Edge Davao Vol. 16 Issue 54 | Sunday-Monday, June 18-19, 2023

SUBSCRIBERS REFUND

Pulong pushes automatic refund for poor internet

By MAYA M. PADILLO

Davao City First District Rep. Paolo “Pulong” Duterte is spearheading the passage of a law that would require public telecommunications entities (PTEs) and internet service providers (ISPs) to provide a refund mechanism for service outages and disruptions.

Through House Bill 8480, or the Refund for Internet and Telecommunications Service Outages and Disruptions Act, filed by Rep. Pulong, together with co-authors Benguet Rep. Eric Yap, ACTCIS Party-list Reps. Jocelyn Tulfo

and Edvic Yap, and Quezon City Second District Rep. Ralph Tulfo.

“While the telecommunications industry has continued to flourish in the country, internet connection and reliability of service remain a persistent prob-

Gov’t evaluating US request for Afghans’ temporary stay in PH

lem, along with exorbitant costs paid by consumers for Internet service,” Duterte said in a statement.

HB 8480 ensures that subscribers pay only for the service they get and push telecom firms to provide fast, reliable and uninterrupted internet connection.”

Under the proposed measure, PTEs and ISPs are mandated to institute a mechanism that would automatically provide customers refund credits

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20M Filipinos ‘internet poor’: World Data Lab

At least 20 million Filipinos are “internet poor” or do not have the financial capacity to avail of at least 1 gigabyte (GB) of internet data per month, a study has shown.

According to the World Data Lab on the Internet Poverty Index, the Philippines ranked 16th

of 166 countries with the highest number of internet poor residents. The country also ranked 50th among the ranked countries in terms of percentage.

The study likewise showed internet users in the country pay at least P650 per month for internet connectivity — lower than

the P1,400 rate in the US.

In 2018, the DICT contracted several internet service providers to give free internet connection to 11,000 sites in the country. However, there are now only a few sites left after the contracts expired.

The government is currently evaluating the United States’ (US) request for President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to allow the temporary stay of Afghanistan refugees in the Philippines, Malacañang said on Friday.

“It’s a request from the United States government. The request is currently under evaluation,” Communications Secretary Cheloy Garafil said in a statement.

Garafil issued the statement in reaction to reports that US President Joe Biden, during his meeting with Marcos in Washington D.C. in May, raised the request to temporarily accept refugees fleeing from a Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.

Speaking before the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee on Friday, Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo said Biden “briefly raised” the issue with Marcos during the two leaders’ bilateral meeting in May this year.

The request was first made in Oct. 2022 and is for “pure processing” of special immigration visas for Afghans and their families who formerly worked for the US government and “whose lives are in danger,” Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel Romualdez said on Wednesday.

Romualdez said the fleeing nationals would be vetted and “will be repatriated back to Afghanistan,” in the event that their entry request is declined.

He, however, clarified that the chances of this happening is about “.0001 percent”.

On Tuesday, Cagayan de Oro City 2nd District Rep. Rufus Rodriguez expressed support for the US request, noting that the plan, if approved by Marcos, may not be new.

Rodriguez recalled that in September 2021, then-foreign affairs secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. disclosed that the Philippines had taken in Afghan refugee women and children after the fall of Afghanistan to Taliban.

Kabul fell under the rule of Taliban in August 2021, prompting a chaotic pullout of American forces days before the US completed its withdrawal after a 20year war in Afghanistan.

Solon favors PH opening its doors to Afghans

Meanwhile, Sen. Francis Tolentino sees nothing wrong about accommodating Afghan employees of the United States government but emphasized that it should undergo proper processing.

Tolentino on Friday called for swift actions, similar to those undertaken during the Quezon and Duterte administrations, to provide temporary refuge and support to foreigners seeking safety and stability.

“I think we have abided and complied fully with all our inter-

Dr. Ma. Theresa Bad-ang, nephrologist and head of Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC)-Human Advocate and Retrieval Effort (SHARE) announces during this week’s Kapihan sa PIA at NCCC-VPlaza in Davao City that there are already identified potential organ donors but their families refused to give consent. Lean Daval Jr.

PH Genome Center to capacitate doctors in genomic technology

By MAYA M. PADILLO

Amedical professional has advised the public particularly men not to be shy when they experienced sexual problems as this could be symptoms of underlying health conditions.

“For middle-aged men whenever you have sexual problems mahirap makatayo (difficulty in erection), mahirap labasan (difficulty in ejaculation), those symptoms are not symptoms na tawanan lang (that you could laugh about). They are symptoms of an uncontrolled diabetes or hypertension for some of our men,” says Dr. Jera Dean Travilla, a urologist at the Southern Philippine Medical Center.

“And if you have those (sexual) problems do not be shy in consulting our doctors or urologists for that matter because there are times that through these problems we can detect uncontrolled diabetes or hypertension in patients,” Dr. Travilla said.

Travilla said most of those who come to their clinics are shy about their conditions initially listing another non sexual problem for consultation like

problems in urinating.

“When we interview the patients kukumustahin naming ang kanilang pag-iihi pero wala naman ganun then sasabihan nila yung totoo nilang concern (we ask them about their urination but they have no problem then they would tell us their true concern),” Travilla said.

He said one of the most common of impotence among middle aged men is uncontrolled diabetes and hypertension.

These two conditions are the most common factor that would lead to kidney diseases or end stage renal disease.

According to Dr. Maria Therese Bad-Ang, past president of the Philippine Society of Nephrology Mindanao there is an increasing trend of people developing end stage renal disease. As per current data there are 90,000 in the Philippines diagnosed with ESRD.

“Each year nag-iincrease po sila the incident rate here in Davao City is 1,200 and that is the data in 2016 and imagine they are increasing 10 to 12 percent every year,” Bad-Ang said.(PIA/RG Alama)

An official of the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) said on Friday that they aim to capacitate the doctors in Davao City and Mindanao on genomic technology.

The PGC of the University of the Philippines was tasked to handle the sequencing of Covid-19 samples in coordination with the health department during the height of the pandemic.

Dr. Cynthia Saloma, executive director of PGC, said in an interview on Friday that the agency is expanding the services of PGC beyond Covid-19.

She explained that beyond

Covid-19, genomics is still being used for human healthcare, thus the expansion of services.

“Kasi noon Covid lang ang aming ginagawa ngayon may expansion na sa services. Nakikita naming na ang genomics ay maraming magagawa for example cancer diagnostic, pharma diagnostic yung tamang pagbibigay ng gamot,” Saloma said.

tive of capacitating medical specialists throughout the country including Davao City.

She said they are in talks with the doctors from the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) and Metro Davao Medical and Research Center (MDMRC) in Davao City.

“Narito kami ngayon sa Davao and we are talking sa mga doctors ng SPMC at MDMRC. Kailangan naming makipag-usap sa mga doctors at ibang espesyalista kung ano ba talaga ang pangangailangan on the ground. For example, gusto natin na yung mga

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Consent from families impedes organ donation in Davao City

Nephrologists from the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) announced on Friday that they have identified potential patients with irreversible loss of brain function as organ donors in Davao City but refusal of their families to give consent remains a problem.

“I am happy to announce that we have identified potential donors but what we lack now is the

consent of the family,” said Dr. Ma. Theresa Bad-ang, nephrologist and head of SPMC-Human Advocate and Retrieval Effort (SHARE) during the Kapihan sa PIA at NCCC-VPlaza on Friday.

Bad-ang said this is the reason why there is a need for families to understand organ donation and its benefits.

She said they are intensifying organ donation awareness down

to the grassroots and letting them understand its benefit as well as the prevention of kidney disease through public awareness campaigns and fine-tuning the existing local policies on organ donation.

