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Cost of solar power plants down 50% By Lenie Lectura

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HE cost of h a r nessi ng power from the sun is fast declining, said Solar Philippines, noting that cost has gone down 50 percent from the previous eed-in-tariff (FiT) rate of P9.68 per kilowatt-hour (kWh). Solar Philippines President Leandro L. Leviste said solar-power costs have fallen mainly on account of the decrease in the cost of solar panels, low interest rates, high levels of sunlight and advances in technology, among others. “Costs have gone down and efficiency gone up, allowing new solar-power plants to sell at half the cost of the original tariff rate,” Leviste said. Many perceive solar power as expensive, and will take decades more to be competitive. Yet, last month, Leviste said, the world’s lowest-priced solar power was bid in Dubai at P1.345 per kWh. Other bids resulted in P1.575 in Mexico and P1.741 in the United States. “We must send a strong message to everyone in the power industry that the time of low-cost solar has arrived, and the era of fossil fuel is near its end,” Leviste said. Fossil fuel includes coal, which averages P4; gas, P6; and diesel, P8. “The debate is over...given solar is cheaper, and we’re building projects to prove it,” Leviste said. Solar Philippines recently announced the country’s first local solar-manufacturing plant, and plans to complete 500 megawatts (mW) of solar capacity by 2017. “Today our solar installation at

Muhammad Ali’s wife Lonnie Ali speaks during his memorial service on June 10 in Louisville Kentucky. AP/Darron Cummings

Iata: Airfares likely Tribute fit for to remain stable in H2 ‘the greatest’ By Lorenz S. Marasigan

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VEN with oil prices up more than 80 percent since January, airfares worldwide will likely remain stable in the second half of 2016, a trade organization of global airlines said in a report. The International Air Transport Association (Iata) said in a report that crude-oil prices may have increased from January to May due to short-term supply disruption, but the cost of fuel will remain low through mid-2018 at $55 per barrel. “Airfares are expected to decline further in the near future, as prior declines in jet-fuel prices feed through. That said, with oil prices now up more than 80 percent since their January low, the stimulus to demand from lower airfares

is likely to fade in the second half of 2016,” Iata said. Domestic and international air travel then is expected to continue getting a boost, as demand for air travel in and out of the country continues to rise. Passengers have been enjoying lower fares since early-2015, when the regulator decided to scrap off the fuel-surcharge component from airline fares due to the declining prices of jet fuel in the international market. A fuel surcharge is a temporary

relief granted to airlines to help them recover losses incurred from higher jet-fuel prices. It ranges from P500 to as high as P15,000, depending on the destination. Fuel prices have been dropping, as the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries decided to maintain current production levels despite a glut in the market, with an estimated oversupply of 1.5 million to 2 million barrels daily. Fuel accounts for as much as 60 percent of an airline’s operating cost per passenger, and is the second-highest expense next to labor. The Philippines is one of the countries with the fastest-growing commercial-aviation industries in Asean. In fact, it is poised to become the third fastest-growing market in Southeast Asia, as its economy continues to grow in midsingle digits. “Demand has grown, boosted by a surging economy,” aviation think tank Centre for Asia-Pacific Aviation (Capa) said in a June report. “Growth in the Philippines will

OUISVILLE, Kentucky—The day began where Muhammad Ali’s life began, on the Louisville city streets, a simple black hearse adorned with “A.D. Porter and Sons” giving the champ one last parade for his people. From his boyhood home at Grand Avenue to his final resting place at the Cave Hill Cemetery, through littered lots and gleaming buildings filled with unconditional love, Ali’s funeral procession on Friday morning spanned 74 years, 19 miles and countless tears that streaked beneath sweat towels and sunglasses “A-li, A-li, A-li,” chanted the hundreds of sweltering folks, as they crowded the corner of Muhammad Ali Boulevard and Ninth Street, reaching arms toward the unadorned black car as if believing “The Greatest” was still alive and smiling and dancing inside. Hours later, the day ended as Muhammad Ali’s life was lived, with a raucous and passionate memorial service in a glittering basketball arena on a muddy Ohio River, whose bridges he once walked with his dreams. “I am Muhammad Ali,” chanted the crowd in the overflow arena at the KFC Yum! Center, answering the urgings of Rabbi Joe Rapport, one of the many speakers of many faiths

who turned the service into a pep rally for humanity. Ali, the former three-time heavyweight champion and world’s most impactful athlete who died last week at age 74 after a three-decade battle with Parkinson’s disease, rested amid a wonderful absence of quiet on a day he would have loved. He floated through the city as if on the wings of a butterfly, then he was the focus of a series of uplifting and challenging tributes that stung like a bee. “You shook up the world in life, and now you’re shaking up the world in death,” said Rasheda Ali-Walsh, one of Ali’s nine children.“Daddy is looking down at us, right? Saying, ‘I told you I was The Greatest!’” The procession was, indeed, the greatest, a morning-long preamble through a crowd of about 100,000 folks who hugged and wept, and threw flowers on the hearse after leaving the local funeral home. “He gave so much to the world, he taught us we could do anything,” said Clinton Bacon, a construction worker standing and sweating on the corner of Ali and Ninth. The ensuing memorial service, which fittingly started an hour late, Continued on A2

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Zambales opens current year with new e-school buildings

A POWERFUL MESSAGE FOR ALL Dear Lord, the empty tomb and the marble slab on which You were laid have always had a powerful message for all those who visit the holy site; “Christ is not here because He has been raised just as He said.” Such was the good news proclaimed by the angel who appeared to the women. Such was the internal voice that echoed in the hearts of John and Peter as they examined the burial cloths that had wrapped Jesus’ body and pondered on what its absence from the tomb could mean. “Jesus has risen from death,” proclaims the empty tomb. “The one who was crucified has conquered death and now lives never more to die.” We thank Jesus for His love for us. Amen! Word & Life, Fr. Sal Putzu, SDB and Luisa M. Lacson, HFL

BA, Zambales—With thousands of students expected to remain in senior high school this coming school year under the government’s K to 12 Basic Education Program, the provincial government of Zambales is completing close to P300 million worth of new-generation school buildings in time for the opening of classes on Monday. Gov. Hermogenes E. Ebdane Jr. said the government has constructed at least one unit of the so-called e-building in each of the 13 towns in the province in answer to the growing number of students here. School officials said they expect more than 8,900 enrollees in senior high school this year, on top of the more than 42,000 in junior high. Meanwhile, around 108,000 pupils are expected to be enrolled in elementary grades throughout the province. Because of the anticipated surge, Ebdane promised in his State

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of the Province Address in 2015 to build new school buildings in each of the 13 towns in the province. “This is important, because education is the best foundation in developing the community, and it is also the key that will unlock more opportunities for our children,” Ebdane said. “We completed the new e-buildings this summer, so they are ready for school children when schools open on Monday.” The new school buildings, which got their name from the shape of the structure, are two-story facilities that house 10 classrooms, four separate male and female toilets, a principal’s office and a built-in stage for school programs. The construction of e-buildings was a project of the Provincial Engineer’s Office (PEO), with the basic design developed by one of its draftsmen, Delson Ejanda. Each unit cost P23 million, with basic furnishings, like blackboards, chairs and tables,

FLYING HIGH Designed as a kite, a series of Philippine flags flies high in the skyline of Santiago City, Isabela, to commemorate the 118 years of Philippine Independence. The country celebrates Independence Day every June 12, since 1898. SUZANNE JUNE G. PERANTE and ceiling fans thrown in. “It’s a spacious, sturdy, wellventilated building that is practically flood-proof, as it is built at least 1 meter above the ground,” said Luciano Reglos, chief of

planning and design at the PEO. “Governor Ebdane wanted something that would last years and years, comfortable and conducive to learning, and can accommod ate t he g row ing student

population, so we came up with this design.” Funding for the e-buildings came from the Special Education Fund handled by the Provincial School See “Zambales,” A2

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likely again be in the high single digits or even, perhaps, the low double digits—in 2016. It was the fourth fastest-growing market in Southeast Asia, but could be the third-fastest growing in 2016, as growth in Cambodia slows.” Airline profitability also has improved, as there are now only three main local players.

