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SECOND BEST Davao chocolate shines in London awards T

HE five-year-old homegrown Malagos Chocolate, a company owned by the Puentespina family, continued its winning streak at the Academy of Chocolate Awards in London when it won silver for its single-origin unsweetened chocolate, the only one from Asia that bagged the prestigious award under the Plain Hot Chocolate Category.

The other silver winners in the same category are Akesson’s Choc Drops Brazil 75% Cocoa Organic, Akesson’s Choc Drops Madagascar 100% Cocoa Organic, and The Chocolate Quarter Tetteh Drinking Chocolate in the United Kingdom.

The Academy of Chocolate made the announcement on June 5. Full results of the Acad-

emy of Chocolate Awards 2017 are available on its website – acadofchoc.com.

All entries were judged by a pool of judges composed of international journalists, chefs, pastry chefs and experts in chocolate and food, based on product’s appearance, depth of aroma, flavor, length and complexity.

In a press statement Thursday, chocolate maker Rex Puentespina, director for sales and marketing of the Malagos Agri-Ventures Corp., attributed the victory to the “hard work and dedication that the farmers put in the preparation of the cocoa bean before it even becomes chocolate.”

This has brought to five the company’s major international

awards. The Academy of Chocolate awarded the company silver under Drinking Chocolate category for its unsweetened chocolate in 2016 and bronze under Best Unflavoured Drinking Chocolate in April 2015; the Great Taste Awards in London gave two out of three stars to Malagos unsweetened chocolate in 2016; and another silver for the Malagos Dark Chocolate won during World Drinking Chocolate Competition organized by the International Chocolate Awards in October 2015 in Hannover, Germany.

Puentespina said their “chocolates are tree-to-bar”, meaning the process of making the products, from planting, growing, fermentation, drying, sorting, roasting, and

production, is done right at their farm in Calinan District where it runs its own Bureau of Plant Industry-certified cacao nursery at the foothills of Mount Talomo.

The company also supplies seedlings, seeds, and scions allover Mindanao.

He said the tree-to-bar chocolates possess a more distinctive and pronounced taste as the chocolate can be traced back to the unique characteristics of the cacao beans.

“We grow Trinitario clones, a cross between the Criollo and Forastero varieties, specifically and predominantly the UF 18, BR 25 and PBC 123 clones. The beans we grow are considered as fine flavor beans. These beans are manu-

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Students warned versus jaywalking

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OW that the students are back for a new school year, the Davao City Transport and Traffic Management Office has vowed to strictly implement the anti-jaywalking ordinance more than ever.

On Thursday, CTTMO Anti-Jaywalking Task Force Unit Enforcer Donald R. Estoquia said that students who are 16-yearsold and above may be apprehended if they violate the anti-jaywalking ordinance.

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DESERVING. President Rodrigo Duterte leads the awarding of medals to deserving personnel during his visit to the troopers of the 603rd Brigade, 6th Infantry Division (6ID) of the Philippine Army (PA) at Camp Iranun in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao on Friday afternoon. PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO

Maute mom nabbed as she tries to escape T HE matriarch of the notorious Maute group was arrested in Lanao del Sur town late Friday afternoon as she and her other women companions were trying to sneak out of the province, police said Saturday.

Police identified the Maute matriach as Orminta Romato Maute, who also goes by the name “Farhana.”

Farhana was captured in Barangay Tamboro Cormatan in Masiu, Lanao del Sur with

seven other women, said Police Chief Supt. Rueben Sindac, regional police director of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

Reports indicated Farhana’s group was with two wounded individuals believed to be Maute combatants, but police could not verify this information as of this writing.

Seized from Farhana and her companions, who were on board a Toyota Revo when they

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Maute Group into illegal drug business to fund terror drive

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O fund its terroristic activities, the Maute Group has branched into the illegal drugs business aside from its extortion, kidnapping and other illegal rackets.

This was disclosed by Major Gen. Melquiades Feliciano, AFP Civil-Military Operations deputy chief-of-staff on Friday.

And with their weapons and muscle, he said the terrorist group has managed to consolidate and gain control of all illegal drug operations in Marawi City transforming the locality into the largest narcotics producer in Mindanao.

When pressed for figures on Marawi City’s illegal drug production, Feliciano said they have no firm figures yet but stressed the numbers are “quite substantial”.

Funds obtained from this illegal business is being used to fund the group’s terror activities.

Feliciano noted this state has been reached as some local government officials have been lured in this illegal activity.

Earlier, AFP chief-of-staff Gen. Eduardo Año said they have already compiled two lists containing the names of more than 200 Maute Group supporters.

“I cannot recall the number but I think its about more than 200 names. (There are names of incumbent local) politicians, (private citizens and Maute Group members) there,” he added.

These individuals will be arrested as soon as possible, Año said. (PNA)

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VEN as it praised the heroism and dedication of the 13 Marine troopers killed and 40 others wounded in the clearing operations in Marawi City Friday, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said this incident was but a temporary setback in the efforts to eliminate the Maute Group remnants in the locality.

“This temporary setback has not diminished our resolve a bit. It instead primed up our determination to continue our prudent advances to neutralize the enemy, save the innocent lives trapped in the fight, and set the condi-

tions for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Marawi,” AFP public affairs office chief Marine Col. Edgard Arevalo said.

“We salute these enormous display of heroism and raw courage of these fallen Marines in the course of the fight to clear Marawi of the remaining members of the Maute-ISIS Group,” he added.

Reports coming in at AFP headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City indicated that a major engagement, lasting for some 14 hours, erupted between Marine units and Maute Group terrorists at Barangay Lilot Ma-

daya in Marawi City Friday.

Arevalo said fighting started 3:30 a.m. and ended 5 p.m. of June 9.

“The Marines were able to inflict heavy casualties to the terrorist group at the expense of 13 killed-in-action and 40 others wounded-in-action at a raging close quarter combat,” he added.

No other details are available yet as fighting is still ongoing.

Arevalo said that the AFP cannot make the names of the fallen and wounded available until such time that we have informed the next of kin.

“We urge our people to

pray for eternal rest for our fallen heroes and those of innocent civilians killed by the terrorist group as well as comfort and solace for the bereaved families,” the AFP public affairs office chief stressed.

Government losses in the more than three week campaign has been placed at 58, including Friday’s casualties, and at least 140 in the side of the lawless elements.

The conflict started May 23 when government forces attempted to arrest Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon who is touted to be the ISIS emir in Southeast Asia. (Priam F. Nepomuceno/PNA)

tering Violent Extremism Forum Friday.

“You can see that when (the Maute Group) went to (attack) Marawi City, the (residents) there were shocked

by ISIS. They did not follow ISIS. So I believe that ISIS is trying to force their ideology and their doctrine and their methods of operation in the Philippines and there is a lot

of resistance from the Filipino Muslims,” he noted.

The Maute Group and ISIS idealogies are based on Wahabism which is defined as an ultra-conservative form of Islam that calls for the harsh and stringent teachings of the Koran and justifies punishments for those who don’t.

During their May 23 at-

tack, videos circulating in the Internet shows Maute Group terrorists pillaging and vandalizing churches, executing police officers, and generally creating mayhem.

Aside from the videos, there are reports claiming that these lawless elements segregated Christians and executed them regardless of age and sex. (PNA)

Muslim Filipinos repulsive of Maute Group’s ideology

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HE extremism idealogies being espoused by the ISIS-inspired Maute Group does not sit well with the Muslim Filipinos who have grown up in the peaceful and just teachings of traditional Islam.

This was bared by Dr. Rohan Gunaratna, a Singaporean analyst on security affairs during PTV-4’s Coun-

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DILG backs DND, AFP in implementation of ML

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HE Department of Interior and Local Government is supporting the effort of the Department of National Defense and the Armed Forces of the Philippines in the implementation of martial law in Mindanao.

This was disclosed by DILG officer-in-charge Undersecretary Catalino Uy in an ambush interview at the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Quezon City on Friday.

“We support the DND and AFP effort. They are the administrator and implementor of martial law there in Mindanao,” Uy said.

The acting DILG chief made the disclosure as the DND issued the arrest order against 186 people accused of rebellion.

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte declared martial law in Mindanao last May 23 after the terrorist Maute group led by brothers Omar and Abdullah Maute, together with Isnilon Hapilon, the leader the terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), took siege of Marawi City.

“So the PNP (Philippine National Police) being under the DILG, we support that effort, especially when the suspects are arrested, cases should be filed against them,” Uy said.

The DILG official stressed that the role of the PNP commanders on the ground is to support the operations of the AFP. “We always encourage the joint operations of the AFP and the PNP,” Uy said. (Perfecto T. Raymundo/PNA)

PH to add 7 drug rehab, treatment centers soon

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HE country will soon have an additional seven drug rehabilitation centers soon.

Dr. Wilma Diez from the Department of Health on Friday said an additional seven centers which will be donated by partners will be added to the current 46 drug abuse treatment and rehabilitation centers in the country.

Diez told the Philippine News Agency that memorandum of agreements were already signed for all these seven centers.

“Those seven are already in the works. Our donors are committed. Some of the facilities have already gone through a ground breaking (ceremony)” she said.

