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EDSA TAYOSA EDSA shrine naman nagtipon kahapon, para sa Edsa Tayo prayer vigil, ang mga nananawagan namabuwag na ang sistema ng pork barrel ng mga mambabatas. Basahin sa Page 2. RICHARD A. REYES

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AMBOANGA CITYGusto ng mga rebeldeng Morona nambihag ng mga sibilyan na makialam angibang bansa sa gulo sa lungsod na ito, sinabi ni May-

or Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar kahapon habang nag-karoon na naman ng sunog sa isang barangay na hawak ngisang paksyon ng Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF).

Sa ikatlong araw ng kaguluhan,itinali ng mga rebelde ang isangdosenang sibilyan at ginawangpanangga sa bala sa BarangaySanta Barbara.

Habang nakahilera ang mgasibilyan na sumisigaw sa mga sun-dalo ng hwag kayong magpa-paputok ay panay ang pagbaril ngmga sniper ng rebelde sa mga sun-dalo na nasa layong 500 metro.

Gumanti ng putok ang mgasundalo ngunit hindi lumusob.

Our troops are only returningfire. We are not launching an of-fensive, sinabi ni Lt. Col. RamonZagala, tagapagsalita ng Army.

Our mission is to contain themnot to rescue hostages, aniya.

Sinabi ni Salazar, pinuno nglokal na crisis committee, na sinu-bukang kausapin ng isang datinggobernador ng Sulu ang mga re-belde but they refused to talk to

anyone locally.They say that its an interna-tional problem, and no less thanthe international community, the(United Nations), should comein, ani Salazar.

Umalingawngaw ang putok ngbaril habang nagsasalita ang alkal-de sa city hall.

Halos 180 rebelde ang may bi-hag na 40 sibilyan sa mga baran-gay ng Santa Catalina at SantaBarbara.

Napapaligiran sila ng daan-daang sundalo at pulis.

Hindi agad tumugon ang pama-halaan sa gusto ng mga rebelde. Sahalip, sinabi ni Secretary TeresitaDeles, tagapayo ng Pangulo sa pros-eso ng kapayapaan, na ginagawanila ang lahat upang makausap siMisuari at matapos na ang gulo saZamboanga City. TJB, ND, JA, TQ,

JE, KM, EA, CS, JQ, JM, RU

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Edsa Tayo mas maliit ngunit nagpupuyos pa rinNAGTIPON sa EdsaTayo prayer vigil saEdsa Shrine kahaponang mga mamama-

ya ng na na wa ga n ngpagbuwag sa sistemang pork barrel ng mgamambabatas.

Mas mababa man sainasahan ng mga orga-nayser na 5,500, mata-tag ang 1,200 sa pina-ninindigang panawa-gan sa pamahalaan.

Dinaluhan ang vigil

ng mga manggagawasa pribadong sektor,tsuper ng pampubli-kong sasakyan, tauhanng Simbahan, mag-aa-ral at mga kawani ngmga nongovernmentorganization (NGO).

Dumating din angA n t i - C o r r u p t i o nLeague of Laguna, naayon sa tagapagsalitan g p a n g k a t n a s iGeorge Pre ay binuosa pagnanais na ma-

puksa ang kurapsyonsa lalawigan.

We were in Lune-ta, and we were alsothe only group that

was there when JanetL i m - N a p o l e s w a stransferred to Fort Sto.Domingo, ani Pre.

Layunin ng prayervi gil na ip ag pa tu lo yang nasimulan sa Mil-l i o n P e o p l e M a r c hkontra sa pork barrelsa Luneta sa Maynila

noong Agosto 26.The spark that be-

g a n i n L u n e t a h a snow spread to Edsaand will also be light-ed later in Pagadian,I l o i l o a n d o t h e rplaces, homes, andschools until it is clearto the whole countrythat the pork barrelshould be abolished,ani Junep Ocampo,isa sa mga organayser.

NRM, NC, PCT, KFM

EBIDENSYA KONTRA NAPOLES

15 KAHONlivelihood projects indifferent municipali-ties as per attachedspecial allotment re-lease order, aniReyes sa sulat na maypetsang Peb. 4, 2008.

Sa isa pang doku-mento, sinabi ni Jose

Antonio Evangelista,deputy chief of staff

ni Reyes, kay noon ayNabcor president Al-lan Javellana na itina-talaga ng opisina niEnrile ang PeoplesOrganization Progressand DevelopmentFoundation (POPDF)upang magpatupadng proyekto mula saPDAF ni Enrile.

Ang POPDF ayisang NGO ni Napoles.

Ni Nancy C. Carvajal

HINAIN kahapon sa National Bu-reau of Investigation (NBI) ang15 kahon ng ebidensiya at

2,000 pahina ng mga transaksyon nanagdedetalye sa lawak ng P10-bilyongraket sa pork barrel na naibulsa umanoni Janet Lim-Napoles at ng ilang kongre-sista at senador sa nakalipas na 10 taon.

