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DAVAOVOL. 6 ISSUE 96 • SUNDAY - MONDAY, JULY 28-29, 2013 P 15.00 • 20 PAGESwww.edgedavao.net
Where have all the gold gone?
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GOLD SMUGGLING
Sources close to Edge Davao said that the government agents are checking reports that miners and gold traders are smuggling the precious metal out to Hong Kong and other foreign points where gold trading is brisk and prices are much higher.
By ANTONIO M. AJERO
GOVERNMENT men, particularly agents implementing the Run After Tax Evaders (RATE) campaign of the Bureau of Internal
Revenue (BIR), are monitoring the movements of small-scale miners and gold traders in the Davao Region to find out where they are bringing their gold since they have stopped selling to the Bang-ko Sentral ng Pilipinas.
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THE BIG NEWS VOL. 6 ISSUE 96 • SUNDAY - MONDAY, JULY 28-29, 2013
DONATION. Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte witnesses the turnover of 80 life vests donated by the Junior Jaycees International Davaoeña to Central 911 repre-sented by Emmanuel Jaldon at Almendras Gym on Saturday. Lean Daval Jr.
WOODEN CASING. Technicians configure a desktop computer with a unique wooden casing during yesterday’s Davao Cyber Expo 2013 at the Annex of SM City Davao. Lean Daval Jr.
A member of the pro-vincial board in Misamis Oriental
and a doctor were among the six people killed while 37 others wounded in a bomb explosion amid a crowded restobar in the compound of a premier shopping mall here past 11:00 p.m. Friday night.
Killed were Dr. Erwin Malaray, Antonio Canete, Ryan Estoce, Emmanuel Palapag, Antonio Pare-des, and provincial board member Roldan Lagbas of Misamis Oriental.
Malamay and Lagbas were taken to the hospital but attending physicians
declared them dead on arrival. The four other victims who were report-edly medical representa-tives died on the spot.
The 37 wounded were rushed to public and pri-vate hospitals here with 17 wounded at Polymedic Medical Plaza in Kauswa-gan, eight at Cagayan Uni-versity Medical Center, four at Cagayan de Oro Medical Center, and eight at the Northern Mindanao Medical Center.
Chief Supt. Catalino Rodriguez, director of the regional Philippine Na-tional Police (PNP), said the explosion occurred
about 11:30 Friday night outside the “Kyla’s Res-tobar” at the compound of the Limketkai Shop-ping Mall in Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro City.
He said that witness-es had provided police investigators the de-scription of a male sus-pect whose cartographic sketch was being pro-cessed.
Rodriguez said the suspect with a backpack reportedly went inside “Kyla’s Restobar” but went out a few minutes later and left the back-pack on a chair near the restobar’s door entrance.
He said the explosion occurred about two min-utes after the suspect left the area.
According to Rodri-guez, the police were still determining the kind of explosive used although some investigators sus-pect the improvised ex-plosive device has the markings of explosives used in some areas in Mindanao.He said that the police were investi-gating the motive of the bombing.
The bombing was the worse to occur in Cagay-an de Oro City in recent years. (PNA)
THE CITY Engineer’s Office of the Davao City government and
the Department of Public Works and Public High-ways (DPWH) are now preparing the cost esti-mates of a comprehensive program designed to im-prove the city’s drainage system and thus solve the nagging flooding problem of the city.
As he earlier an-nounced to the local media, Mayor Rodrigo R. Duter-te met with Rep. Isidro T. Ungab of Davao City’s third legislative district to seek the lawmaker’s assistance in setting aside funding for a massive project on the city’s drainage to solve flooding.
Duterte, who is a con-sistent political backer of Ungab, earlier said the lawmaker will be a big help to the city as he is now the chairman of the House Appropriations Commit-tee, bruited to be the most
powerful body in the lower chamber of Congress.
The mayor made the comment while visiting Barangay 22-C whose drainage canals are heav-ily silted, a situation that had cause frequent street flooding in the area and neighboring barangays.
During his meeting with Ungab in the presence of former senator Manny Villar, who is a big-time builder of communities, the mayor and the con-gressman agreed to imme-diately work on a compre-hensive plan not only for Barangay 22-C but for the entire city which has been bedeviled by street flood-ing lately.
“We will not know how much would be needed un-til the cost estimates are finished,” Ungab said, add-ing that the project could be included in the consid-eration of the budget of the DPWH starting August. (AMA)
By CHERRY MAE PALICTE
AN official of the Philippine Army 4th Infantry Division
said that an improvised explosive device (IED) was used in the Cagayan de Oro City bombing on Friday evening that left six people dead and 46 others injured.
Lt. Col. Leo Bongo-sia, spokesman of the 4th Infantry Division based in Camp Patag told Edge Davao through text mes-sages that an IED made out of an 81mm mortar was placed in a black slingbag left in a resto-bar inside the crowded Lim-ketkai Center in Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro City.
Limketkai Center is the biggest commercial com-plex located in the heart of the Misais Oriental’s capi-tal city.
Bongosia said the bag was intentionally left at Kyla Bistro where the ex-plosion was reported (see separate story).
“The bomb blasted near Lagbas and we cannot say it’s politically motivat-ed, we are still trying to investigate” Bongosia said.
Three restaurant cos-tumers died on the spot and the three died in the hospital while the injured victims were immediately brought to Dr. Sabal Hos-pital and Cagayan de Oro Medical Central.
A provincial board member of Misamis Ori-ental identified as Roldan Lagbas was the one of the fatalities. The others were identified as Anthony Can-ete, Ryan Etoce and Em-
manuel Palafox, all medical representatives from San-doz Philippines Corpora-tion; Dr. Erwin Maramay and Antonio Paredes.
Maramay and the three medical representatives were part of the Lung Spe-cialists (Pulmonologists) and other allied health pro-fessionals from all over the country who were attend-ing the Philippine College of Chest Physicians (PCCP) 16th Midyear National Convention at Grand Ca-price inside the Limketkai Center.
Bongosia added that personnel from the Army’s Explosive and Ordnance Disposal (EOD), Philippine National Police (PNP) and K9 units responded to the scene for investigation.
“At this time, investiga-tors found no clear motive yet but they were able to identify that the blast was caused by an improvised explosive device (IED), which was made from an 81mm mortar round and placed inside a black sling bag,” he explained.
In a television inter-view, CDO mayor Oscar Moreno said that the in-jured victims are still be-ing treated at the hospital, with one or two of them in critical condition.
Moreno also revealed that they received threats early this month and he said that it is too early to say if the incident is con-nected.
“We are saddened by what happened and we are doing our best to ad-dress this,” Moreno added.
Army: IED used in CDO bomb blast
6 killed, 37 woundedin CDO bomb explosion
Rody meets with Sidon drainage funding
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BIGGER PICTURE
The state of Davao’s public transport
TRAFFIC congestion in the downtown area, overlapping
routes in the periphery, and poor accessibility in the rural villages—that sums up the state of pub-lic transport in Davao City.
These key findings are contained in the midyear status report of the Asian Development Bank-fund-ed Davao Sustainable Urban Transport Project which conducts compre-hensive review on the public transport system in Davao City.
The report examined the existing and ongoing policies, plans and pro-grams related to urban development, and urban transport in general and the institutional, legal and regulatory arrangements relating to urban plan-ning, transport planning, transport and traffic man-agement, and the provi-sion of public transport services.
Public transport ser-vices within the city are provided predominant-ly by utility vehicles like jeepneys and multicabs running on fixed routes with no fixed frequen-cies or service times, and no fixed stopping places; air-conditioned L-300 vans operating longer-distance services between the city centre and urban sub-centers; motorized tricycles oper-ating on fixed routes, in various parts of the city; air-conditioned and me-tered taxis, for individual journeys between two points; and non-moto-rised tricycles, plying in some local areas, without fixed routes.
