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President Rodrigo Duterte poses for a photo opportunity with Senator Christopher Lawrence Go, some of his Cabinet members and representatives from various government agencies in attendance following the virtual 38th and 39th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summits and Related Summits hosted by Brunei Darussalam at the Malacañang Palace on Thursday night. PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO

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Duterte pushes for gradual reopening of Asean borders

Sara of Nov. 15 deadline

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residential aspirant Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa reminded Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio of the November 15, 2021 deadline of substitution for candidates in the 2022 elections.

On October 25, 2021, dela Rosa met with Mayor Sara at the City Hall of Davao. A photo of them together at Mayor Sara’s office was also posted on Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa’s FB page.

When asked for the purpose of the meeting, dela

Rosa replied in a text message that he just reminded the mayor that Nov. 15 is fast approaching.

Dela Rosa is the standard-bearer of the ruling PDP-Laban but is discussing with Mayor Sara the deadline of the period of substitution. This means,

the presidential daughter is still the top choice of the party.

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) reminded political parties that they have until November 15, 2021, to replace their candidates for the May 2022 national and local elections. It also reminded the candidates that there will be no more substitution due to withdrawal that will be allowed after November 15.

Dela Rosa is very vocal

on his willingness to give way to Mayor Sara believing that the mayor is the “most winnable” among the presidential contenders.

Meanwhile, dela Rosa laughed at rumors that he is interested in becoming a mayor in Davao City. This after he posted on his Facebook account relishing the time when he used to come to the City Hall to get logistics support for his police station (Sasa and then Bunawan) a day after he met

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resident Rodrigo Duterte is batting for the gradual reopening of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) borders to trade and tourism as rising vaccination levels give their governments more confidence in easing restrictions.

“It is also time that we open our borders safely to reinvigorate our trade and tourism sectors,” Duterte said in a speech during the 16th East Asia Summit (EAS) held via video conference on Oct. 27.

He emphasized the need to revitalize economic exchanges within the region through deeper integration.

“Let us then work swiftly towards the early entry into force of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP),” he said, vowing that the Philippines will do its part and ratify the landmark

agreement within the year.

RCEP is the trade pact among the 10 member states of Asean and the bloc’s five FTA partners – Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan, and South Korea.

The deal was concluded on Nov. 15, 2020.

Duterte said there is a need to move together in unity and partnership to ensure the continued peace, stability, and prosperity in the region.

He welcomed partnerships that offer decisive responses “to address challenges to public health systems, our economies, and the well-being of peoples.”

Duterte also thanked external partners for their contribution to the Covid-19 Asean Response Fund, and for their pledges of support for the Asean Center for Public Health Emergencies and Emerging Diseases.

resident Rodrigo Duterte has signed the law postponing the May 2022 elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) to May 2025.

A photo of the law signed by the President was posted on the Bangsamoro Government’s official Facebook page on Friday.

“Under the law, the

first parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro region shall be held and synchronized with the 2025 national elections,” the post’s caption read.

The Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) will oversee the region until the May 2025 midterm polls.

The ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law in February 2019 via a

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postpones Country’s crime volume drops by PRRD BARMM polls to 2025 49.6% in 5 years of Duterte: PNP P

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he crime volume in the country during the past five years of administration of President Rodrigo Duterte dropped by 49.6 percent compared to crime statistics during the reign of the late president Benigno Aquino III, the Philippine National Police (PNP) announced Thursday night (October 28).

PNP chief Guillermo Eleazar said that the total crime incidents in the Philippines over the past 63 months from 2016 to 2021 significantly dropped from the recorded crime incidents in 2010-2015.

He said the slump in crime incidents is more prominent in the marked 67.76-percent decline in In-

dex Crime cases recorded over the same 63-month period from July 2016 to September 2021.

Eleazar said these data are contained in the National Crime Environment Report derived from the Crime Information Reporting and Analysis System (CIRAS), an electronic crime analytic tool that captures blotter

entries and incident reports from all PNP units and offices across the country.

A comparative analysis of the 63-month CIRAS data culled during the 20102015 and 2016-2021 periods showed the 2.67-million crime incidents reported in 2010-2015 dropping 49.6 percent down to only

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DP-Laban standard bearer and Senator Ronald “Bato”dela Rosa confirms that he offered his slot to Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio during their meeting at her office last Monday. Dela Rosa also said he reminded the mayor of the November 15 deadline for candidate substitution. Edge Davao

Vaccination of SPMC hospital staff’s children commences Tagum City inaugurates new transport terminal

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utting premium to transportation system to ease the burden of public commuting, not only to Tagumenyos but also to the neighboring townsfolk, the City Government of Tagum inaugurated the third module building of the Tagum Overland Transport Integrated Terminal (TOTIT) located at Barangay Magugpo West last October 28, 2021.

No less than Mayor Allan L. Rellon led the blessing and inauguration of the terminal which is aimed to help address the bus congestion problem in the existing buildings with the provision of additional 12 bus bays.

This big-ticket infra-project worth 30 million pesos was funded and constructed by the City Government of Tagum through the loan term agreement with the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP).

Mayor Rellon in an interview underscored the need to expand the existing terminal for Tagum to keep up with its ever-growing and developing landscape – leading to becoming a highly urbanized city.

This new 2-storey ter-

minal that is adjacent to the two module terminal buildings also housed essential facilities such as clinic, breastfeeding corner, wide waiting lounge, office space, conference room, and public comfort rooms.

Vice Mayor Eva Lorraine Estabillo in her welcome message expressed her delight in the completion of the Module 3 Terminal project and was glad that small-time business owners in Tagum will also have business opportunities with the available stalls and food kiosk units for lease.

Aside from the buses, another enterprising component of the terminal for the City Government of Tagum is the inclusion of separate air-conditioned dormitels intended for travelers who want to have an affordable and comfortable stay in Tagum.

Meanwhile, a fourth building is currently constructed in Barangay Madaum that will serve as an intermodal terminal and will cater to buses plying from Davao Oriental and parts of Davao de Oro to the rest of the Davao Region and vice versa. JP Cordovero/CIO Tagum

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outhern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) commenced the vaccination of minors with comorbidities on Friday catering first to the children of hospital employees.

This is in line with the vaccination rollout for 12-17-year-old children with comorbidities (pediatric).

Dr. Ricardo Audan, officer-in-charge of SPMC, told Edge Davao that the hospital has targeted to inoculate 200 minors plus those unvaccinated parents.