“Cebu Pacific and the Philippine Airlines Group both posted strong profits in 2015, while the situation at the much-smaller Philippines AirAsia has improved significantly. In 2016 Philippines AirAsia could turn its first profit since its 2012 launch,” the research agency said. But infrastructure constraints will likely limit the growth projections, especially since the Ninoy

Aquino International A ir port (Naia) has reached overcapacity in terms of terminal usage. Last year saw Naia’s four terminals reaching past their maximum-rated capacity for the first time, as more and more international and domestic flights were launched throughout the year, despite the lack of capacity-building projects for the air hub. Data collected by the Manila

International Airport Authority (Miaa) showed the airport handled 36.68 million passengers last year, 7 percent higher than the 34.09 million passengers the year prior. Broken down, the airport handled 19.51 million domestic passengers last year, around 2 million higher than the 17.17 million it served in 2014. International passenger count was almost flat.

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Board. The school buildings, in particular, are expected to complement the government’s K to 12 Program, which added two more years to the high-school curriculum. “The additional years mean we would need additional classrooms for the use of students who should have already graduated,” said Aileen Eay, Education Program supervisor I at the Department of Education (DepEd) office in Zambales. “The e-buildings help solve a lot of our problems in this aspect.” Eay, who is also coordinator of the Adult Learning System, said the DepEd office recommends which specific schools need to be prioritized in the e-building program. “The schools that have the biggest number of population or the locations that could best serve as alternative sites to decongest overpopulated campuses were prioritized,” she said. The new e-building are in the San Guillermo National High School in the town of San Marcelino, Dirita Elementary in Iba, Bancal Integrated in Botolan, Santa Cruz North Central in Santa Cruz, Sinabacan Elementary in Candelaria, Ilwas Elementary in Subic, Villaflor Elementary in Castillejos, Consuelo Sur Elementary in San Narciso, San Antonio Central in San Antonio, Maloma National High in

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SM Mall of Asia is supplying power at 30 percent below utility rates. It’s worth noting that cost-savings are even greater for rooftop, which also saves transmission, distribution and other charges. Thousands of homes and businesses have proven that rooftop solar panels make economic sense. Our argument is that even solar farms supplying the grid can be competitive. We will showcase this in our next solar farm in Tarlac, which will be the world’s largest unsubsidized solar farm, replacing expensive gas, oil and diesel,” he said. Solar Philippines said it would soon build a 2-gigawatt solar facility in Batangas. Once put up, the company said this would be the world’s largest solar factory. The facility will be located in Tanauan City, Batangas. The first phase of the solar project could be operational by end of this year. “Increasingly, solar manufacturing is moving from China to Southeast Asia, and we believe the Philippines can lead that trend. Filipinos are among the best

news@businessmirror.com.ph San Felipe, Cabangan Central in Cabangan, Palauig National High in Palauig and Bamban Elementary in Masinloc. Reglos said other schools with funds of their own built classrooms modeled after the e-building. Ebdane said the e-building project is just part of the provincial government’s program to improve the education of the youth. Under Executive Order (EO) 5 the governor signed last year, the government is giving financial aid to outstanding students in public schools here. This consists of P2,500 cash assistance to the top 5 honor students in the elementary grades, and P5,000 cash per semester for the valedictorian and salutatorian in secondary schools. The same EO provides free education to members of the Aeta indigenous tribe in Zambales who are taking up education courses. It also gives incentives to students taking up courses that could be applied for community development, and financial assistance to college students in the Dean’s List or President’s List, as well as government employees taking up master’s or doctorate degrees. Ebdane said in the past two years, the provincial government has spent P9.4 million in students’ assistance alone. “Education is a sound investment,” he said. “It’s a seed we plant today that will bear good fruits in the future.” Henry Empeño

workers in the world, and the large local solar market can add to the demand for otherwise export-only factories,” Leviste said. Leviste added that the facility’s objectives are to lower panel costs, take control of the supply chain, and support the new administration’s agenda to bring manufacturing to the Philippines. “This is the key step toward lowering solar costs, enabling us to produce electricity cheaper than coal. Instead of importing expensive fuel from other countries, we will manufacture here in the Philippines. Soon enough, our country can become the Saudi Arabia of solar, a leading energy exporter, and made-in-the-Philippines panels will be used around the world,” he said. Solar power stored in batteries, he added, can replace gas, oil and diesel, resulting in savings of almost P100 billion a year. “Remaking our power supply will be capital-intensive and can’t be done by one company alone. There is room for all companies now planning coal to switch to solar, as well as new players to join in, bringing competition and scale to the market, further bringing prices down,” Leviste said.

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much like most Ali championship fights, was also the greatest. There were prayers from representatives of a half-dozen faiths and denominations. There were nine eulogies, including Ali’s widow Lonnie, former President Bill Clinton and comedian Billy Crystal. But more than anything, there was a connection, with fans responding to the words with not only standing ovations, but isolated shouts, extended personal monologues and at least one solitary song. Clinton called Ali, “a universal soldier for our common humanity,” and it was this sort of humanity that Ali embraced on a day that he had been planning for 10 years. Clinton wasn’t the only president whose voice was heard. “Muhammad Ali was America—brash, defiant, pioneering, joyful, never tired, always game to test the odds,” wrote President Barack Obama in a letter read by senior White House Adviser Valerie Jarrett. Just as the dignitaries were folks from a variety of backgrounds, so were the fans. The Yum! Center lobby filled with a mix of women in prayer garb, families wearing matching T-shirts adorned with Ali photos and old guys chomping on burned cigars arguing about Sonny Liston. Tickets for the service were free, snapped up two days earlier by fans who showed up in the middle of the night and still couldn’t believe their

luck. Angela Lucear, a local administrative assistant, showed up at 4:30 a.m., reached the box office several hours later, and still remembers the strange words. “They said, ‘You want four tickets? Here’s four. Take them. Have a nice day,’” Lucear recalled. “I was like, ‘Yay!” Lucear was surprised again when she walked inside and looked for concession stands. Ali had determined that nothing would be sold, so tables around the arena were filled with bottled water and snacks, like Flamin’ Hot Cheetos to Scooby-Doo! Graham cracker sticks. “I was like, wait a minute, this is all free?” Lucear said. “But that was Ali, right? There will never be anybody like him.” The inclusion preached by Ali was obvious when looking at the inside of the arena, where the regular seats were filled while luxury suites were empty. The fight waged by Ali then became clear with the first speaker, Dr. Kevin Cosby, a local preacher, who praised Ali for being a black American icon. “He dared to love black people at a time when black people had trouble loving themselves,” Cosby said, before loudly chided those who once gave up on the champ. “A lot of people bet on Muhammad Ali when he was in the winner’s circle,” Cosby said, comparing Ali’s life to the Kentucky Derby. “But the masses bet on him when he was still in the mud.” Los Angeles Times/TNS

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Marcos: Enough evidence on electoral fraud

By Jovee Marie N. dela Cruz

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EN. Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Saturday said he has enough evidence to show that there was massive rigging and manipulation of votes in the May 9 elections.

In a news conference, Marcos said the evidence will be presented when he files an election protest on June 28, a day before the deadline for the filing of such action. “Hindi natin inaasahan na ganoon ang magiging pandaraya na gagawain nila. They institutionalized it

in many, many levels and in many, many ways...maliwanag na maliwanag at napaka lawak ang pandaraya,” he said. “I think, the best expression ngayon ay napakawalang hiya nang pagkakagawa, pambabastos at pag babalewala sa boses ng taong-bayan.

