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HELPLESS. Personnel of Central 911 stare helplessly as fire gobbled up houses at the Muslim Village in Zone 5, Km. 11 Sasa, Davao City yesterday morning. Lean Daval Jr.

Fire razes 270 homes By ej DoMinic FernAnDez ejf@edgedavao.net

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N estimated 270 houses were razed to the ground in zones Sasa, Km. 11 Zones 1 to 5 by a fire that started at 8:34 a.m. yesterday, leaving hundreds of families homeless.

It was the first time in the city’s history that these many houses were destroyed by a single fire.

As of press time there was still no report on any casualty and the amount of damage to property.

Davao City Social Service and Development Office (CSSDO) emergency focal person, Maria Luz Farañal, told Edge Davao that the burned houses were built of light materials, adding that most of

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Zamora to COA, DPWH: ‘Explain how P3-B PDAF ‘went’to me’

By Antonio M. Ajero ama@edgedavao.net

SAFE IN THE WATER. Residents of Muslim Village in Km. 11 Sasa use a floating platform to safe-keep their belongings after one of the biggest fire in Davao City hit the area yesterday morning. The fire razed at least 270 houses, leaving hundreds of families homeless. Lean Daval Jr.

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here is my P3 BILLION? Pls….

HELP!!!”

This is the cover of the folder containing letters of Compostela Valley Vice Gov. Manuel E. Zamora to Commission on Audit (COA) chairperson Ma. GraciaPulido-Tan and Secretary Rogelio Singson of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and related documents.

More popularly known by his political monick-

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Not abolition

Region 11 leaders opt for SK reforms By ej DoMinic FernAnDez

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SMOKING COP. Davao City Police Office (DCPO) chief Ronald dela Rosa scolds a police operative who he spotted smoking while wearing a police uniform at Muslim Village in Km. 5 Sasa, Davao City where a fire broke out yesterday morning. Lean Daval Jr.

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EADERS of Region 11 are not for the abolition, but reforms, of the Sanguniang Kabataan but they are for the postponement of the SK elections on October 2013.

In the Department of Interior and Local Governance (DILG) 11 public consultation on the SK at the National Economic and Development Authority Regional Development Council (NEDA-RDC) 11 office, Bangkal Thurday, 13 out of 15 regional leaders opted for reforms while two voted for abolition.

The major reforms agreed on are: keep the SK at the barangay level and remove the municipal, city, provincial, and national SK federations; change the age bracket of SK officials and voters to 18-25 from 15-17; and to “change the collar” from SK to Barangay Youth Representative.

Vice governors Manuel “Way Kurat” Zamora (Compostela Valley), Joel Almrio (Davao Oriental), Victorio SuayBaguio (Davao del Nprte), Digos City Mayor Joseph Peñas, and Davao City Council-

AYAN Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate yesterday called the August 26 Luneta activity as a “storm” brewing in the horizon that will eventually wreck the systemic wastage, thievery and plunder of our people’s money; a “storm” that will smash this officially tolerated and institutionalized graft and corruption.

“While this “storm” is yet to make a “landfall”, the pork barrel scandal has shown that the Aquino administration’s “matuwid na daan” anti-corruption slogan is hollow, even sham, especially with the administration’s stubborn defense of the pork barrel and their refusal to abolish it, including PNoy’s very own portly pork barrel chunk,” added

the progressive solon.

“President Aquino’s order to suspend the implementation of the priority development assistance fund (PDAF) only showed that this pork barrel is actually a political tool that is within the whim and control of the executive,” he said.

“Yet, make no mistake about it, the president and his allies are still salivating to devour even more pork, once they see that the peoples’ outrage is over. This, we should no longer allow.

Nahigh-blood na ang mga mamamayan sa galit, tigilan na dapat ang kasibaan sa pork! We should already cut this voracious hunger for corruptive pork in our system of governance!” ended Rep. Zarate.

Davao City ready Zarate: Smash the‘pork’ B to host APEC meets “Y

ES we are ready,” said Department of Tourism (DoT) Region 11 Director Arturo P. Boncato Jr. when asked if Davao is ready to host any of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings with 500 to 1,000 delegates.

A 30-member inspection team for the APEC Summit slated in the country in November 2015 arrived in the city Wednesday for a three-day ocular inspection of the city’s

hotels and convention center from August 21 to 24. The team members were immediately given a taste of the Davao Punch, a drink which combines pomelo, guava and calamansi.

The team members are from different national agencies like the DOT and Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).

Davao submitted to the APEC National Organizing Committee last March 30 its bid to host the senior officials meeting during

‘Habagat’damage rises

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NCREASED losses to agriculture raised to nearly P79 million estimated cost of damage to this sector and infrastructure in Cordillera Administrative Region as well as regions I, IVA and IVB from surge of the rain-driving southwest monsoon or ‘habagat’ enhanced by tropical storm Maring (international name Trami). ”Of this, damage to infrastructure amounted to P56,582,000 while damages to agriculture amounted to P22,286,659.40,” National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council reported in its Thursday (Aug.22) ‘habagat’ update, referring to latest available data on the matter as of 5

a.m. that day.

On Wednesday afternoon (Aug. 21), NDRRMC reported the same infrastructure damage cost but noted agricultural losses in the four regions as of 5 p.m. then reached PhP16.90 million only, bringing total damage at the time to a lower P73.48 million.

Enhanced by Maring which already exited the Philippine Area of Responsibility early Wednesday, ‘habagat’ caused several days’ downpour that submerged various areas in Metro Manila (also known as National Capital Region or NCR) and provinces in Luzon.

Infrastructure damage NDRRMC reported in

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the APEC Summit and the visit is part of the ongoing inspections conducted by the Committee to determine the meeting locations.

Boncato said: “We have successfully hosted the ASEAN Tourism Forum in 2006 with 3,000 foreign delegates and without a convention facility as big as SMX then.”

SMX Convention Center in SM Premier can accommodate up to 5,000 delegates with function and meeting rooms and is only a few

minutes away from the Davao City International Airport. Within the compound of the mall is the P700-million Park Inn Hotel by Radisson with 204 rooms.

Boncato said Davao has 7,000 combined rooms for hotels, inns, apartelles and lodging houses. The city won its bid to host the Philippine Advertising Congress and was ready to host it this November but was cancelled due to internal problems in the organizing group.