“Ang among target is 200 in the sense that one plus one, isa ka bata at isa ka ginikanan. Kung daghanon namo basin mag crowded na. So nag allocate mi ug 200 for today,” he said.

Audan said there are already more than 400 individuals who registered in the hospital’s online

platform. He also emphasized that the inoculation was intended for SPMC employees and their children with comorbidities.

He said the common comorbidities among the children inoculated on the first day were with asthma, cardiovascular disease and obesity.

Audan said Friday’s vaccination rollout was generally successful.

“Very successful in terms of the whole process of vaccination probably because it’s the same process with the adults,

so kabalo nami ug ang weaknesses namo sauna nahimong strength na namo karon,” he said.

Apart from SPMC, vaccination for children are conducted in the Metro Davao Medical and Research Center (MDMRC), and the Seamen’s Hospital in R. Castillo.

Dr. Michelle Schlosser, spokesperson of the Davao City Covid-19 Task Force,Schlosser added that the master listing will be done by the city’s vaccination cluster and

sa REPA. Patago ito at hindi lantaran unlike previous schemes. Ginagawa ang transactions through group chat unlike nung dati na mga investment scams na lantaran sa social media. REPA is enticing people na sumali sa kanila through group chat or mga pms kaya mahirap i-monitor,” Estares said in a virtual presser on Thursday.

Estares said they are asking for the assistance of the Davao City Anti-Scam Unit (ASU).

“Dahil walang nagko-complain sa office (SEC-Davao), so we are asking anti-scam unit for

assistance kung ano na ang nangyayari and we are very grateful kay sir Sagarino for the help that his office extended to SECDavao. Tulungan lang ito para ma-stop itong mga scams kung hindi man ito ma-stop totally at least mabawasan ang maging biktima nito,” she said.

Estares said REPA is the latest investment scheme being monitored in their Area of Responsibility (AOR).

On October 12, 2021, SEC-Davao issued an advisory following reports and inquiries received by the Commission from the pub-

lic asking whether REPA/ REPA Paluwagan with operations in Bohol, Davao City, Bukidnon, and Cebu is registered with the commission and if it can solicit investments from the public.

Based on the said report, the persons behind REPA/REPA acting as “administrators”(admins) and “sellers,” communicates with their victim-buyers via Facebook, Messenger, or other chat groups and personal transactions and offering them “limited slots” for investment packages where one may invest

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No complaints yet against REPA: SEC-Davao

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n official of the Security and Exchange Commission-Davao Extension (SEC-Davao Extension) office disclosed that no complainant has yet approached their office to complain against REPA Paluwagan.

Lawyer Katrina Jamilla Ponce-Estares, regional director of SEC-Davao Extension, admitted that it is difficult to monitor REPA because it does transactions in secret and it is enticing people through group chat or messenger.

“Walang dumulog pa sa kanilang tanggapan para magreklamo about

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An employee of a shop selling brand new and retread tires prepares to change the tires of a customer’s vehicle along E. Quirino Avenue in Davao City on Friday. Edge Davao

Safe reopening of economy restores jobs: NEDA chief

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ocioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua has cited the need to let the economy function normally instead of locking it down and providing stimulus measures that will have little benefit to domestic output and the people.

In a reply to a query regarding his stand on the proposed additional stimulus measure, Chua, during the Economic Journalists Association of the Philippines’ (EJAP) virtual economic forum on Thursday, said any additional cash aid should still be targeted

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he Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) has launched the Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) manual to ensure that new policies being introduced by the government do not add undue regulatory burden to citizens.

ARTA deputy director general Ernesto Perez said all proposed regulations of the executive department including national government agencies (NGAs),

and “there should be a way” for the people to spend this stimulus.

With various levels of movement restrictions still implemented nationwide, Chua said there would be “little opportunity” for the stimulus to be used.

“My position has always

been to safely reopen the economy because that is the best and most sustainable way to get the economy started. And what that means is it’s not the GDP (gross domestic product) only. It is the jobs, it is the people getting income and addressing their needs,” he said.

Metro Manila, among other places in the country, was placed under the government’s strictest form of movement restriction, the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), thrice since 2020 to address the rise in coronavirus disease 2019

(Covid-19) infections.

The first was between March 17 to May 31, 2020; the second on March 29 to April 11, 2021; and the third on Aug. 6 to 20, 2021.

During the ECQ implementation in 2020, the government provided cash subsidies amounting to as much as PHP8,000 to affected individuals and families belonging to around 80 percent of the population.

Cash aids were also disbursed during the subsequent ECQ implementations.

However, Chua, who is

government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs), government instrumentalities, and all local government units (LGUs) that provide services for business- and non-business-related transactions shall undergo RIA. “Its ultimate objective is to examine the different policy options and identify the best policy option that would deliver the greatest net benefit to the people of

the Philippines taking into account all the benefits and costs of the regulation,” Perez said during the launch Thursday.

Legislations by the Congress, taxation measures, budget-related issuances, and projects and programs with international development partners are exempted from the RIA process.

One of the benefits of the RIA process is that it

also allows participation of the public in policy formulation, which gives the people a sense of ownership over a regulation.

“Our goal to make the Philippines a truly just and progressive nation begins by ensuring good regulatory governance and efficient delivery of government services. In keeping with our mandate, the Anti-Red Tape Authority has always hoped

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NEDA, businesses push for gradual reopening of schools

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ocioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua has cited the importance of gradually reopening schools as prolonged absence of face-toface classes will impact on the competitiveness and productivity of the country’s workforce in the future.

During the Economic Journalists Association of the Philippines (EJAP) webinar Thursday, Chua said one of the consequences of faceto-face school closure is less learning among students.

“Based on US studies, online learning is only around 52 percent (as) effective as face-to-face learning,” he said.

He added this may be less effective in the Philippines as the country uses other forms of learning like modules, which is estimated at 37 percent as effective as face-to-face schooling.

Chua, who is also the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) director general, called for the gradual resumption of face-to-face classes to help mitigate long-term impacts of remote learning on students’ productivity and mental health.

“Our actions today against Covid-19 (corona-

virus disease 2019) do not come without consequences. There are also costs to future generations, especially on our human capital. Without understanding these, we would not have a complete and objective understanding of what we are doing today,” he said.

Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) co-chair for National Issues Committee Rizalina Mantaring echoed the need to gradually reopen face-toface schooling.

“With (the) stoppage of education, the ADB (Asian Development Bank) estimated that every year that a kid is out of school results in 10 percent lower wages in the future,” she said.

