15 to 31, the Kia Carens 1.7 LX M/T will be available for as low as Php 998,000. All variants of this modern family car are also dis-counted, with the LX A/T at Php 1,098,000 and the EX A/T at Php 1,250,000. Now, you and your family can enjoy the Kia Carens’ versatility and distinctive appeal for a price within reach.

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11TH Judicial RegionDavao City

OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE JUDGE

NOTICE OF HEARINGPETITION FOR NOTARIAL COMMISSION

Notice is hereby given that a summary hearing on the petitions for NOTARIAL COMISSION of:

1. LEO G. DELOS SANTOS2. RODOLFTON S.J. DE LEON3. JENNIFER F. PONPON-ANCLA4. IRENE D. LAVARES5. JEFFERSON B. YAP6. FARAH C. CAÑEZAL

Shall be held on JANUARY 29, 2014 AT

1:30 P.M. at the courtroom of Regional Tri-al Court, Branch 12, Hall of Justice, Ecoland, Matina, Davao City.

Any person who has any cause or reason to object to the grant of the petition may file a verified written opposition thereto, re-ceived by the undersigned before the date of the summary hearing.

Davao City, Philippines, January 22, 2014.

PELAGIO S. PAGUICAN

Executive Judge

Republic of the PhilippinesREGIONAL TRIAL COURT

11TH Judicial RegionBRANCH 16Davao City

IN RE: PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF ENTRIES IN THE OFFICE OF THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF DAVAO CITY IN THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE OF RICHARD REY LIPONGGO LOS BAÑOS, HIS MIDDLE NAME FROM LIPONGGO TO NAKAHA-RA, HIS PARENTS DATE OF MARRIAGE FROM APRIL 20 1986 TO JULY 12, 1987 AND HIS PARENTS PLACE OF MARRIAGE FROM NEGROS ORIENTAL TO DAVAO CITY

SP.PROC.NO.12, 863-13

RICHARD REY LIPONGGO LOS BAÑOSPetitioner-Versus-THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF DAVAO CITYRespondents,

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ORDER

Acting on the verified filed by petitioner through counsel respectfully prayed of the Honorable Court with the Rules of Court and hearing, the Honorable Court adjudge and order the office of the Local Civil registrar of Davao City to effect the correction in the Birth Certificate of herein petitioner, particu-larly his middle name, from Liponggo to Nakahara, his parents date of marriage from April 20, 1986 to July 12, 1987, and his parents place of marriage from Negros oriental to Davao City.

Finding the said petition to be sufficient in form and in substance, it is hereby ordered that said petition be set for hearing on March 6, 2014 at 8:30 AM on which date, time and place, all persons who are interested may appear and show cause if any, why said petition should not be granted.

Let a copy of this Order to be published in a newspaper of general circulation at least once a week for three (3) consecu-tive issues at the expense of the petitioner.

The Local Civil Registrar, Davao City and the Assistant City Prosecutor are cited to appear on said date of hearing, in order to show cause, if any, why said petition should not be granted. SO ORDERED Davao City, Philippines, December 12, 2013.

(Sgd) EMMANUEL C. CARPIOPresiding Judge

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WHO MEL-B O U R N E ( R e u t e r s )

- Rafa Nadal has the opportunity to add another chapter to his storied career, and in-tensify an already ro-bust debate, should he beat Stanislas Wawrin-ka in Sunday’s Austra-lian Open final.

A victory would make the Spanish left-hander the third man to win all four grand slam titles twice, join-ing Australians Rod Laver and Roy Emer-son, and also draw him level with Pete Sam-pras on 14 career ma-jor titles.

It would also leave him three behind Wawrinka’s compa-triot Roger Federer, who Nadal beat in the semi-finals, and would no doubt generate an-other round of debate as to who can justi-fiably be called the greatest player of all time.

“Is there one great-est player of all time?” Sampras replied when asked by reporters if Nadal or Federer could be labeled with that mantle.

“I believe when you look at the his-t o r y of the g a m e , each de-cade has their player.

“ C e r t a i n l y Roger has been the best player for the last 10 years. Rafa is up there with him. (No-vak) Djokovic is push-ing. So it’s really hard to say.