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AIRCRAFT LEASING FIRM. The maintenance crew of an aircraft leasing firm pushes one of its Cessna planes into the hangar after undergoing routine checkup at old Davao International Airport in Sasa yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

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CATEEL, DAVAO ORIENTAL

Villar donates shelter homes, farm inputs S

ENATOR Cynthia A. Villar spearheaded on Saturday the groundbreaking of 50 shelter homes set to mushroom soon in Barangay Poblacion, Cateel intended for those who have been affected by the catastrophic typhoon Pablo that unleashed damage to lives and thousands of homes and properties.

Saying that livelihood and other recovery endeavors would not kick off until the security and comforts of a home is provided, the soon-torise ‘Villar Homes’ hopes to encourage beneficiaries to move forward and emerge from the tragedy that struck the province, said Governor Corazon N. Malanyaon who thanked and welcomed Villar’s generous assistance to the devastated towns.

A project that was started by her spouse— Senator Manny Villar, whose term in the senatorial seat ended last June 30, Villar said she would pursue the advocacy they both share which is the provision of housing programs and livelihood.

Meanwhile, Villar also handed over farm inputs that benefited at

KIDAPAWAN CITY

least 1,732 farmers from various farmers’ organizations in all 16 villages of Cateel to be planted to 1,667 hectares. The assistance include seed subsidy for corn, vegetables, and rice, seedlings of rubber and cacao. Also handed over were farm tools and sacks of organic fertilizers.

As agriculture attributes immensely in propelling economic development, Villar, who also heads the Agriculture and Food Committee of the Senate, envisions of providing farming support to all towns and provinces across the country knowing that the large fraction of the country’s population depends on agriculture.

Tagged as ‘Mrs. Hanapbuhay’, Villar said she wants to put up more livelihoods in the country that would help spur economic influx.

One project she is keen to implement here is the production of organic fertilizer. This technology would make use of a machine that converts wastes to organic fertilizer, tapping the abundant supply of kitchen wastes in the market or at home such as rotten fruits and vege-

GROUNDBREAKING. Sen. Cynthia Villar and Davao Oriental Governor Corazon N. Malanyaon led the groundbreaking of 50 shelter homes in Barangay Poblacion, Cateel which will benefit the victims of Typhoon Pablo. [Photo by Eden Jhan Licayan] tables.

Successful in providing free fertilizers to different farmer organizations in her hometown in Las Piñas, she now hopes to replicate this technology here in the province to spare farmers from spending too much on this input

for agriculture.

While Villar and Malanyaon share the same advocacy for turning agriculture as an economic landmark, Villar assures that she would pour down more assistance on livelihood to the province through the Department

Legislators to probe jail hostage drama T

HE provincial board of North Cotabato will investigate the alleged hostage taking of a provincial jail guard inmate last Tuesday.

Board Member Joemar Cerebo has filed a resolution calling for an investigation to avoid similar incident in the future.

“If we do not act on it, the hostage taking will become a precedent in the future,” Cerebo said

as he presented his proposed resolution.

Earlier, North Cotabato Governor Emmylou Mendoza ordered an impartial investigation and review of the memorandum of agreement between the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology and the local government unit.

Jail Officer Samuel Sunico, also the jail’s inmate development officer,

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was to lead about 700 inmates to a morning exercise, as he regularly does daily, when about four of the inmates dragged him into an area in the facility at about 6:15 a.m..

He was hogtied, blindfolded and tied to a plastic chair just outside one of the buildings inside the North Cotabato District Jail in Amas, Kidapawan City.

Then the inmates

aired their grievances to other jail officers. Among them is the “easing” of a very strict policy on their visiting relatives.

“Very strict, jail guards almost undress our relatives who come to pay us a visit,” one inmate was quoted as saying during the three-hour stand off.

They also complained of “limited and sometimes spoiled” food supplies. [PNA]

National Tuna Congress 2013 to highlight industry strides

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HIS year’s National Tuna Congress (NTC) will celebrate the partnerships and achievements gained by the local tuna industry over the last 15 years, organizers said.

Rosanna Bernadette Contreras, Socsksargen Federation of Fishing and Allied Industries, Inc., (SFFAII) said it is all systems go for the 15th NTC, themed “Celebrating 15 Years of Advocacy, Partnership and Collaboration,” on September 6 to 7 at the SM City here.

“This is our quindecennial year. Through our humble beginnings and after laboring hard the past years to gather all the key players, stakeholders and supporters in the Philippine tuna industry under one roof to seriously discuss its opportunities and challenges, advocate untiringly for necessary reforms, we all deserve to break and rejoice,” she said in a statement.

Local tuna players established in 1999 the SFFAII to serve as the umbrella organization of

seven associations with at least 100 companies involved in fishing, canning, fish processing, aquaculture production and processing, and other allied industries.

Contreras attributed the success of the local tuna industry to the partnerships forged between the private sector and government agencies.

Because of this collaboration, “we all became part of a team, working hand and hand in tackling industry issues, challenges and finding solutions,”

Contreras said.

Over the years, the teamwork between the private and public sectors attracted foreign investments to the local tuna industry, she noted.

The most recent milestone is the extension of Philippine fishing access to High Seas Pocket 1 for its fleet of 36 ice-chilled fishing boats, which was granted during the 9th Regular Session of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission in December, Contreras added. [PNA]

of Agriculture.

Meanwhile, determined to build back better, Malanyaon is firm to pursue agriculture although typhoon Pablo halted its successful take off.

She said that by next year, the big-ticket irrigation system in Cateel is set

SOUTH COTABATO

to operate that would irrigate additional 2,000 hectares of rice plantations. “It is my dream that Davao Oriental would become one hundred percent self-sufficient by having Cateel as one of the rice granaries,” said Malanyaon. [Karen Lou Deloso]

New facility eyed to showcase ‘best environmental practices’

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NVIRONMENT personnel in South Cotabato province are pushing for the establishment of a special facility that will serve as a venue to showcase the province’s best environmental practices.

Siegfred Flaviano, acting provincial environment management office chief of South Cotabato, said Thursday the initial preparations are now underway for the development of a multi-functional environmental complex in Koronadal City.

Dubbed Integrated Provincial Environment Management Center, he said the planned facility will mainly serve as a demonstration center for the processing or production of various “eco-friendly” products through recycling and other “green” technologies.

“We’ll be showcasing environment-friendly technologies and products like bricks and bags that are made out of recycled waste materials,” Flaviano said.

The complex will be used as storage area for confiscated illegal logs, other products and para-

phernalia as well as serve as a training center and venue for various environment-related activities.

The official said they are planning to utilize the center for the production of vermi-compost and as a treatment facility for hospital wastes.

He said it will mainly cater to the five public hospitals that are operated and supported by the provincial government.

