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SARA, PULONG PROCLAIMEDBy ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.

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Malacañang to coordinate with Duterte transition team

AFTER some delays, the City Board of Election Canvasser (CBOC) of

the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Davao City finally proclaimed two members of the Duterte household as win-ners in the local polls.

The board proclaimed yesterday former Mayor Sara Z. Duterte-Carpio as Mayor and his elder brother Paolo Z. Duterte as Vice Mayor. Mayor Sara is returning to the same post she held from 2010 to 2013 while Paolo is on his sec-ond term.

Around 2:00 p.m. yester-

day, the board announced the proclamation after counting all the votes cast during the May 9 election.

Sara amassed 576,677 votes while the unopposed Paolo obtained 522,519 votes.

However, the Duterte sib-lings were not present yester-day and their representative took their certificate of canvass (COC). Sara’s husband, law-yer Manases Carpio. received her COC while Paolo’s counsel lawyer Charmalou Aldevera received the COC in behalf of the vice mayor.

The proclamation of the

Duterte children experienced delay due to the defective SD Card of a Vote Counting Ma-chine (VCM) in Los Amigos Elementary.

Comelec third district elec-tion officer Reynne Joy Bul-lecer said the SD Card needed to be reconfigured in their technical hub located in Gener-al Santos City and the Comelec sent it there on Tuesday night.

“After we reconfigure the defective SD Cards, the BEI (Board of Election Inspectors) need to feed the ballots again to count the votes officially,” he said.

Bullecer said after the 571 ballots were fed in the VCM yesterday morning, the BEI printed voter’s receipt and transmitted the result to the CBOC.

Earlier, CBOC chairman Marlon Casquejo said the ranking for the positions of Mayor and Vice Mayor will not be affected by the glitch but their consolidation and can-vassing system (CCS) could not print their COC if the total cast votes were not counted by the canvassers.

The CBOC proclaimed on

THE national campaign manager of presump-tive president May-

or Rodrigo Duterte leads the Transition Committee formed on Wednesday to start working for a smooth handover from current ad-ministration of President Benigno Aquino III.

The Duterte Transition Committee is composed of campaign manager Leoncio Jun Evasco; assistant cam-paign manager and execu-tive assistant Christopher

Bong Go; Carlos G. Domin-guez, former cabinet mem-ber and head of campaign finance committee; lawyers Salvador Medialdea and Lo-reto Ata, Duterte’s personal lawyers, and Peter Laviña, the head of the Duterte-Cay-etano Media Team.

Also around to provide support were members of the core group Senator Alan Peter Cayetano, former Transportation Secretary and elected Davao del Norte

Transition team holds first meeting

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A pedestrian walks by a streamer with an image of president elect Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte with a thank you message for his supporters along Roxas Avenue in Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

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NEWS

SENATE President Franklin Drilon said on Wednesday the Philip-

pine Senate will work with “presumptive president” Ro-drigo Duterte in the next 17th Congress.

”He has the mandate of the people, we will work with him,” Drilon said in a media interview after receiving the first certificate of canvass (COC) from San Juan City at the Philippine Senate.

Drilon, vice chairman of the Liberal Party (LP) whose standard-bearer Mar Rox-as conceded to Duterte on Tuesday, said they are eagerly awaiting the legislative agen-da of the successor of Presi-dent Benigno S. Aquino III.

”During the campaign, we were not benefited with any indication of what the legis-lative agenda will be, so we eagerly await his legislative

agenda,” Drilon said.The Senate leader is ex-

pecting that the first agenda that the Duterte administra-tion will submit to Congress is the proposed 2017 national budget.

He said the transition team “must be working at this point so that the budget can be submitted on time.”

”Certainly the inputs of the incoming administration will be respected and we will expect the budget to contain the policy direction of the ad-ministration of Mayor Duter-te,” he added.

Drilon strongly suggested that a transition team from the Duterte administration will be already formed and start talking to the transition team of the Aquino adminis-tration “so that there will be a smooth transfer of power on June 30.”

Drilon said the current 16th Congress will resume session on May 23 and will tackle in the first two days the remaining bills and about five bicameral conference commit-tee reports. The 16th Congress will adjourn sine die on June 10.

”There are a number of local bills and franchise bills which we will pass on third reading, which came from the House. There are also a number of local and franchise bills which were amended by the Senate and are now in the House, and the House will adopt the Senate version,” Drilon said.

On May 25, Drilon said the Senate and the House of Representatives will convene as the national board of can-vassers (NBOC) to proclaim the next President and Vice President of the country.

Drilon, who is on top of the senatorial race based on partial and unofficial results, said he looks forward working with the new senators.

”I have been in the Senate for 18 years, I think I know the institution. We will continue to protect the institution, protect the independence of the insti-tution. I think that’s our duty,” the veteran lawmaker from Iloilo said.

Drilon said the incumbent Senate leaders, including him, will continue to function “as such until the elections take place” at the opening of the 17th Congress.

Based on the partial and unofficial results, six LP sena-torial candidates –- Joel Villan-ueva, Francis ‘Kiko’ Pangilinan, Ralph Recto, Leila de Lima, Risa Hontiveros and Drilon -- are already in the top 12 of the senatorial election. (PNA)

THE Commission on Elec-tions (Comelec) in Davao City asked the candidates

to remove all campaign posters.Comelec third district elec-

tion officer Reynne Joy Bullecer said their office has no formal order to the candidates but it is their “obligation” to clean all areas of their litter.

Bullecer said the task force ‘baklas’ is only intended to re-

move the posters which were posted in the non-designated area during the campaign peri-od only.

“Our task force ‘baklas’ is only authorized to remove the posters in the common poster areas during the campaign pe-riod only,” she said.

She said there is no penal-ties being imposed to the candi-dates who will not remove their

posters after the election.“Since the election is al-

ready done, we will move on,” she said.

Bullecer if the candidates will remove their posters, the local government units (LGU) or the Department of Public Works and Highways can also remove it.

“It will be the obligation of everyone to clean,” she said.

Among the local candidates in the city, the team of re-elect-ed first district councilor Mabel Acosta already removed their campaign posters in Shrine Hills, Matina, Mac Arthur High-way, Quimpo Boulevard and Tulip Drive.

The immediately started the removal of the posters last Monday afternoon while the election process was ongoing.

THE Davao City Police Of-fice (DCPO) has record-ed a total of 101 arrested

persons violating the gun ban imposed by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) since January of this year.

DCPO spokesperson Chief Insp. Milgrace C. Driz said yes-terday the record represents the period of January 10 up to May 10. Of the total ar-rested people, 62 cases were already filed at the City Pros-ecution Office for violation of the Omnibus Election Code and Comelec Resolution No. 10015 dated November 13, 2015, which prescribes up to six years of imprisonment as penalty.

Driz said there are still 37 cases to be filed against other violators.

“There are two persons apprehended in one case,” he said.

She said the police con-fiscated a total of 57 assorted firearms such as 45 caliber pistol, 9mm caliber pistol, .38 revolver, Garand rifle, shotgun, Springield rifle, and .22 revolv-

er.Driz said there were also

three hand grenades, three improvised explosive device (IED), and 48 assorted bladed weapons seized from the vio-lators.

For her part, Police Re-gional Office (PRO) 11 spokes-person Chief Insp. Andrea dela Cerna said there are 250 per-sons who were arrested in Re-gion 11 violating the gun ban.

Meanwhile, Dela Cerna said the conduct of election in the entire region is gener-ally peaceful since there were no major incidents happened during the voting and canvass-ing in some areas.

“We just received reports on defective Vote Counting Machines (VCM) in some clus-tered precincts,” she said.

She said even the election is already done, the PRO 11 will still secure the peace and order in the region.

“We would like to thank the public for their coopera-tion in helping us achieve the safe election 2016,” she said. ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.

THE Commission on Elec-tions (Comelec) today decided to move the

provincial canvassing of voters for Maguindanao from Cota-bato City to Buluan town, the provincial capitol, in Maguin-danao.

The decision ended the 24-hour stand off that caused pub-lic inconvenience and fears of violence inside the compound of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

As soon as tabulations are over for votes cast in Magu-

indanao’s 36 municipalities, the proclamation of provincial winners will follow, the poll body said.

Unofficial count by the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas showed that as of Wednesday morning, reelec-tionist governor of Maguind-anao Esmael Mangudadatu, al-ready has 208,759 votes while challenger Kagui Ali Midtim-bang trailed far behind with only 112,514 votes.

Incumbent Vice Governor

CANVASSING. Lawyer Manases Carpio, husband of Davao City mayor-elect Sara Z. Duterte-Carpio receives the certificate of canvass of his wife during the proclamation yesterday. With him (L-R) City Board of Canvasser (CBOC) vice chair City Prosecutor Nestor Ledesma, CBOC chair Marlon Casquejo and CBOC secretary Maria Ines C. Asuncion. Armando B. Fenequito Jr.

Comelec to pols:Clean as you goBy ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.

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DCPO nets 101gun ban violators

Senate will work with Duterte -- Drilon

Canvassing of votes in Maguindanao yet to start

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IT’S still anyone’s game as far as the vice presidential race is concerned since

there are still some 700,000 votes that have not been can-vassed from the Overseas Ab-sentee Voting (OAV) and have not been transmitted from some areas in the country.

According to Commission on Elections (Comelec) Com-missioner Rowena Guanzon, there are about 250,000 votes from the OAV that have not

been forwarded to the Phil-ippine International Conven-tion Center (PICC) where the Comelec en banc is sitting as the National Board of Canvass-ers (NBOC).

She also reported that Ma-guindanao, with some 500,000 votes, has not yet transmitted due to several reasons.

”There’s still about 250,000 votes from overseas that have yet to be canvassed. I heard that the trend abroad is

something like favoring some candidates but then again Ma-guindanao has not yet trans-mitted and that’s 500,000 votes and you might have spe-cial elections with 20,000 vot-ers,” she said in a press briefing on Wednesday.

“It’s a tight race and so I can understand why Senator (Ferdinand) Marcos is really on his toes,” she added.

Based on unofficial tally of votes, the senator is second to

administration candidate Rep. Leni Robredo with close to 200,000 votes margin.

On the other hand, Comelec Spokesperson James Jimenez also admitted that it is a close fight between the can-didates for the vice presiden-tial post.

The poll body official opined that the OAV votes will be swing votes, noting that no one should celebrate yet and

PRES. Benigno Aquino III said an Administra-tive Order (AO) is now

being drafted designating the Executive Secretary as head of the government’s transi-tion team.

In a statement Wednes-day, the President said he has talked to Mr. Christopher “Bong” Go, executive assis-tant of Davao City Mayor and presidential front-runner Ro-

drigo Duterte, on Tuesday for the latter to relay to Duterte about the AO.

”I further offered that the Cabinet stands ready to brief his team on any and all of their concerns,” he said.

”Lastly we are committed to effecting the smoothest transition possible,” he added.

The incoming govern-ment will assume its reign ef-fective July 1, 2016. (PNA)

AKO Bicol’s campaign for a third straight term in the House of Represen-

tatives ended in a resound-ing success after the Region V-based partylist topped the partylist polls in the 2016 na-tional elections, garnering the top spot in a race among 113 partylists vying for a congres-sional seat.

Ako Bicol has garnered 1.6 million votes and counting, or 5.3 percent of all partylist votes nationwide, with 94.47 percent of all expected votes already counted. As expected, Region V generated a bulk of the votes for Ako Bicol, posting five-digit to six-digit leads over other partylists, especially in Camarines Sur, where it bagged 347,777 of the votes, with the runner-up at just 16,756. The

party list also placed 12th in two provinces in Region III and placed within the top six of four provinces in Region IV.

“It has been a long jour-ney for Akp Bicol”, said Ako Bicol Party list Rep. Rodel Ba-tocabe, “from starting out as a non-governmental organiza-tion, to almost being disquali-fied in 2013, to being chosen as the prime choice for partylist in the entire nation. We are both humbled and inspired by the overwhelming mandate given to us by our people”.

