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WHEN fasting sea-son among Mus-lims ends on July

27, it signals another im-portant episode in Davao City’s Muslim communities especially among the chil-dren: the start of another school year in Madrasah.

For the past ten years, the city government of Davao has been strength-ening the Madrasah educa-tion system in Davao City by providing funds for the compensation of Mudarres-in (Madrasah teachers) and the operational expenses of Madrasah Centers.

Madrasah is an Arabic word meaning school or place of learning. It is a tra-dition that has started very early on in Islam because of the special emphasis in its doctrines placed on acquir-ing knowledge.

The Madaris (plural of Madrasah) are the oldest educational institutions and recognized to be the single most important fac-tor in the preservation of the Islamic faith and culture among Muslim communi-ties in the predominantly Roman Catholic Philip-pines.

Marcelino P. Escalada, Office of the City Planning and Development Coor-dinator officer-in-charge, said the current Madrasah or more relatively what has evolved in the pres-ent times is “guided by the principle of investing in the foundational religious edu-

cation of Muslim children.” “While the Islamic edu-

cation of the Muslim child should and, in most relative cases, do begin at home, it is formally and systematically conducted through the Ma-drasah,” he said.

Escalada was among those who crafted Madra-sah Comprehensive De-velopment and Promotion Program in 2003 which paved for the creation of the Madrasah Development Co-ordinating Council tasked to formulate plans and programs for the growth of Madrasah education and to properly supervise its im-plementation.

He said that by equip-ping the Madrasah student with the core knowledge and analytical tools of Is-lamic education, “it is un-derstood that they will be able to develop a firm sense of identity with his or her beliefs and values to better meet the social challenges of our times.”

“The Madrasah sys-tem of education seeks to provide the necessary in-tellectual framework and judgment to enable each Muslim student to make informed choices consis-tent to Islamic spiritual and moral norms,” Escalada said.

There are currently 52 Madrasah Centers oper-ating in Davao City with 3,087 average total number of participants. Since 2004, the program has a total

30,879 number of enrollees from different tribes in the city.

MORO TRIBESDavao City is a melting

pot of various cultures. It is home to 1.4 million pop-ulation, 16.34% of whom are indigenous peoples (IPs) composed of Lumads (non-Islamized tribes and Moros (Islamized tribes).

Five of the tribes are Moros (Islamized or those practicing Islam) and five are non-Islamized. Around 39,478 individuals belong to the Islamized tribes (K’lagan, Maguindanaon, Maranao, Sama and Tau-sug) while 197,336 be-long to the non-Islamized tribes (Ata, Clata/Guiangan, Matigsalog, Obu Manuvu and Tagabawa). They re-side in six far-flung districts of Davao – Paquibato, Mari-log, Baguio, Calinan, Tug-bok and Toril. Their liveli-hood is limited to farming and raising animals in these agricultural high lands.

Each tribe has its own distinct dialect although many of them can also speak Bisaya and Tagalog.

INNOVATIONS The traditional or

weekend Madrasah offers instruction that is basically religious. It is considered as non-formal education due to its characteristics: (a) classes are held on Satur-days and Sundays only (b) it does not have a formal cur-riculum; (c) it is non-grad-ed and may have multi-age

grouping; and (d) it only requires its teachers to be graduates of a madrasah or to be an imam (Muslim reli-gious leader).

With the introduction of the city’s Madrasah pro-grams, innovative features introduced including the subjects in the curriculum and design crafted accord-ing to grade levels.

Escalada said that while it is still considered as tra-ditional with classes being held on Saturdays and Sun-days only, “it uses hierarchi-cally structured education curriculum and sequential learning generally attuned with the formal education system.”

He said that another innovation is the accredi-tation process that helped elevate the quality of teach-ing and established linkag-es among different Madaris from various Moro tribes and the joint programs es-tablished with Department of Education (DepEd) were also instrumental in devel-oping the capacities of Ma-drasah teachers and staff.

Escalada said that be-fore the implementation of the Madrasah program, the traditional Madaris operat-ed without formal curricu-lum, non-graded and have multi-age grouping. Classes are held on schedules mu-tually agreed by commu-nity leaders, teachers and learners.

Each Madrasah, he said, also operated independent-

ly without any linkages with other Madaris especially from other Moro tribes.

With the implementa-tion of Madrasah program, a learner now has to spend a total 1,620 hours in 7 years comprising of one year at kindergarten level, two years at primary and four years in the elementa-ry level.

The average number of learners in every level is 441 covering all the 52 Madrasah Centers. In every center, however, the aver-age number of learners per level varies, posting as low as 3.57 and as high as 10 consistent with the size of Muslim population where a specific center is located.

Escalada said that since the classes in traditional Madaris are only offered during weekends, the stu-dents also enrolled in for-mal schools with classes held during weekdays. Their enrolments are ac-cepted in formal schools corresponding to their aca-demic year level in the tra-ditional schools based on the results of assessment and performance rating in-dicated in their report card.

In every educational grade level, the students are graded according to their performance with 75% as the passing rate and 100% as the highest. The report card will be the basis of national public schools in accepting and determining the grade level of students

enrolling in formal educa-tion of the regular public high schools or in the Al-ternative Learning System (ALS).

The DepEd has adopt-ed the Arabic Language and Islamic Values (ALIVE) program which is designed for the Muslim population to be able to positively con-tribute to the peace efforts of the government and im-prove the quality of life of Muslim population. It has components, namely; Basic Literacy Program + ALIVE; Accreditation & Equiva-lency (A&E) Program + ALIVE; Informal Education + ALIVE; Technical Voca-tional Education Program + ALIVE; and Entrepreneur-ship Development + ALIVE.

Most out-of-school youths (OSYs) who grad-uated from the tradition-al Madaris proceeded to DepEd-run ALS where they are required to take Accreditation & Equiva-lency (A&E) examination after graduating from high school. The teachings concentrate on Islamic re-ligious and cultural subjects and include some mathe-matics and sciences cours-es, with Arabic as the medi-um of instruction.

Escalada said all tradi-tional Madaris operating in Davao City are recognized and accredited by the local government through the Madrasah Development and Coordinating Cen-

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THE BIG NEWS

Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte greets former Senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr. who is accompanied by his son, Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III, at Grand Men Seng Hotel last Friday evening. Lean Daval Jr.

Premier Events Plus Group, Inc. (PEPGroup) president Joel Pascual (left) discusses during FAST Fridays at Barrio Fiesta-Archipelago 7017 of SM Lanang Premier last Friday the recently-concluded World Food Expo 2014 and the current trends on the food and beverage industry. Also in photo is Allegro Beverage Corp. chief executive officer and president Leo de Leon who shared his insights on the local coffee industry. Lean Daval Jr.

THE counsel of the three suspects in the killing of Cebu-based

hotel magnate Richard L. King will ask the Depart-ment of Justice (DOJ) to place his clients under the government’s witness pro-tection program (WPP).

Lawyer Behn Joseph O. Tesiorna, who represents as the counsel of suspects Paul Dave Labang and brothers Rommel and Rodel Dela Cerna, said that he will pro-cess the application for wit-ness protection program as his clients have implicated a high ranking police official as the alleged mastermind.

“Ang akong concern gyud is ang safety nila. Ka-balo man ta na naay gidawit nila nga opisyal,” Tesiorna

told Edge Davao in an inter-view last Friday.

Tesiorna said that as soon the resolution of City Prosecutors’ Office will be released, he will file the application so that the DOJ will immediately evaluate the need of the three to be placed under WPP.

Earlier, Davao City Po-lice Office (DCPO) director Sr. Supt. Vicente D. Danao Jr. said in an interview that the family of Labang had experienced harassments after he confessed to po-lice last Monday admitting the crime and they pointed Regional Intelligence Unit (RIU) – 11 head Superinten-dent Leonardo A. Felonia as their alleged mastermind.

DAVAO City Mayor Ro-drigo R. Duterte urged all the people of the

city to cooperate on the ‘air-tight’ security checkpoints that law enforcement agen-cies are conducting in key areas in the city.

Duterte told reporters

last Friday evening at Seda Hotel that the elevation of security alert has prompt-ed after President Benigno S. Aquino III called him last Thursday.

Duterte did not elaborate their telephone conversation with the president. “Basta

sinabi lang niya na don’t take it lightly.”

“Kung wala ka naman ti-natago, huwag mong mama-samain ang trabaho ng pulis pati military. At kung magsa-bi sila na magdududa sila nitong kotse na ito, pa search kayo wala naming problema

yan, para naman ito sa atin,” he said.

The mayor also asked the people from the neighboring cities and provinces especial-ly government officials who will be attending conven-tions in the city not to bring

AN agreement was inked between the lo-cal government unit

(LGU) of Marihatag, Surigao del Sur and Kennemer Foods International (KFI) on June 25 at Seda Abreeza Hotel for the production and exporta-tion of cacao.

It was signed by Mariha-tag mayor Leo Navarro and Simon Bakker, President of KFI.

By July, the Marihatag will implement a massive cacao production funded by under the Mindanao Ru-ral Development Program – Adaptable Program Loan Phase II (MRDP-APL II) with assistance with the Mindan-ao Development Authority (MinDA) to ensure the proj-ect’s success and sustainabil-ity.

Aside from providing the LGU with technical support, KFI also the assured export market for the product.

KFI is a major supplier

of US-based Mars Chocolate and specializes in growing and trading high quality ag-ricultural crops including fer-mented cacao beans.

Farm members of the co-operative and the LGU have expressed interest in planting and rejuvenating existing cacao trees in the town’s 3,500-hectare pilot site with the intent of exclu-sively selling products de-rived from the cacao produc-tion to KFI.

The LGU also plans to in-tegrate the cacao production with existing coconut plan-tations because cacao is best suited to be inter-cropped with coconut trees.

It will take at least 18 months for cacao trees to fully mature and bear fruit. Land preparation and har-vesting will cost P50,000 per hectare while an annual gross income of P180,000 per hectare is projected to be

SMALL and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and industry associa-

tions are urged to seriously consider the importance of strengthening the capacity to develop and implement National Quality Infrastruc-ture (NQI) to improve over-all competitiveness for our local products and services to prosper in the current world economy.