She added education and training of human capital is a major factor that will determine how a country will perform in the future.

“Education might be an area that might not yield immediate impact. But it is the area that will make really the most impact and the most influence on how we turnout as a nation in the future,” Mantaring said.

Next month, the country will pilot limited face-to-face classes in areas where risk of Covid-19 is low. (PNA)

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With the reopening of Glan’s beach resorts to fully vaccinated tourists, this fishing scene may yet become a rare sight. MindaNews file photo by BONG S. SARMIENTO

Choosing next leaders more critical amid Covid pandemic

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he landscape of next year’s national polls will be different from the previous election years as presidential aspirants are faced with challenges brought by the pandemic while voter turnout will likely decrease as the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) fears linger.

During the webinar of the Economic Journalists Association of the Philippines (EJAP) Thursday, Management Association of the Philippines (MAP) co-chair for National Issues Committee Rizalina Mantaring said “the choice of a leader has become much more critical” in the upcoming election amid the weaker economy and fiscal position has deteriorated as impacts of the pandemic.

“This will be a really difficult job. Unlike the previous administration that took

over, we have a very healthy fiscal position… Our fiscal position is not so strong now.

So the next administration should be able to work within those fiscal constraints, that’s a major challenge,” Mantaring said.

She also encouraged voters to choose a leader who will be able to control the pandemic and manage the transition into an endemic situation.

The next administration should also prioritize improving the health system in the country and generate more jobs that were lost during the pandemic, she added.

The MAP executive said the next president should be able to work well with the private sector as a stronger public-private partnership would be critical moving for-

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SarBay reopens for vaccinated visitors

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ully vaccinated tourists from outside Soccsksargen may now enjoy the famed white-sand beaches and other popular destinations in “tour town” Glan in Sarangani province.

Rhoa Wadingan, Glan tourism officer, said on Thursday the local government has decided to reopen its beach resorts and facilities to tourists from outside the region, especially those who have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).

She said the move is

part of their continuing efforts to help the area’s tourism industry recover from the impact of the pandemic.

“This is an incentive to those who are already vaccinated and hopefully will encourage others to also get the vaccines,” she said in an interview.

Based on the guide-

lines earlier issued by Glan Mayor Vivien Yap, Wadingan said visitors need to present their confirmed bookings with a resort and register with the town’s contact tracing application Data Vault for Your Covid-19 Assistance Response Emergency System or “DVY Cares.”

She said unvaccinated tourists from other areas are still welcome, provided they can present negative Covid-19 antigen test results.

The municipality closed down its 35 beach resorts

and hotels in mid-June this year due to the surge in Covid-19 cases but reopen them a month later to tourists from Soccsksargen.

Wadingan said the number of tourists visiting the area has been increasing since August and they expect a further hike in arrivals as the recorded new infections in the region and other areas continued to decline.

She said the number of visitors in the province grew from 24,139 last August to 44,307 in Septem-

nating i-fast track ang programang ito. So, ang ating bibigyan ng loan ay iyong nasa listahan ng DOLE,” he said during the Laging Handa virtual briefing.

[As earlier announced, we want to fast-track this program and offer the loans to those listed with the DOLE.] He was referring to a list of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) of micro and small businesses which have been hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, and have been

forced to adopt flexible working arrangements.

Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez earlier said the loans will have zero interest, with available loans up to P200,000 with micro and small enterprises prioritized.

Bastillo said among the firms qualified to avail of the loans are those listed with the DOLE, and have 20 employees or less.

The program will have a standard offer of P12,000 per employee.

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ADB prexy reaffirms support SB Corp. to start accepting loan for sub-regional cooperation applications for 13th month pay

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sian Development Bank (ADB) President Masatsugu Asakawa Thursday reaffirmed ADB’s support for a rapid economic recovery, infrastructure development, and regional cooperation at the 14th Brunei Darussalam–Indonesia– Malaysia–Philippines East Asean Growth Area (BIMP– EAGA) Leaders’ Summit.

The summit was attended by Brunei Darussalam Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, Indonesia President Joko Widodo, Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaa-

kob, and Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte.

“ADB is honored to serve as BIMP–EAGA’s regional development advisor. We know that when adversity strikes, coordinated action will help your countries endure the crisis and build for a strong and lasting recovery,” Asakawa said.

“ADB supports BIMP– EAGA’s work, aligned with Asean revitalization, to maintain open markets, strengthen supply chains, support vibrant economic zones, and promote digital

integration.”

Since the start of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, ADB has provided $875 million through its Asia Pacific Vaccine Access Facility to help Indonesia and the Philippines procure and deliver safe and effective vaccines.

ADB provided an additional $1.5 billion to each country in quick-disbursing loans to support their Covid-19 response.

ADB support includes infrastructure connectivity

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tate-run Small Business Corp. will start accepting applications for soft loans from micro and small businesses next week to help them provide the mandated 13th month pay of their employees.

Online applications will be accepted between November 2 and December 7, with a processing period of seven to 10 days, according to SB Corp. spokesperson Bobby Bastillo on Thursday.

“Gaya noong nauna nating naanunsiyo, gusto

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In recalling his days as chief of the Davao City Police Office:

I relish the time when I used to come to this building to get logistics support for my police station (Sasa and then Bunawan) from a very supportive local chief executive. Naa pay allowance.

Sarap siguro maging LCE (local chief executive) of this city hall, (‘no)?”

Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa

EDITORIAL Statistics do not lie The crime volume in the country during the last five years of administration of President Rodrigo Duterte decreased by 49.6 percent compared to the same five-year period during the time of the late President Benigno Aquino III, the Philippine National Police (PNP) announced last Thursday night.

Overall nationwide data showed the police organization was able to solve 38.35 percent more cases in 2016-2021 or a Crime Solution Efficiency (CSE) rating of 78.62 percent, compared with the 40.27- percent CSE during the previous 5-year period.

He said the slump in crime is more prominent in the marked 67.76- percent decline in index crime cases recorded over the same 63-month period from July 2010 up to September 2015.

The same National Crime Environment Report showed that crime against persons dipped 64.68 percent, while crime against property fell 69.91 percent in 2016-2021.

PNP chief Guillermo Eleazar said that the total crime incidents in the Philippines over the past 63 months from 2016 to 2021 significantly dropped from the recorded crime incidents in 2010-2015.

Eleazar said these data are contained in the National Crime Environment Report derived from the Crime Information Reporting and Analysis System (CIRAS), an electronic crime analytic tool that captures blotter entries and incident reports from all PNP units and offices across the country.