The partylist enjoyed a steady wave of success in the last few months leading up to the campaign, owing to an ag-gressive ground and social me-dia campaign that focused on its programs and legislations

AO being drafted for transition team

VCMS. A worker arranges the vote-counting machine (VCM) bins outside the Davao City Recreation Center (DCRC) which be transferred to a warehouse in Bo. Obrero yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.  

Comelec: 700,000 votes stillto be canvassed, transmitted

Ako Bicol, Gabriela, Pacman top party-list polls

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THE VOTE 2016

FRESH MANDATE. Tagum City Mayor Allan L. Rellon and Vice Mayor Geterito T. Gementiza won a fresh mandate for a second term after being proclaimed by the City Board of Canvassers last May 10, 2016 shortly after 6:15 AM held at the SP Session Hall at the New City Hall. Edwin B. Lasquite/CIO Tagum

NEW OFFICIALS. The new set of elected officials in the City of Tagum led by Mayor Allan L. Rellon and Vice Mayor Geterito T. Gementiza raise their hands together with the members of the City Board of Canvassers. The proclamation of the 10 winning councilors was done past 3 PM last May 10, 2016 at the SP Session Hall at the New City Hall. Kelvin Z. Palermo/CIO Tagum

PANABO CITY CANVASSING. The Board of Canvassers of Panabo City chaired by Atty. John Paul Cubero at the SP Session Hall, 3rd Floor, Panabo City Hall.

Mayor:Rank 1: Engr.James Gamao - 37,095 votesRank 2:Engr.Franklin Gentiles - 30,564 votesRank 3: Engr. Rico Peligro - 6,503 votesRank 4: Dr.Edwin Delfin – 1,101 votesRank 5: Atty.Vivencio Jumamil - 769 votesVice-MayorRank 1: Janrey Gavina - 43,601 votesRank 2: Emeterio Blasé - 28,683 votesCity CouncilorsRank 1: Banjong Dujali - 41,050 votesRank 2: Poloy Enad – 40,571 votesRank 3:Renante Banggoy – 36,285 votesRank 4: Popop Catalan – 36,077 votesRank 5: Bangbang Geraldo – 35,276 votesRank 6: Mawe Pamisaran – 33,191 votesRank 7: Jose Silvosa Jr. – 31,565 votesRank 8: Wahid Ranain – 30,933 votesRank 9: Dizon Namuag – 30,055 votesRank 10: Janris Jay Relampagos - 28,466 votesThe official proclamation of the winners was held yesterday

at the Sangguniang Panlungsod Session Hall, 3rd Floor Panabo City Hall. CIO Panabo

Panabo City poll updates bared

MALITA, Davao Occi-dental - Voters in the five municipalities

comprising Davao Occidental province, have elected on Mon-day their first set of govern-ment officials as a newly-creat-ed province.

The candidates for the key positions sought by incumbent Davao del Sur governor Claude Bautista, last termer 2nd Dis-

trict Congressman Franklin Bautista and neophyte politi-cian Lorna Bautista-Bandigan are sure winners as they were lone aspirants respectively for the governorship, vice-gov-ernorship and congressional seats in the 2016 Elections.

The tough competition came from among the con-tenders for the seats in the Provincial Council for the first

and second districts.The Davao Occidental pro-

vincial Commission on Elec-tion though has yet to finish the canvassing of ballots as of this writing, and is expected to declare the winners on May 11.

Carved out from the sec-ond district of Davao del Sur, Davao Occidental became the 81st and newest province in

the country in 2013 by virtue of Republic Act 10360.

The province covers the municipalities of Sta. Maria, Malita, Don Marcelino, Jose Abad Santos and Sarangani, with Malita being the capital town. The province has a total of 105 barangays.

For the 2016 election, the Comelec has registered a total

Davao Occidental voters pick elect new officials

THE Provincial Board of Canvassers in Compostela Valley Province headed by Provincial Election Supervisor Gay Enumerables proclaimed the winning candidates on

May 10 at around 10:30 PM, SP Session Hall, Provincial Capitol.

Governor - Jayvee Tyron L. UyVice-Governor - Manuel Zamora

Member of the House of Representatives for 1st District - Cong. Maria Carmen ZamoraMember of the House of Representatives for 2nd District - Atty. Ruwel Peter Gonzaga

Sangguniang Panlungsod MembersDistrict 1:

Joanna Aileen GentugayaAtty. Marie Jude LopozNena AtamosaJoseph JauodDr. Renato Basañes

District 2:Arturo UyKristine Mae Caballero-RañonRaul Caballero Macario HumolVivencia Secuya

Compostela Valley poll results

TAGUM CITY, Davao del Norte - Let’s buckle down to work.

City Mayor Allan L. Rellon issued this call to employees of the City Government of Tagum an hour after being proclaimed by the Commission on Elec-tions last May 10, 2016 as the re-elected City Mayor of Tagum together with re-elected Vice Mayor Geterito T. Gementiza who both got a considerable lead to clinch once again the city’s top positions during the May 9, 2016 elections.

Mayor Rellon, who got 55,388 votes, called on em-ployees of the local govern-ment to continue the services

being offered by the local government now that the hot-ly-contested local race is over.

“Let us continue doing our best for our constituents and let us now put to rest the political colors that divided us in this election,” Mayor Rellon told employees during the LGU’s flag raising ceremony after the 6:15 AM official proc-lamation by the city board of canvassers held at the SP Ses-sion Hall at the New City Hall.

Vice Mayor Geterito Ge-mentiza is also set to lead again the 7th City Council after gar-nering a total of 59,554 votes.

Both Mayor Rellon and Vice Mayor Gementiza - who

are running mates under the PDP Laban ticket - won their second term on a platform of continuity of positive change and progress through their flagship EAGLE WINGS Pro-gram, a ten-point development agenda that sets focus on vari-ous aspects of governance that have direct impact to the Tagu-menyo people.

The COMELEC also pro-claimed top 10 winning can-didates for City Councilor, with six coming from PDP Laban while the remaining four came from the Liberal Party.

The winning city council-ors are as follows, arranged according to number of votes

garnered: Atty. Eva Lorraine Estabillo (52,285); Agripino Coquilla, Jr. (49, 520); Macario Bermudez II (44,530); Ron-ald Eliot (40, 632); Jan Dmi-tri Sator (38,028); Rey Cyril Alba (36,448); Tristan Royce Aala (35, 582); Ester Angoy (35,581); Robert So (35, 208); and Jose Joedel Caasi (34, 015).

In his speech, Mayor Rel-lon bared the new set of elect-ed city officials will take their oath of office on June 30, 2016 at the Christ the King Cathe-dral. Before that, a Handog Pa-sasalamat Thanksgiving Mass will be held on Sunday, May 15, 2016 at the Atrium. Louie Lapat/CIO Tagum

PROCLAIMED. The Provincial Board of Canvassers in Compostela Valley Province headed by Provincial Election Supervisor Gay Enumerables proclaimed the winning candidates led by Goveernor-elect Tyrone Uy on May 10 at around 10:30 PM, SP Session Hall, Provincial Capitol.

PANABO City, Davao del Norte official results for local position

as of 4:00 pm of May 10, 2016 canvassing done by

the Panabo City Board of Canvassers chaired by Atty.John Paul Cubero at the SP Session Hall, 3rd Floor, Panabo City Hall.

Rellon re-elected in Tagum

The Municipal Board of Canvassers (MBOC) of Mon-tevista town in Compostela Valley proclaims winning lo-cal candidates today May 10, 2016; at 12:40 noon here at Sangguniang Bayan Session Hall.

After passing through glitches in the conduct of the elections; local COMELEC here pronounce the result of the canvassing as gener-ally successful although six

barangays were not able to transmit results.

Vote Counting Machines (VCM) of these barangays were instead hauled and fa-cilitated transmission at the municipal hall due to mal-functions.

Winning local candidates proclaimed by MBOC runs as follows:Eutropio S. Jayectin (Mun.

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ECONOMY

DI V E R S I F I E D e n g i n e e r i n g conglomerate DMCI

Holdings, Inc. (DMCI) reported a flat first-quarter profit of Php3 billion, as the Php111-million one-time gain on partial sale of its 10-percent share in Subic Water and Sewerage Company offset reduced earnings of its property and water businesses.

Excluding this non-recurring item, core net income stood at Php2.93 billion, down 4 percent from Php3.06 billion last year.

“We expect a weak bottom line this year because of a confluence of factors. Declining commodity prices, tapering electricity rates, and most of all, the termination of Maynilad’s six-year tax

exemption will drag down net income contributions from our businesses,” said DMCI Holdings Chairman and President Isidro A. Consunji.

Consunji said the conglomerate expects generating lower income during this and next year.

He said this despite the projected robust income of Semirara Mining and Power Corp. (SMPC) on the back of higher production and lower cost of sales; and DMCI Power Corp. driven by increases in electricity sales.

In the first quarter, net income share from DMCI Homes dropped 21 percent to Php665 million from Php845 million last year due higher costs on materials and labor, paid commissions and

documentary stamps from its bond issuance.

Maynilad also posted a 24-percent drop from Php527 million to Php403 million, following the expiration of its income tax holiday in December 2015.

From a first-quarter net loss of Php24 million in 2015, DMCI Mining Corp.’s bottom line further receded by whopping 321 percent to Php100 million the previous year due to seasonality in the shipping window and lower shipment volume due to depressed nickel ore prices.

DMCI said its power and construction businesses fared better during the first reporting period.

Semirara Mining and Power Corp. (SMPC) shared

Php1.6 billion, a 16-percent improvement from the Php1.4 billion recorded in the first three months of 2015.

Off-grid supplier DMCI Power Corporation delivered Php98 million, a 32-percent increase from Php74 million last year.

Higher electricity sales in Oriental Mindoro, Palawan and Masbate and the commercial operations of a 3x1.23 MW plant in Sultan Kudarat beginning January accounted for the income growth.

Despite a 12-percent drop in revenue, income contribution from D.M. Consunji, Inc. rose 3 percent from Php191 million to Php197 million, as total construction costs fell at a faster pace. (PNA)

DMCI Holdings’ profit flat at P3B in Q1

STRONG gains in loans enabled Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank)

to post a 15 percent year-on-year rise in net income in the first quarter of 2016.

In a statement on Wednesday, the government financial institution announced its Php4.14-billion net income in end-March this year, higher than year-

ago’s Php3.6 billion and the quarter’s target of Php3.38 billion.

Landbank President and CEO Gilda Pico said interest income on loans rose 20 percent after total loans went up to Php464.8 billion against year-ago’s Php398 billion.

The bank’s current return on equity (ROE) stood at

A PUBLIC utility bus (PUB) that carried student passengers

for a supposed field trip last year was slapped with a Php 1-million fine on Wednesday for operating as a “colorum” vehicle.

The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) said that a CBC Bus Trans unit with plate number AAY-2705 was used for free to transport students from the Youth of Christ of St. Roche, Mayantoc, Tarlac to Manila last March 5, 2015.

LTFRB said that this shows that the bus was used for private purpose and not for public transportation.

The Board also noted that the bus was used as a vehicle for-hire since it had a body marking “CBC Bus Trans” with provincial route Camiling-Tarlac.

LTFRB board member Atty. Ariel Inton said that the bus operator should have followed the right process for buses who wish to operate in a different route by acquiring a

special permit.“It is important to get a

special permit when travelling to a different route,” Inton said noting that this assures the safety of both passengers and drivers.

Special permits are given to applicants who comply with the board’s requirements, including safety rules.

Aside from the Php1-million fine, the operator will also face a cancellation of franchise under the Joint Administrative Order (JAO) 2014-001 for travelling out-of-line.

The bus had no authority to operate the day they were caught.