FranchisesRecords obtained from
the Land Transportation and Regulatory Board (LTFB) and the city’s Mo-torised Tricycle-for-Hire (MTH) Franchising Board showed that there are currently around 15,115 public transport vehicles franchised to operate in the city. Of these some 13,985 are allocated to services within the city and 1,130 are allocated to regional routes.
Of the 7,278 fran-chised public transport to operate within the city, 4,302 or 59 percent are classified as jeepneys and
2,976 or 41 percent as multicabs. Of the region-al buses, 475 are classi-fied as “regular” and 189 are classified as “aircon.” Another 429 vehicles are franchised to carry passengers within the city but these are largely used for school transport or providing tourist ser-vices.
In addition, there are more than 3,000 moto-rised tricycles operating in the city along around 95 fixed routes. The re-port said these units found in many locations, but are most prevalent in the waiting near markets, taking passengers be-tween residential sub-di-visions and other areas, and main jeepney and multicab filcab routes, plying along routes where there is a shortage of oth-er transport modes and sometimes, competing with jeepneys and multi-cabs along major trans-port corridors.
Overlapping routesWithin the city, the
report said the 7,278 jeepneys and multicabs are deployed along 131 routes. However, it noted that that 51 or 39 percent of the routes are operated with less than 15 vehicles – the minimum number considered necessary by the Department of Trans-portation and Communi-cation (DOTC) to provide a viable level of service – while 21 or 16 percent of the routes are operated with more than 100 vehi-cles.
The smallest num-ber of units assigned to any route is 1 (at least 8 routes) and the
largest number is 431 (Sasa via J.P.Laurel Ave-nue route).
According to the re-port, the average number of jeepneys per route is 54, overall, but this rises to 86 if the smaller routes are excluded.
However, it said that there is ample evidence to suggest that the prac-tice of ‘route-cutting’
(turning short before the end of a route), and diverting from authorized routes, is widespread.
“The overall picture is one of a large number of overlapping routes con-verging on the city centre,
with services progres-sively joining the three main corridors along the way. In the city centre it-self, this often leads to congestion caused by the public transport vehicles themselves. This route type of route pattern is thought to have devel-oped because of the ‘one ride’ aspiration of many travelers or the concept that expects journeys to be completed as far as possible without the need to interchange. In prac-tice, however, this leads to a number of inefficien-cies that will need to be addressed if Davao’s pub-lic transport is to be im-proved,” it said.
Other issues that have been noted in the reports in relation to the existing route structure include: many routes are just short extensions of other routes at their outer extremities, leading to unnecessary duplication and complex-ity; and while the system of one-way loops around city centre streets may be convenient for operators, it is likely to be very in-convenient for the major-ity of passengers.
Poor accessibility“It is already known
that many routes are not operated as authorized, with the result that out-
lying barangays may be even less well served than has been estimated. In ad-dition, many barangays outside the Central Busi-ness District (CBD) are so large that walking to the nearest public transport route would be impracti-cal,” the report noted.
In such situations, it said that other more lo-calized forms of transport are required to ensure that transport accessibili-ty that jeepney and filcab are supposed to provide. At present, the report said this need is often satisfied by the motorised tricycles – or, where these are not available, illegal motor-cycle taxis known as ‘ha-bal-habal’.
“The later tend to be relatively expensive for individual travelers, are dangerous when a num-ber of people are carried at the same time, and are not liked by many wom-en because of the need for close proximity to the driver,” it said.
Within the planned urbanised area, the re-port said there are 20 barangays where there are no service at present, affecting about 86,000 people or 7percent of the population).
Five of the barangays are in areas where high
population growth is ex-pected in the next five to ten years.
A further 31 baran-gays have a poor level of public transport service (less than 15 jeepneys as-signed per 1000 popula-tion). Of the latter, 17 are in areas where high
population growth is expected. In all, about one third of the population of the planned
urbanised area (or more than 412,000 peo-ple) lives in these 51 ba-rangays.
“This is a serious situ-ation, which will need to be given particular atten-tion when developing ex-tended network coverage in the context of a com-prehensive public trans-port strategy for the city,” the report said.
Traffic congestionThe report also noted
the relatively low vehicle operating speeds in the city. It said that while the level is not yet critical, the condition is already no-ticeable.
It said that the traffic congestion occurs as too many vehicles attempting to use the road space at the same time and the sig-nalized control of inter-sections makes it “often impossible to significant-ly increase traffic capacity
in urban conditions.”Other factors are the
on-street and frontage parking activities and ‘side-friction’ effects caused by lack of general-ly poor frontage manage-ment.
“In cities such as Davao, where small public transport vehicles are in use, the presence of these vehicles is often itself a cause of traffic congestion – especially where they stop at random along the highway,” it said.
The report said one of the measures used in recent years has been the construction of flyovers and underpasses to re-duce congestion at busy intersections.
However, it has al-ready been noted that such facilities, while aid-ing the flow of private vehicles (at least locally), are not always helpful to public transport opera-tions, which often need to interact with passengers at ground level.
The reports noted that the management of on-street and offstreet park-ing, and general frontage management, appear to be lower priorities for the Traffic Management Cen-ter (TMC).
By GREGORIO G. DELIGERO
FTHE STATE ,10
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THE ECONOMYVOL. 6 ISSUE 96 • SUNDAY - MONDAY, JULY 28-29, 2013
THE stakeholders of coffee, cacao, and soybean in the re-
gion requested a total of P543,000 to purchase facil-ities needed by both grow-ers and processors for the development of the in-dustry as well as increase income on the part of the growers.
During the 3-day train-ing course on mechaniza-tion and postharvest tech-nologies for coffee, cacao and soybean conducted
last week at Garden Oa-ses, in Bario Obrero, Davao City, the needed facilities were identified. These in-clude double drum thresh-er amounting to P238,000, single drum amount to P150,000, sorter/grader amounting to P85,000, grinder amounting to P20,000, presser amount-ing to P15,000 and Soyam-ilk Extractor amounting to P35,000.
This amount will be funded by the Department
of Agriculture’s (DA) Phil-ippine Center for Post-harvest Development and Mechanization (PHilMech) as part of the commodities action plan for 2013.
Agriculture Regional Technical Director Rafael T. Mercado who welcomed the participants said that growers and processors are the frontline in chang-ing the landscape as far as the production of cacao, soybean, and coffee are concerned.
“We have the common goal in mechanizing the cacao, coffee and soybean industry. We hope that through this farm mecha-nization training, we can give attention to the needs of our farmers and proces-sors. We are emphasizing this because we need to as-sist those who are affected by natural calamities, such as typhoon Pablo, because they cannot decide on what crops they should plant”, Mercado said.
Nestle assistant manager Ramon L. Parreno (gesturing) shows to participants the clonal garden of the firm’s robusta coffee plant where they got the planting stem for propagation cuttings.
Coffee, cacao, soybean stakeholders request P500K for posharvest facilities
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PROPERTY VOL. 6 ISSUE 96 • SUNDAY - MONDAY, JULY 28-29, 2013
CAMELLA Cerritos, the landmark Ital-ian-Mediterranean
themed community in Mintal gives its home-owners the best of urban lifestyle while allowing them to live within a tran-quil natural environment.
It offers a comfortable and relaxing ambiance with its beautiful green environs with a compel-ling view of majestic Mt. Apo that can be seen from any vantage point within the subdivision. Mintal’s fertile soil also accounts for the lush plant life and robust trees growing within the property.
Envisioned to become a self-sustaining commu-nity in this southern part of the city, Camella Cerri-tos is now fully developed with facilities and ame-nities that allow home-owners who have already moved in to live life to its fullest.
A masterplanned com-munity developed within the lush environs of Mint-al, Camella Cerritos is lo-cated along the national
highway from where all daily living essentials are a short drive or ride away. It is quite near to schools, public markets, terminal, banks, shops, worship places, stores, and other public utilities.