“Rafa has won all the majors, he’s been number one. Y o u could argue t h a t h e ’ s w e l l u p there. If he plays the next four or five years, he could have 17, 18 majors.

“Let’s just ap-preciate what we’re watching. It’s hard to

compare the numbers and the eras where we all did our thing.”

Both sides have a strong case in the Nad-al v Federer debate.

Fans of the Swiss suggest Nadal’s record is skewed by his clay-court dominance over the years, while the Spaniard’s support-ers point to his 23-10 head-to-head record over Federer.

If Nadal does beat Wawrinka, howev-er, it is inevitable the question will be asked whether he can achieve what no man has done since Laver in 1969 and win a cal-endar grand slam.

Few would bet against him winning his ninth French Open title in early June. He has lost just one match - to Robin Soderling in the fourth round in 2009 - at the claycourt grand slam since 2005.

And the manner in which he ac-counted for 17-times grand slam winner Federer, who had

looked back to his fluid best at Mel-

bourne Park af-ter a dis-

m a l

2013, s u g -g e s t s

he will be hard

t o

beat at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open.

Nadal, who has played the tournament with strapping across his left hand due to a painful blister, is only focused on the chal-lenge posed by the 28-year-old Wawrin-ka.

“He’s playing better than ever ... he’s a play-er that is ready to win against everybody,” Nadal said.

“If I don’t play my best tennis ... I don’t have (a) chance to beat him.”

MAJOR CONCERNNadal holds a 12-0

career record over Wawrinka but he has every reason to be con-cerned about the chal-lenge from the quietly s p o -

k e n Swiss ,

who has found a

new lev-el of consistency and seems confident he can reach the upper echelon of the men’s game.

He pushed Djokov-ic to five-sets in

both the Aus-tralian and

U.S. Open last year - the latter was in his first grand

slam semi-f inal

- which capped off a year in which scored eight wins against top-10 opponents, the third-best total on the ATP Tour.

Wawrinka start-ed 2014 by winning his fifth career title at Chennai and then beat world number two Djokovic, again in five sets, in the quarter-finals at Mel-bourne Park, ending a 14-match losing streak to the Serb.

He handily beat sev-enth Tomas Berdych in the semi-finals.

“I saw him play against Novak. I saw him play against Berdych. He’s playing great,” Nadal said.

“He’s serving un-believable. He’s hit-

ting the ball very strong from the baseline.

“If I am not able to play my best, I think I

will not h a v e

chanc-e s

b e -

c a u s e h e ’ s

coming to this match with a lot of victories

and playing great.”

Wawrinka said his past re-

cord against Nadal had not entered his thoughts and he was heading into his first grand slam final with a lot of confidence.

“The record is not what I’m looking (at). That’s what is it against Rafa (and) I don’t care about hav-ing lost 14 times.

“But I (had) some good match last year against him, close ones ... (and) I have more confidence in myself.

“I know that when I go on court I can beat almost every-body, even in the big stage.”

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ALMOST 3,000 Dabawenyos can’t be wrong: Reverie 2014 is one for the books.

Abreeza Ayala Mall, together with Manic Nightnings Productions, proudly held Reverie 2014 at the Park Dining area on January 18, 2014. The

dance music party fea-tured DJ sets by four in-demand acts from around the country: Davao’s club favorite DJ Torch, Boracay beatmaster DJ Reo Men-

doza, Manila-bred veter-an talent DJ Erwin Edra-lin, and the event’s main act, Boracay’s DJ Surf. Rounding out the night’s agenda was a fantastic 3D mapping segment by Scratchmedia Visuals—a first in Davao and in Min-danao that the Reverie crowd had the privilege of witnessing. Reverie 2014 kicked off at 6 p.m. with Davao’s very own DJ Torch warm-ing up the crowd of revel-ers. DJ Reo Mendoza then took over with a sexy deep house set, followed by DJ Erwin Edralin and his quirky EDM tracks. At 9:30 p.m., the music faded