DOH will manage the additional centers, which Diez said will be located in Agusan Del Sur, Sarangani, Bohol, Bukidnon, Bicutan, Davao and Cavite.

According to Diez, among the donors of the new centers are China, JICA and Megaworld.

In a press conference held at the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) office in Quezon City, Diez cited the importance of drug

rehabilitation and treatment centers, as these are where the DOH treats severe cases of drug dependency or addiction.

She told PNA that from July 2016 to May 2017, the DOH has recorded a total of 2,041 severe cases admitted in the centers.

Of this figure, she said 1,263 are already well. The others, she said, were those who opted to drop out, those who were referred to mental hospitals, and others have died.

Those who have severe cases usually have psychiatric problems, she cited.

“Treating severe cases normally takes six months based on court order,” Diez said, adding that after six months, there is still a post-rehabilitation process.

Diez emphasized that the key to address drug addiction is to have the commitment of the patient, and also of the community.

In the same press conference, Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) officer-in-charge Catalino Cuy said that a big portion of drug surrenderers require community-based rehabilitation.

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PCL leader urges President to form charter change body

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HE Philippine Councilors League which committed to help in the campaign for Federalism, is urging President Rodrigo Roa Duterte to already form the Presidential Commission for Charter change for the move to have a direction and determine the model that will be adopted for the Philippines.

PCL National Chairman, Baguio Councilor Elmer Datuin, in an interview on Thursday afternoon said they have already conducted “Federalism 101” sessions where the benefits of the said system of government was explained

to different groups. The advantages and disadvantages of federalism were also explained during talks of members of the PCL around the country.

Datuin explained that the commission that the President will create will come up with a model and recommend to the two chambers of the congress the final version, which when approved will be subjected to a plebiscite.

He relayed that during the last meeting of the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines (ULAP), a conglomerate

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EAGLE-EYED. Security personnel belonging to Task Force Davao conduct a thorough inspection at a random checkpoint along R. Castillo Street in Davao City on Saturday. Lean Daval Jr

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GPH, MILF to create info roadmap to educate public on peace process

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HE government (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) will create a single communications roadmap to strengthen the knowledge of the public on the Bangsamoro peace process.

GPH implementing peace panel chair Irene Santiago and MILF implementing peace panel chair Mohagher Iqbal met last Wednesday and Thursday to work on the common communication roadmap for a two-day workshop funded by The Asia Foundation, according to a press statement issued by the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP).

Irene Santiago, chair of the government’s peace implementing panel shows the

two-page joint statement she signed with MILF’s peace implementing panel chair Mohagher Iqbal on August 14, 2016 during the launch of the implementation phase of the GPHMILF peace process in Kuala Lumpur. MindaNews file photo

by CAROLYN O. ARGUILLAS Santiago said it is important that the passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) will get the support of the public in order to start the full implementation of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro signed by the government with the MILF in 2014.

The five-member coordinating committee of the 21-member Bangsamoro Transition Commission will meet

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A group of workers braves the heavy downpour just to get home from work along R. Magsaysay Ave. in Davao City on Friday evening. Lean Daval Jr

leads Independence Duterte on martial law: Marawi Dureza Day celebrations in Zambo siege reached critical moment P

Admits he was not proud and happy about it

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RESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Friday justified his declaration of martial law in Mindanao at the onset of Marawi siege by terrorists.

“We know what we are doing,” he told critics of his declaration.

Duterte said he declared martial law “because the AFP (Armed Forces of the Philippines), PNP (Philippine National Police) told me the Marawi situation has reached a critical moment.”

The Marawi conflict entered its 17th day on Friday, June 9. More than 200 people have died in the firefights, including 40 government troops and at least 30 civilians. The Army listed 140 terrorist fatalities while local government officials said more than 200,000 residents have evacuated to safer grounds since the extremists attacked the country’s only Islamic city on May 23.

President Duterte said he was not proud he had to place

the island of Mindanao under military rule.

“But I am not proud of it, I am not happy,” he said during his traditional “Talk to the troops” with soldiers of the military’s 603rd Infantry Brigade here.

“I have no intention to perpetuate in power,” he added, dismissing claims of the opposition that his intention was to stay longer in Malacanang.

During his visit, President Duterte also vowed to provide all military personnel a brand

new cal. 45 pistol. He warned the soldiers: “I give you cal. 45 pistol but do not allow your enemy to take it away from you while you are still alive.”

“Wait for the guns, it will be delivered this year,” he said.

Before flying to Davao from here, Duterte told soldiers: “I pray that all of you will survive…am very sad for those who lost lives.”

“We have to help each other…at the end of the day, mga Filipino tayo,” he concluded.

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followed by the wreath laying rites and a a short program.

Salazar said that the city government officials and employees as well as representatives from different government and non-government agencies, including civic organizations and people’s organizations are set to participate in the event.

Independence Day or “Araw ng Kalayaan” celebrates the nation’s independence from decades of Spanish rule.

Historical records show that Philippine independence was formally proclaimed on June 12, 1898 with the reading of the Proclamation of Independence in Kawit, Cavite.

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lieves that the anti-drug efforts of the province will become a success because of its proactive role in forging partnerships with other institutions that have programs and resources that can contribute to achieve its goals in eradicating the drug menace here. “Hopefully this facility will significantly help the drug reformists redirect their lives,” said Rodriguez who also happens to be the Provincial Government’s bridge to the Filipino-Chinese group, making it possible for the province to tap the group’s financial support.

Davao Oriental is not new in terms of availing donations from the Filipino-Chinese group as it has previously donated fifteen school buildings across the province. “They were happy with the Provincial Government’s implementation of their programs,” she said, adding that it has helped build the group’s confidence to pour more funding to the province for yet another meaningful project touted to have a huge impact in the society.

Governor Dayanghirang expressed his gratitude to the Filipino-Chinese businessmen headed by its President Eduardo Bangayan for their support

in the province’s thrust to fight the drug menace.

“It is our duty to uplift the welfare of the people that is why we prioritize the rehabilitation of the drug users through the construction of this residential treatment and rehabilitation facility which is a historic first in the province. It’s the answer to the great challenge posed by the illegal drug problem,” said Gov. Dayanghirang, stressing that with the huge number of drug reformists who have surrendered, the province has every reason to put up a rehabilitation center.

Aside from strengthening partnership with all stakeholders and the Provincial Government’s intensified efforts in the information campaign against illegal drugs, the Governor is sending a strong message to all stakeholders to mobilize all resources to help solve the most serious problem on illegal drugs. “I call on the police, barangay chairs and all those occupying seats of power in this campaign. Let us double our efforts. We shall not stop until the last drug lord, the last financer, the last pusher has surrendered and put behind bars.

DavOr’s first drug rehab center to rise

M With Governor Dayanghirang during the groundbreaking ceremony are DOPPO Provincial Director PSSUPT Harry G. Espela,; DILG Provincial Director Yvette Sunga, Provincial Administrator and PADAC Officer Art Benjie C. Bulaong, Provincial Consultant Cynthia Rodriguez who represented the FFCCCII, and 701st Brigade Commander of the Philippine Army Col. Reuben Basiao.

RESIDENTIAL Adviser on the Peace Process Secretary Jesus Dureza will be the guest of honor at the 119th Independence Day celebration on Monday in this city.

The city government will spearhead activities, which will kick off 7:00 a.m. at the Plaza Rizal, fronting City Hall, with the flag raising ceremony.

The flag raising ceremony will be simultaneously done in all cities and provinces with Zamboanga City as one of the key cities to be featured during the nationwide coverage of the event.

Mayor Maria Isabelle Climaco-Salazar said it will be

ATI CITY, DAVAO ORIENTAL – A new initiative to help treat drug reformists and to cut the cycle of drug addiction has started to materialize here as the Provincial Government and the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (FFCCCII) breaks ground on the province’s first Drug Rehabilitation Center.

Governor Nelson L. Dayanghirang led the facility’s historic groundbreaking ceremony on Friday, June 9 at the Provincial Government Compound in Sitio Magay, Barangay Don Martin Marundan in the City of Mati.

Based on the initial plan, the facility which is set to be completed within 40 days consists of two one-story buildings, separating male residents from the females. One of the buildings is being donated by the FFCCCII while the other is being funded by the Provincial Government. Upon completion of the first two buildings, a separate administration building is also set to be constructed to house the offices of the staff.

Provincial Consultant Cynthia Rodriguez, who represented the Filipino-Chinese group of businessmen, said she be-

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DA-PRDP launches P95.5M road rehab in Davao del Sur T

DTI, DOLE to conduct jobs, business fairs on June 12

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NOTHER road network is expected to facilitate easy transport of farm produce in Davao del Sur. This came after Davao del Sur Governor Douglas Ra. Cagas and Department of Agriculture regional Director Ricardo M. Oñate, Jr. led the groundbreaking of P95.5-million farm to market road project in Magsaysay, Davao del Sur. The 8.7 km FMR rehabilitation will cover the barangays of Tacul, San Isidro, and Poblacion and under the infrastructure component of the DA-Philippine Rural Development Proj-

ect (PRDP).

Oñate, who is also the concurrent PRDP project director for Mindanao cluster says the FMR plays a crucial role in agricultural production as road access connects farmers to markets.