A commercial area with a mall will be de-veloped right across the subdivision to cater to the services, shopping, and retail needs of home-owners and the larger community of Mintal. Homeowners will not be wanting when it comes to their daily urban needs and comforts.
Camella Cerritos has many open spaces that give a lot of breathing space, and Piazzas and Parkos that give home-owners plenty of oppor-tunity for rest and recre-ation. The Foro Verdi is centrally located to pro-vide a venue for home-owners’ activities. De-rived from the Latin word forum, Foro was an open space that served as a public square, market-place or meeting place of
ancient Roman cities.In Camella Cerri-
tos, Foro Verdi is where homeowners can indulge in their sports and social activities as a commu-
nity.An interactive play-ground welcomes kids and the young at heart to frolic and play, and the ball court is where more active ball games such as basketball can be played.
The trail for walk-ing or jogging meanders around the verdant prop-erty of Camella Cerritos, allowing homeowners to commune with nature while doing their exer-cise. Combined with the profuse plant life and trees, the beautiful hous-es of Camella Cerritos also provide an exquisite backdrop.
The clubhouse is called Villa Romana, a one-storey building where homeowners hold activities and social gath-erings to strengthen their camaraderie and sense of
community. It has a good-sized swimming pool that is a perfect place to hang out and cool off, where swimming enthusiasts can take many laps as part of their exercise routine.
Parko Alberto is a tree park where one can have a cool and refresh-ing downtime, alone or with the company of fam-ily and friends. This tree park also enhances the fresh ambiance of Camel-la Cerritos, as well as its greenery and overall ap-peal.
For those who have yet to make this splendid community their home base, Camella Cerritos is offering an upgrade pro-mo for new homebuyers, with specific details avail-able at Camella offices in Delgar Building, JP Laurel
Avenue, Bajada, Davao City, telephone (082) 295-3973 local 8014 and 8015.
The Kitchen Upgrade offers laminated over-head cabinets, decorative ceramic tiles for kitch-en splash wall, and a gas range, while a Storage Upgrade provides cabinet systems in the bedrooms and living area, kitchen countertops, and painting for the bedrooms.
The Appliance Up-grade will have three options: a Living Room upgrade with a TV and Home Theatre, the Din-ing Room Upgrade with a refrigerator, and the Bed-room Upgrade with an Air Conditioner. The Exterior Upgrade will give grassing with landscaping, a mail-box, and a house plate.
Camella Cerritos in MintalTranquil urban living at its best
EVERYONE should drive a Ford Ranger Wildtrak, preferably
the 3.2-liter. There, I said it. As much as I detest lum-bering SUVs and pick-up trucks, with the torrential rains hitting Metro Manila every single day, it’s actu-ally great to have a vehicle that can bring you home dry and in one piece. Hav-ing driven the Ford Rang-er before, specifically the XLT trim, I’m already quite used to this vehicle’s merits such as class-leading 800-mm wading depth, mas-sive 80-liter fuel tank, and advanced features such as voice-command. Still, I find myself on the fence on whether I’d pick the Ranger over say, a compact crossover or SUV for a vari-ety of reasons, the absence of luxury features to name one. However, the arrival of the Wildtrak blows those reservations out the win-dow. This indeed is the new go-anywhere, do-anything vehicle.
Compared to the mid-range XLT, the Wildtrak takes on a very different de-
sign di-rection, empha-sizing itself more as a lifestyle-ori-ented truck as op-posed to a workhorse. Outside, it’s differentiated by being sportier thanks to the use of dark trim el-ements on the grille, bum-pers, door handles, and side mirrors. The headlights and tail lights now feature smoked elements for that added oomph compliment-ing the standard 18-inch al-loy wheels. The other exte-rior improvements include the addition of roof rails, a bed bar, and a bed liner. All in all, it makes the already macho Ranger into a true beefcake. The Wildtrak is a true man’s ride down to the availability of three, yes only three, color choices: Chili Orange, Black Mica, and Cool White.
Inside, the Ranger’s metamorphosis from workhorse to lifestyle pick-up continues with the ad-dition of standard leather seats (complete with the ‘Wildtrak’ lettering and contrasting stitching), du-al-zone climate control, power adjustable driver’s seat, automatic headlights, rain-sensing wipers, and
even c r u i s e
c o n t r o l . The Wildtrak
truly feels like a luxury se-dan, until you notice that it requires a huge step just to get in or out of the vehicle (the lack of a driver’s side grab handle doesn’t help). Questionable ingress/egress aside though, the Ranger is ergonomically ex-cellent. Despite the lack of a telescopic steering column, the steering wheel falls right in hand. The seats, front or aft, are support-ive as well. The Wildtrak, like the XLT, features voice command integration to its full suite of connectivity from Bluetooth to USB to full iPod connectivity. The 6-speaker sound system is crisp and has great bass as well.
Before, the weakest point of the Ranger is the obvious absence of the range-topping engine and drivetrain. Now, those weaknesses are moot thanks to the 3.2-liter in-line-5 engine good for an even 200 horsepower and 470 Nm of torque (lesser mortals may opt for the
same 2.2-li-ter 4-cyl-inder engine though). These figures easily put the Wildtrak 3.2 as best-in-class in terms of overall power and torque. That said, don’t expect the Ranger to pull off the line with smoking rear tires and all. The Wildtrak prefers to deliver all its power in a more linear, more usable power. It provides gobs of torque from as little as 1,500 rpm all the way to redline. It’s also surpris-ingly quiet and smooth from idle to full throttle, perhaps even more so than its 2.2-liter counterpart. Still, mash the throttle hard enough though, and you can still coax the W i l d t r a k to chirp its rear tires. Thankful ly, the Wildtrak comes with ESP or Elec-tronic Stabil-ity Program with Traction
Control to quell unneces-sary wheel spin.
A six-speed automatic is the only transmis-
sion available with the 3.2-liter and
it does the job quite well in adopting and adjusting to your driving needs, though it can still get confused in the up/down-shifts be-
tween second and third gear.
The gearbox also offers three shift-
ing modes: Normal, Sport, and Manual—a
nifty feature on a pick-up truck. The gearbox is de-signed to reduce engine revs and extend the driving range, so it’s quite surpris-ing that the Wildtrak 3.2 can manage around 600 kilometers between fill-ups or around 7.57 km/L in pure city driving (the 2.2 XLT does 8.19 km/L).
The Wildtrak’s suspen-sion is unchanged from the XLT’s so it rides on the typ-ical Double Wishbone/Leaf Spring layout. But thanks to the longer wheelbase and excellent tuning, the Rang-
er exhibits a refined and comfortable ride. Larger road imperfections can still make their way to the cabin, but it soaks it much better than other pick-up trucks. The steering is on the heavy side and requires much more turns lock-to-lock increasing this vehicle’s turning radius, but parking the Wildtrak is made much easier thanks to excellent all-around visibility and standard rear parking sen-sors with a back-up camera.
The Ford Ranger Wildtrak, especially in the 3.2-liter trim is perhaps the best thing that happened to the pick-up truck genre. In more ways than one, it has managed to re-define the segment on what a pick-up truck can and should be. It manages to marry the best qualities of a pick-up such as uncompromising power, payload, water fording ca-pability to the best merits of a passenger car such as lux-ury amenities and excellent safety features (it’s got 6 air-bags for one). The Wildtrak answers the weaknesses of the Ranger line-up when it first launched, and it answered them with the clearest, boldest statement possible.
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FORD RANGER WILDTRAKA truck everyoneshould drive
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EDITORIALSafer grounds could mean impoverished lives
SCIENCE indeed has a way of contradicting itself.A recent scientific report revealed that people
who are affected by disasters should stay in place rather than force them out of their homes and be relo-cated out of danger. Rather than forcing those who are hit by disasters, they should be helped to stay accord-ing to SciDev.Net, a London-based non-profit organiza-tion.
While science tells us where we are safe or not, sci-ence also teaches us the basic economics of life.