“Sa mga hindi pa nakakaalam you can donate your organs when you died and that is what we are advocating,” said Dr. Dennis Geli,

Employees of the city government of Davao, together with Bantay Dagat volunteers, conduct a coastal clean-up drive in Brgy. Matina Aplaya, Davao City on Saturday in line with the celebration of the Environmental Month. CIO

Do not be shy on consulting about sexual problems, doc advises public

“While the telecommunications industry has continued to flourish in the country, internet connection and reliability of service remain a persistent problem, along with exorbitant costs paid by consumers for Internet service.” Davao City First District Rep. PAOLO “PULONG” DUTERTE

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General Manager / VP Operations

I was doing a feature story on dengue fever recently and trying to find out why an infected person needs some blood transfusion.

This is what I found: “In clinical practice, prompt utilization of blood transfusion seems to be lifesaving in severe dengue infection based on clinical judgement. However, the use of blood transfusion in dengue management is neither studied in detail nor widely practiced, except in overt bleeding.”

But I found it interesting how blood cells are made. Believe it or not, blood cells are made in the bone marrow. “Bone marrow is the soft, spongy material in the center of the bones,” explains Johns Hopkins Medicine (JHM). “It produces about 95% of the body’s blood cells. Most of the adult body’s bone marrow is in the pelvic bones, breast bone, and the bones of the spine.”

That’s interesting. But there are other organs and systems in our bodies that help regulate blood cells. The lymph nodes, spleen, and liver help regulate the production, destruction, and differentiation (developing a specific function) of cells.

“Blood cells formed in the bone marrow start out as a stem cell,” says JHM. “A stem cell is the first phase of all blood cells. As

HENRYLITO D. TACIO THINK ON THESE!

BLOOD AS A GIFT OF LIFE

the stem cells mature, several distinct cells evolve. These include the red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.

“Immature blood cells are also called blasts. Some blasts stay in the marrow to mature. Others travel to other parts of the body to develop into mature, functioning blood cells,” JHM further states.

The adult human has about six quarts of blood. And blood plays a part in every major bodily activity.

Here is an information from The New American Desk Encyclopedia: “As the body’s main transport medium, blood carries a variety of materials: oxygen and nutrients (such as glucose) to the tissues for growth and repair; carbon dioxide and wastes from the tissues for excretion; hormones to various tissues and organs for chemical signaling; digested food from the gut to the liver; immune bodies for prevention of infection and clotting factors to help stop bleeding to all parts of the body.”

Blood also plays a major role in hemeostatis, as it contains a buffer which keeps the acidity of the body fluids constant and, by carrying heat from one part of the body to another, it tends to equalize body temperature.

Why am I writing this? It’s

because last June 14, the international community celebrated World Blood Donor Day. This event was first organized for the first time in 2004 by four core international organizations: the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the International Federation of Blood Donor Organizations (IFBDO), and the International Society of Blood Transfusion (ISBT).

In 2005, it was designated as an annual event by the World Health Assembly. The event provides a special opportunity to celebrate and thank voluntarily blood donors around the world for their gift of blood and has become a major focus for action towards achieving universal access to safe blood transfusion.

“Every single donation is a precious lifesaving gift and repeat donation is the key to building a safe and sustainable blood supply,” the United Nations health agency said in a statement.

In many countries, blood services face the challenge of making sufficient blood available, while also ensuring its quality and safety. Lack of access to safe blood and blood products impacts on all patients, including

those requiring regular transfusion.

This year’s slogan was: “Give blood, give plasma, share life, share often.” WHO explains: “It focuses on patients requiring life-long transfusion support and underlines the role every single person can play, by giving the valuable gift of blood or plasma.”

Let’s talk about blood transfusion. It is defined as “the process of transferring blood or blood-based products from one person into the circulatory system of another.”

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, says “blood transfusions can be life-saving in some situations, such as massive blood loss due to trauma, or can be used to replace blood lost during surgery.”

In some instances, blood transfusions may also be resorted to treat a severe anemia or thrombocytopenia caused by a blood disease. People suffering from hemophilia or sickle-cell disease may require frequent blood transfusions.

Samuel Pepys recorded the first blood transfusion in his celebrated Diary. On Nov. 14, 1666, Pepys wrote that Richard Lower of the Royal Society made the first direct blood transfusion from the artery of one dog to

CHRISTOPHER RYAN MABOLOC, Ph.D THEORY AND PRACTICE

THE FUTURE OF EDUCATION IS AI

In a dystopian view of the world, technological determinism can be considered as the primary culprit when it comes to the diminution of the meaning and value of living. In a life that is purely controlled by computer systems, the will of the individual takes a backseat while those with corporate interests would be the most powerful because they have the means to finance and direct research on Artificial Intelligence (AI). But what is AI?

Neural systems are computer networks that mimic the human brain. Artificial intelligence is the way a computer copies the function of the human brain. Deep learning is the process in which computers think like the human brain. It is a subset of Machine Learning, which came into development as early as the 1940s.

ChatGPT (Generative Pre-Trained

Transformer) is a Large Language

Model that can generate content from a large set of data that it is instructed or trained to interpret. By asking questions, ChatGPT can give a structured response to its user.

As one of the most recent advances in AI that was developed by the company OpenAI, ChatGPT has taken the world by storm and with its exponential growth everywhere, there are big consequences to a lot of things, especially in the way human beings interact with each other.

Algorithms do the same when it comes to our behavior online.

While ChatGPT is clearly useful in the corporate world, there are issues and ethical concerns when it comes to its utilization in the academe.

ChatGPT threatens the future of learning, but I don’t think ChatGPT should be absolutely banned in schools. With the right

policy, students can utilize it as an assistive technology that can help them understand complex questions and topics. Students have many ideas that need to be organized and ChatGPT can help them structure their arguments and organize their thoughts. ChatGPT should be regulated in such a way that the academe can take advantage of its good points and qualities.

The question, in this regard, goes beyond science. It is a matter of policy. Modern technology will advance whether we like it or not and our inability to adapt will mean that we will again be left behind. ChatGPT should be accepted as a useful tool for students to overcome language barriers. Of course, students cannot just lift in toto the answers to exam questions from ChatGPT because that would be cheating. Plagiarism is a grave violation of another per-

son’s intellectual work.

Learning is a process that involves the critical dimension of the brain as well as our experiences which a chatbot will not be able to give. In this way, while a neural system can mimic the brain, it does not have the power of human consciousness. ChatGPT responds to questions that it is trained to answer but it does not have the rigor of scholarly research. Nevertheless, it is a valuable deep learning system because imagine having an assistant to organize all the things you need to know out of a big library that contains billions of pages of information.

Another aspect that must be looked into is the concept of digital divide. The gap between affluent and poor societies is made manifest in the area of access to online technology. Education is crucial in the progress and development of

the vein of another. Lower used quills to convey the blood.

This feat was dependent upon the discovery made by William Harvey earlier that century of the course of blood in the circulation. Harvey announced his discovery to the College of Physicians in 1616 and published his treatise on it, entitled ‘Exercitato anatomica de motu cordis et sanguinis in animalibus,’ in 1628.

However, the science of modern blood transfusion dates to the first decade of the 19th century, with the discovery of distinct blood types leading to the practice of mixing some blood from the donor and the receiver before the transfusion (an early form of cross-matching).

In 1818, Dr. James Blundell, a British obstetrician, performed the first successful transfusion of human blood, for the treatment of postpartum hemorrhage. He used the patient’s husband as a donor, and extracted four ounces of blood from his arm to transfuse into his wife.

Twenty-two years later, at St. George’s Hospital Medical School in London, Samuel Armstrong Lane, aided by Dr. Blundell, performed the first successful whole blood transfusion to treat hemophilia

societies and the realization of the good life. ChatGPT is an advantage on the part of the developed world while it can be a source of abuse if not regulated appropriately. In this way, what is crucial is for policy makers will look into the social, political, and economic factors that can impact its use.

Modern technology, and in deed, AI will define our future as humans. When Deep Blue 2 defeated Gary Kasparov, nobody said the computer cheated against the monster with 27 eyes, which was how the chess world champ was then described by chess enthusiasts. ChatGPT helps calculate, predict and even formulate arguments. In this way, the issue is not about why but how this AI technology can be applied to improve learning in schools in the same way as the internet has changed the world in a dramatic fashion.