“Better road network can reduce travel time and postharvest losses which in turn increases farmer’s income,” he said.

Governor Cagas for his part says infrastructure support such as FMR will further boost socio-economic activities in farming communities in the

province considering that most of the rural households are dependent on agriculture as their source of income.

Construction, rehabilitation and upgrading of FMR had been identified as one of the priority interventions based on the value chain analysis conducted with key agri stakeholders in the area.

The proposed road section if upgraded will support transport of major produce such as banana, coconut, mango, rubber, and coffee. The VCA shows that major economic activities in the area is the “buy and sell”

of these commodities where barangay Tacul serves as consolidator and deliver it to the market center in Magsaysay as well as the neighboring town of Bansalan.

Tacul is also the entry point of some barangays in the town of Tulunan in North Cotabato where trading of farm produce is also taking place.

“Improved road network opens more economic activities which could even transcend beyond boundaries and connects farmers to new markets,” Oñate says. (Noel T. Provido- DA11)

HE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) are set to conduct nationwide jobs and business fairs dubbed as Trabaho, Negosyo at Kabuhayaan (TNK)–Kalayaan Edition on Independence Day, 12 June.

In support of the commemoration of the 119th year of Philippine Independence with the theme “Pagbabagong Sama-Samang Balikatin”, DTI will organize entrepreneurship training/seminars and set-up Negosyo Center desks, while DOLE will organize job fairs.

Jointly with DTI, DOLE will also organize the Kabuhayan Livelihood Fair to promote products of micro enterprises.

“The conduct of the TNK Jobs and Business Fairs is part of the government’s initiative to promote employment and entrepreneurship for our people. As we celebrate Independence Day, our modern day call is to set our citizens free from poverty, free from usurious interest rates and free from unemployment or underemployment,” said DTI Secretary Ramon Lopez, adding that job creation is one of the agency’s principal goals.

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AER says retained VAT exemptions‘unfair’to small coops, entrepreneurs

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LEADER of an economic reform advocacy group said the retention of the value-added tax (VAT)-exemption privilege for all cooperatives under the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Act (TRAIN) bill approved by the House of Representatives is “extremely unfair” not only to taxpayers who are non-coop members, but even to small coops earning less than P100,000 a year.

According to an Action for Economic Reforms leader, this retained blanket VAT-exempt privilege will allow even affluent cooperatives earning hundreds of millions or even billions of pesos annually to continue taking advantage of this tax perk that should have been reserved only for cooperatives which truly cater to the poor.

Among the businesses that have registered with the Cooperatives Development Authority so that they could benefit from the VAT exemp-

tions include those in the aviation, insurance, and housing industries whose business models are not essentially cooperatives, Madeiline Joy Aloria of the AER noted.

“This is not only unfair between cooperatives and non-cooperative enterprises; it is also unfair within the sector of cooperatives itself.

The majority of cooperatives (75%) do not even reach P1.9 million in revenues, which is the current threshold for VAT exemption. The bottom 50% of cooperatives in the registry of the CDA only earns an average of around P100,000 annually,” Aloria said in a commentary.

Aloria cited as an example an unnamed Taguig-based cooperative, which, based on CDA records, earned P1.9 billion in 2015. This cooperative did not pay any VAT, unlike Potato Corner, a flavored-fries franchise that recorded P1 billion in gross sales but paid the VAT, she said.

“This is most inequitable; surely the cooperative with sales of P1.9 billion belongs to a different category than most of the poor cooperatives. The rich cooperatives have the ability to pay,” she added.

“Continuing to exempt rich cooperatives is extremely unfair to thousands of social enterprises in the country that are paying the VAT. It is also most unfair to the overwhelming number of Filipinos who are deprived of essential services because of the revenue losses arising from the VAT leakage,” Aloria said.

She added that VAT exemption for coops is “easy to game” because any entity can incorporate itself into a cooperative to enjoy the VAT exemption on goods and services it will sell--and then take advantage of the “biggest loophole,” which prohibits the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to audit coops without prior CDA consent even if the CDA itself has no

capacity to distinguish sales between coop members and non-members.

“The ease of cover up and tax evasion has incentivized numerous big entities such as those taking on lending activities to declare themselves as cooperatives. Yet some of these cooperatives are engaged in credit and charge their members and non-members up to 60% annually,” Aloria said.

House Bill No. 5636, or the TRAIN, was approved by a 246-9 vote with one abstention last May 31 by the House of Representatives before the Congress adjourned sine die.

HB 5636 is a consolidation of the original tax reform bill—HB 4774—filed

by Quirino Rep. Dakila Carlo Cua with 54 other tax-related measures. TRAIN is the first package of the Duterte administration’s Comprehensive Tax Reform Program (CTRP) crafted by the Department of Finance. (PNA)

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CB Mall Urdaneta Nepo Mall Dagupan, Pangasinan Candon Civic Center, Candon City, Ilocos Sur Manna Mall, San Fernando City, La Union Estrella Gym, Rosales, Pangasinan

Cagayan State University Gymnasium – Caritan Campus Tuguegarao City Malolos Convention Center, Bulacan Binangonan Auditorium, Rizal

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ment’s Blueprint for Decent Employment and Entrepreneurship, which was crafted by different government agencies, members of the academe and the private sector.

Said Blueprint carries specific targets including full employment, a 5% unemployment rate and 7.5 million jobs by 2022 mainly in the Key Employment Generating Sectors (KEGS) such as manufacturing, agri-fishery, Information Technology-Business Process Management (IT-BPM), tourism, retail trade and construction.

Investments in said sectors are promoted by DTI. In his first State of the Nation Address, President Rodrigo Duterte said that when employment is not an option, for instance in extremely rural neighborhoods, entrepreneurship will be advocated.

DTI and DOLE, together with the local government units and other stakeholders from the academe, industry, labor, and civil society organizations, will sign the declaration of commitment entitled Freedom from Poverty to signify support and action, as well as to achieve the targets embodied in the Blueprint for Decent Employment and Entrepreneurship.

Below is the schedule of TNK Jobs and Business Fairs.

San Jose, Occ Mindoro; Boac, Marinduque

Puerto Princesa, Palawan

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Daet Agri Sports Center, Camarines Norte

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Tacloban City Astrodome Seminars: Leyte’s 1st Congressional District Rep. Office

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Marty Mart Mall, Iloilo City Cebu City Sports Center

Entrepreneurship Sessions for OFWs at OWWA Office, Cagayan de Oro City City Hall Atrium, Tagum City SM City, General Santos City

Naligayan Grounds, Patinay, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur Butuan City Capitol Grounds, Butuan City NHCP Conference Rm.

PH being checked by ISIS after its failure in Indonesia

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HE Philippines, especially Mindanao, is being eyed by ISIS terrorists as another base for operations after their failure to establish a caliphate in Indonesia, a Singaporean analyst on security affairs has said.

The terror group’s expansion began in 2014 when ISIS decided to go beyond the borders of Iraq, Iran, Syria and the Middle East and set their sight on Africa, the Caucasus and Asia, Dr. Rohan Gunaratna said in a Skype interview during

PTV-4’s Countering Violent Extremism Forum Friday.

“The Philippines was selected because they (ISIS) could not establish a caliphate in Indonesia,” Gunaratna said, adding that ISIS also found in the Philippines local terrorist groups willing to support its extremism cause.

These include Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon’s group in Basilan, Abu Sayyaf sub-leader Hatib Hajan Sawadjaan’s band in Sulu, the Ansar

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Manufacturing output up by 5.7% this April

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HE country’s manufacturing output grew at a slower pace in terms of value and volume in April 2017, the Philippine Statistics Authority said.

The PSA, a National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)-attached agency, reported that factory output, as measured by the Volume of Production Index (VoPI), surged by 5.9 percent in April 2017, slower than the 12.8 percent in the previous month and the 10.1 percent in April 2016.

Value of Production Index (VaPI) also surged by 3.7 percent, lower than the 12.1 percent in the previous month and the 6.1 percent in April 2016.

The NEDA expects the country’s manufacturing output to remain positive despite its slower growth in terms

of value and volume in April 2017.

“Despite the slowdown at the onset of the second quarter, manufacturing output is expected to sustain its growth following anticipated increases in demand during the harvest season and the enrolment period in schools,” said Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia in a statement.

The growth in manufacturing output in April was attributed to the sustained production of petroleum products, transport equipment, and basic metals posting double-digit increases.

In particular, petroleum products posted a 51.7-percent increase in production due to higher demand for gasoline from Vietnam, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia and Indonesia. (Leslie D. Venzon/ PNA)

NEW RESTO. Chef Jeffrey Tabucan prepares a pasta dish inside the kitchen of his newly-opened restaurant named Cafe Canary located along Calachuci corner Acacia Streets, Juna Subd. in Davao City on Saturday. Lean Daval Jr

Tax reform proposal tagged Customs surpasses its May 2017 target ‘win-win’ package for Pinoys T Seen to increase workers purchasing power

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HE approval by an overwhelming majority in the House of Representatives of the first package of the Duterte administration’s Comprehensive Tax Reform Program (CTRP) is a “winwin” package for the Filipino people as it accomplishes the government’s twin goals of increasing the purchasing power of workers while raising spending for the poor, according to Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III. Dominguez said the CTRP’s first package, also known as the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Act (TRAIN), and other complementary measures will create for the government significant fiscal space estimated at some PHP133.8 billion in 2018 alone, representing 0.8 percent of the Gross Domestic

Product (GDP), which “will be used only for enhancing infrastructure, housing, education, health and social protection.”

