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FTHE SPELL CONTINUES, 16

The losing streak goes on for Philippine boxing.

Filipino champion Rey “Boom-Boom” Bautista became the latest addition to the list of Filipino champions who fell by the wayside in a spell that one by one took away the country’s world titles like a thief in the night.

Bautista lost his WBO international feather-weight belt on Saturday night via split decision in a bloody encounter against a shifty Mexican chal-lenger Jose “Negro” Ramirez in the Pinoy Pride XIX “Mexican Invasion” at the USeP Gym.

Ramirez decked Bautista right in the opening

round with a staggering combination to the head that brought the Filipino reeling to the ropes twice with 10 seconds left. Referee Bruce McTavish gave Bautista a standing 8-count and the bell rang to save the champion.

Ramirez proved to be the quicker fighter and tagged Bautista through most of the fight’s fierce exchanges. Ramirez survived a cut himself and a vicious attack by Bautista but a cut in the left cheek drenched the Filipino in blood and he was never the same again through the last two rounds which were marked by clinches and slips.

Ramirez, cheered on later by most of the 4,000-strong crowd, won on two of the judges

scorecards with identical 114-111s and lost to one by 111-114. Ramirez raised his record to 26-2 and lined himself for a shot to the bigger fights.

Bautista dropped to his third loss after a streak of eight wins with six knockout victories. he joined Manny Pacquiao, Bryan Viloria and Nonito Donaire in the list of Filipino boxing champions who lost their title belts.

The 25-year old champion from Candijay, Bo-hol, who is rated no. 4 featherweight by the In-ternational Boxing Federation, was to be lined up for a championship eliminator in his next fight as promised by ALA Promotions chief executive offi-cer Michael Aldeguer earlier.

The spell conTinues

Boom Boom loses title to Mexican

By Neil BravoPhoto by Lean DavaL Jr.

DOWN IN THE FIRST. Rey “Boom-Boom” Bautista of the Philippines drops to the seat of his pants in the first round after getting tagged by Jose “Negro” Ramirez of Mex-ico. Bautista dropped a painful split decision to the Mexican and became the latest addition to Filipino champions who have lost their titles.

VOL. 6 ISSUE 26 • SUNDAY - MONDAY, APRIL 21-22, 2013THE BIG NEWS2 EDGEDAVAO

FELECTION DAY, 11

FENVIRONMENTAL, 11

FP80 WAGE HIKE, 11

F’IM ALIVE’, 11WITH MUSLIM LEADERS. Vice Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte vows to defend the rights and promote the welfare of Muslim residents of Davao City

during a meeting with islamic leaders at the Grand Men Seng Hotel in Magallanes Street Friday night. Lean Daval Jr.

CAMPAIGN SORTIE. Team PNoy senatorial bet Cynthia Villar greets Baran-gay captains from the second district of Davao City. She was later endorsed by Vice Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte and Hugpong sa Tawong Lungsod con-

gressional candidate Mylene Garcia in a gathering at the Grand Men Seng Hotel in Magallanes Street Friday night. Lean Daval Jr.

Comebacking coun-cilor Bonifacio Militar is the lat-

est victim of a chain text message hoax which cir-culated around media Saturday afternoon.

edge Davao verified the report and gave Mil-itar a call. Sorry but it was not a ghost who an-swered, but Militar him-self who laughed off the rumor. “Malakas pa ako sa kalabaw! (I’m stronger than a bull!),” he said.

he explained, “may-be the reason why these text messages (that he is

dead) spread is because I topped the latest polls.”

According to Militar, several other council bets envy his rating and past performances during his term as a city councilor in the first district, especial-ly that most of the candi-dates are considered po-litical neophytes.

“I was surprised when vice mayor Rody Duter-te’s chief of staff Chris-topher “Bong” Go called me and ask if it was real-ly me who answered the phone,” he said.

Militar also clarified

The P80 across-the-board wage in-crease demanded

by the Associated Labor Union – Trade Union Con-gress of the Philippines (ALU-TUCP) is “not im-possible,” according to the Department of Labor regional office.

DOLe 11 regional di-rector Joffrey Suyao, who is also the Regional Ti-patriate Wages and Pro-ductivity Board (RTWPB) chairman, the P80 daily wage hike petitioned by

the ALU-TUCP must be given focus by the board during evaluation.

he told edge Davao that if the TUCP’s petition for wage hike has con-crete basis, “then we can’t say it is impossible.”

however, he said, “the board has to focus their evaluation on the across-the-board implementa-tion that TUCP asked for, since RTWPB is mandat-ed to increase only the salaries of the minimum wage earners, because

they protect the most vul-nerable employees.”

“I can’t say exactly whether it will be ap-proved or not, but what is certain is we (RTWPB) need to make sure that the increase can restore the lost purchasing power of the peso,” he said.

“If you base it on his-tory, even in the Nation-al Capital Region (NCR), there has been no wage board in the country where the wage hike pe-titioned is as big as P80,”

he said.The RTWPB received

the petition from TUCP last April 17 and has con-ducted a meeting to start the process of evaluation by checking the economic conditions of the region where the official data from the National Statis-tic Office (NSO) will be used as basis.

Suyao cited an exam-ple saying, “if the price of gasoline increase, we will evaluate how it will

“We are t rea t ing the com-

ing election as a typhoon and rest assured that we are ready.”

Cynthia Alabanza, spokesperson of Nation-al Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), was not doing a weather fore-cast but the preparedness of the power industry in Mindanao days ahead of the 2013 elections.

Alabanza bared during the hermes Club forum last Friday at the Waterfront Insular hotel Davao, that NGCP and Davao Light And Power Company (DLPC) anticipated possible power interruptions during the

election time. “We have already com-

menced preparations for immediate restoration if any power disturbances occur,” she said.

Alabanza bared that they will mobilize their linemen to determine the possible power damage so they can check the nature and the location of the fa-cilities right away.

“Our linemen are ready, in fact we will have an ac-tivity this coming week in Iligan City where we will tests our linemen,” she said, adding that their per-sonnel will also be redi-rected in the same manner

AN environmen-talist group has this for a point-

blank question to can-didates seeking for office in the 2013 elec-tions: “Are you green?”

The question has no reference to a po-litical party’s color or that of a candidate’s. The question is direct-ed to the agenda on advocacy of environ-ment issues.

e n v i r o n m e n t a l -ist group Greenpeace staged the Green elec-toral Initiative on Fri-day night at the Peo-ple’s Park to ensure that the environment will be a key issue in the 2013 elections.

First district coun-cilor Mabel Acosta, one of the candidates present in the GeI fo-rum, said she believes that there should also be a local envi-ronmental survey to find out which of the candidates in Davao City have platforms inclined to protecting the environment, just like what Greenpeace will do on a national scale.

In the said forum, Greenpeace called on voters to choose pro-environment can-didates in the May 13 polls.

Acosta said, “it would be good to de-

Boni Militar death a hoax‘I’m alive’

P80 wage hike ‘not impossible’ - DOLE 11By EJ Dominic Fernandez

DLPC, NGCP ready for power interruptions

Election Day

By Che Palicte

Environmental survey for local candidates pushed

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IT’S the first of its kind in the country and yes, it’s making

waves this summer.For those who live

by the cool lifestyle to never miss summer without the beach, here’s some cool ad-dition to that. Never miss your beach outing without riding a water taxi.

Yes, beach bums, Davao express Water Taxi (DeWT), the first ever water taxi service in the country, could make ripples out of your summer getaway.

If you think they’re a hard find, think again. These water taxis are stationed at Sta. Ana wharf right in the heart of the city so it’s no problem to get there. You can park your car or take a cab or jeep to Sta. Ana Wharf and right at the gate is the DeWT terminal.

Water taxis are not just worry-free but reasonably-priced . DeWT offer rates based on the location of your resort of choice anywhere around Is-land Garden City of Sa-mal.

DeWT operations manager Dean Ortiz said the water taxi’s versatility is unques-tionable since DeWT boats can practically dock anywhere as long as it is safe for its pas-sengers to disembark.

It’s like your everyday taxi except that it floats on water.

Compared to land

travel, Davao’s inno-vative water taxis can individually accom-modate a group of up

to 12 persons is more practical and econom-ical.

Most charter boats

that ply the route take more time in traveling while travelling with water taxis, people can get more quality time at the beach than at sea. “It only takes a good 20 minutes for our boats to safely get to Talicud Island com-pared to charter boats which could take an hour or more to get there,” Ortiz told this writer.

Convenient, afford-able and safe

When it comes to dafety, Ortiz said their boats are what en-thusiasts refer to as RhIBs, or Rigid hull Inflatable Boats and are powered by in-dividual 150 hP en-gines. RhIB according to a boating website is one of the best boat designs ever made, be-cause of its durability and versatility.

“Our boats are duly registered with the MARINA so it follows that our boats and their captains have passed all their tests and requirements to ferry passengers. We have individual life jackets as a safety re-quirement and pre-caution, Ortiz added.

“We’ve had our share of praises over the past year and it’s glad knowing that Davaoenos take pride in having the first wa-ter taxis cruising over

their seas that is why we made it more af-fordable for them,” he said.