Meanwhile, two units of Silver Star Bus with plate numbers AHA-3218 and DXZ-229 were also caught operating as colorum buses last May 7 while on the way from Tagbilaran City to Eastern Samar to transport passengers to their provinces to vote.

The LTFRB is set to hear the case on May 17. (PNA)

LTFRB slaps CBC Trans with P1-M fine

Landbank posts 15% rise in Q1 net income

Signing of P39-B reclamationproject expected in June: DCIPC

crc@edgedavao.netBy CHENEEN R. CAPON

THE Davao City I n v e s t m e n t Promotions Center

(DCIPC) expects that the Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) will be signed by the Davao City Government and Manila-based Mega Harbour Port Development Corp for the P39-billion reclamation project in June.

Philippine President-in-waiting Rodrigo R. Duterte will sign the agreement in behalf of the city in his capacity as city mayor. Mega Harbour is the original proponent of the project.

Ivan C. Cortez, chief of the DCIPC, told Edge Davao yesterday that the signing of the agreement was stalled for sometime because the mayor was busy in his presidential campaign.

“We’re hoping the

JVA will be signed before he assumes his post as President in July,” Cortez said, adding the 71-year President-in-waiting will still be mayor until June 30.

Once signed, the agreement will allow the two parties to submit their application for permits and licenses to the Philippine Reclamation Authority before it will be passed to the National Economic and Development Authority.

Under Executive Order No. 146, the National Economic and Development Authority Board is delegated to approve reclamation projects, while the PRA is the recommendatory agency “primarily responsible for integrating, directing, and coordinating all reclamation projects.”

The proposal was submitted to the city government in 2014 as unsolicited project. Originally, the project construction was set January last year, while completion is targeted on 2019. The 200-hectare reclamation project will cover a stretch from the coastline of Bucana to Barangay R. Castillo in Davao City.

Under the proposal, the mixed-use project will have four islands allocated for port operation, residential, industrial and commercial component, and a government center.

According to the plan, the developer will start with Island 1 with a total area of 75.01 hectares stretching from Agdao to Sta Ana allocated for port

operation and a five-hectare government center. The port will have a berthing capacity of 2.5 kilometers which is twice the current capacity of the Davao Sasa Port. The 39.24-hectare Island 2 will be for the central business district (CBD) and shopping center. The Island 3 with a total area of 59.47 hectares is designated tourist centers and residential resorts.

The 40.89-hectare Island 4, facing Sandawa area and connected to the mainland through a road leading to Quimpo Boulevard, will be for township development.

Cortez expected that approval of all public-private partnership projects in the city will be fast-tracked when Duterte will assure with 16th President of the republic.

INVESTMENTS on all kinds of business ventures in Davao City will intensify

as soon as Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte assumes the Presidency of the Philippines.

“Most likely, business interests will accelerate. Preference to locate in Davao City will increase,” Davao City Investment Promotions Center (DCIPC) chief Ivan C. Cortez told Edge Davao yesterday.

Cortez said the plan of Mayor Duterte to locate his office in Malacañang will affect the interest and preferences of investors.

Cortez expected a boost in both property development and services sectors of the city.

He said there will be proliferation of training and educational institutions in the city as the area becomes a destination not only of investors but also of homeowners.

Recently, Manila-based colleges and universities announced plans of locating in the city. The Mapua Institute

of Science and Technology had acquired a property in Matina, while the Lyceum of the Philippines University will build its facility along C.P. Garcia Diversion Road in Barangay Sasa. The De La Salle University is also planning to expand its operation in the city, earlier reports said.

At present, the city is home to many universities and colleges like Ateneo de Davao University, University of Mindanao, University of Immaculate Conception, and University of Southeastern Philippines.

The Board of Investments (BOI) in Davao recorded a total of P2.3-billion investment for Davao City in the first quarter of the year earmarked for projects in transportations and logistics and food manufacturing BOI-Davao chief Gil Dureza said the equipment for the investment for transportation and logistics will arrive any time soon. All projects are in land preparation stage, he said. CHENEEN R. CAPON

Boom in investmentsexpected in Davao City

RECYCLE MAN. A scavenger weighs used cardboard boxes he bought from an establishment selling shoes along San Pedro Street in Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

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THE Philippines needs to look at non-traditional export destinations and

products to widen its market base as the weak global econ-omy continues to pull down the country’s merchandise ex-ports, according to the Nation-al Economic and Development Authority (NEDA).

The Philippine Statistics Authority reported today that

total export earnings declined by 15.1 percent in March 2016. It went down to US$4.6 bil-lion from US$ 5.4 billion in the same month last year due to lower sales receipts of all com-modity groups.

The country’s merchan-dise exports is on its 12th consecutive month of decline since April 2015.

“It’s a necessary step in the

midst of a challenging global economy. The country’s tradi-tional trade partners continue to post subdued growth, global trade is not expected to pick up soon, and China’s slowdown is impinging upon overall growth in emerging economies,” said Socioeconomic Planning Sec-retary Emmanuel F. Esguerra.

Among 11 selected Asian economies, only Viet Nam,

China and Thailand posted positive export gains while the Philippines saw the steep-est decline during the period. Lower revenues from several major trading partners also dragged exports in March 2016.

“To be able to reach out to other potential export mar-kets and sell our products, it

THE Social Security System (SSS) in collaboration with the

Philippine Information Agency (PIA), has recently launched UsapangSSS.ph, the official microsite which aimed to reach out to members by responding to their queries and facilitating online discussions on SSS programs and services.

UspangSSS.ph can now be accessed by SSS members as well as non-members starting May 2. Interested users must first register before they can participate in the microsite’s discussion board. Simply click the “register” button located in the upper right corner of the web page, certify agreement with the site’s terms and conditions, and provide the necessary information such as the user name, email address, password and confirmation

code which is shown at the bottom of the web page. Once the account has been created, the online system will automatically send an email that contains the activation key and web link which confirms the user’s successful registration.

With the latest online media platform, SSS can provide information on common SSS inquiries and concerns, and can feature online threads on popular and often inquired-about SSS topics such as benefits, loans and other services. Upon activation of their own online account, users can also follow specific conversations, post comments at the forums and send a private message to the forum administrator for more clarifications and in-depth inquiries about the SSS.

Usapang SSS.ph now available to serveas online forum for members’ queries

NEDA urges tapping of new destinations, products to overcome exports decline

EXPORTS revenue of the country’s electronics industry has increased

by 4.5 percent in the first three months of the year.

Semiconductor and Electronics Industries in the Philippines, Inc. (SEIPI) President Dan Lachica said on Wednesday that electronics exports reached USD6.63 billion in first quarter of 2016 from USD6.34 billion in the same period last year.

Top electronics exports in Q1 2016 include semiconductors which revenues grew by 5.2 percent to USD4.62 billion from USD4.39 billion and electronic data processing with receipts amounting to USD1.23 billion which declined by 6.4 percent from USD1.31 billion exports in 2015.

Te l e c o m m u n i c a t i o n electronic goods had the largest growth in Q1 2016 which surged by 149.5 percent to USD221 million from USD88.48 million in the previous year.

This was followed by consumer electronics with exports value of USD162.38

million, up by 99.8 percent; control and instrumentation with USD145 million, down by 19.1 percent; communication and radar with USD103.28 million, up by 42.1 percent; office equipment with USD67.73 million, down by 56.7 percent; automotive electronics with USD57.48 million, up by 81.8 percent; and medical and industrial instrumentation with USD28.87 million, down by 12.2 percent.

Meanwhile, exports revenue of the industry for the month of March alone inched up by a percent to USD2.36 billion from USD2.33 billion in the same period last year.

Electronics sector had the lion share in the country’s exports revenue for March 2016 or sharing 51.1 percent of the total USD4.61 billion exports value.

Top 10 export destinations of the country’s electronic goods for March include Hong Kong, United States of America, China, Japan, Singapore, Germany, Taiwan, South Korea, Thailand, and the Netherlands. (PNA)

Electronics exportsup 4.5% in Q1

LISTED international seafood company Alliance Select Foods

International Inc. saw its turn-around strategy take effect in the first quarter of 2016. The Group improved its net income by over 2,700% - generating an unprecedented high income of $519,000 - driven by an improvement in the firm’s gross profit margins to 16%. The improvement is attributed to new management’s optimization efforts in 2015, including strategies to secure lower cost raw materials, execution of cost-cutting initiatives across all areas of operations, and

improvement of customer relationships.

The company’s total liabilities meanwhile declined by 9.1%, from $30.4 million end-2015 to $27.7 million at the end of first quarter. Furthermore, the company’s first quarter finance costs fell by 46% from $450 thousand in Q1 2015 to $242 thousand in Q1 2016. The decline in total liabilities and finance costs was mainly due to the effective use of proceeds from its successful stock rights offering and internally generated funds. Liquidity, as measured by current ratio,

Alliance Select Q1 net income upby over 2,700% amid tough market

crc@edgedavao.netBy CHENEEN R. CAPON

NGCP: Zero grid-relatedincidents on election dayTHE National Grid

Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP)

reported zero grid-related incident during the May 9 national election. The NGCP deactivated its 24-hour election monitoring center on May 10, 2016.

“NGCP did not encounter any major system disturbance on election day,” said Milfrance Capulong,

corporate communication officer of the NGCP for Mindanao.

Capulong said power players established the Power Task Force Election (PTFE) 2016, headed by the Department of Energy (DOE), headquartered at NGCP’s Overall Command Center in Diliman, Quezon City and operated round the clock beginning May 8.

“The power system condition and restoration activities were monitored hourly, and reports from the Regional Command Centers were received and submitted to the DOE and other external agencies.

Satellite command centers also operated round the clock,” she said.

The satellite command centers were located in La

Union, Benguet, Pangasinan, Isabela, Bataan, Pampanga, Bulacan, Laguna, Cavite, Quezon, Camarines Sur, Cebu, Leyte, Bacolod, Iloilo, Iligan, Zamboanga del Sur, Cagayan de Oro, Butuan, Davao, and General Santos.

The corporation will resume its regular maintenance activities and expansion projects on May 17, Capulong added.

MARCO POLO PROMO. A guest of The Marco Polo Davao gets to choose from a wide array of grilled meat and seafood and bottomless beer and other beverages as part of the hotel’s summer promotion at the Deck every Friday and Saturday nights of May and June. Lean Daval Jr.

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EDITORIALLaying the groundwork

PRESIDENT-IN-WAITING Rodrigo Duterte is now laying the groundwork for his administration.

Duterte has called on his team to coordinate with Malacanang for a smooth turnover of power. There are urgent executive actions that must be done including the preparation of the 2017 national budget, among others.

Tasked to lay down the Duterte administration are promi-nent names from the campaign team of the PDP-Laban candi-date. They are campaign manager Leoncio Jun Evasco; assistant campaign manager and executive assistant Christopher Bong Go; Carlos G. Dominguez, former cabinet member and head of campaign finance committee; lawyers Salvador Medialdea and Loreto Ata, Duterte’s personal lawyers, and Peter Laviña, the head of the Duterte-Cayetano Media Team. The team also has the support and guidance of Senator Alan Peter Cayetano, former Transportation Secretary and elected Davao del Norte congressional representative Pantaleon Alvarez, former press secretary Jesus Dureza and first district Representative Karlo

Alexei Nograles. Former presidential assistant for Mindanao Paul Dominguez will also play a vital role in the team.

Given that, we expect that the Duterte administration is ready to buckle down to work after President Aquino leaves the Pal-ace officially on June 30. Judging from the preparations of the Duterte team, it looks like they are already ready for this long time ago. Careful planning and a forward-looking mentality is a strong quality of the Duterte team. In fact, they have prepared what to do in the first 100 days.

The country is in for a radical change. Mayor Duterte is his own man. He is not like any of his predecessors and this is something the country will have to look forward to. This leader is essentially an action man and is one who will not rely on oth-ers to do the job if need be.