The waste treatment facility will also be opened later on to the province’s 17 private hospitals, he said.

“The establishment of facility is not only beneficial to our environment but also makes good business sense,” Flaviano said.

Based on the project’s development plan, it will be constructed on a progressive basis and its full completion will take about five years.

Flaviano said he recently discussed with South Cotabato Gov. Daisy Avance-Fuentes the details and development plans for the project, which will require a funding of around P25 million.[PNA]

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Free medical and dental in the uplands

Davao City Water District sponsors medical and dental missions in the uplands. Dr. Evelyno A. Buenaventura

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AVAO City Water District’s annual medical and dental activities in upland barangays benefitted 762 residents in Tamugan on August 6, in Gumalang on July 25, in Wines on July 18, in Tawan-Tawan on July 11 and in Carmen on July 4.

Patients for the medical check-ups were composed majorly of children aged 0 – 10 years while the other half was composed of adolescents, young adults, adults and senior citizens. For the dental check-up, the volunteer dentists did tooth extractions on their patients. Both medical and dental teams also gave advice on body and oral hygiene and on sanitation

of the City Health Office checks a patient in Brgy. Tamugan.

on the whole.

Aside from the free medical and dental services, DCWD also distributed medicines and vitamins to the residents as prescribed by the doctors.

Partners that helped make these activities possible were City Health Office doctors Isagani N. Braganza, Evelyno A. Buenaventura, Laredo P. Rabang and Margie B. Roa – Rubio and dentists Merle V. Perez and Marilyn P. Puno with the assistance of the barangay health workers and some DCWD personnel who have had medical training.

DCWD’s environmental protection efforts are concentrated in the three watersheds of Davao City, namely, Malagos, Mt.

Talomo-Lipadas and Mt. Tipolog-Tamugan. Included in the rehabilitation efforts of DCWD are the different community relation projects that aim to improve the way of living of the immediate settlers in the watershed areas.

Aside from health and sanitation programs where the medical and dental activities are part of, DCWD also offers programs on educational assistance, nutrition and wellness, livelihood, trainings and seminars, community improvement and information, education and communication on the different environmental laws and Davao City’s Watershed Code. (Jovana T. Duhaylungsod)

HE Philippines and other growth-hungry Asian economies – which bypass industrialization and leapfrog from agriculture to the services sector – may fall into a “middle income trap,” the Asian Development Bank (ADB) cautioned.

ADB chief economist Changyong Rhee said the region’s low-income economies should focus on developing their manufacturing sectors, which would, in turn, generate high-quality service jobs and improve agricultural productivity.

“A lion’s share of Asian economies are moving directly from the agricultural sector to the services sector, bypassing industrialization,” he told a news conference in Singapore.

“We find that historically, virtually no country becomes a high-income country without having a significant degree of industrialization.”

Rhee said a study of 100 countries by the Manila-based lender showed that economies which achieve high-income status – with per capita income of above US$15,000 – have at least an 18% share of manufacturing in total output and employment for a sustained period.

“What we found is that without reaching this 18% threshold in employment and output share, you will have difficulty moving out of the middle-income trap,” Rhee said.

The ADB study identified the Philippines, India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan as among Asia’s agriculture-driven economies that have bypassed industrialization for the services sector.

They only attract “low-quality” service sector jobs because of their lack of a substantial manufacturing sector, according to Rhee.

Without manufacturing experience it would

not be easy to attract high-quality service-sector jobs such as legal and IT work, Rhee said.

The ADB study showed the agricultural sector comprised just 10.9% of the total GDP of 45 nations or territories from Central Asia through to the Pacific islands excluding Japan.

This was despite the sector accounting for 42.8% of total employment in the region.

Rhee said despite the slow pace of structural reforms, governments in Asia understood the importance of developing manufacturing to avoid being stuck in the middle-income trap.

“I have no doubt in their political will, but the question is implementation because of local politics and government structures,” he said.

The ADB in July trimmed its growth forecast for Asia to 6.3% from 6.6%, citing China’s slowing growth. [AFP]

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Philconstruct 2013 Mindanao on Sept 5-7 P

H I L C O N S T R U C T, Manila’s anticipated trade event, is back.

On September 5 to 7, the show will hold the fourth year of its Mindanao edition at no less than the SMX Convention Center in SM Lanang Premier.

Show hours from 10:00 am to 7:00pm and this open to the buying public.

“We are ushering in a

new phase of growth for the exhibit,” shared current Event Chairman and past president of Davao Constructors Association Center Inc. (DCACI), Engr.

Ramon Allado, in a press statement.

“PHILCONSTRUCT Mindanao has certainly changed the way we do business in the industry and this year, we are prepared to open an

PHILCONSTRUCT. Engr. Ramon Allado (ext left), PhilConstruct Mindanao 2013 event chairman, discusses the region’s biggest trade event during a press briefing yesterday at Villa Margarita in Bajada, Davao City. With him are Manolito Madrasto (2nd from left), Phils. Constructors Association, Inc.

even bigger show with more than 180 exhibiting companies who are offering only the best and the latest products in the building and construction industry.”

The event is definitely getting more exciting as the Organizers team up with various industry association to add on new facets to the show. First of

these is TUBOD, a pioneer showcase launched last June by the Cebu Furniture Industries Foundation at the PHILCONSTRUCT Visayas expo. A one-of-akind furniture showcase, TUBOD is a by designers, for designers exhibit that makes world-class furniture pieces available to the local market for the first time. The TUBOD MIND-

executive director, Teolulo Pasawa (3rd from left), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Davao city director, Dino Mae Suelto (2nd from right), Davao Constructors Association Center, Inc. president, and Bong Cristobal, Technoforum Mindanao 2013 chairman. Lean Daval Jr.

ANAO showcase will feature the works of top manufacturers and designers from Cebu and Davao.

“This show is about supporting the local industry,” added Allado.

“Our local furniture sector wants to expand its reach in the domestic market and we are here to contribute to those efforts.

The TUBOD showcase is a proof that this event is a valuable business venue. This is taking us one step closer to truly making the region’s construction industry globally competitive.”

Another much awaited event highlight is TECHNOFORUM Mindanao, a technical seminar series.

“TECHNOFORUM is part of our thrust for capacity building,” shared Bong Cristobal, the activity’s long-time chairman in Davao. “This year, we are focusing on training AMOs and Liaison officers with the help of the Philippine Contractors Accreditation Board. We have also invited the Association of Carriers and Equipment Lessors to conduct trainings on crane lifting & rigging safety as well as safety practitioner courses. For those who are interested to attend, you may contact Rose Alba at our Secretariat Office through tel. no.