Galing ang ebiden-siya sa 10 whistle-blowerlahat datingempleyado niNapoles, ang sina-sabing utak sa pagdis-palko sa Priority De-

velopment AssistanceFund (PDAF) at sapondo ng Malampayana inilagay sa mgapekeng NGO atproyektoayon saabogado nilang siLevito Baligod.

Gagamitin angmga dokumento sapagsampa ng mga ka-song pandarambonglaban kay Napoles at13 iba pa, kasama naang tatlong senadorat conduits nila.

Sinabi ng isangsource na ang ebiden-siya laban sa mga se-

nadortulad ng mgaendorsement sa kadu-

da-dudang NGOaykukunin sa opisyal narekord.

The smoking gunthat could pin downthe senators comesfrom governmentagencies where theseletters were sent,anang source.

Ipinakita ng sourceang isang sulat ni Jes-sica Lucila Gigi Re-

yes, abogado na chiefof staff ni noon aySenate President JuanPonce Enrile, kungsaan sinabi niya kaynoon ay AgricultureSecretary Arthur Yapna naglaan angsenador ng P25 mi-lyon ng kanyang PDAFsa National AgriBusi-ness Corp. (Nabcor).

The PDAF is for

the implementation ofvarious agribusiness,

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MONSTROUS TRAFFIC

Flyover sa Edsa-Taft nakabinbinvision ng kagawaran.Nagbabala si Pilorinng monstrous trafficconditions in thesouthern part of MetroManila if both projects

were to proceed at thesame time.

Despite the com-pletion of the fly-overs detailed engi-neering designs [in

April], the depart-

ment has also post-poned indefinitely thebidding for the pro-

ject, aniya.Naunang sinabi ng

DPWH na sisimulanang flyover ngayong

Agosto at tatagal ngisa at kalahating taonbago matapos. Abril 2nang payagan ni Pa-ngulong Aquino angpagtatayo nito.

Ni Jerry E. Esplanada

SINUSPINDI ng Department of PublicWorks and Highways (DPWH) angpaggawa ng P3.03-bilyong Edsa-Taftflyover, isang prayoridad na proyektosa Metro Manila, sa pangambang la-long bibigat ang trapiko sa lugar.

Sa halip, uunahinng DPWH ang P15.5-bilyong Ninoy AquinoInternational Airport

Expressway project,sinabi kahapon ni Eliz-abeth Pilorin, hepe ngpublic information di-

Konsehal sa QC nais palaganapin ang e-jeepMINUNGKAHI ni Que-zon City councilor Ra-mon Medalla ng pa-ngalawang distrito napalitan ng pamaha-laang lungsod ang la-hat ng sasakyan nitosa mga de-kuryenteng

jipni at tricycle.Tinukoy ang pro-

bisyon sa Saligang-Batas na nagtatampoksa karapatan ng ma-mamayan sa malusogna kapaligiran mali-ban pa sa Clean Air

Act of 1999, sinabi niMedalla na cars andpetroleum-run vehi-cles have been identi-fied as the largest con-tributors of air pollu-tion in the world.

Tinukoy din niya na

s i n a m a n g W o r l dHealth Organization sa10 pangunahing sanhin g p a g k a m a t a y s am u n d o a n g m g akaramdaman sa pag-hingang dulot ng po-lusyon sa hangin. JIA

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Celeb milyun-milyonginastos sa eleksyon

Nagtataka si DI kung bakit

itinapon na lang ni PC nangganun-ganon na lang angkanyang pera. Itinuring ba niDI na isa itong investmentna mababawi niya oras namaluklok sa poder angkanyang mga kamaganak?

Ngayon, ang walangpakundangan paggastos baang dahilan ng mga sakit saulo ni PC? May naririnig kasikaming mga reklamo mula sakanyang mga pinaka-

malalapit na kaibigan. Sigurokabilang si DI sa mga iyon naapektado ang negosyo nilakay PC dahil sa mga walangtigil na intriga?

Dapat mabilis na kumilossi PC upang mabawi angnawala sa kanya!

Hindi welcomeSumali si Glamorous

Celebrity sa isang high-pro-file public event kamakailanat mukhang umasa na siyaang magiging sentro ng aten-syon.

Pagdating ni GC sa venue,nagsimula na ang bulung-bu-lungan. O panunutya ba angnarinig?

Ayon sa isang saksi, hindinatuwa ang mga tao nangmakita nila si GC. Alam kayanila ang track record ni GC?Pati na rin ang hindi ganoonkalinis na background ngpartner in crime ni GCatkanya ring lifetime partner.

Bagamat hindi na nga siyawelcome, ang matapang na siGC ay hindi umalis sa party atnagpakuha pa ng mga litratopara sa social media.

Rated K, as in Kapal-muks!

May agendaKaya pala todo tulak si

Scandalous Personality namapasikat ang kanyang Low-profile Relative.

Ginagawa na ni SP ang la-

hat mapasikat lang si LR, o

magawa itong notorious, al-

inman ang mauna. Lumal-abas kasi, may balak pala siLR pumasok ng politika.Maging si S P.

Family business na talagaang politika.