The study shows that it is better to have people stay in their place rather than apply migration to disaster risk management plans. The reason is simple—economics. Livelihood and lifestyles are closely tied to where these people live. For example, a fishing community in ‘Pab-lo’-hit Davao Oriental should remain where their means of livelihood is, instead of implementing migration plans
that will relocate them to areas where they are not used to, or have no means of livelihood. Another example is for victims in the mining areas of Compostela Valley. They cannot just be forced to live in urban areas after they are hit by disasters and become street urchins.
It makes sense. A fisherman cannot be converted into a farmer overnight, nor will he become a truck driver sooner than you wish him to be.
Involuntary resettlement can only lead to impover-ished lives instead of securing people. Yes, while it is true they are ferreted out of danger, they also face a grim prospect of having to scamper for a living they are not used to doing.
Migration is both a political and economic question for our local governments. Safety is one thing, livelihood is another. It takes a neat balance of science and econom-ics, if that is achievable, to arrive at a win-win solution.
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SECRETARY Armin Luistro of the De-partment of Education was caught in a controversy with Muslims be-
cause of Department Order No. 32 he is-sued last July 16. Three media reports all dated July 16, 2013 told different tales.
Luwaran (DepEd orders Muslim women teachers to remove veil while in-side classrooms) states in its lead: “The Department of Education ordered Mus-lim teachers Tuesday, July 16 to remove their veils inside classrooms, in part to promote better relationships between teachers and pupils.” It inferred the or-der is for all Muslim women teachers.
It identified Education Secretary Armin Luistro as “a member of the Cath-olic La Salle brothers” and cited him as saying “the move was part of reforms to make schools more sensitive to religion”. It referred to provisions in the order up-holding freedom of Muslim students to wear hijab. Yet the order was denounced as offensive to Islam. It quoted and cited Muslims who rebuked Luistro.
Philippine Daily Inquirer (Muslim lawmakers ask DepEd chief to review ‘no face veil’ policy in classes) stated in its lead: “Muslim lawmakers are asking Education Secretary Armin Luistro to reconsider his directive requesting Mus-lim public schoolteachers not to wear their face veils in the classroom, so as not to unduly interfere with their beliefs, religion, and culture.” The inference is like Luwaran’s even if toward the end it clarified that the directive is only for
teachers of Arabic Language and Islamic Values. While in their joint statement the lawmakers recognized “Luistro’s direc-tive was worded as a request”, they said “it still conflicts with the teachings of the Quran” and “is patently offensive to the religious feelings of the Muslim people, and would (sic) the provisions of the Is-lamic Dress Code.”
The Philippine Star (Islamic body backs DepEd order on removal of face veils) stated in its lead: “The Nation-al Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) backed yesterday a directive of the Department of Education (DepEd) for Filipino Muslim women hired as Arabic Language and Islamic Values Education (ALIVE) teachers to remove their face veils or niqab inside the class-room.” Unlike the Luwaran and Inquir-er reports, it clarifies at the outset that the order is not for all Muslim women teachers but for those teaching ALIVE only. It cited NCMF secretary Mehol Sa-dain as stating the reason for the order – “DepEd Order 32 aims to enhance the effectiveness of ustadja or ALIVE teach-ers.” Acting NCMF Regional Director (Re-gion IX) Dennisson Abidin corroborated Sadain. In the report Luistro clarified the
order was a “request” and “[i]f they [the ustadja] feel strongly about it, then they won’t be forced to do it. There will be no penalties imposed.”
Unfortunately, DepEd Order No. 32, s. 2013 was misreported. In blowing up a part while glossing over the whole, the reports set off a controversy making sensational headline at the sacrifice of the proper understanding of the Order.
DepED Order No. 32, s. 2013 is enti-tled, “Reiterating DECS Order No. 53, s. 2001 (Strengthening the Protection of Religious Rights of Students). In paren-thesis is the title of DECS (Department of Education, Culture and Sports) Order issued on July 10, 2001.
Section 1 of DepED Order restates in toto Section 1 of DECS Order: “Pursuant to the constitutional guarantee on the rights of citizens to freedom of religion and non-discrimination on the basis of sex, religion, creed or color, all schools should strive that these rights of stu-dents are protected and strengthened.” This is the order in general.
Section 4 of DECS Order states: “In the specific case of Muslim students, the following policies shall be adopted:
a. Female Muslim schoolchildren should be allowed to use their veil or headdress (hijab) inside the school cam-pus;
b. In Physical Education (PE) classes, Muslim girls shall be allowed to wear appropriate clothing in accordance with their religious beliefs; and
CRITICS ARE HONING THE ART OF DE-CEPTION – Here we are, one week after President Benigno Simeon Aquino III
delivered his 4th State of the Nation Address (SONA) and it’s not clear when will those dis-satisfied groups – opposition diehards, high-ly-politicized church leaders, militant and progressive groups and student activists stop their wrangling and pessimist attitude toward the Aquino leadership. We are a small nation with too many discontented groups that are constraining the government to push policies that they know – or ought to know, but are actually outright advantageous only to their common interests.
All these may explain why the different anti-government organizations seem to have little or no trust at all, lack the motivation and belief that the government can move for-ward despite being confronted with minor socio-economic and political setbacks. The boisterous leaders and blabber-mouthed spokespersons of anti-government groups, instead were indulging an addiction to the most cynical kind of protest action – decep-tion. These people perfected the art of decep-tion after years of struggle and participation in the parliament of the streets. You could probably call their latest exploit the “hell bent of disenchantment” edition, in which even the most engaged of citizens, might be tempted to doubt their efforts and started to hate them.
There is no denying that there are some ambiguities in President PNoy’s annu-al achievement report to the people, but it doesn’t mean that other crucial issues not mentioned during the SONA would be rel-egated to the dustbin. Perennial critics and political detractors noted that the President, intentionally or otherwise, failed to mention the controversial Priority Development Assis-tance Fund or “pork barrel,” FOI Bill, sad plight of OFWs, alleged military abuses and police
brutality and en-v i r o n m e n t a l d e s t r u c t i o n . Well, nobody is perfect, not even the Pres-ident and his speechwriters and wordsmiths who crafted the presidential lit-erary piece. But the good thing is that the Pres-ident has men-tioned the salient points and said all the right things about the necessity of maintaining an open and stable economy and basic social measures while augmenting its impact on poor Filipinos.
While leaders of critical groups and their blinded followers don’t seem satisfied with the SONA, perhaps the best thing that can be said is that majority of our people, at least, do have choices – stay and rally behind the current dispensation and continue to have confidence in their present leaders, which is even more partisan than those senseless mass protest actions staged by motley groups of demonstrators. Say what those detractors and PNoy-haters will but truly the man- at-bat still commands tremendous public support as can be gleaned from the latest survey result. Both his trust and performance ratings gained several notches higher compared to previous reviews.
It’s very important to understand that the presidency is not a lark. It is a grueling full-time and daunting task, even to someone with flawless skills and managerial prowess and mainstream connections. There may be some drawbacks, but three years in office show that President PNoy has accomplished much
during that period. He got the economic lights turn on and the country becomes a showcase of economic resurgence, even as some of its regional neighbors are hitting the econom-ic skid. If his administration is to be faulted, it is in his less-than-sterling record against crime. Advocates against crime and lawless-ness feel he could have been tougher on the hoods. However, he could not but hew strictly to legal procedures in his war against crime, if critics are not to see a strongman ambition in him – accomplishments that would spawn fears of extrajudicial measures and violations of human rights.
Of course, harsh critics and adversaries use President PNoy’s perceive “incomplete” SONA as a starting point and motivated by pure retali-ation and trumped-up rage, proceeded through a litany of unfounded accusations. Moreover, their shamelessly unprincipled action is con-cealed by their deceptive moves. Their ridicu-lous attacks against the Aquino leadership are prejudicial and the openly anti-government rhetoric they deployed during the SONA was a pure misleading play to manifest purported public resentment. And there are the over-as-suming leaders and spokespersons who are ex-perts in slimeball activism and they speak the jargon of the little people so fluently. Nonethe-less, perhaps due to their nonsensical struggle against whoever is in power, they now lack the direction, and their “worn-out and recycled” grievances are supplemented by smear tactics of unconscionable proportions.