This was stressed during a workshop last June 26 on Voluntary Stan-dardization and Certifica-tion was conducted by the Department of Trade & Industry (DTI), though the Bureau of Product Stan-dards (BPS) and the Phil-ippine Accreditation Office

(PAO) at Microtel Inn & Suites in Davao City.

The activity conducted by Jon Echanove, Managing Director of the Academy of Executive Coaching (AoEC) China as part of its imple-mentation of the Trade Re-lated Technical Assistance (TRTA) Project 3.

The workshop aims to raise awareness of vol-untary standardization for competitiveness, the differences between reg-ulation and standards, the services of a national stan-dards body and the work of national technical com-mittees, and the benefits of standards and conformity assessment trade and in-

THE fishing ban im-posed by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquat-

ic Resources (BFAR) in the Davao Gulf since June 27 is expected to reverse the de-clining trend in fish produc-tion in the strategic coastal resource area.

According to scientific re-search conducted by BFAR-

Davao National Stock Assess-ment Program, they suspect a decline in small pelagic fish production. The avail-able produce is not sufficient enough to meet the demand for fish in the region.

The fishing ban is aimed to enhance the conservation of marine resources and se-cure the spawning period of

pelagic fishes in the gulf until August 31.

BFAR has restricted commercial fishing in the 23,000-hectare gulf.

Small pelagic fish include Mackerel fish, locally known as Anduhan, Buraw, Hasa-ha-sa, Karabalyas and Lumahan; Big-eyed scad fish like Atu-lay, Budlatan, Matambaka,

and Tamrong; and Round-scap fish like Alumahan, Bu-rot-burot, Galunggong and Moro-moro.

“Pelagic fish spawn from June to September, three months will be enough for the fish to reproduce and increase in population,” Fat-ma Idris, director of BFAR-

Lawyer wants suspects in King slay under WPP

By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO [email protected]

‘Air-tight’ security checkpoints Marihatag LGU to venture massive cacao production

By VANNAH S. ANG

Fishing ban in Davao Gulf to improve catch

Improvement in product competitiveness urged

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FFISHING, 10 FMARIHATAG, 10

FIMPROVEMENT, 10

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If we are to believe the figures released by the Department of Envi-

ronment and Natural Re-sources, the Philippines will soon phase out totally all substances that harm the ozone layer.

As of January 1, 2010, the following substances have been phased out: chlo-rofluorocarbons (CFCs), ha-lons, carbon tetrachlorides (CTCs), methyl chloroforms (MCs), non-quarantine and pre-shipment methyl bro-mides (MBs).

All the above sub-stances are chlorinated, fluorinated or brominated hydrocarbons, which can react with ozone molecules in the stratosphere and deplete the protective lay-er. As such, they’re called ozone-depleting substanc-es (ODS).

“All (substances) have been phased out according to the commitment peri-od,” Program Manager Ella Deocadiz of the Philippine Ozone Desk at the DENR’s Environmental Manage-ment Bureau was quoted as saying. “Currently, the only remaining substance for phase-out in the Philip-pines is hydrochlorofluoro-carbons (HCFC).”

HCFCs are expected to be phased out by 2040, with the first target of 10 percent by next year, ac-cording to Deocadiz.

Science tells us that ozone molecules consist of three oxygen atoms. This poisonous gas is extremely rare in the atmosphere, rep-resenting just three out of every 10 million molecules.

Ninety percent of ozone exists in the upper atmo-sphere -- or stratosphere -- between 10 and 50 kilome-ters above the earth. Ozone at ground level, at the bot-tom of the troposphere, is a harmful pollutant resulting from automobile exhausts and other sources.

The ozone saga started in 1974 when two Ameri-can scientists -- Mario Mo-lina and F. Sherwood Row-land from the University of Southern California -- first hypothesized that man-made CFCs were escaping into the atmosphere and “eating” the ozone layer. Their groundbreaking arti-cle, published in the British journal, Nature, touched off a debate in the scientific and corporate communi-ties.

However, policymak-ers largely ignored their assertions until more than a decade later, when a team of British atmospheric chemists headed by Dr. Jo-seph Farman reported that during the previous eight years a “hole” -- as big as the United States and as deep as Mount Everest -- had formed every September and October in the ozone layer over the Antarctic.

It was then that they were alarmed as the effects could be lethal. Data from the United State Aeronau-tics and Space Adminis-tration (NASA) show that one percent of ozone loss means a five to seven per-cent increase in skin cancer. It could also lead to long-term increases in cataracts and could damage the hu-man immune system.

Ozone depletion can also have devastating ef-fects on the environment. According to the US En-vironmental Protection

Agency, depletion of the ozone layer could reduce crop yields and seriously disturb the balance of the ecosystems of the oceans.

Because of the dis-covery of the atmospheric “hole,” 24 countries met in Montreal, Canada in mid-1987 and agreed to cut in half the production of ODS by 1999. The landmark agreement, known as Mon-treal Protocol, has been credited with reducing 76% of the most harmful of these substances, CFCs.

“CFC compounds were first synthesized in 1928, entering commercial use soon afterwards as the working fluid for refriger-ators,” informed the late Prof. Rowland, who shared the 1995 Nobel Prize with Prof. Molina.

Since 1950, CFCs have been used as propellants in aerosol cans, providing the power behind a wide range of sprays. The computer revolution proved their usefulness as solvents be-cause they cleaned delicate circuitry without damag-ing its plastic mountings, and the fast food revolu-tion enlisted them to blow up the form for polysty-rene cups and hamburger cartons.

Other ODS are halons used in firefighting equip-ment, and a few solvents such as carbon tetrachlo-ride and methyl chloro-form.

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BIGGER PICTURE

Ozone: Saving our shieldBy GERRY T. ESTRERA

FOZONE, 10

Call: 224-0733 • Tionko St., Davao City


THE Philippines is aiming to be the top exporter of shrimp

in the world, according to Innovatronix Inc. president Ramon Castillo.

”I have this dream that I’d like to be known as somebody who has contrib-uted something to a Philip-pine industry and I believe eventually that I could con-tribute to the Philippines to be the number one shrimp exporter,” he told guests of the 4th Anniversary Phil-ippine Council for Indus-try, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development (PCIEERD) under the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) held Friday at the EDSA Shangrila Hotel.

The company takes pride of its efficient re-search on shrimp produc-tion.

”If I can prove that one hectare of that farm is prof-itable, there’s no reason to make 10 or a hundred hect-ares of that not profitable,” Castillo told the Philippines News Agency.

The farm is also sus-tainable due to its recycled water, in which evaporation is the only way for its loss.

Castillo envisions the project will help the ag-riculture sector, through boosting the fishing sector first, which would lift his countrymen from poverty.

He projects that a 100-hectare warehouse can employ a population of 1,100 people, if the project proves successful.

He added that the scheduled completion date of the shrimp research is on December 2015.

The shrimps are being bred in three greenhouses within a 1.6-hectare lot in Jala-jala, Rizal. Currently, the warehouse has a har-vest of four to six tons a month.

The Philippines is ranked number 15 among shrimp exporting coun-tries.

The shrimp market is worth US$ 50 billion worldwide and is price driven, not brand driven. [PNA]

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P7.3 B State-run National Power Corp. (Napocor) wants to recover P7.3 billion from consumers to account for a subsidy inadequacy, fuel costs and foreign exchange losses. – BusinessWorld, June 24, 2014.

It figures

P11.6 B Emperador Inc., the country’s biggest liquor company, expects its net income to hit P11.6 billion by 2017 – double its earnings in 2013 – on the back of an expanded local and overseas presence. – PDI, June 24, 2014

P27.5 B The United Kingdom has launched a £375-million (P27.5 billion) science and innovation fun, as part of its com-mitment to help boost the research and innovation ca-pacity of its partner countries, including the Philippines. – PDI, June 24, 2014

EDGEDAVAO

THE ECONOMY

VILLAR-OWNED Vista Land has started to venture into afford-

able housing projects in Mindanao with the formal launching last Friday of the Lessandra General Santos, a Caribbean-inspired com-munity with price ranging from P985,000 to P1 mil-lion.

Maribeth C. Tolenti-no, president of Camella Homes at Vista Land and Lifescapes Inc. said similar projects will be replicated in other parts of Mindanao even in areas where there are existing Camella proj-ects.

“We are targeting specif-ic market particularly those who cannot still afford to buy homes with relative-

ly high price. For example, there are OFWs (Overseas Filipino Workers) who can only shell out a certain level or amount of their income, we will advise or offer them by telling, o sige mag Les-sandra ka muna,” she said.

The five-hectare prime development in General Santos City is located in Ba-rangay San Isidro, offering 571 units for house models Sara, Reana and Margarita which come with modern amenities normally not found in other subdivi-sions within the same price range.

Tolentino said the proj-ect is very affordable to lo-cally employed residents, OFWs, investors and busi-nessmen in SoCCCSarGen

area, bank executives and middle to upper manage-ment officials of big compa-nies.

She said the townhous-es can be availed of through in-house financing, loan from the Pag-IBIG and in-stallments.

Tolentino said Camella undertakes an average of ten projects in the entire country per year either new projects or expansion of ex-isting development sites.

She said that the suc-cess of Lessandra General Santos will be made as ba-sis for the pace in replicat-ing similar project in other parts of Mindanao.

“What success we will achieve here will dictate us what to do next,” Tolentino

said.She emphasized that

even in the affordable hous-ing projects, the services and amenities that home-buyers enjoy at Camella housing enclaves are also present in Lessandra proj-ects.

At Lessandra General Santos, the gated commu-nity features a 24-hour se-curity, tree lined road net-work, complete electrical facilities and underground drainage system.

“It is a residential en-clave that gives you privacy and exclusivity and allows you to feel the vibrancy of city living, yet clamour for a quiet and natural home en-vironment where you can achieve a balance between

live, work and play,” said Ivy Ressa Provido, Camel-la General Santos general manager.