SisihanNasagap sa programang

Kliq S howbiz ng Radyo In-quirer (dzIQ 990 AM, Luneshanggang Biyernes, 3 hang-gang 5 p.m.):

Sinisisi ni Controversial

Star si Estranged Partnerpara sa kamalasan na tilakakambal nila ngayon.

Sinisisi din ni CS si EP saproblema niya sa kanyang ca-reer. I lost my popularity be-cause of EP, sabi ni CS sakanyang mga kaibigan.

Pero napapailing lang angkanyang mga kaibigan.

Matagal nang pabagsak siCS bago pa umeksena si EP.

Gayunpaman, tinuturingng mga kamaganak ni EP nasi CS ang sumpa na dumaposa kanilang pamilya.

We were living in peacebefore you met CS, sabi ngisa sa mga magulang ni EP.

Antique collectorMula sa INQUIRER tabloid

BANDERA:Balik-loob na naman si

Sexy Starlet sa dating gawi.Pero hindi na niya pinapatu-lan ang mga batang lalaki.

They have nothing to of-

fer, sabi ni SS sa isang mole.Older men are more experi-encedand wealthier.

Involved ngayon si SS saisang mayamang thundercat.

Sabi ni SS, binibigay sakanya ni Elderly Lover anglahat ng gusto niya magingsuporta sa kanyang pa-palubog nang career.

Dinig namin si EL angnaglabas ng pera sa isangpinagkaabalahan ni SS ka-

makailan.

Sa mga talk show

Alden Richards, kungsinong mas sexy sa kanila niTom Rodriguez: Siya po ta-laga. (Walang debate dun.)

Tom sa kanyang busyschedule: Wala na akongkonsepto ng araw at petsa!(Hindi ka naman siguro nagr-

ereklamo, ano??)

Tom, pina-define anghunkiness: In the way youcarry yourself, not yung mis-mong katawan. May mga tao

who can carry themselveswell kahit hindi batu-batokatawan nila. (Agree!)

Aljur Abrenica sakanyang paghahanda para sapapalapit na Cosmo BachelorBash: Nag-dietako, gym,hanggat may time natutulog

ako...Happy ako sa kinal-abasan. (Tingnan natin kungkami ay magiging happy rin.)

Claudine Barretto sapaghain niya ng reklamongperjury laban sa kagalitniyang asawa na si RaymartSantiago: Ganun talaga,hindi rin naman kasi sila tu-mitigil sa pang-aabuso, eh.(Sana matigil na ang isyungito ay wala naman epekto itosa yaman ng bansa.)

Ferdinand Topacio, abo-gado ni Claudine, sa chis-

maks na nagli-link sa kanyasa aktres: Huwag naman ni-lang lagyan ng malisya ...la-hat naman ng kliyente ko,kahit lalake o babae, I showthe same amount of care anddedication. (At hindi itotungkol sa yo di ba?)

Claudine hinggil sa pag-papaospital ng kanyang mgaanak na sina Sabina andSantino: Sobrang stressful,sobra akong ngarag, pati akonagkakasakit na rin. (Mag-dadasal kami...para sa kids.)

Raymart sa hindi niyanakuhang pagdalaw sakanyang mga anak dahil saTPO ni Claudine laban sakanya: Di ako makatulog magpapadala sana ako ngpera, pero di ko alam kungpaano sila ma-reach. (Abo-gado mo at abogado niyamag-usap.) (Startalk, The

Buzz)

Ng Inquirer Entertainment Staff

Nang malaman ni Disturbed Insider angmga sikreto sa kampanya ni PopularCeleb, bigla na lang siyang na-disillusion.

PC reportedly spent over P300 million, to get Un-qualified Relatives elected.

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SINUNGGABAN ng National University angtwice-to-beat semifinal bonus matapostalunin ang kampeong Ateneo, 70-65, sa

UAAP mens basketball tournament yesterday atMall of Asia Arena.

Tinapos ng Bulldogs angeliminasyon na may 10-4marka.

Sa unang laro ay nagwagiang FEU sa UP, 87-69.

MGA ISKORUNANG LAROFEU 87Romeo 33, Tolomia 15,Pogoy 9, Garcia 8, Hargrove 7,Cruz 4, Belo 4, Aguilon 3,Sentcheu 2, Delfinado 2, Iigo 0,Mendoza 0, Luz 0, Lee Yu 0, Jose0, Dennison 0.UP 69Marata 23, Soyud 14, Lao6, Gallarza 6, Suarez 5, Wong 4,Ligad 3, Gingerich 3, Harris 2, Ball

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ABAP di umubra sa WorldsKIEV, UkraineInabot lang ngtatlong araw ang kampanyang PLDT-Amateur Boxing Al-liances of the Philippines sa

AIBA Junior World BoxingChampionships sa Kiev SportsPalace.

Yumuko si bantamweightMike Angelo Plania kay Puer-to Rican Henry Lebron Jr.samantalang hindi umubra siPaul Gilbertn Galagnao kayHungarian Istvan Szaka sa

kanilang sapakan sa light ban-tamweight division.