(082)-222-5859.

Contractors, architects, engineers, interior design-

ers, property developers, specifiers, consultants and end-users are all invited to head down to the SMX Convention Center to witness this world-class exhibition that is held coinciding with the Manufacturing Technology Davao exhibit. Show hours are 10:30 am to 6:30 pm. Entrance is free. For more information, contact the Event Manager Global Link Exhibitions Specialists Inc. through its Davao Office, Konkordans, at tel. no. (082) 286-3311.

The PHILCONSTRUCT Mindanao 2013 exhibit will comprise of suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, and providers of top brands in heavy equipment, hardware products, paints, cement, air-conditioning, power tools, safety & security systems, water treatment facilities, and more. It is co-organized by the Philconstruct Events, Exhibitions & Conferences Corp. together with the Philippine Constructors Association (PCA) and the Davao Constructors Association Center Inc. (DCACI). Among the biggest exhibitors is its co-presentor Boysen Paint; major sponsors Hilti Phils., Lafarge Cement Services, and Maxima Machineries; as well as minor sponsors Co Ban Kiat Hardware and Good Morning Int’l Corporation.

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Ostrich necks give clues to dinosaur flexibility T

HE familiar view of sauropod dinosaurs reaching out for vegetation using their long, graceful necks may not be entirely accurate, say scientists.

A study of modern-day ostriches suggests the ancient animals were probably quite stiff in their movement.

Sauropod dinosaurs had a thick mass of muscle in their necks and the researchers say this would probably have restricted the range over which the beasts could move their heads.

The study is published in Plos One. Its authors say the findings have implications for the way we display the dinosaurs in museum exhibits and in the media.

Computer modeling that has been used to simulate sauropod movements will not have portrayed the lack of neck flexibility accurately, the team adds.

For example, the BBC’s landmark TV series Walking with Dinosaurs modeled the neck movement using the position of the vertebrae.

But this did not account for the effects of soft tissues like muscle and cartilage, which this new study tries to incorporate by looking at ostriches.

The team, led by Matthew Cobley from the University of Utah, US, has shown that muscle mass reduces the maximum flexibility of ostrich necks.

The researchers measured the flexibility of the flightless birds with all their muscle tissue intact, and then slowly removed the muscles to test how this changed the situation.

As they are the largest birds to exhibit elongated necks, with vertebrae and musculature broadly comparable to those of sauropods, ostriches provide useful insights into the past.

“Previous studies looked at the skeleton on its own and the assumption was that flexibility is limited by the bones of the skeleton, but our study shows it’s actually the soft tissue around it,” said Mr Cobley.

He added that computer modelling of any biological system needed to be “ground-truthed” be-

fore it was accepted by the scientific community and presented to the public.

“It’s easy to be swayed by these beautifully reconstructed models of dinosaurs, but if these models aren’t based on real, empirical data taken from living animals we can actually study, they only serve to confuse the general public.”

The amount of cartilage in the neck and varying distances between vertebral joints could also have caused reduced flexibility, the research found.

A common sauropod picture in films and museums is a creature reaching from high tree-tops to food that’s very low on the ground, but this new work could now change how the animals are depicted.

It suggest the lack of flexibility may have restricted the range of food to which the the dinosaurs had access. And they may have had to work harder for their food - the hefty herbivores needed about 400kg of plant-based material each day.

“Different sauropods were limited to different

STIFF. The long-necked ostrich gives scientists clues about its sauropod relative. food types. It’s why you don’t see giraffes eating from bushes from the floor or goats eating from the tree-tops,” Mr Cobley told BBC News.

“There was a better division of resources between dinosaurs, with the taller ones limited to taller trees and smaller ones

to grazing bushes on the floor.”

Michael Benton of Bristol University, UK, commenting on the research, said the study “provides food for thought” and a warning about reconstructing sauropod necks without considering the distribution

of soft tissues.

“Formerly, people assumed a standard amount of soft tissue that would limit flexibility, but it is rather more complex, and some previous reconstructions of sauropod necks snaking around must be modified,” Prof Benton said. [BBC]

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EDITORIAL

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Monstrous clerical errors

3.11 billion of pork barrel funds went to former congressman Manual “Way Kurat” E. Zamora of Compostela Valley province during the period 2007 to 2009.

Another “pork”, officially called Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF), in the amount of P20 million went to a certain Luis Abalos, who is not even a member of the House of Representatives.

These two facts and other details in documents called the Commission on Audit Report 2012-03 were bared by COA Chair Ma. Grace Pulito-Tan with a touch of flair and drama, grimaces to match, and descriptive words like “kahindik-hindik” (most appalling) in a press conference called for the purpose.

The excessive pork barrel of P3-billion was bannered by the media for several days at the expense of “Way Kurat” Zamora, now vice governor of ComVal, members of his family and friends. Every time friends met him, Zamora said, they would extend a hand, palm open, toward him in mock gesture as if asking for their share of his huge PDAF. While he took it in stride, Zamora said he did feel a bit hurt just the same. Then one day last week, Budget Secretary

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Butch Abad came out with a statement that his department committed a mistake after all, and that the culprit was a clerical error.

Yesterday, Abad came out with yet again another clerical error-- that the Luis Abalos, the bogus congressman who reportedly got a share of the pork barrel to the tune of P20 million, was in fact former Rep. Benjamin Abalos Jr., now mayor of Mandaluyong City. This second revelation corrected nothing but an error on a piece of document. How about the first error which placed Zamora under a cloud of doubt as to his integrity, and his family in embarrassment?

Would a simple corrigendum right a clear injustice?

Highly sensitive government offices like the COA and DBM ought to be very careful with statements that could inadvertently ruin the reputation of individuals like Zamora. Chairman Pulido-Tan and Secretary Abad must be more prudent and not allow these “little” errors to happen again and nonchalantly dismiss them with a “erratum” in the media.

Boo-boos like simple clerical errors are, after all, committed by, well who else, but boo-boos!

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ORE THAN A TOUCH OF HYPERBOLE – Now, with the peace process rightly in place and the government (GRP) and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) negotiating panels are doing everything necessary to get things done and to make the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) works hitchfree, former Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) governor and supreme chieftain of the different Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) factions Nur Misuari echoed his disenchantment. Feeling ignored and discarded together with his legion of die-hard followers that the new peace pact between the GRP and MILF has been kept out of reach from the old revolutionary, Misuari declared independence for the provinces of Sulu, Tawi-tawi, Basilan, Zamboanga Peninsula, Palawan including North Borneo or Sabah. In the same vein, he also proclaimed himself as chairman of the newly-proposed Islamic Bangsamoro Republic of Mindanao (IBRM).