A comparative analysis of the 63-month CIRAS data culled during the 20102015 and 2016-2021 periods showed the 2.67 million crime incidents reported in 2010-2015 dropping 49.6 percent down to only 1.36 million cases in 20162021.

The biggest drop in crime incidents was recorded in Mindanao at 53.81 percent, compared to only 48.42 percent and 45.30 percent in Luzon and the Visayas, respectively.

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Theft, physical injury and robbery are the three most prevalent crime types in both periods in review.

Incidents of physical injury showed a 80.13-percent slump while homicide cases decreased 55.31 percent. Moreover, incidents of robbery, theft and carnapping fell by 71.72 percent, 70.85 percent and 55.46 percent, respectively.

“All these marked improvements in the overall crime picture translate to better security outlook among our people and further adds to upbeat investor confidence that spur economic growth despite the ongoing health crisis”.

Congratulations to the PNP. Let’s hope this laudable performance will be sustained.

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Eleazar explained that the huge 67.76-percent drop in Index crime represents 784,641 fewer crime cases from 1.15-million index crime incidents in 2010-2015 down to only 373,378 cases in 2016-2021.

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HENRYLITO D. TACIO THINK ON THESE!

POSITIVE THINKING “Nothing will change if you worry. Rather it may aggravate negative emotions within you.

Don’t waste your time worrying.” ― Maddy Malhotra, How to Build Self-Esteem and Be Confident: Overcome Fears, Break Habits, Be Successful and Happy ***

One day, a lady who lived in town looked out of her window and saw a big truck pull up to her house. Out jumped five rascals and started unloading electric guitars and loudspeakers and drums. They took them into the neighboring house.

The woman was furious.

Now, her night’s rest and her ears and her life would be ruined by all the noise that would come from the house.

Her husband came home from work and she started to scream at him. “We’ve got to move away from here or else we’ll go deaf and mad with that string band next door,” she said.

But he calmed her down a bit and said, “Honey, why are you angry? Don’t you realize who those musicians are?

They are a famous Sanguma Stringband that plays overseas

to large crowds. We should be glad they are here: we’ll be getting all this famous music for free.”

His wife’s frown turned into a smile. She ran to the telephone and began to call her friends to come over sometime and take advantage of the presence of the Sanguma Stringband.

How attitude changed everything!

William James, an American psychologist, once said: “The great discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitude of mind.”

“A positive attitude is most easily arrived at through a deliberate and rational analysis of what’s required to manifest unwavering positive thought patterns,” explains H.E. Davey, the director of the Sennin Foundation Center for Japanese Cultural Arts. “First, reflect on the actual, present condition of your mind. In other words, is the mind positive or not?

“We’ve all met individuals who perceive themselves as positive people but don’t appear as such,” he further explains. “Since the mind is both invisible and intangible, it’s

therefore easier to see the accurate characteristics of the mind through a person’s words, deeds, and posture.”

Davey cites an example: If you say, “It’s absolutely freezing today! I’ll probably catch a cold before the end of the day!” Then your words expose a negative attitude. But if you say, “The temperature is very cold” (a simple statement of fact), then your expressions, and therefore attitude, are not negative.

“Sustaining an alert state in which self-awareness becomes possible gives us a chance to discover the origins of negativity,” Davey says. “In doing so, we also have an opportunity to arrive at a state of positiveness, so that our words and deeds are also positive, making others feel comfortable, cheerful, and inspired.”

In Meditation: Insights and Inspirations, Amit Ray wrote: “It does not matter how long you are spending on the earth, how much money you have gathered or how much attention you have received.

It is the amount of positive vibration you have radiated in life that matters.”

“What is the difference between an obstacle and an opportunity?” asked J. Sidlow

Baxter, a pastor and theologian who authored as many as thirty books. “Our attitude toward it. Every opportunity has a difficulty, and every difficulty has an opportunity.”

Among the students at a well-known college was a young man who used crutches.

A homely sort of fellow, he had a talent for friendliness and optimism.

He won many scholastic honors and the respect of his classmates. One day, a classmate asked the cause of his deformity. “Infantile paralysis,” he answered.

“But tell me,” the friend said, “with a misfortune like that, how can you face the world so confidently?”

“Oh,” he replied smiling, “the disease never touched my heart.”

Of course, you heard of Thomas Alva Edison, who was named by Life magazine as the number one man of the millennium. John C. Maxwell, author of 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader, gives some qualities on what made famous.

“Probably the most notable display of Edison’s positive attitude can be seen in the way he approached a tragedy that oc-

curred when he was in his late sixties,” Maxwell wrote. “The lab he had built in West Orange, New Jersey, was world famous.

He called the fourteen-building complex his invention factory.”

Of course, Edison loved the place very much. “He spent every minute he could there.

He even slept there, often on one of the lab tables,” Maxwell wrote. “But on a December day in 1914, his beloved lab caught fire. As he stood outside and watched it burn, he is reported to have said, ‘Kids, go get your mother. She’ll never see another fire like this one.’”

Had it happened to you, you would definitely have been crushed. But not Edison; after the tragedy he was quoted as saying: “I am sixty-seven but not too old to make a fresh start. I’ve been through a lot of things like this.”

The statement of Rodolfo Costa is a fitting statement to end this piece. “Cultivate an optimistic mind, use your imagination, always consider alternatives, and dare to believe that you can make possible what others think is impossible,” he wrote in Advice My Parents Gave Me: and Other Lessons I Learned from My Mistakes.

FRED C. LUMBA SPECKS OF LIFE

PINOYS DESERVE MORE “Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.” ALBERT EIŃSTEIN *******

Even as NEDA Chief Karl Chua made positive predictions for the country’s economic recovery this year and the next, these are being drowned and cast aside by the turbulent mudslinging and political pollution circulating around every nook and cranny.

In so many words, Leni Robredo, presidential aspirant declared that she was running for the highest post of the land to prevent another Marcos (BBM) from returning to power.

Robredo, who is wearing pink colors these days to veer away from the stigma of the defeated and decimated Yellow cult, is running under the 1Sambayan banner, a new political block that has remnants of the Noynoy presidency.

Running as an independent, she is parlaying the role

of a Joan of Arc as if Bongbong Marcos is the contravida that must be prevented, killed and destroyed at all costs to save the Filipino people from evil.

If this is the only reason why Madam Leni is contesting the presidency, what is thus in store for the country in case she wins, by a stroke of magic or luck or whatever means?