The success, however, of the Duterte administration will not rely solely on his team or on him. A Duterte presidency is ex-pected to be participative and consultative and one that will not hesitate to wield a strong arm where necessary.

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LAST May 3, EDGE Davao carried this news item released by the state-run Philippine News Agency (PNA): “The provincial gov-

ernment of South Cotabato has stepped up its border surveillance and operations against malaria as it awaits the declaration of the entire area as free from the mosquito-borne disease.”

According to the PNA report, no single in-digenous case of malaria has been recorded in any part of the province since 2012. As such, South Cotabato may be declared as malar-ia-free “if it sustains zero incidence of indige-nous case of the disease for five consecutive years.”

The following day, on May 4, it has been reported that malaria cases in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao decreased during the first quarter of 2016. “Only 33 malaria cas-es were reported region-wide from January to March as compared to same period where it recorded 68 cases,” the PNA said.

Dr. Kadil Sinolinding, of the ARRM’s De-partment of Health, said that 21 cases were from Sulu province while Tawi-Tawi and Ma-guindanao have nine and three cases, respec-tively. The consistent decline in malaria cases, he pointed out, is “a major accomplishment for the agency and the regional government.”

Malaria is caused by a bite of a mosquito, which has about 2,000 species. The species that transmit malaria are classified in the ge-nus Anopheles. There are some 400 species of Anophelesmosquitoes, but only about 70 species are known to be responsible for trans-mitting malaria.

About 30 are of major importance, respon-sible for a significant amount of all malaria cases around the world. On the other hand, malaria is caused by four types of plasmodium, a single-cell parasite transmitted by the bite of the female Anopheles. Of these four types, Plas-

modium falci-parum produces the greatest number – and the most lethal – of infections.

According to Geneva-based World Health Organization (WHO), anoph-eles mosquitoes lay their eggs in water, which hatch into lar-vae, eventually emerging as adult mosquitoes. The female mosquitoes seek a blood meal to nurture their eggs. Each species of Anopheles mosquito has its own preferred aquatic habitat; for example, some prefer small, shallow collections of fresh water, such as puddles and hoof prints, which are abundant during the rainy season in tropical countries.

Transmission is more intense in places where the mosquito lifespan is longer (so that the parasite has time to complete its develop-ment inside the mosquito) and where it prefers to bite humans rather than other animals.

Transmission also depends on climatic con-ditions that may affect the number and survival of mosquitoes, such as rainfall patterns, tem-perature and humidity.

“In many places, transmission is seasonal, with the peak during and just after the rainy season,” the United Nations health agency says. “Malaria epidemics can occur when cli-mate and other conditions suddenly favor transmission in areas where people have little or no immunity to malaria.”

Dr. Dominic Garcia, an infectious specialist,

says malaria can also be transmitted accidental-ly by blood transfusion, or through contaminat-ed needles or syringes. “During pregnancy, fe-tuses can become infected with parasites from the blood of the mother,” he cautioned.

According to a WHO publication, Rural Health, the malaria parasite is not simply trans-ferred from one person to another but must live part of its life in the mosquito. It is for this reason that malaria is such a threat to health in the tropics but not in cooler countries or at high altitudes (where the temperature is lower). One of the many threats posed by climate change caused by global warming is that it could ex-tend the territory in which malaria is a health problem.

As a result of global warming, malaria is now “transmitting disease above 2,000 meters, where people hitherto not been taking precau-tions against malaria,” to quote the words of Dr. Rudi Sloff, a leading expert on climate change and human health.

“The cycle of malarial infection begins when a female mosquito bites a person with malaria,” explains The Merck Manual of Medical Informa-tion. “The mosquito ingests blood that contains malarial parasites. Once inside the mosquito, the parasite multiplies and migrates to the mos-quito’s salivary gland. When the mosquito bites another person, the parasites are injected along with the mosquito’s saliva. Inside the person, the parasites move to the liver and multiply again. They typically mature over an average of one to three weeks, then leave the liver and invade the person’s red blood cells.”

It is at this point that the bitten person be-gins to feel the symptoms. The first signs are usually fever and a general feeling of aching and being unwell, often with a bad headache.

Many people who have had malaria feel that they can tell it from other illnesses, but this

is a dangerous belief in reality since at this stage malaria is easily confused with many other ill-nesses such as an attack of flu. Other symptoms such as cough, vomiting or diarrhea may lead the patient to think the problem is a chest infec-tion or a stomach upset.

If treatment is not started quickly, the pa-tient gets more ill. “Malaria can kill an individual in just an hour, if the one being infected is not aware that he’s been bitten,” the WHO points out.

The symptoms are caused by the destruc-tion of the red cells, causing anemia, the release of toxins into the bloodstream as the parasite bursts out of the red cells, and the blocking of small blood vessels throughout the body.

The patient becomes weaker. Danger signs include persistent vomiting, becoming confused, increasing difficulty in breathing, or having an epileptic fit. The patient may become unconscious, a condition known as “cerebral malaria.”

Any of these symptoms is a sign of serious problem and the patient needs urgent admis-sion to a hospital or health center with the facil-ities for good inpatient care.

According to the latest WHO estimates, released in December 2015, there were 214 million cases of malaria in 2015 and 438,000 deaths.

“In areas with high transmission of malar-ia, children under 5 are particularly susceptible to infection, illness and death; more than two-thirds (70%) of all malaria deaths occur in this age group,” the WHO says.

Vector control is the main way to prevent and reduce malaria transmission. Two forms of vector control – insecticide-treated mosquito nets and indoor residual spraying – are effective in a wide range of circumstances, according to the WHO.

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THINK ON THESE!

YESTERDAY, with reference to presidential elections since 1930, we considered the 2016 presidential election issues as“old

tale retold”; today, we will discuss this election as“the dirtiest”and the“most enigmatic”. Meanwhile, may we correct a slip of the finger in yesterday’s article: the first name of Tolstoy is“Leo”, not“Leon”.

The DirtiestAll elections are dirty – a season

of muckraking, mudslinging, exposé of sins of omission and commission, name-calling,etcetera,involving not only the candidates but also their families and kin. This is part of“democratic election”. Anyone who wants to“serve”the country through the ballots must be hard-nosed and thick-skinned enough to withstand the stench and the barbs.

This is“normal”especially among local candidates. On the national level, presidential candidates usually leave the dirty stuff to their parties and leaders. But in this 2016 election, presidential candidates don’t mind the dirt –personalan(personal insults and accusations); polluting the air lanes with expletives, curses, indecencies; vilification,etcetera —while they are supposed to focus on their programs of government.

That makes the 2016 presidential election the dirtiest.

There are five candidates. Three gentlemen – Manuel A. Roxas II, “Mar”; Jejomar Binay, “Jojo”; and, Rodrigo R. Duterte, “Rody” or “Digong”; and, two ladies – Miriam Defensor-Santiago, “Miriam”; and, Grace Poe, “Grace”.•Digong cursed Pope Francis and regaled

his audience with a“rape joke”. As guest of

the Makati Business Club, he could not hold his“bad mouth”, confessed he has mistresses and told his hosts that they, too, have.•JojocalledDigonga“killer”.Digongreturned

the favor, asked the voters to choose between the“killer”of people’s killers and the“thief”of people’s money.•Digong called Mar’s economic degree

from Wharton a fake. Mar dared Digong to withdraw if proven wrong. They challenged each other to a boxing or slapping bout – not dirty, but childish, ridiculous, undignified.•Miriam labeled Digong as the“NPA

candidate”and Grace asthat of the “CIA”. Grace labeled Digong“a self-confessed executioner (berdugo)”; Jojo,“a thief”; and, Mar,“an insensitive nonperformer”. Not dirty – it only shows“ladies”cannot be outdone by“gentlemen”.

Hari-HariWhen we were kids, we had a game,hari-

hari(king-king) played in the deep portion of a brook – in the 1930s, brooks were deep. We splashed water on the sloping bank of the brook making it slippery and chose one of us ashariof the slippery slope. We clambered the bank to pull him down as he pushed us back. If thehariwas dislodged, a new one was prevented from taking over. If one succeeded ashari, the sport continued.

The five presidential candidates have been playing hari-hari.

At the start, Jojo was the hari enjoying over 40 percent voters’ preference in all poll surveys.“Mud-balls”rained on him, fashioned mainly out of his and his family’s alleged ill-gotten and unexplained wealth as investigated by the Senate and the Ombudsman.

Jojo dislodged, Grace enjoyed the same overwhelming voters’ preference. Then, she was pelted with disqualification cases for allegedly not being a natural-born Filipino citizen and being lacking the 10-year residence requirement. Jojo labeled her an OJT (on the job training) president. She was called a liar — lying in some personal records and official documents to validate her natural-born citizenship and residency claims.

Digongdislodged Grace as thehari. His “bad mouth”; his being perceived as human rights and women’s rights violator; his declared dictatorial tendency; his failure to present to the Makati Business Club a comprehensive economic development plan; his evident lack of manners, low morality and integrity; and,very recently, the exposé on his alleged ill-gotten wealth including multi-billion peso bank deposits were all thrown at him. Two days before election, Digong is still thehari.

Most EnigmaticBy Duterte’s 33 percent voters’ preference

– 11 percent ahead of Poe, his closest rival – he has made this 2016 election most enigmatic. Unless the poll surveys are spurious, Duterte will win with a big plurality on Monday, May 9. President Aquino cannot accept this looming inevitability. Duterte, he said, is a threat to democracy and must be stopped.

He is moving desperately to avert Duterte’s

election. He has called on Duterte’s four rivals to unite, particularly Roxas and Poe. His proposal is futile. Binay and Santiago are dismissive. A Roxas-Poe merger would call for either of them to withdraw but neither will; besides, withdrawal this late will only create chaos.

Roxas has taken the quixotic task alone. He is raising the specter of martial law under Duterte with Marcos as the probable vice president. His battle cry now is:“It’s now dictatorship vs democracy.”Earlier it was,“The election is between me and Duterte.”

QUESTION:How will Aquino and Roxas stop Duterte? By foul means if the fair fails?

The post-election can be much more enigmatic.

Duterte can lose.Will his supporters accept it?

In all probability, he will win.Will he rule with iron-hand?Will his presidency really mean the death of democracy?

In all probability, theDaang Matuwidcoalition led by the LP will dominate the Senate and the House.Will there be an entente between Malacañang and the Congress or a state of war?

The Catholic Church has promised critical collaboration with Duterte should he win.

God sees the truth. May He not wait long to intervene.

(Comment” is Mr. Patricio P. Diaz’ column for MindaViews, the opinion section of MindaNews. Mr. Diaz is the recipient of a “Lifetime Achievement Award” from the Titus Brandsma for his “commitment to education and public information to Mindanawons as Journalist, Educator and Peace Advocate. You may e-mail your comments to patpdiazgsc@yahoo.com)

Election 2016 as we see it (Part 3)

BY PATRICIO P. DIAZ

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Tuesday afternoon the win-ners for the congressional race. For the first district, Kar-lo Alexei Nograles won the race garnering 198,304 total votes. Mylene Garcia won the race in the second district who got 148,509 total number of votes. Alberto Ungab, brother of incumbent Congressman Isidro Ungab, won the battle in the third district obtaining 114,389 total number of votes.

For first district council-ors, Mabel Acosta got the first place with 154, 648 votes, fol-lowed by J. Melchor Quitain Jr. with 146, 784, Edgar Ibuyan Jr.with 143, 883, Leah Libra-do ,139,078, Bonifacio Militar 127,351, Nilo Abellera Jr. 126, 918, Joanne Bonguyan 117, 782 and Pilar Braga 107,082

For second district coun-cilors, Marissa Salvador-Abella got the first place garnering 122,331 total of votes, fol-lowed by Cherry Bonguyan

with118,248, Al Ryan Alejan-dre 117,112, Danilo Dayang-hirang 115,060, Dante Apostol 112,459, April Marie Day-ap 108,539, Jimmy Dureza 105,578 and Diosdado Mahi-pus 104,413.