With his declaration of independence probably to the unknowing provinces, he got the ire of the Aquino leadership and the police management in ARMM is now set to file sedition charges against him, the same case he went through during the Arroyo government that eventually lead to his solitary detention.

Many people actually pity Misuari.

He spent his adult life fighting for his cause. Now he became just another politician. By the way, what is there for Misuari to crow about? It has been 17 years since Misuari became the first governor of ARMM – and many of his constituents during

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Rainbow dreams his term are tired and exhausted seeing newspaper photos of him and during TV interviews living it up in hotel bliss growing soft on room service.

Even Misuari’s own people are complaining. There is widespread dissatisfaction with what has happened and is happening to Misuari’s leadership at that time. They want to know when he will deliver on all those campaign promises. People are really very upset. They feel they should see something besides Misuari’s pictures in the newspapers and gestures on TV in five-star hotels and star-studded conventions. They badly want schools, roads, hospitals and improvement in their lives. The governorship was the real testing ground for Misuari’s rule. If so, he has failed miserably so far. He has no control, not even over his home base. Elsewhere, other political leaders are more downbeat. They were disenchanted with Misuari’s leadership style and management skill.

Others are pessimistic still, grousing that Misuari isn’t able to effectively run the ARMM. They see in him as helpless, not someone to be feared or appreciated. They blame his over-bloated bureaucracy and lack of organization. With more than a touch of hyperbole, Misuari promised his people the ARMM will become the most peaceful, affluent and prosperous in this part of the

country. Rainbow dreams, to be sure, about his over-arching goals. Even Muslims feel he has failed to deliver. They say Misuari needs to decide whether he wants to be a diplomat or an administrator. Some of his own people, though, fret the government is only using the old revolutionary as a propaganda tool. It’s all for publicity.

Soon after, almost exactly six years from solitary confinement, Misuari appeared in public. His timing, as always, was notable – a year later when the GRP and MILF sealed a peace accord creating the FAB entity. Was all the hoopla meant to create a division and eventually derail the ongoing peace process? Over the years, Misuari’s ultimate goal is finally ruling all of Mindanao as prescribed in the Tripoli Peace Agreement (TPA) signed with the late President and strongman Ferdinand Marcos in 1976. But that was then, this is now. It was clear enough that he was given the chance to govern the ARMM, but unfortunately failed and wasted all the opportunities.

Truly, he still commands tremendous support especially among his able-supportive province mates, but proposing an independent state at the height of a productive peace negotiation would be an intimidating task even to someone with flawless political skills and mainstream connections. Another big problem is his ability, doubtful credibility and declining popularity to convince political leaders and various sectors in the provinces he mentioned as part of his proposed independent state to join his misplaced cause.

As a revolutionary to boot, the odds seem stacked against Nur Misuari.

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ork-bearing officials, to the neglect of legislation, frustrate attempts to establish a government of the people, by the people, and for the people at the grassroots.

Ever grandstanding, eager to take over and grab credit, to take charge, or to foot the bill, these cavalier dispensers and despoilers of our common wealth foster the oligarchic, dynastic mode of governance at the primal base of our Republic.

With the persuasive perks of Pork, they manipulate, bribe, or control the constituency. They weaken people power in the neighborhoods.

They dampen participation in the local governing processes. People say: “Why bother to participate, the congressman or the senator is doing everything for us, including the financing!” In doing so, they stultify the maturation of our democracy.

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WORM’S EYEVIEW

By MAnny VAldEHuESA

(Conclusion) Does anyone doubt that the trapos—using Pork, patronage, and perks—damp citizen involvement in their own development? Pork-bearing congressmen and senators rob them of any reason to get involved.

Why bother when plenty of Pork is passed around to simulate development or progress? Simulate! Not produce real development.

Pork has kept our political system weak and immature while turning infrastructure into a tool for credit-grabbing, for flattering ego or vanity, while at the same time providing substandard, inadequate

facilities.

It is time we get rid of the Pork Barrel system. Time to rid our people of the dependency it fosters.

Then perhaps we can finally activate democracy and the development process that allows the spirit of people power to arise and let real autonomy induce development! It is what our society needs. It is what must be made to happen.

President Noy: your Boss, our people summon you. March with them!

What’s better than Pork? Read my next column.

[MindaViews is the opinion section of MindaNews. Manny Valdehuesa writes from Cagayan de Oro and is the president and national convenor of Gising Barangay Movement Inc. He can be reached at valdehuesa@gmail.com.]

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A dangerous lie about debt COMMENTARY

By EdwArd HAdAS

(1st of two part)

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have spent much of the last five years searching for financial villains.

The 2008 crisis and the extremely slow subsequent economic recovery have exposed a deeply flawed system, and some people, groups or ideas must be responsible.

There are many obvious culprits: greedy bankers, undercapitalised banks, lax monetary policymakers, reckless governments, weak international institutions and imprudent lenders and borrowers. They’re all guilty, but some of the worst offenders are intellectual – the dangerous ideas that encouraged overconfidence during the credit bubble and ineffective policy in the aftermath. Financial theory is a big problem.

In particular, I accuse the risk-free rate of return of being the devil’s work.

Some aspects of the theory have already received a great deal of criticism, but the complaints are mostly quite technical. Beta, or market return, is too often dressed up as alpha, the extra return attributed to an investor’s skill (or luck) picking particular investments.

And the distribution of daily returns is actually not mathematically normal, as much of the theory assumes. But I think the problem starts right at the beginning, with the assumption that there is a readily available, perfectly safe investment. The theory basically compares the range of likely returns on every other investment to the certain gain from the risk-free alternative. Additional returns are expected to compensate for additional risk.

Stocks are not risk-free – their future prices are unpredictable. Corporate bonds might default. That leaves bonds issued by the most creditworthy governments. Financial modellers generally start with the 10-year U.S. Treasury bond. Some sophisticated practitioners now use inflation-protected bonds (called TIPS in the United States), but the theory was developed in the 1960s and 1970s, when such instruments did not exist. The theoretical need for a risk-free security was so great that the ravages of inflation were simply ignored.

But even TIPS do not offer a perfectly predictable and safe real return, because they rely on a somewhat arbitrary measure of inflation. Besides, if the U.S. government gets into serious enough trouble, it could decide to restructure its finances – perhaps eroding the real value of fixed debts through inflation or simply imposing a write-off on TIPS. But even if super-safe versions of TIPS could be designed, they wouldn’t solve the most substantial problem of a theory which starts with a risk-free rate.