Nauna ng natalo sinaHipolito Banal Jr. at JaysonDaming.

Coaches ng pambansangdelegasyon sina OlympiansRonald Chavez and RomeoBrin.

Sinabi ni ABAP executivedirector Ed Picson nanakakuha ng karanasan angmga batang boksingero.

Dutch,Italy sa

World CupLONDONNagbunyi angNetherlands at Italy mata-pos makuha ang karangalanbilang unang mga bansa saEuropa na makakuha ngtiket sa 2014 Brazil WorldCup.

Dalawang beses umiskor siRobin van Persie upangtalunin ng Netherlands ang

Andorra, 2-0, samantalanginiskor ni Mario Balotelli angpamatay goal sa 2-1 tagumpayng Italy kontra Czech Repub-lic, 2-1.

Sa Concacaf qualifier,pumasok sa World Cup angCosta Rica at Estados Unidos.Sumama ang Argentina saBrazil matapos bugbugin angParaguay, 5-2.

Hindi pa pasok ngunitnagsipanalo ang Germany,Switzerland, Russia, France,England at Bosnia samanta-lang problemado ang Roma-nia, Israel at Ireland. Malabona ring umabante ang CzechRepublic.

Pasok na ang Japan, Aus-tralia, Iran at South Koreamula sa Asya.

Pinabagsak ng US angMexico, 2-0, at tabla ang Cos-ta Rica at Jamaica, 1-1, saKingston. Inquirer wires

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

SPORTSDENNIS U. EROA, Editor

PINAY BOXING STAR APARRI

Ginto naglaho dahil nabuntisNi June Navarro

WALA pang nagpapatumbakay Alice Kate Aparri saitaas ng ring ngunit dahil

sa pagbubuntis ay nawala ang tiyakginto ng Pilipinas sa Myanmar South-east Asian Games ngayong Disyembre.

Nagwagi si Aparri ng tanso sa World Cham-pionship at tatlong beses na siyang nagwagi ngginto sa SEA Games.

Ngunit dahil sa kanyang kalagayan aykailangan niyang magpahinga ayon sa isangtagaloob.

Si Aparri ang ikalawang malaking pangalanng Pinoy isports na hindi makalalahok sa SEAGdahil sa pagbubuntis. Nauna ng nagpaalam sidating Asian long jump queen Marestella Tor-res na hindi siya makasasali sa SEAG dahil sapagbubuntis.

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tor Guillermo Iroy na pansamantalang wala naang buwanang sahod ni Aparri.

Sinabi ni Iroy na nagsasanay si Aparri saBaguio City nang sabihin sa

PSC na liliban munasiya sa pambansangkoponan.

Tulad ni Torresay kabilang si

Aparri sasinasabing priorityathlete ng PSCmatapos makuhaang ginto noong2011 SEA Games sa In-donesia.

Kabilang si Aparri

sa 12 boksingero naisunumite ng Am-ateur Boxing

Alliances ofthe Philip-pines (Abap)sa SEAGames taskforce.

Inaasahanpapalitan niLight fly IrishMagno si Aparri,sabi ni Iroy.

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UAAP CHEERDANCE:

NCC takes the spotlightpage 3

Watch out for the talentedNU PEP squad page 4

UST SALINGGAWI cantbe taken for granted page 6

FEU CHEERING: first to

take centerstage page 5UE PEP eyes to end thedry spell page 8

page 2

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UP PEP SQUAD

Different routine, same excellenceBy Patrick Leonard Mayo

PRESSURE IS ALWAYS present in the world ofsports, and when the stakes get higher, thosewho cannot handle it fold and end up on the

losing end.

For the UAAP Cheerdance

defending champion UP PepSquad, they plan to thrive un-der pressure without focusingtoo much on defending theirthree-year reign and winningan unprecedented ninth titlethis coming Sunday at the an-nual UAAP Cheerdance Com-petition (CDC) at the Mall of

Asia Arena.Theres always pressure

kahit wala yung mga factorsna ito, (defending the title)

said assistant coach NJ Anto-nio. Its really more of thepressure of performing the bestthat we can, and not because

we want to win or everyonewants us to win or lose.

Training for excellenceThe team which is com-

posed of 25 members, three of

which are rookies and virtuallyhalf already on their final year,trains five hours a day and sev-en days a week if possible, ac-cording to Antonio. We stillhave weaknesses in almost allareas, but in all areas, we tryto improve, he added.

And with the rest of thecompetition improving annual-ly, he believes the team needsto keep on pushing for excel-lence. Perennial threat FEU

Cheering Squad and old rivalUST Salinggawi Dance Troupeare eager to snatch the crown

while the other teams are look-ing to make things interesting.Trusting the routine

For co-captain Lian Melegri-to, its the anticipation of com-

pleting the routine thats help-ing them overcome the pres-sure. Dahil sobrang taas ngbelief namin sa routine, masnangingibabaw yung excite-ment, said the Sports Sciencemajor.

