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FULL THROTTLE EastMin Command head is ML chief implementer

By JECIA ANNE OPIANA

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HE Eastern Mindanao Command has buckled down to work by hammering out a structure that would pave the way for the full implementation of Martial

Law in the Davao region.

Spokesperson Brig. Gen. Gilbert Gapay said the EastMinCom under Lt. Gen. Reynaldo Guerrero has been tasked as the chief implementer of

Martial Law with the objective of preserving law and order and to prevent a spillover of the Marawi siege.

“This is a new and

great-

er challenge,” said Gapay, adding that the EastMinCom has activated a Multi-sectoral ad-

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visory group to ensure there will be no abuses.

“Magsisilbing [silang] advisory group to

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Serving a seamless society

AS COMMANDER-IN CHIEF. President Rodrigo Duterte reviews and inspects honor guards upon his arrival during 119th anniversary of the Philippine Navy at Sasa Port in Davao City on Wednesday. Lean Daval Jr.

DAVAO EDGE Sports Tadeco deal yields P142M govt. share

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HE Bureau of Corrections earned a total of P142.72 million in 2016, representing a 45% share under its joint venture agreement (JVA) with the Tagum Agricultural Development Co. Inc. without it spending a single centavo.

Several local government units and organizations in Davao del Norte where Tadeco is based have also cited the benefits that the economy and the people of Mindanao receive from the JVA. Tadeco president and CEO

Alex Valoria informed the congressional committees investigating the BuCor-Tadeco JVA that the corrections bureau was guaranteed a production share, which is a fixed amount under the agreement, as well as a portion of the profits from the bananas exported by the company. Both of these guaranteed earnings are reviewed and increased by 10 percent every five years, Valoria said.

The House of Representatives’ Committees on Good Government and Public Accountabil-

ity and on Justice are conducting a joint probe on the BuCor-Tadeco accord.

Valoria said that on top of these benefits, Tadeco also pays BuCor for the farm training program and the stipend support of the inmates inside the Davao Prison and Penal Farm (DPPF), as part of the rehabilitation aspect of the JVA. “We have likewise made our position also clear. We are on solid constitutional grounds. Through the years, the JVA was proven to

be undoubtedly advantageous to the government and BuCor,” Valoria said at today’s hearing in response to the comments made

by Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez against the agreement.

Alvarez, who initiated the inquiry into the BuCor-Tadeco deal after figuring in a personal quarrel with Rep. Antonio Floirendo Jr., attempted to dispute Tadeco’s firm stand on the JVA and its inarguable benefits to the government.

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COLLISION

New format pits rivals China vs Gilas in FIBA Asia Cup group stage

From the streets of Jalan Alur to Davao

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FULL ALERT. Security forces conduct sea patrol near Sta. Ana Port in Davao City. The Philippine Coast Guard said it intensified its sea border patrol as part of the tighter security measures. Lean Daval Jr.

Davao officials dismiss bias in‘Oplan Bulabog’

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ayor Sara Duterte-Carpio and police authorities disabused Tuesday speculations on racial profiling in the local government’s “Oplan Bulabog”, saying the operation does not only target Muslims but also Christians.

While authorities do not target a particular group or members of any religious group, the mayor, however, said it was unfortunate that “radicalism is associated with Muslims.” She vowed no racial profiling will happen in the conduct of Oplan Bulabog.

Authorities defended the launching of Oplan Bulabog last week when police and members of the Task Force

Davao (TFD) responded to tip from a concerned citizen about the presence of suspicious persons in two barangays.

Chief Superintedent Manuel Gaerlan, Police Regional Office (PRO) XI director, said the operation in the two barangays was only incidental that these are dominated by Muslims.

“Pwede naman ito (Oplan) gawin kahit saan (We can do this elsewhere),” Gaerlan said.

Davao City Police Office (DCPO) director Alexander Tagum said the TFD and DCPO conducted simultaneous unified Oplan Bulabog in Barangays 23-C and 76-A. Oplan Bulabog resulted

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Traffic enforcers to undergo traffic management training

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etropolitan Manila Development Authority traffic enforcers will undergo training on traffic management before they will be deployed to the streets of Metro Manila.

MMDA Chairman Danilo Lim made the statement in reaction to a report of the Commission on Audit in 2015 that only a handful of its enforcers are qualified to implement traffic rules in the metropolis.

According to the COA, more than 2,000 traffic personnel that are currently deployed to the roads have not undergone training and passed the examinations to perform traffic duties.

“The concerns previously raised by COA two years ago have been addressed and being

corrected until now to ensure that all of our traffic enforcers are well-trained before they are deployed,” the MMDA chief said.

Furthermore, he has ordered a thorough review of the contracts of the MMDA with private companies in compliance with President Duterte’s directive to rid the agency of corruption. “I will not definitely sign or approve these contracts if we will find them not in order,” he said.

An inventory of equipment and physical assets as well as its personnel will also be conducted by the agency.

“I would like to know what I am working with and I would decide if these individuals should stay here at MMDA or not,” Lim said. (PNA)

FINDING REFUGE 40 Marawi evacuees find refuge in Davao City

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ome 40 residents from war-torn Marawi City in Lanao Del Sur who fled due to military offensives against Maute Terror Group have found refuge in Davao City.

Davao City Deput Mayor for the Maranao Tribe Randy Usman confirmed the report on Wednesday.

Usman said the 40 evacuees are now living with their relatives in Barangay 23- C in Quezon Boulevard and Barangay Sasa.

“Hindi naman sinasabi na nag evacuate sila pero dun sila tumira sa mga kamag-anak nila (We cannot say that they are evacuating here in Davao City because they are living with their relatives),” he said.

He said the first batch arrived in the city last May 24 and other batch arrived on May 25.

Usman clarified that there will be no evacuation area intended for the people of Marawi because, according to their culture, they seek refuge with their relatives instead of staying in evacuation centers.

“We don’t have an evacuation center because the Maranao people have a pride and they just want to go to their relatives to find refuge,” he said.

Usman said upon the arrival of the dislocated Marawi residents, his office took information from these people and told the requirements they need to comply while in

the city.

He assured that these people will not make any trouble here in the city.

“Alam mo naman sa Davao, ang mga pumumupunta dito ay mga law abiding citizens. Sa tagal ko dito sa Davao, wala naman sigurong mga tao na pupunta dito para sirain ang Davo City (You know that in Davao, all peopel going here are law abiding citizens. For many years that I live here, maybe no people will go here just to destroy Davao City),” he said.

Usman said the other deputy mayors from the Muslim community have a constant dialogue with its leaders to ensure that the city will not be infiltrated by people who have sinister plot

against the government.

“From time to time we are coordinating all the leader from the Muslim Communities,” he said.

Usman also appealed to all Muslims and non-Muslim people to welcome these displaced families in the city because of their difficult experience.

“We cannot discourage the people to receive the evacuees, instead, they should welcome them because they experience the trauma while the war took place in their area,” he said.

He said even Mayor Sara Z. Duterte-Carpio already expressed that the city will accommodate evacuees from Marawi City. ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.

ing armed conflict in Marawi City,” Irene M. Santiago, chairperson of the Government’s Implementing Panel, said.

Santiago, who was designated by President Duterte to oversee the humanitarian efforts, said the establishment of a “peace corridor” was agreed following the meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte, members of the Joint Implementing Panels, and top officials of the MILF on Monday here.

During the meeting, the MILF vowed to cooperate with government in securing the areas where these peace

corridors will be established.

Santiago said members of the implementing panels will meet within the week to formalize the modalities and parameters of the peace corridor.

She said the implementing panels would utilize existing peace mechanisms, particularly the Joint Coordinating Committees on the Cessation of Hostilities (CCCHs), for the establishment of peace corridor.

“The peace corridor is a secure space where humanitarian groups may evacuate wounded and trapped civil-

ians and retrieve dead bodies for burial,” Santiago said.

“The corridor is also a safe space for goods to reach hungry people in the rural areas whose access to Marawi’s markets have been cut off,” she added.

“Both the government and the MILF implementing panels are strongly committed to work as partners in finding creative ways to address the root causes of violent conflict in Mindanao at the soonest possible time, starting with the passage of the Bangsamoro enabling law,” Santiago said. (PNA)

Duterte gives green light to Marawi‘peace corridor’

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RESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte approved the setting up of a “peace corridor” spearheaded by the implementing panels of the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to hasten the rescue and humanitarian operations for civilians still trapped in the conflict zone in Marawi.

“President Duterte approved the idea of creating a ‘peace corridor’ to ensure the safety of the civilians and the delivery of the needed humanitarian aid for the displaced persons in the ongo-

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Marawi bishop asks Duterte to consider priest’s appeal

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ARAWI Bishop Edwin dela Pena today asked President Rodrigo Duterte to heed the appeal of Fr. Teresito “Chito” Suganob, one of the hostages held by the Maute terror group in Marawi City.

Speaking over Church-run radio DXOM-AM, Bishop dela Pena asked the President and the military “to buy time and not necessarily to give in to the demands” of the Maute group.

In a five-minute video believed to be recorded through a mobile phone and uploaded on the internet, Fr. Suganob, vicar general of the vicariate of St. Mary, was seen appealing to President Duterte to halt military air strikes and pullout the military forces in Marawi City.

Suganob was taken hostage by the armed men along with a female professor of Mindanao State University, two female Church workers and two male and five female teachers of Dansalan College.

He said also “held hostage by the Maute group were about 200 carpenters, house helpers, children and youth, and ordinary Christian settlers.”

The military listed only 15 captives since May 23, including Fr. Suganob. It has no report about the 200 other hostages mentioned by Fr. Suganob.

Bishop dela Pena said with the demand already on the internet, the decision is in the hands of President Duterte. “(I ask the President) to buy time, not necessarily to give in to the demand, kung pwede sana itigil muna (if possible stop) (the military offensives)…the terrorists are trying to relocate,” he said.

“There may be other means to address the problem that will not endanger the lives of the hostages, I hope President Duterte will have listening ears for Fr. Chito and his group,” he said. (PNA)

DFA: No abuses under Mindanao martial law

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EPARTMENT of Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano on Tuesday assured there were no abuses under martial law in Mindanao, noting it was imposed as a necessity to address terrorism and rebellion.

“May i assure you that the President and the government remain steadfast in its commitment to uphold the Philippine Constitution and ensure that efforts to enforce peace and order are done with due regard to the laws and preservation of our people’s constitutional rights. In other words, no abuses,” he said during the diplomatic corps briefing on the current security situation in Mindanao.

Cayetano noted it was hoped that President Rodrigo

Duterte would be able to institute needed reforms without declaring martial law in any parts of the country.

“However, due to actual rebellion, terrorism and the presence of ISIS on Philippine soil, the declaration of martial law in Mindanao became a necessity,” he said.

President Duterte on May 23 declared martial law in the entire Mindanao island, which would effect for 60 days.

After the briefing to the diplomatic corps, the DFA chief said diplomats offered assistance especially once people in Marawi City return to their normal lives.

“They (diplomatic corps) are concerned about livelihood, agriculture, fisheries,”

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PRIZE FREEZE. Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) 11 trade and industry development specialist Dexter Bermudez explains how to use the DTI E-Presyo, an application for consumers to get the latest prices of commodities in the market, during Wednesdays @ Habi at Kape at Abreeza Mall in Davao City. Lean Daval Jr

No indiscriminate air strikes: Military

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ILITARY clarified that no indiscriminate bombing is being done by military forces in the present clearing operations in Marawi City.

“Walang indiscriminate bombing kagaya nung blanket bombing. Wala po yun. These are integral and part of the joint operations ng ating military,” Eastern Mindanao Command Martial Law Spokesperson Brig.

Gen. Gilbert Gapay said on Wednesday.

Gapay also said that air operations are integral to

military operations.

“Joint kasi. When the military operates, joint yan.

May air, may naval, may land forces, they operate jointly. Itong airstrikes natin and bombings, hindi indiscriminate ito. These are surgical airstrikes intended to neutralize enemies on the ground.”

According to the EastMin Comm Martial Law Spokesperson, the military is doing this because the situation in Marawi calls for it, citing the incidents where field soldiers found

PRESERVING LAW AND ORDER. Eastern Mindanao Command (EastMinCom) spokesperson Brigadier General Gilbert Gapay shows the EMC martial law structure while providing updates of martial law during AFP-PNP Press Corps media forum at The Royal Mandaya Hotel in Davao City on Wednesday. Lean Daval Jr

it difficult to enter the city during the siege.

“Kaya naman natin ginamitan nito ay dahil during the first few days of the marawi incident, marami po tayong casualties because of enemy fires and naka-deeply implace po yung mga enemy. They are in the buildings and pagpasok ng ating kasundaluhan, marami po tayong natamaan at nasugatan and casualties. Kaya po minarapat naming i-soften up, i-neutralize itong mga positions nila.”

Gapay also added that the air operations uses highly trained special operation forces.

“We are précised up to the nearest 10m. Kung 10m away ka, andito ako, ako lang yung tatamaan. Ganun ka précised ating mga airstrikes.”

Earlier this week, Moro leaders appeal to end air strikes in Marawi City to spare the lives of civilians and infrastructures in the city and instead, strengthen military operations on the ground.

HE South Cotabato police assigned a new police chief for Koronadal on Wednesday as it continues to beef up local police stations in line with the prevailing martial law in Mindanao.