She said that the new community is purposely planned with proper spac-ing and layout character-ized by Vista Land’s trade-mark: a balanced combina-tion of style, functionality, convenience and security.

“It has ample allocation for outdoor features, land-scaped gardens, parks and playgrounds. It has enough space for nature bonding and playtime,” Provido said.

“It is developed to be the most practical solution to home ownership. It is well-planned, skillfully-crafted residential development designed by experts in the

field of real estate,” she add-ed.

Subdivision amenities include the guardhouse, basketball court, land-scaped parks, playgrounds and shuttle service.

“Managed and main-tained by a professional property management team, homebuyers can en-joy the comforts of simple but elegant and functional home while living in a hap-py community,” Provido said.

She said that the ful-ly-fenced gated communi-ty and the 24/7 security team which deploys roving guards will give the resi-dents a sense of safety. “Se-curity is our priority,” she said.

Vista Land ventures into affordable housing projects in Mindanao area

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By GREGORIO G. DELIGERO

ADVOCACY. Raymond Policarpio, Globe Telecom, Inc. head of Prepaid Portfolio, explains the details of the company’s advocacy, the #WonderfulMindaNOW, a social media-driven movement that enjoins Mindanaoans to take pride in their region by showcasing wonderful spots, places and tourist attractions in Mindanao via social networks, during a press briefing at Seda Abreeza Davao on Saturday. Lean Daval Jr.

PHL eyes top shrimp exporting country


hectares. These resources provided income, employ-ment, food, medicine, build-ing materials, and water as well as a healthy environ-ment.

In the 1950s, only three-fourths of the archi-pelago was covered with forest, according to the environment department. When Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial Law in 1972, the figure of forest cover had shrunk to half; by 1988 only quarter was wooded and just one tiny fraction of this was consid-ered untouched forest.

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Orga-nization (FAO) said about 7,665,000 hectares of the country is forested. Be-tween 1990 and 2010, the country lost an average of 54,750 hectares per year.

If you think deforesta-tion happens only in the up-lands, you’re wrong. Even in the lowlands, mangroves are fast disappearing. Man-grove forests grow where saltwater meets the shore in tropical and subtropical regions, thus serving as an interface between terrestri-al, fresh-water and marine ecosystems.

In 1981, there were an estimated 450,000 hect-ares of mangrove areas in the country. Since then, there has been a decreas-ing trend from 375,000 hectares in 1950 to about 120,000 hectares in 1995.

At that time, one en-vironmentalist wrote: “All over the country, whatever coastal province you visit, you see the same plight – desolate stretches of shore-line completely stripped of mangrove cover and

now totally exposed to the pounding of the ocean’s waves.”

“Deforestation is terri-ble,” deplores Dennis Sal-vador, executive director of the Davao-based Philippine Eagle Center. “The Philip-pine eagle has become a critically endangered spe-cies because the loss of the forest has made it lose its natural habitat.”

The natural habitat of the Philippine eagle con-sists mainly of old-growth forests from 100 meters to 1,000 meters above sea lev-el. Unfortunately, these are the habitats that are also fast disappearing due to de-forestation.

Who had the privilege of cutting trees? asked veteran journalist Marites Dañguilan-Vitug in an ar-ticle she wrote for World Paper, a Boston-based mag-azine. The wealthy and well-connected; they lived in the big cities. Some even

sold their rights to the for-est concessions and lived off the green of the land. Moreover, money for log-ging supported candidates during election campaigns.

What about those upland settlers and in-digenous tribes who are found inside the forest or immediate vicinity around it? “Among these are the people who constitute the greater threat to our re-maining forest: the slash-and-burn farmers, the fu-el-wood gatherers, and the charcoal-makers,” pointed out Heherson Alvarez, for-mer DENR head.

In a speech delivered during a conference in Is-abela some years back, Al-varez said: “Poverty, lack of jobs and wages, and absence of farmlots in the lowlands have forced these men to invade the forest.”

Now, who should be blamed for the disappear-ance of our forests? “The ill-

ness of our forest is compli-cated -- and cannot be cured -- with a one-stop prescrip-tion of a single medicine,” says Alvarez, who is now with Climate Change Com-mission. “A comprehensive, scientific and ethical strate-gy and coordinated efforts are needed to care for and manage the forests through sustainable development.”

But Nicolo del Castillo, an architect by profession who teaches at the Uni-versity of the Philippines, thinks deforestation is just a symptom of a big-ger problem. “I probably sound baduy (tacky and outdated) but I see the problem in the prevailing system of values, that is, the greed, the need to be the biggest, the wealthiest, and sometimes you feel hopeless,” he says. “I am an optimist, but possibly there will be more trage-dies and maybe then more people will wake up.”

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ENVIRONMENT

If figures from the De-partment of Environ-ment and Natural Re-

sources (DENR) are to be the basis, the country’s for-est cover is increasing.

The Forest Manage-ment Bureau (FMB), a line agency of the environment department, reports that in 1998 the forest cover was 6.48 million hectares. As years went by, it started to increase: 7.168 million hectares in 2003, 7.391 mil-lion hectares in 2005, and finally 7.8 million hectares in 2008.

The figures indicated that the Philippines’ total forest area “has actually increased in a 10-year pe-riod,” said Dr. Rodel Lasco, Philippine coordinator of the Bogor-based World Agroforestry Center.

This is indeed good news. Our forests harbor one of the highest biodiver-sity resources in the world, said Lasco, also dean of the College of Forestry of the University of the Philip-pines Los Baños (UPLB). They are also significant carbon sinks able to ab-sorb all our greenhouse-gas emissions from fossil fuels, making us almost carbon neutral.

Recent studies show that trees can help seques-tered carbon dioxide re-leased into the atmosphere. Carbon sequestration de-scribes long-term storage

of carbon dioxide or other forms of carbon to either mitigate or defer global warming and avoid danger-ous climate change. Carbon dioxide, in the form of gas, can be sequestered out of the atmosphere through photosynthesis. The car-bon dioxide is converted into sugar by the plant or emitted back to the air through perspiration.

Julius Cawilan, chief of the forest research conser-vation division of the DENR in the Cordillera, told a news daily a couple of years back that a healthy, single and mature tree could store about six kilograms of car-bon yearly while a hectare of trees can also absorb car-bon emitted by a car travel-ing 1,600 kilometers.

According to the DENR, a single mature tree can absorb carbon dioxide at a rate of 21 kilograms a year and release enough oxygen back into the atmosphere to support two persons. For every ton of new wood that grows, about 1.5 tons of carbon dioxide are re-moved and 1.07 tons of life-giving oxygen are pro-duced.

“Where have all our trees gone?” environmen-talists wondered. More than 90 years ago, the Philippines was almost totally covered with for-est resources distributed throughout its 30 million

Protect the remaining forestsTEXT and PHOTOS By GERRY T. ESTRERA

“For over a century, we have waged a relentless assault against our once majestic woodlands. We have laid to waste millions of hectares of forest land, as though heedless of the tragic examples of the countries of Africa, the Middle East and the Mediterranean, where large areas have become barren, if not desertified. If we have not reached this state, we are almost at the point of irreversibility.” -- ex-Senator Heherson Alvarez


VANTAGE

Action, at last

OLIVIA D. VELASCOGeneral Manager

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EDITORIAL

IT is heartening to note that President Aquino has acted on the nationwide people’s com-plaint against runaway prices of prime com-

modities. He ordered the National Bureau of In-vestigation, through the Department of Justice, to look into alleged hoarding, profiteering and car-tel-like activities.

Malacanang has directed the Philippine Na-tional Police to assist in these efforts, after it was determined that there is sufficient supply of rice, garlic and other basic food items.

Profiteering and similar nefarious activities are crimes as old as prostitution. These are crimes that fall under economic sabotage which in the past was punishable with death.

Hoarders and profiteers who manipulate supply and demand of basic commodities operate even during Martial Law seemingly unafraid of the stiff

penalties which existed then. These saboteurs are emboldened by the fact that in this country very few, if at all, go to jail for such crimes.

In this particular case, it took forever for the Aquino administration to act. Only heaven knows how much harm the price escalation has been done to the hapless consumers due to gov-ernment lethargy.

Why is there still need for the President to in-tervene before the established government ma-chinery against profiteering could spring into action? What is the use of the Department of Ag-riculture, the Department of Trade and Industy, the PNP and other concerned agencies.

Indeed, there is need for this government to shape up so that it can immediately come to the succor of its beleaguered citizens in emergency situations.


AQUILES Z. ZONIOCorrespondent

VANTAGE POINTS 9EDGEDAVAO

(Conclusion)

BY MANNY VALDEHUESA

WORM’S EYEVIEW

Inexorable reality

Eternal optimists

Beauty, satisfaction, happiness as aspects

of governance

BY the same token, a lovely ba-rangay makes it lovable to the beholder, resident or visitor

alike—and thus also the municipal-ity or city in which they are located.

Wouldn’t it be great if all baran-gays are maintained that way by their officials and residents? Baran-gays would then be easy to like, nice to do business in, or even just to stroll around at leisure.

What it all would amount to is a country of 42,078 lovely and pleas-ant barangays, all easy to like and love, all desirable to reside or work in, full of tourists, and bustling with productive activity.

No one likes or loves a filthy ba-rangay, municipality, city, province, region, country. Everyone except a few incorrigible ones would want to stay in it.

Being happy or satisfied with one’s community is an important as-pect of quality of life. Unhappiness or dissatisfaction makes citizens want to move away and seek better living conditions.

In fact, millions of Filipinos have already left for foreign shores be-cause of disaffection with their com-munity where, in addition to the ugly surroundings, they cannot find de-cent livelihood.

Why would anyone want to leave a pleasant community? Where one is surrounded by family or loved ones while earning a livelihood?

Unhappiness and dissatisfaction cause people to decamp and become foreign citizens. It is unbecoming. Over ten percent of all Filipinos are abroad! Many of them face the indig-nity and frustrations of being aliens abroad.