But the team had to scram-

ble a bit when head coachLalaine Perena left for Francelast July to promote culturaldance. Nag-start na kamimag-practice before she left

para kahit papaano, may skele-ton na yung routine. But whenshe came back last August 29,doon pa lang niya talaga natu-tukan yung routine, saidMelegrito.

Our routine for this year isa bit opposite to the vibe our

routine last year exuded. Lahatmakikisali sa routine kahit dika taga-UP. Mafi-feel mo hindisiya pang UP lang, lahat maka-ka-relate, added co-captain Bi-

en Insigne.Crowd support

Historically, fans and sup-porters of UP come out duringthe CDC to show their supportand this year, Antonio hopesthat the UP community will de-liver yet again. We hope that

they will join us during theperformance. Were expectingthem to perform with us, notafter and not before, but dur-ing, he ended.

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NCC TAKES CHARGE

New rulesadd spice

Asst. prof GildaMa. Paz Kamus namesEduardo David Jr.from the NationalCheerleading Champi-onship as the commis-sioner of the competi-tion. In the past, com-missioners were

culled from a memberschool.

I believe that theyhave more expertiseon this. Ang cheer-dance is only found inUAAP. Thats the rea-son why we talkabout the mechanicsso it would be clear,said Kamus. She ischair of the UAAPspecial events com-

mittee and the secre-tary general of theUST Institute of Phys-ical Education and

Athletics.UST is this years

host of the cheer-

dance competition.All sporting events,except basketball and

volleyball, are dis-tributed and subhost-ed on a rotation basisby UAAP memberschools.

The rules for the

event are certainlydifferent this year. Forone, the highest pos-sible score a teamcould get is 800points. It is dividedinto two categories:400 points for danceand 400 points forcheer.

The panel ofjudges for Dance in-clude Douglas Nierras

of Powerdance; JonSupan of the Manoeu-vres; Avel Bautista ofAirdance; and NancyCrowe of Hotlegs.The criteria for judg-ing are 20 points for

overall effect; 30points for choreogra-phy; 20 points fortechnique; and 30points for group exe-cution. The highesttotal score each dance

judge can give is 100points.

The panel ofjudges for Cheer in-clude Ma. Regina Tan-

juatco, BernardDaniel Puatu, ArchieCecil Meris, AlejandroMendelebar, and

Mark dela Cruz.There will be one

judge for the pyra-mid; one for stunts;one for tumbling; andone for tosses. Eachcriterion can earn ateam 100 points.

There will also betwo international

judges including YeeMing Tan and LimChee Wei. The head

judge is Paula IsabelNunag. She is also thetechnical/penalty

judge. She is in-charge of deductingpoints from the team.She will lead the

judges to choose awinner in the event ofa tie.

For the sake oftransparency, all de-ductions incurred bythe team will be re-leased to the coachesright after the teamsperformances.

If coaches have aquestion in the judg-ing, the commissionerand the head judge

will be available to allthe coaches. Pwedenilang lapitan after,stressed Kamus.

Another initiativethat will be implement-

ed this year is that allscores of all the teams

will be released to themedia right after thetop three performersare named. In the past,only the top three win-ners scores are re-

vealed immediately.The judges and the

criteria were consult-ed to the coaches ofeach participatingteam last July.Whether the samesystem will be imple-mented next season

will depend on nextyears cheerdancehost.

By Ruth L. Navarra

IN an unprecedented move, thecommissioner of this years UAAPCheerdance competition is from

an independent body.

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NU PEP SQUAD

Ready to bag the grand prizeBy Randolph B. Leongson

TWO years ago, a member of perennial cheer-dance contenders FEU found herself in thelair of cellar-dwellers NU, tasked to turn the

fortunes around for the Jhocson-based cheerleaders.Though she didnt promise anything, the petite lady

told school officials, Malayo pa tayo. Ayusin munanatin yung training program natin.

Fast forward to 2013, look-ing ahead to the UAAP Season76 cheerdance competitions,she now said, Were aimingfor the championship.

That lady is NU Pep Squadcoach Ghicka Bernabe. Togeth-er with her former teammatesin the FEU Cheering Squad,they have turned the fortunesfor the NU Pep Squad, finish-ing third in last years mid-sea-son spectacle, and topping this

years National CheerleadingChampionship, edging famed

opposition in FEU, Perpetualand Central Colleges of thePhilippines (CCP).

Parang na-break yung his-tory kasi first time nakapasokng NU sa Top 3. Kakaiba yungeffect. Feeling namin last year,para na rin kaming nag-cham-pion, she said.

All of those accomplish-ments came from one goal,mabago yung perception ngtao (sa NU). Ang gusto naminay ma-wow (yung mga tao) saatin at aabangan nila tayo next

year. Masarap sa feeling na tin-uturing na kaming threat ngibang teams.

Though winning the NCCdoesnt really guarantee anyfor the Bulldogs, Bernabe saidthat the tilt helped them a lotin preparing for this years

cheerdance competitions. Gus-to naming i-prove that we cando more than stunts, na kayanaming makipagsabayan sadance, something we lackedlast year.