“We are happy that the House of Representatives passed the tax reform package last May 31 with a majority of 246 congressmen who voted for it. This represents 90 percent of the Filipino population.

The overwhelming support from the House shows how seriously they consider the tax reform because it benefits the far majority of Filipinos, and everyone wants to see the economy grow and benefit them in the coming years,” Dominguez said at a press briefing after the 170th meeting of the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) on Friday (June 9) at the DOF central office in Manila.

“This is an important milestone signaling a strong possibility that this package may be enacted into law shortly after Congress resumes this July. The earlier the reforms are acted upon, the better we could plan for the 2018 budget,” he added.

Dominguez said the Department of Finance (DOF) and other agencies under the government’s economic team will continue to work hard to ensure that the Senate will pass a similar or even better version of the TRAIN that is consistent with the DOF proposal, when the Congress reopens for its second regular session in July.

Contrary to “rumors” that TRAIN is anti-poor, Dominguez said that taken as a complete package, the reforms spelled out in the bill “will en-

hance the inclusiveness of our economic growth and move us closer to the goal of bringing down poverty incidence to only 14 percent by 2022, or lifting 6 million Filipinos from poverty.”

“We take heart at the fact the passage of the tax reform measure was welcomed by nearly all stakeholders: businesses, international development partners, credit rating agencies and, most of all, wage earners,” Dominguez said.

He added: “The package accomplishes the dual goals of increasing disposable income for our workers and increasing spending for the poor. It is a win-win package for our people.”

While tax policy reforms are being pushed in the Congress, Dominguez said the

additional family income due to higher salary and stronger business activity, availability of more jobs and increase in the number of employed family members, and effective government policies.

In a briefing Friday, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Department of Economic Statistics (DES) Director Rosabel B. Guerrero said sustained positive consumer confidence in the second quarter this year was also due to the financial assistance of the government for the poor such as the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) and increase in pension, the expected increase in remittances from Overseas Filipino

Workers (OFWs) in line with the enrollment for school year 2017-18, and expected good harvest.

She said the improved outlook was registered across all income groups, namely the high-income group or those with monthly family income of Php30,000 and over; the middle- income group or those with monthly family of Php10,000-Php29,999; and the low-income group or those with family income of less than Php10,000.

“The high-income group remained to be the most optimistic, as they expected the presence of more investors in the country,” the central bank

said in a report.

The respondents, numbering to around 5,375 households taken from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) Master Sample List of Households, are also optimistic on their year-ahead outlook, with the index at 34.3 percent from 31.7 percent on the survey done in the first quarter of the year.

However, the index for the third quarter declined to 13.6 percent from 16.5 percent, which Guerrero said was attributed to expected increase in the prices of goods and higher expenses due to the start of the new school year. (Joann Santiago/PNA)

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HE Bureau of Customs has surpassed its target for May 2017 by 2.77 percent, collecting a total of P39.34 billion, which represents a 23.52 percent hike compared to the same period in 2016 when collections reached P31.85 billion.

In a report to Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III, BOC Commissioner Nicanor Faeldon also said that for the first five months of 2017, the Bureau collected a total of P176.06 billion, just 1.69 percent shy of the year-to-date target of P179.08 percent.

The figure also represents an improvement of 13.54 percent over the collections of P155.06 billion for the January-May period.

Faeldon said that for the period of May 1 to 31, 2017, the BOC collected P39.27

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More Filipinos adopt stock mart online trade

PH consumer confidence hits record-high in Q2‘17 O ONSUMER confidence in the Philippines posted its record-high index of 13.1 percent in the second quarter of 2017, which respondents of the central bank survey attributed partly to improved peace and order situation.

This lastest survey is the fourth consecutive quarter that consumer confidence stayed at the positive territory since rising to 2.5 percent in the third quarter of 2016 or the start of the Duterte administration.

Results of the Consumer Expectations Survey (CES) for the second quarter of this year, showed that other factors cited by the respondents are

billion in cash revenues and P70 million from its Tax Expenditure Fund (TEF), which represents import duties and taxes of state-owned firms.

In the January-May period, the BOC collected cash revenues totaling P175.62 billion and P440 million from the TEF, Faeldon added.

The BOC earlier announced that it collected P104.9 billion in taxes in the first quarter of 2017, exceeding the P104.28 billion target for the period.

It expects to collect P468 billion this year, up from the 2016 level of P396.37 billion.

Earlier, Dominguez exhorted BOC officials and employees to transform the agency into “a truly modern bureaucratic organization,” given that the agency and the

NLINE accounts at the Philippine stock market grew 27.8 percent to 302,516 from 236,669 in 2015, according to the annual Philippine Stock Exchange report.

PSE reported also that the total number of stock market accounts, which include both online and traditional accounts, was at 8.5 percent, from 712,549 accounts in 2015 to 773,187 at the end of 2016.

“Technology has played a big role in the growth of our investor base over the years. We are pleased to see that more Filipinos have continued to adopt online trading to invest in the stock market,” said PSE President and CEO Ramon S. Monzon.

Investors with online accounts trade themselves, typing in their buy or sell orders on

their online trading platform whereas investors with accounts in traditional stock brokerage firms have to call their broker to place their orders.

The minimum required amount to open an account and the broker’s fee of online stock brokerage firms are usually lower compared with their traditional counterpart. Online investors are typically provided research materials by their online broker while investors of traditional firms also get research reports and they can discuss their investing options with their broker.

The continued growth in online accounts also translated to higher trading activity.

In 2016, 53.7 percent of total market transactions, measured

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SCANDOR Development Corporation (Esdevco) recently released the construstion updates for its maiden project Matina Enclaves.

Project head Gerard Kent Garces on June 8 bared the contractor’s report for the completion rate for Building B which was placed at 96.5 percent while Building C is at 35 percent.

“We are satisfied with the progress of the construction works and so far we are right on target,” Garces said.

Building B is set for turnover late this month although there is no final announcement yet from the developer.

Building B now has a fully functional elevator while the Lobby is undergoing ongoing Atrium architectural work. It serves as the common area of the building.

Also ongoing is the construction of the Pool Deck and minimal unit finishes.

For Building C, construction on ongoing on the concreting of the 4th level. Likewise, the solid block is being installed along with the precast. The second floor parking is already complete.

Matina Enclaves, located at Quimpo Boulevard along Ecoland, Davao City, is a sprawling gated residential complex. It is the maiden venture into real estate development of the homegrown Esdevco owned by the Escandor family.

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HE House of Representatives has approved the initial package of the Duterte administration’s Comprehensive Tax Reform Program (CTRP) called the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion ct or TRAIN. the government refers to this measure as a “win-win” package for the Filipino people as it accomplishes the government’s twin goals of increasing the purchasing power of workers while raising spending for the poor.

With TRAIN, the government is expected to make room for significant fiscal space estimated at some PHP133.8 billion in 2018 alone, representing 0.8 percent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). According to Finance Secretary Sonny Dominguez, this will be used only for enhancing infrastructure, housing, education, health and social protection.

Barring any hitches, TRAIN should be passed by Congress as early as next month.

While some sectors hit the TRAIN as anti-poor, Dominguez

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said that taken as a complete package, the reforms spelled out in the bill “will enhance the inclusiveness of our economic growth and move us closer to the goal of bringing down poverty incidence to only 14 percent by 2022, or lifting 6 million Filipinos from poverty. The package is seen to accomplish the dual goals of increasing disposable income for our workers and increasing spending for the poor.

Under TRAIN, 83 percent of Filipinos will be spared from paying income taxes that will greatly increase their disposable income, which, in turn, will further rev up domestic market growth.

Now, these are amazing forecasts based on the research of proponents. The real thing will be in the actual implementation process when these tax reforms are set off on the ground.

It’s just the first step and the real goals may not yet be forthcoming in the near horizon but then again, that is how it goes.

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Martial law and memory

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HEN then President Ferdinand E. Marcos declared military rule on TV by reading Proclamation No. 1081 on September 23, 1972, we were in the town of Compostela, inside a bakery, with colleagues from Junior Free Farmers (JFF), the youth arm of the Federation of Free Farmers (FFF), a peasant organization founded by Jeremias Montemayor.

News of proclamation only sank in the evening after the elders, in what was supposed to be an evolving underground movement, briefed us on the implication of the event. As a young idealist who was mystified by activism and was willing to take the risk of taking up arms, the impact of the Marcos declaration only became real a month later when news of the military rounding up young men with hippie hairs started to seep in.

Then in my second year as a Juniorist with the Brothers of the Sacred Heart, our clique decided to move to the interior regions where military activity was practically unknown. Because it was semester’s break, there was time for us to do cross-country and recruit new members.

Our first foray, if my memory serves me right, commenced at the junction of barangays Concepcion and New Visayas, in the town of Mon-

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tevista, Compostela Valley Province.

Taking a trail that closely followed the meanders of Manat River, we made our noontime stop at a house owned by a Falcone, who treated us to a sumptuous lunch of stewed freerange chicken.