Sr. Supt. Franklin Alvero, South Cotabato police director, said he designated Supt.

Roland Allan Peñaverde as the new acting chief of the Koronadal City police station effective Wednesday, May 31.

Peñaverde replaced Supt.

Joedy Lito Guisinga, who was designated by the Police Regional Office-12 as deputy provincial director for operations of the South Cotabato Provincial Police Office, he said.

Guisinga headed the Koronadal City police station

for more than two months, replacing former city police chief, Supt. Barney Condes.

“This is part of a routine reshuffle to improve the operations of our police stations, especially now that we’re under martial law,” Alvero said.

Prior to his reassignment to the Koronadal City police station, Peñaverde served as the deputy director for administration of the General Santos City Police Office.

His previous assignments include heading various police stations in General Santos City, Regional Public Safety Battalion in North Cotabato and the Cotabato City Police Provincial Public Safety Company.

In an interview, Peñaverde

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HE Department of Energy is set to launch the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) in Mindanao this June, its spokesperson has said.

The department has been laying the groundwork to deliver quality, reliable, secure and affordable electricity to Mindanao through the WESM, Energy Undersecretary Felix William Fuentebella said during a presentation on WESM in Cagayan de Oro City.

Likening the spot market

to “a dating place”, Fuentebella said it is where “the demand and supply of electricity meet so that there will be increased efficiency in the use of energy”. ”Fairness and transparency. These are the bedrock of the rules to have a level playing field for the good energy participants to shine,” he said in a news release issued Tuesday.

He noted that the WESM mechanism will bring more flexibility and progress, and enhance the consumers’ pow-

er of choice.

Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi has since January been spearheading the DOE’s activities in Mindanao because he wants the island to level up, the spokesperson said, adding that they have already conducted consultations on the launch of WESM in Mindanao through trial operations.

“The real commercial operations will depend on the readiness criteria of the industry players here in Mindanao,” said Fuentebella. (PNA)

gram of the Department of Agriculture (DA) is mandated to generate, extend and commercialize agriculture and fishery postharvest and mechanization technologies.

“These equipment can save time and increase quality productions to all farmers.

Thus they can utilize their extra time in other significant activity in a day,” he said.

The rice transplanter, the first time to be introduced to local farmers here, gained positive reactions due to its efficiency, low-cost production

and local government’s support for the program.

Vice Mayor Bernardo Pinol Jr., urged farmers to embrace the technology to uplift their living condition, their “road towards economic and social stability.”

He said the city government will help farmer associations and barangay local governments in acquiring the equipment, which has an estimated cost of P 300,000.00, through the barangay aid program.

(PNA)

DA introduces mechanized farming in Kidapawan City

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HE Department of Agriculture (DA-12), in partnership with the city government, today launched the mechanized rice production for farmer organizations here.

Dionisio Alvindia, director of the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech), led the introduction of rice transplanter equipment and discussed the benefits of shifting from traditional to mechanized rice production.

The mechanization pro-

FROZEN. Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Davao City officer in charge Robert Barlis discusses the current price freeze being implemented in Mindanao due to the declaration of martial law during Wednesdays @ Habi at Kape at Abreeza Mall in Davao City. Lean Daval Jr.

Peso stays firm vs dollar, PSEi fells to profit-taking

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ORPORATE demand was up Tuesday and helped the greenback but the Philippine peso remained strong unlike the main stocks index, which pulled back due to profit-taking.

The local currency finished the day at 49.84 from 49.82 Monday, which a trader traced to investors’ wait and see stance ahead of the consumer confidence report to be released in the US later in the day.

It opened the day at 49.87, weaker than the 49.72 a day ago. The trader pointed this partly to sustained strength of the greenback following the positive growth report from

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Tenders down this week

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IDS to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ term deposit facility fell Wednesday for both the shorter and longer tenor facilities.

Data released by the central bank showed that the seven-day facility attracted PHP65.466 billion, higher than the P40 billion offering but lower than last week’s PHP68.564 billion tenders.

Bids for the 28-day TDF totaled P105.339 billion, lower than the P140 billion offering and the PHP111.128 billion tenders last week.

These resulted in the decline of both the weighted average accepted yield and bid coverage ratio of both tenors.

Weighted average accepted yield of the seven-day tenor dropped to 3.1384 percent from last week’s 3.1918 percent.

Bid coverage ratio stood at 1.6367, lower than the 1.7141 from last week’s auction.

Weighted average accepted yield of the longer tenor TDF declined to 3.4610 percent from the previous auction’s 3.4760.

Bid coverage ratio this week is at 0.7524 from last week’s 0.7938.

Next week, offering will still be P40 billion for the seven-day TDF and P140 billion for the 28-day facility. (JSV/ PNA)

Close to 300,000 receive ECP benefits worth P1.3B in 2016

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NEW FEATURES. Abreeza Mall operations manager Janice Parreno gives details of the mall’s upcoming sale and its newly-opened stores during Wednesdays @ Habi at Kape at Abreeza Mall. Lean Daval Jr.

BIR seen to play key role in ‘economic breakout’

LOSE to 300,000 private sector and government workers have received their employees compensation benefits worth P1.318 billion from the Employees’ Compensation Program from January to December 2016.

According to Employees’ Compensation Commission (Executive Director Stella Zipagan-Banawis, a total of 290,200 persons with work-related disability (PWRDs) and/or to their beneficiaries have collected their financial benefits last year.

She reported that death and pension benefits com-

prised the highest share in the EC benefit payments made both by the Social Security System (SSS) and Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) totaling to P1,014,769,837.

Other benefit payments included disability benefits which reached P147.178 million, P109.530 million for sickness benefits, P35.750 million for medical services, P9.5 million for funeral benefits and P1.666 million for rehabilitation services.

The SSS, the administering agency of EC for the private

HE implementing rules and regulations of the bill seeking to extend the driver’s license validity to five years will be “reasonable” unlike the anti-distracted driving law, Sen. Grace Poe said Thursday.

Poe, sponsor of the measure, made this assurance after the Senate and House of Representatives met in a bicameral conference to approve the consolidated version of a measure meant to cut red-tape in application and renewal processes.

“We will work closely with the LTO (Land Transportation Office) so that their imple-

menting rules will be reasonable not like the case of the other one,” Poe said, referring to the anti-distracted driving law.

Poe, chair of the Senate Committee on Public Services, said the committee is currently waiting for the LTO to draft its IRR to indicate the violations that should disqualify a driver for renewal.

It may be recalled that several issues raised by motorists on the anti-distracted driving law, particularly on what items are prohibited while driving.

The anti-distracted driving law penalizes the use of

communication devices and other electronic entertainment and computing gadgets while driving on roads. However, transport authorities have seemingly “expanded” the law to cover even rosaries and other accessories.

Meanwhile, the bill seeking to extend driver’s license validity to five years is expected to be ratified Thursday afternoon. Once ratified by both houses, the bill would be sent to Malacanang for Pres. Rodrigo Duterte’s signature.

Under the measure, holders of professional or non-professional driver’s licenses who

The DOT and stakeholders met to assess the situation and craft immediate next steps to address notices of cancellation of trips and hotel bookings from the Korean, Japanese, and Chinese markets.

She said a Philippine tourism delegation led by Undersecretary Benito Bengzon will be traveling to Seoul, South Korea, the country’s biggest market, to dispel fears on national security.

The Secretary also assured that agency will continue monitoring the situation on the ground to execute further appropriate remedial measures in ensuring that both foreign and local tourists are safe.

Meanwhile, Teo was hopeful that Mindanao, particularly Davao Region, can recover and regain its visitors.

In the first quarter of this year, Davao City tourist arrivals reached 459,104, which is 13 percent higher than the arrival in the same period last year.

Davao City Tourism Operations Officer Generose Tecson said that for most Davaoeños, martial law meant “peace and order will prevail.”

The DOT Regional Offices will provide crisis management trainings, offer alternative destinations and promote tourism activities and destinations nationwide. (PNA)

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INANCE Secretary Carlos Dominguez III has cited the central role that the Bureau of Internal Revenue will play in realizing the Philippines “economic breakout” as he underscored the importance of both tax

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Concerns over PH travel temporary setback: DOT

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HILE several cancelled trips to the Philippines have been reported amid security fears in Mindanao, the Department of Tourism (DOT) described this as a “temporary setback” and expressed confidence that tourism in the country would soon recover.

“This is just a temporary setback. Although cancellations have been reported, we want to inform our visitors of the wide selection of alternative destinations in Mindanao and elsewhere in the country,” Tourism Secretary Teo said during a recent dialogue with stakeholders in Makati City.

administration and policy reforms in ensuring a steady revenue stream for the Duterte administration’s ambitious program to modernize the country’s infrastructure backbone and accelerate poverty reduction.

Dominguez told BIR officials led by Commissioner Caesar Dulay that the BIR is virtually “girding up for battle” in taking on this “daunting and heroic” role, which is why its revenue targets have been raised and primed to collect

trillions of pesos in revenues to help fund programs under the Duterte presidency that aim to sustain the country’s high growth and liberate millions of Filipinos from poverty.

“The task placed upon our

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HE City Government of Tagum is now reaping its reward after years of extending its services and programs to its constituents in the agrarian communities and supporting the rice farmers in all means possible, City Agriculturist Harold S. Dawa said.

Engr. Dawa, who heads the City Agriculture Office, is among the delegation who represented the city government, including Mayor Allan Rellon and Councilor Ronald Eliot, in the recently concluded National Rice Achievers Awards held in Pasay City, Manila, where a Tagum-based farmers-irrigators group won a national accolade and a million-peso cash prize.

The Department of Agriculture (DA) declared Pagsabangan Tagum Farmers Irrigators Association (PATAFIA), Inc. as one of the Philippines’ Most Outstanding Irrigators Associations for 2016, having adjudged its innovative style of management and the function it played in supporting the achievement of rice sufficiency in the country.

Besting some 5,200 irrigators association, PATAFIA received a plaque of recognition and a check amounting to Php 1 Million.

The city government prides itself over the fact that PATAFIA is a beneficiary of its Tagumpay Agrivolving Fund under the Farmers Empowerment And Sustainable Ag-

riculture Program (FESAP), which helped the group recovered strong in 2013 after being devastated by Typhoon Bopha or “Bagyong Pablo”.

The program also enabled the association to establish an in-house credit system in which the farmer-members may avail of, with low interest rates, that precluded them from going to outside lenders or worst loan sharks in seeking financial assistance, thereby allowing them to fully enjoy their harvests and later on become self-dependent and empowered.

Through the EAGLE WINGS Development Agenda, the Rellon Administration stands confident in the

discharge of its programs anchored on providing every farmer in the city equal opportunities with other lines of work as a way of recognizing their significant contribution to the continued rise of Tagum City especially with their role in the attainment of food security.

The National Rice Achievers Awards, meanwhile, is conducted annually by DA under its National Rice Program to recognize local government units, irrigators associations, and local farm technicians, among others, in their significant contribution to the Philippine rice industry, particularly in self-sufficiency. Roy Banias/CIO Tagum

The National Movement of Young Legislators holds its NMYL congress in Pantukan on May 27, 2017 in Magnaga Waters, Pantukan with Comval Gov. Tyron Uy and NMYL Provincial Chairman and SP Member Nena Atamosa leading the delegation. (m.lasaca/ids comval)

Comval receives 2 plaques from Department of Finance

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OMPOSTELA Valley Province---The provincial local government unit of Compostela Valley under Governor Jayvee Tyron L. Uy through the Provincial Treasurer’s Office (PTO) received a plaque of recognition from the Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF), Department of Finance (DOF), for the Outstanding

Performances for calendar year 2016.

The plaques of recognition to the PTO of Comval is in recognition to its outstanding performances in exceeding the fees, charges and business tax targets on the revenue generation program of the BLGF and DOF for 2016.

This was reported by Nora F. Cagas-OIC Provincial

Treasurer during the conduct of the employees’ regular convocation program on May 22, 2017 at the provincial capitol.

Cagas added that the target was PhP 95.15M but the actual collection was PhP 117.97M. translating to an actual collection efficiency of 123.99%. Meanwhile, the the business tax tar-

get was PhP 144.88M with the actual collection reaching PhP 149.68M with a collection efficiency of 103.31%.

She took the opportunity to thank all the partner provincial offices and the municipalities for their support and also credited the continued advocacy and information drive among taxpayers. (Rey M. Antibo, IDS Comval)

report their presence to the authorities or they will be mercilessly killed.”

“That never happened,” Malanao said in a statement issued through the Sarangani Information Office on Wednesday.

She acknowledged that there were some people who came to the hospital on Monday, May 29, but they were “gays selling cosmetics” and not armed terror group members.

Citing an “intelligence report” she received at 10 a.m. last Monday, the official said that men aboard a Starex van en route to Malapatan were allegedly looking for the nearest hospital, which is located in Glan.

Malapatan is the last municipality to pass through before reaching Glan if taking the route via this city.

“I immediately alerted the hospital’s watchmen and (ordered) gates to be closed, A vehicle arrived 15 minutes after, not a Starex, but an Innova,” she said.

She said a gay man then approached her and introduced himself as member of Feel Care Company who would like to conduct makeup demo.

But when asked for identification, the gay man went back straight to the vehicle supposedly to get an identification card but eventually left for unknown reasons, she said.