Ipapagpatuloy natin ang laban sa darating na June 28...ako ay magpapafile ng electoral protest,” the senator added. Marcos said he will seek a recount of the votes in some areas, as welll as the setting aside of the election results in areas where there are clear indications of election fraud and manipulation, saying the protest seeks to find out what really happened in the May 2016 elections. Marcos said they have evidence of other forms of poll cheating, such as vote-buying and the use of intimidation to prevent voters from casting their votes. “I will not allow this kind of cheating to nullify the votes that you have made, the expression support your

belief in the programs that we had put forward and all the ideas in the good governance,” the senator added. He also reiterated the existence of a “fourth server,” which had been allegedly kept secret from the public by the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and election informationtechnology provider Smartmatic. He said that, instead of being transmitted directly to the Municipal Board of Canvassers servers, the Comelec server and the transparency server, the results were, instead, coursed through a fourth server, or the so-called queue server. Marcos said the fourth server was not revealed to the public and was never subjected to a source-code review, as what transpired with the

I think, the best expression ngayon ay napakawalang hiya nang pagkakagawa, pambabastos at pag babalewala sa boses ng taong-bayan. Ipapagpatuloy natin ang laban sa darating na June 28...ako ay magpapafile ng electoral protest.”—Marcos other servers used in the elections, and there were no watchers allowed in the so-called fourth server. Marcos also questioned the 3 million undervotes in the 2016 vicepresidential race. Liberal Party Rep. Maria Le-

onor G. Robredo of Camarines Sur, who ran for vice president in her party’s slate, obtained the highest number of votes among the vice-presidential candidates, with 14,418,817, followed by Marcos, with 14,155,344 votes.

Filipino, Japanese logistics forwarders forge alliance By Recto L. Mercene @rectomercene

NE of the biggest freightforwarding companies in the Philippines signed an agreement with its counterpart in Japan to strengthen their hold in the freight-forwarding market, which is estimated to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.8 percent from 2016 and reaching total revenues of $413 billion by 2020. LBC Express, a Filipino-owned

company, signed an agreement with SG Holdings Global Pte. Ltd. under its local subsidiary, Sagawa Express Philippines. The deal combines LBC’s trusted reputation for logistics delivery with SG Holdings’s global strength in freight forwarding and international express logistics. Freight forwarding is defined as all intermediate links that a package goes through before it reaches a recipient. The overall size of the market was valued at about $20.2 billion, grow ing at a five-year

Cagr of 4.7 percent. “This is only the beginning of a strong and fruitful partnership, we hope to become bigger and that would lead to strategic partnership, which is good for consumers and suppliers,” said LBC Senior Vice President for Supply Chain Corporate Solution Charlie P. Villaseñor, who added: “We wish to transport goods from the ports to retailers or end-users around the world in the most costeffective ways.” “We have certain expertise that

they don’t, Sagawa have certain expertise that we don’t; so we complement each other in logistics and supply chain, we will be a powerhouse in the logistics and supply chain,” Villaseñor added. On the other hand, Tomuki Sano, president of SGH, said of their parnership: “We have networks all over the world; we have an office in Japan. LBC is a market leader in the Philippines, and we are one of the leading logistics company in Japan, so what more can you ask for?”

LBC President Miguel A. Camahort said his company forged an alliance with the Japanese giant because of stiff competition. “Yes, we are forming an alliance, because the industry is getting tougher, no doubt about it; what’s important is that we profit from our respective strength and expertise, and we hope to give the most effective, and efficient service to the general public and also in Japan.” Camahort said that, despite the strong competition in the industry,

there is enough room to survive. “The market is very big, there’s a lot of opportunities; our GDP is one of the best in the Philippines growing for the last two or three years, we surpass certain countries in Asia,” he added. On the other hand, he said the lack of runways and modern airport to handle the growing market and move their goods around the world efficiently is threatening the viability of their business, from a logistic standpoint.”

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Muhammad Ali, truly ‘The Greatest’

E was truly the greatest inside the ring and outside of it. Inside, he brought his own version of poetry— the jibe—into an otherwise brutal sport, calling the rounds in which his opponents were to fall. He floated like a butterfly and stung like a bee. His achievements outside of the fight arena were greater: For his principled stand on justice and equality, he brought honor and pride to Black Americans and to all oppressed minorities all over the world.

What made him such a hero to Black Americans was his fearless adherence to his convictions: His conscientious objection to the Vietnam war. “I have no quarrel with the Vietcong…no Vietcong ever called me a nigger.” The World Boxing Association immediately stripped him of his World Heavyweight Championship. For almost four years, from April 1967 to Septermber 1970, he was barred from fighting anywhere in the world. It was during this time in limbo when Muhammad Ali received a call from an Englishman, who encouraged him to hang on to his beliefs whatever the American establishment did to coerce him. He thanked the caller and told him, in his usual banter, “You are not as dumb as you look.” Years later, Ali would discover that the caller was Bertrand Russell, the greatest mathematician of the 20th century. He immediately called and apologized for his insensitive remark, but the great man replied he enjoyed the joke. It was a time when White America was desperately longing for the return of the Great White Hope—the Jack Dempseys, the Gene Tunneys, the Rocky Marcianos—even if he came in Black. Ali frustrated them. Accused of torturing opponents, like former world champion Floyd Patterson and Ernie Terrel over 15 rounds, instead of knocking them out, Ali said the blows were not for them. but for those White Americans who tried to set them up against their own people. That’s the issue with Ali, his defiant refusal to play the part of an Uncle Tom. He was accused of labeling his opponents as Uncle Toms, like the Great Joe Frazier and the equally Great George Foreman, but he denied this, saying the words uttered were all part of the prefight hype, and that Joe and George were great Americans. Ali is the only three-time champion of the heavyweight division. We, in the Philippines, have fond memories of Ali. We saw him fight George Frazier in the “Thrilla in Manila” in 1975. The Ali Mall in Cubao was named after him. Our own election lawyer Romulo Macalintal was a favorite fan of the great Ali. In the memorial services held for him in his hometown Louisville, Kentucky, last Friday, men of distinction from the United States, Africa and European states paid their last respects, extolled his virtues and expressed their admiration for his service to the peoples of the world. But The Greatest could not hear them. (Reference to Bertrand Russell taken from The Greatest My Own Story, Muhammad Ali with Richard Durham [1976], Hart-Davis, MacGibbon, London.)

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1. That the departments of National Defense and the Interior and Local Government be streamlined to provide an effective command, control and supervision over the armed services and other offices under them with a secretary and a deputy secretary, respectively, to remove the multilayered command and control structures, which are bloated, expensive and confusing to maintain. 2. That to turn the armed services into a lean, mean and cohesive professional force, they must have decent and living salaries and allowances and must have one headquarter, three major service commands (Army, Navy and Air Force); seven army divisions, with three brigades each, and each brigade with four battalion combat teams to cover the following areas: 1st Division for Northern Luzon; 2nd Division for Southern Tagalog and the Bicol region; 3rd Division for the Visayas (Central, Western and Eastern); and 4th Division for the entire Mindanao; 5th Division to be named Special Operations Command, composed of the Marines, Rangers and Special Forces; 6th Division for control and supervision of all engineering brigades; and 7th Division, to be known as the reserve command. 3. That the Philippine National Police (PNP) be placed under the full control and supervision of the local executives. 4. That the corrupt National Police Commission be abolished. 5. That all intelligence and counterintelligence activities of the police and military organizations be coordinated and supervised by the directorate for intelligence of the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency, or rename the same by replacing the last word to “administration.” 6. That the President, by exercising his executive and statutory powers, must dismantle all ad-hoc