It looks at investments the wrong way.

Finance should not be underpinned by the idea of an investment which is supposed to be totally safe and secure.

Such investments are exceptional in our world, where the future is necessarily unknown. It is much more sensible to base theory on investments which serve a genuine economic purpose – funding the durable assets which make the overall economy more productive.

That process is risky and uneven, the opposite of safe and secure.

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Zamora.. FFROM 1

Fire..FFROM 1 the affected families are sheltered at the barangay hall, gym, and in the port area.

The CSSDO distributed food rations to the victims, along with clothings, blankets, buckets, and other essentials.

Davao City Mayor Ro-

drigo Duterte visited the area and directed CSSDO personnel to submit not later than tomorrow a report on the number of affected families so that financial help could be made available to them immediately.

SPO3 George Rafailas

told Edge Davao that as of 3:30 p.m. yesterday there was no reported fatality, and that as many as 350 houses may have been hit by the raging inferno, but that it needed further confirmation.

or Edgar Ibuyan Jr. voted for reforms while Davao del Sur Governor Claude Bautista, who sent a message, also is for reform.

On the other hand, only Kapalong Mayor Edgardo Timbol and Philippine League of Secretaries to the Sanggunian Region 11 president, Leoniza Pareño, voted for abolition.

According to Zamora, representation of SKs in federations invites corruption because parents and supporters of SK officials can simply pay the SK leaders from other barangays to win.

He said the SK elections should be postponed to give a longer time period to discuss issues, and ultimately let Congress create concrete policies for the reform of the SK. Meanwhile, Peñas, said 15 to 17 year olds are too young to be sign-

ing papers to approve projects and programs which are worth millions of pesos.

Timbol, who was for abolition, told Edge Davao that there are plenty of reasons to abolish the Sk, especially that it becomes a training ground for the youth to learn about vote buying and other wrong practices.

He said that this is so, because it is still the parents who tell their children what to do as SK leaders.

However, Davao City SK chairman James Bañados said that not all SK leaders are learning corruption, and if they want to abolish SK for allegedly becoming a training ground for corruption, then they might as well abolish all sangunians from the municipal, city, provincial, and national levels where

real big corruption happens.

DILG 11 Regional Director Francisco Jose told Edge Davao that there will certainly be change in the SK since public consultation is focused on whether or not to abolish or reform the SK, and whether or not to postpone its election on October.

He said, Other regions are also having consultations to be passed on to the national level DILG, and whatever is consolidated will be forwarded to Congress for legislation, and then it will ultimately be forwarded to the Commission on Elections (Comelec).

He said, “we are expediting the consultations because October, the month of the barangay elections, is fast approaching, and we are targeting to finish this process in September.”

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er “Way Kurat” (Visayan translation for the phrase “no fear”), Zamora said his letters are asking both COA and DPWH to give details of the supposed P3-billion pork barrel funds which allegedly went to him during the period 2007-2009 when he was still a member of the House of Representatives representing the first district of Comval Province.

It was COA chair Pulido-Tan who revealed in a press conference about the supposed release of the amount of P3.11 billion as PDAF (Priority Development Assistance Fund) and VILP (Various Infrastructure including Local Projects ) funds to Zamora through a single Special Allotment Release Order (SARO) for the period from 2007 to 2009.

Zamora said the first time he learned about the statement of the COA chief alleging that the P3-billion “pork barrel” was his PDAF, he was in a gathering of some 40 vice governors in Makati, August 15-17.

He said fear or worry never struck him at the time since he knew it was all baseless.

However, he admitted being surprised why he was not even informed by the COA about it or given a copy of its so-called report before announcing it to the world as is the usual practice.

Now that no less than Budget Secretary Butch

Abad has admitted in an apologetic tone that it was a big clerical error, “it is not unusual for me to expect a statement from a decent person like Chairman Pulido-Tan to explain how come she came out publicly without being sure of the truth.”

He said the erroneous COA report “has cast an unwanted cloud of doubt on our integrity as a public official.”

In a letter to Pulido-Tan on August 17, Zamora said “much as I would want to clarify things myself, as I have been trying whenever media outfits contact me for word on this matter, no amount of verbal elucidation may be sufficient to discharge myself of the perception that I, by imputation as a result of the COA report, have committed a wrongdoing involving public funds.”

Zamora said he is “honestly perplexed by your assertion that the P3.11B was issued to this representation through a solitary Special Allotment Release Order (SARO) for VILP nationwide.”

“This is most disconcerting as i find it truly incredible that I would be granted such special privilege by the Executive department considering that I was not even a top official of the House of Representatives at that time,” the Comval official said.

He added, “Assuming without conceding that the Coa figures are true, i am still confident that official records would bear me out on this concern,” adding that if indeed, the amount is not a product of mistaken calculation and does not constitute my PDAF and other VILP projects in the district as approved under the annual General Appropriations Acts during the inclusive period 20072009, the amount should be fully accounted for by records of how it was utilized and audited in accordance with COA rules.

In his letter to Pulido-Tan, for former threeterm congressman reiterated his request to the COA chief to provide him a breakdown of projects comprising the supposed P3.11B allocated on a single SARO under his (Zamora’s) name.

“This will fully prove accountability and properly show if these allocations were judiciously and properly expended for public welfare and not otherwise, “ he said.

Until yesterday, however, he said Pulido-Tan or any of her subordinates had not reacted to his letter.

Zamora said he also wrote DPWH Secretary Singson to provide details of the P3-billion as it was reported that the amount was actually a budget of the DPWH for its various projects nationwide.

the other hand, City Tourism Office (CTO) officer-in-charge Ma. Felisa Marques said the APEC team will visit the SMX Convention Center, the six shortlisted hotels, and other attractions in the city.

They are also set to inspect the Public Safety and Security Command Center (PSSCC) where Davao’s state of the art monitoring system is located.

She said the PSSCC will show the team the capability of Davao when it comes to the maintenance of securi-

ty and safety.

Marques said the city will host a luncheon meeting for the team where they will be presented with the best that Davao has to offer. The team has also conducted inspections in other cities that have been identified as possible venue for the APEC meetings including Boracay and Cebu but their Davao visit will be the longest venue inspection.

“We hope we can host more than one meeting during the APEC,” she said.

There are four senior officials meetings, eight ministerial meetings and the actual APEC Summit, with some of the smaller meetings to be attended by hundreds of participants.