To remedy this demographic hemorrhage, it should be the mis-sion, vision, and obsession of every citizen and official to develop or fix arrangements in his barangay as to render satisfaction as well as liveli-hood for every family in its jurisdic-tion.

Doing this would be a great ser-vice to our society.

To keep trying to improve things must be everyone’s commitment and dedication. As matters stand today, there’s so much to dislike and feel bad about in our communities and the level of unhappiness and dissat-isfaction is already untenable.

[Manny is former UNESCO re-gional director for Asia-Pacific; sec-retary-general, Southeast Asian Pub-lishers Association; director, Devel-opment Academy of the Philippines; member, Permanent Mission to the United Nations; vice chair, Local Gov-ernment Academy; member, Cory Gov-ernment’s Peace and Development Panel, and PPI-UNICEF outstanding columnist awardee. [email protected]]

TOUGHEST CONCERN OF GOVERN-MENT – Weather disturbance has done just its usual mischief, alter-

ing ocean temperatures, and messing around with climate patterns, sending typhoons in unusual directions, dumping too much rain here and there. And when-ever it rains people especially those living in low-lying areas are already expecting for the worst – knee-deep to waist-deep floodwaters.

In such situations something had to be done not only in flooded Metro Manila areas but likewise in all bustling cities across the country. Davao City has its own share of the problem – squatters living along river banks, vital flood control and drainage systems. The relocation of peo-ple whose houses and garbage clogged the main waterways and major causes of flooding during rainy season are perhaps one of the thorniest prevailing issues confronting the government.

Housing experts sift through the numbers to show that the government’s resettlement budget is nowhere near ad-equate. They fault the estimate not only in terms of the amount of compensation for the displaced squatters also known subtly as “informal settlers” but also on its tally of the residents to be forcibly moved. In most occasions, settlers who refused to relocate and whose houses are destined to be demolished offer their opinions. They argued that resettlement proposal sounds clearly efficient but by their bald description it brings home the bitter, inexorable reality of things inching up to gobble up their homes and swallow up their livelihood.

All indications suggest that after the demolition, which is sometimes violent because of the instigation of self-pro-claimed human rights and pro-poor advocates and militant groups, most of the affected dwellers will be left to rise from scratch and their standard way of living will indeed plunge. The displaced settlers, mostly illegal occupants don’t

need to be told. As they i n f o r m e d c o n c e r n e d government a g e n c i e s about the situation at their new designated r e l o c a t i o n sites, it can’t compare to their daily task from previous dwellings especially in making a living.

The upheaval is even greater for many of them who earn money directly from urban-based employment and other undertakings such as vending, peddling and scavenging among others. They will also have to learn new skills like farm-ing, hog-raising or somehow find other means of livelihood. Not only that, these jobseekers will likewise be competing with thousands of other relocated set-tlers who have already availed of housing units in resettlement areas.

Was it difficult for the government to persuade the “informal settlers” to ac-cept a resettlement offer? The important thing was that, although they are part of the problem, government should always treat them as victims of social injustices and of uncertainties. Government orga-nizations (GOs) and concerned agencies task to undertake the socialized shelter program of the present dispensation therefore must provide them with addi-tional skills to either survive or find jobs in their newfound area of residency.

Government had to start with sym-bolism. If it wants to ask people to work harder in order to survive, then they also have to work even harder to provide remedies to the problems confronting the displaced residents. Resentment is raging and turned to violence when demolition squads and police dispersal units have to quell uproars when author-

ities ordered demolition jobs – wrecking squatter colonies and slum dwellings that were home to hundreds of families to make way for a plant or commercial establishments.

But this is a different situation where government had to prioritize the reloca-tion of thousands of settlers illegally oc-cupying parts of several main canals and vital waterways in the urban areas. De-spite repeated reminder from authorities to properly dispose their garbage and other refuse, undisciplined people still shamelessly throw their rubbish most-ly made up of plastic materials into the canals, rivers and streams. This would result to clogging the waterways during typhoons and rainy days that eventually cause enormous floods affecting mostly poor residents living nearby resulting to damage in properties and even death.

The previous deadly typhoons and floods that hit the country is a grim re-minder that something has to be done to save lives and properties. But more seri-ous still is the inadequacy of government funds for socialized housing and resettle-ment areas for “illegal settlers” that are exploding in size and is predicted to rise at increasing speed. Nonetheless, gov-ernment currently is offering assistance that is within the range of the budget for relocation and housing materials – P18, 000 per family notably in Metro Manila. Meanwhile other bustling metropolis like Davao City has also a reserved budget for a similar situation.

It’s good enough that the Aquino ad-ministration was acknowledging that the destitution of the thousands of displaced families is not an interminable, unalter-able fact but something that should be the priority of any government. Govern-ment experience shows that painful, but appropriate actions in dealing with the country’s worsening squatting problem do pay off. But they will take time – and not just a little courage, determination and political will to fulfill it.

THE location of the ocean is most en-dearing to those who seek comfort in blue. Those who want to feel sol-

itude amidst the buzzing of cicadas and tweeting of birds find tranquility in the forest.

Everywhere, there is radiance. How-ever, today, radiance and beauty have become rare due to destruction and cat-aclysm. But hidden beneath these vile traits is hope. The question is: Is a pinch of hope able to overcome a ton of cruelty?

Under this vast blue sky, cruelty is present. Seven continents, over a hun-dred countries and seven billion people. No one is safe from the oppression of the world’s macabre elements like pollution and immorality.

Poverty. Politics. War. Everything in this sphere of life is vile. But the thing is some individuals seek a new beginning in a drastic end. And for them, where there is cruelty, there is also beauty.

Perhaps in a forest of chopped trees and burnt grass, one may feel determined to restore green; while in a sea of garbage,

an individual may find ways to unravel blue thus, leading to a future of change in a most unexpected way. This is so because for some people, optimism leads to the best life a man could ever dream of. For those who see the glass as half full, fail-ing is never an option; radiance is never ending.

In every war, chaos holds the crown. Blood is shed. Tears are released. Cries are heard. Heads are decapitated. Death is everywhere. And during the aftermath, all that is left is dust, pain and grief. But for the hopeful, the remnants of war are not insignias of lost lives. For them, the remnants of war are an insignia for a better foundation – a better land to build fortresses and skyscrapers. [Batang Min-danaw is the youth section of MindaNews. Ira Alexa Tan, 15, is a student at Bukidnon National High School in Malaybalay City.]

BY IRA ALEXA TAN

BATANG MINDANAW

“Don’t get me wrong. I am 100% for human rights. Ibig sabihin, even sa kondi-syon ni Sen. Bong, alam ko kung ano ang feeling ng isang may migraine at unusual punishment yan. Cruel punish-ment kung araw-araw kang may migraine.”

QUIPS

– Senator Peter Allan Cayetano

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Ozone...FFROM 5 Carbon tetrachloride

is also used in firefighting while methyl chloroform is largely utilized for cleaning metal.

Nitrous oxide, released by nitrogenous fertilizers and by burning coal and oil, can destroy ozone but only a tiny proportion reaches the stratosphere.

Once in the atmo-sphere, CFCs linger for 50 to 100 more years. The concentration of CFCs in the atmosphere has sub-stantially increased in re-

cent years. In 1976, the concen-

tration of chlorine (from CFCs) in the atmosphere was 1.25 parts per billion. This doubled in 1989. H. Steven Dashefsky, author of Environmental Literacy, explains:

“Although figures may sound like a ridiculously small amount, CFCs are about 15,000 times more efficient at producing the greenhouse effect. So, a little means a lot. About 20% of global warming is

attributed to CFCs.” The Montreal Protocol

was designed so that the phase-out schedules could be revised on the basis of periodic scientific and technological assessments. So far, the protocol has al-ready averted greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to more than 135 billion tons of carbon dioxide.

The Philippines ratified the protocol on March 21, 1991. The illegal trade in ODS is being tackled under the Chemical Control Or-

der under Republic Act No. 6969, otherwise known as the Toxic Substances, Haz-ardous and Nuclear Wastes Control Act.

According to Secre-tary Ramon Paje of DENR said that three years after the Philippines became a signatory to the interna-tional treaty, the country has been in compliance with all obligations under the Montreal Protocol and many times, phased out substances ahead of the target schedule.

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knockout, he is not expect-ed to be as tough as Pong-saklek, Segura or Sosa.

Sonny Boy Jaro is ex-pected to continue his march to redemption and glory again.

But he needs a little more protection and bet-ter career management, especially this late in his career.

The involvement of popular spiritual leader Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy in sports, especially box-ing, may yet give Sonny Boy Jaro and other boxers like him the protection and support they need.

“I pity our boxers be-cause they always get cheated in fights in foreign lands,” said Pastor Qui-boloy shortly after he de-cided to establish a sports management group, the Sonshine Sports Manage-ment.

Sonny Boy’s fight on Saturday will be the main bout in the first staging of “The Boxing Revolution” series which will be held initially at the fully-air-conditioned Almendras Gymnasium in Davao City.

With the launching of a new cable TV chan-nel, the Philippine Sports

Channel under the Son-shine Media Network, Inc. owned by Pastor Quiboloy’s congregation, the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, it is expected that the boxers appearing in “The Boxing Revolution” will get the exposure and support they need to move forward in their career.

Already, boxing is un-dergoing a virtual shape up or revolution as Pas-tor Quiboloy has asked that boxers appearing in “The Boxing Revolution” be given double the fee they get from other pro-

motions. With this support,

Sonny Boy Jaro who rose from the ranks of jour-neymen to become a world champion, may yet rise again even this late in his life.

For the younger box-ers who have signed up with Sonshine Sports Management, they could be virtually taking on the road to fame and for-tune paved by a religious leader who deeply loves sports and who desires to discover the best in the Filipinos. [PhilBox-ing.com]

ter which prescribes the subject, curriculum, and teaching design; and the Local School Board (LSB), the policy making body that formulates plans, pro-grams, rules and regula-tions for the development of Madrasah program.

He said that Mudarresin receive regular honorarium from the local government for the services rendered in the traditional Madaris. Most of them also receive regular salaries under the ALIVE program of the DepEd as Asatidz, the term being used for madrasah mentors in the national government-run schools.