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national humanitarian commitments including the possible erasure of what they term as ‘human rights records’ of our country,” he

“Before we came in, it went down to 4,000. Tapos ‘yung iba kasi, nagco-continue out of the goodness of their heart kasi walang contract eh. Actually, ‘yun ‘yung mga nililinis namin,” DICT

added.

Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel Romualdez, who was virtually present during the

Undersecretary Angelo Nuestro said. (Before we came in, it went down to 4,000. Others continued out of the goodness of their heart and we’re actually finalizing this.)

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 11th Judicial Region Branch 15, Davao City rtc1davo15@judiciary.gov.ph (082) 2983336/09236095058

LUIGGI ANDRE P. DELOS SANTOS SP. PROC. NO. R-DVO-23-01554-SC

Petitioner, FOR: JUDICIAL PARTITION OF -versus- PROPERTY WITH PRAYER OF PRELIMINARY PROHIBITION JOSE ANTONIO DELOS SANTOS INJUNCTION AND ATTORNEY’S FEES

X - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - X

ORDER

This is a verified petition for the judicial partition of property.

Finding the Petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the hearing of this case on July 24, 2023 at 8:30 A.M. at the session hall of this Court, on which date, hour and place, all interested persons are hereby cited to appear and show cause if they have any, why this petition should not be granted.

Let a copy of this Order be published before the hearing date all at the expense of the petitioner in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Davao once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks.

A perusal of the allegations in the complaint shows that plaintiff prays for the issuance of a writ of preliminary injunction.

As such, set the hearing for the issuance of preliminary injunction on May 29, 2023 at 8:30 A.M.

SO ORDERED.

Davao City, Philippines, May 8, 2023.

MARIO C. DUAVES

Presiding Judge

Republic of the

Philippines

inquiry, clarified that included in the proposal is a “vetting” process by the US government of the displaced Afghans before being endorsed to travel to the Philippines.

“’Yan ang sabi sa atin ng mga Amerikano na (What the Americans told us is that) they will be vetted first, double checked before coming to the Philippines and again, through processing,” he said.

Romualdez said the US is also proposing that the displaced

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 11TH JUDICIAL REGION OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT-SHERIFF Davao City

Afghans be accommodated by batches of around 1,000 to 1,500 individuals per month.

“Not all of these 30,000 or whatever it is they intend to process will come to the Philippines and they will be here waiting for their processing. It will be by batches and it is completely up to us,” Romuladez told the Committee, assuring that the foreigners’ stay will only be temporary.

He added that the Afghans, who are currently in Afghanistan and Pakistan, were employees of

BANK OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS EJF REM CASE NO. 18,895-23 (SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST OF BPI FAMILY SAVINGS BANK, INC) Petitioner-Mortgagee, - versusARIEL M. ABRACIA Respondent/s-/Mortgagor/s-Borrowers. X--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------X

NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE

Upon extra-judicial petition for foreclosure and sale under Act 3135, as amended, filed by the mortgagee BANK OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS (SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST OF BPI FAMILY SAVINGS BANK, INC) against the mortgagors ARIEL M. ABRACIA, with residence and postal address at: 10-A San Vicente Street, Skyline Village, Catalunan Grande, Davao City, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of May 18, 2023, amounted to THREE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED ELEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY EIGHT & 41/100 (Php 3,711,568.41) Philippine Currency, inclusive of interest, penalty and other charges and legal expenses incident of foreclosure and sale; the undersigned Sheriff IV of the Regional Trial Court, Davao City, will sell at public auction on July 13, 2023 at 10:00 A.M., or soon thereafter, at the main entrance of the Hall of Justice, Ecoland, Davao City, to the highest bidder for CASH or MANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following real property mentioned and described below together with all improvements found thereon, to wit:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 146-2019017100

LOT NO: 15 BLOCK NO. 12 PLAN NO: PCS-112402-006159

PORTION OF: THE CONS/SBUD., OF LOTS 44, 51, PLS-375 & 53-A, 53-b, 53-C, 53-D, PSD-11043021

Location: BRGY. OF COMMUNAL, City of Davao

BOUNDARIES: LINE DIRECTION ADJOINING LOT(S)

1-2 SOUTH LOT 14, BLOCK 12, PCS-112402-006159

2-3 WEST LOT 13, BLOCK 12, PCS-112402-006159

3-4 NORTH ROAD LOT 8, PCS-112402-006159

4-1 EAST LOT 17, BLOCK 12, PCS-112402-006159

AREA: ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY SQUARE METERS (180) MORE OR LESS

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

That in the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on August 3, 2023, without further notice.

Prospective buyers are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the title of the herein described real properties and encumbrances thereon, if any there be. Davao City, Philippines, June 6, 2023.

ATTY. FRANCISCO M. CAMPANER – the OIC Clerk of Court & Ex-Officio Prov’l Sheriff (SGD.) JAY C. ESPERANZA Sheriff

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

11TH JUDICIAL REGION

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT-SHERIFF Davao City

EJF

the US Embassy in Kabul and who are currently being processed by the US government to be given Special Immigrant Visas.

Senator Imee Marcos, who presided over the hearing, questioned what legal obligations the Philippines has to accommodate the Afghan nationals “since they are clearly not refugees.”

Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said during the same hearing that he sought the opinion of the Department of Justice on the issue. (PNA)

ROBINSONS BANK CORPORATION, EJF REM CASE NO. 18,892-23

Mortgagee/Creditor, - versusSPOUSES WILLIAM V. TAN AND VANESSA E. TAN Mortgagor/Sureties, X----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------X

NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE

Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135, as amended, filed by the above-mentioned mortgagee against SPOUSES WILLIAM V. TAN and VANNESSA E. TAN, both of legal age, Filipinos with residence at: # 124 R. Magsaysay Avenue, Davao City, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of March 24, 2023, the total outstanding obligation of the OGCI, inclusive of interest amounts to a total of PESOS: EIGHTEEN MILLION ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED and 00/100, (₱18,172,500.00) Philippine Currency, inclusive of interest and other charges, and expenses relating to the foreclosure and sale; the undersigned Sheriff IV of the Regional Trial Court, Davao City, will sell at public auction on July 13, 2023 at 10:00 A.M., or soon thereafter, at the main entrance of the Hall of Justice, Ecoland, Davao City, to the highest bidder for CASH or MANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following real property mentioned and described below together with all improvements found thereon, to wit:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 146-2018002083

“A parcel of land (Lot 28, Blk.5 of the subdivision plan (LRC) Psd-67461 Sheet 2), being a portion of lot 570 of the cadastral survey of Davao, LRC (GLRO) CAD. REC. NO. 317) situated in the City of Davao, Island of Mindanao. Containing an area of SEVEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY (760) SQUARE METERS more or less.”

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

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on August 3, 2023, without further notice.

Prospective buyers are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the title of the herein described real property and encumbrances thereon, if any there be. Davao City, Philippines, June 5, 2023.