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TURN ON the charm and bring on the luck as we welcome the Year of the Wooden Horse with pretty charm bracelets from SM Accessories. Made from stones that are not only eye-catching, but also said to be auspicious, these bracelets are a good way of starting the year in style. Attract good luck with Jade, also the stone that has been regarded for cen-turies to create a feeling of harmony and balance. Honey Jade is said to bring forth happiness, spiritual growth and satisfaction in life. Tiger Eye protects with its powerful and dynamic energy. Red Blossom is said to bring everlasting love and good fortune; while Black Pi Yao is known as the stone for good fortune while also bringing emotional stabili-ty. Colorful Jasper & Aven-turine bring opportunities while giving courage and inner strength. SM Accessories’ Chinese New Year Charm Bracelets are available at the Ladies’ Accessories Department of SM Stores in SM Lanang Premier, SM City Davao, and SM City General San-tos.

FASTEN YOUR SEAT BELTS as Mustard Seed Events, together with RP Events Team & Love Army brings turbulence to your Valentine’s weekend with THE FLIGHT! On it’s second to the last leg, The Flight features Switch DJ’s Regiel Orocay and Jet Boado with Sem-break 2013’s MC Boo Sac-ramento on the mic and Magic 89.1’s very own, Jack Ripper! The event happens at The White House Fusion Cuisine & Wine Lounge on February 15, 2014, from 9:00PM onwards! Boarding passes pur-chased before February 1 are priced at P400. Regular priced tickets are at P500. Tickets are now available at The White House, Camella Northpoint, Bajada. You can also follow us for more updates at https://www.facebook.com/mustardseedeventsph. See you there!

PHILIPPINE AIRLINES (PAL) will start flying to Haneda twice a day starting March 30, 2014, complementing its thrice a day service to Narita thus providing better options and conve-nience for travelers to and from Japan. Haneda, also known as Tokyo International Airport, is one of the two premier airports servicing the Greater Tokyo Area. It is considered the world’s most slot-restrictive airport and a prime business hub. It becomes PAL’s fifth gateway to Japan – following Narita, Fukuoka, Osaka and Nagoya – making the flag carrier the biggest Philippine operator to and from Japan with 47 flights a week. PAL currently operates 21 weekly flights to Narita, 5 times a week to Fukuoka, 7 to Nagoya and 7 to Osaka. PAL President and Chief Operating Officer Ramon S. Ang said “The new service makes PAL the exclusive operator on the Haneda-Manila route. This route forms part of PAL’s net-work expansion aimed at providing our passengers more and better choices.” Along with the route expansion, PAL is upgrading its in-flight menu with the introduction of Bento Box meals on all flights to and from Japan. The new inflight menu, designed and prepared by the airline’s experienced culinary team, provides passengers a wider selection of Japanese dishes to choose from. The flag carrier is expanding its presence in Japan in re-sponse to a strong market demand even as PAL continues to reinforce its warm and hospitable inflight service. Japan pro-vides a significant passenger market to the Philippines being the third biggest source of tourist visitors to the country. In 2012 alone, Japanese tourist arrivals reached 412,000. The country is also a prime tourist destination for Filipinos, with its trend-setting culture, superb cuisine, and historical sites.

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Clockwise from bottom left: Tiger Eye, the stone of protection. Honey Jade bracelet with an infinity symbol. Red Blossom is also said to bring victory in businesses.

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ABS-CBN’s upcoming drama series “The Legal Wife” will not just heat up primetime TV with fierce confronta-tions but with real-life issues as well, according to top cali-ber directors Rory Quintos and Dado Lumibao. “We want to make sure that our audience will follow our show not only because of the slapping scenes, but also because, through it, they learn how to deal with the problems of their own families, which they have been afraid to face,” said Direk Rory about the Prime-time Bida series topbilled by Angel Locsin, Maja Salvador, JC de Vera, and Jericho Ro-sales “Many viewers will be able to connect with the charac-ters of Monica (Angel), Ni-cole (Maja), Max (JC), and Adrian (Jericho), because their personal battles are true-to-life. ‘Legal Wife’ is about the love and sacrifices that a person is willing to do for the sake of his family,” Di-rek Dado explained. Meanwhile, Angel, Maja, JC, and Echo revealed that story of “The Legal Wife” also made them discover a lot about themselves. “Everyone has already experienced to love and to make mistakes. Because of my character Monica, I real-ized that I need to be strong