Most of the Mudarres-in are themselves gradu-ates from the traditional Madaris. Those who are also teaching in DepEd’s formal education are pass-

ers of the Arabic Qualifying Examination and complet-ed Pre-Service Training on Language Enhancement and Pedagogy provided by DepEd.

LITERACY DepEd has recognized

the Madrasah component as among the strengths found in the entire litera-cy program of Davao City when it bestowed in 2012 the city’s third National Literacy Award under the highly urbanized city cate-gory.

Bestowed annually by the National Literacy Co-ordinating Council (NLCC) and DepEd, the award placed Davao City in the Hall of Fame, having won the same award in 2008 and 2010.

This year, Davao City’s Madrasah program is cho-

sen as the country’s official nominee to the 2014 edi-tion of the UNESCO Inter-national Literacy Prizes.

Initially established in 1967, these Prizes are sponsored by the Republic of Korea and the People’s Republic of China, and they are composed of the two UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prizes and the three UNESCO Confucius Prizes for Literacy. They are awarded each year to individuals, governments and non-governmental or-ganizations in recognition of their distinguished con-tribution to the promotion of literacy.

The theme for the 2014 edition of the Prizes is “Lit-eracy and sustainable de-velopment”.

Davao City’s Madra-sah program is particular-

ly nominated under the theme “literacy in multilin-gual contexts” for the UN-ESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize. The other theme is “rural adults and out-of-school youth, especially women and girls” for the UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy.

The prize winners shall be designated by UN-ESCO on the basis of the recommendations of an International Jury, which is composed of five inde-pendent, eminent profes-sionals. Each prize winner will receive a monetary award, a silver medal and a diploma, all of which will be presented at an interna-tional ceremony that will take place on September 8, 2014, in commemoration of International Literacy Day.

Strengthening...

In the sworn statement of Labang, he admitted that he was the triggerman who killed the businessman in-side his office last June 12.

Labang stated that Rodel Dela Cerna who served as the driver of their getaway motorcycle and Rommel Dela Cerna was the lookout.

He said that he heard Felonia sometime last March 2014 telling Rodel “pag may time trabaho tayo”. Rodel replied to Fe-lonia if he is not busy.

Labang said that what he understood with “traba-ho” is they are going to kill someone.

Labang stated that on June 9, Felonia called him saying “may ta-traba-huin tayo” and the official asked if P120,000 is al-ready enough for them. He agreed with the offer.

The alleged triggerman stated that at around 11:00 a.m. of June 10, he received

a call from the RIU chief asking him to proceed in the office of police official to get the money and the picture of King. Labang immediately went to the office of Felonia in Ecoland where the police official gave the cash and picture.

“Sinabi rin niya na ang nasa litrato and titirahin at ang schedule ay petsa 11 o 12 ng Hunyo sa Vital C sa may Victoria Plaza,” Labang stated in his sworn statement.

When he was asked how he knew the location of RIU office, he replied that he went in the said of-fice for several times.

Labang said that he im-mediately went home after he got the money and pic-ture the office of Felonia.

He said that after they killed King he immediate-ly gave their money the next day morning at the Team Davao Firing Range. [ABF]

firearms for security reasons. “Do not bring your fire-

arms inside the city. I will not allow it,” he said.

“This time I’d like to have the military and police to do more vigilance and alert,” Duterte added.

He said that the tighten-ing of security ordered by the president is not just exclusive in Davao City as other cities and provinces in Mindanao were also alerted by Aquino.

However, Duterte asked the public to file complaints against discourteous police and military officers in the

checkpoints.“They are supposed to

be courteous and smiling,” Duterte said.

He also told the police-man that the security forces in the checkpoints should not show any impoliteness to the riding public when flagging down the vehicles.

Last Thursday evening, Duterte summoned all law enforcement and security units in the city for a com-mand conference to come up with security measures to be implemented in the city.

Davao, said.The ban restricts fish-

ing methods that utilize ba-gnets and fishnets, both of which are common equip-ment used by commercial fishing vessels. Fish cages and non-commercial fish-ing are still allowed during the ban.

According to Idris, the ban will be implement-

ed yearly and commercial fishing will only be allowed beyond the municipal wa-ters, which is 15 kilometers away from the shore.

BFAR deploys its three patrol boats and has sought assistance from the Coast Guard and the Philippine Navy to ensure the imple-mentation of the fishing ban.

induced by the production. This will generate more than 500 jobs.

“We are more than ex-cited about our partnership with KFI and we’re optimis-tic that the people of Mari-hatag will enjoy long-term benefits from this initiative particularly that the manage-ment will be led by people organizations (POs) who will be trained to conduct cacao production using the latest technology,” said Navarro.

Luwalhati Antonino, chair of MinDA, witnessed the agreement signing and encouraged other local chief executives in the region to grow chocolate-producing cacao, of which its demand is currently seeing a spike in the global market.

“Chocolate is muti-billion dollar industry and Mind-anao has vast tracks of land

suitable for cacao, the region strives to become the coun-try’s leader in cacao produc-tion.” She said.

Mindanao’s effort to scale-up cacao production is part of MinDa’s “Inclusive Growth Program”, which seeks to facilitate invest-ment that result in jobs and community empowerment, such as agribusiness proj-ects where communities are utilized to supply the chain.

The project is also a component of the Barang-gay StraTREEgic Forest Program (BSFP), one of MinDA’s MindaNOW! Nur-turing Our Waters Pro-gram’s ventures, that sup-ports the National Greening Program (NGP).

NGP aims to plant 1.5 billion trees covering 1.5 million hectares across the country from 2011 to 2016.

dustry development.The vital role of NQI as

an essential to ensure con-sumer protection in the nation and access for ex-portation to global markets was emphasized in the dis-cussion.

Through the NQI, qual-ity and safety tests that otherwise are not admin-istered here in the Philip-pines will be made avail-able and accessible to local enterprises.

These include high-end metrology tests for specific agro-industrial products that the Philippine labo-ratories and certification bodies may not yet have

achieved accreditation for. At present, SMEs who want to achieve quality for ex-port markets need to bring product samples to foreign countries for testing and certification.

TRTA 3 demonstrates the well-established part-nership between the Phil-ippine Government and the European Union for the promotion of trade as a key to reduce poverty and inclusive growth. As one of the project com-ponents, NQI serves to be the interconnected and harmonized strategy for standards, testing, certifi-cation, accreditation and

metrology that is directed towards the integration of the Philippines’ industries in world trade.

The NQI Platform is being organized through a convergence of Nation-al Government Agencies that also include the De-partment of Health-Food and Drug Administration (DOH-FDA), the Depart-ment of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) together with pri-vate sector organizations.

“Davao’s MSMEs and exporters will clearly ben-efit from the establishment of a National Quality Infra-

structure, it will lead to the production of more inno-vative agro-industrial com-modities that will be able to compete in the global markets and more so in the upcoming integrated ASEAN economy,” says Ma. Belenda Q. Ambi, DTI 11 regional director.

The workshop in Davao has been preceded by simi-lar trainings held in Manila and Cebu. More capacity building exercises will be provided by the TRTA Proj-ect 3 to contribute to the Philippines’ integration into the international and regional trading and in-vestment system. [VSA]


ONCE again Chevrolet hits the big screen as it rolls out as your

favorite Autobots in one of the most anticipated movie of the year – Transformers: Age of Extinction. Watch as your favorite Chevy cars transform to your heroic Autobot characters in the 4th installment of the Trans-formers movie series.

Catch the 2014 Chevro-let Corvette Stingray play the role of the mean, green, fighting machine – Cross-hair. The Autobots’s weap-ons master that is known for his accurate shooting and combat skills. Of course who would forget one of the main stars and most recog-nizable characters of the movie – Bumble Bee.

The iconic Chevrolet Camaro once again takes center stage as the well-loved Autobot that displays compassion for the human race and bravery of a true Autobot warrior. Bumble Bee initially takes form as a vintage 1967 Chevrolet Camaro SS that eventually evolves to a Camaro con-cept car.

The Chevrolet Trax and Sonic on the other hand are also featured in the movie as Autobot vehicles that zoom through action packed scenes. Trans-formers: Age of Extinc-tion is proudly sponsored by AB&T Resources, Inc, your local Chevrolet Davao dealer, with it’s ALL-NEW Showroom at KM 7, JP Lau-rel Avenue, Lanang (Near Grand Regal Hotel) and also expanding to General San-

tos City by August 2014. Transform your Ev-

eryday with the Chevro-let Sonic

Transform your ev-eryday with the Chevrolet Sonic. The Chevy sub-com-pact car is now made more affordable with the Trans-form your Everyday All-in Low Down Payment pro-mo. In partnership with BPI Family Saving Bank and PBCOM, for as low as P78,000.00 all-in down payment you can drive a sporty and stylish Chevro-let Sonic home. The promo includes free chattel mort-gage, 3-year LTO registra-tion and 1 year comprehen-sive insurance. To make the deal even more exciting, the Chevrolet Sonic hatchback LTZ variants now come with a Chevrolet Mylink; a touchscreen infotainment system that allows you to be connected to everything that is important to you and more while you are out and about. The Sonic hatchback LTZ variant can be driven home for just P98,000.00 down payment.

To top it all off, Chevro-let Davao assures its new Sonic owners a worry-free ownership experience, as the Chevy Sonic carries a 5 year warranty with free 3-year 24/7 Roadside as-sistance nationwide.

The Chevrolet Trans-form Your Everyday All-in Low Down Payment pro-mo is from June 18 to Sep-tember 30, 2014. Per DTI permit number 5256 se-ries of 2014. To learn more about the promo, Chevrolet

events, products and ser-vices, you may log on to http://www.chevy.com.ph or visit our facebook page: Chevrolet Davao.

About Chevrolet - Founded in 1911 in De-troit, Chevrolet is now one of the world’s largest car brands, doing business in more than 140 countries

and selling more than 4.5 million cars and trucks a year. Chevrolet provides customers with fuel-effi-cient vehicles that feature spirited performance, ex-pressive design, and high quality. More information on Chevrolet models can be found at http://www.chevy.com.ph/.