Malanao said she immedi-

ately alerted the Glan municipal police station about the incident and the vehicle was later intercepted in Barangay Ilaya, about a kilometer away from the town center.

Senior Police Officer Alexander Jugarap said the group, which was composed of four gays and a male driver from Davao City, was eventually released after yielding negative of any illegal item or link to terror groups.

The black Toyota Innova with license plate YDY 756 was also cleared, he said.

“Only cosmetics were inside the vehicle and they supposedly wanted to offer them as promo items to the hospital’s nurses,” Jugarap said.

(PNA)

Officials deny presence of Maute Group in Sarangani

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OLICE and hospital authorities in the coastal town of Glan in Sarangani Province denied Wednesday a published news report that wounded terror group members from Marawi City had sought treatment at a government-run hospital in the area.

Dr. Eden Rose Malanao, chief of the Glan Municipal Hospital, debunked a report published online on May 29

by The Manila Times that armed suspected terror group members earlier barged into the facility and demanded immediate treatment for their wounded comrades.

The Manila Times report said the “fully armed” suspects also “threatened doctors and (hospital) employees not to

OR the first time, the Provincial Government of Compostela Valley through the leadership of Gov. Jayvee Tyron L. Uy held a Consultative Meeting for Peace and Order for the Muslim community of Compostela Valley.

The meeting was widely attended. Community leaders, the Muslim youth, and Muslim women are equitably represented in the consultation held last May 25, 2017 at Big 8 Corporate Hotel, Tagum City.

Samira Gutoc, a commissioner of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission served as the Guest Speaker of the event. Gutoc, like Gov. Tyron Uy, is a youth leader, a women’s rights activist and advocate of Bangsamoro rights.

In her message, she emphasized the need to end violence in the Bangsamoro region. She also delved into debunking some of the misconceptions about the Bangsamoro people.

“Matagal na ang gulo sa Mindanao. And part of it is the fact the government failed to address their concerns. But the Muslim people aren’t violent.

We are pushed and disadvantaged by the circumstances”, Gutoc said.

Former Governor and now Senior Board Member Arturo Uy applauded the move of Gov. Tyron Uy to organize the Muslim population. Although the event was planned two months ago, it came out timely as Marawi City suffered from a terrorist attack by the Maute group.

The former governor also shared his special affinity with the Muslim community. The PNP through Regional Direc-

tor Manuel Gaerlan and AFP through Major Gen. Rafael C. Valencia, Commanding Officer of the 10th ID also attended.

RD Gaerlan highlighted the necessity for a tightened relationship between communities and the police. He talked about being disciplined and abiding the law, which according to him are essential elements to secure peace and order.

Valencia, on the other hand, recounted his memories of the clashes in the Bangsamoro region, citing that innocents are the greatest casualties of the ensuing war and violence in the region. They both agreed that it is now high time to end the clashes in the South and give everyone, especially women and children, a peaceful and secure life.

A Muslim leader also shared, in reference to the Maute attack, that the Muslims are peace-loving people.

“Kaming mga Muslim ang nais naman ay kapayapaan. Ayaw namin ng gulo, ayaw namin sa ideya at gawain na magpapahamak sa amin. Ang lahat ng masama at marahas ay hindi Islam.”

DILG-ComVal Provincial Director Noel Duarte moderated the consultations. Gov. Tyron Uy, in his speech, specified the need to include the Muslim community in the peace and order decision-making processes of the province. The governor aims to include all sectors in the peace body to ensure equity, maximum representation and participation.

The governor is the concurrent chief of the Regional Peace and Order Council XI. (Allin Joy Camille/ids comval)

ORTH Cotabato Gov. Emmylou Mendoza today assured her constituents the provincial government, which backed the declaration of martial law, is taking extra steps to ensure public safety following the bloody Marawi City siege.

Presiding at the Provincial Peace and Order Council meeting Tuesday, Mendoza said four resolutions were approved.

The resolutions include: PPOC Resolution No. 7 A resolution expressing support to Proclamation No. 216 of President Rodrigo Duterte declaring state of martial law and the suspension of Writ of Habeas Corpus in Mindanao.

PPOC Resolution No. 8 A resolution extending deepest sympathies and condolences to the bereaved families of 1Lt. John Carl Morales and Sgt. Marlon Baldovino and three others who were

“Killed In Action” in Marawi City and providing assistance to their families.

PPOC Resolution No 9 A resolution supporting the conduct of social profiling by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine National Police (PNP), and the Local Government Units in North Cotabato.

PPOC Resolution No 10 - A resolution manifesting the support of the provincial government of North Cotabato to the police and military in line with the proper implementation of martial law.

Mendoza also presented a letter from Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana on the provincial government’s letter seeking guidelines in the implementation of curfew across the province.

She said Lorenzana, the martial law administrator, responded positively on the 10 p.m to 5 a.m. curfew hours in the province. (PNA)

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provides P36-M aid DTI-12 steps up monitoring DSWD to Marawi siege evacuees vs. price hike of commodities T

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HE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Region 12 has stepped up its monitoring on the price freeze for basic commodities in line with the prevailing martial law in Mindanao.

Vanessa Claire Pleña, DTI12 information officer, said Wednesday the agency has dispatched teams to monitor the prices of basic goods in supermarkets, public markets and other establishments within the region.

She said they are specifically monitoring the compliance of local retailers to the price freeze and possible violations.

Following the declaration of martial law by President Rodrigo R. Duterte in all of Mindanao last May 23, she said prices of basic commodities are automatically frozen at their prevailing prices or placed under automatic price control.

Such move was based on the provisions of Section 6 of

Republic Act 7581 or the Price Act, she said.

The martial law declaration was the national government’s response to the attacks staged by members of a local terror group in Marawi City.

Aside from the monitoring activities, Pleña said personnel from DTI-12 provincial offices have also launched awareness campaigns regarding the price freeze.

Pleña noted that an automatic price control takes effect

“whenever an area is declared under state of calamity, disaster, emergency, rebellion, war, martial law, or when the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus has been suspended.”

She said the basic commodities covered by their monitoring activities are bread, canned fish and other marine products; potable water in bottles and containers; process milk; locally manufactured instant noodles; coffee,

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SSS Davao-Ilustre branch hosts Employers’Day

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VER 100 employer and employer-representatives attended the Social Security System (SSS) Employers’ Day led by SSS DavaoIlustre branch and Mem-

ber Relations Department last May 25 at the Grand Men Seng Hotel in Davao City.

Above photo shows SSS Assistant Vice President for Member Educa-

tion Department Fernando F. Nicolas (standing) giving updates on the Social Security (SS) and Employees’ Compensation (EC) Programs.

During the open fo-

rum, participants asked questions on records transmission, contribution and loan payments, check reimbursement and settlement of SSS delinquency.

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HE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has so far provided a total of P36,377,610 worth of relief assistance to families displaced by the ongoing armed conflict in Marawi City, Lanao Del Sur who evacuated to nearby municipalities of Lanao del Norte and Misamis Oriental, and in Cagayan de Oro City and Iligan City.

The assistance which was delivered to concerned local government units (LGUs) came in the form of family food packs (FFPs) with each pack containing six kilos of rice, four cans of corned beef, four cans of sardines, and six sachets of coffee; and, food and non-food items (FNFIs), such as high-energy biscuits, bottled water, dignity kits, sleeping mats, blankets, malong, mosquito nets, and kitchen utensils.

The Department’s Central Office (CO) has also provided fund augmentation amounting to P60,055,000 to its Field Offices VII, X, XII, and CARAGA which are responding to the crisis. Additional relief assistance from the DSWDCO, including 9,910 pieces of high-energy biscuits; 5,000 pieces of infant dry cereal; and 3,00 FFPs are still in transit to FO X, as of today.

According to the 6AM report of the DSWD-Disaster Response Assistance and Management Bureau (DReAMB), the number of affected residents in Marawi has increased to 18,609 families or 92,628 persons. Of this number 2,722 families or 13,194 persons are staying in 22 identified evacuation centers (ECs) in Lanao Del Norte and Lanao Del Sur. A bigger portion of the

affected families, numbering to 15,887 families or 79,434 persons are staying outside evacuation centers with their relatives or friends in Iligan City (2,942 families; 14,734 persons), Cagayan de Oro City (17 families; 131 persons), Balo-i (1,455 families; 7,225 persons), Bacolod (162 families; 789 persons) and in Marawi City (11,311 families, 56,555 persons).

“Patuloy po nating inaabutan ng tulong ang mga kababayan nating naapektuhan ng armadong tunggalian na nasa evacuation centers at iyong tumutuloy sa kanilang mga kaibigan at kamag-anak.

Ginagawa natin ang lahat upang maabot at mahatiran ng tulong ang lahat ng apektado lalo na iyong wala sa ECs (We are continuously extending aid to our fellow citizens affected by the armed conflict both in the evacuation centers and those staying with their relatives and friends. We are doing our best to reach and provide assistance to all affected residents, especially those outside the ECs),” said DSWD Secretary Judy M. Taguiwalo, who just came back from Iligan City where she attended yesterday a coordination meeting with the operation heads of DSWD Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) and local government units (LGUs), visited two evacuation centers, and monitored the distribution of food packs to evacuees staying in the houses of their relatives.

Better camp management According to Sec. Taguiwalo, the DSWD will work with the LGUs and other government agencies to manage the evacuation centers better and

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TESDA Director General, Secretary Guiling “Gene” Mamondiong said that TESDA started to accept the application forms of those who wished to be part of TESP since May 1.

“With this program, we will give the most suitable tech-voc training to our countrymen who have found themselves in difficult times and give them a better shot at finding profitable jobs or the skills to start their own businesses,” said Mamondiong.

Apart from OFWs, among those who will be prioritized in the TESTP are immediate family members and relatives of members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and

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T must be downright no-brainer to ask where one’s sympathy falls between government troops and the bloodthirsty extremists like the Maute Group. But that is not the case surprisingly.

On social media and in bar room talks, there are people whose sympathy falls are for the Maute. Not to mention some personalities saying using air strikes against the terrorts is treating them without dignity. The difference in opinion could border between sanity and insanity. Yes, this is how divided we have become. So even if soldiers fall in the fields of battle, some people would not care at all. But when a Maute member is killed, some people whine like they lost a family member. What twisted ideology have come to these people?

So what happens then to the 15,000 families displaced by

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the heartless attack by the Maute bandits? Where is the love for the civilians--the innocent children and the hapless women-- who died as hostages or in the crossfire? Why blame the military for the attacks when they only are duty-bound to defend the republic, defend the people, defend our democracy?

A video post even had one sympathetic to the Maute Group asking President Duterte to just leave the Maute unscathed because they will fight to the death. What does he want? Just let the rogue extremists rule and continue to sow terror?

In this skirmishes, it is easy to be a war genius or a sympathetic cause fighter. But we are not looking for more war experts and armchair analysts. We are looking for support for the government troops who are the real defenders of this country.

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The Manila cognoscenti has lost its credibility on Mindanao

HE Manila cognoscenti, this class of people well versed in the arts, politics and culture has spoken negatively of martial law, with many of them voicing their own disapproval of the Mindanaoan support for martial law.

Three words can characterize this lot of people: self centered, selfish and self absorbed. They thought of themselves first before the victims of terror and publicly worried about how their own sense of freedom would suffer. As if it were imposed on them.

On top of that, they heaped many insults on Mindanawons for their support of martial law.

We recall that upon its imposition last Tuesday, the first reaction

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AST May 23, President Rodrigo R. Duterte declared martial law throughout Mindanao, through Proclamation No. 216, due to the attack of Maute Group in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur. Secretary Ernesto Abella was announced it in a briefing in Moscow.

The declaration is the fourth in Philippine history. The first time was on September 21, 1944 when President Jose P. Laurel placed the country, then a Japanese puppet state, under military rule via Proclamation No. 29. This happened during the Second World War. September 21 became a historic date again when President Ferdinand E. Marcos signed Proclamation No. 1081 thereby declaring martial law all over the country. He suspended civil rights and imposed military authority.

Marcos became the president of the country in 1965. His campaign slogan was: “This nation can be great again.”

His regime started an unprecedented number of infrastructure projects and monuments. He won a second term in 1969.

Lindsay Bennett, author of Philippines, noted: “Marcos was approaching the end of his second term and he knew he could not stand again, so to keep a hold on power, he declared martial law in 1972. The republican constitution was torn up and a new one gave Marcos absolute power.”

The website, philippine-history. org, said Marcos used several events to justify martial law. “Threat to the country’s security was intensifying following the re-establishment of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) in 1968,” it surmised. “Supporters of CPP’s military arm, the New People’s Army, also grew in numbers in Tarlac and other parts of the country.

“The alleged attempt to the life of then Minister of Defense Juan Ponce

was to question why it was necessary, and why the entire mindanao needed to be covered.

This would have sounded like an innocent question had it not been followed by assertions that the Maute groups actions were staged to justify the imposition.

The fact is that these groups have struck before, and their ISIS brethren did their brazen destruction of arab states only requires us to imagine what else they could do to innocent civilians, and Mindanaos food and power supply if goven the opportunity.

That this group can weak havoc and hatred the way they did invade the countries theybnow occupy should push us to think of extreme

MY TWO CENTS’ John Tria measures to protect the people.

Sad, because despite their sup-

posed enlightenment, ths previous government they supported failed to recognize, ad even downlayed the potential of ISIS inspired terror groups.