More than that, if government critics and anti-government movement particularly lead-ers and spokespersons have nothing good to offer except to find fault, perhaps they should better shut up and stop acting like loose can-nons with runaway mouths. It’s actually dif-ficult to trust this kind of people who allow themselves to be associated with such non-sense.
VANTAGE POINTS 9EDGEDAVAO
AQUILES Z. ZONIOCorrespondent
Saving PHL’s endangered
tamaraw
BY HONOR BLANCO CABIESPECIAL FEATURE
PATRICIO P. DIAZ MIND DA NEWS
The presidency is not a lark
Emotion minus understanding
(1st of two parts)
(Conclusion)
ENVIRONMENTAL sources sug-gest, apart from educating the Filipino people through arti-
cles and information dissemination, at least three strategies to save the endangered Mindorensis from to-tally disappearing from the species’ tracks.
One is to provide them with a habitat that does not have to be changed every so often; another is for people of Mindoro, through gov-ernment initiative, hold the hoofed animals in captivity; and the third put teeth to some legislation which makes it criminal to hunt down the animal.
Some sources argue the best way to protect the tamaraws – which have in recent years lost much shel-ter and food, compared to their abundance scores back -- is to conserve their habitat, which also means safeguarding the other flora and fauna in that wired zone.
They argue that if the forest in Mindoro were conserved, the hab-itat will keep the tamaraw popula-tion healthy and strong – precise re-quirements for their reproduction.
They say that residents, who expect money from the forest, in terms of lumber, should look for other sources to help prop up their cash registers.
Or the animals may be kept in captivity, but given enough room in some fenced off forest zone in the province.
According to some sources, the zone must be a safe environment, away from the gun barrels of game hunters, to enable the animals to reproduce without fear and more easily.
These sources note that during the early part of the 20th century, hunters shot down tamaraws for food and their skins.
The same sources point out that there are some tamaraws in a breeding center in Mt Iglit-Baco.
It is not known, immediately, how much it would cost conservationists and environmentalists or the gov-ernment to keep the tamaraw pop-ulation in captivity – which means providing food and shelter for the endangered animal.
Another factor to be considered is the limited flat land in Mindoro, although it has plenty of mountains and beaches.
The third is to criminalize hunt-ing the tamaraw, for whatever rea-son, and implement fully whatever legislation may be signed into law to protect and conserve the animal, which has become iconographic for the Philippines.
Sources say if the tamaraw is not hunted down, it will not be fright-ened nor become extinct, will feel safe in an environment friendly to the herd and thus will be fearless coming out during the daytime and not traveling at nighttime.
Some say so long as the people heed the need to save the tamaraw, so long will its life span be ensured. [PNA]
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The state..Republic of the PhilippinesREGIONAL TRIAL COURT
11th Judicial RegionBranch 17, Davao City
IN RE: PETITION FOR CANCELLATION/CORRECYION OF ENTRY NO. 12 IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF THERESA JOY SOLLANO FUENTES (Date and Place of Marriage of Parents) FROM NOVEMBER 25, 1985, MU-NICIPAL COURT, JANIUAY, ILOILO TO NOT MARRIED and ENTRY NO. 6 FROM DALMERO TO PALMERO(Maiden Name); AND CANCELLATION /CORRECTION OF ENTRY NO. 18 OF THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF JOMAR SOLLANO FUENTES(Date and place of Marriage of par-ents) FROM AUGUST 28, 1977, DAVAO CITY To NOT MAR-RIED, Sp.Proc. Case No. 12,644-13
THERESA JOY SOLLANO FUENTESand JOMAR SOLLANO FUENTES, PETITIONERS, - Versus -
CITY CIVIL REGISTRAR- DAVAO CITY Respondent
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ORDER
Pettioner Theresa Joy Sollano Fuentes and Jomar Sol-lano Fuentes filed the instant petition, praying that after due notice, publication and hearing, an order be issued directing the City Civil Registrar of Davao City, to cause the cancellation/correction to wit:
The Certificate of Live Birth of Petitioner There-sa Joy Sollano Fuentes Entry No. 12 Thereof, which is Date and Place of Marriage of Parents from November 25,1985, Municipal Court Janiuay, Iloilo to NOT MARRIED ; Likewise , Entry No. 6 Middle Name of her mother from DALMERO to PALMERO.
Certificate of live Birth of petitioner Jomar Sollano Fuentes Entry No. 18 thereof which is the Date and Place of marriage of parents from August 28,1977, Davao City to NOT MARRIED.
Other reliefs and remedies just and equitable under the foregoing premises are likewise prayed.
Finding the Petition to be sufficient in form and sub-stance, set hearing of the Petition on September 16, 2013 at 10:00 o’clock in the morning,,ordering all interested persons to appear on the said date and show cause, why this Petition should not be granted.
Petitioner is directed to publish this Order, at least once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks prior to the date of hearing, in a designated qualified newspaper of general circulation, pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 1079.
Furnis a copy of this Order to the Clerk of Court, Re-gional Trial Court, Davao City, for raffling of the publica-tion.
Given this 28th day of June 2013 at Davao City Phil-
ippines
(SGD) EVALYN M. ARFIIANO-MORALES Presiding Judge
In other areas outside downtown, such as the na-tional highway through Bu-nawan, Tibungco, Panacan and Sasa, significant con-gestion is generated by the presence of roadside mar-kets and other frontage ac-tivity, parked vehicles, and stopping and waiting pub-lic transport vehicles.
“Part of the problem is that public transport infra-structure along strategic transport corridors is not being developed to consis-tent standards or managed in a consistent way. This at-titude also needs to change if public transport is to continue to be an attractive option – and therefore sus-tainable,” the report said.
It concluded that, de-spite best efforts by local officials and other stake-holders, there are still significant gaps in urban transport policy, and its implementation in terms of plans, procedures, pro-grams and projects. These gaps need to be filled ur-gently, if public transport reform is to become a prac-tical reality in Davao City.
It also set out some of the institutional issues that need to be addressed to support the public trans-port reform agenda, in-cluding improved planning and regulation of public transport services, the establishment of a single city agency dealing with all transport and traffic matters, and development of the capability of related city officials to undertake the tasks involved.
The small-scale min-ers and gold traders in areas like Mt. Diwalwal and other places in Com-postela Valley and Davao Oriental have reportedly stopped bringing their gold to the BSP after BIR started to strictly impose last July 2011 the so-called 10-percent cred-itable withholding tax in addition to the 2-percent excise tax stipulated in the Mining Act. Credit-able withholding tax is “the portion of payment deducted from the in-come or collection of the seller.”
Under the law, the buyer retains 10 percent of the total transaction as withholding agent of the government.
For sellers of gold, the tax due is a “heavy loss.”
Before the imposi-tion of the creditable withholding tax, the gold buying section in Davao City’s BSP branch paid an average of P45 million a day for the gold sold to the bank.
Before this, during Martial Law, less than 20 percent of the gold production in Diwalwal and other areas was sold to BangkoSentral due to very low buying price.
Gold produced in Davao then was traded through the underground market called “Binondo Central Bank (BCB)” which was reportedly organized by the Marcos dictatorship. (The BCB was ordered disbanded on Febru-ary 26, 1986 days after the EDSA People Power Revolution ousted then President Marcos. Then Trade Secretary Rober-to Ongpin, its head, and the Marcos estate, First Lady Imelda Marcos, for-mer Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and his children, Irwin, Wyrlo, Rexor, Helma and Faida were accused of organiz-ing the BCB “to engage in buying of millions of dollars and bringing the same out of the country for deposit in foreign banks, thereby obtain-ing millions of dollars for themselves. Ongpin himself was accused by government prosecutors of acquiring P1,649, 734 illegally through the BCB and asked the Sandigan-bayan to order Ongpin to return the money, and pay P50 billion in moral damages and P1 billion in exemplary damages.” –Philippine Daily Inquirer.