Chevrolet Davao – AB&T Resources Inc., is the exclusive dealer of Chevro-let automobiles and parts in Southern Mindanao. Chevrolet Davao is located at KM 7, JP Laurel Avenue, Lanang, Davao City (Near Grand Regal Hotel). We are also opening our latest deal

ership in General San-

tos City. For more information,

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Mr. Louie Padilla, Sales Supervisor at telephone numbers 300-777 local 515, or through email at [email protected]

11EDGEDAVAO

MOTORING

Transformers Action with the Chevrolet Sonic

THE 5th Philippine International Motor Show (PIMS) will

treat this year’s visitors to an exclusive tour of the local motoring history with an ex-hibit of 12 iconic vehicles to highlight this year’s theme “Progress in Motion”.

Organized by the Cham-ber of Automotive Manu-facturers of the Philippines (CAMPI), the country’s pre-miere automotive exhibition will showcase a rare collec-tion of automobiles from the 1950’s to the 2010’s that shaped the automotive land-scape of the country in the last 60 years.

The retrospective exhib-it titled “Progress in Motion: The Evolution of Philippine Automotive Industry” will be a feast for the eyes of car

enthusiasts of all ages as they relish at the sight of 12 fully restored and mint-con-ditioned vehicles that repre-sent six decades of automo-tive trends in the country. From a classic Mercedes Benz and a Volkswagen Beetle from the 1950’s and 1960’s, Toyota Sprinter from the 1970’s, the Mitsubishi Lancer Box Type from the 80’s, the Mazda Miata, Kia Pride, Honda Civic Hatch-back, BMW 3 Series, Peugeot 205GT, and Isuzu Hi-Land-er from the 90’s up to the more modern Suzuki Swift and Nissan 370z that repre-sent the millennial decade, the display will surely be a nostalgic trip to automotive memory lane for this year’s visitors.

The 5th PIMS will also

feature an elaborate Af-ter-Sales Exhibit—another first for the highly anticipat-ed motoring event slated on September 18-21 at the World Trade Center in Pasay City.

The After-Sales Exhibit is where participating brands will showcase their latest products and services, as well as exclusive offers that will allow customers to have the best possible ownership experience. The exhibit will

showcase packages on vehi-cle upgrades, repair services, and quality genuine parts for different vehicle models, old and new alike.

“Some new buyers missed out on the impor-tance of After-Sales Sup-port,” says CAMPI President Atty. Rommel Gutierrez. “Through the After-Sales Ex-hibit, we would like to show our customers that we’re more than about selling cars. Rather, our goal is to have an

ongoing relationship with our customers, and to be able to provide them with the best after-sales support and experience.”

Bigger than ever, the 5th PIMS continues to surprise its visitors with innovative exhibits from the largest gathering of car manufactur-ers moving together towards the country’s increased mo-bility and economic growth.

“The main motivator in the success of previous Philippine International Motor Shows is its function to show the country that the automotive industry works as one in promoting progress. Our strength lies in the bond among the 16 automotive brands work-ing for the common goal which is the triumph of the

industry,” said CAMPI Pres-ident Atty. Rommel Gutier-rez.

“This year, PIMS will celebrate the motoring industry’s continuous progress and more so, the positive changes that the industry brings to our con-sumers and to the coun-try’s economic standing,” Atty. Gutierrez concluded.

The 16 top automotive brands participating this year include: BAIC, BMW, Daewoo, Honda, Isuzu, JMC, Kia, Lexus, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubi-shi, Nissan, Peugeot, Suzu-ki, Toyota, and Volkswagen.

For more information, visit the CAMPI website at www.campiauto.org and CAMPI Facebook www.facebook.com/5thPIMS

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Called the 2014 Isuzu D-MAX 4x4 Drive Series, the event kicked off in April in Pampanga, moved to Bacolod and Cebu in May, then to Cagayan de Oro in early June, before finishing amazingly in Davao City. The fifth and final leg, held from June 20 to 22 at the Dakudao Estate on JP Lau-rel Avenue, Lanang, Davao City (beside SM Lanang), completed the driving ac-tivity’s theme of “One Chal-lenge, Five Destinations.”

And rise to the chal-lenge the Dabawenos did as they took to the specially designed off-road course. Unlike in the previous four legs where the tracks were laid out across vacant spaces, in Davao it was closer to terrain traversed in rainforest challenges. Participants had to navigate their way through heavy, jungle-like foliage as they followed the land’s natural terrain. Making the experi-ence more demanding were the occasional rains, which

made the track slippery and treacherous.

The course also fea-tured obstacles that put the D-MAX 4x4’s power, ma-neuverability and traction to the test. The obstacles included 40-degree hill climb done in first gear and in second gear; 40-degree hill climb with a stall mid-way up; 40-degree descent without braking; lateral climb mount; driving over “elephant holes”; tackling trail ruts; camber right and camber left sides up in 45-degree angles; travers-ing a roundabout cone; lat-eral descent ditch crossing; and, driving over cross axle articulation rails.

The guests who trooped to the venue and who were able to try and experience for themselves the off-road capabilities of the D-MAX 4x4 claimed that the pickup truly addresses their re-quirement for a durable, reliable and fuel-efficient workhorse. In Davao, this takes on significant rel-

evance as almost half of the place’s total land area is classified as a forest, with agriculture the largest eco-nomic sector. Davao City, meanwhile, is the third most populous in the Phil-ippines after Metro Ma-nila and Cebu City, which means the city—a hub for trade, commerce and in-dustry in Mindanao—is progressive and urbanized.

“It is notable that Davao has always been included in our D-MAX 4x4 Drive Series since it began in 2008. This only means that Dabawenos are one of the strongest supporters of Isuzu products in the coun-try. For this, allow me to extend my sincere gratitude on behalf of Isuzu Philip-pines Corporation and our dealer, Isuzu Davao,” IPC Executive Vice President Takashi Tomita said at the opening of the event.

In the driving exercises lined up on the D-MAX 4x4 track, the hundreds of participants were able to

learn some of the special skills required in going off-road—especially in wet and wild conditions. They received instructions from certified experts at off-road driving.

Like in all four previous editions of the D-MAX 4x4 Drive Series, the experience stressed to the participants the advantages offered by four-wheel-drive vehicles. The D-MAX boasts of one of the highest ground clear-ances among pickups with a 235mm height for the LS 4x4 and 225mm for the LT 4x4 variants. Isuzu’s new 4WD Terrain Command Select Dial also allows the driver to switch from two-wheel drive to four-wheel

drive high even while trav-eling at speeds of up to 100kph. Boosting the pick-up’s off-road capabilities are its 30-degree approach angle, 22.7-degree depar-ture angle, the ability to be tilted sideways on a 49-de-gree slope, and a Limited Slip Differential that lets it tackle any obstacle. The D-MAX has a suspension sys-tem composed of indepen-dent double wishbone with coil springs in front and semi-elliptical over-slung leaf springs in the rear.

“In the market today, truly the Isuzu D-MAX of-fers the best value for your hard-earned money,” To-mita said.

The 2014 D-MAX 4x4

Drive Series is the third and the biggest mounted by IPC. The first two edi-tions of the event were held in 2008, which took on three locations, and in 2010, which traveled across four venues. Next up for the D-MAX are many more activities as IPC presses on with its effort to reach out directly to its target market. In the meantime, present and potential customers of the D-MAX and of Isuzu’s popular model lineup can visit any of the 21 autho-rized Isuzu dealerships na-tionwide for test drives or to avail of new promos. They may also log on to www.isuzuphil.com for updates and other information.

ISUZU D-MAX 4X4HURDLES DAVAOIsuzu D-MAX 4x4 hurdles Davao

THE Isuzu D-MAX 4x4 has successfully demonstrated its unmatched ca-pabilities in tackling tough terrain to thousands of truck lovers and off-road driving enthusiasts coming from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. But the popular pickup model faced—and, more importantly, surpassed—its biggest challenge at the final leg of the driving series that was designed to showcase its performance.

one of the best malls in Davao, Fox joins some of the world’s leading action

sports and outdoor brand retailers. With the current pop-

MOST business people only have an hour for lunch and when they eat out, they want to enjoy their break with-out any fuss or long wait. On this account, RBG gives busy urbanites an all new dining experience with its Quickfire lunch special, featuring deliciously filling comfort food that’s easy on the pocket. RBG is the signature restaurant of Park Inn by Radisson Davao, located right next to SM La-nang Premier mall. “ O u r Quickfire set meals are designed to fit your lim-ited time for lunch and give you val-ue for your m o n e y , ” shares Gen-eral Manager Pavan Kakar. “For only Php375.00, you get to create your own 3 - c o u r s e meal and choose from our selection of entrées, desserts and salad mixes, added with RBG’s soup of the day.” Choices for main course include Grilled Belly of Pork, Crispy Roasted Pork, Grilled Chicken with Honey Mustard Barbecue Sauce, Rosemary-Lemon Roasted Chicken, Grilled

Tuna Bel-ly, Crispy B r e a d e d White Fish with Tar-tar Sauce, G r i l l e d B u r g e r Steak and Beef Sal-picao. For

dessert, guests can choose between a slice of cake and fresh fruits. “Our chefs created these menu options combining rich, textured flavors and healthy, natural goodness which are perfect for a fast-paced life.” adds Mr. Kakar. “Starting June 30, make Quickfire your daily lunch agenda. Our goal is to give you culinary delight with incredibly tasty and exciting dishes that are sure to charge you up for the rest of the day at work.”