For third district, Bernard Al-ag got the top spot with 117,119 total number of votes, followed by Avegayle Ortiz with 103,423, Victorio Advin-cula Jr. 99,437, Jesus Zozobra-do III 98,896, Antoinette Prin-cipe-Castrodes 97,358, Mary Joselle Dilig-Villafuerte 95, 567, Conde Baluran 89,057 and Rene Lopez 88,463.

Meanwhile, Casquejo said the Davao City has a 72 per-cent of voting turn-outs from the 753,000 registered voters in the city.

He said this percentage is higher compared to the 2013 election which the city only had around 50 percent voting turn-outs.

congressional representative Pantaleon Alvarez, former press secretary Jesus Dureza and first district Represen-tative Karlo Alexei Nograles. Former presidential assistant for Mindanao Paul Dominguez was also seen at Marco Polo.

The meeting followed a call from Aquino to Duterte congratulating the latter for winning the presidential elec-tions with an assurance of fa-cilitating a smooth transition. Aquino is also expected to form his transition committee to work with Duterte’s team.

Bong Go confirmed to the media that Aquino called Dute-rte on Tuesday night.

The transition team will only be one of the groups that will be formed to lay the groundworks for Duterte’s as-sumption into office.

Earlier, Laviña said there is also the search committee and the team that will plan for Duterte’s inauguration.

According to him, the tran-sition committee will help the mayor identify members of the cabinet and create a team to review Duterte and Cayetano’s policy statements during the campaign.

The transition commit-tee will also coordinate with Malacañang officials following a statement by the chief of the Presidential Communications Group Herminio Coloma offer-ing help for transition.

For the inauguration, Laviña said they would coor-dinate with Malacanang on protocols.

A team will also be identi-fying personal envoy to com-municate with head of embas-sies in the Philippines, church-

es, civil society organizations, Armed Forces of the Philip-pines, Philippine National Po-lice, business chambers, World Bank, Japan International Co-operating Agency (JICA), Asian Development Bank, among others.

Meanwhile, the members of the mayor’s core group vowed to work that Duterte’s administration will succeed that will include in Congress.

When asked if there are senators or congressional rep-resentatives who have jumped ship or expressed to support Duterte.

Cayetano said it is up for the Senate if they want to sup-port the administration or not but they will always welcome offers of support.

Alvarez said they are do-ing their best that Duterte’s administration will not be a failure. “Ayaw natin na failure ang bagong administration kaya ginagawa natin ito para suportahan yong bagong na-kaupo kung ano programa niya (We do not like the new administration to be a failure that is why we are doing this so that the new one who sits there is supported…what is his program),” Alvarez said.

Alvarez added that it should not be if “you are on the other side you are already an enemy.”

On the other hand, Go assured that Duterte is not vindictive. “Pag tapos na ang election talo na ang tao bag-sak na tutulungan ka pa. Hindi vindictive si mayor (When the election is finish…the person lost and down he would help. The mayor is not vindictive),” he assured. (PNA)

Lester Sinsuat, on the other hand, was also leading the vice gubernatorial contest with 209,540 votes as against Dustin Mastura’s 92,544 votes.

Maguindanao has 634,323 registered voters and about 82 percent have cast their votes due to mobility problems and security issues.

Mangudadatu, provincial chairperson of Liberal Party in Maguindanao is seeking his third and last term as provin-cial governor.

According to the legal team Mangudadatu, it will file crimi-nal charges against the follow-ers of Midtimbang for mauling

three employees of Maguind-anao provincial government on suspicion that they were to smuggle out election flash disks.

Midtimbang support-ers held a rally in front of the ARMM’s Shariff Kabunsuan Cultural Center to protest the transfer of canvassing from the ARMM compound to Buluan, claiming the site identified by the Comelec was the bailiwick of Mangudadatu.

The transfer of canvassing venue is expected to hasten the canvassing and eventual-ly proclamation of winners. (PNA)

that, as Batocabe emphasized, “benefited not only Bicolanos but all the Filipinos”.

AKO Bicol slotted itself in the top three in both the SWS and PulseAsia surveys in January, jumped between the second and third spots in February and March, before ce-menting itself at the top of both surveys in April.

“We are very thankful for the continued love the Bicola-nos has poured to AKO Bicol, and since this is my 3rd and last term, I will strive to pour heart and passion into the service of the Bicolanos”, said AKO Bicol Representative Christopher Co, who has been a nominee since the partylist secured three seats in 2010.

With 5.3 percent of the total partylist votes and count-ing, AKO Bicol is assured three

seats in the 17th Congress of the Philippines, with Batocabe as the first nominee, Alfredo Garbin as the second nominee, and Co as their third nominee. Garbin has been a previous nominee in the partylist’s first term and was part of 12 com-mittees during his congressio-nal stint.

“I am humbled and grate-ful for the continued support of our beloved Bicolanos, as our advocacy and programs well resonated to our Bicolano constituency”, said Garbin, “we will continue to do what AKO Bicol has started for the past six years and expand it even more to reach out to more Bicolanos and Filipinos”.

Joining AKO Bicol in the top three are Gabriela (4.3 percent) and 1Pacman (4.2 percent). (PNA)

also not to feel sad.“Oo, definitely swing votes

(OAV) na ngayon ‘yan, consid-ering na ang pinagbabasehan nila lahat ay partial unofficial results, I don’t think it’s safe for anyone to celebrate at this point, and conversely hindi naman din siguro dapat na may malungkot na ngayon,” he added.

Comelec data showed that a total of 429,802 out of the 1.3 million Filipino voters over-seas have participated in the month-long OAV.

Among the posts that have not been canvassed are: Hong Kong, United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Canada and the United States. (PNA)

Mayor) 12,671Jose S. Juario (Mun. Vice May-or) 10,649

Sangguniang Bayan Mem-bersJoel Lungtad 12,851

Visitacion Sanat 11,279Eufemia S. Jayectin 11,212Jobert Matugas 10,814Simporiano T. Remedios 9,193Abelardo S. Abelita 8,754Alice B. Binalangbang 8,467Salvador T. Jauod 7,639

17.03 percent and net interest margin at 3.14 percent.

Total assets rose by 22 percent to Php1.28 trillion, boosted by among others, total deposits, which expanded by 25 percent to Php1.14 trillion. Total capital increased by 24 percent to Php90.12 billion.

”We are well-positioned

for sustained growth this year as we continue to boost revenue and manage expenses in order to further drive support to our priority sectors, foremost to farmers and fishers, microenterprises, and SMEs, agribusiness and other development players,” Pico said. (PNA)

is crucial to ease government regulation and strengthen market intelligence gathering in partnership with the pri-vate sector. We also need to maximize the opportunities in trade agreements and eco-nomic groupings particularly within the ASEAN region,” the Cabinet official said.

For the first quarter of 2016, exports amounted to US$13.1 billion, 8.4 percent lower than the US$14.3 billion registered last year.

“Given the growth of mer-chandise exports in the first quarter, the Philippines needs to grow by at least 8.3 percent in the next three quarters to attain the low-end projection of the Export Development Council of 5.4 percent in 2016,” said Esguerra, who is also NEDA Director-General.

Meanwhile, in March 2016, total earnings from

manufactured products dropped by 11.1 percent to reach US$4.0 billion from US$4.5 billion in the same pe-riod last year.

“This is a reflection of a general slowdown in the global manufacturing sector. On the upside, wood manu-factures, and iron and steel posted positive growth rates in March 2016. Electronic ex-ports also reached its tenth consecutive month of positive growth during the period,” said Esguerra.

In the short to medium term, he said it is important to promote industry and na-tional competitiveness by crafting policies to move do-mestic industries into high-er-value niches in the global value chain (GVC), and induc-ing multinational enterprises, which are lead firms in the GVCs, to locate in the country.

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Rod McKuen; painter Amedeo Modigliani; humorist Will Rogers; Prime Minister Marshal Tito; writers William Saroyan and Jack Lon-don; and aviation pio-neers Orville and Wilbur Wright. D.W. Griffith, American motion-pic-ture pioneer, is also in-cluded in the list.

In addition, four American presidents, four authors, a play-wright and critic, a com-poser, an oil magnate, and an aviator lead the list of 20 famous people who never attended col-lege.

The four American presidents singled out as confirmed college dropouts were (in alpha-betical order) Grover Cleve-land, remem-bered for his unswerving hon-esty in govern-ment; Abraham Lincoln who, while leading the North in the Civil War, preserved the Union, which he saw as a bas-tion of demo-cratic govern-ment; Harry S Truman, who be-came president after Franklin D. Roosevelt died during his term; and George Washington, the first and only president who never lived in Washington, D.C. (as it was named after him).

The four not-ed authors also confirmed as col-lege dropouts were Vir-ginia Woolf, the woman behind Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, and The Waves; Ernest Heming-way, who received a Pu-litzer Prize in 1953 for his novel The Old Man and the Sea and won a Nobel Prize for Litera-ture the following year; Rudyard Kipling, the first English winner of the No-bel Prize for Literature (1907); and Joseph Con-rad, the Polish-born En-glish novelist who is best known for his studies of individuals.

The other well-known personalities list-ed in the same category are statesman Joseph

Chamberlain, compos-er Aaron Copland, poet Hart Crane, socialist leader Eugene Debs, aviator Amelia Earhart, painter and author Kahlil Gibran, editor and jour-nalist H.L. Mencken, oil magnate John D. Rocke-feller, lecturer and hu-manitarian Eleanor Roo-sevelt, and British play-wright and critic George Bernard Shaw. We forgot to include French painter Paul Gauguin and British poet Dylan Thomas.

The Philippine coun-terparts are also formida-ble; but the fact is, most of them would rather forget that they dropped out of school. After all,

they enjoy stable jobs, they are talked about, they call the shots (so to speak), they grace count-less seminars and college convocations, they act, they direct, they hold key positions in the govern-ment but they all have one thing in common: they didn’t finish school-ing because of early suc-cess for other reasons equally compelling.

Among the famous Filipino school dropouts are National Artist Nick Joaquin and film direc-tor Lino Brocka. Both are also recipients of the Ramon Magsaysay Award. (All photos were taken from the net)

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BIGGER PICTURESuccessful dropoutsTHEY became

w o r l d - f a m o u s , acquired un-

told wealth and power, and collected various awards. But the fact is they never finished formal schooling. As it turned out, dropping out has become an asset rather than a liability.

Take the case of the well-known celebri-ties who never finished grade school, the sec-ondary course, and col-lege education. The Book of Lists – the very first of a series! – by David Wal-lechinsky, Irving Wallace and Amy Wallace cites at least fifteen noted peo-ple who never finished grade school And yet, they became famous philanthropists, actors, directors, writers, inven-tors, artists – and yes, politicians!

The list, not meant to encourage dropping out, is led by Andrew Carn-egie, an American steel magnate and philanthro-pist. In an essay, The Gospel of Wealth, he for-mulated his belief that the duty of the rich is to distribute their surplus wealth, and in 1900 he began to set up the vast number of charitable and educational institu-tions for which he is re-membered.

He is closely trailed by William “Buffalo Bill” Cody, American scout and showman. Then by Noel Coward, British actor, playwright, com-poser and famous for his witty comedies of manners such as Private Lives and Blithe Spirit; Samuel Gompers, Amer-ican labor leader who founded the American Federation of Labor; Maxim Gorkey, actually a pen name of Russian writer Aleksey Maksi-movich Peshkov;

Claudet Monet, French painter, leading exponent of impression-ism, a term coined after his picture Impression, Sunrise; Sean O’Casey, Irish playwright whose sardonic dramas depict the effects of poverty and war on the Irish; Al-fred E. Smith, American politician who was elect-ed governor of New York four times; John Philip Sousa, American band-leader and composer who is best remembered today for his military

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marches, including “The Stars and Stripes Forev-er” and “The Washington Post”; and Sir Henry M. Stanley, British explorer, soldier and journalist.