After the ATF, the APEC meeting is the biggest international event the city could host. Other cities that have also submitted their bids for the international conference are Boracay, Bacolod, Cebu, Iloilo, Subic, Clark, Tagaytay and Metro Manila. [PNA]

the Aug. 22 update concentrated in Region IVB. NDRRMC data show location and cost of such damage there are Occidental Mindoro (PhP3.49 million), Oriental Mindoro (PhP4.39 million) and Romblon (PhP48.70 million) provinces.

Cost of rice and corn damages in CAR as well as regions IVA and IVB totaled PhP18.32 million, NDRRMC contin-

ued.

Damage to fisheries in Region I reached PhP3.97 million, NDRRMC also said. ”A total 662 areas in 88 municipalities/ cities under regions I, III IVA, IVB and NCR were reported flooded,” NDRRMC further said in the update.

NDRRMC noted 22 houses were totally damaged while 38 oth-

ers suffered partial destruction in regions I, III, IVA and CAR. Flooding there as well as in Region V and NCR rendered 72 roads “still impassable” to different types of vehicles, NDRRMC continued.

“Two bridges remain impassable in Mt.Province and six power interruptions were reported in regions IVA and IVB,” NDRRMC added. [PNA]

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BIR chief favors PDAF abolition I

NTERNAL Revenue Commissioner Kim Jacinto-Henares is in favor of the abolition of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF).

She explained that the

team of President Benigno Aquino III, during the 2010 campaign period, conducted a study on the government’s expenditures in the previous administration and found

RELIEF GOODS. Red Cross volunteers, mostly students, prepare sardines, noodles, rice and other prime commodities for families affected by the enhanced mon-

out that nearly one-fourth of the national budget were wasted due to this allocation.

“We found out that P240 billion of expenditures were lost due to

soon rains on Thursday (August 22, 2013) at the Red Cross main office in Port Area, Manila. [PNA photos by Avito C. Dalan]

inefficiencies in expenditures and corruption,” she told delegates of the 5th Annual Corporate Treasury & CFO Summit in a Makati City hotel Thursday.

Under the present administration, expenditures remain below target but it continued to increase year-on-year.

Henares, however, clarified that the below-target expenditure is not because the government was not really spending but because of more efficient use of budget.

“I think we were able to deliver a higher standard of service compared to the previous administration with a more efficient use of the money,” he pointed out.

Thus, Henares said she favors the removal of the pork barrel. [PNA]

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That in the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on September 27, 2013 without further notice.

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

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DSA FORUM. Rowena Flauta (left) of NCCC Hardwaremaxx explains the mechanics of the 4th Dog Congress while Frely John Ochia (right), event coordinator of the 2nd Safeguard Tenpin Bowling Tournament, awaits his turn to promote his event. Lean Daval Jr.

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HE 2nd Safeguard Tenpin Davao Open begins on August 26 at the NCCC Mall’s B3 bowling center.

Frely John Ochia, event coordinator, announced the staging of the tournament during yesterday’s Davao Sportswriters Asociation (DSA) Sports Forum at Calle Cinco.

“Everything is set for the opening of this tournament and we are excited of the tougher competition ahead,” said Ochia. The event dates are August 26, September 2, 9 and 16 starting at 7 o’clock p.m.

The Masters champion of the event sponsored by Safeguard ad NCCC Mall will receive P15,000 and a trophy,

while the first runner up gets P8,000 and a trophy, P5,000 and a trophy for the second runner up and P3,000 and a medal for the third runner-up.

Special awards are also at stake in the Team, Doubles, Singles, All Events competitions as well as the Perfect Game and Highest Single Game scorers.

“We are expecting 60 to 80 players this year,” said Ochia. The defending Masters and Team chamoion is Sammy Talaboc who will be returning to defend his titles.

Registration is P4,000 per team of four ad P200 worth of purchase of any Safeguard products from any NCCC stores.

OACH Abelardo “Bambi”Posadas is the legitimate regional director and official coach in Davao City of the Wrestling Association of the Philippines (WAP).

WAP is the accredited national sports association (NSA) for wrestling recognized by the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) and the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC).

“Yes, I was given the official appointment after passing the training workshop conducted

by WAP in Manila,” said Posadas at the SCOOP at The Royal Mandaya Hotel last Tuesday.

Posadas will also be officiating in the wrestling competition in the Batang Pinoy Games.

Posadas started as a judoka in his student days before he became a coach and a practitioner of the Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) with the Beefit Python’s Pit Team.

Grappling, which is one of expertise of Posadas, is being used by MMA players.

Former boxer Ale Cali learned grappling and ground strokes from Posadas to become the first homegrown PXC champion in the flyweight champion. Posadas was also the coach when former Davao karate champion Dr. Angelito Manguray became the URCC lightweight cham-

pion.

Posadas. who now handles URCC featherweight champion Ricardo Sapno, is sending his own wrestling team to this year’s Batang Pinoy Mindanao Qualifying Games slated on August 27-31 in Tagum City.

Posadas’ players are Crisna Asnawi. Glyzabeth Abucayan, Melanie Rose Purol, Clay Posadas, Jubleir Sean Dubria, Karll Teves, J Bernal, John Mark Dela Cruz, Eimer Atay Jr., Donald Glenn Occena, Kay Nur Villacarlos, Raphael Facundo, Ronald Fuentes, Darius John Samonte, James Gerard Remedios and Melvin Apable.

Posadas’ team, however, will represent Barangay 29 and is not included in the official Davao City delegation.

The official line-up of DC is under judo coach Jay Aseneta. His players for the boy’s division are Andre Tequin, Benedict Malaki, James Ryan, Christian Badiang, Ryan Ang, Benz Derick Binoya, Kyle Gaite, Dave Leonard Nistal, Michael Jay Ocleaza, James Roy Evangelin and Sheldon Abad.

The girl’s team is composed of Jhanen Mae Marcos, Leah Tuble, Marion Billena, Mighty Gel Cutler, Sydney Sy-Tancontian, Steffany Jane Calamba, Charisse Divine Aseneta, Crislette Bontigao and Justien Jay Pagnanawon.

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Agnes Locsin & Biag Gaongen:

‘Mother & Son’ of dance

BIAG GAONGeN, former principal dancer of Ballet Philippines and dance artist of Tanz Oper Graz in Austria and Cloud Gate Dance Company in Taiwan, was forced to retire from dancing early this year when he suffered from a serious knee injury. After a few weeks of depression, Biag pulled himself together and decided that even if he could no longer perform, his love for dance was strong enough for him to branch out into another aspect of his beloved art form, such as choreography.