ATTY. FRANCISCO M. CAMPANER – the OIC Clerk of Court & Ex-Officio Prov’l Sheriff (SGD.) SERGIO LEONARDO J. TUPAS

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 11TH JUDICIAL REGION OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT-SHERIFF Davao City

Mortgagee, - versusALLEN C. BASAGAN, AS REPRESENTED BY HIS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT, GEMMA T. CANUZA

Debtor/Mortgagor, CHRISTINE JOY C. BASAGAN, Co-Debtor X---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------X

NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE

Upon extra-judicial petition for foreclosure and sale under Act 3135, as amended, filed by the mortgagee BDO UNIBANK, INC., against the Debtor/s-mortgagor/s Allen C. Basagan, as represented by his Attorney-in-fact, Gemma T. Canuza and Christine Joy C. Basagan, co-debtor with postal address/es at 1) Purok Tagadao, San Rafael, Cateel, Davao Oriental; and (2) Unit 4-1, Bldg., 2, Arezzo Place Davao, Doña Pilar Ave., Brgy. Pampanga, Buhangin District, Davao City, Davao del Sur, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of April 12, 2023, amounted to (Php2,089,538.21) Philippine Currency, inclusive of interest and penalty charges plus other legal expenses incident to foreclosure and sale; the undersigned Sheriff IV of the Regional Trial Court, Davao City, will sell at public auction on July 27, 2023 at 10:00 A.M., or soon thereafter, at the main entrance of the Hall of Justice, Ecoland, Davao City, to the highest bidder for CASH or MANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following real property mentioned and described below together with all the improvements found thereon, to wit:

CONDOMINIUM CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 146-2021009719

IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that the unit identified and described as:

BUILDING 2

NOS. : 63

BUILDING: 2 FLOOR: 4TH FLOOR UNIT NO.: 4-1

AREA: 32.50

In the diagrammatic floor plan appended to the enabling or master deed of the Condominium project annotated on TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE 2014002413; 2014074321; 2016014669; 2016014670; which embraces and describes the land located at BARANGAY OF PAMPANGA, DAVAO CITY, ISLAND OF MINDANAO with an area of (27,040) Square Meters.

Location: Barangay of Pampanga, City of Davao, Island of Mindanao.

All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated time and date. That in the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on July 14, 2023, without further notice.

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

CAMPANER

ATTY. FRANCISCO M.

HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND EJF REM CASE NO. 18,874-23

(otherwise known as Pag-IBIG Fund) FOR: EXTRA-JUDICIAL FOREMortgagee, CLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE UNDER ACT 3135 as amended RIZZA JEAN A. CALIBO Mortgagor.

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NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE

SALE OF REAL PROPERTY

Upon extra-judicial petition for foreclosure and sale under Act 3135, as amended, filed by the mortgagee - HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (Pag-IBIG Fund) against RIZZA JEAN A. CALIBO with postal address at: Lot 6, Blk. 12, South Villa Country Homes, Diversion Road, Ma-a, Davao City,; to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of March 31, 2023, amounted to FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED NINETY SIX PESOS & 58/100 centavos (Php421,896.58) Philippine Currency, inclusive of interest and other charges, plus other legal expenses incident to foreclosure and sale; the undersigned Sheriff IV of the Regional Trial Court, Davao City, will sell at public auction on July 13, 2023 at 10:00 A.M., or soon thereafter, at the main entrance of the Hall of Justice, Benigno S. Aquino Bldg., Candelaria St., Ecoland, Davao City, to the highest bidder for CASH or MANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following real property mentioned and described below together with all improvements found thereon, to wit:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-452844

A parcel of land (Lot 6, Blk 12, xxx PCS-11-001563, xxxxx, situated in the Barrio of Ma-a, City of Davao, Island of Mindanao, xxxxxx containing an area of ONE HUNDRED NINE (109) square meters more or less. xxx

All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated time and date. That in the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on August 3, 2023, at the same time and place without further notice.

Prospective buyers are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the title of the herein-above described and encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

June 5, 2023, Davao City, Philippines.

SECURITY BANK CORPORATION EJF REM CASE NO. 18,891-23

Mortgagee, - versusSPOUSES WILLIAM S. GAW AND KELLY L. GAW, And doing business under the name and style of LUCKY GVK HARDWARE AND LUCKY GOLD DRAGON AGRI-VENTURES, Mortgagor/s, X---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------X

NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE

Upon extra-judicial petition for foreclosure under Act 3135, as amended, filed by the mortgagee SECURITY BANK CORPORATION against the mortgagor/s SPOUSES WILLIAM S. GAW AND KELLY L. GAW, And doing business under the name and style of LUCKY GVK HARDWARE AND LUCKY GOLD DRAGON AGRI-VENTURES, with given address at Block 10, Lot 10, 12th St. Guadalupe Village, Lanang, Davao City, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of April 17, 2023, the outstanding obligation of the mortgagor/s with the mortgagee amounts to SEVENTY THREE MILLION TWO HUNDRED SIXTY EIGHT THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED SIXTY and 54/100 (₱73,268,960.54) plus other legal expenses incident of foreclosure and sale; the undersigned Sheriff IV of the Regional Trial Court, Davao City, will sell at public auction on July 13, 2023 at 10:00 A.M., or soon thereafter, at the main entrance of the Hall of Justice, Ecoland, Davao City, to the highest bidder for CASH or MANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following real property mentioned and described below together with all improvements found thereon, to wit:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 146-2020017905

“LOT & SURVEY NOS.: LOT 18, PCS-112402-001421 (AR), PORT. OF LOT 1, 2 F-20-13589-D, 3998, 400, CAD-102, 4-A, 4-B, (LRC) PSD-176993 XXX, LOCATION: INDANGAN, DAVAO CITY, ISLAND OF MINDANAO XXX AREA: NINE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY SIX SQUARE METERS (9,286) MORE OR LESS

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

That in the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on August 3, 2023, without further notice.

M.

CAMPANER – the OIC Clerk of Court & Ex-Officio Prov’l Sheriff (SGD.) MERLON A. BARTOLOME

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or downward adjustments in their bills on a pro-rated basis whenever service outages or disruptions occur for an aggregate period of 24 hours or more within a one-month billing cycle.

The PTEs and ISPs shall not require the customer to take any action to receive a refund credit or bill adjustment.

Refund credits shall be given to both postpaid and prepaid customers.

The bill also stated that telecom firms and ISPs found by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to have violated the bill’s provisions will be fined between P200,000 and P2 million for each violation.

Violators whose gross annual income does not exceed P10 million will be fined 1% to 2% of their gross annual income.

The bill states that the NTC may revoke the Provisional Authority or Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity of PTEs, or cancel the registration of an ISP for repeated violations, whichever applies, “including the waiver of pre-termination fees of affected subscribers and the timely disbursement of any remaining credits from excessive downtime.”

AFFIDAVIT OF SELF-ADJUDICATION

The public is hereby notified that BAI MAHA REQUILMAN SINSUAT, of legal age, widow, Filipino with residence at 021 Macapagal Street, Cotabato City, Philipines, after having been duly sworn to in accordance with the law, hereby depose and state:

1. That she is the widow and sole surviving legal heir of the late DATU OMBRA QUESADA SINSUAT who died intestate on November 01, 2019, leaving without any will or debt that has not been settled up to the present; and

2. That the deceased left his one-half (1/2) share in the parcel of land as co-owned by the deceased wife situated in Barangay Matina, Davao City, Philippines covered by Transfer Certificate of Title (TCT) No. 146-2022014699 containing an area of SIX HUNDRED FORTY-SIX (646) SQUARE METERS.

That above-mentioned properties have been the subject of a Deed of Self-Adjudication executed by his legal and only surviving heir, as duly ratified, acknowledged, and entered as Doc. No. 43; Page No. 10; Book No. IV, Series of 2023; in the notarial registry of Atty. BIENVENIDO P. CARIAGA, JR., a dulycommissioned Notary Public in the Philippines.

Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

11TH JUDICIAL REGION

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT-SHERIFF Davao City

EJF REM CASE NO. 18,893-23

BDO UNIBANK, INC.

Mortgagee, - versus -

HILARION MAMUAD GARCIA JR.