Other than mak-ing the service with-in budget, DeWT is also partnering with Samal-based resorts and local and nation-al travel agencies to boost tourism in the area, For the sum-mer, DeWT is offering discounted packages with their regular and island hopping trips. “We will be offering different promos ev-ery week,” said Ortiz. Passengers will have an option to join a group going to a desig-nated tourist area.

DeWT has recently acquired accredita-tion from the Depart-ment of Tourism and is a member of Davao Travel Operators As-sociation (DABTOA).

Davao express Wa-ter Taxis are stationed at the Sta. Ana wharf with operation hours from 6 am to 6 pm. For bookings and res-ervations contact tele-phone number 295-7488 or mobile 0923-230-5829 or visit their website at www.davaowatertaxi.com. You can also like them on facebook, just key in Davao express Wa-ter Taxi.

Next time you hit the beach, just hail a cab floating by.

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Davao Express Water Taxi:

Making waves this summerBy Athena Jillian Bravo

Photo by Lean Daval Jr.

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The Philippines’ larg-est national flag carrier, Cebu Pacific (PSe: CeB)

flew more than 3.53 million passengers from January to March (Q1) 2013, an increase of 5% compared to 3.37 mil-lion passengers in Q1 2012.

Seat sales, increased routes and flight frequencies and sus-tained promotions paved the way for the following interna-

tional passenger growth: Bru-nei (43%), South Korea (34%), Malaysia (18%), China (15%) and Indonesia (13%).

CeB also grew its domestic passengers to and from Zam-boanga (17%), as well as hubs in Davao (20%), Kalibo (22%) and Iloilo (29%).

“Cebu Pacific continues to link islands and countries, and provide lowest fare options so

everyone can travel by air. Pas-senger growths in countries such as Korea and China, as well as regions like Iloilo and Davao, are particularly fulfill-ing. We remain focused on driving tourism to and within the Philippines in 2013,” said CeB VP for Marketing and Dis-tribution Candice Iyog.

Iyog cited that with CeB’s extensive route network, travel

between Visayas and Mindan-ao grew by 13%, while trav-el within Mindanao grew by 45%. CeB launched multiple flights from Iloilo, Davao and Cagayan de Oro in the 4th quar-ter of 2012.

CeB is also slated to launch flights from Cebu to Masbate (June 1, 2013) and Taipei (July 5, 2013), as well as the airline’s first long haul flights from Manila to Dubai (October 7, 2013).

For bookings and inquiries, guests can go to www.cebu-pacificair.com, or call the reser-vation hotlines (02)7020-888 or (032)230-8888. The latest seat sales can also be found on CeB’s official Twitter and Face-book pages.

Those still booking flights may also sign up to be a CeB Club member through the Cebu Pacific website, for seat sale alerts, easy management of flights and travel funds, and a faster booking process.

CeB currently operates 10 Airbus A319, 25 Airbus A320 and 8 ATR-72 500 aircraft. Its fleet of 43 aircraft is one of the most modern aircraft fleets in the world. Between 2013 and 2021, Cebu Pacific will take de-livery of 17 more Airbus A320 and 30 Airbus A321neo air-craft orders.

All-time highs of the Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) this year. The 25th high was during the fourth straight session on April 12, 2013.

Percentage increase, from the same period last year, of the government’s spending for infrastructure and other capital outlay, in fulfillment of the Aquino administration’s commitment to enhance spending for infrastructure and key economic services.

Amount of the proposed Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Expressway project, the latest Public Private Partnership (PPP) project under the Aquino administration.

Grant to the Philippines from the European Union (EU) in support of cleaner, more energy-efficient industrial production.

25 40.8 16 189It figures

MONTHLY AVERAGE EXCHANGE RATE (January 2012-February 2013)

Month 2013 2012 2011

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

September 41.75 43.02August 42.04 42.42

July 41.91 42.81June 42.78 43.37May 42.85 43.13April 42.70 43.24

March 42.86 43.52February 40.67 42.66 43.70January 40.73 43.62 44.17

Stat Watch5.4

4th Qtr 2012

6.8 4th Qtr 2012

USD 3,969.51 million

Dec 2012USD 5,135.46

million Nov 2012

USD -1,585 million

Nov 2012USD -209

millionMar 2012

P 5,171,689 million

Dec 2012

3.6 % Jan 2013P155,308

million Nov 2012

P 5,381 billion

Nov 2012

P 40.67 Feb 2013

6,242.7 Jan 2013

132.4 Feb 2013

3.4 Feb 2013

3.8 Feb 2013

352,438 Nov 2012

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/

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Davao by the numbersWith

32,196 migrants, P321.90 million

flow into Davao City in remittances to families in

Davao City every month or

P3.86 billion annually

Source: city agricuLturiSt’S office

LeADING independent oil company Phoenix Petroleum Philippines

has announced its reduction of all fuel products effective April 20, 2013.

In an official e-mail, Phoe-nix Petroleum Philippines announced that it will re-duce the prices of premium, unleaded, and regular gas-oline by P1.05 per liter and diesel by P1.65 per liter ef-fective 6:00 am on Saturday to reflect the continued de-cline in the prices of refined petroleum products in the international market.

Other oil companies im-plemented price cuts on its fuel products effective 12:01 a.m. on Saturday to track movements in the interna-tional petroleum market.

Petron Corp., Chevron

Corp., SeAOIL Philippines, Inc., eastern Petroleum Corp. and Pilipinas Shell Pe-troleum Corp. announced on Friday price reductions of P1.05 per liter on premi-um, unleaded and regular gasolines, P1.65/liter on diesel; and P1.60/liter on kerosene.

This week’s price reduc-tion followed last week’s price decreases of P1.65/liter on gasoline, P0.75/liter on diesel and P0.55/liter on kerosene.

Prices of Dubai crude, the benchmark used by most of Asia, are at $101.03 per bar-rel from $103.22 per barrel last week. Meanwhile, as of April 11, international pric-es of diesel are at $112/bar-rel from $121/ barrel of the previous week, while that of

gasoline are at $109/barrel from $116/barrel.

Data on the energy de-partment’s Web site showed that since April 15 un-

til Friday, gasoline prices ranged from P45.55/liter to P52.80/liter, while those of diesel ranged from P37.80/liter to P41.30/liter. (NJB)

LET THERE BE LIGHT. This enterprising lady perfectly defines the famous quote, “If there’s a will, there’s a way”, as she goes about her business as manicurist despite the darkness at an unlit portion

of the public park along San Pedro Street, Davao City last night. Lean Daval Jr.

Phoenix reduces fuel pricesMajor players also cut prices to reflect foreign oil market trend

CEB flies over 3.53 million guests in Q1 2013


MITSUBIShI Mo-tors Philippines Corp. (MMPC)

closed the first quarter of the year recording an impressive double digit growth of 21.7%. Sales for the first three months totaled to 10,016 units compared to 8,230 units sold during the same pe-riod last year. March sales modestly increased by 1.6% with 3,612 units sold. Combined reports from the Chamber of Au-tomotive Manufacturer of the Philippines (CAMPI) and Trucks Manufacturer Association (TMA) also showed a surge in MMPC’s market share. For the first quarter MMPC was able to capture a 24% market share making it the second bestselling automotive brand in the country.

MMPC recorded sig-nificant improvement in the car segment for the first quarter. Year-to- date sales of cars totaled to 2,172 units as compared to 316 units sold during the same quarter last year. The introduction of the Lancer eX 1.6 and Mirage last year strengthened MMPC’s presence in the car segment, dramatically increasing it to 587.3%.

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MOTORINGMistubishi PH records 22% growth

TheRe will be a few individuals in Ja-pan waking up feel-

ing rather sheepish this morning. Due to human errors made by workers at Japan’s Takata Corp. (a supplier of airbags for multiple automakers) 3.4 million vehicles glob-ally have been recalled over an issue where the passenger’s airbag may burst, sending plastic shards flying.

Toyota is recalling around 1.73 million vehi-cles - including 580,000 in North America. honda is recalling about 1.14 mil-lion vehicles, while Nis-san may call back 480,000. Mazda was also hit, although on a small-er scale, recalling 45,463. Additionally, some of the faulty airbags made their way onto BMW and Ponti-ac products.

For Toyota, models produced between No-vember 2000 and March 2004 - including the Co-rolla, Tundra and Lexus SC - stand to be affected, while it’s the Civic, CR-V and Odyssey in the hon-da camp.

To date, Toyota has received five cases of air-bag malfunctions - three of which occurred in the U.S. - although no injuries have been reported. Mas-

sive recalls, of course, remain nothing new for Toyota, with this being the second one impacting over a million vehicles in 2013 alone. Last October, Toyota recalled 7.43 mil-lion units along with a further 2.77 million just a month later. And who can forget the infamous “un-intended acceleration” debacle from a few years back? At least this time Toyota shares the predic-ament with its Japanese rivals.

According to honda spokeswoman, Akemi Ando, the issue derived when a worker neglect-ed to deactivate a system that syphons out defec-tive products, while parts were also stored incor-rectly. The cause of the bursting inflator is sup-posedly due to the pro-pellant used.