We were not just teenagers who were on a bivouac; we were toy soldiers carrying a vintage Springfield rifle, long knives, and an assortment of clothings neatly packed in a wornout shoulder bag. With no prescheduled destination, our feet brought us to interior settlements in Monkayo, like barrio Inambatan, which were accessible only by a canoe-type watercraft.

To secure us for the evening, the choice was to see the barrio school principal who, upon seeing her youthful visitors, invited us to dinner and offered a neat classroom for overnight stay. The gesture of hospitality was repeated the following morning when she took us to her residence for an early breakfast of scrambled egg, dried fish, and native coffee.

Except for some variations, the routine was practically the same until the news of our colleagues’ arrest reached us. Sad to say, the pursuers eventually caught up with them at Cabalinan, New Bataan. They were hauled into military trucks and brought to the Philippine Constabu-

FAST BACKWARD Antonio V. Figueroa lary (PC) stockade at Tagum City. For my part, I skirted the soldiers and returned safely to the formation house at the seminary grounds in Catalunan Grande, Davao City.

During summer vacation, we recruit new members from the interior regions, reaching as far as Union, in Monkayo, and the villages at the boundary of the town of Maragusan.

Reaching Maragusan by foot from San Fernando, New Bataan, was a daylong hike that brought us to obscure settlements like Baras-baras, while depending for food on fruits the residents gave.

Life beyond 1972 as an activist

was even more compelling. At school, during a weekend break, I met a young lady named Mae Monteclaro, who was on a visit to the seminary.

Simple and unassuming, she was an ideologue. Even while the abuses of the military were on the rise, she was not afraid to stand for her philosophy, which eventually cost her internment.

While detained at Camp Domingo Leonor, she would request her colleagues to smuggle a brief note to me. Often it was a small piece of paper folded to thumb size so it could not be seen by the scrutinizing jail wardens.

In a day or two, the message would be delivered at the dormitory by someone who did not even introduce himself.

The exchange of ‘inspirational’ notes would go on for months until the military guards, in a surprise inspection, opened piece by piece the luggages of the detainees at the PC barracks. To keep my latest note from being discovered Mae kept the letter, the size of small cellphone, under the pleats of her dress. Upon her release from custody, she would regal me with stories on how she was nearly forced to spill the beans and expose my connection.

Mae, with her freedom regained, continued her nursing studies until she passed the Board exam. She became one of the sponsors of my eldest

daughter during Baptism. It would take years before I bumped into her again and had a fleeting chat. She looked happy but I knew the fire of activism was still burning inside her.

This chance meeting took place after Terry Marasigan, a common friend and also an activist, died in a bus accident at Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur. Nothing has been heard ever since from the fighting nurse. There were reports she had returned to the mountains and became an amazon operating in Agusan del Sur, and there are also unconfirmed accounts she got married and has since settled outside the glare of militancy.

Unlike in Marcos-era martial law, the 1987 Constitution is equipped with more safeguards to deal with the military imposition President Rodrigo Duterte announced on May 23, 2017 for the whole island of Mindanao. At a time when terrorism, extremism, and extortion by insurgents have become social menaces, placing an entire region that has been consumed by bullets and blood for decades is a last resort.

For those who have observed the rise of Davao City under an iron-fisted leader, Duterte’s martial law proclamation, hopefully, will mirror the effectiveness he showed as a leader of a city that was once the hotbed of insurgency in the region.

Rodrigo Duterte, Senator Manny Pacquiao and Agriculture Secretary Manny Pinol for the release of his prize.

The Calinan, Davao City fighter who now trains at the Highland Boxing Gym in La Trinidad after failing to get his price money right after the fight then wrote Games and Amusement Board chairman Juan Ramon Guanzon through boxing division chief Nasser Cruz in a bid to collect his purse money worth $40,000 and $2,000 training allowance, which is close to P2 million. “Unfortunately, after the fight and up to this date, our promoter, Siphato Handi of Mamali Sports Promotions, failed to give what is due me as a boxer,” Loreto said in his letter.

The former world champion added Piñol, who was the chief executive officer of Sonshine Sports Management, earlier gave him $1,000 and another $300 to Jorda as South African boxing promoter Siphatho Handi, who is also the manager of Joyi, failed to remit the amount of $45,000 representing Loreto’s purse and that of another Filipino boxer, Jetly Purisima, who fought in the undercard of the championship bout but lost a 10-round bout by decision.

Jorda meanwhile hopes Loreto’s fight purse will be paid so the former world champion can finally savor his victory.

“Umaasa po kami na sana po matulongan kami dahil dalawang taon na mula noong aming world title defense kontra kay Joyi pero hanggang ngayon po ay di pa po kami nababayaran sa fight po na iyon,” Jorda said in his post.”

I do not like to say that we should hold Pinol responsible for the prize money that never reached Loreto.

But as a match-maker then, he was half the reason why Loreto and Jorda travelled with him to South Africa in the first place. It is also one thing to get the side of Pinol before coming to a conclusion which is what I wanted to do in case the respected Agriculture secretary comes to Davao.

There seemed only one way to clear the matter and to remove any hint at irregularity on the part of Pinol when he was not yet a high government official. First, he should make a clean breast once and for all as to what really happened in South Africa. Second, he must by all means help Loreto get hold of his prize money.

Otherwise, it will be an issue that will continue to haunt him for the rest of his life. I am inclined to believe that the good Agriculture secretary (who is part of a Duterte team that vows to bring about equity for all Filipinos) will in due time bring the matter to rest to the satisfaction of all concerned. (30)

Rey Loreto, the Davao boxer in search of title and justice

NE skilled Filipino boxer that has floated in and out of sports consciousness is 26-year old Rey Loreto of barangay Tamayong in Davao City’s Calinan district.

If little is known about him in Davao City, this is because Loreto has over the past five years made the capital town of La Trinidad, Benguet his base as a member of the Highland Boxing stable under Brico Santig.

Loreto was a virtual unknown when he joined the stable, having more losses than wins to show for his efforts.

But Joven Jorda, the internationally-known trainer of the stable, saw something in him that reminded him of his own boxing career before he went into full-time coaching and training of new talents.

As a young boxer from Leyte, Jorda himself has this ‘hunger in his eyes’ in his quest for boxing glory.

But he went on to accumulate 47 fights in a career that saw him toting his bags across countries before he hang up his gloves.

In Japan, he fought as ‘Jorda Ishihara’ and spoke Japanese so well he is called upon time and again to train young Japanese boxers. One of those who tasted defeat in his hands was the Thai Meggoen Singsurat who had inflicted on the upcoming Manny Pacquiao one of his losses early

on in his career.

In just about two years under Jorda, Loreto blossomed into a formidable fighter and looked good enough that in 2014, Santig and Jorda did not hesitate to send him to Monte Carlo, Monaco for the fight of his life against reigning IBO world light flyweight champion Nkosinathi Joyi of South Africa.

Loreto looked nervous at first but there was no hesitation when he stepped into the ring and knocked out Joyi in the first round.

Joyi asked for a rematch and Loreto’s camp was only too glad to oblige. This time the fight was set in March 22, 2015 in South Africa.

With Loreto this time around was Emmanuel Pinol (now the secretary of Agriculture) in his capacity as matchmaker.

As in 2014, Loreto had no idea of prolonging the fight if he could help it so when the bell rang, he promptly went into the offensive. Joyi showed spunk but had no answer to a series of combinations that Loreto unleashed that sent him to the canvas at least twice for an abbreviated finish in the first round!

My source to this story was Jorda himself. And I am sure that had Pinol (an accomplished sportswriter himself) chose to write about this event, he could have done a far more accurate story, having been there.

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The other story that brought tears to Jorda every time he recounts the story was the revelation that Loreto was not paid the P2Million prize money to this day!

Here is the Sun.Star Baguio’s follow-up story: “Rey Loreto in 2015, retained his IBO light flyweight title against Nkosinathi Joyi in South Africa via a firstround knock-out with Pinol serving as match-maker.

After two long years, Loreto has yet to be paid of his purse. Boxing trainer and coach Joven Jorda took to social media to spill his disgust and to plead for help from President

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SECOND BEST... FROM 1 ally harvested then fermented on the farm to further enhance naturally the complex flavor of cocoa,” he said.

Being in agriculture for three decades, the Puentespina family went into chocolate business in 2012, with premium single-origin cocoa liquor as its first product until it

branched out to Malagos 65%, 72%, and 85% Dark Chocolates, and Malagos Roasted Cocoa Nibs.

Its chocolates are exported to Japan, Thailand, Singapore, London, Australia, New York and other parts of the United States. (Antonio L. Colina IV / MindaNews)

According to Estoquia, as of now, a violator will only be issued an invitation slip, inviting him/her to the CTTMO for an orientation and seminar on the ordinance, pending the approval of the citation tickets which would cost P 100.00 for the violating pedestrian and P 200.00 for the driver.

CTTMO representative Charlotte Parba said that it is essential that students should not be exempted to be apprehended because they need to be educated.

“Students are not exempted because we believe that it is better for the younger gen-

eration for them to be moulded into followers of the traffic rules and regulations especially in jaywalking.”