MARRIED TO CECILLE ALCAIN GARCIA

Debtor/Mortgagors, X-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------X

NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE

Upon extra-judicial petition for foreclosure and sale under Act 3135, as amended, filed by the mortgagee BDO UNIBANK, INC. against the Debtor/mortgagors HILARION

MAMUAD GARCIA JR., MARRIED TO CECILLE ALCAIN GARCIA, with postal address/es at:

(1) 67 Virgo St., GSIS Matina, Davao City; and (2) Unit 3210 Bldg., 3 One Oasis Davao EcoWest Drive Ecoland, Davao City, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of April 12, 2023, amounted to (₱2,997,872.68) Philippine Currency, inclusive of interest and penalty charges plus other legal expenses incident to foreclosure and sale; the undersigned Sheriff IV of the Regional Trial Court, Davao City, will sell at public auction on July 13, 2023 at 10:00 A.M., or soon thereafter, at the main entrance of the Hall of Justice, Ecoland, Davao City, to the highest bidder for CASH or MANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following real property mentioned and described below together with all improvements found thereon, to wit:

CONDOMINIUM CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 146-2017000466

SECOND FLOOR LEVEL UNIT 3210-A RESIDENTIAL TYPE CONDOMINIUM UNIT AT BUILDING 3 OF ONE OASIS DAVAO CITY, SITUATED IN THE CITY OF DAVAO, ISLAND OF MINDANAO. CONTAINING AN AREA OF THIRTY-EIGHT POINT THIRTY-EIGHT SQUARE METERS (38.38 SQ.M.). MORE OR LESS.

In the diagrammatic floor plan appended to the enabling or master deed of the condominium project annotated on TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE T-435124 which embraces and describes the land located at THE CITY OF DAVAO with an area of TWENTY-TW0 THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT (22,948 Square meters), more or less.

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

That in the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on August 3, 2023, without further notice.

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

Davao City, Philippines, June 6, 2023.

EXTRA JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE

The public is hereby notified that the intestate estate of the late EUGENIO D. CAÑADA and SOFIA A. CAÑADA who died on May 25, 1986 and June 4, 2006 in Davao City respectively, which estate consists the following properties to wit:

1. A parcel of land situated in the Barrio of Mankilam, Mun. of Tagum, Province of Davao del Norte, Island of Mindanao, covered by TCT No. T-166001, containing an area of EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY THREE (843) square meters more or less;

2. A parcel of land situated in the Barrio of Apocon, Mun. of Tagum, Province of Davao Island of Mindanao, covered by TCT No. 34546, containing an area of SIX HUNDRED (600) square meters more or less;

3. A parcel of land situated in the Barrio of Kialeg, Mun. of (Digos) Magsaysay, Province of del Sur, covered by TCT No. 27770, containing an area of FOUR THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED SEVEN (4,707) square meters more or less;

4. A parcel of land situated in the Barrio of Kialeg, Municipality of (Digos) Magsaysay, Province of Davao del Sur, Island of Mindanao, covered with TCT No. 27768, containing an area of TEN THOUSAND (10,000) square meters;

5. A parcel of land situated in the Barrio of Kisante, Makilala, Cotabato covered by OCT No. P-27732, containing an area of TWENTY FOUR THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE (24,435) square meters more or less;

6. A parcel of land situated in the Barrio of Tuban, Mun. of Sta. Cruz, Province of Davao del Sur, Island of Mindanao, covered with TCT No. T-71400, containing an area of SIX THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED ONE (6,601) square meters more or less;

7. A parcel of land situated in the Barrio of Mankilam, Mun. of Tagum, Province of Davao, Island of Mindanao, covered with TCT No. T-126126, containing an area of TWO HUNDRED TWENTY (220) square meters more or less, and

8. A parcel of land situated in the Barrio of Mankilam, Mun. of Tagum, Province of Davao, Island of Mindanao covered with T-126128, containing an area of ONE HUNDRED THIRTEEN (113) square meters more or less.

That the above-mentioned properties have been the subject of an EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT executed among their heirs, as duly ratified, acknowledged, and entered as Doc. No. 364; Page No. 74; Book No. 35, Series of 2023; in the notarial registry of Atty. ROMEO MONFORT, a duly-commissioned Notary Public in the Philippines.

EXTRA JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE

The public is hereby notified that the intestate estate of the late TERESITA E. BELEN who died on April 16, 2023 in Davao City, Philippines, which estate consists of the following properties to wit:

1. Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-47029 situated in the Barrio, now Barangay of Sasa, City of Davao, Island of Mindanao, containing an area of THREE HUNDRED FORTY THREE (343) SQUARE METERS more or less

2. Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-47030 situated in the Barrio, now Barangay of Sasa, City of Davao, Island of Mindanao, containing an area of TWO HUNDRED NINETY SEVEN (297) SQUARE METERS more or less;

3. Declaratio0n of Real Property Value – Building: PIN : 172-04-009-047-048-1001 ARPN : AG-04009-12175 Barangay& Zone : Sasa Lot : 14-B-2-B

Blk : CCT No. : Account No. : 00-312470

Property Location : Buhangin:Sasa, Airport Road

Owner’s Name : BELEN, TERESITA E. M/TO ANTONIO Land Area : 297 square meters

4. Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-53571 (Lot 2486-H, Psd-11-100573) situated in the Mun. of Tarragona, Province of Davao Oriental, Island of Mindanao;

5. Original Certificate of Title No. P-3730 situated in the Barrio Central. Municipality of Manay, Province of Davao, containing an area of TWO HUNDRED FORTY THOUSAND (240,000) SQUARE METERS, more or less.. That the above-mentioned properties have been the subject of an Extrajudicial Settlement of Estate, by and among her heirs, as duly ratified, acknowledged, and entered as Doc. No. 339; Page No. 69; Book No. 27, Series of 2023; in the notarial registry of Atty. PORFIRIO S. DACLAN, a duly-commissioned Notary Public in the Philippines.

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 11TH JUDICIAL REGION BRANCH 53, Davao City

MARGO OBERG ESPINA SIOCO SP. PROC. NO. R-DVO-19-02380-SP

Petitioner, FOR: CANCELLATION OF THE SECOND -versus- CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF DAVAO CITY AND OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL, Respondents.

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EXTRA JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF THE DECEASED MICHAEL TECSON and PIA ANGELA D. TECSON

The public is hereby notified that the intestate estate of the late MICHAEL V. TECSON and PIA ANGELA D. TECSON who died on April 28, 2012 and September 30, 2020 in Davao City respectively, which estate consists of one (1) parcel of land situated in the Barrrio of Bayabas, City of Davao, Island of Mindanao which is covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-26744 containing an area of Ten Thousand Three Hundred Nineteen (10,319) square meters more or less has been the subject of an Extrajudicial Settlement of Estate, by and among their heirs, as duly ratified, acknowledged, and entered as Doc. No. 458; Page No. 93; Book No. 30, Series of 2023; in the notarial registry of Atty. NICOLAS A. BANGA, a duly-commissioned Notary Public in the Philippines.

Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 11th Judicial Region Branch 15, Davao City rtc1davo15@judiciary.gov.ph (082) 2983336/09236095058

MARICEL OMEGA HIKICHI Sp. Proc. Case No. R-DVO-23-02467-SP Petitioner, FOR: RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT -versus- OF A FOREIGN JUDGMENT (DIVORCE)

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF DAVAO CITY, Respondent.

O R D E R

This is a verified petition for the Recognition and Enforcement of a Foreign Judgment (Divorce) filed by petitioner assisted by counsel seeks for an Order from this Court, after due notice, publication, and hearing, that the foreign judgment of divorce obtained by Takeo Hikichi with the petitioner by duly recognized under the Philippine jurisdiction and that petitioner be declared legally capacitated to remarry and that the Office of the Civil Registrar of Davao City be ordered to cancel the Marriage Certificate of petitioner with Takeo Hikichi issued under Registry No. 2005-5715 or annotated the appropriate remarks in the said marriage certificate.

Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance, the same is hereby set for hearing before this Court, sitting at the 3rd Floor, Hall of Justice, Ecoland, Matina, Davao City on November 20, 2023 at 8:30 a.m. at which date, hour and place, any and all interested persons are hereby cited to appear and show cause, if they have any, why this petition should not be granted.

Let copy of this Order be published at the expense of thee petitioner in a newspaper of general circulation in Davao City once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks prior to the date of hearing.