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RBG’s Quickfire Meals: Express lunch for people on the go

Fox elevates active fashion in Davao

FOX is proud to an-nounce the opening of the brand’s second concept store in the Philippines. This new opening marks the arrival of the brand’s second concept store in Asia after success-ful openings in the United States, South America, and Africa. Headquartered in Ir-vine, California, the Fox brand is the most rec-ognized and best-selling brand of Motocross ap-parel in the world today which was built through four decades of developing clothing for high intensity, physically demanding mo-torsport and through its expansion into Mountain Bike, BMX, Wakeboard and Surf apparel and gear. CEO Jimmy Thai, from Primer Group of Compa-nies, said “The arrival of Fox in Davao only signi-fies that the growth and strong emergence of the action-sports market in the country will be catered and sustained with much vitality and daring possi-bilities”. Situated at the second level of the Abreeza Mall, the new concept store of-fers products from Fox’s Motocross, Mountain Bike, Footwear, and Life-style Apparel categories for Men and Women. In

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AN ALL AMERICAN TREAT FOR THE STARS AND STRIPES. Celebrate an all-American holiday at TGI Fridays with our 4th of July Treat! Get 40% off on every order of our famous Buffalo Wings all day long whenever you dine in at our Abreeza store on July 4, 2014.

ularity of outdoor and action sports like wake boarding, BMX downhill, and cross-country moun-tain biking in Davao with a young, enthusiastic and physically active popula-tion, Fox believes it will be a perfect fit for the sports and outdoor lifestyle scene in Davao. “Davao is such a won-derful city – really one of the Phiippines finest es-pecially when it comes to outdoor sports and activi-ties.” adds Airrica Danas, brand manager for Fox Philippines “This makes a great starting point as we further expand with addi-tional stores which are in the works already.” This second concept store is the second of sev-eral new planned openings as Fox increases the brand’s availability across the Phil-pippines, specifically in Megamall, Fairview, Ala-bang Town Center, Nuvali

The new Fox concept store is the second store in Asia.

Fox Philippines brand manager Airrica Danas points out the unique features of a Fox jacket.

Fox on the BMX biking trials.

Fox on the wakeboard park.

Fox also carries active apparel for women.

The Fox mountainbike line for men.

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GMA Network launches Primetime drama series ‘My Destiny’

Julie Anne San Jose releasesnew album under GMA Records

BEGINNING tonight, GMA Network captivates viewers with a sweeping love story for all generations entitled My Destiny that resonates the great love we have for the people to whom we have dedicated all our life’s sacrifices. It is a heartwarm-ing drama that nurtures every viewer’s identity as a selfless lover. After their success-ful team-up in the phe-nomenal drama series My Husband’s Lover, Kapuso prime artists Carla Abellana and Tom Rodriguez once again charm the television screens through a great love story that heralds their addicting chemistry and how it is made even more exciting by Rhian Ramos, Sid Lucero, and Ms. Lorna Tolentino completing the ensemble. Showing off Carla’s ver-satility in acting is her por-trayal of Grace Dela Rosa, a woman who’s willing to sacrifice everything, even her romantic aspiration, for her family. Grace decides to work abroad and walks away from her own family to give way to her sister’s happiness. Saddened by Grace’s de-cision to work abroad is Lu-cas Matthew Andrada por-trayed by Kapuso leading man Tom Rodriguez. Trying to mend his broken heart, Matthew continues his medical studies. Matthew then meets Joy at medical school. Joy is the younger sister

of Grace who suffers from leukemia. She’s losing her will to live until she meets Matthew. Will Joy’s illness lead her to fulfilling her heart’s desires? Portray-ing this challenging role is Kapuso leading lady Rhian Ramos. Hoping to earn the love and attention of Grace is Jacob Perez whom she will meet abroad. Being Grace’s only companion, Jacob will eventually develop feelings for her. Will he win the heart of Grace? Joining the cast as Jacob is award-winning ac-tor Sid Lucero. Over this intertwined love is the caring mother Agnes Dela Rosa, which will be given depth by the industry’s grand-slam best

actress Lorna Tolentino, trying to balance her atten-tion towards her daughters--Grace and Joy. Despite her tendency to focus on Joy, Agnes still tries to be there for Grace. But when she knows about her daugh-ters’ affection on one man, will she be able to give a fair advice? Playing equally impor-tant and exceptional roles in the program are some of the industry’s respected artists: Al Tantay as Ar-nold Dela Rosa, the father of Grace and Joy; Dennis Roldan as Mateo Andrada, a cardiac surgeon and father of Matthew; Ayen Munji-Laurel as Ruth Perez, the de-voted mother of Jacob; and the Asia’s Pop Diva Ms. Kuh

Ledesma as Selena Andra-da, an in-demand cosmetic surgeon of celebrities and a mother to Matthew. From making the hit TV series Marimar, Dyesebel, Ang Babaeng Hinugot sa Aking Tadyang, Stairway to Heaven, and I Heart You, Pare!, just to name a few, Bb. Joyce Bernal once again takes pride to helm this pri-metime series. My Destiny offers the story of love and sacrifice between man and woman, between siblings, and be-tween child and parent. Witness how every charac-ter can sacrifice for the one they love. My Destiny is created by the GMA Drama group headed by Lilybeth G.

Kapuso singer/actress Julie Anne San Jose dives into new musical depths with the release of her second album, “Deeper,” under GMA Records. Considered as Asia’s Pop Sweet-heart because of her magnetic charm and singing prowess, Julie Anne con-tinues to shine in the Philippine music industry through the years. Her sing-ing career made a significant mark when her self-titled debut album bagged the 9x Platinum Record award for combined digital and CD sales ex-ceeding 135,000 units. Unlike her debut album released in 2012 that introduced her as a prom-ising artist of bright pop and R&B, “Deeper” showcases her growth, both as an artist and as a woman. Now that Julie Anne is on the threshold of leav-ing her teenage years behind, she begins to take steps that will certainly make her an enduring figure in the lo-

cal music industry. The album contains 10 all-OPM songs, six of which were composed by Julie Anne herself including her title track, “Deeper” and her lead single,

“Right Where You Belong,” the love theme of GMA Network’s newest pri-metime Koreanovela, The Master’s Sun. Meanwhile, the gospel track, “Christ in Us, Our Hope of Glory” will be the theme song of the International Eucharistic Congress in 2016. Julie Anne also sings her heart out in her seven other songs “Blinded,” “If Love’s A Crime,” “Diamond in my Eyes,” “Never Had You,” “Baby U Are,” “Kung Maibabalik Ko Lang,” and “Tulad Mo.” With its collection of songs that spins out sentimental tales of love, this album will be a hit in the country. It even became instantly successful as it landed on the first spot of the iTunes Top Albums Chart last June 1, the same day its digital format was released. Julie Anne San Jose’s newest al-bum, “Deeper,” under GMA Records is already out on CDs at record outlets nationwide.

Rasonable, Senior Vice President for Entertain-ment TV; Redgie A. Magno, Vice President for Drama; Cheryl Ching-Sy, Assistant Vice President for Drama; Program Manager, Nini S. Matilac and Rebya Upalda, Executive Producer. The creative team is com-posed of Creative Director, Jun Lana; Creative Head

for Primetime, RJ Nuevas; Creative Consultant and Headwriter, Aloy Adlawan; Writers, Marlon Miguel, and Glaiza Ramirez; Brainstorm-ers, Homer Novicio, Jihan Condecido, and Michelle Amog; and Concept by Glai-za Ramirez. My Destiny begins to cap-ture your hearts tonight af-ter Niño in GMA Telebabad.

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A4 INdulge! VOL. 7 ISSUE 75• SUNDAY-MONDAY, JUNE 29-30, 2014EDGEDAVAOEVENT DJ MODinvades Starr!

By ATHENA JILLIAN BRAVO

The dancefloor was filled with ravers who rocked with DJ MOD’s ex-hilarating electronic dance music together with DJ Fly who came all the way from Bliss Ultra Lounge in Mi-ami, Florida.

The party’s success was made possible by the Starr Crew and the party boost-er MC Jolo.

Since, it was DJ MOD’s first time in the city, he can truly say that Davao is one of the best party sites ever with of course the ravers who were participative enough to dance and drink all the booze up through the night.

Starr has built a reputa-tion as the ultimate party place in the city and so far,

it never fails to come up with topnotch events for the partyzens of Davao. Colt 45 and Mojitos Te-quilla took part in making the party with DJ MOD one of the craziest ever.

The Starr Crew is built around the fast-rising Par-ty Animal DJs including their founder DJ Big and the club’s light director Francis.

DJ MOD savored his time in the city by trying one of the metro’s famous Soup #5 in Buhangin with the Starr Crew.

There’s more to look after as Starr has prepared series of events for the suc-ceeding Wednesdays and weekends. Dine, party, shine, repeat.

It’s showtime in the metro as one of Manila’s hottest disc jockeys turned the beat up at Starr last June 21.

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THE Los Angeles Lak-ers swung a trade with the Washington

Wizards, getting 6’5” Fil-Am point guard Jordan Clarkson with the 46th overall pick in the 2014 NBA Draft.

The Lakers will report-edly send just under $2 mil-lion to the Wizards.

Clarkson, whose moth-er is Filipino, is a junior out of Missouri. Last season, he averaged 17.5 points, 3.8 re-bounds, 3.4 assists and 1.1 steals in 35 games.

The Lakers currently have veteran Steve Nash on their roster, while Ken-dall Marshall, a mid-season signing who started a sig-nificant amount of games due to injuries, has an un-guaranteed contract for the 2014-15 season. Nash’s future is unclear and Jor-dan Farmar is a free agent. Clarkson will be expected to play in the Las Vegas Summer League in July, and the Lakers faithful will hope to see a spark.

Clarkson, a 6’5’’ junior guard from Missouri, was named Second Team All-

SEC by the coaches in his lone season with the Tigers. An early entry candidate, Clarkson ranked among NCAA leaders in both free throws made (72nd) and percentage (101st), as well as field goals (51st) in 2013-14. The San Antonio, TX na-tive spent his freshman and sophomore seasons at Tul-sa, where he was selected First Team All-Conference USA in 2011-12, following his C-USA All-Freshman team honors in 2010-11.

The Wizards reportedly sold the pick to the Lakers despite not having another pick in this draft.