With 3.4 million vehi-cles affected worldwide, this issue underlines the potential troubles with massive supply chains, such as Takata Corp., where multiple automak-ers attempt to reduce the bottom line by employing third party help. Prob-lems like this - where plastic pieces become flying missiles - reminds us of the risks associated with cutting corners.

USING kaizen or the Japanese term for “continuous im-

provement”, honda Cars Philippines is aiming to redefine the sub-com-pact segment with the introduction of the 2013 City. Now available at all honda dealerships na-tionwide, the new City carries new aesthetic and safety improvements as well as the introduction of a brand-new variant, the 1.5 eNC.

For 2013, all vari-ants of the honda City enjoy new alloy wheel designs with the 1.3-li-ter variants getting new 8-spoke 15-inch alloys with 175/65R15 tires

and 1.5-liter variants re-ceiving seven split-spoke 16-inch alloy wheels shod with 185/55R16 rubber. Though the exte-rior changes to the City are limited to the rims, honda’s best-selling car remains a head-turner thanks to its three-bar chrome grille, angular bumpers, and two-tone tail lamps. Capping off the changes to the City is a slew of new exterior col-ors such as Taffeta White, Urban Titanium, Spar-kling Brown, and Carne-lian Red. The availability of these colors is depen-dent on the variant.

Inside, honda Cars Philippines, Inc. (hCPI)’s

best-selling car receives a more luxurious touch. The elegant black cabin features blue and white illumination on its in-strument panel as well as chrome accents on the center console. The inno-vative Flex Audio system on all variants ensures audio compatibility with a wide range of inputs from CD to MP3 to even standard USB with full Apple iPod support. For 2013, the 1.5 e is upgrade to 1.5 eL connoting stan-dard leather seating.

In order to celebrate the honda City’s recent 5-star ASeAN NCAP rat-ing, hCPI is adding the 1.5 eNC variant which

sets the bar in terms of passenger safety in the B-segment class. Though dual SRS airbags and an-ti-lock brakes with eBD are standard across the City range, the 1.5 eNC sets itself apart thanks to features such as Vehicle Stability Assist or VSA—a feature once only avail-able in more expensive models. VSA is designed to prevent skidding and stabilize cornering. Addi-tionally, the 1.5 eNC gets ISOFIX child seat anchors, the international stan-dard for fastening child seats. Capping off the safety features is a driver and passenger belt re-minder.

Honda to redefine City Massive recall due to bursting airbags

8,230

10,016

Q1 2012 Q1 2013

UNITS SOLD IN FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THE YEARThe Mirage also took the third spot in the list of bestselling passenger cars in the country. Demand for the Mirage is also expect-ed to increase after being awarded recently by the Car Awards Group Inc. as the Car of the Year for 2012-2013.

Meanwhile, the Mon-

tero Sport, Strada, Adven-ture and L300 continue to perform well on their particular segments. For the first quarter of 2013 a total of 3,345 units of Montero Sport were sold which is 17.6% up com-pared to last year’s Q1 sales of 2,845 units. With the best value for money

of the Montero Sport, this model continues to be the bestselling SUV and number one in the Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV) segment in the local au-tomotive industry. Aside from the Montero Sport, the L300, Adventure and Strada are also included in the top ten selling light

commercial models for the first quarter of 2013.

With MMPC’s exten-sive vehicle lineup, aggres-sive advertising and pro-motions coupled by an up-beat Philippine economy, MMPC is confident that it will be able to sustain this very remarkable feat. “We are truly delighted about

our first quarter sales performance and how the total industry is growing. The increasing industry trend provides us confi-dence of meeting or even surpassing the target vol-ume for this year,” MMPC, executive Vice President for Marketing Mr. Taizo Furuhashi said.


(Conclusion)

VANTAGE POINTS EDGEDAVAO8

IT’S just days to go before another festi-val is held in Davao, and yet organizers are still looking for sponsors.

This pronouncement by the prime mov-ers of the Davao Summerfest shows how ill-prepared and half-baked the event is. What a pity because this is one of the four major festivals of Davao City. Now, they have announced the staging of the event and at the same time they are looking for sponsors to fund it. That’s cramming.

A festival is cooked months before mounting it and this one is no exception. It appears that we are bound for a so-so delivery by the organizers.

On the other hand, a big-ticket boxing event put up by a promotions outfit from Cebu is overshadowing the city’s festi-val, and for that matter, all other local-ly-mounted summer events. That may be moot and academic. This promotion is a world championship event and viewed on global television.

So when both events were launched at the same time this week, obviously the for-mer was eaten up badly. The plea for spon-sorship money all the more made it sound miserable.

Despite the huge popularity and impact of this boxing event, it seems that the city’s tourism drumbeaters and sports office hi-erarchy are cold in their reception. Mega-

buck promotions like this one come once in a blue moon. The last time we had one like this was ten years ago when a rising star named Manny Pacquiao fought a fight-er from Thailand and dismissed the latter to kick off a storied career that caught worldwide attention and influence.

This boxing extravaganza brings to the city revenues in terms of amusement taxes and not to mention the inflow of visitors who came to watch the fight or are part of the promotional entourage. They will eat, sleep, and spend, if not splurge, mon-ey in Davao. The much-hyped event also will be seen in the United States, europe, China and the rest of Asia on television beamed trough a Filipino channel serving cross-border audience overseas.

The promoters of the fight brought the long-running professional boxing series to Davao City because television ratings showed that Davao contributes to the larg-est chunk of television audience in their previous ventures. That goes to show how Davao boxing aficionados “thirst” for me-ga-fights like this one.

It’s one thing to know what you are promoting because the indicators are all there—revenues, people, publicity and impact--and another to realize if it’s not working because no one is biting it nor buying it.

OLIVIA D. VELASCOGeneral Manager

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EDITORIAL

Cold reception

AQUILES Z. ZONIOStaff Writer

EJ DOMINIC C. FERNANDEZ • CHERRY MAE D. PALICTEReporters

JOCELYN S. PANESDirector of Sales

AGUSTIN V. MIAGAN JRCirculation

By Fr. Joel TaBora, SJCOMMENTARY

IT’S presentation as the sole litmus test of true Catholicism, true fidelity among the bishops, and true

morality among the defenders of the faith, has grated negatively on many. In exasperation, I know of many who have done what for me was at one time inconceivable. They have considered leaving the Church. They have actually left the Church.

Out of the Church, they say they do not miss being in the Church. In their new Christian communities, they have found levels of fellowship that surpass whatever they had experienced in the Catholic Church.

It was in this context that in an earlier blog, I said that many were leaving the Church, and urged Dr. Mahar Mangahas and his SWS Team to use their sociological tools to help us to understand what is happening. his recent SWS survey, he says, showed that my fear that many were thinking of leaving the Church may not be statistically unfounded. Nine percent of some 80 million Catholics in the Philippines, or one out of every eleven, have recently considered what at one time was inconceivable: leaving the Catholic Church. In terms of persons, that’s some seven million Catholics. Of course, granting the survey is scientifically well founded (as Dr. Mangahas’ sterling track record argues!), it shall belong to future sociological studies to ascertain the validity or non-validity of this survey, and not to casual denials based on Church attendance during the last holy Week. (We have long admitted that our churches are unable to accommodate all our Catholics were they ever to decide one Sunday all to go to Mass.

Loss of Catholics on the fringes would never be captured by observing numbers going to church!) More importantly, we must also delve more deeply into the reasons why so many Catholics have considered leaving.

Some may be exasperated with the Rh debate. Others may be yearning for more palpable fellowship and experience of Christian communion. Yet others may be searching for greater depth and holiness as they search for God in this difficult world.

Meanwhile, I thank Dr. Mangahas and his SWS team for their important finding, which I accept gratefully. As Pope Francis suggested in his homily during his first Chrism Mass, pastors of our Church (like myself) may consider “going out” of themselves “to the edges” to bring “the oil of gladness” to our people, and being shepherds “smelling like sheep.” Where Jesus left the 99 to search for the one lost sheep, we may need to accept that if we do not shift gears, as Pope Francis is now shifting gears, we may not at all be able to leave our ten sheep in order to find the one lost sheep. We may simply say: that one lost sheep does not think like us, does not act like us, does not feel like us. Good riddance! Or we may say: the lost sheep is really not lost. Our churches are full. Our routines are healthy. Our nets are bursting. We are content. The Lord is risen. halleluia! [MindaViews is the opinion section of MindaNews, Fr. Joel Tabora is President of the Ateneo de Davao University. This piece is available in his blog: http://taborasj.wordpress.com/2013/04/14/the-lost-sheep-rescue-or-deny/. Permission to reprint granted by the author.]


Th e c l a s s i c t rave l -

ers saying, “take nothing but pictures, leave noth-ing but foot-prints, kill nothing but time,” takes on a whole new mean-ing in this age of digital photography and camwhoring. I first heard this saying as a child when my grandmother admonished me to stay put and appreciate the garden she has been painstakingly working on. We were not to pick the pretty flowers and plants but just quietly sit there. This was quite a tall order for a restless child but its wisdom eventually took root within me. Thus, it is with something akin to disappointment and near-disgust that I observe travel-ers who are hell-bent on taking pictures without appreciating the more substan-tial content of the place and experience.