Groups like ISIS hate members of other religions, and reserve ther worst hatred for communists, as these profess an atheism that is anathema to the Islamic State.

Expect this Maute group to be profess to be “holier than ISIS,” and to continue their hostage taking and killing spree to prove their worthiness to their caliphate.

Thus, even seccessionist and leftist groups have already expressed their desire to help fight these terrorists.

Being on the ground in Mindanao, rhey probaby have the intelli-

gence that enables them to arrive at that decision. They know that this group is ruthless, and will never ally with them.

They must be stopped at all costs.

With this, the cognoscenti has lost the credibility to be the leading class of this country. Its denial of the drug problem, terrorism and other chronic ills that plague us, and their inabiity to push pragmatic and meaningful solutions only allowed these problems to continue festering.

This renders them inutile to address important issues, and leaves thrm accused of being part of the problem, despite the lip service they pay to addressing such ills.

Its tine we read them with a more critical eye.

the Black Monday. On this day, 58 people, including 32 journalists and media workers, were killed in a particularly gruesome act of brute violence unparalleled in the country’s recent history. The nation was deeply horrified.”

The recent martial law imposed in Mindanao is good for only 60 days, as allowed by the Constitution. “In order to suppress lawless violence and rebellion and for public safety, it is necessary to declare Martial Law in the entire island of Mindanao, including Sulu, Jolo and Tawi-Tawi for a period of 60 days,” Abella reasoned out for the president’s declaration of martial law.

Right after the declaration, there were those who approved it and those who opposed it.

The Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP), the mandatory organization for lawyers in the country, issued this statement: “In view of what has happened in Marawi City, the imminent danger of the escalation and spread of the hostilities to other parts of Mindanao, and the existence of other terrorist groups operating in Mindanao that can take advantage of the unrest and cause criminal acts and disorder, the national leadership of the IBP sees no reason to question the declaration at this time.”

“The economy is in no way threatened by the imposition of martial law,” said Secretary Carlos Dominguez of the Department of Finance. “The military is in full control of the government installation and major infrastructures on the island. Martial law will ensure that these facilities are protected so that business transactions will be unaffected.”

For its part, the Communist Party of the Philippines (CCP) has ordered its armed wing, the New People’s Army, to “carry out more tactical offenses across Mindanao and the entire archipelago.”

“By declaring martial law in Min-

danao, Duterte has gone beyond the threats and theatrics of the past months,” the CCP said in a statement.

Silvestre H. Bello III, chair of the GRP panel, responded to the statement of CCP. “We are deeply disturbed that the Communist Party of the Philippines made a false reading of the intents of President Duterte in placing Mindanao under Martial Law. “The circumstances that precipitated, and the condition that warranted such declaration were matters of public knowledge. There was a need to restore law and order, protect the lives of the citizens and preserve private and state properties.

“The President, in no uncertain times, categorically declared he was not after the New People’s Army. He, in fact, reiterated his keenness on pursuing peace.”

Meanwhile, the New York-based Human Right Watch (HRW) said the martial law threatens escalation of abuses. “Duterte’s martial law threatens military abuses in Mindanao that could rival the murderous ‘drug war’ in urban areas,” pointed out Phelim Kine, HRW deputy Asia director. “It’s crucial that the country’s security forces abide by international law at all times and hold rights violators to account.”

Encyclopedia Britannica defines martial law as “temporary rule by military authorities of a designated area in time of emergency when the civil authorities are deemed unable to function.

The legal effects of a declaration of martial law differ in various jurisdictions, but they generally involve a suspension of normal civil rights and the extension to the civilian population of summary military justice or of military law. Although temporary in theory, a state of martial law may in fact continue indefinitely.”

Martial law brouhaha

Enrile gave Marcos a window to declare Martial Law,” the website further said.

“Marcos announced the emergency rule the day after the shooting incident. Marcos also declared insurgency in the south caused by the clash between Muslims and Christians, which Marcos considered as a threat to national security. The Muslims were defending their ancestral land against the control of Christians who migrated in the area. The minority group organized the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) in Malaysia and pushed for the autonomy of Mindanao from the national government.”

In the beginning, the move was initially supported by most Filipinos and was viewed by some critics as a change that solved the massive corruption in the country. Martial law also put an end to the fights between the executive and legislative branches of the government and placed “a bureaucracy characterized by special interest.”

But what happened next was what most today critics of martial law are against of. Rainer Werning, in a chapter written for Handbook Philippines, gave a glimpse of what transpired in those days: “Martial law bestowed Marcos with a range of powers, which he put to wide use in neutralizing political opponents and putting them behind bars. The use of repression in going after trade unions, independent media, and all those who opposed his regime became the rule.

State and society were militarized.

“From 1972 to the mid-1980s, the number of uniformed personnel in the military grew from 62,000 to 285,000.

The ranks of the Philippine Constabulary, the forerunner of Philippine National Police, were likewise reinforced, supplemented by a number of paramilitary citizens’ formations. Sects acting as armed vigilantes were also formed, often under the aegis of the state.”

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Here’s what Bennett wrote in her book: “Marcos controlled all economic activities in the Philippines, taking massive payoffs on commercial deals. The benefits of economic reform stopped trickling down through the social system, but Marcos and his coterie became super rich.”

Nine years later, in 1981, Marcos lifted martial law in an aim to stabilize the country’s chaotic condition. The situation even became worse when the leading opposition figure Benigno Aquino, Jr. was assassinated when he set foot in Manila’s international airport.

During the time of the presidency of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, the province of Maguindanao was under a state of martial law when the country’s second woman president (Corazon Aquino was the first) signed Proclamation No. 1959 on December 4, 2009. The declaration, which suspended the writ of habeas corpus, was due to “the most atrocious massacre” that happened in Shariff Aguak that happened days before.

Werning, in another chapter of the Handbook Philippines, wrote: “The 23rd of November 2009 went down in the annals of Philippine history as

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provide advices to us on how to prevent abuses. They come from the legal sector, the business, the academe, even the religious sector ay represented dito, to ensure that we are doing the right thing,” Gapay told the AFP-PNP press conference on Wednesday.

The EastMin Com ML spokesperson said a legal team will assist them to ensure their actions will be in accordance with the law.

The members of the group are from the different sectors coming from the religious, business, academe, legal and media.

Gapay said that the MSAG will be chaired by businessman Sebastian Angliongto.

Among its members are Davao Archbishop Most Rev. Fernando Capalla, Susan Palad and Datu Mussolini Sinsuat Lidasan from the religious sector; university professors Prof. Hadji Balajadia, Prof. Antonio Obsioma from the academe; Antonio dela Cruz from the business sector; Atty. Romeo Caberde, Jr., Atty. Rogelio Largo, Atty.

Mary Ann Arnado from the legal sector; Akhzanuniza Alonto from the Mindanao Development Authority; Efren Elbanbuena from the media sector and Jerry Francisco.

Gapay said the Eastern Mindanao Command’s Martial Law implementation structure is different from Western Mindanao “where the focus is on heightened combat operations and restoration of law and order.”

Gapay, designated as deputy chief implementer, said the structure is made up of Martial Law Coordinating Centers by which all agencies, the security sectors, can coordinate. Under the ML Implementer will be the Directorate for Integrated

Police Operations of Eastern Mindanao, which includes the Philippine National Police mandated to support the armed forces. Alongside them are partners from the civilian sector to advise the armed forces as to the implementation of martial law, the MSAG who could give advice to the chief implementer of martial law in Eastern Mindanao.

Also, Gapay mentioned that the operating units from the ground, naval and air components of the EastMin Comm will also organize implementing units. He pointed out that this will be the difference of the present martial law from the 1972 ML. “Not everyone will be performing Martial Law functions, there will be specific units formed and created to perform Martial Law functions. This is also one of the safeguards of the military to prevent abuses.”

Gapay said that the implementing units will be capacitated, trained and educated on ML functions which they will perform, unlike before, in which everyone performs, which gives room to abuses.

“Here in EastMin Comm, we are focused on the prevention of the spill-over sa kaganapan sa West Mindanao Comm. Here, we are more on preservation of law and order.”

Moreover, Gapay said that the ML structure has been handed down to the operating units to guide them in the implementation of martial law functions. They have also established martial law coordinating centers down to brigade levels.

Currently, they are coming up with Rules of Engagement to guide the actions of troops on the ground to further strengthen security against lawless elements.

Cayetano said, noting that other countries recognized that there would be more recruitment for rebellion after the terrorist attacks.

“But I also assured them that the government is pulling its resources not only in the military side of addressing rebellion but also on the socio-economic side of showing each and every Filipino na mahal sila ng Pilipinas (that Philippines loves them),” he added.

Cayetano said many of these countries understand the situation in Mindanao, as many of them have had their own challenges with terror

attacks.

For his part, Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Asst. Secretary Epimaco Densing III said that based on reports from intelligence groups, there were no spillover of the Maute terror attack in Metro Manila.

“Although the directive of DILG to PNP (Philippine National Police) is to be in above normal security status primary to ensure public safety, to ensure there will be no spillover in Metro Manila. Above normal (security status means) everybody should be on duty 24/7,” he told reporters. (PNA)

said he will mainly focus on addressing the rising cases of crimes against property, especially carnapping and robbery, in the city.

He also vowed to intensify the campaign against illegal drugs through anti-drug

operations and other related activities.

“But we can’t accomplish these without the support of our community stakeholders. So we will also focus on building that through some engagements,” he said. (PNA)

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Maranao tribe deputy mayor Randy Uzman bares that more than 40 evacuees from Marawi City recently arrived in the city. Uzman also said during AFP-PNP Press Corps media forum at The Mandaya Hotel they are closely monitoring Muslim communities in the city. Lean Daval Jr.

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At one point during the hearing, Alvarez even threatened plunder charges against officials of the company, without any provocation from any of the resource persons or lawmakers present at the hearing.

For 2016 alone, Valoria said Tadeco paid BuCor a guaranteed production share of P35.36 million, and a profit share of P9.53 million. For the farm training program for inmates, Tadeco spent P5.5 million, and another P92.35 million for stipend support.

Thus, for 2016, Tadeco paid BuCor a total of P142,719,662, Valoria told lawmakers at the hearing.

The government’s gain from the JVA does not yet include the taxes and fees paid

by Tadeco, which amounted to P438 million in 2016 alone.

HYPOTHETICAL When Alvarez asked how much of BuCor’s earnings from the JVA represented Tadeco’s gross income of about P1 billion in 2016, Valoria said “14.2 percent.”

Alvarez then asked Valoria if “hypothetically” an entity would agree to such a profit-sharing scheme of getting “only 14.2 percent.”

Valoria than responded: “Hypothetically, Mr. Speaker, I would jump at it because I won’t have any risks. There is no single centavo involved.”

The Tadeco president later made it clear that the P1 billion hypothetical estimate referred to the gross income of the company’s export business, and does not yet include the operational expenses and other costs incurred by the firm. If the basis for BuCor’s percentage of the earnings were pegged on the net income, then BuCor’s share of P142.7 million would

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to the conduct of background investigation or verification to about 1,000 residents from the two barangays, with 223 individuals failing to show proper identification and that they

actually account for 45 percent of the P316 million net income attributable to the BuCor land covered by the JVA. Under the JVA, BuCor will merely provide the land and manpower, while Tadeco will provide the capital in developing a portion of the DPPF as a banana plantation primarily to help rehabilitate inmates inside the penal colony. Tadeco will assume all the business risks under the agreement.

As to the parade of resource persons presented during the probe who have claimed that the JVA violated their rights to own land in the area, Valoria said: “We also fully support efforts to come up with another survey, hopefully that will cure the issues that were aired by our fellow Davaeños here. If anybody is disenfranchised we will be first and foremost and upfront in curing these errors.”

specifically Section 2, Article 12, the government can enter into JVAs involving “inalienable land of the public domain.”

At that point, Alvarez still insisted that the agreement was unconstitutional and asked Justice Secretary Aguirre to back up his claim.

PRIMARY GOAL Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre, however, appeared lost as to the primary goal of the JVA between BuCor and Tadeco, when he said at the hearing that “he did not know about the rehabilitation” aspect of the agreement.

“I was not informed that this contract constitute some parts of rehabilitation of the inmates,” Aguirre said.

Alvarez has insisted that the BuCor-Tadeco deal violated the Constitution, but Tadeco’s legal counsel refuted this by saying that under both the 1935 and 1973 Constitutions, the government is not barred from entering into such arrangements with respect to the development of natural resources. Tadeco’s counsel likewise pointed out that under the present 1987 Constitution,

THREAT OF PLUNDER It was at this juncture when Alvarez threatened Tadeco officials by reminding them about Republic Act 7080, or the law penalizing the crime of plunder and said the company’s stockholders might “get involved.”

Prior to today’s hearing, several local executives of Davao del Norte at the barangay and municipal levels have expressed their support to the BuCor-Tadeco joint venture agreement.

Mayor Virginia Perandos of the municipality of Carmen pointed out that “TADECO has been playing (a major role) in the development of the entire province of Davao del Norte in general, and brought quality standard of living for the people with its employment opportunities, including many of the BuCor inmates.”