committees concerned with defense and public-safety matters to avoid duplication of functions and responsibilities and, thus, put an end to the culture of buck-passing and finger-pointing and, in the process, save the government from further embarrassment. 7. That the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) be allowed to function as it should, as a highly professional organization under the proposed NBI Modernization Program under the Department of Justice. 8. That the President must undertake a vigorous effort to restructure old and regressive values and replace them with permanent democratic institutions that build unity, freedom, self-reliance, respect for one another and, thus, prevent the recurrence of rebellion in the military and police organizations. 9. That the President must decide on the basic mix between civilian and professional military men in choosing his defense secretary, bearing in mind that the civilian control is not the issue and should not be decided on a narrow sense, simply because the President is a civilian, and the secretary of defense is his personal appointee. 10. Finally, the President must not only work earnestly to restore the country’s sense of national security, a kind of security that does not only use the weapons of war, but must also use the economy of scales to provide jobs for our people and to use its power of persuasion, compassion, understanding and good example to achieve a lasting peace throughout the land. It is instructive to note that Communist-style regimes worldwide, including the so-called Maoists, according to the late Dr. Galileo Kintanar, a noted national-security expert, have been “decommunizing” over the past generation. The trend started quietly in the People’s Republic of China in 1978 by the reform-minded Deng Xiaoping and followed in 1986 by Mikhail Gorbachev of the Soviet Union, who embarked on glasnost (openness) and perestroika (transformation). That capitalist direction became more pronounced and visible from

the mid-1980s onward. In his book, Lost in Time, published by the Truth & Justice Foundation Inc. in 1999, Dr. Kintanar said: “Indeed, [Jose Ma.] Sison and the CCP [Communist Party of the Philippines] are dreamers stranded in time. Their hardline Marxist-LeninistMaoist models from another age and other lands have gone, replaced by pragmatic leaders more intent on competitive coexistence than on communist hegemony, more interested in the profits of peace than in the cost of war.” The lesson of contemporary history tells us that, if in doubt, it’s better to apply the proverbs, “Forearmed is forewarned.” In other words, if Duterte really wants to pursue a credible peace with the group of Sison by offering him three or four Cabinet positions, the first thing that he must do is to require Sison and his followers to renounce their constitutions (Note: the CPP and the New People’s Army have separate constitutions) and pledge allegiance to the Philippine Constitution, grant them general amnesty and, finally, require them to give up armed struggle if they really want to participate in rebuilding our divided country. Without these preconditions, the President must avoid talking peace or do so at the point of their guns, on their own terms and at his own peril. The failed peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) with a deliberate disarmament provision at the end, instead of at the beginning of the talks, is indeed a good lesson. For how could there be peace when the MILF, with the help of misguided foreigners, representing governments with their own varied interests, treated the negotiating table as an extension of the battlefield to expand its territories, and recruit more fighters to its cause of creating its own caliphate with a parliamentary system of governance in a presidential form of government, in clear violation of the Constitution? To reach the writer, e-mail cecilio.arillo@ gmail.com

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The vow that elected him P

RESIDENT-ELECT Rodrigo “Digong” R. Duterte has a habit of speaking out of turn. He says outrageous things. And I worry about that. Not because they are outrageous. I say far worse things. I worry because he says that he is only joking and his apologists say he is only being playful.

Free Fire

By Teddy Locsin Jr.

Well, some things are not jokes, like the VOW that got him elected—it certainly wasn’t his looks, though his wit is matchless. His command of English won him the presidency for its clarity over his native-speaking and confusedsounding rivals. I am referring particularly to his vow to eliminate criminality within three to six months, especially the drug trade. He gave an initial estimate of 100,000

casualties; though I favor the more realistic 300,000 proposed by a retired general. However, shortly after he won, Digong floated the idea of restoring the death penalty. Now, abolishing the death penalty was a major achievement of the Philippine republic. It removed us from the category of barbarian states, like Russia, China, all of Africa and the Middle East, Japan and the United States. Plus the death penalty is not a deterrent to crime. Thre are two arguments against the death penalty, both eloquently adumbrated by Albert Camus. One is that it is horrible and demeans the executioners—and degrades

the society that practices it. Two, it does not stop crime, as we noted already. There is a third: It takes too long to carry out the sentence, what with appeals to make sure the right guy is killed. By then, he is not a threat to society. So it is a gratuitous homicide. And finally, it kills the innocent more than the guilty who can afford to buy judges and retain good lawyers. In our case, it gives Duterte the excuse to wash his hands off the vow that elected him. Restoring the death penalty gives him the excuse to pass on the problem of solving criminality to the judicial system, which is unfit to handle it. True, it is impossible to philo-

Trump’s appeal is based on racism By Angie Trudell Vasquez Tribune News Service/TNS Forum

STARTED my voting life as a registered Republican. When I turned 18, my dad took me to register to vote. He was a Republican. My mother was an independent and a member of her union. We had heated political discussions in my household. I like to say we had politics for breakfast. The Republican Party my dad belonged to is not the same party we see today under Donald Trump. My dad’s party was the party of Ronald Reagan, the president who gave amnesty

to many people in 1986, a sweeping act that made my paternal grandmother a citizen. At some point, my father switched his party affiliation. Now, both my parents are registered Democrats. When Trump declared that Mexico sends its worst people to the United States, calling them “rapists” and criminals, I thought about my hardworking family members. They worked for Maytag and John Deere in Iowa. They fought in World War I, World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam. They went to Iraq and Afghanistan. Their offspring have become nurses, doctors, teachers, school psychologists, lawyers, para-

legals and policemen. They work in finance, for nonprofits and have run for office. Now Trump has come out against US District Judge Gonzalo Curiel, declaring that, because the judge is a Mexican-American, he is not fit to preside over a lawsuit against the defunct Trump University. He claims the judge will surely be biased by Trump’s plans to build a wall between the United States and Mexico. Trump is a blatant bigot and, frankly, not a nice person. He is not fit to serve as president of the US and not someone who should have access to weapons of mass destruc-

sophically justify extrajudicial killing, but a close reading of the leading moral philosopher today, John Rawls, shows that extrajudicial killing can evade moral condemnation and philosophical proscription, even if it is not susceptible to philosophical justification. Rawls’s A Theory of Justice presupposes a society already just. Justice can have no place in a society that has descended into anarchy, like ours did in the past six years. Therefore, while extrajudicial killing cannot be justified philosophically, it can be taken as a fact of life. And as with facts as opposed to norms, they are just there—or as Demontita of Manila so aptly put

it on Twitter: “they make killing a foregone conclusion.” Yet, this was the solution Digong promised to get himself elected. He cannot get out of it. He might stop talking about it, but he should do it. He said in three to six months, or he would resign. He must deal with the problem hands. It was heartening when he appointed as chief of all police a man 6 feet high and 5 feet cross the chest who can get the job done with his bare hands. So, no to restoring the death penalty; yes to Digong’s vow to kill off crime regardless. What about due process? That’s included. The scum will only be getting what is due to them. Way overdue.

tion. He has alienated people all over the world, including Muslims and women, and even mocked a person with disabilities. Trump will not even release his tax information. This should be a red flag. There is a reason he is against documents being revealed in the Trump University suit. The media has a responsibility to force this issue out in the open. Show us your papers, Trump. Or are you afraid? What Trump’s candidacy has revealed, along with much else, is that racism is alive and well in the United States. He has even unleashed violence at his political rallies. I was at

his rally in Janesville, Wisconsin. Most of the thousands of people who came could not get in. The police broke up supporters and protestors when things got heated. A young woman was pepper-sprayed in the face by a Trump supporter, and the police quickly acted to assist her and to wash out her eyes. I know racism is alive and well, and I see it every day in how justice is meted out differently to people from different ethnic backgrounds. We have much work to do. We are at a tipping point in many ways. Where we go next is crucial for the country and the world.

ers is leading to increased pressure from labor cost? One possibility is increasing overtime hours for existing workers. Another, if output from existing workers is nearing its limit, is increasing wages to draw workers from other sectors into manufacturing, even if this higher pay results in lower profit margins.