My husband and I were at the Katiba-wasan Falls in Camiguin. I was content-edly perched on one of the geometrically interesting boulders while he took plea-sure in the icy waters when a gaggle of lo-cal tourists descended upon the place. It took all of ten minutes to complete their experience and it consisted of hamming it up for the camera with the Falls in the background. They did not anymore try to find out how refreshing the water is or contemplate the height and origin of the falls. It was enough that pictures have been taken to prove that they visited such a spot.

I was part of a group that was given a tour of a beautifully restored provincial capitol. The edifice was breathtaking and showcased history and detailed work. We were happy to have our pictures taken. But when the photo ops took on a narcissistic turn, I could only cringe in-wardly. True, the photos will always be lovely mementos but when churning out photo after photo after photo becomes more important than soaking in the new environment and possible new learnings, then the experience becomes shallow and untextured. It becomes worse when showcasing model-y poses means more than the story and significance of the place. The tour guide was very earnest in giving the historical account of the place but my companions just kept on posing and clicking away at each other, unmind-ful of what was being shared. The guide talked about wars and treaties while they seductively draped themselves on beautiful furniture as part of so-called documentation. The moments captured in the pictures will always be nice and heartwarming to look back on. That much cannot be denied. But the stories, nuances, and significance of the place and experience have been thoroughly watered down for the sake of Facebook or making one’s online presence more colorful. It is no wonder then that socio-political opinions wallow in the realm of “mas pogi ang tatay”(an apparent com-ment on a political scion following his father’s path)) or “ang yaman naman nila.” The wanton and constant posing for the camera may seem like harmless wholesome fun but somehow a culture of superficiality and “unreflectiveness” is bred. Preoccupation with appearance at the cost of substance does little to el-evate human consciousness, and conse-quently, human personality.

Though it is true that we took noth-ing but pictures and left nothing but footprints, we certainly killed more than time. We killed the chance to appreci-ate history and learn from it. We killed the chance to truly listen to stories and meaning of people’s lives. We killed the chance to be more interesting human be-ings because we were too preoccupied with looking good for the camera. Cam-whoring is not just some cool slang that means hamming it up for the camera. It also means selling our minds and souls to the all-powerful camera because we have this craving to be immortalized in pictures that we think we make interest-ing with our tawdry presence.

IF our culture allowed diseased newspapers to be quarantined, I’d have the New York Post kenneled

right now.I express that sentiment after read-

ing the Post‘s Boston Marathon bomb-ing coverage, in which it erroneously reported that 12 were dead, mistak-enly stated that a Saudi national was “a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing” and, this morning identi-fied two Boston Marathon bystanders in a Page One photo as “Bag Men.”

Of course, every news outlet botches a breaking news story from time to time, and many have erred in their Boston reporting, as Buzz-Feed, Chart Girl, Poynter, Salon and others have tabulated. But what dis-tinguishes the New York Post from other stumbling outlets is the cava-lier manner about its errors. When other outlets make monumental mis-takes, they may take their time print-ing corrections. They may avoid ac-knowledging their errors if they can get away with it. Or if they acknowl-edge their errors promptly — as

CNN’s John King did this week — they may blame “confusion” or “misinfor-mation” rather than accept the blame directly. But by and large, the press takes its lumps.

The Post, in contrast, appears not to care whether it gets a memorable story right or wrong. It only hopes to produce a memorable story, damn the truth value.

This afternoon, Col Allan, Post ed-itor-in-chief, demonstrated his pa-per’s approach to news with a state-ment to Salon about the controver-sial “Bag Men” cover story. Putting the “m” in mendacious, Allan said:

We stand by our story. The im-age was emailed to law enforcement agencies yesterday afternoon seek-ing information about these men, as our story reported. We did not iden-

tify them as suspects.On one superficial level, Allan is

absolutely correct: The Post didn’t call the backpacked and duffel-carry-ing young fellows on its cover page “suspects.” It did something more incendiary. It called them bag men, which is slang for criminals who perform deliveries and run errands for other criminals. In other words, the Post transferred the two young men from the category of inno-cent-until-proven-guilty “suspects” to criminal carriers, presumably of bombs.

having no access to hid-den surveillance cameras inside the Post newsroom, I can only guess how the Post coverage has come to-gether. I’m fairly certain that no ed-itor or reporter proposed that the paper exaggerate the body count or cast suspicions on innocent people. But I have no trouble believing that the editors were happy to inflate the photograph of the backpack-and-duf-fel duo into something sensational with a zippy headline.

POLICe FAILeD TO eXeRT MAXI-MUM eFFORT VS. ILLeGAL GAM-BLING – The high incidence of il-

legal gambling is cause of concerns for the religious sector, moralist groups and civil society as a whole. Illegal gam-bling just like prohibited drugs truly are threats in society. even so, I think it must be even precise to say that illegal gambling is a social problem associated with joblessness and abject poverty. The acquired gambling habit is a nationwide trait and Davao City has its own share of the problem.

Look at the problems the police and other law enforcement agencies are hav-ing in dealing with illegal gambling and several unlawful but highly-profitable business transactions. There is a wide-spread belief that the Philippine Nation-al Police (PNP) did not exert maximum effort to minimize if not totally eradi-cate illegal gambling activities all over the country. Authorities had been deal-ing with the social menace for decades, which is considered a pastime deeply rooted in the Filipino culture. What do the police do now?

For the more alarmed and worried groups, they assailed that the failure to curb illegal gambling is reflective of the PNP’s inefficiency and incompetence in performing their job to say the least. Cross sections of society have difficulty trusting the police establishment when they saw the war against illegal gam-bling and various forms of illicit under-takings losing its intensity because of lack of collective leadership. When com-petence and credibility become an issue, the police organization must face ques-tions about its trustworthiness in deal-ing with unlawful activities aside from maintaining peace and security.

Of course, if you are a police official trying to protect your area of respon-sibility from mounting brickbats and criticism due to the unabated illegal gambling operations, public sentiment

and convinc-ing explana-tion are the s e t b a c k s . It is rather strange that one ranking police offi-cer explained they’ve been having dif-ficulties to track down illegal gam-bling operations notably the popular “Last 2” numbers game because the peo-ple involved now shifted to guerilla-type procedure. The new scheme using text messages to finalize an illegal gambling deal reportedly rendered the police force with no evidence to prove that “Last 2” ever exists.

Although some would accept such doubtful explanation, many likewise would think that the police was able to make pronouncements that negatively affected their war-on-gambling read-iness status. The justification that the “hit and run” illegal gambling method adopted by dubious financiers is causing the police problems was disgusting and demeaning, but above all – unaccept-able. Moreover, some even say the police should stop the practice of arresting only the “small fry” while allowing the “big-fish” to remain scot-free. Simply put, the “Last 2” bet collectors and lowly coordi-nators are only making ways to earn a living while big-time and “untouchable” financiers are doing illegal but highly lu-crative business venture - tax-free.

Let’s face it: The lack of personnel and scarcity of funds for intelligence and surveillance operations have always been the reasons of the police force as among the causes of their failure to min-imize if not totally stamp out illegal un-dertakings such as gambling and drugs. Take note gentlemen, those are worn-

out and oft-repeated statements. Please amuse the aghast and disgusted people with new, fresh alibis. Then again, peo-ple in the city should not complain too much. Other police units have it more difficult to stop illegal gambling in their turfs than the local police do. While it was gratifying to hear those non-ending pledges of the police to eradicate the un-lawful venture, we should not ignore the fact that the war against it requires guts and the use of every possible means.

What is of greater concern to the anti-gambling groups right now is that they were deeply troubled by the cur-rent situation and urge authorities to ask the citizens whether the plan to totally eliminate illegal gambling will change the scenario? The answer is no: It would only intensify. You can just see the confusion in society. What we have is a big difference between what the gov-ernment is doing and what it has been telling the people. Ordinary people in the streets are totally disgusted because the government authorized gambling oper-ations which is manage by Pagcor and cater only to the rich and the elite while in the same vein the police is mandated to run after poor gamesters who patron-ized illegal numbers game as their way to earn a living to support their families. What an irony!

here again you can just imagine the discrepancy. everybody who engaged in small-time gambling are deemed vi-olating the law while casino habitués are considered generous for patroniz-ing the government-run gambling op-erations. The problem is so deep-rooted that it obliterated the fabric of society. Gambling per se is bad whether legal or illegal. For the record, it’s only in the country that government operates and legalized a gambling business. The same goes true with Morocco but it is a mon-archy, not a democratic administration. Well, it’s more fun gambling in the Phil-ippines!

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VANTAGE POINTSEDGEDAVAO 9

Camwhoring

Shameless paper in mindless fog

Menace in society

By Jack ShaFerANAlYSIS

VOL. 6 ISSUE 26 • SUNDAY - MONDAY, APRIL 21-22, 201310 EDGEDAVAOTRENDS

We got some reac-tion from

Dabawenyo students on the latest video hit of Korean artist Psy after the “Gentleman” video hit 51 million in just hours after it went online.