Likewise, the petitioner is directed to furnish the Local Civil Registrar of Davao City, the Office of the Solicitor General, and the Office of the Civil Registrar General copy of this Order and Petition.

SO ORDERED.

Davao City, Philippines, June 13, 2023.

MARIO C. DUAVES Presiding Judge

Republic of the Philippines

O R D E R

Petitioner prays that after due notice, publication and hearing an Order be issued to the Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Davao City to cancel the Certificate of Live Birth in the name of MARGO OBERG ESPINA SIOCO with Local Civil Registry No. 85-4705 and consequently correct the erroneous entry in the first certificate of live birth particularly ENTRY NO. 1 DENOMINATED AS “FIRST

NAME” in LCR No. 85-03912 from MARIO to MARGO.

Finding the verified petition to be sufficient in form and substance, the same shall be heard on October 24, 2019 at 10:00 o’clock in the morning at which date, time and place, any interested party may appear and show cause why the said petition should not be granted.

Let this Order be published at the expense of the petitioner once a week for three (3) successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the said City and the three provinces of Davao which has been selected after raffle.

The Local Civil Registrar of Davao City and the Assistant City Prosecutor are directed to appear on said date of hearing, in order to show cause, if any, why said petition should not be granted.

Davao City, Philippines, September 16, 2019.

EDILU P. HAYAG Presiding Judge

as amended, filed by the mortgagee - Home Development Mutual Fund or Pag-IBIG Fund against the mortgagors ANGEL MAE LLANORA DUJALI, married to GEORGETON SALES DUJALI with postal address at: Lot 18, Blk. 65, DECA HOMES ESPERANZA, TIGATTO, BUHANGIN, DAVAO CITY, DAVAO DEL SUR to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of November 15, 2022, amounted to SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY EIGHT THOUSAND

real property mentioned and described below together with all improvements found thereon, to wit:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 146-2013009821

“A parcel of land (Lot 18, Blk.65 of the consolidation-subdivision plan Pcs-11-005103, being a portion of the consolidation of Lot 469-C-3, Lots 469-C-5 to 14, Lots 469-C-19 to 20, and Lot 469-C-23, ALL OF PSD-11-043263, LOTS 469-C-4-A & C, ALL OF PSD-11-075514, LOTS 469C-15-A &

C, LOTS 469-C-16-A & C, LOTS 469-C-17-A & C, AND LOTS 469-C-18-A & C, ALL OF PSD-11-075515), situated in the Barangay of Tigatto, City of Davao, Island of Mindanao, containing an area of Ninety

Five (95) square meters, more or less.”

All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated time and date. That in the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on August 3, 2023, without further notice.

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

PAL says flight cancellations due to aircraft maintenance

APhilippineAirlines (PAL) executive on Friday said the recurring cancellations and delays of both domestic and international flights are due to aircraft maintenance amid the revenge travel phenomenon.

PAL spokesperson Cielo Villaluna told the Philippine News Agency (PNA) that an average of five to 10 domestic and international flights per day were canceled for the past two to three weeks. These figures do not include delayed flights.

On Thursday, the Media Affairs Division (MAD) of the Manila International Airport Authority only announced two CebGo flights between Manila and Busuanga were canceled due to inclement weather.

Asked about the real total canceled flights, the MAD said 29 PAL and CebGo flights were can-

celed, while another 29 flights were delayed on June 15.

The MAD, however, clarified that they are only announcing flights that are canceled due to weather conditions.

Villaluna, meanwhile, said an estimated 20 PAL flights are canceled from June 16 to 17.

“Affected passengers are rebooked on the next available flights, or are rerouted or refunded, or booked on other airlines,” she said.

In a statement, PAL said the recent flight cancellations are “primarily due to the increase in the number of aircraft on pre-

ventive maintenance as a result of high utilization brought about by revenge travel or high travel demand”.

Consequently, some aircraft require preventive maintenance earlier than scheduled, and unforeseen maintenance issues arise, impacting the flight rotations, the statement added.

PAL said it is optimizing the operations to minimize disruptions.

PAL’s plans include making changes to the maintenance procedures to enhance efficiency and reduce aircraft servicing time. It is also reviewing its capacity to ensure necessary maintenance without compromising reliability.

The flag carrier said it has already implemented measures to reduce its published capacity for the upcoming months. (PNA)

Pag-IBIG released P45B in housing loans as of May

State-run Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-IBIG Fund) said on Friday it had released P45 billion worth of housing loans from January to May this year.

“Ang Pag-IBIG Fund so far, as of May this year ay nakapagpahiram na ng mahigit na P45 billion in housing loans sa ating mga miyembro at ito po ay kasama ng ating mga efforts para po tulungan ang ating Department of

Human Settlements and Urban Development under po sa Pambansang Pabahay Para sa Pilipino Program,” Pag-IBIG department manager for public media affairs Jack Jacinto said at the public briefing.

(As of May this year, Pag-IBIG has already released more than P45 billion for the housing loans of our members. This is part of our efforts to help the Department of Human

BSP announces revisions on balance of payment target

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) policy-making Monetary Board (MB) slashed the 2023 balance of payment (BOP) deficit projection from USD1.6 billion to USD1.2 billion on account of slower global growth outlook.

In a virtual briefing on Friday, BSP Department of Economic Research (DER) Director Sittie Hannisha M. Butocan said the new BOP deficit projection accounts for around 3 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) from the 4 percent of domestic output previously.

“The lower BOP deficit reflects the narrower current account deficit combined with lower financial account inflows on the back of weaker global growth outlook,” she said.

Latest BSP data show that the current account (CA) is now forecast to post a USD15 billion deficit, lower than the previous USD17 billion deficit projection.

The CA components include the imports and exports of goods and services.

to register a USD13.3 billion deficit, lower than the previous USD15 billion deficit projection.

Butocan said the new imports and exports projections are in line with the recently announced forecast of the inter-agency Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC), noting that the DBCC figures are based on the recommendations by the BSP.

“However, we also want to emphasize that these figures are forecasts and not targets. The targets that the government has set specifically for exports are embodied in the Philippine Export Development Plan, which was approved or launched yesterday,” she said.

These changes, she explained, were made after noting the “slightly weaker global growth prospects for this year compared to the previous (projection) exercise.”

Settlements and Urban Development under the Pambansang Pabahay Para sa Pilipino Program.)

Meanwhile, a total of P15.82 billion in cash loans was released to 720,000 members from January to April.

“At ito po ay nakatulong po sa ating mga kababayan, sa ating mga miyembro sa kanilang mga gastusin,’’ Jacinto said.

Goods exports are now projected to register a slower growth of 1 percent from 3 percent previously, and goods imports are seen to expand by 2 percent from 4 percent.

On the other hand, the services exports projection was kept at 17 percent and the services imports at 11 percent, with the latter due to the robust outlook for the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector, tourism and travel-related receipts, and cash remittances. Also, the Financial Account is seen

“While some upside risks have been identified - China’s economic reopening, the unwinding of supply-side disruptions, and decelerating inflation - downside risks continue to dominate the external sector outlook over the medium term,” she said, noting the severe tightening of global financial conditions because of the vulnerability of the financial sector to rising real interest rates.

The BSP official also cited other upside risks to the BOP and these include the “sharper-than-expected contractionary effects of the synchronous central bank rate hikes amid high debt levels and stickier inflation, which, she said “may promote continued monetary tightening in some jurisdictions.”

A Philippine Airlines (PAL) aircraft arrives at the Davao International Airport in Davao City. PAL said aircraft maintenance is the reason behind the cancellation of several domestic and international flights. Lean Daval Jr.

Boosting internet connectivity crucial for e-gov’t push: group

Wider internet connectivity is crucial for the government’s push to digitize its transactions, advocacy group Better Internet PH said.

“We keep on saying that we want digitalization, that we want e-government and we actually now have a super app. How can people access these apps, how can organizations, schools, businesses digitalize if they don’t have connectivity?” the group’s lead advocate Grace Mirandilla-Santos said in a media seminar sponsored by the US Embassy in Manila.