in order to face all the trials in my life, especially if my fam-ily is affected,” said Angel. For Echo, the plot of “The Legal Wife” will serve as a huge eye-opener for Filipino families. “Infidelity is such a sensitive topic, but I believe that this is the right time to make everyone understand why this happens, and why people end up in this situa-tion,” he said. Maja added that while her character in the series is con-troversial, she believes that many people will be able to relate with Nicole. “There are many kinds of love, but there is this kind where somebody accepts your whole person-ality despite of the things that you did in the past,” she shared. “I appreciate love for my family and for others now more that I used to because

of my character Max’s abil-ity to give everything he has got without asking for any-thing in return,” JC said. “The Legal Wife” features the story of Monica and Adrian, a married couple whose lives are about to turn around because of a huge mistake. How will Monica and Adrian be able to fulfill the promise of forever when the foundation of their re-lationship begins is already shattered? Also part of “The Legal Wife” cast are some of the country’s best drama actors including Joem Bascon, Ah-ron Villena, Rio Locsin, Mark Gil, Maria Isabel Lopez, Ber-nard Palanca, and Christo-pher de Leon. Don’t miss the premiere of “The Legal Wife” on Mon-day (January 27) in ABS-CBN Primetime Bida.

KAPUSO TEEN ACTOR Hiro Peralta renewed his ties with GMA Network. The 19-year-old heartthrob was welcomed by GMA officers as he inked a three-year exclusive network contract today at the GMA Network Center. Present in the contract signing were GMA Chair-man and Chief Execu-tive Officer Atty. Felipe L. Gozon, GMA Entertainment TV’s Senior Vice President Lilybeth G. Rasonable, GMA Assistant Vice President for Alternative Productions Gigi Santiago-Lara, GMA Artist Center Assistant Vice President and Head for Tal-ent Imaging and Market-ing Unit Simoun Ferrer, and Program Manager for ETV Charles Koo. Also in attendance was Hiro’s manager John Fonta-nilla. Hiro is co-managed by GMA Artist Center. During the contract sign-

ing, Hiro says that he is very happy with the way GMA is handling his career. He is very thankful to the Kapuso Station for continuously providing him good proj-ects all these years, “Sobra akong happy. Kasi gusto ko talaga sa GMA. Eversince noong nagsisimula pa lang ako sa Tween Hearts, gusto ko na dito ako mag-grow at matuto.” Hiro shares that he is cur-rently busy with singing and acting workshops to further enhance his craft.

He also wants to work again with Derrick Monasterio and Barbie Forteza in his fu-ture projects. Rasonable considers Hiro as one of the talented homegrown artists of the network, “We saw his po-tential nung pumasok siya sa Tween Hearts. After Tween Hearts, kinontrata na natin siya kasi nakita naming may talent siya at nagsunod-su-nod ang projects niya sa dra-ma. Kaya hanggang ngayon gusto pa rin naming siyang i-develop.”

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and the lights dramatical-ly went out all over Abree-za’s outdoor premises, and the partygoers watched in rapt awe as 3D projection mapping made larger-than-life visuals fill the formidable façade of Seda Abreeza Hotel. The party then picked up with a final set by DJ Surf, who got the crowd of 2,700 Davaoeños to bounce along to his in-fectious beats for the rest of the night. A year of excitement has only just begun at Abreeza Mall, with more events set to entertain mall-goers this month alone. The Red Bazaar at the Activity Center continues to offer shoppers sale finds until

January 30. On January 31, Abreeza Mall holds its mall-wide Chinese New Year Celebration, and at 6 p.m. on the same day, the Activity Center plays host to performances by prima ballerina Lisa Macuja and singer Bryan Termulo in an event dubbed Ballet and Ballad. For more information on programs and hap-penings at Abreeza Mall, visit the concierge at the ground floor or call (082) 321-9332. Stay updated by liking www.facebook.com/AbreezaMall and fol-lowing @abreezatweets on Twitter and @ilove-abreezamall on Instagram

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THE men and women of Philippine sports who inspired and did

the Filipino people proud in the year just passed were feted on Saturday night in a formal celebration like no other at the Centennial Hall of the historic Manila Hotel.