In January 2012,
the Sandiganbayan dis-missed the case citing absence of evidence, ac-cording to a report by the Philippine Star on Janu-ary 25, 2012).
The situation im-proved during the time of President Cory Aquino after her administration increased the BSP’s buy-ing price of gold.
Almost all gold pro-ducers and traders have been selling to BSP since then, until last July 2011 when the Department of Finance through the BIR implemented the 10-per-cent creditable withhold-ing tax.
As a result of the stop-page, mining and quarry-ing industry had a nega-tive growth rate last year, according to the Perfor-mance of the Davao Re-gion Economy 2012, a re-port on the Gross Region-al Domestic Product of Region 11 last year com-pared to the performance of the country’s 16 other regions as reported by Rosendo M. Aya-ay, act-ing regional head of the National Statistical Coor-dination Board (NSCB) in Region 11, during a press conference held by the NSCB and the National Economic Development
Authority (NEDA) at the conference room of the Department of Social Welfare and Develop-ment (DSWD) in Region 11.
Aya-ay presented the statistical data, whileNE-DA 11 Regional Director Ma. Lourdes D. Lim made observations on the sig-nificance of the numbers and percentages.
The presscon was at-tended by NSCB Secre-tary General Jose Ramon Albert, National Statis-tics Office (NSO) Admin-istrator Carmelita Ericta and Statistical Research Center Executive Direc-tor GervasioSelda Jr. who came all the way from Manila to help in the me-dia event.
The 2012 GRDP per-formance indicated that among industry sector (mining and quarrying, manufacturing, construc-tion, and electricity, gas and water supply), min-ing and quarrying con-tributed only P1.6 billion in 2012, a sharp decrease compared to P4.1 billion in 2011 and P5.9 billion in 2010 computed at con-stant 2000 prices.
Director Lim of NEDA said that the decline of mining’s contribution is
due to stoppage of min-ers and traders in selling their gold produce to the BSP after the imposition of the 10-percent credit-able withholding tax.
She said there was a need to educate the min-ers and gold traders on the importance of sell-ing their gold to the BSP, adding she does not see the possibility of the BIR back-tracking and sus-pending the tax in ques-tion.
“We’ll just have to convince them that the taxes they will pay would enable the government to implement projects that will eventually bene-fit miners and their fami-lies,” Lim said.
Another government official who declined to be identified said that BIR will soon file charges for tax evasion against small-scale miners and gold traders who are not dealing with Bangko Sen-tral or are not reporting accurately their income to the BIR.
He said the BIR had established the identi-ty of small-scale miners and gold traders.
When interviewed about the problem, vet-eran small-scale miners
and former Diwalwal barangay captain Franco Tito suggested that gov-ernment review the tax because this is reason the gold traders have stopped selling to BSP.
“Kasagaran man gud sa mga minero, sir, may mga utang sa gold buyer mao nga didto sila mo-baligya. Ang mga gold buyer mao nag black market kay sumala nila dako na ang ginakuha sa central bank unya gamay lang ang ilang patong kada gramo sa ilang gipalit sa mga gag-mayng minero, (Usually, the miners are indebted to the gold buyers, so that they sell their gold to them. The gold buy-ers are the ones selling to the black market, be-cause according to them, the central bank now de-ducts a lot of taxes from them, despite the fact their mark-up per gram is very minimal),” Tito said.
According to veteran business writer Carmeli-to Q. Francisco, the high prices of gold in the in-ternational market also prompts gold buyers to decide to sell to the in-formal market, instead of the Bangko Sentral.
SOME 300 employ-ees of Davao Light & Power Co. planted a
total of 7 thousand seed-lings of various tree va-rieties last Saturday, July 20, 2013 in a 7-hectare slippery hills of Upper Ki-balang, Marilog District, Davao City.
The tree planting ac-tivity is one of the Aboitiz-owned electric distribu-tion utility’s responses to the government’s call for support to its nation-al greening program. It is also the company’s initia-tive on helping address the effects of climate change.
Davao Light’s Com-munity Relations Depart-
ment (Comrel) which is the point unit for the tree planting project, said the seedlings include those of narra, rubber, durian, ca-cao and mahogany. Rub-ber, cacao and durian are intended to help farmer tenurial rights holders as these are cash pro-ducers in barely 3 to five years time if the seedlings planted are taken cared of very well.
The area planted since 2011 now totals 28 hectares. It is part of the 500 hectares adopted by Davao Light from the De-partment of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). It is a component of over 1300 hectares
designated as a Commu-nity-based Forest Man-agement (CBFM) area by the DENR.
To date Davao Light and some of its partner organizations have plant-ed over 32 thousand trees including those planted on an 8-hectare proper-ty at Punta Dumalag and along the Magtuod-New Carmen-New Valencia road to Calinan in 2009 and 2010, respectively. By latest inventory the sur-vival rate was computed at 80 percent of the total planted.
The employees were led by no less than its top executives based in Davao City namely Art M. Milan,
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Of-ficer, Bien Garcia, VP for Administration and VP for Retail Services for Aboitiz Power, Engr. Rodger Vel-asco. VP for Engineering of Davao Light and COO of Cotabato Light. Assistant Vice Presidents, Depart-ment Managers, Super-visors, Panabo Branch employees led by Branch Manager and AVP Reyn-old Felix and down the ranks of Kaibigans were also there to lend their hands.
The tree planting activities were simul-taneous group wide all over the country among Aboitiz companies.
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESREGIONAL TRIAL COURT11TH JUDICIAL REGION
OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT-SHERIFFDAVAO CITY
HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUNDOR PAG-IBIG FUND, Mortgagee -versus- EJF-REM CASE NO. 14,261-13
CELSO JR R. LUGO, married to KAMYA F. LUGO, Mortgagor/s.
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NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE
Upon extra-judicial petition for foreclosure and sale under Act 3135, as amended, filed by the mortgagee Home Development Mutual Fund or Pag-ibig Fund against the mortgagor/s CELSO JR. R. LUGO, married to KAMYA F. LUGO, with postal address at LOT 03, Blk 12, 10th ST. GUADALUPE VILLAGE, LANANG, Davao City to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of October 12, 2013 amounted to ( P 1,932,974.86) Philippine Currency, in-clusive of interest, penalty charges, plus attorney’s fees equivalent to TEN ( 10%) of the total indebtedness 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 July 26 , 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- 435077“ A parcel of land (Lot 3, Blk. 12 xxx) situated in
the Distirct of Lanang, Davao City, Island of Mindanao.xxx Containing an area of THREE HUNDRED FIFTY SIX(356) 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 August 23, 2013 without further 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, June 18, 2013
FOR THE EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF:
(SGD.) TERESITA M. CEBALLOS Sheriff IVNoted by:
(SGD) ATTY. EDIPOLO P. SARABIA, JR.Clerk of Court VI & Ex-Officio Provincial Sheriff
(edge 7/15,22,29)
Republic of the PhilippinesREGIONAL TRIAL COURT
11TH Judicial RegionBranch 12
DAVAO CITY
IN RE: PETITION FOR THE ALLOW-ANCE/PROBATE OF THE HOLOGRAPHIC LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF RAMON C. VICENTE
RAMON C. VICENTE Petitioner SP. PROC. No. 5550-00
-versus-
REYNALDO B. VICENTE andROBERT B. VICENTE Oppositors
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Letters Testamentry having been issued in the above-entitled case in favor of Pi-lar mynthia b. Vicente;
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that notice be, and the same is hereby, given to all per-sons having claims for money against the decedent, Ramon C. Vicente, arising from contracts, express or implied, wheth-er the same be due, not due, or contin-gent, for funeral expenses and expenses of the last sickness of the said decedent, and judgment for money against him, re-quiring them to file their claims with this Court within a period of (6) months after the first publication of the notice.