Also included in the list are Charles Chaplin, British film actor and director and great come-dian of the silent cinema; American dancer Isa-dora Duncan, who cre-ated and received more shocks in her life than the San Andreas Fault and made a legend out of her gargantuan appetites and illusions; Thomas Alva Edison, a famous in-somniac who would take a catnap of 30 minutes to an hour after a particu-

larly strenuous period of work; and Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Cle-mens in real life), Ameri-can author of Huckleber-ry Finn and The Prince and the Pauper, among many others.

The book also in-cludes a formidable list of 20 famous high-school or secondary-school dropouts. It is led by Al Pacino, the celebrated Italian-American actor who received several Academy Award nom-inations before getting a Best Actor Oscar for his tour de force perfor-mance in Scent of a Wom-an.

The rest of the in-

credible list of celebrity dropouts are singer and comedienne Cher (also an Oscar winner for her performance in Moon-struck); Mary Baker Eddy, founder of Chris-tian Science; American automobile manufactur-er Henry Ford, who pro-duced his first automo-bile in 1896; American composer George Ger-shwin, who wrote those highly regarded orches-tral pieces like Rhapsody in Blue, Piano Concerto, and An American in Par-is; German fuhrer Adolf Hitler;

American entertainer Dean Martin; cartoon-ist Bill Maudlin; poet

But the fact is they never

finished formal schooling. As it turned out,

dropping out has become an asset

rather than a liability.

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tuna, tiger prawns, pork ribs, and chicken thighs cooked right on the grill. My choice would be the tender and fatty lamb chops flame grilled to perfection and paired with a heaping serving of the Marco Polo Davao’s signature Tuna Kinilaw which is also part of the buffet. To complete the Fire and Ice buffet, bottomless servings of cold local beer are available to chase away the warm summer night. As the sun sets behind Mt. Apo and the exciting pyrodance performance by the Subak Artist group starts to light up the pool-side, I raise my beer mug to the sky, happy and glad that summer has been extended, even just for a little bit.

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WARM AFTERNOONS, SPECTACULAR SUNSETS, FRESH-LY GRILLED MEATS, COLD BEER, AND A DIP INTO THE POOL. These are my visions of summer, and at the Marco Polo Davao, summer has been extended for a few more weeks as they rolled out their Summer Plus deals.

Summer extended I was on-hand for the official launch of their Fire and Ice at the Deck. Available on all Fridays and Saturdays of May and

June, guests are treated to a buffet of salads, grilled seafood and meat, and dessert. One can choose from-

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SINCE THEN, I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN IN AWE OF HOW BAK-ERS AND PATISSER-IES ARE ABLE TO WHIP UP SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTI-FUL PASTRIES AND CAKES ON DISPLAY. The colors, the design and the smell is enough to have you craving in an instant. That glorifying moment when you slice the cake or pastry, see what’s inside and eventu-ally, have a taste is heaven on its own. True enough, I love looking at displays – especially of choco-lates and cakes and cookies and all that jazz. However, as much as I want to look at them and take double-tap worthy snaps, I am not too keen in eating them. I eat, don’t get me wrong, it’s just that I’d rather take small bites than devour it all by myself. In-stead, I want a variety. Aside from donut and des-serts with bananas in them (yes, I’m a self-confessed Ba-nana Lover!), I love the taste of store-bought custard cakes. It’s layered, soft and is not a boring treat. Resembling a chiffon cake, the topping is what sets it apart from the rest. Oh excuse me, the sweet custard on top, soft cake in the middle and oozing cara-mel sauce is what sets it apart. Now, that’s a dessert right there. In Davao, I love those sliced custard cakes they sell in malls. I usually choose one that is soaked with caramel sauce. Also, I love custard cakes sold in bakeshops outside of malls. See, I’m con-sistent. Normally, I’d take them to work or keep them inside my bag (in a zip lock) for whenever I get hungry. So, what’s your custard cake story? Of the many custard cake

recipes I’ve read and found on-line, there’s one that I keep on my fridge wall. Though I always end up with a different version of the previous, I’ll share with you my basic custard cake recipe that I tweak every so often.

For the Caramel Sauce In a deep pan, heat 1 cup of granulated sugar, and1 teaspoon

cinnamon powder until it melts. Transfer to pan (where you will be abking). Set aside. Others add lime zest and wa-ter to their caramel. If it suits you, then do so.

For the Custard In a bowl, mix 6 eggs, 1 can condense milk, 1 cup fresh milk (others use evaportaed milk) and sugar. Mix until well com-bined. Pour custard mixture unto pan with caramel. Use a siever to get rid of lumps (do this and you’ll thank me later). Set aside.

For the Chiffon Cake In a clean bowl, using an electric mixer, beat 6 egg yolks. Gradually add sugar (½ cup in total). Beat until well incorpo-rated. Alternately, add small amount of cake flour with milk diluted in water and mix well (1 ½ cup cake flour and ¼ cup milk with

¼ cup water (milk diluted in wa-ter). Mix well to get rid of lumps. Once the cake flour and milk is well incorporated, add ½ tea-spoon to 1 teaspoon of lime zest. You can also use lemon or or-ange zest. Mix well. Set aside.

For the Meringue In a clean dry bowl, add 6 egg whites and beat until it becomes frothy. Best achieved with an electric mixer on high speed. Add ½ teaspoon cream of tartar and continue to beat until the mixture beocmes fluffy. Gradually, add ½ cup granu-lated sugar. Meringue is done when it’s shiny and forms a peak.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Fold cake mixture unto the meringue. Do this slowly to not loose the air in your meringue.

This will make your cake fluffy. Blend well. Once done, pour cake and meringue mixture over custard mixture in the baking pan (cus-tard and caramel syrup. Pour 6 to 8 cups of hot water (boiled water) on a deep roast-ing pan. Arrange rack in place and place cake pan on top. Bake for an hour or until a toothpick comes clean when poked. If yes, remove cake from the overn and let cool. If not, let cake cook for a minute or so. Once cooled, flip cake pan unto a serving tray or plate. You can serve it outright or chill before serving. I love it when it kind of chilled. Make #TheRoyalChef your Thursday habit! Follow my messy food affair attheroyalchefeats.wordpress.com or on Instagram at @theroyalchefleebai.

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The layered sweetness of Custard Cake

Resembling a chiffon cake, the topping is what sets it apart from the rest. Oh

excuse me, the sweet custard on top, soft cake in the middle and oozing caramel sauce is what sets it apart. Now, that’s

a dessert right there.

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Dominic Roco says that being single is a choice

Rhian Ramos names her favorite roles to date

KAPUSO STAR DOMINIC ROCO WAS LAST ROMANTICALLY INVOLVED WITH ACTRESS MAXENE MAGALONA IN 2012, and he has since been single. “I’ve been single for four years, and I have no problems naman,” the actor told Mars hosts Camille Prats and Suzi Abrera about his current relationship status. “It’s a choice naman eh,” he added. Dominic said that he is not ashamed of being single, and that he is not ready to settle down as well. The 27-year-old actor said, “Malayo pa ako. I’m still enjoying my life.” It’s also a good thing that his family doesn’t pressure him, “They

don’t really care.” His peers are the ones bugging him about it, “They tell me, ‘Oh, bakit wala ka pang girlfriend? Ayaw ko pa eh, ‘wag mo akong pilitin.’ [When] you’re in a relationship, it’s a big responsibility [at] ako hindi pa [ready] sa responsibility eh.” The young Roco revealed that some of his friends are already married, and his time will eventually come. “If you’re ready to settle down, that’s the only time you find someone. But if you’re not, stay single [and] enjoy! You don’t have to rush things naman eh,” the Juan Happy Love Story star pointed out.

THE VERSATILITY OF RHIAN RAMOS HAS SCORED HER VARIOUS ROLES IN DIFFERENT PROGRAM GENRES. In an interview, she named some of the most unforgettable characters she brought to life.

Turn up the summer fun at Felcris CentraleBRING YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY FOR SOME FOOD TRIPPIN’ TRIVIA LOVING, SOUL SINGING, SUMMER SWEAT OUT CHALLENGE THIS MAY 12-15 AT FELCRIS CENTRALE! Jam with the Influence band on May 12 and 15 at 6pm, bring your friends for some open mic fun while enjoying grills and drinks at the Alfresco. Who said Friday the 13th is unlucky? Its payday trivia madness night at the Alfresco at 6pm, form a group with your friends and family and

challenge #TEAMPURARI as they try to defend their BRAINIAC Title! On the spot prizes and GC’s will be given away to lucky winners. Calling all health buffs and zumbanatics, take on the Summer Sweat Out Challenge with Coach Niño Calamba this May 14 Saturday at 3PM. Onsite registration available, spot prizes and freebies will be given away! Special thanks to Unifrutti, Sophie Paris Davao, Pascual Consumer Healthcare Corp, RDL, Bioskin, Virginia, UMFWC. Inviting all art-lovers, drop-by ART CENTRALE Exhibit in partnership with Visit Davao Fun Sale 2016 and catch

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from who I am. Then in the middle of it, I realized that all people are alike somehow and we are not really that different after all. That realization helped me connect to my characters [and] I gained many new friends [from it].”

Rhian recently renewed her contract with GMA Network where she began her showbiz career ten years ago. She shared that she looks forward to attacking her roles with more maturity and confidence.

Lola in ‘LaLola’ “The first favorite project that I would [name] is LaLola. That was my first title role and it was funny because I played a guy that overnight turned into a girl. The premise was laugh trip.”

Jodi/Jenna in ‘Stairway to Heaven’ “My first really, really heavy drama which was Stairway to Heaven [was a favorite] because that was the project that taught me what acting

really is. I really feel like I became a different [and stronger] person in [the] months [we were shooting that].”

Jade in ‘The Rich Man’s Daughter’ “The Rich Man’s Daughter was also another favorite of mine because it strengthened the things that I’ve learned acting-wise. It was like a challenge for me because I approached the project thinking that this is something that is so far

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DAGUPAN PRIDES ITSELF WITH A UNIQUE FUSION OF ACTIVITIES IN ITS ANNUAL BANGUS FESTIVAL. It has con-sistently drawn people from different places for the past 11 years that it has been commemorated. This celebration centers on the Dagupan’s most prized produce which is the tasty Bangus.

What started as a humble festival has now grown into one of big festivity. It now has the Gilon Gilon ed Dalan that depicts the ban-gus gathering activity. The city gets busy as it comes alive with the Bangusan Street Party and the Kalutar as Dalan. The food laden streets are filled with various bangus prod-ucts, stages were also set for the live music and non stop entertainment. GMA partnered with MX3 to bring the Kapuso stars Derrick Monasterio, Bea Binene, Andrea Torres, Mike Tan, Kristoffer Mar-tin, Rafael Rosell, Carla Abellana and Joyce Ch-ing. On stage games and activities also added more fun and excite-ment to the event held at the Judge De Venecia Highway, Dagupan City. MX3 is always happy to go around and see places. The country is blessed with wonderful sights and equally beau-tiful people. Through traveling MX3 is able to introduce its products in a different platform. Festivals like this allows MX3 to touch base with its users and future MX3 patrons. Alpha, Beta and Gamma Mangostin is known for a long list of benefits that help people maintain good health. It has potent anti oxidant and anti imflammatory properties that can be of help for the young and the young at heart. Alpha, beta and gamma mangostin comes from the exocarp of mango-steen; coming from a natural source, there is no harm of contamina-tion and exposure to chemicals.

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of 158,519 voters, with 130 voting centers and 1,180 es-tablished precincts.

In an earlier interview in Malita, Congressman Bautista said that immediately after the new set of officials have as-sumed into office, all necessary preparations will be undertak-en for the operational set up of the province.