With only two membersfrom last years group gone,NU Pep Squad will bring a ma-tured team, ready to take theBulldogs crew to the next stepin their quest for immortality.

One of those brave souls is

team captain Adrian Alban, amember of the squad since hewas still a high school sopho-more. The 20-year-old BS

Management major has experi-enced all the hardships thesquad had to face.

We started practicingthen na wala pa kamingmats. Ngayon, ibang-iba na,he said. Kaya nung nanalokami last year, Sobrang

proud, kumbaga, from zeroto hero kami.

Though reeling from the tri-umphs the NU Pep Squad hasachieved, the group said theyare not really pressured as op-posed to the ones felt by theother teams.

Hindi kami pressured,rather, we use it as a motiva-tion para ma-lead kamipataas, Bernabe said. Excitedna nga kaming lahat para sa

Sunday eh!As with every team, the NUcrew regards UP as theirbiggest threat, but Bernabe

worries more on her teamsroutine. Ang pinakamalakingthreat sa amin is kung hindinamin ma-execute yung pri-naktis namin.

Looking ahead for the bigday, a day they have preparedever since summer, the young

NU mentor promised that theyare sure to bring the crowd onits feet again, the same waythey have done for the pasttwo years.

May bagong stunts kami naipapakita na hindi pa naga-gawa ng kahit na sino, shesaid. Kung na-surprise sila sa(performance namin sa) NCC,kalimutan na nila yun. Wehave something new to offer,and we promise another

breathtaking performance.Bernabe also had a messageto their foes come Sunday.Pakakabahin.

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mance.To the point where her

dancers will have a difficultyto smile, she jokes.We also make sure that

kayang panindigan nila galawnila. Hindi yung level up na hi-rap na hirap ka. Dapat yungconfident ka dapat, says

Alota. Gusto kong higitanyung performance namin lastyear. Last year, it was reallyperfect. Kapag nanalo ka peronalaglagan ka, medyo mabigatsa iyo yun. Gusto kong manaloat purihin dahil sa maganda.

says. Pero nagtutulungan ka-mi. Ginaguide namin kaya gan-

ito ang aming team.Alota promises that the rou-tine they are working on toperfect is going to be wilderthan their jungle routine last

year.Perez admits that the level

of competition is getting higherevery year. What impressed the

judges five years ago is a com-mon sight last year. This is whycoach Alota says that they alsodid their best to increase thelevel of their stunts and perfor-

When asked if some yearsof being a runner-up are worse

than the others, she is quick toreply that each year they dontwin is a y ear of heartbreak.Shes been part of the compet-ing team for the past five

years. She thinks that everyyear, her team is a champion.

Siyempre puhunan naminay yung hard work and a lot ofpatience. Siyempre di momasasabi na lahat (ng mem-bers) susunod yang mga yan.Di mo masasabi lahat ng mga

yan disiplinado sa una, she

up in the UAAP Cheerdancecompetitions in the past few

years. It is a testament to theirconsistently solid and steadyperformances. However, beingclose to the prize is not thesame as bagging it.

Binigay na namin ang la-hat, pero di pa rin binigay niLord sa amin (ang champi-onship). Iniisip na lang naminna baka hindi pa talaga tamaang time, says team captain

Annie Perez. Pero this year weare claiming it. We are goingto be the champion.

By Ruth L. Navarra

ON Sept. 15, they will befirstin the lineup of perform-ers. Their real goal is to be thefirst in the list of winners.

We are the first performer.Napipressure sila (the dancers)doon. I tell them that theyhave to set the standard. Per-fect na sila dapat para mahihi-rapan na silang habulin (ngibang team), said head coachJacqueline Alolor-Alota.

The FEU Cheering Squadhas been the perennial runner-

First to perform: Wild FEU likes to set the standard

September 15 comes, more sothat FEU will be the first per-formers on the competition day.

We see it as an advantagebecause were going to set thestandard for the whole compe-tition. We are hoping na magu-gustuhan ng tao yung perfor-mance namin, she said.

Coach Jackie knows what ittakes to cop out the crownonce more, and this year, she

hopes that the tears that willrun down her face will be for abetter reason - with FEU hold-ing the first place trophy andbeing named as championsonce more.

was coming off of a pregnancy.This time, she also gave birth,and the similarities cant bemore evident.

With me gone, it was achallenge for the squad tolearn from their own, na kahit

wala ako doon, kakayanin ni-la, she said.

Yung tumagal kami for along time sa Top Three, wehave to live by the reputation

of FEU as winners.With 12 rookies being in-fused to the 13 holdovers fromlast year, Alolor-Alota promisesa good mixture of fresh facesand veteran experience when

of the emotion that followed isjust the proud feeling that hercrew gave their all.

Every result that we get, itbecomes a motivation for us todo better. We arent satisfiedeven though we finished asfirst runner-up last year, said

Alolor-Alota. Every year wereaiming to be number one. Wehave to perform every timelike were the champions.