A resolution unanimously adopted by the Sangguniang Bayan of Carmen on May 23 expressed its support to the JVA, and said the “presence of banana companies including Tadeco boost the economic activity not only of the Municipality of Carmen but throughout the Davao Region.” The resolution also noted that TADECO and the other banana-producing farms in Davao helped transform Carmen into a first-class municipality in the province.

The Sangguniang Bayan of Sto. Tomas said in a separate resolution adopted on May

22 that it is backing the BuCor-Tadeco accord “so as not to displace the thousand of workers and its contribution to the economic development of the communities and country.”

Its resolution likewise stated that Tadeco “contributed to the development of the economy in Mindanao through its huge plantation of Cavendish banana that provided employment to thousands of workers, more particularly from the Municipality of Sto. Tomas and other adjacent municipalities and cities within the Province of Davao del Norte.”

The Liga ng Mga Barangay of Sto. Tomas, meanwhile, unanimously adopted a resolution last May 18 expressing support for the JVA, which it said, “helped to rehabilitate the inmates inside the Davao Prison and Penal Farm (DPPF) and prepare them for their eventual reintegration to society by providing them with a decent means of livelihood while serving their sentences to become a productive citizen in the community.

The Liga ng Mga Barangay of the Island Garden City of Samal noted in its May 10 resolution that the JVA provides employment to hundreds of workers in all of the 46 barangays within the city.

“Tadeco, Inc. extends various services to the community in terms of providing health- and education-related programs that values health and wellness of its employees and their families and grants full scholarship to qualified dependents to strengthen its corporate social responsibility through its programs and activities that being implemented to its nearby communities within the Province of Davao dot Norte,” the resolution read.

were not vouched by barangay officials.

Duterte-Carpio emphasized that the two barangays have mixed population.

Tagum said the DCPO and

Task Force Davao will jointly continue with Oplan Bulabog to thwart sinister plots by terrorists and will promptly act on any information that could help the police and the task

force in this endeavor.

Tagum said their operation was part of the efforts to prevent the entry of terrorists in the city and for the security of Davaoenos. (PNA)

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From the streets of

Jalan Alur to Davao HOW DO I LOVE THEE? Nah. I’m not being a poet but as I get into the details of a recent experience, I tend to become a quasi-one. So, yes, Malaysia, how do I love thee?

It is almost crazy to visit Malaysia and not try out the plethora of food offerings; the colours are too irresistible to resist, let alone the aroma that comes with it.

A recent trip to Malaysia, though short, allowed me to reconnect with past favourites and explore new ones. Travelling across Malaysia with new people made it even more memorable.

It was the thrill of relying on old-school drawn map and the fast, reliable response of Google with just a click. Of the two, it was the old-school map that got my vote. Why? Why not!

Malaysia speaks forth of a mixture of culture and traditions that many of its neighbouring countries also aim for. Like a modernised melting pot, Malaysia is one of the many Asian countries that you must visit. Its #MalaysiaTrulyAsia from the moment you disembark from the plane until you wave goodbye to the Malaysian sky.

Jalan Alur in the wee hours of the morning.

Chicken, Beef and Lamb Satay with Peanut Sauce.

Though I only spent hours roaming around its many beautiful Jalan, I did not feel out of place.

Malaysia was very inviting thus making you feel right at home. I am home.

And when I say home, it means the foodie me is dancing with glee. This week, I’ll take you to the streets of Jalan Alur and next week, we’ll scout the aisles of JayaGrocer for a much needed grocery shopping of food nibbles.

Like the rest of Asia, Malaysia is home to some of the most delicious dishes in the world. From rice to noodles to dessert, you will never go hungry here. Be adventurous and try their many choices.

Grilled Chicken Wings.

Be open and do not be afraid to mix and match flavours to suit your cravings. If there’s one thing I learned from my travels, it is to be inviting of the flavours wherever you

may go. Also, it is to be where the food is. In Malaysia, never leave without visiting Jalan Alur.

Known as Malaysia’s food street capital, Jalan Alur’s mile long street is

home to some of the most beautiful and delicious food finds in the whole of Malaysia. Serving hawker style, the street is lined with kiosks and carts that serve a plethora of choices you cannot find elsewhere. The abundance is overwhelmingly beautiful. The abundance will have you hungry in an instant. #realtalk First order of business: choosing where to eat. Of the many that lined, we decided on the first restaurant that had the prettiest photo of a Nasi Lemak. No time to choose, it was close to 1:30am when we arrived. Imagine the frustration of our tummies. Our selection included, of course, their Nasi Lemak, Chicken, Lamb and Beef Satay with Peanut Sauce, Penang Seafood Noodle and Chicken Wings.

Their Nasi Lemak was pure love. The sambal on the side, crispy anchovies, slices of fresh cucumber, roasted nuts, juicy chicken and santan rich rice were perfect for each other. The Penang Seafood Noodle (apologies as I forgot the name of this dish) was the same as I remembered it to be. The flat noodles were packed

with flavours and very savoury. The crunchy bean sprouts adds another depth to the dish as the seafood pieces and egg slices complemented the whole taste of the dish.

TIP: I loved drizzling some peanut sauce on the noodles. Try it. You’d love it.

Pure ecstasy as we hungrily took a bite off their Chicken, Lamb and Beef Satay with Peanut Sauce.

The addition of their hot-off-the-grill chicken wings made the whole experience even better.

Munching on these staples on the wee hours of the morning is truly most rewarding after a day of flying.

I recommend dropping by Jalan Alur on an evening than in the wee hours of the morning. For first timers, explore and let your senses decide.

Just make sure to bring some water with you.

A big thank you to my Fuji X-A3 which allowed me to take these yummy food shots.

Want to know my latest food finds? Follow me on Instagram @iamleebai and my blog theroyalchefeats.wordpress.com.

Happy munching, #royalistas!

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GMA adapts hit Korean series

‘My Love From The Star’ lands this May on GMA Telebabad GMA Network proudly presents its highly-anticipated local adaptation of the hit and internationally acclaimed Korean series, My Love From The Star.

The Kapuso Network proves once again to be the Heart of Asia as it brings the remake of the mala-aso’t pusa and abotlangit kilig story of Steffi and Matteo to Pinoy viewers.

Ultimate Star Jennylyn Mercado breathes life to Steffi Chavez, a strikingly beautiful, sophisticated, and overly confident popular actress who is senseless and careless at times.

Meanwhile, newest Kapuso heartthrob Gil Cuerva steps into the shoes of Matteo Domingo, a highly

intelligent, aloof, but cold and often distant extraterrestrial being forced to live his days here on Earth.

The story begins over 400 years ago when Matteo’s spaceship crashlanded on Earth. Since then, he has lived many lives and eagerly awaits the return of beings from his planet to take him home. He starts counting down the days and has about 3 months left of waiting when he meets and encounters Steffi.

Steffi, being the popular actress, is used to people

literally and figuratively falling down her feet and giving her everything she wants, but Matteo doesn’t even know who she is and this comes as a shock for her.

Initially, they won’t get along, but will later on come to discover that they have feelings for one another and fall in love.

But how can two different beings from two separate worlds—a human and an alien—be together?

Completing the cast are multi-talented artists:

Gabby Eigenmann as Jackson Libredo, the older brother of Winston, CEO of their company, and heir of the family wealth.

On the outside, he’s responsible and a gentleman, but inside, he is cold, scheming, and will do anything to get what he wants. Christian Bautista as Winston Libredo, the younger brother of Jackson, who is charming and happy-go-lucky. He is also Steffi’s childhood friend and he has been in love with her ever since.

Glydel Mercado as Lynelle Chavez, Steffi’s golddigger and social climber mother who constantly mooches off her daughter.

Renz Fernandez as Peter Yuzon, Lucy’s brother and the new prosecutor who comes in to investigate the death of Rachel.

Jackie Rice as Lucy Yuzon, Steffi’s friend from high school. She’s nice, sweet, and often quiet.

Like Steffi, she is also an actress but all she gets are supporting roles. Migo Adecer as Yuan Chavez, Steffi’s reckless brother who rarely goes home and would rather stay at computer shops. Melissa Mendez as Doris Yuzon, Lucy’s mother who per-

sistently pushes her to be a lead actress like Steffi.

Spanky Manikan as Mr. Jang, Matteo’s only friend and the only person who knows his secret. Nar Cabico as Jun, Steffi’s road manager and personal as-

sistant who is genuinely fond of her despite her attitude. Analyn Barro as Mina, another loyal personal assistant of Steffi and her stylist. Valentin as Detective Park, the detective in-charge of Rachel’s case. Moi Marcampo as Kathy, also Steffi’s friend from high school who runs a library and a small café. Pauline Mendoza as Marcella, the girl Matteo fell in love with back in the 16th century.

Playing a very special role in the remake is Kapuso leading lady Rhian Ramos as Rachel Andrada, another sought-after actress and the number 1 rival of Steffi in the industry.

The much-awaited series is under the skillful direction of esteemed director Bb. Joyce Bernal.

My Love from the Star finds its way back into the hearts of Filipino viewers beginning Monday (May 29) right after Mulawin vs. Ravena on GMA Telebabad.

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MX3 TRANSCENDS IN MAGAYON FESTIVAL

THE FIRST FESTIVAL that came up with a month-long celebration has once again soared high, the Magayon Festival, with its yearly celebration deriving from the legend of the Mayon Volcano, honoring the province’s beauty. As this festival is actually acquired from a Bikolano term which means beautiful.

Without a doubt, Albay is worth celebrating its beauty. It’s fully packed with bountiful cheers of locals showcasing their traditional lifestyle. MX3 cannot afford to miss out what Magayon Festival 2017 has set forth. On May 20, 2017, MX3 with full force, engaged with the energetic crowd in Penaranda Park, Albay. The park had a full house of cheerful and high-spirited crowd which is very perfect for the MX3 game dubbed as Sakit Mo, I-arte Mo to be actualized at the Kapuso Fiesta just before the Kapuso Teleserye, Meant-ToBe Casts to wit: Ken Chan, Jak Roberto, Addy Raj, Ivan Dorschner, and Mika dela Cruz streaked the whole Penaranda Park by gracing their charm and talent. There were 20 hyped-up locals who joined the said game and merrily brought home with them their MX3 gift packs.

Other than that, MX3 also has given away MX3 sample products that were highle-liked by the Albayanons. MX3 also brought home a full pack of joy to have shared wellness and Word at the same time through the free samples that has Christian tracks. Honored and privileged, MX3 will not forget how magayon Albay is.

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the US for the first quarter of 2017.

It traded between 49.83 and 49.90 resulting to an average of 49.86.

Volume of trade reached USD 409.5 million, higher than the USD 385.8 million a day ago.

The currency pair is seen to trade between 49.70 and 49.90 Wednesday.

On the other hand, the Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) shed 0.32 percent, or 25.26 points, to 7,860.77 points after recovering a day ago.

A trader said investors took profit following the index’ rally last week.

Even the All Shares index went down after it ended the day at 4,690.78 points, down 0.20 percent or 9.36 points.

Most of the sectoral indices finished on the red, led by the Property, which declined 0.52 percent.

It was followed by the Mining and Oil, 0.50 percent; Holding Firms, 0.44 percent; Financials, 0.41 percent; and Industrial, 0.34 percent.

Only the Services registered gains after it rose 0.28 percent.

The trader, however, cited that foreign fund flows to the local bourse remained high compared to foreign selling.

(PNA)

sector released P1.095B for the payment of 249,796 benefit claims.

The bulk of payments is for death pension benefit claims which summed up to P848.756 million.

On the other hand, the GSIS which administer the EC for public sector granted a total of P223.227M EC benefits for 40,404 claims.

Benefit payments are made for death pension which amounted to P166.013 million, P22.630 million for medical services, P22.449 for disability benefits; PP9.087 million for sickness benefits, P2.990 million for funeral benefits, and

P106,056 for rehabilitation services. ”The State Insurance Fund (SIF) holds the contributions paid by government agencies and private employers, in trust. This fund finances the EC program’s benefit payments for sickness, disability, medical and rehabilitation services,” explained Banawis in a statement released on Wednesday.

“However, we put a bigger emphasis on the prevention of workplace accidents and diseases by educating our workers on the value of occupational safety and health which we also discuss in our advocacy seminars,” she added.

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Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 11th Judicial region BRANCH 14 Davao City

R-DVO-17-00907-SP IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR: I. THE CANCELLATION OF THE SECOND-DOUBLE REGISTRATION OF BIRTH OF EDRIAN JAY BAGUHIN SERAPIO (A.K.A. EDRIAN JAY DELIGERO BAGUHIN) UNDER CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH BEARING LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY NO. 2002-11864; II. THE CORRECTION OF THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF EDRIAN JAY BAGUHIN SERAPIO (A.K.A. EDRIAN JAY DELIGERO BAGUHIN) UNDER REGISTRY NO. 96-1, 293 BY: CHANGING HIS NAME FROM: “EDRIAN JAY DELIGERO BAGUHIN” TO “EDRIAN JAY BAGUHIN SERAPIO” EDRIAN JAY BAGUHIN SERAPIO, Petitioner, - versus EDGARDO T. SERAPIO AND THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTAR OF DAVAO CITY,

Respondents, X--------------------------------------------------------xx ORDER OF HEARING A VERIFIED PETITION dated March 2, 2017 has been filed by petitioner Edrian Jay Baguhin Serapio through counsel, praying that after due notice and hearing, an Order be issued: (a) Cancelling the second Certificate of Live Birth of the petitioner under Registry No. 2002-11864; (b) Adjudging that the first and original Certificate of Live Birth of the petitioner with Registry No. 96-1,293 be retained as the official and only record of his birth; (c) Adjudging further that the name of the petitioner in the Certificate of Live Birth with Registry No. 96-1, 293 be changed from “EDRIAN JAY DELIGERO BAGUHIN” to “EDRIAN JAY BAGUHIN SERAPIO”; and (d) Directing the Local Civil Registar of Davao City to cause the aforementioned changes in the Certificate of Live Birth with Registry No. 96-1, 293.

Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance, this Court hereby sets the same for hearing on June 21, 2017 at 8:30 in the morning. Let this Order be published at the expense of the petitioner in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Davao, once a week for THREE (3) consecutive weeks.

All interested persons may appear before this Court on or before the aforesaid date of hearing to show cause if any, why the said petition should not be granted.

Furnish a copy of this Order to the following: the City Prosecution Office, Davao City; the Office of the Solicitor General, Makati City (together with a copy of the Petition); the Office of the Clerk of Court, Cebu City; Philippine Statistics Authority (National Statistics Office); counsel for the petitioner, as well as petitioner herself.

The petitioner through counsel is hereby directed to furnish the Office of the Solicitor General a copy of this Petition.

SO ORDERED Given this 20th day of MARCH, 2017 at Davao City, Philippines.

JILL ROSE S. JAUGAN-LO Presiding Judge

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Ex-soldier, partner nabbed in Koronadal City drug bust

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NTI-DRUG operatives arrested a former soldier and his live-in partner, and recovered around P850,000 worth of suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride or “shabu” in an op-

eration at a village here Tuesday evening.

Gil Cesario Castro, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Region 12 director, said suspects Rey Donasco, 38, and Hernalee Abadonio,

30, were nabbed in a buy-bust operation at around 6 p.m. at Purok Morillo in Barangay Sta. Cruz here.

He said Donasco, who hails from Barangay Malaya, Banga town in South Cotaba-

to, is a former member of the Philippine Army.

Abadonio, who was tagged as Donasco’s partner in the illegal drug trade, was listed as a resident of Barangay Rang-ay in Banga. (PNA)

did not commit any violation during the five-year period would also be entitled to renewal of their licenses for an additional five years making their license valid for 10 years.

“Instead of three years, the license will be valid for five years and if you drive safely, without violations or accidents, you get an automatic renewal for another five years

which gives you 10 years,” Poe explained.

The measure states that any officer who issues a driver’s license without the necessary examinations, connives

with the applicant for the irregular issuance of license or negligently issues a driver’s license to an unqualified applicant will suffer a penalty of removal from the service .

shoulders is a daunting one. It is also a heroic task. It enables us to play the lead role in the economic emancipation of millions of Filipinos,” Dominguez said at the BIR’s first semester regional command conference held at the Kingsborough International Convention Center in San Fernando City, Pampanga.

Also at the conference were Undersecretary Antonette Tionko; deputy commissioners Nestor Valeroso, Jesus Clint Aranas and Lanee Cui-David.

Dominguez said that under the Duterte administration’s “economic breakout” strategy, the Department of Finance and its attached revenue-generating agencies make up “the advance guard leading the charge to transform our country and liberate our people” from poverty.

“I trust all of us here today will deliver you best effort to help us meet our targets. The

entire economic strategy relies on the BIR being able to do so.

So prepare for a campaign like no other attempted before,” he told some 300 BIR officials and employees attending the conference.

Dominguez said BIR employees should keep “honesty, courtesy and service in mind” when undertaking their respective tasks, and reminded them that being incapable of change has consequences.

Taking advantage of favorable global and domestic trends, Dominguez said the Duterte administration’s objectives in investing heavily in infrastructure and human capital development tis to sustain growth at 7 percent so that the Philippines could become a high middle – income economy by 2022, and poverty incidence rate could be reduced to just 14 percent by that time(from 21.6 percent in 2015).

“The BIR, as you see, plays

a central role in realizing the audacious economic program our government has embarked on. This is the reason targets have been raised and our organization is geared up to collect trillions,” the finance chief said.

He added: “We are bearing the cornerstone of a strategy to emancipate our people from poverty.”

Dominguez said the BIR’s P1.83 trillion collection goal for 2017 might seem quite steep, but even when this target is attained, it will still be moderate when compared to what other Southeast Asian economies generate in terms of revenues.

“The fact is our revenue effort has not been impressive for so many years. This is not entirely the Bureau’s fault. In as far as assuring robust revenue flows and a high tax effort, we need to dramatically reform both our tax administration and our tax policies. We need to evolve a tax collection

system that is simpler, fairer and more efficient. We are trying to accomplish precisely that,” Dominguez said.

To make the tax system simpler, fairer and more efficient, Malacañang has been pushing the swift approval of the first package of the Duterte administration’s Comprehensive Tax Reform Program (CTRP) in the Congress.

The House of Representatives is now holding plenary deliberations on House Bill 5636, which consolidated HB 4774—the original version endorsed by the DOF—with 54 other tax-related measures.

This bill aims to lower personal income tax rates and, at the same time, broaden the tax base by adjusting excise taxes for automobiles and fuel and lifting VAT exemptions except for education, raw food and health, and those enjoyed by seniors and persons with disabilities, among other measures. (PNA)

to provide improved services to the displaced families who are mostly Muslims.

“We need to improve our camp management to incorporate child-friendly spaces, breastfeeding nooks, and prayer rooms, especially that most of the evacuees are Muslims who are observing the Ramadan,” she said.

Yesterday, Sec. Taguiwalo led the distribution of nonfood items, including pails,

basins, and individual cooking utensils (pots and frying pans) to enable the evacuees to cook their own food.

“The provision of cooking utensils is especially important because it is Ramadan and our Maranao kababayans are fasting and have their own ways of how and when to break their fast,” the Secretary added.

Sec. Taguiwalo said that Maranao and Maranaospeaking social workers from

DSWD-ARMM will augment the Department’s Maranao social workers who are deployed in the evacuation centers. She also added that she will request for drinking water and psycho-social debriefing from the Department of Health (DOH).

Maraming mga senior citizens at mga bata, kasama na ang mga sanggol sa evacuation centers. Kaya naman laging nakatuon ang pansin ng DSWD

sa mga kababayan nating evacuees at aalalayan sila hangga’t kailangan nila ang ating tulong at hangga’t hindi sila nakakabalik sa kanilang mga tirahan (There are several senior citizens, children, and infants in the evacuation centers. This is why we are continuously monitoring the situation of the evacuees and are assisting them until they can finally return to their respective homes),” Sec. Taguiwalo said.

Solutions, one of the first Globe partners to use Rush, will be sharing their experience and learnings using the app and talk about customer loyalty during the dialogue.

For the first time, Globe myBusiness will be exclusively carrying a Huawei flagship device, the new Huawei P10, as part of Globe myBusiness ThePLAN 1799. Coupled with ThePLAN, the device is perfect for business owners wanting to showcase their food products, through its advanced Leica Dual-Camera 2.0 system. Globe myBusiness ThePLAN 1799 comes with 8 GB data, free ac-

cess to Viber, unlimited calls to Globe and TM customers, unlimited texts to all networks and a Duo landline number.

During the event, attendees can also test the Huawei P10 and get a chance to win the phone.

“Globe is about creating possibilities. Street food is about inclusivity, and we want to make sure everyone learns the trends, the opportunities, and the future of this culture” adds Heng.

Globe is a proud supporter and sponsor of the World Street Food Congress, presented once again for the

second consecutive year by Tourism Promotions Board (Philippines) and organised

by Makansutra that celebrates and champions street food culture. Speakers at the event include keynote speaker Greg Drescher, (VP of Strategic Partnership and Leadership at Culinary Institute of America), Anthony Bourdain, Chef Sau del Rosario, and World Street Food founder KF Seetoh. Street and heritage food Michelin Star chefs like Malcolm Lee from Singapore and New York-based Andy Yang from Thailand will be at hand to share their stories and skills.

A key highlight of the event is the Hackathon, where it’s a free, open stage session for any participant to pitch fresh and burning new ideas in the world of heritage street food culture, raw and exciting.

The World Street Food Congress will be held from May 31 to June 4 at the SM Mall of Asia Concert Grounds.

Visit www.wsfcongress.com to know more.

For more information on Globe myBusiness, visit the website at https://mybusiness.globe.com.ph, call the hotline at 730-1010, or visit any Globe store.

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Yes, hepatitis B can be treated!

By HENRYLITO D. TACIO

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NFECTION of hepatitis B affects onethird of the world’s population. In the Philippines, one out of ten harbors the disease.

This makes the country as having one of the world’s highest carriers of the virus.

And despite several educational campaigns conducted by government health agencies and various organizations, a lot of Filipinos still don’t know that there are now available treatments for the chronic disease.

“I would hear patients telling me that they were told that there is no medicine for hepatitis B and that it is a deadly disease,” recalled Dr. Jane D. Ricaforte-Campos, a liver and gastrointestinal disease specialist at the Medical Center Manila.

“Since 1997, a lot of oral anti-viral medicines and a more potent anti-viral with immune-modulatory effects have become available to patients who have met the criteria for treatment.”

Dr. Ricaforte-Campos shared the information of her three male patients who lost the virus completely after completing a year of treatment. “One of these patients was a seafarer and was able to return to board the ship after a year of therapy,” she said.

It must be recalled that

50 out of the 142 overseas Filipino workers who were deported from the Middle East last year were found to be carriers of the hepatitis B virus (HBV), according to a Saudi-based medical association.

“I remember vividly the facial expression of my patients having been denied the opportunity t o

work abroad simply because they are carriers,” Dr. Ricaforte-Campos wrote in Vital Signs. “Although this may sound disappointing, I always emphasize to them that they should not lose hope because the chance to get hired will depend on the phase of infection.”

A recent survey conducted in various countries in Asia showed that ignorance is fueling the spread of HBV in the region. “Ignorance helps the transmission of the disease and the survey finds this ignorance results

“I remember vividly the facial expression of my patients having been denied the opportunity to work abroad simply because they are carriers.

Although this may sound disappointing, I always emphasize to them that they should not lose hope because the chance to get hired will depend on the phase of infection.”

-- Dr. Ricaforte-Campos wrote in Vital Signs. in people giving up on the chance of proper treatment,” said Dr. Nancy Leung, an expert on the disease and associate professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s department of medicine and therapeutics. “They don’t think it’s important to be treated because they don’t have symptoms.”

HBV carriers are at risk of developing liver cirrhosis and liver cancer if they are not vaccinated or given the

proper treatment.

In 1998, Senator Rene Cayetano was diagnosed of carrying the hepatitis B virus (HBV). But it was not four years later that alarming symptoms started to appear. The lawmaker would feel tired despite having enough sleep and his skin gradually turning yellow.

As the disease threatened to develop into cancer, friends, family, and even members of the senator’s

staff volunteered to donate part of their livers to save his life. In 2003, the entire family went to the United States, where the senator underwent a successful liver transplant operation at the University of Southern California University Hospital.

But in June 24, 2003, Cayetano passed away, succumbing to abdominal cancer, which was diagnosed by doctors three months after his successful liver operation. Doctors diagnosed the cancer as having come from his previous liver.

The word hepatitis simply means “inflammation of the liver”. Oftentimes, doctors use it to refer to the diseases caused by hepatitis viruses. If a physician tells a patient, “You have hepatitis,” he means that the person has a viral disease caused by a virus that attacks the liver, and not necessarily that he has an inflamed liver.

So far, medical scientists have discovered six different kinds of hepatitis: A, B, C, D, E, and G. A different virus causes each of these.

Five types cause disease in the liver while one (hepatitis G) lives in the blood without causing any apparent illness. All five disease-carrying viruses are responsible for more than 98 percent cases of viral hepatitis.

Unknowingly, “hepatitis viruses cannot live outside a cell,” points out Professor John S. Tam, of the Department of Microbiology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. “They only come alive when they are given the right conditions such as the necessary nutrients from inside a cell. At room temperature, they do not last very long - maybe 10 minutes.

Once the blood dries, infectivity decreases.”

Like most hepatitis viruses, HBV is all too easy to catch. It is more common than the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and far more infectious: HBV is 50100 times more infectious than HIV. But hepatitis B is not transmitted casually. The virus cannot be spread through sneezing, coughing, hugging or eating food prepared by someone who is infected with HBV, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Also, you cannot get HBV from mosquitoes. Prof. Tam explains: “All viruses which are transmitted by a mos-

quito must go through a replication before sufficient viruses is available for infection. HBV do not grow in mosquitoes.”

Ninety percent of the people who get hepatitis B recover spontaneously with their body’s defenses. “The remaining 10 percent who maintain the infection for six months or longer and who do not produce an effective antibody response are considered chronic carriers,” explains Dr. Ernesto Domingo, a national scientist who is a liver specialist.

Hepatitis can be acute (short-lived) or chronic (lasting at least six months).

“Acute hepatitis can produce anything from a flu-like illness to fatal liver failure,” explains The Merck Manual of Medical Information. “Hepatitis A and C often produce very mild symptoms or none at all, and may go unnoticed, whereas B and E are more likely to produce severe symptoms. Co-infection of hepatitis B and hepatitis D may make the symptoms even more severe.”