She has no visible platform of government, no detailed advocacies for the poor, the marginalized and the minority, no visionary programs for the long haul vis-a-viz global developments - no nothing.

By this time, after close to six years of occupying the office situated just a heartbeat away from where PRRD holds court, Robredo is still groping in the dark, unable to understand the functions of her position, unable to categorically state the reasons WHY THE COUNTRY NEEDS HER. Undoubtedly, despite the onset of this exasperating pandemic, honest thinking apolit-

ical Filipinos can say - without fear of contradiction - that our countrymen are better off today - A LOT BETTER I MUST SAY than they were six year ago.

SO, WHILE ROBREDO IS PRESENTING HERSELF AS A HEROINE TO SAVE US KUNO FROM ANOTHER MARCOS REIGN, DOES SHE HAVE THE QUALIFICATION, CREDENTIALS AND TRACK RECORD TO CONVINCE THE FILIPINO ELECTORATE THAT THE COUNTRY NEEDS HER? Robredo should be lectured on - and learn from - our political history.

Diosdado Macapagal, the poor boy from Lubao, Pampanga, was in the same boat in 1957, a spare tire to then Pres. Carlos P. Garcia. Ignored by his Big Boss, he utilized his 1,460 days in office to tour the countryside, shaking hands with the IPs in the north and in the south, conferring with the remote villagers who did not know him from Adam, inquired about their needs and com-

plaints and forthwith launched his presidential bid against a re-electionist incumbent.

Kong Dadong, the father of GMA, won by a mile, towing with him his vice-presidential partner, VP Emmanule Pelaez.

Can VP Leni, who errantly slips in his verbalizations and flip-flops every now and then, duplicate the Macapagal odyssey against the survey-leading BBM who is, from all appearances, being supported by Davao City Mayor Inday Sara and her millions of supporters nation-wide?

I will not go to great lengths to say that Smatrmatic, as alleged by many sectors, helped Leni grab the vice-presidency in 2016. I will not, even if prompted, say that she cheated.

But I will state here and now that Robredo, despite her nearly six years as VP, remains a tyro, a political neophyte who is not qualified to run for the highest post.

She is unprepared - emotionally, morally, mentally and

spiritually.

She has categorically - vehemently at that - stated in previous video interviews that she was not interested in the presidency and that she was not going to run come the May 2022 national elections.

She is unsure of the political steps she was taking. It was very obvious that the Liberal stalwarts was using her as a bait to become the “apple” of PRRD’s ire but she could not ably defend herself because of the huge popular backing the Filipinos were giving the incumbent.

The PRRD administration has given the Filipinos so much that the next Malacanang occupant must be someone who can deliver the goods.

The yardstick must be to either duplicate or surpass PRRD’s achievements and accomplishments.

BECAUSE PINOYS DESERVE MORE. (EMAil your feedback to fredlumba@yahoo.com.)

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HEALTH AMONG the things worth paying attention to during this pandemic is staying hydrated to be healthy. While plain water is always the best, fruit juices add flavor to satisfying the thirst.

This paved way for Dabawenyas Braezelle Mae Yu and Ghazie U. Pangandaman to venture into juicing business and introduced MySip juice drink that promises health in every sip.

“In our context today, it is important to put our health as our first priority. But our team does not want to limit it alone, we also want to reinvent and create a healthy juice drink that at the same time is refreshing and enjoyable to take in. That is why we choose this type of business,” said Yu in an interview.

HEALTHY GOODNESS MySip is the quick fix for those who don’t like to eat fruits as it uses real fruit extract with no added artificial sugar just stevia to bring out the natural sweetness.

IN EVERY SIP

Eating three apples in one sitting is challenging but it’s very easy to consume an equavalent of them if its in liquid form, like a fruit juice.

MySip contains the same goodness as whole fruit which is available in five different flavors: apple, apple strawberry, peach, lychee, and orange.

Manufactured by MSP Golden Dragon Manufacturing Corporation (MSPGDMC) headed

by Manuel Sy Peng Jr. and Lilian Sy Peng, MySiP juice drink was introduced to keep the consumers healthy amid the pandemic.

While you can now find juice drinks everywhere, MSPGDMC remains true to its goal of improving people’s quality of life, which is providing a product that has no sugar and is enriched with vitamins.

Today, MSPGMC is proud to satisfy the market with its line of products.

MySip is now available in Hillsview, Mintal, Bunawan, Bacaca and Toril.

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this weekend

uge deals abound at SM City Davao this long weekend.

Whether you are prepping for Halloween or starting to redesign your houses with Christ-

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Huge deals Shoppers can save with up to 70% price drops on selected items.

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Remember to keep tab on standard health protocols. Know further on more deals and treats at the official social media pages of SM City Davao./SM PR

her but his insecurities get the best of him whenever he interacts with Dee— leaving an unpleasant first impression.

As they spend more time together, Dee changes her perception of him as

she realizes his compassionate personality and later on falls in love with him too.

Follow their amusing love story in “Ikaw” showing starting November 12 (Friday) on SKY PayPer-View, priced at only P250 and also comes with 48-hour access upon purchase.

Catch these titles in the comfort of your homes in high-definition and commercial-free on SKY Pay-Per-View. To subscribe to these shows on pay-per-view, visit mysky. com.ph/skyppv or text SKY PPV <Accout No.> to 23662.

For more details, follow SKY on Facebook (fb. com/myskyupdates), Twitter, and Instagram (@ myskyupdates).

PINOY FAMILY-DRAMA SHOT IN DENMARK ‘WILL YOU MARRY’ SHOWING ON SKY PAY-PER-VIEW S KYcable brings a heartwarming movie set to make families at home laugh and cry with the premiere of Mavx Productions’ film shot in Denmark entitled “Will You Marry,” starring K Brosas and Elisse Joson, on SKY PayPer-View starting October 22 (Friday).

From the producers behind hits including “Nuuk,” “Ang Pangarap Kong Holdap,” and “A Faraway Land,” the film tells the story of Honey (Brosas), a single mother of a not-so-perfect family, who also happens to find love in a Danish man named Fritz (Paul Lyderer) through an online dating site.

She then gets invited

by Fritz to visit his home in Copenhagen to meet and eventually propose

to her, but her children, including Sweet (Joson) who joins in her trip, are reluctant on their mom’s admirer as they try to get in the way of their romance to uncover his darkest secrets and convince her to call off their sudden engagement.

These would then lead to heated misunderstandings among their family.