Furthermore, Parba said that following the anti-jaywalking ordinance is only for their good and safety.

For this school year, CTTMO deployed additional personnels in school areas to guide students in crossing pedestrians.

Since the Anti-Jaywalking Ordinance started its implementation on December 2, 2016, it has apprehended a total of 21,335 pedestrians as of May 31 this year.

were arrested, were assorted firearms and ammunitions, Sindac said.

It was learned that law enforcers had been tracking down Farhana who was reportedly purchasing vehicles and weapons as they were planning their exit out of Lanao del Sur. Farhana is reported to be actively helping his two sons, Abdullah and Omarkhayyam, in their operations. The Maute Group are fighting the government forces in Marawi City since May 23 when law enforcers tried to arrest Isnilon Hapilon, a known Abu Sayyaf leader.

Their father, Cayamora Maute, was also arrested at a checkpoint in Sirawan, Davao City, on June 7.

The Marawi siege has already displaced thousands of residents fleeing the fighting and has caused the deaths of dozens of soldiers, insurgents, and civilians.

The military said it is expected to neutralize the Maute group, whose members have been occupying certain areas in Marawi’s downtown district, on Monday, June 12, in time for the celebration of the Philippine Independence Day. (PNA)

Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) are the two primary revenue tools that the government relies on to support its growth strategy anchored on massive public investments in infrastructure, human capital and social protection for the poor and other vulnerable sectors.

The finance chief said that modernization will also enable the BOC to better facilitate trade, fight smuggling and bar the entry of illegal drugs and terrorists from the country’s borders.

Dominguez said the Duterte administration’s ambitious spending plan will require immense revenue inflows on top of the official development assistance that the government expects to get from other countries in the medium term.

“The role of the Bureau of Customs is more than just improving revenue collection to provide government the wherewithal to fund public investments. We expect the Bureau to continuously improve its procedures and processes to facilitate trade.

This is important in building an investments-led growth that will produce employment opportunities for our people,” Dominguez said at a recent BOC command conference.

Dominguez said agencies

like the BOC and the BIR do not actually collect for the government, but “for the people of the Philippines,” with the State only allocating how the taxes and duties it collects would be spent.

“So when people are cheating and not paying their right taxes or duties, they are not cheating the government, they are cheating the Filipino people. So you are the guardians of that. You should keep that in mind, that these funds don’t belong to the government, they belong to the Filipino people. We are just entrusted to collect it and to allocate it. You are collecting on behalf of the Filipino people,” Dominguez told the bureau’s officers and employees.

Dominguez said all BOC officers and employees play “an important and patriotic role in this government’s effort to liberate millions of Filipinos from poverty” as their ability to collect taxes “is important to ensuring fiscal stability as we embark on an ambitious strategy to bring our economy to a higher plane of growth.”

This growth strategy will provide the means that would enable the government to bring down the poverty rate from 21.6 percent in 2015 to only 14 percent by 2022, Dominguez said. (PNA)

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of elected officials in the different levels of the government, two weeks ago, the group discussed possible models which the country can adapt.

He mentioned of the French, Sweden, American and Malaysian model of a federal form of government. “The most applicable model we think, for the Philippines is the Malaysia model,” he said.

While there are many officials in government as well as private persons who support President Duterte’s campaign for a shift in the country’s democratic form of government to federalism, the top question asked, he said is

“what model to follow.”

Datuin also said PCL is pushing for the inclusion of their sector in the commission that President Duterte will form.

During the term of former President Corazon Aquino, a 50-man commission was created, which drafted the 1987 Constitution.

During the term of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, she also created a 25-man commission that came up with a proposal for some changes in the country’s primary law, which, however did not materialize following the end of her term. (PNA)

Let us do our job and I assure you my unwavering support in the fight against the illegal drugs trade,” he stressed.

Aside from supporting the thrust of President Rodrigo Duterte of fighting the drug menace, the drug rehabilitation facility is touted to have the potential to drastically curb drug addiction and break the crime cycle in the province.

As the Provincial Government is yet to plan for the operation of the facility, the Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse

Council identifies the facility’s highlight services which include medical, psycho-social, educational and economic programs to drug reformists, among many others. Tucked away from the city’s center and with a spacious area for future expansion, the facility’s tranquil location makes it conducive for treatment. The presence of the 701st Brigade military camp nearby makes the facility more secure from threats. By Karen Lou Deloso/ Photo by Eden Jhan Licayan

in terms of number of trades, were accounted for by online accounts.

This was the first year that online transactions were responsible for more than half of

the market’s total transactions.

Online trades registered a 41.4 percent growth in value turnover, which translated to a 9.3 percent share in the market’s total value turnover.

DOF will continue to institute reforms in the Bureaus of Internal Revenue (BIR) and of Customs (BOC) to improve tax administration and boost revenue collections.

“While awaiting the passage of the tax reform package, we have been working double-time doing the necessary administrative reforms in our revenue agencies. This has yielded early fruit. Collections growth in both the BIR and Customs is at double-digits.

Meanwhile, the DBM is working hard to ensure the spending plan for this year is accomplished fully,” he said.

“Moving forward, the administration and its partners in civil society and the private sector will work hard to ensure that the Senate will pass a package, consistent with the administration’s proposal, especially since the President has certified this already as an urgent and priority measure,” Dominguez said.

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again this weekend to finalize the new draft of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) before its submission to the Office of the President either June 14 or 15.

Members of the coordinating committee are also chairing the five committees of the BTC – Atty. Firdausi Abbas on Security and Justice Committee, Atty. Jose Lorena on Transitory Committee, Atty. Raisa Jajurie on Fiscal Autonomy, Atty.

Hussin Amin on Basic Rights, and Mohagher Iqbal on Fiscal Autonomy and as head of the MILF Implementing Peace Panel.

During the Mindanao Hour held Thursday at the Royal Mandaya Hotel here, Santiago said the President is expected to certify the BBL as urgent bill.

She said they are hoping that President Rodrigo R. Duterte will mention during his state of the nation address on July 24 that the bill is a priority bill.

Once the BBL is passed in Congress, it will pave for the creation of a new Bangsamoro entity that will replace the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. (Antonio L. Colina IV / MindaNews)

Khalifa Philippines in the Soccsksargen region, the Maute Group in Lanao del Sur, and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, to name a few.

With these new alliances, Gunaratna said, the ISIS saw an opportunity to create a new threat landscape in the southern Philippines.

When asked why the Maute Group, which is now locked in a battle with government forces after attacking Marawi City, decided to follow and indoctrinate its supporters with Wahhabism, the Singaporean security analyst

said this is because its founders, Omar and Abdullah, both studied in the Middle East and brought home this Middle Eastern type of ideology.

Wahhabism is defined as an ultra-conservative form of Islam that justifies punishments for those who don’t follow its teachings.

To counter this, Gunaratna said the Philippines should maintain its local tradition of Islam, the one that espouses tolerance and peace that has existed in the country for centuries. (Priam F. Nepomuceno/PNA)

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Flashback to simpler times

Entering the Nurture Farmacy.

Showing the work needed to de-husk rice in the olden days.

TIME FLIES FAST THESE DAYS, with Facebook posts and news flying out at a breakneck pace, it is a wonder how we Urbanites can cope with so many distractions. There are times when I feel burnt out from work and that is when I decide to disconnect from the digital to recenter my mind.

On a recent trip to Tagaytay together with Summit Hotels and Cebu Pacific, I was able to do just that as part of our itinerary included a visit and tour of Nurture Wellness Village which is located just a short 15-minute drive from Summit Ridge Hotel Tagaytay.

A pioneer in the Philippine spa and wellness industry, Nurture Wellness Village is located deep amidst coffee orchards,

Taking a sip of Nurture Wellness Village’s guyabano leaf tea.

Learning a bit of vermiculture.

and offers a distinctive brand of “Ecotherapy” or healing by and through nature. Proudly Fipipino, it a unique Filipino wellness experience which is evident from its unique Ifugao native huts to its Filipino themed décor to its therapeutic Filipino themed spa treatments, to its Filipino fusion cuisine in its restaurant.

The experience I loved the most though was the tour across Nurture Spa’s Nurture Farmacy.

An educational tour tailored to educate ur-

banites of the beauty of organic and healthy food, the Nature Farmacy is the Nurture Spa’s own working farm that produces the kale, arugula, herbs, and the many fruits used for its restaurant and treatments.

The section of the farm features the many different herbs, fruits and vegetables planted in the shape of the human organs that benefit from consuming them.

From the brain down to the heart, liver, and even down to gonads, the farm is an educational visual treat for kids and adults alike. The walk around the garden’s pathways was refreshing as well, thanks to Tagaytay’s cool mountain air.

Walking past the first section, we arrived at Lola’s Garden where we were met by lola herself who explained the dif-

Meeting Lola at her garden of traditional medicinal plants. ferent uses of medicinal tour for me however, was herbs and plants. It was when we finally met the a virtual library of what Farmacy’s official mascot, herbal solutions our Maria Clara the carabao, Filipino ancestors used who was all too eager to whenever they have an eat the grass offered to ailment. There was also her by visiting guests. Of a farmhouse where many course that meant having of traditions such as cloth a selfie. But aside from weaving, de-husking rice that moment with Maria using a huge mortar and Clara, I never once looked pestle, and kite-making at my smartphone which was the digital break back were shown.