The other possibilities are more troubling to the US economy. Employers could simply decide to keep output at its current level, forgoing growth. This may already be happening. It’s certainly what the high and rising level of job openings suggests, in an environment where overall manufacturing employment is falling. A worse outcome for the US economy would be for employers to conclude they can’t find enough workers in the US to meet production demand and decide, instead, to move production overseas for deeper and cheaper labor pools. The question for the Fed is how to respond if these rising cost pressures lead to rising inflation, even at a time when overall employment and economic growth may remain muted. Would the Fed choose to snuff out an economy growing at 2 percent or 2.5 percent, in order to stick to the inflation mandate? The economic outlook for the next couple of years hinges on the answer.

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By Conor Sen | Bloomberg View

AST Friday’s employment report cast a pall over the economic outlook. Headline jobs growth of just 38,000 was much weaker than expected and left us all wondering whether the Federal Reserve (the Fed) would wait longer to raise interest rates. The manufacturing sector shed 10,000 jobs, and has shown job losses in three of the past four months. Year-over-year growth in manufacturing employment has been negative for three months in a row, and it would appear that whatever manufacturing employment renaissance occurred in the years immediately following the Great Recession is over. But why? Part of the answer came this week in the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, which suggests that manufacturing employment weakness may be a result of a lack of labor supply, not lack of demand. Manufacturing job openings in April jumped to a 15-year high.

Additionally, the ratio of manufacturing job openings to manufacturing job hires jumped to an all-time high, suggesting that employers are struggling to find workers to fill open positions. In addition, manufacturing layoffs continue to hover near the lows of this cycle. For the most part, the manufacturing sector has had fewer layoffs this cycle than it did during any point of the last cycle. From last Friday’s employment report, we can see that over the past year, manufacturing-wage growth has outpaced overall wage growth, and for the most part manufacturing’s relative strength has. And for a couple years now, the unemployment rate for manufacturing workers has been broadly similar to what it was during the strong economy years of 2005 to 2007. While losses in manufacturing employment look like a sign of weakness, the other numbers complicate that assumption: Increas-

ing numbers of job openings, an increase in the openings-to-hires ratio, low levels of layoffs and unemployment, and above-average levels of wage growth suggest that the manufacturing labor market is actually quite robust. How might employers respond if a shortage of manufacturing work-

Why Biden’s letter to rape survivor feels like a turning point

By Heidi Stevens | Chicago Tribune/TNS Forum

’VE read Joe Biden’s letter to the Stanford rape survivor a dozen times, trying to put my finger on why it feels like a turning point. It’s beautifully written. (“We will make lighthouses of ourselves, as you did—and shine.”) It’s unequivocal. (“What you endured is never, never, never, NEVER a woman’s fault.”) It’s even optimistic. (“Your story has already changed lives. You have helped change the culture.”) It’s all those things, but it’s more. It’s a powerful man with no new office to gain and no new voters to win

talking about rape from the secondhighest office in the land. Not just talking about rape. Talking to a woman who was raped. Talking to all women who’ve been raped. Talking to them because their stories and their humanity matter. It feels like a turning point because we’ve spent the last week watching as the Stanford rapist’s smile and swim stats shape him into a fully formed, multidimensional 20-year-old, even as his victim remains nameless and known for just one thing—the awful crime she endured. It feels like a turning point because at this time last year, we were mired in a debate over

#YesAllWomen, an attempt by women to share their stories of violence and harassment in response to the Santa Barbara shootings. The stories were shouted down, virtually, by #NotAllMen, a hashtag that missed the point altogether. In one of the best discussions I read about #NotAllMen, Slate writer Phil Plait had this to say: “When people are defensive, they aren’t listening to the other person; they’re busy thinking of ways to defend themselves.... Instead of being defensive and distracting from the topic at hand, try staying quiet for a while and actually listening to what the thousands upon thousands of women discussing

this are saying.” Biden’s words are the result of staying quiet for a while and listening. In 2014, I interviewed Anne Ream about her newly released book, Lived Through This: Listening to the Stories of Sexual Violence Survivors (Beacon Press), in which she bears witness to 18 stories of rape. “For every person testifying in this book, there’s nothing to be gained, but a sense that they’ve been heard,” Ream told me at the time. “There’s no way to understand this as anything other than people standing up, one by one, and saying, ‘I need you to understand this because what’s happening to me is happening to other people.’”

Ream is also a survivor. She was kidnapped and raped when she was 25 and living in Washington, D.C. “Being truly heard will change your life,” she writes in her book. “Which means that someone has to do the listening.” “It’s a hard thing to listen—truly listen—to another person,” she continues. “It often means getting so close to their suffering that it breaks our own hearts. But inside our open, broken hearts—that’s where compassion lives.” It feels like a turning point to witness that compassion from a vice president. I hope we use the moment to move in a better, more humane direction.

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Corruption in judiciary happening, Sereno says By Joel R. San Juan @jrsanjuan1573

HIEF Justice Maria Lourdes A. Sereno on Friday acknowledged the problem of corruption in the judiciary, but assured the public that the Supreme Court (SC) is doing everything to cleanse the ranks of the judiciary. Sereno made the assurance in response to President-elect Rodrigo R. Duterte’s warning against erring judges involved in selling temporary restraining orders (TROs) and other resolutions to court litigants. Earlier, Duterte also said he would send a representative to the SC to discuss the supposed problems, particularly caused by TROs, on government projects. “Whether there is a TRO or not, corruption is a problem in [the] government…. I can assure the public that we will not stop cleansing our ranks,” Sereno told reporters during the SC’s 115th founding anniversary celebration. She noted that the SC has penalized judges, court personnel and lawyers involved in irregularities. Sereno said she makes sure administrative cases are included in the weekly en banc sessions of the justices. “We’ve been faithful to our mission in that sense, so we welcome that he [Duterte] highlights corruption. But I can also assure the public that even if our President is quiet about corruption, the judiciary will

still do its best to rid its ranks of corruption,” Sereno pointed out. Sereno said her office is ready to receive Duterte’s emissary to the Court to brief him or her on the efforts of the Court to address corruption and other irregularities in the judiciary. “We are ready to give an introduction or briefing of what we are doing. In fact, my office is always open for any of his trusted people to raise concerns with us, and we will already tell them what we are doing in the front of corruption, and what we are doing with respect to some concerns of judicial processes,” she added. Sereno also reiterated her call to the public to submit to the SC evidence of corruption in courts. “I want evidence of corruption because that is something we really need to make example of [erring court personnel, including judges]. So, I hope the public is responsive, because we have a responsive Supreme Court. If we get enough basis, we will move,” Sereno noted. Meanwhie, on the debate to restor death penalty, Sereno said the judiciary would take a “wait-andsee” stance on the matter. “I think our leader is realistic enough to know that the legislative process must be undertaken before he can even implement death penalty by hanging. So, let’s see. Congress is soon to open, and the political will and the logic of such a move...those will be, maybe, evident in the months to come,” she explained.

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Senators eye probe vs local officials, lawmen Duterte linked to drug trade

By Butch Fernandez

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HE Senate is poised to look into the alleged involvement of at least 35 local officials and ranking police officers who Presidentelect Rodrigo R. Duterte suspects to have links to illegal-drug syndicates operating in the country.