Though much less common than acute hepatitis, chronic hepatitis can persist for years, even decades.

“In most people, it is quite mild and does not cause significant liver damage,” the Merck manual informs. “In some people, though, continued inflammation slowly damages the liver, eventually producing cirrhosis (severe scarring of the liver), liver failure, and sometimes liver cancer.”

“Hepatitis B virus is the most common cause of liver cancer around the world,” says Professor Mei-Hwei Chang, chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at the National Taiwan University Hospital in Taipei.

“Although hepatitis C virus is the most prevalent cause of liver cancer in some countries where HBV infection is not prevalent, HBV is still the most prevalent cause worldwide.”

The HBV may be found in blood, semen, vaginal fluids, tears, and saliva. It is transmitted the same way as HIV. That is, through sexual intercourse (vaginal, oral, or anal), use of contaminated needles, unsafe blood transfusion, and from mother to child.

Most people who get HBV fight off the infection by themselves, but the HBV

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The Department of Agriculture (DA) is also assisting the monitoring activities for several other basic goods, she said.

Pleña said DA was tasked to monitor the prices of rice, corn, root crops, fresh, dried fish and other marine products; fresh eggs; fresh pork,

beef and poultry meat; fresh milk; fresh vegetables; fresh fruits; sugar; and cooking oil.

Aside from Region 12, the price freeze is also in effect in the Zamboanga Peninsula, Northern Mindanao, Davao Region, and Caraga Region.

A statement released by DTI said that unless sooner lifted by the President, the price control will be in effect

for 60 days for basic necessities, and 15 days for household liquefied petroleum gas and kerosene from the date of the martial law declaration.

It said business establishments that would be found violating the automatic price control will face fines ranging from P5,000 to P1 million and/ or imprisonment of up to 10 years. (MindaNews)

antibodies “will be present in their blood for the rest of their lives,” writes Dr. Alan Berkman, author of Hepatitis A to G: The Facts You Need to Know About All The Forms of This Dangerous Disease.

Most people who are infected with HBV don’t show any symptoms of the disease, so “many people are surprised when they go to donate blood to learn that at one time in the past they had the virus.”

“Only a blood test can confirm for sure if a person has hepatitis B or not,” wrote Dr. Philip S. Chua in his newspaper column.

“After a person is exposed to the HBV, it takes about 4 weeks (range: 1-9 weeks) for the blood test to show if a person has acquired the HBV infection or not.”

After exposure to HBV, the symptoms, if they occur,

will manifest on the average of 12 weeks (9 to 21 week range). “Only 70 percent of patients will have symptoms, the 30% will be symptom-free although infected,” Dr. Chua said. “Adults are more likely to show clinical symptoms than children.”

What are the signs?

“Sometimes, people infected with HBV have what looks like the flu, with symptoms including loss of appetite, nausea and vomiting, fever, and weakness,” Dr. Berkman writes. “They may also develop symptoms more directly related to their livers: abdominal pain, dark urine, jaundice.” Jaundice is the yellow discoloration of the skin and the whites of the eyes.

As there are several stages of hepatitis B, there are also several treatments.

“Oral anti-virals are good in

suppressing the virus with insignificant side effects, but has to be taken daily for an indefinite period of time,” Dr. Ricaforte-Campos said.

“Long-term treatment can result to the development of resistance to the initial drug requiring addition of another oral anti-viral or shifting to a more potent drug with low resistance rate but obviously at a higher cost.”

Interferon-alpha is an example of a potent anti-viral with immune-modulatory effects. An injectable, it is “given once weekly for one year” and “is a suitable option particularly for patients who are in the reproductive age group and wanting to undergo treatment for a finite duration.” This treatment has “systemic side effects which are tolerable and manageable.” (Photos taken from the net)

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EDGEDAVAO Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 11th Judicial Region Branch No. 17 Davao City

EXPEDITA BERNALES LUY and BENJAMIN BERNALES LUY, Plaintiffs,

the issuance of writ of execution, you are hereby commanded to execute the Decision of this Court dated May 25, 2015, the dispositive portion of which is hereto quoted: WHEREFORE, premises considered, judgment is hereby rendered as follows: 1. DECLARING the final Certificate of Sale on TCT No. T-254886, NULL and VOID;

CIVIL CASE NO. R-DVO-16-00044-CV For: Rescission, Damages & Atty.’s Fees with Writ of Preliminary Attachment.

-versusVICTOR BRIAN E. DIMPAS, SPS. NERIO JUMILO M. SOTTO and MA. TERESITA T. SOTTO, Defendants. x———-—————————x COMPLAINT PLAINTIFFS, assisted by counsel, unto the Honorable Court, respectfully allege, as follows: 1. Plaintiffs are mother and child. Expedita, of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of Ladislawa Ave., Ladislawa Village, Buhangin, Davao City is the mother of Benjamin, likewise of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of the same place. They maybe served with pleadings, orders, decision and other court processes care of the undersigned counsel with law office at JFM Corporate Center, 848 Atis St., Juna Subd., Matina, Davao City.

2. Principal Defendant Victor Brian E. Dimpas, of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of Norway with last known address at 112-A Ilang-Ilang St., Buhangin, Davao City, where he may be served with summons, copy of this complaint, orders, decision and other court processes.

3. Defendants-spouses Nerio Jumilo M. Sotto and Ma. Teresita T. Sotto, on the other hand, are both of legal age, Filipino and residents of Purok 3, Poblacion, Nabunturan, Compostela Valley Province, where they maybe served with summons, copy of this complaint, orders, decision and other court processes. They are sued as a necessary party as they are the source of the funds sought garnished to satisfy Plaintiffs’ claims against the principal defendant Victor Brian E. Dimpas so that complete relief maybe achieved involving the principal party defendant or their implication is necessary for a complete determination or settlement of the Plaintiffs’ claim subject of the present action. Had not the Sotto spouses file an action for nullity of title of Victor Brian E. Dimpas, the Plaintiffs by now would have successfully acquired the property with valid legal title. Had Plaintiffs been properly impleaded partydefendants in the case they filed against Victor Brian and had they been informed about it on time, they would have properly defended their rights and the filing of this case would not have been necessary.

FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION FOR RESCISSION 4. Plaintiffs are buyers in good faith of that 715-square meter house and lot owned by Principal Defendant Victor Brian E. Dimpas located at 112-A Ilang-Ilang St., Buhangin, Davao City embraced by TCT No. T-365616 as shown by that Deed of Absolute Sale dated May 10, 2013 duly notarised before Notary Public, Adolfo A. Angala as doc. no. 171; page no. 35; book no. 45; series of 2013. Photocopy of which is herewith attached Annex “A” to form part hereof.

5. The true consideration of the sale is P 4,000,000.00 according to their Agreement to Sale. However, upon agreement of the contracting parties only P 1,000,000.00 was declared in the deed of absolute sale for taxation purposes. P 1,040,000.00 partial payment had already been received by Victor Brian and the balance to be paid upon transfer of the title in the name of Benjamin B. Luy clean from any encumbrances.

5.a. Prior to the sale, Principal Defendant Victor Brian E. Dimpas represented to the Plaintiffs that his title is clean from any encumbrances as shown by the original copy of his Owner’s Duplicate Copy of TCT No. T-365616, the custody of which he turned over to the Plaintiffs. Trusting on his representation, Expedita agreed to buy the property and name it after her son, Benjamin B. Luy. However, when the deed of absolute sale was presented for registration with the Registry of Deeds for Davao City after going through the process of paying the requisite taxes and expenses for transfer, notarial fee and updating of real property taxes in the total amount of P 172,504.41, registration thereof was denied in view of the subsisting notice of lis pendens annotated by the necessary Defendants-Spouses Sotto who filed with RTC, Branch 16, Davao City, a case for nullification of deed of absolute sale and TCT No. T-395616 of Victor Brian E. Dimpas that Plaintiffs only learned for the first time.

6. Since then, Plaintiffs refused to pay the balance of the purchase price until the Principal Defendant can show proof he won the case with RTC-16 with finality. While, the nullification case was pending, Defendant Victor Brian went away to Norway for good with the P 1,040,000.00 partial payment of the Plaintiffs without leaving behind any property or forwarding address in fraud of creditors.

7. Lately, Plaintiffs got hold of a copy of the Writ of Execution in Civil Case No. 30,453-04, the substance of which states: “Pursuant to Court Order dated October 30, 2015, granting

2. DECLARING the derivative titles under TCT No. T-369033in the name of SBC then to TCT No. T-365616- in the name of Victor Brian E. Dimpas, NULL and VOID; 3. DIRECTING the Registrar of Deeds of Davao City to RESTORE Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-254886 in the name of SPOUSES NERI JUMILO M. SOTTO and MA. TOURIST T. SOTTO; 4. DIRECTING PLAINTIFFS-SPOUSES NERI JUMILO M. SOTTO AND TERESITA T. SOTTO to return to Victor Brian E. Dimpas the amount of P 2,000,000.00 he paid to Defendant Security Bank Corporation, with six percent (6%) interest per annum to commence from the date of the consummation of the Deed of Sale between SBC and Victor Brian E. Dimpas on January 27, 2006 until fully paid.

All Counterclaims are hereby DISMISSED. NO COSTS. SO ORDERED.” 8. This RTC-16 Decision has rendered legally ineffective and of no force and effect the deed of absolute sale that legally excused Defendant Victor Brian E. Dimpas from performing his contractual obligations with the Plaintiffs without the latter’s fault or participation to the irreparable damage and injury of the Plaintiffs.

Worse, Plaintiffs are not made parties to the case yet they are made to face the legal consequences of the decision as they are currently in physical possession of the property and the owner’s duplicate copy of the certificate of title of Victor Brian E. Dimpas with nos.

T-395616.

9. Plaintiffs have no other legal recourse except to sue for rescission of the aforesaid Agreement to Sale and Deed of Absolute Sale on the ground of solutio indebiti or unjust enrichment on the part of Victor Brian E. Dimpas at the expense of the Plaintiffs. He is lucky to have been awarded by RTC-16 with refund of P 2,000,000.00 with legal interest from the Sotto spouses which is the amount he paid to Security Bank. At the same time, he got away with the P 172,504.41 Plaintiffs incurred for unsuccessfully processing of their title and for updating the real property taxes and P 1,040,000.00 that Plaintiffs unduly paid Victor Brian as partial payment of the property if he is not ordered by the Honorable Court to return the said amount to the Plaintiffs with legal interests from the date of execution of the sale on May 10, 2013.

SECOND CAUSE OF ACTION FOR DAMAGES 10. Article 2154 of the Civil Code mandates that if something is received when there is no right to demand it and it was unduly delivered through mistake, the obligation to return it arises (TitanIkeda v. PPGI, G.R. No. 158768, February 12, 2008). Here, there was a mistake on the part of the Plaintiffs when they paid Defendant Victor Brian with P 1,040,000.00 as partial payment of the property because of his fraudulent misrepresentation and for acting as a seller in bad faith. He concealed from the Plaintiffs the notice of lis pendens as he managed to secure an owner’s duplicate copy of TCT No. T-365616 in his name free from any liens and encumbrances despite the existence of the notice of lis pendens annotated on the original copy of the certificate of title found in the registry. It is in order that Plaintiffs be awarded with actual damages in the form of restitution of the P 1,040,000.00 down payment plus P 172,504.41 real property taxes and other expenses incurred by the Plaintiffs on the property.

11. As a result of the misrepresentation and bad faith on the part of Victor Brian E. Dimpas, the Plaintiffs were made to suffer the consequences of the RTC decision that could deprive them of their right of possession once a writ of possession is issued in Civil Case No. 30,453-04. This predicament has caused them to suffer sleepless nights and mental anxiety that entitles them to moral damages in the amount of P 400,000.00 and P 400,000.00 exemplary damages to set an example for the public good not to replicate what Victor Brian did to them. In the alternative, Plaintiffs also pray for temperate damages at such amount to be determined by the court in the event the court is unsure what damages to award the Plaintiffs.

VOL. 10 ISSUE 43 • THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 2017 justifies the issuance of the ancillary relief of attachment within the contemplation of Section 1 (e), Rule 57 of the Rules of Court.

14. He left the country to avoid prosecution for the fraudulent sale he entered into with Security Bank and the Plaintiffs and to avoid or escape the legal consequences of the aforesaid RTC decision rendered against him and Security Bank.

15. He defrauded the Plaintiffs when he sold the property to them in bad faith by not disclosing the pendency of the court litigation initiated by the Sotto Spouses involving the subject property. He did it by misrepresenting to the Plaintiffs that his owner’s duplicate copy of his title is clean from any notice of lis pendens. It turn out later it is involved in litigation that Plaintiffs only learned for the first time when their deed of absolute sale was refused registration by the Registry of Deeds for Davao City.

Photocopy of the Affidavit of Preliminary Attachment of the Plaintiffs is herewith attached Annex “B” to substantiate the legal ground for issuance of the ancillary relief of attachment.