Clarkson should be able to help the Lakers, who are light on depth and took a forward, Julius Randle, in the lottery. Clarkson, 22, is one of the older play-ers in the draft after three seasons in Columbia. He averaged 17.1 points and 3.4 assists per game for the Wildcats. His strengths are his athleticism and size, and he fits a type that Mitch Kupchak certainly has liked in the past.

Lakers trade for Fil-Ampoint guard ClarksonFIL-AM PICK. Jordan Clarkson, whose mother is Filipino, is a junior out of Missouri. Last season, he averaged 17.5 points, 3.8 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.1 steals in 35 games.

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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — As Luis Suarez prepared to leave the

World Cup in disgrace, Amer-icans and Algerians were cel-ebrating their places in the knockout rounds on a dra-matic final day of the group stage on Thursday.

While some form of sus-pension for Suarez was guar-anteed after the Uruguay striker bit Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini on the shoulder, few would have predicted one of the longest bans in the tour-nament’s history — nine in-ternational matches and four months from all football.

It was his third ban for biting after previous inci-dents in England and the Netherlands, and given the comments made by FIFA, it’s hard to see the Uruguayan football federation making much headway with its ap-peal.

“Such behavior cannot be tolerated on any football pitch and in particular not at a FIFA World Cup, when the eyes of millions of people are on the stars on the field,” Claudio Sulser, chairman of the FIFA disciplinary com-mittee, said in a statement.

Several hundred Uru-guayans, including Presi-dent Jose Mujica, gathered at Montevideo’s airport to wait for Suarez’s return.

While he may no lon-ger be in Brazil, his peers in Neymar of Brazil and Ar-gentina’s Lionel Messi are still very much in the tour-nament — as are the United States and Algeria, which has finally reached the last 16 for the first time in its history.

The U.S. lost 1-0 to Ger-many on Thursday in its last match in Group G, but it still managed to qualify and line up a second-round game against Belgium on Tuesday in Salvador.

Ghana, which had a more realistic chance of beating

the U.S. to second place be-hind the already-qualified German, missed its chance in a 2-1 defeat to Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal. Ron-aldo scored the winner in a pyrrhic victory for what the world player of the year has accurately described as “probably just an average team.”

He now joins England’s Wayne Rooney and Italy’s Mario Balotelli as the star also-rans in a tournament that has sprung plenty of surprises.

Germany will play Alge-ria in Porto Alegre on Mon-day, a match that comes with some emotional bag-gage.

At the 1982 World Cup, Germany denied Algeria a place in the second round by playing out an infamous match with Austria that fin-ished 1-0 to the Germans. The result, achieved by just knocking the ball around after the goal had been scored, qualified the Euro-pean neighbors and sent the Algerians home.

Thursday’s 1-1 draw with Russia has not only helped Algeria turn the page on one of the tourna-ment’s darkest moments, it has also offered a chance to rip the page out complete-ly with an unlikely revenge victory on Monday.

The end of the group stage has, meanwhile, un-derlined just how well the tournament has gone for teams from the Americas — which have filled half of the last 16 slots — and how big the disappointment has been for Europe and Asia.

For a second World Cup running, only six Europe-an teams have advanced — Netherlands, Germany, France, Switzerland, Bel-gium and Greece — the joint-lowest figure since this format was introduced in 1986. SAO PAULO (AP) —

With South Korea’s 1-0 loss to Belgium

Thursday, the last Asian team bowed out of the World Cup — leaving the continent without any rep-resentatives in the knock-out stages.

The result caps a dismal campaign for South Korea, Japan, Australia and Iran, the continent’s four repre-sentatives in Brazil.

The stats columns cer-tainly didn’t provide en-couraging reading: Games Played — 12; Wins — 0; Draws — 3; Losses — 9.

South Korea has been to nine World Cups, more than any other Asian team, and is regarded as one of the two flagship represen-tatives of the Far East. But it has regressed considerably since reaching the semifi-nals when it co-hosted the 2002 tournament with Ja-pan.

The Japanese also reached the second round in ‘02, Australia reached the second round in 2006 — after qualifying through Oceania and before switch-ing to the Asian confedera-tion — and Japan and South Korea both advanced to the

knockout rounds in 2010.South Korea coach

Hong Myung-bo, who was captain in 2002 when the team made its run to the semifinals, thinks Asian football is going through a “transition period” with individual players improv-ing drastically but national teams not yet enjoying the results.

“I think that each team played in different styles but overall there were a lot of deficiencies in the Asian teams,” he said through a translator. “We weren’t up to the standard ... we weren’t good enough.”

Aside from the remark-able South Korean cam-paign a dozen years ago, Asian teams have not ex-perienced much success on the world stage.

A relatively small num-ber of Asian players are in the top European leagues and the sport didn’t estab-lish mass appeal across the continent until much later than Europe, South Ameri-ca and Africa.

The lack of high-level competition between them has also contributed to the teams’ FIFA rankings hav-ing steadily dropped in the

last year.Asia’s top ranked team

ahead of the tournament was Iran, at No. 43 — hard-ly impressive in a tourna-ment comprising 32 teams.

Australia was the low-est-ranked team in the tournament, at No. 62.

While some of the per-formances were encour-aging, the stark reality is not one of the Asian teams could manage a win. Japan and South Korea entered the tournament as strong contenders to progress from their groups, and to at least repeat their runs to the second round from 2010, but didn’t produce the quality games needed at the highest level.

By contrast, three of the four qualifiers from North and Central America ad-vanced to the second stage and, for the first time, two African teams reached the knockout stages.

Australia had some good moments against some stronger opponents but ultimately lost all three games to Chile, the Nether-lands and Spain. Iran had a 0-0 draw with Nigeria and managed to hold and occa-sionally threaten Argentina

for 90 minutes, only to lose 1-0 to an injury-time goal by Lionel Messi. The Irani-ans, heavily criticized for a defensive system, then dropped their last game 3-1 to Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Japan lost 2-1 to the Ivory Coast, after taking a first-half lead, and then was held 0-0 by 10-man Greece before being de-stroyed 4-1 by Columbia. Japan and Iran are already looking for new coaches.

South Korea was lucky to get its single point as well, thanks to Russian goalkeeper Igor Akin-feev’s blunder in the open-er when he let a routine save from a shot of about 30 yards slip through his grasp. South Korea couldn’t hold the lead, though, and finished with a 1-1 draw. Next they were soundly beaten by Algeria 4-2 before dropping the fi-nale to Belgium.

Its lone bright spot Thursday was the play of Sunderland midfielder Ki Sung-yeung, who had sev-eral quality shots including one long-distance drive that forced Belgian goal-keeper Thibaut Courtois to make a great diving save.

SAVE. South Korea's goalkeeper Kim Seung-gyu, left, punches the ball away while facing a challenge from Belgium's Kevin Mirallas, right, during the group H World Cup match.

Asia ends dream with South Korea’s exit

US, Algeria in, Suarez out of World Cup

HEADER. Germany's Benedikt Hoewedes and United States' Jermaine Jones go for a header during the group G World Cup soccer match between the USA and Germany. Germany won 1-0 but the Americans also strolled to the next round.

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SONNY Boy Jaro is a fighter who in the boxing world is

called a journeyman. He fears nobody and

takes fights, even against those who are far supe-rior in skills than him, on short notice and is will-ing to travel to any part of the world from South America to South Africa in search for the chance to win a big fight.

At 32, he has faced al-most all of the big names in the flyweight division - Giovanni Segura and Ed-gar Sosa among them.

When he was 30 years old with a record of 33 wins and 10 losses and almost at the verge of giving up on his dream of winning a big fight, Jaro was asked to fight legend-ary Thai world champion Pongsaklek Wongjonkam on short notice in Chon-buri, Thailand.

Pongsaklek, consid-ered as one of the best fly-weights in the world and highly rated by the Ring Magazine, is a boxing hero in Thailand and when he took on Jaro he had a re-cord of 83 wins with only 3 losses.

“Sonny Boy was doing the laundry at the back of his house when I asked him if he was willing to fight Pongsaklek,” said Al-joe Jaro, his manager.

Sonny Boy shocked Thailand by sending Pongsaklek to the can-vas in the first and third rounds and finally scor-ing to knockdowns in the sixth to end the fight and win the World Boxing

Council (WBC) flyweight champion.

All of a sudden the journeyman became the toast of Philippine boxing.

But just like the many other stories on the career of Filipino boxers, Son-ny Boy’s reign as world champion was short.

With no Philippine promoter willing to stage his title defense to give him a degree of protec-tion, the Jaros, the boxer and the manager, agreed to defend the title in Japan against Toshiyuki Igarashi.

And as many had feared, Sonny Boy Jaro lost his WBC title in his first defense by a controversial split decision as shown by the apparently incoherent scoring which saw box-ing judge Luis Escalona seeing Jaro the winner by 116-112 while judges David Mendoza scored it 112-116 and Kyung Ha Shin 113-115 in favor of the hometown boxer.

Sonny Boy lost two more fights after that heartbreaking loss to Ig-arashi before bouncing back with two successive victories.

On Saturday, at age 32, Sonny Boy will continue on his comeback trail and take on a less dangerous opponent, Indonesian Ichal Tobida, in a more friendly territory, Davao City, for the Superfly-weight Title of a newly-or-ganized regional boxing body, the Asian Boxing Federation.

While Tobida has won three of last four fights by

REDEMPTIONFrom journeyman to world champion, Sonny Boy Jaro seeks glory once moreBy MANNY PIÑOL

Editor’s Note: Manny Piñol is the chief executive officer of Sonshine Sports Management Inc. and a con-tributor of Philboxing.com

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BOXING REVOLUTION. Sonshine Sports Management Inc. chief executive officer Manny Piñol (right) says the new boxing outfit aims to make Davao City the new mecca of boxing in the Philip-pines. SSMI is envisioned to become the Top Rank of Asia and its television component SMNI Challe 39 to follow the trail of HBO. At left, Sonny Boy Jaro appears in FAST Fridays media forum at SM La-nang Premier’s Archipelago 7107 by Barrio Fiesta. Jaro was fight-ing Indonesia’s Ichbal Tobida late Saturday night at the Almendras Gym. Lean Daval Jr.

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