The Philippine Sports-writers Association (PSA) honored the “best and brightest of 2013 in a col-orful gathering of heroes” during its traditional Annu-al Awards Night presented by MILO and with Air21 as major sponsor.

The annual awards night was attended by the country’s top sports officials led by Philip-pine Olympic Committee (POC) president Jose `Pe-ping’ Cojuangco, Philip-pine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman Richie Garcia, Internation-al Olympic Committee (IOC) representative to the country Mikee Co-juangco-Jaworski, among others, expected to be in attendance.

On top of the long hon-or roll list – 123 in all – is Gilas Pilipinas basketball team which was recog-nized with the prestigious Athlete of the Year award

for its improbable run in the qualifier for the 2014 world basketball champi-onship.

The Filipino cagers settled for a runner-up finish behind Iran in the FIBA-Asia Men’s Champi-onship here last August, but whose silver medal feat definitely glittered like gold as it earned for the country a berth back to the FIBA-World Cup 35 years after it last saw action in the quadrennial meet.

Gilas Pilipinas is only be the fifth team to be-come the recipient of the Athlete of the Year award given out by the country’s oldest media organization during its yearly affair held in partnership with Smart Sports, Philippine Sports Commission, Senator Fran-cis Escudero, Philippine Basketball Association, SM Prime Holdings, Rain or Shine, Globalport, Philip-pine Charity Sweepstakes Office, Philippine Amuse-ment and Gaming Corp., ICTSI-Philippine Golf Tour, Accel 3XVI.

Previous teams hon-ored with the same title since the revival of the PSA Awards Night in 1981

were Team Philippines (2005), Taekwondo wom-en’s poomsae team (2009), Ateneo Blue Eagles (2012), and Manila softball wom-en’s team (2012).

Sharing centerstage with the Spain-bound bas-ketball team is the man be-hind the creation of Gilas Pilipinas in Manny V. Pan-gilinan, who is the recipi-ent of the Executive of the Year honor in the first PSA awards rite under presi-dent Lorenzo `Jun’ Lomib-ao of the Business Mirror.

Lomibao personally bestowed the President’s Award to world champions Davao City’s Lee Van Cor-teza and partner Dennis Orcollo, and Rubilen Amit of billiards, along with young taekwondo jin Mike-ala Calamba.

A total of 17 major awards were also handed out during the affair aired live over DZSR Sports Ra-dio 918, along with the Most Outstanding Na-tional Sports Association, Sixth Man Award, Lifetime Achievement Award, Mr. Football, Ms. Volleyball, MILO Junior Athlete of the Year, Tony Siddayao Award, Citations, and Posthumous.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Carmelo Anthony let it fly from halfcourt,

and when it went in, he had proof of what was already obvious.

‘’When I made the shot at the half, I told myself the zone was there,’’ Anthony said.

Soon, he had passed Kevin Durant. Next was Bernard King, and finally Kobe Bryant.

Three records, all shot down in one scintillating performance.

Anthony scored a ca-reer-high 62 points to break the franchise and current Madison Square Garden marks, and the New York Knicks beat the Charlotte Bobcats 125-96 on Friday night to stop a five-game losing streak.

Anthony made 23 of 35 shots, one when he leapt from center court to beat the halftime buzzer, and even added 13 rebounds in the NBA’s highest-scoring performance this season.

Anthony had 56 after three quarters, bettering Durant’s previous season high of 54, and stayed in for the first few minutes of the fourth to break King’s Knicks record of 60 set in 1984 and Bryant’s arena record of 61 set five years ago.

‘’I made history tonight, with the performance, but just to be a part of that group of people, like I said, there’s only a small group of people that knows what that zone feels like and to-night I was one of them,’’ Anthony said.

It was easily the high-light of the season for An-thony, on pace to miss the playoffs for the first time in his career and facing fre-quent questions about his future with the team as he heads into free agency this summer.

That was all on hold for one night, the focus sim-ply on Anthony’s amazing scoring.