Deputy Minority Leader Vicente C. Sotto III said this will be high on the list of priorities the incoming Senate leadership expected to take up when the next Congress

formally convenes on July 25. Sotto confirmed that he will ask the Senate to conduct an inquiry to verify reports linking ranking National Police officers

and at least 35 local officials to drug syndicates. “Yes [we will conduct an invest igat ion],” Sot to told t he BusinessMirror. He added that the Senate inquiry will “also investigate all the clubs and bars in Metro Manila” that are suspected to be drug havens, and other public places where drug deals are known to proliferate. The senator made the move after United Nationalist Alliance Rep. Danilo Suarez of Quezon, quoting Duterte, reported that at least 35 local officials were involved in the illegal-drug trade. Despite admitting Duterte was “visibly disgusted and frustrated” with the report, Suarez said the incoming President withheld the

identities of the erring local officials believed to be in cahoots with drug syndicates. Duterte ran and won on the platform of law enforcement and vowed to erradicate illegal drugs from the country in the first six months of his presidency. In a news conference in Davao, Duterte said at least three-star-rank police officers and involved in the illegal-drugs trade, but refused to identify them. Instead, Duterte advised the police officers to just resign to avoid embarrassment. However, Director General Ricardo C. Marquez, National Police chief, said investigators have yet to find evidence against the three senior officers.

Pinoy envoy hails Iraqi Kurdistan’s drive vs human trafficking By Recto L. Mercene @rectomercene

HE Philippine Embassy in Baghdad on Satuday commended the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq for stepping up its efforts to combat human trafficking in the country’s northern region.

In a statement, the embassy cited the recent creation by Kurdish authorities of an interagency body that would handle human-trafficking cases, saying the move would help protect Filipinos and other foreign workers in Kurdistan. “We would like to thank the Kurdistan Regional Government, led by Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani, for this initiative,” Chargé d’Affaires Elmer G. Cato said. “This demonstrates the determination and commitment of Kurdish authorities to help fight human trafficking in Iraq.” The order creating the High Committee to Combat Human Trafficking was issued on May 16 by Interior Minister Karim Sinjari, and is headed by Director General Sami Jalal Hussein. The other members of the committee are Director General Arif Hito Abdulrahman of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, Director Tawfiq Rahman of the Department of Foreign Relations and Director Fathi Mustafa of the Ministry of Interior. The committee is tasked to investigate human-trafficking cases and formulate policy guidelines to protect the rights and welfare of migrant workers in the Kurdistan region, which is host to 1,500 of the estimated 2,000 Filipinos working in Iraq. Cato also expressed the embassy’s appreciation for the support and cooperaton extended by Kurdish authorities on issues affecting Filipino workers in the region. “ T he Ku rd ist a n Reg iona l Gover nment has gone a long way since we f irst bega n act ively engag ing t hem on t he issue of t ra f f ic k ing in persons nine mont hs ago,” C ato sa id, as he c ited

CHARÉ d’Affaires Elmer G. Cato (right) of the Philippine Embassy in Bagdad meets with Director General Sami Jalal Hussein, head of the newly created High Committee to Combat Human Trafficking in Erbil, Kurdistan, to discuss issues involving Filipino workers in the region.

t he successf u l resc ue a nd repat r i at ion l ast October of 12 Fi l ipino t ra f f ic k ing v ict ims. T he embassy of f ic i a l a lso pointed to ot her hu ma nt ra f f ic k ing cases involv ing Fi l ipinos t hat were resolved w it h t he assist a nce of t he reg iona l gover nment. “A l l t hose wou ld not have been possible w it hout t he suppor t

of Ku rd ish aut hor it ies,” he sa id. Aside from the Kurdistan Regional Government, the embassy cited the important contribution of the International Organization for Migration and the Seed Foundation Kurdistan in assisting Filipino victims of human trafficking in the region.

Television network’s foundation brings food to famine victims

HE sociocivic arm of a television network conducted another round of relief distribution in Maguindanao from May 30 to June 3, in response to the continuing food shortage in the area. With the entire GMA Kapuso Foundation (GMAKF) team working in full force, the recent distribution efforts benefited 20,000 residents of the towns of Datu Hoffer Ampatuan, Rajah Buayan and Talayan. The deployed team, despite the absence of an Army escort, also visited areas that are only a few kilometers away from the site of the Ampatuan Massacre in 2009 and the Mamasapano

carnage last year. “It was not a time to think about fear or cultural differences. In times of calamity, our innate compassion as Filipinos unites us,” said Jerome Abad, a GMAKF project staff member. The GMAKF was among the first to provide relief assistance in Maguindanao in February, through its Operation Bayanihan project, by distributing relief packs to 12,000 individuals and conducting a soup kitchen for 250 children. In spite of the irregular downpours, residents and the agricultural sector of Maguindanao have yet to recover from the effects of El Niño that has affected various parts of

our country, leaving many Filipinos with scarcity in food and limited access to water. As such, the foundation saw the need to extend assistance anew to the thousands of farming families affected by the continuous famine. Earlier this year, residents in some areas in Mindanao have resorted to eating tiki-tiki, crushed corn kernels, and kayos, a poisonous wild crop. It takes cautious and thorough preparation to get rid of the toxins of kayos to prevent incidents of poisoning and dizziness. Some families also had to sell their carabaos and other farm animals in order to have food.

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ARCHERS EYE SWEEP, TITLE E

By Rick Olivares

IGHT teams have tried. The question is, can Arellano University stop De La Salle’s eventual coronation as the champion of the 2016 Filoil Flying V Premier Cup on Sunday at the Filoil Flying V Centre in San Juan? The Chiefs, who enter the finals with a 7-2 record, forged the showdown after sending National University (NU) packing, 94-85, behind a scintillating performance from its backcourt of Jiovani Jalalon and Kent Michael Salado. The dazzling duo accounted for 52 points, 12 assists, six rebounds and four steals as they bettered the output of the Bulldogs’ duo of Alfred Aroga and Reggie Morido (42 points, 12 rebounds and four assists), including fourth period scoring 16-8. Now, they’ll see how they fare against the Green Archers’ juggernaut. La Salle is the last undefeated team in the tournament with a 9-0 record. They entered the finals with a 92-77 triumph over Ateneo. Center Ben Mbala (21.9 points and 15.1 rebounds) and Jeron Teng (20.8 points) have led their onslaught. Head Coach Aldin Ayo’s team is averaging 91.2 points per game in the competition, the highest in the tournament’s 10-year history. Thus far, they have bettered University of the East’s 87.4 points an outing set in 2007. Unfortunately, for the Red Warriors, they finished only third place. La Salle is also the only team that shoots

better than 50 percent from two-point range behind their power game inside the lane. That has also allowed them to shoot the most number of free throws with a total of 195; 67 more than the next best team that is Emilio Aguinaldo College. The Green Archers’ pressure defense finds them swiping 7.7 balls, scoring 22.3 turnover points and putting back 14.3 second-chance buckets a game. Arellano is no slouch though as they are either slightly above or a shade behind La Salle defensively. The Chiefs are seventh best in the league, as they allow 73.1 points an outing (two fewer than La Salle). They are tops in blocks with 5.4 a game and are a shade behind La Salle in rebounds 44.9 to 44.4 and steals with 6.2 per match. For Head Coach Jerry Codinera’s Chiefs to have a fighting chance to taking the crown, he will need all hands on deck, including center Dioncee Holts, who has been under the weather the past three days. Holts didn’t play during the Fr. Martin’s Cup title match versus Adamson that they won and missed all five of his attempts in the semifinals match versus NU. Arellano’s backcourt trio of Jalalon, Salado and Donald Gumaru can be a handful, but they will need shooter Zach Nicholls to be on target (22 percent from three-point range); Lervin Flores to man the slot and stay foul free; and forwards Bylle Meca, Allen Enriquez, Kraniel Villoria and Michael Canete to chip in. “We want this,” La Salle point guard Thomas Torres

La Salle’s Ben Mbala (right), here guarding Ateneo’s Kris Porter, is the player to watch in the finals against Arellano University. NONOY LACZA

said after the semifinals win over Ateneo. “We’ll take it. I want to win everything in my final playing year.” “La Salle is probably the best college team in the country right now,” Codinera pronounced. “We will have our hands full and that’s the challenge.” Tip-off between Arellano and La Salle is at 4 p.m. The battle for third place between Ateneo and NU is at 2 p.m. San Beda Red Cubs battle the tough Adamson Baby Falcons in their title clash of the juniors division at 11 a.m., while FEU and NU square off for third place at 9 a.m. Tickets to the Finals of the 2016 Filoil Flying V Premier Cup can be purchased at the gate of the Filoil Flying V Centre, or through Ticketnet.