Also starring in the said film are Alwyn Uytingco, Pio Balbuena, Hannah Ledesma, and Anjo Yllana.

Catch “Will You Marry” on SKY Pay-Per-View from October 22 to November 11 (Thursday) for only P250, with 48-hour access.

Apart from “Will You Marry,” SKYcable brings another treat from Mavx Productions with the premiere of its upcoming ro-

mantic-comedy film “Ikaw,” top-billed by Janine Gutierrez, Pepe Herrera, and Pilita Corrales.

Janine portrays Dee, a Manila-based real-estate broker who returned to her hometown of Bulu-

san, Sorsogon, in time for the 80th birthday of her grandmother, Lola Dulce (Corrales). She then gets reacquainted with her former schoolmate Edong (Herrera), a simple coconut farmer who happens to admire

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with Mayor Sara.

“I relish the time when I used to come to this building to get logistics support for my police station (Sasa and then Bunawan) from a very supportive local chief executive. Naa pay

allowance. Sarap siguro maging LCE (local chief executive) of this city hall, (‘no)?” Dela Rosa posted.

“Hahaha dili uy! Naa pa ko’y 3 years sa Senate and thereafter eligible for reelection,” he told Edge Davao

“Let me recognize as well our partners who supported the COVAX facility—the alliance for life,” he said.

He said the Philippines’ 1 million US dollars contribution is a “modest way of helping ensure that the nations with the least means will likewise have access to lifesaving vaccines.”

All members have the “common task” of accelerating holistic recovery for all nations, he added.

Peace and stability Meanwhile, Duterte cited the need to enhance engagement in priority areas including under the Asean Outlook on the Indo-Pacific, noting that one vital area is maritime security.

“As I have said time and again, the South China Sea must remain a sea of peace, security, stability, and prosperity,” he said.

All stakeholders, he added, must adhere to freedom of navigation and overflight, exercise self-restraint and protect the marine environment as stipulated in United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).

“We must resolve disputes peacefully in accordance with international law, particularly UNCLOS and the 2016 Arbitral Award. We thank our EAS partners that finally expressed support for the Award and have urged stakeholders to abide by the decision,” he added.

Global warming Citing how the Philippines had to bear the brunt of the horrendous effects of climate change, Duterte also called on urgent and serious climate action.

“It is within the means and power of many of our EAS partners to avert an impending collective disaster,” he said, noting that UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) will convene in Glasgow on Oct. 31.

Like many in the developing world, he said the Philippines deserved a fighting chance at progress.

“Our window for effective climate action is fast closing. Those most responsible for the problem—past and present—must commit to our common goal of net zero emissions or we are all doomed,” he added. (PNA)

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1.36-million cases in 2016-2021.

The biggest decline in crime incidents was posted in Mindanao at 53.81 percent, with 48.42 percent and 45.30 percent in Luzon and Visayas, respectively.

Overall nationwide data showed, the police were able to solve 38.35 percent more cases in 2016-2021 or a Crime Solution Efficiency (CSE) rating of 78.62 percent, compared with the 40.27 percent CSE during the previous 5-year period.

Eleazar explained that the huge 67.76-percent drop in Index crime represents 784,641 fewer crime cases from 1.15-million index crime incidents in 2010-2015 down to only 373,378 cases in 2016-2021.

The same National Crime Environment Report showed that crime

against persons dipped 64.68 percent, while crime against property fell 69.91 percent in 2016-2021.

Theft, physical injury and robbery are the three most prevalent crime types common in 20102015 and 2016-2021.

Incidents of physical injury showed an 80.13-percent slump while homicide cases decreased 55.31 percent.

Moreover, incidents of robbery, theft and carnapping fell by 71.72 percent, 70.85 percent and 55.46%, respectively.

“All these mark improvements in the overall crime picture translate to better security outlook among our people and further adds to upbeat investor confidence that spur economic growth despite the ongoing health crisis,” Eleazar said.

plebiscite paved the way for the creation of the BARMM and abolished the old Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

BARMM includes Cotabato City, 63 barangays in the municipalities of Aleosan, Carmen, Ka-

bacan, Midsayap, Pigkawayan and Pikit in North Cotabato.

It has expanded land and water jurisdiction, fiscal autonomy, increased share in national government resources, among others.

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that vaccination of minors is dependent on the availability of Pfizer and Moderna anti-Covid-19 vaccines.

Moderna and Pfizer have an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the A3 pediatric population: adolescents aged 12 to 17. Children under A3

are those with underlying medical comorbidities and at risk of severe COVID-19. These are children identified with medical complexities, genetic conditions, neurologic conditions, metabolic or endocrine diseases, cardiovascular diseases, obesity, HIV, or tuberculosis.

P50,000.00 promising a return of P20,000.00 or an equivalent of 40 percent interest rate of return in just two weeks.

SEC-Davao strongly advised the public not to invest or stop investing in any scheme offered by REPA/REPA Paluwagan or such other entities similarly engaged in investment contracts without prior registration from the commission.

The public is again re-

minded that investing in such an unregulated entity lacks investor protection because it is not covered by prudential and market conduct requirements applicable to licensed and authorized operations.

Meanwhile, from January to October this year SEC has issued 93 advisories nationwide warning the public not to invest in entities engaged in investment schemes. By Maya M. Padillo

also the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) director general, said the situation has changed between last year and this year “because we have addressed the spike, we have increased the vaccination.” “(Thus) I think the more effective way to restart the economy is still the opening of the economy. That will create an effect to create more sales turn-over, hire more people, provide more taxes to the government and use that (taxes) virtuously to provide more targeted support to the sectors that really need it rather than close the economy, do not allow 75 percent of the people to work, and then

trying to find resources to feed these people, which you know, cannot be multiplied,” he said.

The government’s growth assumption for this year is an expansion of between 4 percent to 5 percent, a reversal from the 9.6-percent contraction last year.

Domestic output registered an 11.8-percent expansion in the second quarter this year, ending its five consecutive quarters of negative growth.

Chua declined to give his forecast range for the third quarter print but said he expects sustained growth after noting improvements in imports, exports, and the manufacturing sectors, among others.

projects in locations key to regional cooperation in Indonesia and the Philippines.

BIMP–EAGA was established in 1994 and has expanded transport networks through land, sea, and air; cross-border energy projects; and initiatives that contribute to more vibrant trade. Under the BIMP–EAGA Vision 2025, the program aims to develop a more competitive manufacturing sector with value-added production; establish the subregion as a food basket for Asia through sustainable agriculture and fisheries; and position BIMP– EAGA as a well-connected,

multi-country tourism destination.