“Great song! It makes me dance like a true gentleman. Thumbs up!” – Jay Bustamante, Jose Ma-ria College

“For me, Psy’s mu-sic video degrades women because as what I’ve seen in the video, Psy’s treatment with the lady/ladies is very disrespectful and very opposite to the title of his song. Psy is a public figure, and I’m very disap-pointed and scared because I know that people will remake the music video and treat women with the same disrespectful manner and later on will become a norm in the society.” – Jade estelle, Philippine Women’s College

“Maka-LSS like the last one. Pero mas better ito kasi hot yung dance and mataas ang charis-ma niya pagsinasay-aw niya yun kahit na mataba siya.” – Rielle Alterado, San Pedro

College“Bakit gentleman

ang title pero walang gentleman sa music video niya?” –Reb Martinez, holy Cross of Davao College

“The song is catchy and fun. however the dance steps are not appropriate for kids.” – Jeff Sepulveda, Phil-ippine Women’s Col-lege

“Psy’s new song Gentleman has a catchy tune and fun-ny dance moves in the music video. It’s not really surprising that it already has 100+M views in youtube af-ter only a few days from its debut. It is also kind of rude in a way because of what Psy does in the mv. But overall, it’s fun to listen to and is en-joyable for people of all ages.” -- Charlene Sumaoy and Christian Briones, Ateneo de Davao University

“It’s the best en-tertainment song, and another best per-formance and effort by Psy. Step are easy that’s why it’s so ad-dictive” – Jon Julaton, San Pedro College

“I don’t like it. It’s bastos. Gangnam is still better” -- Lean Marie Daval, Fil-Asian Mission Academy

WhILe many people were quick to write

off Psy as a one-hit wonder--his breakout “Gangnam Style” holds the record as the most-viewed video of all time--it appears that the South Korean rapper has the last laugh in this respect. Psy’s clip for “Gentleman” is now tying the record for the fastest video to hit 100 million views.

“Gentleman,” which debuted worldwide on April 13, hit that viewing milestone in a mere three days, which puts the clip

neck-and-neck with the video of a meteor that hit Russia in February, according to video performance analysis blog Visible Measures.

The Russian video’s speed in gaining views “made sense because the news story relied on user-uploaded videos of the meteor,” explains Visible Measures.”The speed with which ‘Gentleman’ is garnering views has less to do with its newsworthiness than with viewer’s curiosity to see how Psy would follow the success of ‘Gangnam

Style,’ the most viewed video of all time.”

The top 5 videos in the race to reach 100 million views also include Red Bull’s world-record Stratos jump, the Kony 2012 awareness campaign, and Susan Boyle’s audition for Britain’s Got Talent.

In other “Gentleman” news, the video may suffer some exposure issues in Psy’s own home country, due to a bit of an issue with a major local broadcaster. The clip has been banned due to a specific scene

that has a major local broadcaster unhappy--namely, the opening part where Psy kicks a traffic cone. The cone reads “No Parking” in Korean, and apparently, state-funded channel KBS considers this abuse of public property; therefore, not complying with their public broadcast standards.

They’ve banned videos for similar reasons before, according to spokespersons for the company.

Psy has not commented on the ban.

WHY IS HE LIKED AND DISLIKED BY MANY? “Gangnam Style” star Psy was praised by South Korea’s president but slammed by its state broadcaster, as his new song “Gentleman” made more than just musical waves.

“GANGNAM Style” star Psy was praised by

South Korea’s president and slammed by its state broadcaster all on the same day Thursday, as his new song “Gentleman” made more than just mu-sical waves.

While President Park Geun-hye cited Psy’s “exemplary” respect for copyright principles, KBS television banned the “Gentleman” music video saying it could encourage anti-social behaviour.

A KBS statement sug-gested the offending se-

quences in the video, which has already clocked up 140 million views on YouTube, showed Psy jay-walking down an empty street and then kicking a traffic cone labelled “No Parking”.

KBS said the images might set a bad example to younger viewers and did not meet the standards set by the state broadcaster.

“We strictly forbid any material that might dis-turb basic public order,” the statement said.

The video ban came as President Park Geun-hye favourably name-checked

Psy during a meeting with policymakers in which she urged a “paradigm shift” from an economy based on manufacturing to one that embraced creativity.

“Growth led by a few big firms and the govern-ment are bound to be lim-ited... we need a healthy ecosystem of creative entrepreneurs,” she said, citing late Apple founder Steve Jobs and Microsoft’s Bill Gates as examples.

Rampant piracy in IT and cultural products needs to be curbed to encourage more creation of software, she added,

praising Psy for paying to borrow a dance move from another K-pop act for his “Gentleman” video.

The video features a hip-swinging dance originally performed in 2009 by popular girlband Brown eyed Girls for their hit “Abracadabra”.

In order to incorpo-rate the routine, Psy paid an unspecified fee to the team of choreographers who created it.

“This recognition of the value of other peo-ple’s creativity is a very exemplary case,” Park said.

Dabawenyos react to Psy’s new video hitBy Athena Jillian Bravo PSY

No one-hit wonder

Praised and banned

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that reports he suffered a heart attack last week is also false.

“My staff and other members of hugpong sa Tawong Lungsod even complained because I walk too fast during cam-paign,” he said.

he updated edge Davao on the campaign of

hugpong, “as usual, hug-pong was embraced by the Dabawenyos and it is overwhelming.”

Militar was respon-sible for the approval of two of Davao City’s most important ordinances, namely, the Anti-Smoking Ordinance and Anti-Pyro-technics Ordinance.

Militar served as first district councilor for three consecutive terms from 2001 to 2010 and is now running anew for the same position as en-dorsed by Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte under the hugpong sa Tawong Lungsod banner. (eDF/CMP)

affect the prices of basic commodities and the pur-chasing power of the peso here in the region.”

According to Suyao, “even without the petition of TUCP we are mandated to increase the salaries of minimum wage earners, but now that they (TUCP) have petition, then there will be more motive from us to increase the wages.”

he said that in 2011, the process of evalu-ating a wage hike took only three months where evaluation started Octo-ber and the decision was made by December when

the Wage Order No. RB XI-17 was issued by RTWPB.

This order increased the minimum wage work-ers’ Cost of Living Al-lowance (COLA) by P15 where the P5 increase was given January 2012, and the additional P10 was given May 2012.

The petition signed by ALU-TUCP national president Michael Men-doza dated April 4, which was submitted to RTWPB April 10, states that “the P80 daily wage increase should be given across the board and region wide since workers in the

region, regardless if they receive minimum wage or more, are subject to the same prices in the mar-ket and the same prices increase in commodities.”

The petition states that the P80 is from the inflation projection based on the consumer price index, P13.09 is needed from 4.35 percent in-crease in prices from No-vember 2011 to March 2013, P19.57 from pro-jected 6.5 percent rise in prices, and P48 as share of the Gross Domestic Re-gional Product (GRDP) of region 11.

during the typhoon Pablo where the damage is so se-vere.

“I am assuring every-one that we will have the same dedication like what we did in responding to ty-phoon Pablo on the coming election Day, the only dif-ference is, our response to the election is much faster than what we did in Pablo, “she explained.

Alabanza added that NGCP and DLPC will be monitoring the situation closely and they will be asking help from the host community and media partners in order to have a faster communication if

such problem arises.“Media will be of great

help especially monitoring the far-flung areas, if any-thing would happen on those areas, any of your lis-teners can report and can easily pinpoint the towers that have a possible power problem,” she explained.

Meanwhile, DLPC ex-ecutive Vice President and Chief Operating Offi-cer Arturo Milan said that DLPC coordinated with Department of education (Deped) and agreed to have an inventory of the electrical connection in every polling precinct to ensure that no electrical

problem would arise.Milan added that DLPC

will be putting emergency crews on strategic areas and have set up telephone brigade for emergency calls in order for them to have a quick response.

“We will be closely monitoring the election time and we’ll open at 7:00 am till 7:00 pm,” he said.

DLPC and NGCP will also be coordinating with the Armed forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Philippine National Police (PNP) to secure the sta-bility and the safety of the grid.

termine if the local candidates in the city have platforms to preserve the environ-ment.”

She said this after Greenpeace mobiliza-tion department head Francis dela Cruz said that their group will be conducting a sur-vey that aims to ask “serious questions” among the senatorial candidates and politi-cal parties about their plans for the environ-ment.

“The results of the survey will be an-nounced just before the election Day and it would be nice to have a localized version of it here in Davao City,”

Dela Cruz said.The questions in

the survey will be fo-cused on issues con-cerning chemical pol-lution and consumer safety, solid waste management, sustain-able agricultural and genetically modified crops, climate change adaptation, energy, oceans, and mining.

The survey will be based on the follow-ing agenda; budget appropriation for the implementation of the ecological Solid Waste Management Act; ratification of the Basel Ban Amend-ment; enacting a Right to Know Policy on pollution; enacting

a national plastic bag ban; enacting laws that would eliminate toxics in consumer products; enacting laws that would pro-mote energy efficien-cy; and review of the Mining Law.

Dela Cruz said, “we are not just ask-ing the politicians, but the voters as well, especially the youth, because the election is the foundation of democracy, and we should choose leaders that care for the envi-ronment.”