LADY WARRIORS ENTER SEMIFINALS

TREAKING blanked Baguio in straight sets, 25-18, 25-17, 25-15, to be the first team to clinch a semifinals berth in Shakey’s V-League Season 13 Open Conference on Saturday at the Filoil Flying V Centre in San Juan City. Despite missing their two main spikers Michele Gumabao and Myla Pablo due to injuries, the Lady Warriors still managed to assert their dominance against the Summer Spikers to extend their winning streak to four games. Rossan Fajardo and Maricar Nepomuceno filled in the big shoes left by Pablo (back spasm) and Gumabao (abdomen injury) in the game. Fajardo, the sister of De La Salle star setter Kim Fajardo, wound up with 15 points on 11 kills and four service aces, including 10 digs, while Nepomuceno chipped in 12 markers on seven attacks, three blocks and two aces. Setter Gyzelle Sy also had stellar game with 37 excellent sets. “I guess ‘yung main factor siguro ng good start namin is ‘yung magandang samahan ng players namin,” Pocari Sweat

Elaine Casilag (9) of Pocari Sweat scores against the defense of Nicole Guyguyon (13) and Anna Colleen Rossi (11) of Baguio. ROY DOMINGO

ARELLANO IN FINALS

RELLANO University turned to Jiovani Jalalon’s heroics at endgame and won over the Jose Rizal University (JRU)-B, 7669, in the semifinal round of the 22nd Fr. Martin Cup Summer basketball tournament in the Saint Placid gymnasium of the San Beda College-Manila campus in Mendiola. Jalalon’s jumper and two charities in the last 1:08 allowed the Chiefs to move out of range after the Heavy Bombers came close, 72-69. This put the Chiefs moved into a finals showdown with the Adamson University. In the women’s semis action, Ruth Tacula topscored for 21 points, with a crucial drive in the last 1:08, helping put the University of the East to a 60-56 win over Far Eastern University. The Lady Warriors moved into the finals clash with the Adamson Lady Falcons, who toppled University of the Philippines, 75-64. Scoring 10 points in the second half, he found his range right after Darious Estrella brought the Heavy Bombers within range with his jumper in the last 1:09, 69-72. Allen Enriquez showed with 12 points, while Zach Nichols had 11 for the Chiefs, who are seeking their second consecutive crown after taking the Divison two honors early this year. The Chiefs earned a semis slot after they earlier eased out Letran-B, 77-76, in the quarterfinals round. The Falcons, who defeated San Beda-B, 74-72, in the quarterfinals, won by default over the Mapua Cardinal to easily move into the championship round with the Chiefs. Kaye Pingol fired 14 points, while Lady Rose Rosario hit 16, and Mariz Cacmo added 12 for the Lady Falcons. Estrella made 26 points for the Heavy Bombers, with his two freebies and jumper in the last 1:25, allowing JRU-B to stay within range, 69-72.

interim Coach Rommel Abella said. “Sana magtuluy-tuloy hanggang huli ‘yung magandang nilalaro namin.” The Summer Spikers, on the other hand, bowed out of contention failing to win a match in four games. Meanwhile, Philippine Air Force cruised past Bounty Fresh in straight sets, 25-20, 2517, 25-17, to boost its semifinals bid in Spiker’s Turf. Bouncing back from their sorry loss to league-leader and semifinals bound Cignal last week, the Air Men came out firing led by Fauzi Ismail, Jeffrey Malabanan and JR Labrador to dispatch Bounty Fresh in 63 minutes. Ismail led the scoring with 13 hits, highlighted by 11 spikes, Malabanan and Labrador added 12 and 11 markers, respectively. Setter Jessie Lopez paced them with 24 excellent sets. Air Force improved to 2-1 card to grab the solo third spot behind solo second Instituto Estetico Manila, which is undefeated after two matches. Bounty Fresh, on the other hand, remained winless after three matches. Michael Bagalay led the way with 12 points in a losing effort. Lance Agcaoili

Vitaliano captures two titles in PPS-PEPP Manila leg

ILES Vitaliano mastered young Macie Carlos twice to capture the girls’ 14- and 16-and-under crowns, while Marcus del Rosario snared the boys’ 16-U plum in the Palawan Pawnshop-Palawan Express Pera Padala (PPS-PEPP) regional age-group tennis Manila leg at the Olivarez Sports Center indoor courts in Sucat, Parañaque, on Saturday. Vitaliano fought off Carlos’s early challenge then asserted her might midway through the duel of the top 2 seeded bets to prevail, 6-2, 6-3, in the 14-U finals, then the talented Quezon City bet repeated in the 16-U championship, 6-0, 6-4, to emerge the lone double winner in the Group Two tournament, which drew a record more than 300 entries, including full-packed 64-player rosters in seven categories. No. 5 Chloe Mae Saraza, another ace from Quezon City, bested Bea de Ocampo, 6-0, 6-4, to cop the girls’ 18-U title, while No. 6 Joel Atienza, also from Quezon City, held off Jed Labasano, 6-4, 6-2, to clinch the premier crown in the boys’ side of the seven-day tournament sponsored by Palawan Pawnshop, headed by President and CEO Bobby Castro and presented by Slazenger. “We were overwhelmed by the huge turnout and the enthusiasm of our young players in pursuit of glory and ranking points. This only inspires us to continue supporting the sport and help in discovering fresh talents not only in Manila, but throughout the country,” Castro said. Matthew Garcia, son of former tennis star and TV anchor Dyan Castillejo, took the 14-U diadem with a 1-0 (ret.)

Miles Vitaliano (left) holds her trophy and prizes as she poses with fellow winner Marcus del Rosario (center) and tournament official Chito Castro during awards rites.

win over Joseph Geluz, while La Union’s Andrei Jarata and Cainta’s Kryshanna Brazal shared the 12-U honors in the event tournament backed by Asiatraders Corp., exclusive distributor of Slazenger and sanctioned by the Philippine Tennis Association, headed by President and Parañaque City Mayor Edwin Olivarez. The top-seeded Jarata subdued Shant Nuguit, 6-1, 6-4, while Brazal downed Glydel Guevarra, 6-1, 6-4. Unseeded local bet Sherwin Nuguit also grabbed the

spotlight, as he snared the hotly disputed 10-unisex plum with a 5-4(2), 4-5(4), 4-1 decision over No. 6 Darwin Cosca. Meanwhile, action shifts to Mindanao from June 23 to 27 with the staging of the PPS-PEPP Sultan Kudarat leg, which also kicks off the annual Rainy Season Festival in the country’s longest, biggest age-group circuit. For details, contact Bobby Mangunay, PPS-PEPP regional age-group tennis event organizer and Sports Program Development director, at 0915-404-6464.