Secure implementation of E-government also requires a national policy that will promote information security, which could come in the form of an executive order by the President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., she said.

“This way, the public can be confident that e-government services are safe and secure,” Mirandilla-Santos said.

Government agencies this

week agreed to expand the services of the eGov app that would standardize payment processing and speed up issuance of permits, among others.

In the initial stage, e-government has the potential to prevent petty graft and theft linked to tasks that do not involve discretion, such as submitting printed forms in person, Mirandilla-Santos said.

“However, if e-government is limited to these things, it’s unlikely to stamp out big-time kickbacks from, say, rigged bids, bloated projects or the purchase of favors where government officials have discretion,” she said.

“E-government can only go so far; it can’t change our values overnight. That said, e-government must be initiated, developed, and expanded to cover more and more activities, until it becomes the norm. Once citizens get a taste of faster and more efficient services, there’s no turning back.”

Sy Jr.’s Data Lake deploys over 200 Starlink units

Data Lake Inc., a data company led by tycoon Henry Sy Jr., said in a news release that it deployed more than 200 Starlink Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite internet units.

In February, Data Lake said it was expediting Starlink’s Philippine entry to within the first three months of 2023.

In July last year, it was announced that Starlink Internet Services Philippines, a wholly owned subsidiary of Elon Musk’s SpaceX, would launch its Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite internet services in the Philippines by December 2022.

Delays in the production and deployment of LEO satellites pushed back Starlink’s initial December 2022 entry to the first quarter of 2023, according to Data Lake.

Data Lake said that since entering into an official reseller agreement with SpaceX and

Starlink in October 2022, it had deployed over 200 Starlink units across the country, enabling high-speed internet connectivity for various industries, including banking, maritime, mining, hospitality, education, and remote field offices.

Data Lake Inc. and SpaceX have forged a partnership with a shared vision of connecting all 7000 plus islands of the Philippines to the global digital network, thereby eliminating the digital divide.

Since their collaboration began in 2022, both companies have worked towards this goal, striving to empower communities and enhance opportunities for education, farming, and healthcare in the region.

“As the first authorized reseller of Starlink in the Philippines, Data Lake Inc. is proud to be at the forefront of this transformative technological advancement,” it said.

Fuel price rollback expected Tuesday

Aftera round of price hikes, motorists canexpect a sigh of relief in the coming week as fuel pump prices are expected to be rolled back, according to local oil industry sources.

“Based on the four-day trading, there will be a rollback on the prices of petroleum products,” Department of Energy-Oil Industry Management Bureau Assistant Director Rodela

Romero said.

Citing industry estimates, Romero said the price per liter of gasoline may be slashed by P0.30 to P0.60 while diesel prices may be reduced by P0.30 to

P0.50 per liter.

Kerosene prices are also expected to be cut by P0.40 to P0.60 per liter.

An oil industry source, likewise, said that based on the oil trading on June 12 to 15, diesel prices may be decreased by P0.30 to P0.50 per liter while gasoline may be downwardly adjusted by P0.40 to P0.60 per

liter.

“Markets weighed optimism of China’s robust demand data over more US interest rate hikes that [may] temper their energy demand,” Romero said.

Oil companies usually announce price adjustments every Monday, to be implemented on the following day.

Effective Tuesday, June 13,

fuel firms implemented a per liter increase of P1.20 for gasoline, P1.40 for diesel and P1.30 for kerosene.

The latest price movements resulted in a year-to-date net decrease for diesel at P3.95 per liter and kerosene at P6.05 per liter. Gasoline, on the other hand, has a year-to-date net increase of P6.70 per liter

Linemen commissioned by a telecommunications company untangle entwined cables along Sta. Ana Avenue in Davao City over the weekend. An advocacy group said wider internet connectivity is crucial for the government’s push to digitize its transactions. Lean Daval Jr.

hospitals hindi na magpadala ng kanilang mga samples sa Manila kasi matagal ang resulta. Dito na lang natin gawin ang mga tests na yun kasi ang daming mga doctors here both in private and public

hospitals,” she said. Saloma said they will provide training and collaborations, research as well as diagnostic testing that doctors on the ground can learn.

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Meanwhile, Bad-ang asked Dabawenyos to take care of their kidneys. She said Davao City has ranked third in the country in terms of the number of renal disorders since 2017.

“Ang mga tao during the pandemic nag revenge eating.

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ti” that uses innovative, environmentally sustainable bamboo.

Speaking in an “Usapang Kawayan” bamboo forum, Lacson said the trendy motorcycle is just the beginning of a highly promising sector that has the potential to catapult Philippines to industrialization.

We have observed during pandemic hindi nakapag pa checkup ang mga tao, hindi sila nakapunta sa kanilang mga doctors for diabetes, hypertension,” she added.

Bad-ang said in the Philippines, around 10 to 12 percent increase was noted for kidney disease patients per year.

We’re smart. We’re intelligent.”

to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness in the amount of THREE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED NINETY THREE

THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED FIFTY PESOS (Php 3,793,350.00) inclusive of interests, penalties, expenses, and collection charges, as of November 22, 2022, the undersigned Notary Public for and in Davao City, hereby gives notice to all parties concerned and to the public in general that on June 29, 2023 at 10:00 o’clock in the morning or soon thereafter at the main entrance of the Hall of Justice, Candelaria St., Ecoland, Matina, Davao City, she will sell at public auction to the highest bidder and for cash, in Philippine Currency, the property registered in the name of Luz Caballero, Amabelle Caballero and Reggie Caballero covered by Transfer Certificates of Title No. T-146-2010000831 issued by the Registry of Deed for Davao City, including all the improvements thereon and more particularly described as follows, to wit:

TITLE NO. 146-2010000831

“A parcel of land (Lot 19. Blk. 8 of the subdivision plan, PSD-11-035192, being a portion of Lot 3-C-2 of Psd-112402-034459), situated in the Barrio of Bacaca, City of Davao, Island of Mindanao. Containing an area of ONE HUNDRED FIFTY SQ.M. (150) more or less.”

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

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on July 20, 2023, without further notice.

Pursuant to law, copies of this NOTICE shall be posted for not less than twenty (20) days in at least three (3) public places in Davao City where the mortgage property is located and shall be published once a week for at least three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation before the date of the foreclosure sale.

Done this 31st day of May 2023, at Davao City, Philippines.

(SGD.) KAREN BIANCA ANGELI S. CEZAR Notary Public for Davao City

S. No. 2022-289-2023 until December 31, 2023

“A bike like this can inspire the young, the leaders, the countrymen, and the industries to say ‘Kaya pala yan’ (It can be done!),” pointed out Lacson. “It’s not (just) about making money. It’s about making us proud. We can have our own. We’re creative.

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kwondo, volleyball, and weightlifting – will start on July 14.

The league’s most prominent product is Zamboangueña Hidilyn Diaz, who won the country’s first gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

Other provinces that have hosted the PRISAA National Games were Pampanga, Cebu, Zambales, and Bohol. (PNA)

The team that developed the Banatti Green Falcon chose to use bamboo as “it is the mandate of the country.” As Lacson explained, “This God-given super grass is one of our tickets out of poverty. When people see a picture of the Banatti Green Falcon, it brings an incredible feeling. Something goes on in their mind, something shifts.”

A news item released by PBIDC said the Philippines now has an estimated bamboo area of around 104,000 hectares. It generates a value of $60 million yearly. With 5.59 million hectares of arable land, the country can expand bamboo area to 400,000 hectares – if only to level up to at least 10% of China’s bamboo area of 4.2 million hectares.

Such an area can yield a whopping $3 billion (P150 billion). The industry can employ one million rural folks including indigenous people that can be organized into cooperatives.