Hiring of the provincial capitol personnel will be among the first steps to make, he said, adding that an Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) of around P400 million has been set by the Department of Bud-get and Management (DBM) for the province for the next six months (July-December 2016).

Meanwhile, the conduct of the 2016 National and Local Elections has been generally peaceful in Davao del Sur and Davao Occidental since the start of the campaign period up to this writing when trans-mission of election returns from polling precincts and can-

vassing of ballots at the mu-nicipal and provincial Board of Canvassers are ongoing, ex-pectedly.

Davao del Sur Provincial Police Director PSSUPT Dario Gunabe, who was also over-seeing the Provincial Election Monitoring Action Center at the Davao del Sur Coliseum, said the election was orderly and peaceful though with de-lays due to some Vote Count-ing Machines which malfunc-tioned.

Gunabe said 67 polling precincts affected by the mal-function of VCMs in Davao del Sur were allowed an exten-sion of voting hours beyond 5:00pm as the closing time of the casting of votes.

In Davao Occidental, 11 polling precincts also extend-ed voting time due to the same cause of delay.

Davao Occidental Election supervisor Atty. Ma. Febes Barlaan said the minor glitch caused by some defective VCMs had been promptly ad-

dressed to, saying that her office has ample contingency to replace malfunctioning ma-chines.

In fact, Barlaan said, her office was able to lend spare VCMs to Davao del Sur.

The transmittal of election returns was expected to begin by 11pm yesterday, but Bar-laan said some polling centers especially from remote baran-gays mostly from Jose Abad Santos will have to immedi-ately transmit the ERs manu-ally to the Municipal Board of Canvassers.

The Comelec official ex-pected that canvassing of election returns will be com-pleted today (May 10) at the Provincial Board of Canvass-ers, and was hopeful to be able to declare winners by May 11 (Wednesday).

She said the conduct of the election in the province was under control and was gener-ally peaceful up to the islands of Sarangani town. (PIA-11/Carina L. Cayon)

and solvency, as measured by debt to equity ratio, both improved from 1.11 and 0.80 to 1.16 and 0.72, respectively, from December 31, 2015 to March 31, 2016.

The cost of goods sold by the company declined by 35% due to effective fish sourcing efforts as well as aggressive cost management, among

others. Further results from current management’s cost-cutting initiatives include a 5% decline in selling and administrative expenses and a 100% decline in other expenses.

“We are very encouraged by the Company’s first quarter performance. The meticulous clean-up and aggressive cost

efficiency efforts implemented by new management beginning 2014 are now steadily bearing fruit, and we believe that these efforts will continue to sustain the company as we contend with the coming challenges of 2016 such as the ill-effects of El Niño and anticipated steep increase of fish cost,” See explained.

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WOMEN CAN. Kalahi-CIDSS women volunteers in Barangay Katipunan, Kapalong, Davao del Norte lead the construction of a P 2,119,839.00-worth 1,300 Linear Meter Drainage Canal through Kalahi-CIDSS PAyapa at MAsaganang PamayaNAn (PAMANA). Kalahi-CIDSS or Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services is one of the core programs of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) that aims to empower communities through

enhanced participation in local governance and poverty alleviation projects. The program also promotes the inclusion of women in paid physical labor, planning and decision making for social development issues at the community level. Based on DSWD records, 54% of Kalahi-CIDSS community volunteers in Region XI are women. About 7,000 of these women volunteers have attended capacity building sessions, and 1,848 served as laborers in the construction of community sub-projects. (DSWD)

DAVAO Light and Pow-er Co. will implement 15-minute power in-

terruptions on May 13 and 14 affecting customers in the southern part of its franchise.

The first service disrup-tion will be on May 13, Fri-day, from 11:45 p.m. to 12:00 m.n.. This will be necessary to transfer the load from Du-moy and Toril Substations to nearby lines to facilitate the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines’ upgrading works on its Matanao Sub-station.

Affected by this power outage are customers from Dumoy Brgy. Hall up to Toril Proper that includes the en-tire Toril area.

Another service disrup-tions will on May 14, Satur-day, which will be necessary to conduct a corrective main-

tenance servicing on Davao Light’s 69 kV line affecting Toril Feeder 2.

To avoid longer service disruptions, loads from the affected feeder will be tem-porarily transferred to near-by lines from 1:00 a.m. to 1:15 a.m.. Normalization or return to its normal set up will be from 4:00 a.m. to 4:15 a.m..

Customers affected are those from crossing Bato up to Inawayan.

Davao Light apologiz-es for the inconvenience of these scheduled power in-terruptions. But it will exert all efforts to restore electric service as scheduled or ear-lier. However, there may be instances where restoration may extend beyond the schedule due to unavoidable circumstances.

15-minute power interruptionsexpected on May 13 and 14

DAVAO City Water Dis-trict advises of two sets of water service

interruption affecting al-most all areas served by Line 2 of Dumoy Water Supply System (WSS).

First set is from 8:00 AM of May 14 until 4:00 PM of May 15. Affected are Bu-hangin: from Ma-a Bridge to Crossing Milan, from Cross-ing Milan to Villa Park Subd. and from J.P Laurel Avenue to DDF Mandug; Poblacion: Barangays 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13, Madapo Hills, Marfori Heights environs, Circumferential Road and Bacaca Road, left portion of Quirino Avenue from Ban-kerohan Public Market to corner J.P. Laurel Avenue; J.P. Laurel Avenue and imme-diate environs: left portion from corner Quirino Avenue to corner Garcia Heights and from Durian Hotel towards Davao-Agusan Road; Agdao areas: portion of Cabaguio Road (from DECO Machine Shop to J.P. Laurel Avenue), RGA Village Cabaguio, Cory Aquamarine, Palm Village, Sarphil Subd., Park View Avenue, SOS Village, YCF Vil-lage, Freedom Settlers Vil-lage and Water Lily Village; portions of Lanang, Pam-panga and Sasa: SM Lanang Premier, Angliongto/Mamay Road, Hillside Subd., Belisa-rio Village, Diamond Village I and II, Liceralde Village, JLA Subd., St. Anthony Village, Mamay Village, Roseville Subd., Victoria Heights, Vin-cent Heights, Leah Subd., Damosa, Grand Regal Hotel, Davao-Agusan road (from Lanang to Philippine Ports Authority), Damosa Fair-lane Subd., Pampanga Ur-ban Homeowners, Ramos Village, Villa De Davao Subd. and Diho Subd. I and II.

Second set is from 8:00 AM of May 14 until 4:00 AM of May 16. Affected are these elevated portions of La-nang, Pampanga, Sasa and Panacan: Doña Asuncion Subd., Summerhill Village, Guadalupe Village, Insular Village I, Fortune Executive Homes, Nova Tierra Village,

Belen Homes, Pampanga Executive Homes, San Roque Village, Don Lorenzo Homes, Bolton Village, Doña Pilar Village, Southern Homes, Doña Paz Village, Hacienda Village, Old Airport Road, Doña Aurelia Village, Louge-mar Village, Marla Com-pound, Doña Salud, Bel-Air Subd., Mercedes Village, Crystal Meadows, Tierra Verde Village, Doña Caridad Subd., De Guzman Village, EMI Ville Homes, Empress Subd., Tiera Niño Village, DPWH Depot, PMPC Village, Landmark I, II and III, San Juan Village, Vista Verde I and II, including Dumoy WSS connections in Ciudad de Esperanza, Camp Cat-itipan, AFP Mutual Homes, Davao International Airport and Iglesia ni Cristo.

DCWD’s Pipelines and Appurtenances Mainte-nance Department crew will tap the newly realigned 800mm diameter steel pipe in Ma-a Bridge along C.P. Garcia National Highway due to the road widening project of the Department of Public Works and High-ways.

DCWD general manager Edwin V. Regalado asks for the understanding and coop-eration of would-be affected customers. He also advises them to store enough water prior to the scheduled water interruption. Water supply may be restored earlier if work goes smoothly or later if unforeseen problems arise.

The general public may visit DCWD website (www.davao-water.gov.ph) and of-ficial Facebook page (www.facebook.com/davaowater) or call the Central Infor-mation Unit / Call Center through the 24-hour ho-tline 297-DCWD (3293) and press “1” on their phone dial to listen to latest daily wa-ter updates. They may also call / text 0927-7988966, 0925-5113293 and 0908-4410653 for other updates, complaints, queries and matters pertaining to DCWD services. (Katrina Belen M. Roble)

Water service interruption in areas served by line 2 of Dumoy wss

May 14-16, 2016

Marco Polo Davao to host Celebrations FairMARCO Polo Davao will

be hosting a two-day Celebrations Fair at

its main ballroom with the city’s top wedding and events suppliers. The Celebrations Fair is part of the 18th year anniversary activities of Min-danao’s first and only premier hotel.

Showcasing the latest trends in events planning, the fair will be participated by Cameo Events (official event partner), Giardano Gelato, Taters, Infinity Studio, DC Tech Micro Services, Alcohall, Wine Warehouse, Titania Wine Cel-lar, INVEX, Makeup Artistry by Isabel Chua, For the Love of Prints, Atelier de Marco, Edgar Buyan Couture, Golden Touch by Noel Tanza, Cake Tempta-tions, K Davao (formerly Ka-

suotan), Elegance Enterprise, and Simply Gray.

The fair will start at 10:00 AM this Friday with a fashion show of Erwin Tan’s wedding and gown collection from K Davao and is expected to be graced by celebrity-business woman, Juliana Palermo. The Celebrations Fair will run until May 14 (Saturday).

***Notes to editor:About Marco Polo Davao

Marco Polo Davao is stra-tegically located at the heart of the city. It is Mindanao’s first and only premier hotel with 245 well-appointed rooms and suites. For the past sixteen (17) years, the hotel still lives up to its luxurious elegance and rare brand of hospitality. The hotel also has newly-refurbished Su-perior rooms, Premier rooms, Continental Club rooms and the Presidential Suite. The Cabana room located at the

fourth level has its own patio, which has a remarkable view of The Deck.

About Global Hotel AllianceFounded in 2004, and

based on the airline alliance model, Global Hotel Alliance (“GHA”) is today the world’s largest alliance of indepen-dent hotel brands. GHA uses a shared technology platform to drive incremental revenues and create cost savings for its member brands, and operates a multi-brand loyalty pro-gramme, DISCOVERY, which has over six million members. GHA currently includes 32 brands, encompassing over 550 upscale and luxury hotels with 110,000 rooms across 76 different countries. For more information visit gha.com

MANILA, Philippines, May 11, 2015 – Mega-world’s subsidiary,

Global Estate Resorts Inc. (GERI), the country’s big-gest developer of integrated tourism estates, posted a net income of P209-million in the first quarter of 2016, up 50.84% from P139-million of the same period the previous year.

Consolidated revenues for the first three months of 2016 amounted to P1.46-billion, posting a growth of 65.23% from P885-million during the same period in 2015, as resi-

dential sales and hotel income soared to remarkable levels.

“The start of the year has been impressive thus far and we look forward to the rest of 2016 as we see a continuing momentum in our growth un-til year-end,” says Monica Salo-mon, president, GERI.

Real estate sales more than doubled year-on-year, soaring 102.79% to P1.12-billion in 1Q 2016 from P554-million compared to the same peri-od in 2015. This is attributed to strong residential sales in various residential projects, particularly in Boracay New-

coast in Aklan, Sta. Barbara Heights in Iloilo, Twin Lakes in Tagaytay, Southwoods City in Cavite-Laguna, and Alabang West in Las Pinas City.

“Our goal is to expand to other key growth areas around the country, capitalizing on our strategic and scalable land bank all over the Philippines, ” explains Salomon.