He easily passed his previous career best of 50 points and possibly could’ve even passed 70 or more had the game been close. Instead, he checked out for good after break-ing the records when he banked in a short jumper with 7:24 to play.

‘’I’ve seen him score a lot of points, but that was some performance right there,’’ said J.R. Smith, who was also a teammate of An-thony’s in Denver.

Smith noticed a differ-ent focus from Anthony before the game, a serious-ness replacing the usual laughter. Perhaps some

of it was some added pre-game motivation after the team watched a video fea-turing Muhammad Ali, one of Anthony’s favorite ath-letes.

With the Knicks des-perately thin in the front-court after losing Andrea Bargnani on top of the inju-ries to Amare Stoudemire and Kenyon Martin, An-thony simply took on more of the scoring load as New York won for the first time on its eight-game home-stand after dropping the first three.

King, elected to the Hall of Fame last year, said he was proud of Anthony, who he considers one of the best players in the game.

‘’If anyone was to break my Knicks record that I have held for so long, I’m absolutely delighted that it was Carmelo,’’ King said through the team’s public relations department.

Al Jefferson had 25 points and nine rebounds for the Bobcats, snapping his streak of four straight 20-10 games. Charlotte had won two in a row, holding division leaders Toronto and the Los Ange-les Clippers to an average of 93 points.

But the Knicks, who had lost to the Bobcats 10 days ago to start their cur-

rent skid, shot 56 percent. So what happened to Char-lotte’s defense?

‘’Melo. Enough said,’’ Jefferson said.

Fans chanted ‘’Melo! Melo!’’ when the Knicks had the ball in the second half, as if they were call-ing a play. That was re-placed by ‘’We Want Melo! We want Melo!’’ after he

checked out.He made 20 of his first

26 shots against what had been a good defensive team, but there was no defense for the zone An-thony was in.

‘’When he’s in one of those zones, ain’t nothing nobody can do about it,’’ Jefferson added.

Last season’s scor-

ing champion had eight points in the first 2 1/2 minutes, went 8 of 10 in the first quarter and had 20 points as the Knicks led 30-21. He skipped his usual break and kept playing deep into the sec-ond quarter before finally taking a seat with 4:34 left, shortly after missing an open jumper.

Davao boy Corteza gets President’s Award PSA honors 2013 top athletes

Melo breaks records

PSA AWARDEES. Davao’s Lee Van Corteza (top photo, left) with partner Dennis Orcollo, was given the PSA President’s Award. Below, Jimmy Alapag and Marcus Douthit led the Smart Gilas squad as the PSA Athlete of the Year.

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THE next one would be tough. Real tough.

Flashback to last year’s season-ending Governors’ Cup semifinals, Petron Blaze had to go through a very tough Rain or shine squad to enter the championship round.

Back to the present, the Boosters are set to rekindle that rivalry when they face the streaking Elasto Paint-ers, who have won eight consecutive games, begin-ning Monday night.

Only this time, Petron is bracing for a more difficult challenge when the teams go at it yet again.

“I think they’re the same dangerous team as al-ways,” Cabagnot told Inter-Aksyon.com in an exclusive interview.

“They’re very hot right now.”

Cabagnot finished with 22 points and 12 assists in the team’s series-clinching win against Barako Bull, but the lefty guard said his performance is just a memory now as the team looks ahead to their matchup against the hot-test team in the league.

June Mar Fajardo believes that Rain or Shine’s strengths lies in their team play, bol-stered by a deep roster that can find contribu-tors from anywhere on the bench.

“Malakas na team yun tsaka teamwork talaga

ginagamit nila,” said Fa-jardo.

“Mas maganda yung

teamwork nila ngayon, yung score nila collective effort. Malalim rin yung

bench nila.”Fajardo, after hur-

dling a grueling matchup

with Barako Bull’s Dorian Pena, will get to face an-other tough challenge in

Rain or Shine’s Extra Rice boys, Beau Belga and JR Quinahan. [InterAKTV]

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DRIVING THROUGH. Chris Lutz of Petron goes up against JC Intal of Barako Bull during the quarterfinals match in the PBA Philippine Cup won by the Boosters. Nuki Sabio

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