SO ORDERED
Davao City, Philippines, July 4, 2013
(SGD) MAE T. CAÑETE-TUPASBranch Clerk of Court
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QUIRKY, fun and candid Eun Joo Park captured the hearts of Davaoenos at SM City Davao last July 19. The Korean violin rock star played classical num-bers and her own original music with her takes on OPM classics like Anak. Eun Joo Park, a mem-ber of the world MBC Korea Orchestra, started coming to the Philippines in 2010. The Beethoven Virus actor easily became a sweetheart of the Davao audience when she per-formed with much can-dour at SM City Davao. Some watched her per-form again at SM Lanang Premier the day after. No violinist yet has done the stunt that she did in SM Davao-- running around the Annex Atri-um, even playing at the 2nd floor where everyone
so eagerly followed her with their attention. Park showed an energy that was almost contagious and the crowd was cheer-ing for the violin rock star. Park says she learned music from her father who was a musician-composer himself. When
asked to choose between acting and music, she immediately responded that playing the violin is her first love. Road man-ager Bella Dimayuga said Park is so talented that she could learn to play a song in 30minutes just by lis-tening to it. Eun Joo wants
to learn more OPM songs for her Filipino followers. Catch more exciting events at SM City Davao! For inquiries, call 297.6998. Like SM City Davao on Facebook and follow @smcitydavao on Twitter for event and pro-mo updates.
GLOBE TELECOM once again bagged exclusive rights to offer the world’s slimmest smartphone, the HUAWEI Ascend P6, under its roster of devices bundled with its fully-customizable postpaid plans. The HUAWEI Ascend P6 is available for as low as P999 monthly at Plan 499 with P500 monthly cashout for a 24-month contract period or at Plan 999 with P200 monthly cashout also for a 24-month contract period. Measuring 6.18mm, HUAWEI Ascend P6 is the flagship smart-phone of the HUAWEI Ascend P series that features a 1.5GHz quad-core processor and a sleek metallic body. With its 4.7-inch high definition in-cell display, industry-lead-ing 5MP front-facing camera, and outstand-ing software, the HUA-WEI Ascend P6 is the embodiment of elegance with an edge. The smartphone also boasts of an Android 4.2.2 operat-ing system, 2000mAh battery, 4.7-inch HD in-cell LCD screen technology, and ‘MagicTouch’ for enhanced screen respon-siveness even when wearing gloves. With HUAWEI’s proprie-tary IMAGESmart software, the HUAWEI Ascend P6 turns even the most novice photographer into a professional, with con-trast and color enhancement, auto scene recognition, object tracing focus, and instant facial beauty support. “The HUAWEI Ascend P6 is a star among smartphones with its industry-leading design, high-quality camera, and intuitive user interface, Huawei’s proprietary Emotion UI,” said John-son Ma, country device manager of Huawei Technologies Philippines. “Building on the success of our Ascend P series of fashion smartphones, the HUAWEI Ascend P6 provides unsur-passed technology and a design that is simply stunning.” The leader in postpaid is also the first telco to carry the HUAWEI Ascend Mate, the perfect Android pocket cinema phablet for the fashion-forward, movie and gaming enthusi-
asts. The HUAWEI As-cend Mate is free at Plan 999 and is also available at Plan 499 with a P200 month-ly cashout over a 24-month contract period. The HUAWEI As-cend Mate features a huge 6.1-inch HD display, a 1.5 GHz Hi-Silicon quad-core
processor and a 4050 mAh battery. Together with HUAWEI’s proprietary Quick Power Control (QPC) and Automated Dis-continuous Reception (ADRX) battery efficiency technol-ogy and fast sharing technology, the HUAWEI Ascend Mate is proof that bigger is better. It boasts the world’s largest screen on a smartphone and it has a screen-to-body ratio of 73% – the largest in the industry. Its supersized 6.1-inch 1280 x 720p HD LCD retina screen pro-vides visibility unsurpassed clarity and color accuracy. In ad-dition, it is powered by the latest 1.5GHz quad-core Hi-Silicon K3V2 + Intel XMM6260 processor and a long-lasting battery, supercharging your entertainment, communication and cre-ative mobile experiences. “The HUAWEI Ascend Mate breaks barriers to deliver a su-percharged entertainment, communication and creative ex-perience for all your personal and professional needs,” said Albert Antig, sales and marketing director of Huawei Tech-nologies Philippines. “The HUAWEI Ascend Mate is an indus-try-leading smartphone and showcases our innovation as we continue to make great technology available to more people globally.” As an added freebie to Globe subscribers availing of the HUAWEI Ascend devices, free tickets to the Carly Rae Jepsen Live in Manila concert on August 7, 2013 at the Araneta Coli-seum are up for grabs. For plan subscriptions at Plan 999 and up, subscribers get two (2) free VIP or Patron tickets to the con-cert. Subscriptions at Plan 499 and All-Unli Plan give subscrib-ers two (2) free Lower or Upper Box seats. A prepaid phonekit also comes with a free Upper Box ticket. Call 730-1010 or visit www.globe.com.ph to know more about the promo.
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THE Film Develop-ment Council of the Philippines (FDCP) through the Film Cul-tural Exchange Pro-gram (FCEP), and in cooperation with Alli-ance Francaise and the Embassy of France, is proud to present a se-ries of French films to be screened at Cinema-theque Davao. Five titles are included in the selection. Ensemble, C’est Trop / Together is Too Much (2010) is about the decaying relationship of Marie-France and Henri that eventually affects the lives of the other family mem-bers. Angele et Tony (2010) is a multi-award winning film about the relationship between a beautiful young woman and a professional fisherman – Angel and Tony – who end up taming each other by teaching her the tricks of the fishing trade. Liberte (2009) was the most popular film of the festival in the Montreal World Film Festival. It covers the story of a family of gypsies who are fighting for their freedom to live and travel. Qu’un Seul Ti-enne et les Autres Suivront / Silent Voice (2009) is a multi-award winning film about three stories of love, treach-ery and deception, co-min-gling in the visitor’s center of a prison. Finally is Les Neiges du Kilimandjaro / The Snows of Kilimanjaro (2011), a film that was nominated for the Un Certain Regarde section of the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. It centers on a couple that seeks ven-geance after their house has been robbed.
GMA Network’s latest family drama BINOY HENYO is off to a prom-ising start after posting high numbers during its debut last July 22. According to data from the industry’s widely trust-ed ratings service provider Nielsen TV Audience Mea-surement, Binoy Henyo dominated its timeslot not only in viewer-rich Mega Manila but also in Urban Lu-zon. Urban Luzon and Mega Manila represent 76 and 59 percent of the total urban TV household population in the entire country, respec-tively. Based on July 22 over-night data, the program posted higher ratings than its ABS-CBN’s counterpart with an average household rating of 14 percent versus Annaliza’s 13 percent. Meanwhile, in Mega Ma-nila, Binoy Henyo registered
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French films at FDCP Cinematheques
Binoy Henyo scores high pilot ratings
The collection of films fol-lows the French Film Festival in Manila last June. The fes-tival has always been an in-strument in celebrating the passion for cinema shared both by France – known as the birthplace of cinema
– and the Philippines. The sharing of their cinema ex-periences continues to grow and reach more viewers with the help of the FDCP Cine-matheques. The films will be screened at Cinematheque Davao from August 2 to 4.