GERI presently has five (5) integrated leisure and tourism estate developments across the country covering around 2,146 hectares of land. These are Boracay Newcoast in Boracay Island, Aklan (150

hectares); Twin Lakes in Lau-rel, Batangas near Tagaytay (1,200 hectares); Southwoods City on the boundaries of Carmona, Cavite, and Biñan, Laguna (561 hectares); Sta. Barbara Heights in Sta. Barba-ra, Iloilo (173 hectares); and Alabang West in Las Piñas (62 hectares).

Megaworld currently owns 82.3-percent of GERI and it has taken an aggressive role in transforming GERI’s vast land bank into integrated urban townships, the concept that Megaworld pioneered in the Philippines.

Megaworld’s GERI 1Q profit up 50.85%; real estate sales more than doubled

VOL. 9 ISSUE 52 • THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2016 15

TWO IN A ROWEDGEDAVAO SPORTS

FROM the jaw-dropping half-court heaves that somehow sink through the net to the

dazzling drives and zippy passes from every which way, Stephen Curry’s desire to keep getting bet-ter while always trying to entertain at every stop has the Golden State superstar being mentioned right along with the best ever, Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson.

And he just turned 28. There might still be so much more for the 6-foot-3, baby-faced point guard whose ability to make it on the big NBA stage was initially questioned by some.

On Tuesday, Curry accom-plished something those former greats never did: He became the first unanimous NBA MVP, earning the award for the second straight season after leading the defending champion Warriors to a record-set-ting season.

‘’I never really set out to change the game. I never thought that would happen in my career,’’ Curry said. ‘’What I wanted to do was just be myself. ... I know it in-spires a lot of the next generation, a lot of people who love the game of basketball to value the skill of it, value the fact that you can work ev-ery single day to get better. You’ve got to be able to put the time and the work. That’s how I got here, that’s how I continue to get better

every single day.Curry is the 11th player in

league history to be voted MVP in consecutive seasons and the first guard since Steve Nash in 2004-05 and 2005-06. Curry received 1,310 points from the 130 media voters from the U.S. and Canada.

‘’I couldn’t imagine anybody not voting him first, and yet there always seems to be somebody who has to stand out,’’ Coach of the Year Steve Kerr said.

Curry was followed in the vote by Kawhi Leonard of San Antonio, LeBron James of Cleveland and Oklahoma City teammates Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant. Cur-ry’s teammate Draymond Green was seventh.

Nash, Golden State’s player development consultant, was on hand to congratulate Curry.

‘’It’s been weird, I haven’t had to say a word to him. It’s been the easiest job,’’ Nash said.

Curry is the first two-time MVP in franchise history, and Wilt Chamberlain (1959-60) is the only other Warriors winner. After guid-ing Golden State to its first cham-pionship in 40 years, Curry & Co. took that success even further to finish with 73 regular-season wins to top the mark set by the 1995-96 Chicago Bulls team that went 72-10.

In a stunning overtime per-

formance Monday night, Curry showed exactly how he can take over a game in a matter of seconds. He returned from a sprained right knee to score 40 points - and 17 in overtime - in a 132-125 win at Portland to put his team up 3-1 in the Western Conference semifinals.

Curry was sore and fatigued but ready to go again.

‘’He wants it,’’ Kerr said. ‘’There’s no ulterior motive. He just wants to be better. That’s who he is.’’

Curry, now one of the most recognizable and popular athletes worldwide, was pre-sented with his MVP trophy at Oracle Arena before trying to close out the series against the Trail Blazers at home Wednes-day night. His teammates were on stage to cheer the latest accom-plishment in a long list of them.

‘’He’s become one of the most popular athletes on the planet,’’ Kerr said. ‘’People relate to him. They genuinely enjoy watching him play and admire his humility and just the way he carries himself. The impact he’s had on the game is really dramatic.’’

Curry averaged an NBA-best 30.1 points per game to go with 6.7 assists and 5.4 rebounds. He also led the NBA with 2.1 steals a game while shooting 50.4 percent from the field, 45.4 percent from 3-point

range and 90.8 percent from the foul line.

F r o m the start of the season, Curry

vowed to take his game to another level - and did he ever. Now, all that matters to him is staying healthy and lead-ing the Warriors to another title.

One more MVP trophy for Curry

RUSSELL Westbrook had 35 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists, and the Okla-

homa City Thunder rallied in the fourth quarter to beat the San Antonio Spurs 95-91 on Tuesday night and take a 3-2 lead in the Western Conference semifinals.

Kevin Durant added 23 points as the Thunder won for the second time in San Antonio in the series. Oklahoma City can close out the series Thursday in Game 6 at home.

Westbrook sealed the victo-ry with a three-point play with 6.3 seconds remaining, scoring after the Spurs weren’t able to foul him intentionally and he drove for a layup while being fouled.

Kawhi Leonard finished with 26 points for San Antonio, which lost at home once in the regular season and has dropped two straight there now.

The Thunder took a 92-90 lead with 54 seconds remain-ing on a pair of free throws by Durant after Spurs guard Danny Green fell into his legs when he

appeared to be tripped by Steven Adams on an attempted screen.

Tony Parker missed the sec-ond of free throws to make it to 92-91. Parker also missed a 12-foot jumper.

Westbrook settled in after an erratic first half in which he committed six of the Thunder’s 13 first-half turnovers. He only had two turnovers after halftime.

Westbrook was 12 for 27 from the field in scoring a per-sonal series high.

Besides scoring at least 28 points for the fourth time in the series, the electrifying point guard had four offensive rebounds and two steals in 39 minutes.

The aggressive defense that brought Oklahoma City back into the series after an embarrassing Game 1 loss continued Tuesday night. The Thunder bodied the Spurs on the wings and then col-lapsed fully when San Antonio at-tempted to attack the lane.

Green added 20 points, going 6 for 9 shooting on 3-pointers. LaMarcus Aldridge also had 20 points but shot just 6 for 21.

NAIROBI, Ken-ya — Marathon world-record hold-

er Dennis Kimetto won’t run at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics after making himself unavailable for Kenya’s team.

Two-time London Mar-athon champion and 2012 Olympic bronze medalist Wilson Kipsang also asked not to be considered.

Eliud Kipchoge, winner of this year’s London Mar-athon in a course record

and the second-fastest time ever, will lead Ken-ya’s men’s challenge in Rio. Kipchoge won in London last month in 2 hours, 3 minutes and 5 seconds, just eight seconds off the world record set by Kimet-to in Berlin in 2014.

Kipchoge is joined by Stanley Biwott and Wes-ley Korir on the team an-nounced Tuesday. Cyprian Kotut and Bernard Kipyego are reserves.

Kimetto has failed to

repeat the form of 2014 and finished ninth at this year’s London Marathon in 2:11.44. Kimetto and Kipsang opted out of Rio after signing up to run in marathons soon after the Olympics.

Jemima Sumgong is on the women’s team after her victory at the London Mar-athon last month. Helah Kiprop and Visiline Jep-kesho were also selected, with reserves Mary Keita-ny and Florence Kiplagat.

Priscah Jeptoo, the sil-ver medalist at the London Olympics, didn’t make the team as she struggles with an injury.

Despite their regular dominance on the mara-thon circuit, Kenyans have failed to live up to their reputation at the Olympics. The late Samuel Wanjiru, who won gold at the Bei-jing Games in 2008, is the only Kenyan to claim an Olympic title in the mara-thon.

Thunder goes up 3-2 over Spurs Marathon record holder to skip Rio

BIG NIGHT. Russell Westbrook topscored for OKC with 35 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists. The Oklahoma City Thunder rallied in the fourth quarter to beat the San Antonio Spurs 95-91 an take a 3-2 series lead.

MANNY Pacquiao joined the call to unite in support of

the incoming president at the end of what had been a 2016 national elections.

Pacquiao, the boxing leg-end turned public servant who is currently running eighth in the senatorial race, posted on his Instagram ac-count a message of thanks to his supporters as well as his appeal to the nation and all candidates to set aside pol-itics and unite in support of the new administration to help make the country better.

“Nananawagan po ako sa lahat ng mga kandidato at sa buong sambayanang Pilipino. Napapanahon na rin na isant-

abi natin ang pulitika. Sana ay maging simbulo ang ating bagong Pangu-lo ng pagkakaisa ng bawat Pilipino at ako ay nananawagan na suportahan natin ang pagpasok ng ba-gong administrasyon, dahil hangad natin ang pagbabago tungo sa matiwasay na pamu-muhay at m a u n l a d na bansa,” w r o t e the Sa-rangani c o n -gress-m a n ,

who ran for a Senate post under the

United Nation-alist Alliance bannered by Vice Presi-dent Jejomar

Binay.As of

2:45 p.m. on May 10, Davao City mayor Rodrigo Duterte widened his lead in the pres-idential race to more than six million votes. His closest opponent, Liberal Party stan-dard-bearer Mar Roxas, has already conceded defeat and wished Duterte success as of 1 p.m.

To his supporters, Pac-quiao expressed his heart-felt gratitude for their trust.

“Ako at ang aking buong pamilya ay taos-pusong nag-papasalamat sa sambayanang Pilipino sa walang-sawang pagsuporta at pagtitiwala. Mahal ko po kayong lahat at nawa’y patnubayan po tayong lahat ng ating Mahal na Pangi-noon,” said Pacquiao.

Pacquiao: Let’s unite and support Duterte

VOL. 9 ISSUE 52 • THURSDAY, MAY 12, 201616 EDGEDAVAOSports

ALL of a sudden, Davao-based PBA frachise Phoenix Fuelmasters

is looking a whole lot differ-ent.

This came after the Fuel-masters became a major part of multi-player trades in the league before the Governors’ Cup.

Last week, Phoenix let go off two of its most depend-able players Mac Baracael and Emman Monfort and a 2018 draft pick to NLEX and acquired role players Mark Borboran and Simon Enciso.

Then came yesterday’s deal that shipped Phoenix’s top local scorer RR Garcia along with Rodney Brondial to Star Hotshots in exchange of Jonathan Uyloan, and rookies Mark Cruz and Nor-berto Torres.

Star made its first moves under the reign of Jason

Webb, acquiring Garcia and Brondial from Phoenix and utility forward Keith Jensen from GlobalPort in a flurry of trade activity on Wednesday.

Revamping an ageing lineup after failing to go deep in the playoffs in Webb’s first two conferences in charge, the Hotshots initially ac-quired Uyloan and Jensen from GlobalPort in exchange for Yousef Taha and Ronald Pascual.

The Hotshots later sent Uyloan and rookies Cruz and Torres to Phoenix to get their hands on Ginebra cast-off Brondial and Garcia, who has blossomed with Phoenix the past two seasons.

The trades, all approved by the PBA Commissioner’s Office on Wednesday, were part of a five-team rigodon that involved no less than 14 players and a draft pick.

The frenzy of transac-tions was kicked off by the deal that saw Mahindra send vastly improved gunner Karl Dehesa to GlobalPort for Paolo Taha and Sumang which was already reported some weeks back.

Mahindra then sent Su-mang to Blackwater for Keith Agovida.

When the dust has cleared, here’s how the play-ers stacked up:

Star - RR Garcia, Rodney Brondial and Keith Jensen

Phoenix - Mark Borbo-ran, Simon Enciso, Jonathan Uyloan, Mark Cruz, Norbert Torres

GlobalPort - Karl Dehesa, Yousef Taha, Ronald Pascual

Blackwater - Keith Agov-ida

NLEX - Mac Baracael, Emman Monfort, 2018 sec-ond-round pick

PHOENIXREVAMPEDStar, Phoenix lead trade frenzy in PBA

AFTER THE POLLS. Senator Alan Peter Cayetano (right) takes a break after the gruelling election period to play basketball at the Genesis 88 Gym. With him are President-in-waiting Rodrigo Duterte’s executive assistant Bong Go (center) and businessman-city sports consultant Glenn Escandor (left). (Left to right) NORBERTO TORRES, MAC BARACAEL, SIMON ENCISO, RR GARCIA.