“Don’t just vote for politicians, but vote for the environment and for the future generation,” he said.

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REGIONAL TRIAL COURT11TH JUDICIAL REGION

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT-SHERIFFDAVAO CITY

HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND, Mortgagee -versus- EJF-REM CASE NO. 14,126-13

JESSAMINE B. MIAN married to MOFIZ M. MIAN, Mortgagor/s.

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NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE

Upon extra-judicial petition for foreclosure and sale un-der Act 3135, as amended, filed by the mortgagee Home Development Mutual Fund or Pag-ibig Fund against JESSA-MINE B. MIAN, with postal address at LOT 4 , BLK. 10, SA-MANTHA HOMES, Catalunan Grande, Davao City to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of November 16, 2012 amounted to ( P 121,019.80) Philippine Currency, inclusive of interest, penalty charges, plus attorney’s fees equivalent to TEN ( 10%) of the total indebtedness plus other legal ex-penses incident of foreclosure and sale; the undersigned Sheriff IV of the Regional Trial Court, Davao City, will sell at public auction on May 24, 2013 at 10:00 A.M. or soon there-after, at the main entrance of Hall of Justice, Ecoland,Davao City to the highest bidder for Cash or MANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following real property together with all the improvements thereon, to wit:

Transfer Certificate of Title No. T- 385570 “ A parcel of land xxx (Lot 4, Blk. 10, xxx) situated in

theBarangay of Catalunan Grande, City of Davao, Island of Mindanao.xxx Containing an area of NINETY (90) SQUARE METERS, more or less”

All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated time and date.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date,it shall be held on June 21, 2013 without fur-ther notice.

Prospective buyers are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the titles herein described real property/ies and the encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

Davao City, Philippines, April 11, 2013

FOR THE EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF:

(SGD.) CONRADO P. MACUTAY, JR. Sheriff IVNoted by:

(SGD) ATTY. EDIPOLO P. SARABIA, JR.Clerk of Court VI & Ex-Officio Provincial Sheriff

(edge 4/15,22,29)

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURT11TH JUDICIAL REGION


HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUNDOR PAG-IBIG FUND, Mortgagee -versus- EJF-REM CASE NO. 14,139-13

MARIA NITA JOY L. BALINGASA, Mortgagor/s.

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Upon extra-judicial petition for foreclosure and sale un-der Act 3135, as amended, filed by the mortgagee Home Development Mutual Fund or Pag-ibig Fund against MARIA NITA JOY L. BALINGASA, with postal address at LOT 6 , BLK. 32, ELENITA HEIGHTS SUBD., Catalunan Grande, Davao City to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of No-vember 22, 2012 amounted to ( P 270,150.71) Philippine Currency, inclusive of interest, penalty charges, plus attor-ney’s fees equivalent to TEN ( 10%) of the total indebted-ness plus other legal expenses incident of foreclosure and sale; the undersigned Sheriff IV of the Regional Trial Court, Davao City, will sell at public auction on May 24, 2013 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter, at the main entrance of Hall of Justice, Ecoland,Davao City to the highest bidder for Cash or MANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the fol-lowing real property together with all the improvements thereon, to wit:

Transfer Certificate of Title No. T- 389886“ A parcel of land xxx (Lot 6, Blk. 32, xxx) situated in

theBarangay of Tugbok, City of Davao, Island of Mindanao.xxx Containing an area of ONE HUNDRED (100) SQUARE METERS, more or less”


In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date,it shall be held on June 21, 2013 without further notice.



FOR THE EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF: (SGD.) NICOLAS L. SUMAPIG Sheriff IVNoted by:


(edge 4/22,29,5/6)

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURT11TH JUDICIAL REGION


HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUNDOR PAG-IBIG FUND, Mortgagee -versus- EJF-REM CASE NO. 14,142-13

PHOEBE Q. DEL NORTE, Mortgagor/s.

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Upon extra-judicial petition for foreclosure and sale un-der Act 3135, as amended, filed by the mortgagee Home Development Mutual Fund or Pag-ibig Fund against PHOE-BE Q. DEL NORTE, with postal address at LOT 25 , BLK. 4, SGR VILLAGE., Catalunan Grande, Davao City to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of November 26, 2012 amounted to ( P 257,651.24) Philippine Currency, inclu-sive of interest, penalty charges, plus attorney’s fees equiv-alent to TEN ( 10%) of the total indebtedness plus other legal expenses incident of foreclosure and sale; the under-signed Sheriff IV of the Regional Trial Court, Davao City, will sell at public auction on May 24, 2013 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter, at the main entrance of Hall of Justice, Ecoland,-Davao City to the highest bidder for Cash or MANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following real prop-erty together with all the improvements thereon, to wit:

Transfer Certificate of Title No. T- 306634“ A parcel of land xxx (Lot 25, Blk. 4, xxx) situated in

Barangay of Catalunan Grande, City of Davao, Island of Mindanao.xxx Containing an area of ONE HUNDRED FIFTY (150) SQUARE METERS, more or less”


In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date,it shall be held on June 21, 2013 without further notice.



FOR THE EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF: (SGD.) NICOLAS L. SUMAPIG Sheriff IVNoted by:


(edge 4/22,29,5/6)

VOL. 6 ISSUE 26 • SUNDAY - MONDAY, APRIL 21-22, 201314 SPORTS EDGEDAVAO

DAVAO City first district Rep. Karlo Nograles foresees more big ticket

events in Davao City in the mag-nitude of this weekend’s boxing extravaganza Pinoy Pride XIX at the USeP Gym.

Nograles, a sports buff him-self, will be cheering for Filipi-no WBO international feather-weight champion Rey “Boom-Boom” Bautista in his fight against Mexican challenger Jose “Negro” Ramirez on Saturday at the 8,000-seat gymnasium he helped build.

Nograles said with a facil-ity like the USeP Gym, Davao City can now play host to ma-jor sports events—professional and amateur.

“We are looking at the fu-

ture hotbed of sports tourism. I am excited personally to see big events like this,” Rep. Nograles said.

he did not confirm if he will be watching the fight live but he said he will root for Bautista and the rest of the Filipino boxers, including Dabawenyos engel-bert and John Vincent Moralde, and Kim Galon who will also see action in the biggest fight card by far in Davao City.

“Let’s support our boxers,” he said.

Rep. Nograles is an avid fan of boxing and has sponsored a mobile boxing viewing on giant LCD screen showing past fights of Filipino boxing superstar and fellow congressman Manny Pac-quiao.

IT was team spirit all the way as SM officials and employees recently gath-

ered together for the annu-al SM Sportsfest. As it has been during the past years, the Sportsfest celebrated physical fitness, great cama-raderie, and superb sports-manship in two fun events – the SM Marathon and the SM Mini-Olympics.

The SM Marathon held

at the SM Mall of Asia Cen-tral Business Park, brought together the best group of runners from the SM De-partment Store’s eighteen branches in Metro Manila. They participated in the Men’s 5.6 kilometer and the Women’s 4.2 kilometer races, respectively, dashing from the business park’s Simbahan Drive to the Sea-side Boulevard near the

Bay Area. Last year’s mara-thon top finishers, Ben Ale-jandrino of the SM Mariki-na Krocs and Jennibeth Sal-ceda of the SM North eDSA Blue hawks once again emerged as champions in their categories.

As the runners compet-ed, other SM employees had fun during a hip-hop dance workout and cheer party. SM Prime Holdings, Inc. President Hans T. Sy with the SM North EDSA Blue Hawks, this year’s SM Sports-

fest Pinoylympics overall champion.

Karlo sees more big events in Davao

SPORTS OASIS. Rep. Karlo Nograles, shown here during the inauguration of the 8,000-seat University of Southeastern Philippines (USEP) Gym last year, said the world-class facility will attract big ticket sports events in Davao City.

SM sportsfest staged

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EDGEDAVAOSTYLE

Being a tropical country, we enjoy 365 days of sun, even more these days as climate change has extended our daytime to more than 12 hours.

by Carlo P. Mallo

Walking on sunshine Temperatures in urban areas have skyrocketed to 36 degrees Celsius – and you have to factor in hu-midity, concrete pave-ments, and pollution. To put it bluntly, it’s like we’re walking on sunshine. And no, not the sunshine and lemon drops kind of sun-shine – it’s the raw, unfil-tered, scorching-kind of sunshine. if you think your skin is taking the most heat from this situation, have you ever thought just how much heat your feet are going through? imagine being locked up in some tight space with no light or air and you are subjected to

heat emanating from un-derneath. The horrors! That is why i can’t thank Havaianas enough for coming out with their summer 2013 collection that more than adds color to my summer – it actually gives my feet a breather! The fun colors plus the signature soft and com-fortable rubber soles of a Havaianas pair make these hot days more bearable for my feet. There is nothing we can do about the heat, but there are a million things we can do about what we wear. And this summer, a mil-lion colors for our favorite pair of slippers!