ADB’s work aligns with the BIMP–EAGA Vision 2025 and its focus on connectivity, economic corridor development, tourism, and environment.

ADB has provided assistance to enhance project management systems, institutional capacity, and cooperation with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and subregions.

It is also working with BIMP–EAGA governments to identify transformative recovery strategies and manage regional cooperation in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis. (PR)

Firms that will borrow less than P50,000 will have to present their Barangay Business Permit, while those that will avail of over P50,000 need to present their Mayor’s Permit.

“Batid namin na maaring mas maliit doon or mas malaki ang kinakailangan per employee, pero standard na po ang gagamitin natin para simple lamang po,” said Bastillo.

[We acknowledge that

the amount needed may be less or larger, but we standardized it to make it simple.]

Under the definition of the Department of Trade and Information (DTI), micro enterprises are defined as those with total assets worth less than P50,000; cottage enterprises with assets worth P50,001 to P500,000; small with P500,001 to P5 million; and medium from over P5 million to P20 million.

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“It’s such a tragic loss,” Pachulia said of the avid sports fan Dias. “The last two years we’ve been losing so many people because of this pandemic, then you hear this guy, Ashley Dias, was a cross guard and literally volunteering and helping thousands of kids. ...

I couldn’t thank him for taking care of our kids so how about we invite them to the game. Seeing their spirits lifted up feels so good.”

Also before the game, the Warriors hosted an

LGBTQ+ panel at their ninth-floor sky bar with spectacular city views that was open to all fans with a ticket as Golden State hosted its LGBTQ+ night.

TIP-INS Grizzlies: Morant made 6 of 6 free throws and the Grizzlies were 14 for 14. ...

Taylor Jenkins coached his 150th game. He received a technical with 6:55 left in the third. ... Memphis had lost six of the last seven regular-season matchups on the Warriors’ home floor

to eliminate unnecessary regulatory burdens while optimizing the efficacy of existing government regulations and practices,” ARTA director general Jeremiah Belgica said.

ARTA has partnered with the United States Agency for International Development and the

University of the Philippines Public Administration Research and Extension Services Foundation, Inc.-Regulatory Reform Support Program for National Development for the crafting of the manual.

The manual can be accessed through bit.ly/RIA_ Manual (PNA)

ber.

“Majority of our resort workers are already fully vaccinated and we hope that this will encourage more tourists to come,” he said.

Glan, dubbed the “Boracay of the South” due to its pristine white-sand beaches, was one of the top tourist destinations in Soccsksargen before the pandemic.

The Sarangani Bay Festival, a three-day annual beach party last hosted by the town in 2019, attracts as many as over 100,000

tourists from various parts of the country.

Aside from its beaches, Glan, which celebrated its centennial year in 2014, also offers a glimpse of its historic past through its well-preserved century-old ancestral houses.

Early this week, the National Quincentennial Commission unveiled a historical landmark near the shores of Barangay Batulaki, Glan to commemorate the passage in the area 500 years ago of the surviving crew of the Magellan-Elcano expedition. (PNA)

ward.

Ateneo School of Government Dean Ronald Mendoza also highlighted the need for good governance for the next administration.

“Despite all of these reforms, if we transfer it to the hands of administrators who are not going to make use of all that ability and all that power (and) will, and there will be governance issues, then, of course, there is a risk (that reforms) will be for naught,” Mendoza said.

He added the continuation of the “populist wave” in the country is causing more harm than the pandemic.

“I think populism is much more virulent than the pandemic. And we should focus actually on bringing back greater social cohesion in the country and greater political stability in the country and the greater credibility in the way governance is pushed in the country,” he said.

Mendoza said the government should place measures to protect voters from coronavirus to encourage them to go to their respective precincts.

Global data show that during a pandemic, 36 percent of countries that had elections have

increased voter turnout while 64 percent of countries have decreased the number of voters.

Wishlist Makati Business Club (MBC) Executive Director Coco Alcuaz Jr., meanwhile, presented the group’s wishlist concerning Covid-19 for the next administration.

MBC urged the next leader to accelerate the government’s vaccination program, resetting alert levels in areas with high vaccination rates to further reopen the economy and open up transportation, better pay and working conditions for healthcare workers and paying the hospitals, and unified digital vaccine certification, testing, and contact tracing system.

Alcuaz said the government should also mandate vaccination, but he added this does not mean that people have no choice.

The government can put restrictions on the mobility of those who do not want to get vaccinated, he added.

The business group also wishes for the next administration to amend the Public Services Act, boost e-payments and e-receipts, strengthen the Freedom of Information, and repeal the bank secrecy law. (PNA)

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Ja Morant had 30 points as the Memphis Grizzlies made it two straight thrilling overtime wins against the Golden State Warriors

Grizzlies nip Warriors in OT Clarkson outduels Green in first meeting

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OUSTON — In a battle between two NBA Fil-Am players, Jordan Clarkson had the last laugh over Jalen Green.

Bojan Bogdanovic scored 19 points and seven Utah Jazz players reached double figures in a 122-91 win over the Houston Rockets on Thursday night (Friday, Manila time).

Utah is off to its first 4-0 start since the 200607 season.

Joining Bogdanovic, Rudy Gobert, Donovan Mitchell, Eric Paschall, Hassan Whiteside, Jordan Clarkson and Joe Ingles also scored in double figures for the Jazz.

Christian Wood led Houston with 16 points and Jalen Green had 13 points on 3 of 16 shooting.

He missed all eight of his 3-point attempts. Rockets rookie Alperen Sengun had 14 points.

Houston’s shooting struggled, particularly from behind the 3-point line. The Rockets made just 9 of 44 from beyond the arc, just 20.5%.

Utah, on the other hand, frequently had wide-open looks against Houston’s inexperienced defense and made 16 of 46 for 34.8%. Ingles made 4 of 9 from 3.

Utah owned the perimeter but also had the edge inside, outscoring Houston 46-40 in the paint and outrebounding the Rockets 58-41. Gobert, who entered the game as the league’s leading rebounder with 19.0 per game, led Utah with 14 rebounds in just 28 minutes.

The Jazz led 61-40 at halftime and led by as many as 36 points in the game.

Utah has won five of the past six meetings against Houston.

Houston shooting guard Kevin Porter Jr. suffered a left ankle sprain in the second quarter and did not play in the second half.