Canada, Senegal lose top players for Manila OQT

F Gilas Pilipinas manages to enter the knockout semifinal stage of the International Basketball Federation Olympic Qualifying Tournament (OQT), the PHL 5 could face an opponent minus one of its biggest stars. Canada’s Andrew Wiggins and Gorgui Deng of Senegal withdrew from participating in the Manila OQT set from July 5 to 10 at the Mall of Asia Arena. Wiggins and Deng are teammates at the Minnesota Timberwolves in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Canada and Senegal are in Group A, along with Turkey, while the Philippines, France and New Zealand made up Group B. The Filipino dribblers need a split of their Group B games to reach the crossover semifinal stage against either the No. 1 or No. 2 team in Group A. Canada boasts a number of NBA players who could suit up in the Manila OQT. Aside from Wiggins, Head Coach Jay Triano’s squad also has NBA campaigners Anthony Bennet, a former No. 1 pick in the draft, Cory Joseph (Toronto), Andrew Nicholson (Orlando), Kelly Olynyk (Boston), Dwight Powell (Dallas), Robert Sacre (Los Angeles Lakers) and Nik Stauskas (Phildelphia) in his team. In a statement releases to The Associated Press through his agency BDA Sports, Wiggins said: “As my third NBA season approaches, I understand my increased role with the Timberwolves, and dedication to the upcoming season must have my total focus. We are building a championship contending team, which has always been my goal. This was definitely not an easy decision and I fully support and wish Team Canada nothing but success this summer.” Deng’s absence will be a big blow for Senegal’s campaign in the Manila OQT, as the 7-foot-center is one of the veterans that Head Coach Porfirio Fisac will rely on in the six-nation tournament, where the champion gets the ticket in the Rio de Janeiro Games. Deng was in the lineup when Gilas Pilipinas beat Senegal in the 2014 Fiba World Cup in Spain. Senegal has a new naturalized player in Clevin Hannah, a 28-year old point guard from New York. Joel Orellana

Parks’s game boosted by D-League stint

N a short stint with the Texas Legends in the National Basketball Association (NBA) Developmental League, Bobby Ray Parks Jr. has learned a lot of things that he’ll try to apply for Gilas Pilipinas. The former National University standout was part of the 14-man pool that Head Coach Tab Baldwin named before the team left for the 21-day European camp last Friday. In the PHL 5’s 81-70 win over Iran last week, the two-time University Athletic Association of the Philippines Most Valuable Player played with much confidence to get the nod of Baldwin and became the lone amateur in the pool. “Everything improved. I became more confident,” said Parks, who is battling for a spot in the Philippine team that will compete in the International Basketball Federation Olympic Qualifying Tournament set from July 5 to 10 at the Mall of Asia Arena. “It’s good to be back to serve our national team,” he added. Parks scored 12 points and dished out five assists in 20 minutes of action off the bench. He played limited minutes for the Texas Legends, where he averaged 4.6 markers and 1.9 boards in 32 games last season. But Parks said, despite the limited exposure, it helped him a lot with his game. “It’s a different experience. You will really start from scratch. You have to be mentally and physically tough,” Parks said. He will be the youngest member of the 14man pool but knew a couple of things how Gilas 5 can improve as a team. “I believe that we should improve our chemistry and execute what the coaches wanted us to do,” Parks said. “We don’t have the time on our side, so we must listen to the coaches and play our game.” Ramon Rafael Bonilla

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Curry, Thompson lead Warriors to Game 4 win

SPLISH, SPLASH By Tom Withers

The Associated Press

LEVELAND—Stephen Curry found his long-range touch and scored 38 points, Klay Thompson added 25 and the Golden State Warriors moved within one win of defending their title by beating the Cleveland Cavaliers, 108-97, in Game Four of the National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals on Friday night. Curry had scored just 48 total points in the first three games, but the two-time league Most Valuable Player made seven three-pointers and Thompson, his Splash Brother, drained four treys as the Warriors took a 3-1 lead in the series. Golden State, which made history with a 73-win regular season, can become the seventh franchise to win consecutive titles with a victory in Game Five on Monday night at rip-roaring Oracle Arena, where they won the first two games by a combined 48 points. “Work’s not done, obviously,” Curry said. “I’m glad I showed up a little bit, but we’re not done. We’ve still got some work to do.” After blowing out the Warriors by 30 in Game Three, the Cavaliers had a chance to even the series. However, LeBron James and Co. didn’t enough to contain Curry, Thompson or Harrison Barnes, who made four treys and

Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry celebrates a basket against the Cleveland Cavaliers during the second half of Game Four of the National Basketball Association Finals. AP

added 14 points. The Warriors made an NBA Finals-record 17 three-pointers. Kyrie Irving scored 34 points for the Cavs, who will need much more in Game Five or they’ll finish as runner-up to the Warriors for the second year in a row. James added 25 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists, but the superstar also had seven turnovers and was too passive at times. Kevin Love returned to the lineup after missing Game Three with a concussion and added 11 points off the bench. Cleveland, which came in 8-0 at home in the playoffs, went 6:36 without a field goal in the fourth quarter, the kind of scoring drought no team can afford against the potent Warriors. “A lot less breakdowns than what we had last game,” Curry said. “We checked the three-point line and it was just all-around communication, toughness and effort.” With Golden State leading, 88-84, Curry got loose for a backdoor lay-up and Barnes followed with a dagger three-pointer, deflating a crowd of 20,000-plus fans clinging to hope that this would be the year Cleveland would win its first pro sports championship since 1964. But this seems to be the Warriors’ year—

from start to finish. Off the mark in the first three games, the Splash Brothers found the pool in the third quarter. Thompson made four three-pointers and Curry knocked down three from behind the arc as the pair combined for 19 of Golden State’s 29 points in the period. Their arrival was a welcomed relief for the Warriors, who had managed to bury the Cavs in the first two games despite minimal production from their two stars. But with Golden State’s golden season being threatened again, Curry and Thompson stepped up the way they did in the Western Conference finals. When James was introduced before the game, he went through his usual handshake ritual with his teammates before telling Irving, “Be special.” The point guard was terrific, but Curry and Thompson were just better. Unlike in Game Three, when they fell into an early hole and never recovered, the Warriors came out strong and stayed step for step with the Cavaliers. Curry made three three-pointers in the first half, with his last one giving Golden State a three-point lead. With the Warriors up 42-41, Curry drove to the basket but had his shot blocked by Irving, sending Cleveland’s bench and crowd into a frenzy.

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WESTBROOK, HARDEN OUT

USSELL Westbrook and James Harden chose staying home over going for gold. And as the losses pile up, the US Olympic basketball team has to hope it still has enough to win when it gets to Rio. Days after Stephen Curry announced he wouldn’t play, Westbrook and Harden pulled out on Friday, further weakening a backcourt that was expected to be a US strength. Westbrook and Harden played for the US when it won gold in the 2012 Olympics, and both had also won a world championship. “I have been extremely blessed to wear the ‘red, white and blue’ and to compete at the highest international level with the greatest players representing the greatest country in the world,” Harden said in a statement released by the Houston Rockets. “I sincerely hope I’ll earn an opportunity to represent Team USA again in the future.” WESTBROOK

Neither player gave a reason for his decision. USA Basketball Chairman Jerry Colangelo said this week that every player who had pulled out, so far, which includes forwards Anthony Davis, Blake Griffin and LaMarcus Aldridge, had done so because of injury. But the Zika virus is also a concern in Brazil, which has been hit hard by the mosquito-borne virus that has been linked to severe birth defects and possible neurological problems in adults. Spain star Pau Gasol had recently said he was considering skipping the Olympics for that reason. Andrew Wiggins also said on Friday he wouldn’t play for Canada, which needs to win a qualifying tournament in July to earn an Olympic berth. Instead, he wants to remain in Minnesota to prepare for the Timberwolves’ first season under Tom Thibodeau. Thibodeau will be in Rio as an assistant to US Coach Mike Krzyzewski, but it’s getting harder to figure out what players will be there. But Colangelo knew there would be absences, which is why he assembled a pool of 31 players. He plans to pick the 12 bound for Brazil on June 27. “When we select our players, it’s going to be after a lot of water under the bridge,” he said earlier this spring. “There may be a few more players who, for whatever reasons, decide to drop out. There may be an injury, there may be a surgery scheduled, there are a lot of factors that we’ve talked about, the variables, so they won’t be part of that final 12. “But we have until June, the end of June, to have done all of our due diligence. We’ll know way before then who wants to play and who’s committed, or who is on the fence.” That includes LeBron James, who isn’t expected to decide on a fourth Olympics until after the National Basketball Association Finals. AP