This summer, Havaianas invites you to celebrate life by embracing your vibrant and colorful self with the lat-est collection of new shades from the world’s most loved brand of flip-flops. This summer’s release of the now-ubiquitous Brazilian flip-flops features new col-ors for beloved Havaianas classics like Havaianas Top, Havaianas Top Mix, Havaianas Slim, Havaianas Brasil, Havaianas Brasil Logo, Havaianas Brasil Mix, and so much more the perfect companions to match every look, mood, or lifestyle as you continue to live summer every day of the year.

Havaianas aims to cel-ebrate different facets of individuality with its latest summer collection. each color in the Summer 2013 collection encourages peo-ple to live life in full color both inside and out by em-bodying certain attributes that make each and every person unique. Aside from classic White and Black, other stunning colors such as Amazonia, Marine Blue, Fuchsia and Lime green are perfect for expressing your inner self through comfortable, and simple yet

stylish flip-flops. Havaianas believes that summer is not just a season – it is a state of mind that al-lows you to live freely and expressively, by embracing the many millions of colors that create the canvas of our lives. With the many styles and colors on offer, it al-lows you to make a strong or subtle fashion statement whether you’re stepping out to do groceries, digging your feet into the sand on a sunny beach or getting ready for a laid-back din-ner or glamorous night on

the town, there is a pair of Havaianas that is perfect for everybody, every day and every occasion. What-ever your mood, you can always count on Havaianas to be your constant style companion this summer, because you deserve to live a colorful and exuberant life. So this summer, live life in full Havaianas colors and express your colorful self both inside and out by grabbing a new pair of Havaianas in any of its ex-citing new colors!

‘HOME SWEET HOME’ brings superior family entertainment on GMA

A2 INdulge! VOL. 6 ISSUE 26 • SUNDAY - MONDAY, APRIL 21-22, 2013EDGEDAVAOUP AND ABOUT

WATErfrONT Insular Hotel Davao welcomes summer 2013 with a flashing launching of its club membership program, dubbed as “Club In-sulares”. Imagine an oblong-shaped swimming pool that sits beneath tall coconut trees in a lush greenery around an 8-hectare property. Pool Aquarius has been a playground for romantic dating, family occasions and barkada bonding for the past five decades. It has stood as witness to fun and enjoyable scenes woven by Davaoenos and foreign visitors. Across the garden area is a calming and relaxing view of the Island Garden City of Samal.

The hotel was built in 1961 and considered to be one of the oldest in Davao City. Today, Waterfront Insular Hotel offers a special oppor-tunity, for loyal clients and those who have come to love the hotel the first time they laid their eyes on it, to sign-in as Club Insulares member and take advantage of its privi-leges. Upon registration, the member is entitled to a free access to swimming pool facilities for the entire year. Also, a 30% discount on room accommodation and 10% discount in all f&B outlets are given to the members. A membership identification card comes with gift certificates for an over-night stay at Deluxe Premium and Buffet Lunch at Cafe Uno for two persons. Truly, a new or an additional club membership card to your collection will make your summer a lot more fun.

THIS summer, expect a lot of meeting and greet-ing your favorite cartoon characters at SM City Davao as SM Malls roll out its Cartoon fest!Tom & Jerry (May 9) Academy award-winning series Tom & Jerry continues to entertain kids and the kids-at-heart of today since its incep-tion in the 1940s. The longest running cat-mouse rivalry comes alive at the Annex Event Center on May 9.Monster High (May 17) Meet and greet Mattel’s fashion doll franchise Mon-ster High on May 17 at the Main Mall Atrium. Inspired by characters from classic monster, sci-hi horror and thriller fictional characters, anyone is sure to have a spook-tacular afternoon with the pack.Angry Birds (May 24) Who doesn’t know the wingless avian warriors who take flight using slingshots? Angry Birds, the very successful video game launched in 2009, perches at the Annex Event Center on May 24. Take a photo with these gameplay he-roes!The Lorax (May 29) “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, noth-ing is going to get better. It’s not.” Dr. Seuss’ character who speaks for the trees and against the greedy Once-ler spreads cheer at the Annex Event Center. Catch him live on May 29! Plus, watch out for photo opportunities as summer turns pink and green with the Pink Shoes Barbie and the Green Lantern photo areas at the Annex Event Center. Bask in the sun and sand with “Hello Kitty at the Beach” at the second floor main mall (between SM Appliance Center and SM Store). Everything for the kids and the kids-at-heart is at SM! Cartoon fest is also happening at SM Lanang Premier and SM City General Santos. for inquiries, call 297.6998 local 126. Like SM City Davao on facebook or follow @smcitydavao on Twitter for event and promo updates.

Waterfront Insular Hotel launches Club Insulares

Exicitng Cartoon Fest at SM City Davao this May

SM Lanang Premier will host a midnight screening of Iron Man 3 on IMAX at 12:05am on April 24. Gates open at 11:30pm of April 23.

HoMe to the country’s top child-friendly TV pro-grams, gMA-7 brings to light a fun and engaging drama series that the whole family will surely love and enjoy with the launch of HoMe SWeeT HoMe. Slated to premiere on April 22, the Kapuso net-work delivers another wholesome family en-tertainment to Filipinos via Home Sweet Home. This program is not only packed with magical and fun-filled adventures but also actively promotes tra-ditional Pinoy values and practices kids and adults alike can relate to. Leading the cast is ce-lebrity dad Raymart San-tiago who has previously starred in the network’s family-friendly programs Bantatay and Futbolilits. Raymart tackles another endearing role as Reden Caharian, a devoted hus-band and responsible fa-ther who loves his family more than anything. Joining Raymart is beautiful celebrity mom Roxanne guinoo who will be portraying Raymart’s adorable wife Dulce in the series. The 27-year-old mother of two in real-life is raring to make a comeback via her first show in gMA. The Kapuso Station’s sought-after Tween stars – Jake Vargas and Bea Bi-nene - rekindle their on-screen tandem in the fam-ily drama as the play the roles of Benjie and Lucy, respectively. Playing equally vital roles are three of the net-work’s lovable child stars - Jillian Ward as Jessie, Ar-kin Magalona as Arko, and the newest Kapuso child actor Rain Quite as ivan. Adding star power to this heartwarming Kapuso offering are gladys Reyes as Agoncilla, Rochelle Pangilinan as Wendy, Arthur Solinap as Kulas, Patricia ismael as Mikay, and Ms Celia Rodriguez as Pandora. Making Home Sweet Home even grander is the special participation of award-winning actress Lorna Tolentino. The story of Home Sweet Home begins with Reden, a loving husband

and father who came from a wealthy family but went against his parents’ wishes when he married his wife Dulce. Despite their lack of riches, Reden and Dulce enjoy a simple and perfect life with their three kids – Benjie, Jessie and ivan. in their community, there exists an old and abandoned house. The townspeople believe no one has lived in the house for many years. one day, Benjie’s friends challenge him to enter the house. not knowing that his younger sister Jessie followed him, they play around and scare each other inside the aban-doned residence. When Benjie got home, that was the only time he learned about Jessie following him in the house. Reden sets off to search for Jessie. After a while, both Reden and Jes-sie safely return home. But after the incident at the old house, things start-ed to change at the Cahari-an home. Reden’s behavior got worse and he became selfish, uncaring and rude to everybody. Meanwhile, Jessie changed from a cheerful, sweet child, to an irritable, impolite girl. Benjie is shocked with the sudden bizarre behav-iors of his father and sister.

He couldn’t explain these changes until he spoke to the resident “town fool”, Mang Sidyo. He told Ben-jie a story about a little girl who went inside the old house and when she came out, she had a completely different personality. Ac-cording to him, whoever enters the house will be trapped inside forever, and a fake version of that person trapped inside will come out. This fake ver-sion has the opposite per-sonality of the real one. Benjie wouldn’t believe Mang Sidyo’s strange tale but Reden and Jessie’s be-haviors became worse and

Benjie began to think that there’s truth in Mang Si-dyo’s story. Meanwhile, Benjie’s childhood friend Lucy has sightings in the old house. Her father has similar personality changes upon entering and leaving the house. Lucy wants to find out the truth and locate his father. So, Benjie through the help of Lucy, embark on their adventure inside the old house, as they save his family and search for the real Reden and Jessie. Will Benjie and Lucy be able to rescue his family before it’s too late? What adventures await the char-acters inside the enchanted house? Will the real Reden and Jessie be reunited with their loved ones? Will the Caharian family be com-plete again? Under the helm of Director gil Tejada, Jr., with original concept by RJ nuevas, Home Sweet Home’s creative storyline and beautiful visuals bring to Filipino homes a one-of-a-kind adventure that viewers, most especially the young ones, will surely enjoy watching. experience an exciting and wonderful adventure at the comfort of your own homes via Home Sweet Home beginning April 22 before 24 oras on gMA. get the latest updates about Home Sweet Home from its official facebook page www.facebook.com/gMAHomeSweetHome, twitter account www.twit-ter.com/HomeSweetHome and the gMA network website (www.gMAnet-work.com).