Porter had five points and two assists in 19 minutes.

TIP-INS Jazz: F Eric Pascall was listed as questionable with a facial infection, but he played 21 minutes and scored 13 points. ... Rudy Gay, who has yet to make his season debut as he recovers from a right heel injury, traveled with the team. ... Gobert received a technical foul late in the first half.

Rockets: Danuel House Jr. missed the game with a right foot sprain suffered on Tuesday night against Dallas. In his place in the rotation, KJ Martin played 16 minutes and scored four points.

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AN FRANCISCO — Ja Morant made a driving layup with 57.9 seconds left and shined in Stephen Curry’s home building once again, scoring 30 points as the Memphis Grizzlies made it two straight thrilling overtime wins against the Golden State Warriors with a 104-101 victory Thursday night (Friday, Manila time).

Curry wound up with 36 points, but missed two key 3-pointers late in a rematch of the play-in game from five months ago that Memphis won 117-112 in OT on May 21 at Chase Center.

Curry missed a 3 to end regulation, leaving the teams tied at 98, then another with 1:18 remaining in OT to finish 7 for 20 from deep in the Warriors’ first loss following a 4-0 start.

Desmond Bane scored 19 for the Grizzlies, who ended a two-game skid

and concluded their fourgame West Coast trip with a back-to-back following a 116-96 defeat at Portland on Wednesday night.

Damion Lee added 14 points off the bench for Golden State.

Jaren Jackson Jr.’s 3-pointer got the Grizzlies within 86-84 at the 7:45 mark of the fourth, then Memphis capitalized on a turnover by Andre Iguodala and tied it the next time down on De’Anthony Melton’s short jumper.

That started a furious,

back-and-forth finish reminiscent of the thriller from five months earlier.

“Even though we were on the short end of the stick I liked the play-in,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. “I thought it created interesting races not just for the play-in spots, but the races for the five and six seed to avoid the play-in games. It seemed to make the final month of the season much more interesting.”

Draymond Green gave everyone a scare when he went down grabbing his knee with 2:50 left before halftime but he was fine and wound up with a key block — one of his five on the night — and rebound in the final 18.3 seconds.

Curry, playing 12 years to the day after making his NBA debut, shot 11 for 29 and also contributed eight assists and seven rebounds

he Philippine Under-23 (U23) men’s national football team fell to host team Singapore in the 2022 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup Qualifiers at the Jalan Besar Stadium on Thursday.

The Singaporean Lions had it 1-0 against the Azkals.

The nationals nearly got one when Oliver Bias hit the bar on a penalty kick.

Singapore took the lead when Glenn Kweh struck a goal in the 51st minute of

the match.

It was the Azkals’ second straight defeat in the qualifiers.

The nationals opened their campaign with a 0-3 loss at the hands of Korea Republic last Monday.

The Azkals will face Timor Leste in their final match on Sunday.

Meantime, naturalized footballer Bienvenido Marañon beamed with pride after finally receiving his Philippine passport.

The Spanish-born right winger, who has officially

granted Filipino citizenship last July 2, posted a picture of himself on Twitter while holding is passport.

“Where dreams come true,” said the United City FC striker.

“Thanks to everyone involved in this process. I will work hard to make you proud to have me.”

The citizensip allows Marañon to represent the Philippines in international competitions as a Filipino.

Marañon began the naturalization process with Gilas Pilipinas Ange Kouame.

as the Warriors began an eight-game homestand.

They had their best start since beginning 24-0 in 2015-16.

ZAZA’S KINDNESS Former Warriors center Zaza Pachulia, now in the front office as a consultant, hosted family members of a fallen volunteer crossing guard who worked at Stanley Middle School where Pachulia’s two sons attend in the East Bay suburb of Lafayette.

Ashley Dias was killed in September when he was hit by a car while helping three children out of harm’s way before the accident at the school he once attended. Pachulia’s youngest son witnessed the ordeal.

Curry also said hello to Dias’ parents and siblings after having previously reached out to the family.

The government approved his naturalization more than a month after Kouame got his naturalization papers.

Marañon remained thankful for the opportunity to represent the Philippines.

“Enjoy the present,” he said. “Maraming salamat.”

Maranon, the all-time leading goalscorer in the AFC Cup with 35 goals, is expected to boost the Philippine Azkals who are set tot compete in the AFF Suzuki Cup this December.

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The Philippine women’s national football team. Photo courtesy of the PFF.

MALDITAS X MATILDAS PH women’s team grouped with powerhouse Australia

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he Philippine women’s national football team has been grouped with two Southeast Asian rivals and global powerhouse Australia in the group stage of the 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup in India.

In the draw ceremony held Thursday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the Philippines was drawn into Group B, together with neighboring Indonesia and Thailand, as well as Aus-

tralia, a team ranked 11th in the world.

The PH squad is called Malditas while the Aussie women are nicknamed Matildas.

Thailand is ranked 39th in the world, while the Philippines is 68th, and Indonesia is 92nd.

Host India is in Group A along with China, Chinese-Taipei, and Iran. Defending champion Japan is in Group C along with South Korea, Vietnam, and Myanmar.

This will be the Philippines’ second straight appearance in the AFC Women’s Asian Cup, after topping Group F of the qualifiers in late September with wins over Nepal and Hong Kong.

Set to coach the team in the Asian Cup is Alen Stajcic, the former coach of the Australian women’s national football team. Stajcic steered the Matildas to the 2015 and 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cups, as well as the 2016 Rio Olympics.

“I knew that Australia would somehow fall in my group, in our group,” said Stajcic. “It’s an interesting tournament. It’s the first time it’s gone to 12 teams. It’s gonna present different challenges for different teams, and an

extra match as well.”

“The good part for now is, we now know who we play, and we can really focus on targeting that first match, and making sure we’re ready to go when we get to India,” he added.

The team is set to hold a training camp and player tryouts in Irvine, California from November 10 until January 15.

The top two teams of each group as well as two of the three best third-placed teams will advance to the knockout quarterfinals. At stake in the continental event are five slots to the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, which Australia is co-hosting with New Zealand.

The AFC Women’s Asian Cup is from January 20 to February 6.

Stajcic is upbeat of the Filipinas’ chances to secure one of the spots at stake.

“We’ve got a good team,” he stressed. “The last three or four years, and the last Asian Cup, they showed that they can compete with all the countries in the world.”

“If we can keep improving and working hard in the next two, three months, I’m very confident that we can seal one of those berths in the World Cup.”