Their 2009 cheerdance con-quest in Season 72 was notlong ago, but the wait feelslike forever. After all, Alolor-

Alota remembers that the lasttime they won the crown, she

The emotion was to the factthat everything was so perfect,then all of a sudden, naiyak na

lang ako dahil sa gulat.She said that the tears were

initially caused by the disap-pointment that they really be-lieved they will be crownedchampions anew, but the rest

The woman is the long-timeFEU mentor Jacqueline Alolor-

Alota. That was 2012. UP was

just crowned champs for thethird straight year, and herFEU Cheering Squad werebridesmaids again.

Looking back to that inci-dent, coach Jackie explained,

FEU CHEERING SQUAD

Fresh faces, battle-tested veteransBy Randolph B. Leongson

WITH confetti coming down from therafters, a woman in a green FEU jacketsobbed in the center of green-clad bisons

at the Mall of Asia Arena, letting all her emotionsout after the exhausting four hours of competitioncame to its end.

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UST Salinggawi: Playing by their strengthBy Ruth L. Navarra

They will play bytheir strengths.That is how the

UST Salinggawi DanceTroupe (SDT) plans toconquer this years UAAPCheerdance competition.

Salinggawi is a dancetroupe. It was established as a

folk dance group. Mas madalaspo naming tinitrain ang dance,says president Danrev Dimacu-langan. The pep squad equiva-lent of the university is the UST

Yellow Jackets. This year, thedance gets 50 percent of thescore. Alam naman po naminna weakness namin ang gym-nastics at stunts. So sa dance potalaga kami magfofocus.

Their strength has also be-come their weakness in cheer-leading competitions. Theypractice later compared to otherteams who practice gymnasticsand stunts the whole year. Theyhave a lot of things going onthat they almost always com-plete their routines later thanthe rest of competing teams.

This year is no exemption.

kaya naman po. Kailangan langirest, he said.

The word resting in SDTlingo means to suck it up. If oneleg is in a supporter, it meansthe other should work doublyhard to compensate. It is a com-mon sight during practice to seea dancer wincing while doingsomething as simple as bendinga knee.

Injuries have obviously

weakened them. However, itdoesnt appear to stop them. Di-maculangan says they arestronger this year. The fact thatthey have had enough time tofinally get to know coach Ra-mon Pagaduan IV is already aplus.

Mas okay yung relationshipnamin with our coach. Mas ki-lala na namin siya at mas kilalaniya kami. Alam na niya angstrengths and weaknessesnamin at yung kakayanin

namin, he says.He adds that the crowd can

expect them to play with thecolors of the university. That is

why it is essential that theirfans cooperate by wearing yel-low on Sunday.

They only finished their routinelast Sunday. It makes Dimacu-langan wish that they at leasthave another week to perfect it.

SDT are still on a hunt fortheir ninth championship title.They are currently tied with UPPep Squad with eight. However,SDTs performance the past two

years has not been strongenough to even merit them aplace in the top three.

Dimaculangan said that ex-pectations from them are high,but they dont feel pressuredabout it. After all, they donthave a title to defend, only aspot to win.

Focusing on dance does notmean they are not pushingthemselves higher. Seven daysbefore the competition and thesquad is laden with injuries.Most of their injuries comingfrom the double twist tossesthey are trying to achieve.

May mga injuries kami pero

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not bothered with the resultsof the last 12 years, more thatthey will field a mature team

which is led by last years teamcaptain Dan Albert Ravino.

Can the optimism of theAdamson Pep Squad will theirsquad to soar for a podium fin-ish come September 15?

keep an optimistic attitude to-wards his squads performancefor this year, given the greatshow they have provided inthe opening ceremonies withtheir Game of Thrones-inspiredproduction number.

The rest of the AdamsonPep Squad as a whole are also

son will now see the other sideof the spectrum as they will havethe last say in this years compe-tition as they will be the lastsquad to entertain the crowd.

The dismal finish from lastyear has not downed Adamsoncoach Joseph Mascarinas,rather, it just willed him to

achieved in 2001 when theyfinished runner-up to UP inSeason 64.

And what better way to dothat than this year, where theyare this seasons hosts.

Finishing dead-last a year agowhen they were the first per-formers to test the mat, Adam-

By Randolph B. Leongson

FROM the grand opening cere-monies to fire up the UAAPSeason 76 festivities, the

Adamson Pep Squad now shiftsits focus to barge into the topthree of the cheerdance com-petitions, a feat they last

Adamson Pep Squad targets top 3 finish

SEPTEMBER 12 - 19, 2013

BLUE BABBLE BATTALION:

Nothing to lose

By Alexx Esponga

THERE are only twothings that theAteneo de Manila

University Blue BabbleBattalion is hungry for: to

learn and perform.Even though the Katipunan-based squad arent expectingthat much for top spot in theUAAP Cheerdance Competitionthis coming September 15th,that doesnt take away theirpassion to cheer for their schooland give everything they have.

We have nothing to lose,said team captain Laurence

Arceo.We are a rookie team full of

members that are hungry tolearn, hungry to perform.

And this Sunday, aside fromtheir routines, Arceo sharedthat there they will be bringingtwo important things whichgives them the empowermentand courage to perform despiteof all their struggles,

Puso at tiwala lang angbaon namin.