The star moment of the to simpler times that my

mind needed.

The Nurture Wellness Village is located at Pulong Sanigan, Barangay Maitim II West, Tagaytay City, Cavite.

Summit Ridge Hotel Tagaytay is located at Km. 58 Gen. Aguinaldo Highway, Maharlika West, Tagaytay City. For more information and room reservations, you can visit www.summithotels.ph.

Nurture Wellness Village’s Cathy Brillantes-Turvill (leftmost) together with the dynamic team Summit Hotels.

A selfie with Maria Clara the carabao.

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Team MX3 powers Alden Richards’ concert TEAM MX3 was excited to be a part of the first solo concert of heartthrob Alden Richards entitled Upsurge. The queue started as early in the afternoon as eager fans await on the matinee star at the Kia Theater.

The sold out concert last May 27 brought together fans of all ages and from different corners of the country. They braved the heavy rains and the traffic to see the soulful performance of Alden.

Before the concert, MX3 delighted the crowd with MX3 Hooray Game

on stage. Ten participants were able to add to the excitement of the night as the crowd cheered for them. They brought home exciting prizes from MX3. A number of avid followers of the MX3 Facebook page also won tickets to the concert as well as signed CDs of Alden.

One of the highlights of the night was the inspirational sharing of Bro. Alvin Barcelona.

He meaningfully shared to the thousands in the crowd his life changing story and how the good news of our salvation has transformed him to become an intrument of God. The audience listened intently as he

shared significant verses to convict the heart of the crowd to draw near to the word of God and open their hearts to hear the gospel.

It was indeed a night

to remember, a night filled with songs and an evening of a showcase of talents. It was a night where lives were touched and souls were won all in God’s greater glory.

The French Baker opens a shop at the ground floor of SM City Davao Annex, June 1. The company offers its customers a constantly improving lineup of breads and a commitment to provide the freshest, healthiest, and most affordable items. It’s lineup of healthy breads now includes whole-wheat, multi-grain, and the 100% Whole Grain Bread.

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She was merely an audience in one of the GMA Studios as she watched her brother, Kapuso heartthrob and one of the leading men in the current primetime series ‘Meant To Be’ Jak Roberto perform in Walang Tulugan five years ago.

But fast forward to 2017, she is now a household name on Philippine TV for breathing life to Danaya, one of the iconic Sang’gres in Encantadia.

Following her stardom, Sanya Lopez went to Vancouver for the Kapushow: Encantahan at Saya sa Canada last May 12 with her on-screen partner, Rocco Nacino. This show is one for the books as this is also her first trip abroad.

With a growing fan base, she is just getting the hang of being recognized as “Danaya” in public so it still came to her as a surprise when the same thing happened in Canada.

A flattered Sanya excitedly shared, “One of the memories that I took with

me from Canada ay yung ‘pag nasa labas kami, may bumabati sa aking ‘Danaya,’ tapos saka nila maaalalang ‘ay, Sanya nga pala!’”

With the warm welcome she received from fans, she became more excited to perform on the show. Sanya got too busy preparing for it and had little time going around Canada. When asked

about her travel plans, she faintly smiled and admitted that she failed to see famous tourist spots.

“First time ko talaga out of the country, so I was really looking forward to seeing everything. Nasa plano talaga namin na makapag-Stanley Park, but unfortunately umuulan noong nandoon kami. Pero yung mere fact na nara-

mdaman ko yung lamig, nakapag lakad-lakad sa daan, and went to different restaurants, na-excite talaga ako!”

However, the reward came in shortly after the Vancouver crowd showed her love and brought in huge banners while screaming out her name.

Now that she’s home, Sanya can’t help but spill her plans on coming back to Canada. “Everything about the trip was an instant favourite kasi eh.

Pero gusto ko pa sanang ma-explore ulit ang Vancouver, and mas matagal.

Sinabi ko sa sarili ko, babalik-balikan ko ang Canada because I also gained new friends there.”

Now that Encantadia has ended, Sanya wants to show her deep gratitude to everyone in the show— from Director Mark Reyes to fellow actors, as well as the production team. Apart from it opening a lot of new opportunities for her, she was also able to prove her prowess in acting and found a new family along the way. She is now preparing for more challenges in her career, and she vows to face them all head on.

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

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;

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

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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;

VICTOR 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

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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.

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

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: 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

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Filipino chocolate wins silver at international chocolate competition

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AVAO-BASED Malagos Chocolate bagged the Silver at the 2017 Academy of Chocolate Awards in London.

This is the fifth major international award for Malagos Chocolate and a major victory for Filipino cacao farmers.

The Academy of Chocolate made the announcement on June 5 awarding the Silver in the Plain Hot Chocolate category to Malagos 100% Unsweetened Chocolate. Last year, 2016, Malagos 100% Unsweetened Chocolate (Drinking Chocolate category) won SILVER and 2 STARS (out of 3 stars) at the Academy of Chocolate and Great Taste Awards in London, UK, respectively. In October 2015, Malagos 65% Dark Chocolate was given the SILVER in the World Drinking Chocolate Competition organized by the International Chocolate Awards in Hannover, Germany. In April of that same year, Malagos Unsweetened Chocolate also won the BRONZE Award for Best Unflavoured Drinking Chocolate at the 2015 Academy of Chocolate Awards in London, UK “I attribute the win to the hard work and dedication the farmers put in the preparation of the cocoa bean before it even becomes chocolate,” said Rex Puentespina, Chocolate Maker and Sales & Marketing director at Malagos Agri-Ventures Corp., the company that makes the award-winning chocolates.

Malagos Agri-Ventures is part of the Puentespina Group of Companies, which is owned and run by the Puentespina family of Davao. The family has been in the business of agriculture for more than three decades, starting out with various agricultural services and activities including tropical plants and flower production, as well as the manufacture of fine foods.

It works closely with more than 40 small farmers in Davao and grows its own cacao trees on its farm in Calinan, Davao City.

“Our chocolates are tree-tobar,” said Puentespina, emphasizing that the entire process of making Malagos Chocolates – including the planting, growing, fermentation, drying, sort-

ing, roasting and production of the chocolate – is done on the premises. Tree-to-bar chocolates possess a more distinctive and pronounced taste as the chocolate can be traced back to the unique characteristics of the cacao beans used in their manufacture. The area where Malagos Chocolate grows its cacao beans on the island of Mindanao is known to be a highly diverse agricultural area.

MalagosAgri-Ventures, Corporation has its own cacao nursery which is certified by the Bureau of Plant Industry. It also supplies true-to-type cacao seedlings, seeds and scions all over Mindanao.

The company started its chocolate business only in 2012, when it ventured into making premium single-origin cocoa liquor. It built on the training it received from the Mars Cocoa Sustainability Team on how to grow and produce high-quality cacao beans, and the technical assistance of the PUM (Programma Uitzending Managers), an organization of senior experts based in the Netherlands.

“We grow Trinitario clones, a cross between the Criollo and Forastero varieties, specifically and predominantly the UF 18, BR 25 and PBC 123 clones.

The beans we grow are considered as fine flavor beans. These beans are manually harvested then fermented on the farm to further enhance naturally the complex flavor of cocoa,” explained Puentespina.

Since its initial venture into chocolate-making, the company has invested in solar dryers, precision-controlled roasters, ball mill grinders, conching & tempering machines. The company still continuously upgrades its equipment and technology, producing other premium, single-origin chocolate products such as Malagos 65%, 72%, and 85% Dark Chocolates, and Malagos Roasted Cocoa Nibs. The award-winning entry, Malagos 100% Unsweetened Chocolate, was the company’s first efforts in its aim to produce high-quality, single-origin chocolates.

Winners are judged by the Academy of Chocolate and by a panel of international journalists, chefs, pastry chefs and experts in chocolate and food, paying particular attention to the product’s appearance, depth of aroma, flavor, length and complexity. The Academy of Chocolate was organized to campaign for better chocolate and promote greater awareness of the difference between fine chocolate and mass-produced chocolate confectionery.

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 11th Judicial region OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT-SHERIFF Davao City EJM-REM CASE NO. 16, 296-17 HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND or PAG-IBIG FUND, Mortgagee, -versus-

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 11th Judicial region BRANCH 17, Davao City IN RE: PETITION FOR CORRECTION IN THE ENTRY OF THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH

MA. SHARON G. SMITH rep. by EMMANUEL L EDILLOR, Mortgagor/s, x-------------------------------------------------------------------------x NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE Upon extra-judicial petition for foreclosure and sale under Act 3135, as amended, filed by the mortgagee Home Development Mutual Fund or Pag-Ibig Fund against the mortgagor/s MA. SHARON G. SMITH, single, with residence and postal address at LOT 23 BLOCK 44 DECA HOMES ESPERANZA BARANGAY TIGATTO, DAVAO CITY, represented by EMMANUEL L. EDILLOR, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of MARCH 31, 2017 amounted to EIGHT HUNDRED SEVENTY THREE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRER FORTY FIVE PESOS & 99/100 (Php873,345.99), Philippine Currency, inclusive of interest and penalty charges, plus attorney’s fees equivalent to ten percent (10%) of the total indebtedness plus other legal expenses incident to foreclosure and sale; the undersigned Sheriff IV of the Regional Trial Court, Davao City, will sell at public auction on June 22, 2017 at 10:00 A.M., or soon thereafter, at the main entrance of the Hall of Justice, Ecoland, Davao City, to the highest bidder for CASH or MANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following real property/ies mentioned and described below together with all the improvements found thereon, to wit: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 146-2013009823 “A parcel of land (Lot 23, Block 44 of the consolidation-subdivision plan Pcs-11-005103, being a portion of the consolidation subdivision of lot 469-C-3 xxx xxx, all of Psd-11-075515), situated in the Barangay of Tigatto, City of Davao, Island of Mindanao. Xxx Containing an Area of EIGHTY (80) SQUARE METERS, more or less.”