16. The market value of the land and building subject matter of this case is P 871,500.00.

17. Of late, Plaintiffs received confirmed report that the Sotto spouses deposited for the account of Victor Brian E. Dimpas sufficient amount with the Office of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Davao City in satisfaction of the RTC-16 DECISION and WRIT OF EXECUTION, rendered and issued for and against the said Defendant Victor Brian E Dimpas. There is no other sufficient security for the claim sought to be enforced by the action that the Plaintiffs can think of except the said consigned amount, and that the amount due to the Plaintiffs-applicants, or the amount consigned with the Office of the Clerk of Court, RTC, Davao City for which he is entitled to recover, is as much as the sum for which the order of attachment is granted above all legal counterclaims that Victor Brian E. Dimpas and Sotto-spouses may interpose against the Plaintiffs.

18. Plaintiffs can readily produce the requisite attachment bond from Alpha Insurance to await issuance of the court’s order granting the ancillary relief of attachment to show Plaintiffs’ willingness to put up the same in compliance with the rules.

19. The issuance of the ancillary relief prayed for by the Plaintiffs maybe granted ex parte according to the Supreme Court in the case of Toledo vs. Judge Burgos, G.R. No. 75446, 19 December 88.

20. The issuance of the desired ancillary relief is impressed with utmost urgency before Victor Brian E. Dimpas will have the opportunity to withdraw the amount consigned by the Sotto spouses with the Office of the Clerk of Court, RTC, Davao City in his favor.

PRAYER WHEREFORE, it is respectfully prayed of this Honorable Court that upon the filing of this Complaint and before this case may be heard on notice, a Writ of Preliminary Attachment upon posting of the Attachment Bond, be issued forthwith, ordering the executing sheriff or any officer of the law to attach, seize and/or garnish the bank deposits, monies and properties of the Defendant Victor Brian E. Dimpas.

After trial on the merits, the Deed of Absolute Sale and Agreement to Sale between Defendant Victor Brian E. Dimpas and the Plaintiff Benjamin B. Luy, be declared null and void and ordered cancelled and that same Defendant alone be ordered to pay the Plaintiffs the following sums of money, damages and attorney’s fees: 1. P 1,040,000.00 representing the principal amount of the obligation; 2. P 172,504.41 as reimbursement of real property taxes, capital gains tax, documentary stamp tax, notarial fee, transfer fee and other expenses; 3. P 100,000.00 as attorney’s fees; 4. P 400,000.00 as moral damages; 5. P 400,000.00 as exemplary damages; 6. Costs of suit.

Other relief, just and equitable, under the premises is likewise prayed for.

28th day of December 2016, Davao City.

BENJAMIN B. LUY & EXPEDITA B. LUY Plaintiffs Assisted by:

THIRD CAUSE OF ACTION FOR ATTORNEY’S FEES 12. Because of this predicament of the Plaintiffs, they are constrained to engage the services of counsel to protect their rights and interest for a fee of P 50,000.00 as acceptance fee and another P 50,000.00 as bonus fee plus P 2,500.00 appearance fee every time counsel will appear in court for which they pray to be awarded with pursuant to the Civil Code.

GROUNDS RELIED UPON FOR URGENT ISSUANCE OF THE ANCILLARY RELIEF OF PRELIMINARY ATTACHMENT EX PARTE 13. The Plaintiffs have a good cause of action for rescission, damages and attorney’s fees against Victor Brian E. Dimpas who is a non-resident of the Philippines who left the country for Norway in fraud of creditors with foreign address at Rune Olavsbraten Gol, Norway and on whom summons maybe served by publication. This

THE MINDANAO-DAVAO LAW FIRM OF AVISADO & MAYPA, CO. Counsel for the Plaintiffs 848 Atis St., Juna Subd.

Matina, Davao City Tel. No. 299-2987/e-mail add: lorenzomaypa@gmail.com By: POLICARPIO V. MAYPA, JR. PTR No. 5312058; 01-05-15 IBP No. 964512; 01-05-15 Roll of Attorneys No. 41704 MCLE Compliance No. V-0009627 Issued on 08-11-15 June 1,8,15, 2017

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Manny weighing things due to ML, but training continues

SHAKEN. Manny Pacquiao is on target in training but his camp is cautious about the Mindanao situation.

Sharapova 23rd in ESPN top global athletes list

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ORLD’S popular sports broadcaster ESPN has ranked Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova in 23rd place among the top-100 athletes around the globe.

The respected US-based TV-broadcaster came up on Tuesday with its new list of the world’s top 100 athletes, dubbed as “World Fame 100”.

“Who are the most famous athletes on the planet?”

ESPN challenged its readers on Tuesday adding that its director of analytics, “devised a formula that combines endorsements with social media following and internet search popularity to create the ESPN World Fame 100 rankings.”

The list is topped by Portugal’s football guru Cristiano Ronaldo, who is followed

by US NBA icon James LeBron and another world’s top footballer Lionel Messi in the closing spot of the world’s top-three.

Although ranked 23rd, Russia’s Sharapova is the third top female athlete in ESPN’s newly published rating list as she had been placed behind the US legend of mixed martial arts fighting, Ronda Rousey, (16th place) and US iconic tennis player Serena Williams (19th place).

No other Russian female athletes are included in ESPN’s top-100 list.

Over two weeks ago, Sharapova withdrew from the second-round match of the Italian Open during the game against Croatia’s Mirjana Lucic-Baroni. She had come from a set down to lead

Lucic-Baroni 4-6, 6-3, 2-1, but was forced to pull out from in third set sustaining an injury to the left leg.

After sitting out a provisional 15-month suspension, Sharapova, 30, made an impressive comeback in April at the tennis tournament in Stuttgart knocking out all of her opponents up to the semifinals.

Sharapova’s performance at the tournament in Stuttgart returned her to the WTA rankings, from which she was excluded last October. In the most recent WTA ratings, issued on Monday, May 29, Sharapova was ranked in 178th place.

Although having no place

valuable experience needed for the AVC Asian Senior Women’s Championship and the 29th Southeast Asian Games in August.

Jaja Santiago led with 10 points but was mostly bothered by Vietin’s solid net defense while Aby Marano and Rachel Daquis added seven each. Lefty opposite Jovelyn Gonzaga made five markers.

Kim Fajardo dished out 44 excellent sets and three points.

Maika Ortiz also had three points, while Mika Reyes and Bia General scored one each.

Also comprising the team are Gen Casugod, Aiza Pontillas, Rhea Dimaculangan, Lourdes Clemente and Denden Lazaro.

The Filipinos led, 10-5, in the second set but it quickly disappeared amid Vietnam’s consistent attacks that yielded them 47 points as against 25 attack points of the Philippines.

Marano, the team’s un-

dersized but big-hearted middle blocker, accounted for four of the team’s nine blocks which was three points better than that of Vietin.

But Vietnam lorded it over in digs, 46-19 and reception, 26-18, which allowed it to setup its offense well.

Pham Thi Jim Hue and Doan Thi Xuan led Vietnam with 16 and 12 points while Le Than Thu added 9. Team captain Nguyen Thi Xuan and Hoang Mint Tham chipped in eight apiece.

Also joining the team here are team manager Anna Tomas of the Philippine Superliga, assistant coaches Brian Esquibel, Ronald Dulay and Manny Calipes, team physician Raul Alcantara and team therapist Marie Collins Ong.

in the WTA rankings earlier in the year due to the previously imposed suspension, the world’s former No. 1 Sharapova was granted wildcards for tennis tournaments in Stuttgart, Madrid and Rome.

PH spikers bow to Vietnam, finish 8th

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ST-KAMENOGORSK, Kazakhstan — Rebisco PSL-Manila ran into a battle-ready Vietin Bank of Vietnam to surrender a 2513, 25-18, 25-15 decision and finish eighth and last in the Asian Women’s Club Volleyball Championships Wednesday here.

It was heartbreaking defeat for the Philippine club, which are the crowd favorites here at Boris Alexandrov Sports Palace for their gutsy, all-heart style of game.

Yet against the Vietnamese, the Filipinos were listless and unsure, yielding precious points on attack errors and failing to protect their turf against enemy attacks.

Backed by Asics, Grand Sport and Turkish Airlines, the all-Filipino Rebisco PSL-Manila thus lost all six assignments here although the stint here was primarily to set up the national team and gain

STILL TOPS. Tennis star Maria Sharapova keeps in shape while deactivated from tennis for 15 months.

ITH the recent declaration of Martial Law in Mindanao, fighting senator Manny Pacquiao’s camp is likewise shaken.

For one, there’s no definite decision yet on whether to move the camp to Pacquiao’s own Pacman Gym in General Santos City next week when Congress will go in recess.

“Everything is still hanging in the air. Manny, I undertand, is still weighing things up on how things are in Mindanao because the declaration of Martial Law,” Pacquiao’s chief trainer Freddie Roach said.

“Whatever, our preparation will continue,” said the Hall of Fame trainer.

Barely a week of working under Roach and still a month left before battling Australian challenger Jeff Horn, World Boxing Organization welterweight champion, the eight-division world chapion looks to have done more than 50 per cent of his target to successfully keep the 147-pound title within this shore.

After dancing for eight rounds Tuesday against three sparring partners, including newly-arrived Mexican super-lightweight Adrian Young, Roach proclaimed his prized student of 16 years has erased all doubts expressed by detractors on the eight-division belt-owner’s capability to reach fighting form Pacquiao crosses path with Horn July 2 at Bristbane’s 55,000-seat Suncorp Asena in Queensland with his crown at stake.

“I’m not saying Manny’s already sharp as we want him to on the day of the fight, but what I can say is that we still have one month to go to prepare,” Roach told this writer after

another routine three-hour session at the Elorde sweat shop inside the Mall of Asia commercial complex.

“We’ll be in that very ideal situation from today until we close the camp before the fight,” the 57-year-old boxing guru, who arrived in Manila last May 22 with conditioning coach Justin Fortune to supervise the training chores with Filipino assistants Buboy Fernandez, Nonoy Neri and Roer “Haplas” Fernandez, asserted.

The eight-round sparring – two with local Orient Pacific campaigner Leopoldo Doronio, three with Fil-Indon Sonny Katiandagho and another three with Young -- who flew in Monday with father-coach Gregorio.

That raised Pacquiao’s frequency to 31 rounds in five sparring days, which according to the Hall of Fame trainer was too fast a pace to what the training team’s target 90 to 100 rounds of sparring.

“I will not say exactly where we are now, but I believe we are, this early, between 65 per cent to 75 per cent or better of what we want to comes the day we climb the ring,” Roach assessed.

“Yes, we’re going too fast than the plan, especially when we saw his sluggish performance in training upon our arrival a week ago,” Roach said. “Besides, we knew he’s been very busy with his job as a senator.”

“But he keeps on asking for more on whatever we’ve been doing,” Roach added.

“Well. That’s Manny for you.

He knows what he can do and what he can’t. He can be sloppy at times, but he can be at his best the next moment.”

“I have handled so many fighters in my many years as a trainer, most of them became world champions and frankly speaking, Manny has the best work ethics,” he assured.

TEVE Kerr expects to decide soon whether he will coach the Golden State Warriors at all in the NBA Finals, saying Monday he is not yet ready but hasn’t ruled himself out for Game 1. ‘’As of right now I would not coach Thursday night. It’s still up in the air. Still waiting for ‘Ahhhhhh!’’’ Kerr said, reaching his hands to the sky as if to receive some miracle healing. ‘’It’s coming, it’s coming. ... I think once we get to Game 1, that might be a good time to make a decision one way or the other.’’

Golden State, unbeaten this postseason at 12-0 with sweeps of Houston, Utah and San Antonio, hosts the defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers in Games 1 and 2 on Thursday and Sun-

day.

Kerr undecided to coach in Game 1 S

The reigning NBA Coach of the Year is still not feeling well after a May 5 procedure at Duke University to repair a spinal fluid leak stemming from back surgery complications nearly two years ago. He filled in addressing the media Monday when acting coach Mike Brown was out with the flu. ‘’I told the team the good news is the team is really healthy, the bad news is the coaching staff is dropping like flies,’’ Kerr joked.

Brown has been coaching the Warriors since Game 3 of the first-round playoff series at Portland, with Kerr assisting at practice and from the locker room before and during games. Brown was expected back Tuesday.

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COLLISION New format pits rivals China vs Gilas in FIBA Asia Cup group stage T HE official draw of the 2017 Asia Cup was released

by FIBA on its official website on Tuesday, which will see Asian basketball giants China and the Philippines face each other at the group stage.

China and the Philippines finished top two at the Asian Championships two years ago. Yet, both of them were pitted into Group B, which also includes Iraq and Qatar.

The Asia Cup 2017 will take place in Lebanon from August 8-20, and it will be the first ever Asia-Oceania joint continental championship where a total of 16 teams, including Oceanian powerhouses Australia and New Zealand, will battle for the top honors.

Group A has Iran, Jordan, Syria and India.

Group C includes New Zealand, Kazakhstan, South Korea and the host Lebanon, while Australia, Japan, Chinese Taipei and Hong Kong, China

will play Group D games.

The group stage of the tournament will be played in a round robin format, with top three of each group advancing to the second phase competition.

The 12 teams will then be divived into Group E and F, and go through another round robin format, with their win-loss records being accumulated from the first stage, and the top four teams from each group qualify for the quarterfinals. (Xinhua)

EARLY CLASH. Because China and the Philippines are bunched in the same group with Iraq and Qatar, the two powerhouse cage nations will be clashing early in the group stage. Gilas will be relying on Andray Blatche (11) who will be matching up with NBA veteran Yi Jianlian while Jayson Castro (17) will try to keep pace with the young Chinese ballhandlers.

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