KATY Perry is tangled up in a business dis-pute. The pop star, who signed on as a face of Good Hair Day (ghd) styling products back in 2011, is now being sued by the brand’s U.K.-based parent company in what it says is an effort to ward off a lawsuit from Perry herself. According to the com-plaint filed in federal court in California and obtained by E! News, plaintiff Jemella Group Ltd. paid Perry $4.5 million to appear in their ads and be a celebrity spokes-woman for the brand for two years. The suit, filed April 11, states that their contract expressly was intended to protect both parties from “claims of oral deals that

plague the entertainment industry.” According to JGL, Perry’s agent at CAA then claimed that there was an oral agree-ment and that the original contract had been amend-ed to allow for another two and a half years of the “Wide Awake” singer modeling for the brand, to the tune of an-other $6.5 million.

“It is undisputable that the parties never entered into the required signed agreement,” the suit states. Now, JGL alleges, Perry (re-ferred to as Killer Queen LLC in the suit) and CAA have repeatedly threatened to sue the product house for breach of oral contract and defamation. So, in an effort to coun-ter what they deem would be a fruitless lawsuit, JGL struck first and is asking that a court declare it not liable for any of Perry’s grievances. The plaintiff is also asking that Perry’s camp pay its le-gal fees and “take nothing.” Meanwhile, Perry’s rep told TMZ, “They’re backing out of the deal because of an ownership change, and just throwing shade to hide their bad faith.”

DIAGNOSIS? Dick Van Dyke isn’t feeling so hot these days. The legendary actor was forced to scrap a planned public appear-ance due to unspecified medical condition that appears to be an neuro-logical issue. Van Dyke, 87, was expected to turn up to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award for Bettering Humanity Through Comedy at New York’s 92Y, but a rep for the organization confirmed to E! News he wouldn’t be able to make it. “Due to a medical con-dition, Mr. Van Dyke is un-able to travel to New York for the program,” said the spokeswoman. The Diagnosis Murder star however took to Twit-ter to let his fans know

what’s been ailing him. “My head bangs every time I lay down. I’ve had every test come back that I’m perfectly healthy. Any-body got any ideas?” Van Dyke tweeted Wednes-day. After getting a slew of responses from his fol-lowers, the funnyman elaborated on the prob-lem, saying it’s been go-ing on for seven years and

revealing he’s “had every test you can think of (CAT Scan, MrI, Spinal tap etc).” Van Dyke then retweet-ed a question from an-other concerned follower asking if it feels “like your heartbeat/pulse throb-bing in your head,” to which he answered, “YES!!” Van Dyke’s publicist could not be reached for comment but did give a statement to Entertain-ment Tonight, saying that he had to bow out on the event due to “fatigue and lack of sleep resulting from symptoms of a yet-to-be diagnosed neuro-logical disorder.” The rep added, on doc-tor’s advice, the film and TV vet is currently resting at his home in Malibu, Ca-lif. Get well, Dick!

COVEr your eyes, Chris Martin! Gwyneth Paltrow got overly handsy dur-ing a visit to The Graham Norton Show yes-terday at London Studios. At one point during the talk show tap-ing, the Iron Man 3 actress copped a feel of fellow guest Brit comedian Lee Mack’s junk by grabbing his crotch with both her hands. Dressed in tight black pants and sexy backless top, the blond beauty flashed a smile while getting in on the naughty—yet hilarious!—antics. We can’t wait to see the crotch-grabbing video when Paltrow’s upcoming episode finally airs!

Katy Perry sued by UK beauty house in contract dispute

Dick Van Dyke suffering from unspecified neurological disorder, cancels public appearance

Gwyneth Paltrow grabs fellow guest’s crotch on The Graham Norton Show!

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A4 INdulge! VOL. 6 ISSUE 26 • SUNDAY - MONDAY, APRIL 21-22, 2013EDGEDAVAOEVENTS

iT was a sizzling Saturday at SM City Davao last April 13 for the season’s most awaited fash-ion event, FASH-ion eDge Summer Lookbook. The city’s bright young faces nica Tupas, Althea gopo, Vanna Ang, Yani Buenviaje and Paulyn Dy walked the runway with so much spunk donning numbers from The SM Store as styled by no less than Davaoena fashion blogger Cheyser Pedrego-sa. equally style-brave Lance de ocampo put to-gether wearable and funky ensembles for promising young gentlemen Stephen guilaran, Lew Avila, enzo nitorreda, Alfred espinosa and Fern Marino, who walked the ramp with con-fidence. Featured SM Store brands were SM Ladies’ Fashion, girls Teen Wear, Sunkissed, Coco Cabaña, SM Accessories, Parisian, SM Men’s Fashion, Tank, Culture, Markus and Mi-lanos. SM Davao’s stylish re-tail store also showed off their signature 2013 sum-mer looks. Among these brands were Artwork, nike Athletic Club, Jag, Surplus,

SM Davao’s Fashion Edge Summer LookbookFire on the runway

Levi’s, Roxy, South Shores, Folded & Hung, Mags and Sledgers. Fashion edge: Summer Lookbook was a com-plete, easy-to-follow guide to summer styling from splashing colors to neutral basics, Aztec and geomet-ric designs to floral dain-

ties, prints to plains! it was a showcase of trends and classic staples which will definitely add life to the season. This year’s Fashion edge was also made possible by the Philippine Women’s College, Pizza Hut, Derm-path and eight espino Pro-

ductions. Beat the summer heat and catch more exciting events at SM City Davao! For inquiries, call 297.6998 local 126. Like SM City Davao on Face-book or follow @smcity-davao on Twitter for event and promo updates.

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RealtyFOR SALE:

1) 1-hectare commercial lot at P10,000/sq m, along National Highway, facing east, beside NCCC Panacan, Davao City. 2) 17,940sq m commercial lot at P2,500/sq m, along Matina Diversion Road. 3) 3,831 sq m lot along Matina Diversion Road. 4) 41,408 sq m commercial/industrial lot at P800/sq m along the National Highway, Bunawan. 5) 7,056 sq m at P1,200/sq m commercial/residential lot along Indangan Road, Buhangin District. 6) 27,411 sq m commercial/industrial lot along the National Highway in Bincungan, Tagum City. 7) 116.15 to 245.92 sq meters , at P5.5M to P12.3M commercial/office condo units in Bajada, Davao city. 8) 699 to 1,117 sq m at P4,100/sq m commercial lots at Josefina Town Center, along the National Highway, Dumoy, Toril. 9) Ready-for-Occupancy Residential Properties: 4BR/3T&B in a 240 sq m lot with 177.31sqm floor area (2-storey) at P4.8M in an exclusive beachfront community in Dumoy, Toril.; 3BR 2-storey in a 71.25 sq m 2-storey in a 143sq m lot in an exclusive flower village in Maa, Davao City; 180 sq m lots with 71.25sqm to 126.42 sq m floor areas, priced at P3.751M to P5.773M in an exclusive mountain resort community along Matina, Diversion Road. 10) 1BR/2BR residential condo units located in Bolton, Maa, Obrero, Davao city. 11) FOR ASSUME (RUSH): 1BR res’l condo unit in Palmetto, Maa. P600K negotiable. Note: Items 1-9 can be paid in cash, in-house or bank financing. If interested, please call Jay (PRC REB Lic. 8237) at 0922-851-5337 (Sun), 0908-883-8832 (Smart) or send email to [email protected].

The 2013 Coca-Co-la PBA Youngstars basketball league in

Davao got underway on Saturday at the Gaisano Skygym featuring 10 teams. “The champion team will represent Davao to the Min-danao Finals set in Zam-boanga next month,” said Regino “Boy” Cua, regional director of the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas. Seeing action are the Ate-neo de Davao Universi-ty, holy Child College of Davao, Assumption Col-lege of Davao, Agro Indus-trial Foundation, United Basketball League (UBL) All-Star, Toril huskies, Ford Academy, Phoe-nix Petroleum, Daniel R. Aguinaldo National high School, Blue Knights Sel and the Davao eagles. Teams are divided into two separate groups to play a single round robin elimi-nation and the top two of each group will advance into the semifinals. The na-tional finals will be held in Manila also next month.

Coca-Cola PBA Youngstars in Davao underway

DAVNOR SPORTS CLINICS. Coach Zandro Angelo Questo teaches the proper execution of some running exercises during the summer sports camp at the Davao del Norte Sports and Cultural Center in Tagum City. NOBAGS

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With the loss, the plans should take a back-seat.

Veteran referee McTa-vish, in his 70s, did not look like he was up to the fast pace of the fight.

In the interesting supporting bouts, Rocky “The Road Warrior” Fuentes of the Philip-pines won by unanimous decision over Juan “Lo-quito” Kantun of Mexico, King Arthur Villanueva of ALA decisioned a tough Marco Singwancha of Wakee Salud Stable to

win the OPBF super fly-weight championship, and Mark Vincent Ber-naldez of the Philippines dropped Arief “The Ice” Blader of Indonesia in the second round.

In the aperitif, Davao’s Moralde brothers--en-gelbert and John Vincent scored impressive wins over Abel and Juvel Gay-hon of Bukidnon.

Davao’s Kim Galon won over Joselto Tabago but Glendon Ramos lost to Jessie Suacasa of Koro-nadal.

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The spell continues...FIGHTING BACK. Boom Boom Bautista fights back fiercely against

Mexico’s Jose Ramirez in the eighth round. Lean Daval Jr.

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