14 percent against Annali-za’s 11.4 percent. Binoy Henyo presents the inspiring story of a genius boy played by newest child star David Remo. Kapuso actress Sheena Halili tackles a meaty role as she portrays her first mother role in the series. This week, the story gets more interesting as Binoy receives an old and dis-
carded robot as a gift from his mother Agnes. Using his creativity and imagination, Binoy will repair it and calls his robot “Bibot.” Bibot be-comes Binoy’s newest best friend and it will also be his entry in the school’s science fair project. Under the direction of Al-bert Langitan, Binoy Henyo airs Mondays to Fridays be-fore 24 Oras on GMA.
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became an item. On any day, I choose to wear denim as well. The versatile pair of jeans can go with almost any-thing in my closet. Be it a nice shirt, a simple tee, or something a little more dressy, almost anything can be paired with denim. The sheer no-fuss casual-ness of denim makes it easy to be fashionable just by mixing and matching.The looks that hit the run-way ranged from perky and casual day wear to chic and dressy after-of-fice pieces showing how versatile denim can be just by mixing and match-ing different pieces. It also helped that the styling was done by the design students of the Philip-pine Women’s College all under the direction of top Davao designer Emi Eng-lis. The show ended with hunky brapanese model and actor Fabio Ide taking to the runway in a smart blue denim shirt and black jeans ensemble by Forever 21 and shoes by Mario d Borro. Although the way he closed the fashion event by singing
a Filipino song felt off for me, but if that is what the fans wanted then so be it, at least he tried. And from the long line of fans who wanted to have his auto-graph and a photo with him after the show, I think they forgave him as well.
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THE Philippine na-tional men’s bas-ketball team used
its biggest strengths — speed and shooting — to take down a tall and ath-letic Kazakhstan side, 92-89, on Friday at the SMART-Araneta Colise-um.
Jayson Castro sliced and diced his way to 20 points in just 18 minutes, while Jeff Chan waxed hot for 14 of his 20 points in the first half to lead the Gilas Pilipinas squad in its final tuneup match before the FIBA Asia Champion-ship.
But the victory came at a price for Gilas, who saw stalwarts Castro and Ranidel De Ocampo suffer ankle injuries during the game.
“Hopefully they’re just slight sprains,” Philippine coach Chot Reyes said af-ter the match.
Coming off a misera-ble outing against a se-lection of PBA stars last Wednesday, Castro was sensational this time around, winning his duel against Kazakhstan’s
naturalized point guard Jerry Johnson. He repeat-edly used his quickness for acrobatic layups over the outstretched arms of the Kazakhstan big men, showcasing why he was touted as the Philippines’ biggest weapon in the FIBA Asia tournament.
“He was the best play-er out there,” said Gilas coach Chot Reyes.
But there was a scary moment late in the game, when Castro was fouled hard by Kazakh enforcer Dimitriy Klimov. The Talk ‘N Text stalwart crum-pled to the floor holding his left ankle. Fans in the arena held their breath before Castro stood up and walked to the bench by himself.
Jimmy Alapag came in to take two free throws for Castro, giving the Phil-ippines an 88-87 lead. The Gilas trap forced Kazakhstan into a turn-over, and Jeff Chan hit a three-pointer, his sixth of the game, in the ensu-ing possession to give the team a 91-87 lead with 55.2 seconds left in the
match.Johnson, who finished
with 17 points to lead Kazakhstan, hit a floater to cut the deficit to two points. Marcus Douthit drew a foul in the next play, splitting his free throws with 14.7 seconds left.
Kazakhstan had one final chance to tie the match, but star forward Anton Ponomarev’s des-peration three-pointer at the buzzer failed to hit the mark, allowing Gilas to escape with the victory.
Strong sideReyes said the result
showed the mettle of the Kazakhstan side.
“In my books, one of the strongest ang Ka-zakhstan,” said Reyes. He noted that his choice not to join Group D — which drew questions from ob-servers — was based on his knowledge about how good Kazakhstan was.
The Gilas coach was particularly wary of Ponomarev, who showed his class, scoring 14 points in the first half. De-spite towering at 6-foot-
10, he displayed a great touch from the outside, making four three-point-ers in the first period.
“They were just hit-ting three-point shot af-ter three-point shot the whole game,” said Reyes.
But Ponomarev scored just two points in the second half, after Reyes assigned defensive stopper Marc Pingris on the Kazakhstan ace. The San Mig Coffee forward failed to score, but hound-ed Ponomarev all over the floor while coming up with crucial rebounds.
The scores:Philippines 92 – Cas-
tro 20, Chan 20, Fonacier 14, Alapag 12, Douthit 9, Tenorio 5, Fajardo 5, Agu-ilar 5, David 2, Pingris 0, De Ocampo 0, Norwood 0, Belga 0.
Kazakhstan 89 – John-son 17, Ponomarev 16, Klimov 13, Murzagali-yev 12, M. Yevstigneyev 9, Zhigulin 7, Dvirnyy 7, Bondarovich 6, Yar-galiyev 2, Sultanov 0, R. Yevstigneyev 0, Bazhin 0.
Quarters: 26-22, 53-51, 76-70, 92-89
THE Chinese nation-al men’s basketball team, reeling be-
cause of injuries to sev-eral key players, has sent a revised lineup for the FIBA Asia Championship, according to a report on the tournament’s official website.
The notable change is the insertion of longtime star center Wang Zhizhi into the lineup along with hotshot teenage guard Guo Ailun and veteran swingman Zhu Fangyu.
Liu Wei, China’s long-time starting point guard, was reportedly stricken off the list along with an-other veteran guard Han Shuo. Li Muhao, a 7-foot-2 center, was also taken off the lineup.
According to the re-port, Liu (ankle and thigh) and Han (back) are
both nursing injuries.The changes are still
subject to approval by FIBA Asia.
Wang was surpris-ingly recently left off the team by Greek coach Panagiotis Giannakis earlier this month after having been a fixture on the national squad since 1996. But the 36-year-old center has continued to be impressive in tune-up games for China, most recently against New Zealand’s Tall Blacks.
His entry could be an insurance for Yi Ji-anlian, who has missed the team’s recent games while resting a leg injury. “He is recovering rather quickly and will be ready to join when we fly to Manila,” sources earlier told the FIBA Asia web-site.
THE Philippine na-tional men’s bas-ketball team expe-
rienced some anxious moments in their tune-up victory over Kazakh-stan Friday night at the SMART-Araneta Colise-um, but it had little to do with the close game.
Two key members of the squad, Jayson Cas-tro and Ranidel De Oca-mpo, suffered ankle in-juries during the match.
Castro was hurt af-ter a hard foul from Kazakhstan center Dim-itriy Klimov. The Talk ‘N Text stalwart crumpled to the floor clutching his left ankle as fans held their collective breath.
But the spitfire guard, who scored 20 points in 18 minutes, said it was no big deal.
“Yan yung old injury ko which I got during our game sa Petron. Pagaling na ito eh, kaso
nabugbog na naman kanina,” he told Inter-AKTV in an exclusive interview.
He was able to walk off the injury, even though he was subbed out for the rest of the match.
“Pagpag lang sig-uro ng konti. Nothing to worry about,” he assured. “Alam niyo naman ako hangga’t kaya ilalaro ko.”
But the prognosis may not be as bright for De Ocampo, who played limited minutes after asking to be substituted out after sustaining his injury.
“Nalungkot ako nung natapilok ako, parang feeling ko mababalewa-la yung pinaghirapan ko sa ensayo kung hindi ako makakalaro,” said De Ocampo, who is pro-jected to be the team’s starting power forward.
ONE FOR THE ROADGilas turns back tall Kazakhs in final tune-up
POWER MOVE. Marcus Douthit of the Philippines goes up against Bond-arovich Leonid (behind), Zhigulin Al-exander (15) and Klimov Dmitriy (12) during the Smart Gilas Pilipinas-Ka-zakhstan tune-up match on Friday night won by the Philippines 92-89.
China overhaulsline-up due to injuries
RDO injury could be serious
OUT OF THE TOURNA-MENT? Yi Jianlian of China could be sidelined due to injury. In his place is veteran Wang Zhizhi.
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