True enough, the cheerlead-ers of Blue and White havetheir eyes fixed not on the goldbut giving the fans a big blastand put of a great show fortheir beloved alma mater.

Rebuilding stageEvery squad goes through

that period of rebooting thewhole team because of manypossible reasons. For ADMU, itis because of the immaturity oftheir squad and the entry ofthree new coaches.

A lot of our old membersdecided to quit. The team nowis composed of only nine veter-

ans and a total of 16 new com-peting members, said Arceo.

We also recruited newcoaches just this April. Thats

why this year is really a rebuild-ing stage for us.

Since the team had gonethrough a lot of changes, skip-

per Arceo started to becomerealistic.

Before the competition, wereally needed to go down interms of skill level to allow therookies to catch up, Arceosaid.

They also had a really toughtime adjusting to the routines,stunts and patterns of their

coaches this year becausetheyve been handled by CoachRandell San Gregorio for sever-al years already.

It was hard for us to copewith the new coaching style be-cause weve lost coach [SanGregorio] last October and the

three coaches [Marvin Wynant,Ryan Silva, Barbara Escueta]only came about five monthsago, said Arceo.

But the 21-year old Arceo isstill hopeful that they would beable to pull off a great showthis coming Sunday. One thingthat would not only help them

win but also guide the team in

the next tournaments is thechange of judging in the CDC.

50% will be coming from theUAAP judges [dance] and theother 50% from the NCC judges[cheer], he [Arceo] said. Itsmore transparent and at leastnow, well know what to improve

on in terms of our stunts.According to Arceo, the

skill level that they have isnothing compared to the otherteams. But what the skipper hasimposed and imprinted in the

young minds of his team is this:The prize is just secondary.

What is more important is beinga cheerleader for Ateneo.

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Animo Squad: Archers

aiming for more

There is more. Last year, many didnt expect that theDe La Salle University Animo Squad would bring aspectacular show but despite all the efforts, they

have fallen straight at the bottom of the cellar next to Uni-versity of the East Pep Squad.

The boys and girls of renowned coach Rhu-fa Del Rosario are aware of the much biggercompetition that awaits them this year. That is

why they have filled their tanks full of gas andare ready to unleash more intensity to theirroutines in the upcoming UAAP CheerdanceCompetition.

I really cant reveal the theme. All I can say isbe ready, said newbie cheerleader Danielle Casipit.

Last year might be a nightmare for the Ani-mo Squad but no doubt that this comingSeptember 15th, they are determined to endtheir losing streak and make a blast at the Mall

of Asia Arena.The squad of Green and White has prepared

earlier than usual, concentrating on theirweaknesses and also maintain their strengthand cardio.

Before they learned all the stunts required,they first prioritized their individual physicalconditions.

Cardio would be a very big factor in thecompetition because dancing, cheering and do-ing stunts arent easy, said Casipit. Condition-ing [the body] is a must to complete the rou-tine and do more.

Time for the Animo Squad is considered asgold. Since the team is composed of fresh, youngand inexperienced cheerleaders, they had to

work double time to achieve what they want.However, the maturity of the squad is not a

problem. Skipper Jaymes Saez confirms thateven if they have a bunch of rookies going tothe battlefield, this will not hinder them fromshowing what theyve got.

By Alexx Ganda Esponga

Time to end the dry spellAnd the dry spell continues.After a decade, the Uni-versity of the East Pep Squad is still mourning be-

cause of their never-ending losing streak in the pastUAAP Cheerdance Competitions. It is true that theyhave tried to get rid of the awful curse that was setupon them after they won 1st runner-up in 2002 butthey just couldnt. However, the Recto-based squadhas never lost hope. Despite the cruelty of fate uponthem, they still are not just willing but intensely des-perate to end that nightmare and climb on top of thepyramid again. This season, the Warriors are on theguard. This might be the year that they have beenwaiting for in a long time. It was late summer of lastyear when the UE Pep Squad recruited award-winningCoach Jomel Bernando and invited him to mentor theteam. He [Bernando] admitted that it was really hardfor him and the team to adjust because of the shortperiod of the time they have to prepare. The squad it-self also is under construction the previous year be-cause a lot of senior cheerleaders bid goodbye andonly few managed to stay to spearhead the squad.Mas palaban sila ngayon at nakakatuwa yon, saidBernardo who also coaches the Central Colleges ofthe Philippines Bobcats in the National CheerleadingCompetition. Mas handa kami ngayon kaysa lastyear. Despite the immaturity of the team, the Warriorsmanaged to take a leap from the bottom of the cellarto 6th place leaving contenders De La Salle UniversityAnimo Squad and Adamson University Pep Squad inthe 7th and 8th place, respectively. There is no ex-cuse for the Warriors to take a notch higher this timebecause all the time they needed have already beengiven to them. According to Coach Bernardo, he is ex-pecting more from the squad since a lot of work andeffort have already been invested in this years tour-

ney. Alexx Ganda Esponga