Each 10-hectare area can generate a net income of P922,995 per bamboo worker

She said in the latest data from PhilHealth, there are more than 90,000 patients on dialysis in the country, while in Davao City, there are around 2,400 patients and it is increasing.

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per year, according to a study of the International Network for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR).

Growing bamboo is also good for the environment. For one, it fights climate change in several ways, INBAR said.

First, its fast-growing trait enables it to sequester carbon more substantially than other plants. It releases 35% more oxygen than other trees. Bamboo plants sequester 12 metric tons of carbon per hectare annually.

“Durable products made from bamboo can also be potentially carbon-negative. Bamboo could also be a favorable substitute for hardwoods, even FSC (Forest Stewardship Council)-certified ones,” PBIDC said. For another, bamboo can also replace fossil fuels and reduce deforestation. Its solid biomass is used for cooking (charcoal and briquettes) and it can be converted into pellets for electricity and heating.

But what is more interesting is that bamboos are harvestable throughout the year, thus providing a stable rural income.

Some good things about versatile bamboos

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opment through S&T Intervention.”

Among the new products the project developed include bamboo shoots as ingredients in veggie salad, baked sushi, and maki roll; pickles; muffin; oatmeal cookies; fresh lumpia; and ice cream.

Meanwhile, the Philippine Bamboo Industry Development Act (PBIDA) is seen to establish the country’s competitive edge in the natural bamboo market in transport, construction, furniture, and fabric sectors that can lead to industrial-manufacturing development.

Filed under House Bill 9576 which was approved for the third and final reading in August 2021, PBIDA is hoped to be certified as urgent by the administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.

“House Bill 9576 should be approved under the administration of BBM (Bongbong Marcos). It will substantially help advance our industrial development. We already have the clumps in our inventory. We just need the support for production, training, processing,” said Deogracias Victor “DV” B. Savellano.

Savellano leads private sector advocates of bamboo as nature-friendly, climate smart industrial material through the 5K (Kawayan: Kalikasan, Kabuhayan, Kaunlaran, Kinabukasan) Foundation Inc.

HB 9576 will be refiled by Bohol Representative Edgardo M. Chatto. It will be endorsed in the Senate by the House of Representative. The bill which envisions seizing part of a global market placed in 2010 at $8

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are so many things going on. For one, Filipino researchers are one step closer to understanding engineered bamboo.

“Engineered bamboo refers to various kinds of composite boards that come from processing raw bamboo,” explains Dr. Rico J. Cabangon, deputy director of the Forest Products Research and Development Institute (FPRDI) of the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD).

Several layers of bamboo strips or slats are glued together and pressed to form boards that can be used for specific purposes - furniture, decors, and house parts such as walls, doors, ceilings, and floors. Engineered bamboo panels are often stronger and less prone to warping than equivalent solid woods.

One type of engineered bamboo is cross-laminated bamboo (CLB), which has been found to be a promising construction material.

In a recent study, a team of FPRDI researchers measured the strength of CLB made from two local species, “kawayan tinik” (scientific name: Bambusa espinosa) and giant bamboo (Dendrocalamus asper).

“We produced CLB by gluing layers of bamboo slats on top of each other, with the grain of adjoining layers running in opposite directions. This type of lamination gives the board strength in two directions,” said Christian Camacho, the study project leader.

“The results were encouraging: our CLB met the strength requirements of some cross-lami-

nated timber products. Their density, hardness, and bending strength are promising for load-bearing walls, floors, and ceilings,” he added.

According to Camacho, the cross-laminated timber (CLT) – an innovative panel currently gaining attention around the world – has inspired him to study CLB.

“With the local housing demand currently at an all-time high, there is space for CLB in the Philippine building industry, especially in prefabricated housing,” Camacho said. “In the United States alone, the demand for prefab houses is expected to reach 145,000 units next year. This makes CLB a potential exportable construction material.”

This is indeed good news. Made from a fast-growing, renewable resource, CLB can help provide livelihood and extra source of income to local bamboo farmers and other players in the bamboo industry.

Another good source of income for bamboo farmers are the bamboo shoots. “Bamboo shoots are palatable and rich in nutritional values,” wrote Eirene Grace Z. Arcayos in The PCAARRD Monitor. “They have numerous potential health benefits –improve appetite and digestion, reduce fat, and lower cholesterol.”

The Philippines is home to 62 bamboo species, 21 of which are endemic. Aside from the two species mentioned earlier, the other economically import-

(PBIDC) ant species are “bayog” (Dendrocalamus merillianus) and “kawayan kiling” (Bambusa vulgaris). The shoots of these four bamboos can be consumed as food.

Partnering with the Pam-

panga State Agricultural University, PCAARRD – a line agency of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) – conducted a livelihood project entitled, “Enhancing Bamboo Shoot Production and Product Devel-

billion will institutionalize the Philippine Bamboo Industry Development Council (PBIDC).

Created by Executive Order 879 in 2010, PBIDC saw the prospect of bamboo replacing plastic, metal, and other wood as manufacturing input.

The bamboo industry holds huge economic potential for contributing to industrialization, being a highly-durable and ecologically-friendly raw material.

Industry players said bamboo is comparable to or even better than other hardwood. In fact, bamboo has already been technologically developed into engineered wood, composites, laminated wood, or strand woven bamboo as sophisticated lumber or construction material.

Filipinos have extensively exhibited their creative genius in using bamboo. One such genius is Christopher Paris Lacson, the man who designed the electric bike (EB) brand-named “BanatFSOME, P6

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Bamboo shoots are becoming popular not only in the Philippines but in other countries as well. (PCAARRD)

Two researchers preparing the cross-laminated bamboo. (PCAARRD)

This is Christoper Paris Lacson’s Green Falcon Banatti bamboo motorcycle.

Zamboanga hosts 2023 PRISAA National Games ALL SYSTEMS GO

It’s all systems go for the Private Schools Athletic Association (PRISAA) National Games that will be held in Zamboanga City on July 13-19.

“We are ready. We have more than enough venues to cater to the needs of PRISAA,” PRISAA national executive director and chairman of the technical management committee Elbert Atilano Sr. said in an interview on Friday.

More than 6,000 athletes from 437 schools, colleges, and universities nationwide are joining the annual tournament, which was postponed for three years due to the pandemic.

Davao hosted the 2019 edition, finishing third overall behind champion Western Visayas (Region 6) and Central Visayas (Region 7).

Delegates are expected to experience another well-organized tournament as Zamboanga City has staged the PRISAA National Games four times (1993, 2005, 2008, and 2011).

On June 9, the PRISAA Executive Board chaired by Fr. Vicente Uy, SVD, met with the local organizing committee headed by Zamboanga City Mayor John Dalipe to get an update on the status of the playing venues, billeting centers for athletes and officials, security, medical, transportation, facilities, and equipment.

Atilano, who also represents Zamboanga Peninsula (Western Mindanao) in the PRISAA National Board, said he has been in

constant communication with technical officials and other stakeholders to discuss issues concerning requirements for equipment and facilities, as well as the needed technical officials for gymnastics and archery, the new sports that are included in the forthcoming games.

Laureao “Boy” Santos of Central Luzon (Region 3), the PRISAA National secretary general, headed the technical working group that inspected all the facilities to be used during the tournament on June 10.

The athletes and officials from various regions are scheduled to arrive on July 12, while a technical and solidarity meeting will be held the following day at the JFEM Sports Complex main grandstand.

Meanwhile, Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) chairman Richard Bachmann has been invited as guest of honor during the opening ceremony at the Joaquin F. Enriquez Memorial (JEFM) Sports Complex on July 13.

Hostilities in 21 sports – archery, athletics, badminton, baseball, basketball (5x5), basketball (3x3), beach volleyball, boxing, dance sport, football, gymnastics, indoor volleyball, karatedo, lawn tennis, sepak takraw, softball, swimming, table tennis, tae-

NLEX guard Kevin Alas Drives to the basket in this bit of action between the Road Warriors and Terrafirma Dyip in the ongoing PBA On Tour.