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

That in the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on JULY 20, 2017 without further notice.

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

Davao City, Philippines, May 19, 2017.

FOR THE EX-OFFICIO PROV’L. SHERIFF ALBERT C. ABEJARON Sheriff IV NOTED BY: ATTY. FRANSISCO M. CAMPANER Clerk of Court V OIC Clerk of Court & Ex-Officio Provincial Sheriff 5/28-29, 6/4-5, 6/11-12

Case No. R-DVO-17-01341-SP RENLEIGH MACAWILE CAÑAVERAL, rep. by this mother, ALTHEA LEIGH C. MACAWILE., Petitioners, - versus OFFICE OF THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR, DAVAO CITY, and RENANTE R. CAÑAVERAL, Respondent, x---------------------------------------x ORDER Petitioner, filed an Amended Petition, praying that after due notice and hearing, an Order be issued, ordering the Local Civil Registrar of Davao City to correct/change the surname of herein petitioner RENLEIGH MACAWILE CAÑAVERAL registered with their office as well as the records appearing before the National Statistics Office from CAÑAVERAL to MACAWILE. Other reliefs just and equitable under the premises are likewise prayed for.

Finding the Petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set hearing of the Petition on September 4, 2017 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning, ordering all interested persons to appear on the said date and show cause, why this Petition should not be granted.

Petitioner is directed to publish this Order, at least once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks, prior to the date of hearing in a designated qualified newspaper of general circulation, pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 1079.

Furnish a copy of this Order to the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Davao City, for raffling of the publication.

SO ORDERED Given this 26th day of May, 2017 at Davao City, Philippines.

EVALYN M. ARELLANO-MORALES Presiding Judge

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STAYING ALIVE

Cavs take Game 4, snap Warriors’perfect run

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OLDEN State’s perfect postseason is over, the champagne corks still in their bottles.

The Warriors had planned to party, to pay back Cleveland.

Everything’s on hold in the NBA Finals. The comeback Cavaliers are at it again.

LeBron James recorded a triple-double, Kyrie Irving scored 40 points and the Cavs, bothered by chatter from Golden State’s players, broke scoring records while outperforming the NBA’s most electrifying offense in a testy Game 4 filled with technical fouls Friday night, beating the Warriors 137-116 and snapping their 15-game playoff winning streak. ‘’We have championship DNA,’’ said James, who broke Magic Johnson’s record with his ninth triple-double in the Finals. ‘’We showed that tonight. We just kept our composure. We shared the ball, we moved the ball and defensively we were physical. It’s one game.’’

But it’s one they had to have,

and a series that wasn’t living up to its hype and seemed headed for a quick conclusion is California bound for Game 5 on Monday night. ‘’Our mindset is to go out there and get one,’’ James said.

The Cavs scored a Finals record 86 points in the first half and then held on during a wild third and fourth quarter that included technical fouls, James jawing with fellow superstar Kevin Durant and Cleveland’s crowd roaring like a jet engine.

No team has ever come back from a 3-0 deficit in the NBA playoffs.

But until the Cavs did it last year, no team had ever rallied from a 3-1 deficit to win the Finals. Cleveland took Game 3 at home, lost Game 4 and then won the final three - Game 7 in Oakland - to capture the city’s first sports championship since 1964.

As the final seconds ticked off, Cleveland fans chanted ‘’Cavs in 7.’’ ‘’Believeland is not going to give up,’’ Cavs coach Tyronn Lue

said, ‘’and we’re going to keep fighting. We’re going to keep scrapping.’’

The Warriors had swept their first three postseason series, dominated the Cavs for much of the first three games and were 48 minutes away from a title they’ve coveted for a year. Now, Golden State fans are holding their breath.

James said his teammates were upset by comments made by fiery Warriors forward Draymond Green. ‘’I didn’t hear it, but some of the other guys heard it and told me that they wanted to celebrate on our floor once again and they wanted to spray champagne in our locker rooms,’’ James said. ‘’So I just told guys, I didn’t stress anything besides just live in the moment.’’

the country its first Olympic gold medal since joining the quadrennial games in 1924.

Their expression of active support marked the 42nd anniversary celebration of Philippine-China diplomatic relationship and 16th Filipino-Chinese Friendship Day dubbed as the “2017 Filipino-Chinese Friendship Games.”

Chinese Consul Wang Siao Tong and Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) Executive Director lawyer Carlo Abarquez graced the momentous event which was held at Chiang Kai Shiek College gym (Manila) amid the afternoon

heavy downpour.

The weeklong sports festival features table tennis, badminton, basketball and golf.

Yap who described the present Philippine-China relation as “very close” outlined their association’s action to support the government efforts to improve sports especially in the grassroot level.

(Primo P. Agatep/ PNA)

Fil-Chinese biz group backs PH sports

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OP officials of the Federation of Filipino Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (FFCCCII) and the Filipino Chinese Amateur Athletic Federation (FCAAF) on Friday vowed to strengthened their support to Philippine sports.

Domingo Yap and William Gosiaco, president of FFCCII and FCAAF, and Jimmy Tan, chairman of the Philippine Wushu Federation (PWF), led federation officials in demonstrating their sustain assistance in the developing Filipino athletes for a higher level of performance towards giving

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K. Silence please.

The Cleveland Cavaliers kept their hopes alive after notching their first win in Game 4 of the NBA Finals with a scintillating 137 – 116 romp over the Golden State Warriors in the best-ofseven series in their homecourt.

This was the same situation they were in last year when Lebron James and company trailed 1-3 but overcame the deficit by taking the next three matches to steal the crown.

Fans and followers of Steph Curry fear that history might repeat itself.

Exactly, this is what coach Steve Kerr wants to prevent.

It’s like a deathly lightning that might strike them twice.

DRIVING THROUGH. Lebron James of Cleveland drives strong to the hoop.

It’s 1-3 but Warriors remain in charge

As in any championship game, emotions ran high as seven technicals were slapped by the game officials, four on GSW and three on CC. So, they are going back to Oakland for Game 5 where, before their own hordes of fans and supporters, the Warriors will strive – as did the Cavaliers last Friday – to put a big, bold period on the semi- resurgent Cavaliers.

I say “semi-resurgent” because the Cavs – the defending titleholders – are still not out of the grave even if we assume they snatch Game 5 anew for a 2-3 tally.

Great pressure is still on the Cavs and to play in hostile territory would doubly compound it. They lost Games 1 and 2 in embarrassing fashions

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By RED C. LUMBA

which, if the Warriors would only duplicate, would mean goodbye for them.

Game 3 was, of course, the more painful as the Cavs had the game already in their hands when the Warriors, down by a point, struck with a Kevin Durant trey to eventually turn the tables around.

I must say Game 4 revealed the true ferocity of the Cavaliers

which, sadly, they did not show in the first three meetings.

I reckon that Kerr would utilize homecourt advantage as a major point of coaching interest, noting how the Cleveland fans fired up the sagging spirits of their hometown heroes, despite the deep hole the Cavs were in.

As for the officiating, well…

The NBA style is far different from how basketball is played and officiated here.

There, some clear hand fouls are let go, including little push and shove here and there for as long as the situation does not adversely affect the movement of the player, especially the one with the ball.

But you will note that even with officiating lapses, they do not contribute to the winning

or losing of any team. That makes watching NBA basketball more exciting and thrilling as the action is not abruptly cut because of intermittent whistles here and there as they do here in the Philippines.

In Game 4, this was the first time I saw Irving hog the leather as basketball fans might have observed. Coach Lue’s instructions for Irving were for him to take charge especially on one-one-situations. That he made mincemeat of the Warriors’ defense is reflected on his score sheet (40 pts. +++).

I think though the loss is even a “welcome defeat” for Kerr and the entire GSW camp.

They would have wanted to claim the Cavs’ scalps and bring home the trophy but the opportunity did not surface. I

think Kerr is saving his team’s best as GSW will now have a better opportunity to wrap up the series before hometown fanatics since coaches usually accept the fact that it is highly improbable nor do they expect a sweep in a long drawn out best of seven finals.

Every game is a new one for each coach as both camps sit down with their coaching staff and analyze their weak points.

I bet you Kerr will not make adjustments. He will simply view the Game 4 tape and compare them with Games 1,2 & 3.

The GSW fans will make the Cavs adjust. (Email your feedback to fredlumba@yahoo.com.) GOD BLESS THE PHILIPPINES!

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