Biag in UGAT: Unang Galaw

Last July, Biag came back to the Philippines.

After visiting his family in Pangasinan and Baguio, Biag headed for his second home, Davao City; to his “Nanang”, Davao’s celebrated choreographer Ag-

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nes Locsin. “Who better than my Nanang to teach me to choreograph?” Biag insists.

Agnes Locsin, the multi-awarded choreographer and the pioneering force behind the Philippine neo-ethnic dance movement, has been Biag’s mentor since their paths crossed when Biag, at age fourteen, was chosen to dance the title role of Locsin’s Labaw Donggon for the Philippine High School for the Arts.

Maternally orphaned at age fifteen, Biag began to consider Locsin as his second mother, thus the term Nanang (Ilocano for mother) as his term of endearment for Locsin. even as a dance artist of Ballet Philippines, Biag has had experience in dance technique instruction and choreography.

Before leaving for Austria in 2010, Biag choreographed Miyaw for the Locsin Dance Workshop annual recital. It therefore comes to no surprise that Locsin invited Biag to cochoreograph in her upcoming dance production.

SANGA:Ika-Apat Na Galaw is the fourth installment of the Alay Sa Puno Performance Series which began in 2010 with UGAT: Unang Galaw which featured Biag as the performer in a solo dance concert about the plight of trees in the Philippines. The series was triggered by Locsin’s concern about the disappearance of trees in the country, causing flash floods that have taken so many in-

Agnes Locsin and Biag Gaongen. nocent lives. UGAT was followed by DAHON: Ikalawang Galaw (with Georgette Sanchez), and PUNO: Pangatlong Galaw (with Gaye Galiluyo and Georgette Sanchez). “This performance series is the only way I know to inform and impart to fellow countrymen of how important trees are,” Locsin explains.

Biag shares Locsin’s passion for dance and concern for the plight of

trees, so he unhesitatingly accepted to co-choreograph SANGA, which will feature Kris-Belle Paclibar Mamangun and Sonny Locsin as performers. A nervous yet eager Biag enthuses, “Having two exceptional dancers to choreograph for, plus a veteran choreographerdirector to guide me, is a heaven-sent opportunity for me to start honing my

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As Apolinario Mabini in Locsin’s La Revolucion Filipina.

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UP AND ABoUT

Smart continues relief efforts for communities affected by Maring SmART CommUNiCATioNS, iNC. (Smart) is continuing its relief and emergency response efforts in various communities affected by maring. Smart network services continue to be fully operational due to network resiliency planning, preparedness and upgrade.

Libreng Tawag operations are ongoing in olongapo City (Sta. Rita Elementrary School in Brg. Sta. Rita and in Sta. Rita High School in Tabacuhan). Free calls are also being provided to evacuees at the Sto. Domingo Church and Diosdado macapagal Elementary School in Brg. Tatalon in Quezon City as well as at the Tonsuya Evacuation Center in malabon City. Locations of other Libreng Tawag stations currently being set up will be announced via its official social media channels. meanwhile, Smart distributed relief goods today to the affected residents of Tanza, Cavite. in coordination with the Citizen Network for Disaster Response (CNDR), Smart also donated cooked food packs in Brgy. Tumana, marikina, Catmon Brgy. Hall in malabon City and Concepcion integrated School in marikina.

Employee and community partner volunteers have also joined relief goods repacking at the mERALCo offices in ortigas City for the Tulong Kapatid disaster response ini- PLDT and Smart chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan tiative of the joins relief efforts in Taguig City.

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PLDT and Smart Chairman manuel V. Pangilinan joined Tulong Kapatid volunteers in handing out ready-to-eat food packs to the evacuees housed at the Cayetano memorial High School in Taguig City.

Tulong Kapatid has engaged in several relief efforts in the cities of mandaluyong and Taguig yesterday. Smart provided cooked food packs and free calls to the affected communities while the rest of the member-companies gave water, blankets, relief goods and hygiene packs.

Thousands of residents in affected communities were able to able of Smart’s Libreng Tawag services yesterday in twelve major areas which include malanday Elementary School and Bulelak Covered Court (marikina), Sta. Ana Elementary School (San mateo), SRCC memorial High School (Taguig City), Poblacion, Binan and Brgy. Landayan, San Pedro (Laguna), Sto. Domingo Church and Diosdado macapagal Elementary Smart and Sun Libreng Tawag at Potrero S c h o o l , Elementary School in Malabon City.

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Smart is also accepting relief goods such as canned goods, bottled water and rice through its Jump Centers in Cebu, Davao and megamall. Subscribers who wish to donate can also drop them off at the Alagang Kapatid Foundation, TV 5 office in Novaliches, Quezon City and at the meralco Covered Tennis Court, meralco Compound in ortigas City. in line with its disaster preparedness and emergency response advocacy, Smart is working with local government and private sector partners to continue providing relief and support to those affected by Typhoon maring.

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Role of a lifetime Jeffrey Jeturian’s Ekstra

By Jay Rosas IN ONe of the scenes in Jeffrey Jeturian’s ekstra (The Bit Player), Loida Malabanan (Vilma Santos in her first foray into independent films) cites Nora Aunor’s rise to superstardom, despite her lack of the usual “artista” look, as though it is the only silver lining for those who wants to make it big in show business and headline as lead in their own movies.

Given the long-running rivalry between two of the finest actresses of Philippine cinema, it is that kind of an inside joke which permeates throughout the entire film. It is a metacinematic reference that portrays our entertainment industry, where bit players like Loida struggles to make a career out of. It is an industry where not all hard-working, eager and talented wannabes are given a stroke of luck like Nora Aunor has been given.

The Cinemalaya entry is directed by Jeffrey Jeturian, known for his acclaimed film Tuhog (not the recent Star Cinema film) which is a commentary on media exploitation. He re-works his movie-within-a-movie narrative to tell the story of television bit players and the production crew behind it. Although still playing as the lead, Santos is relegated to the cast of talents that usually fill the backdrop, or the “crowd”, the ones who witness the public declarations of love by the lead stars, the usual pair of matinee idol and a young, sexy leading lady.

The lead stars inside the telenovela are played by Piolo Pascual and Marian Rivera, along a host of popular actors in Philippine TV and movies, playing themselves, but acting as extras.

Although it has been depicted in various independent films in recent years, the movie-withina-film structure is seldom explored in Philippine movies. Perhaps it also speaks of the culture of a movie-going public who are used to linear stories with predictable endings devoid of socio-political commentaries. Another

Cinemalaya entry, Jay, which stars Baron Geisler and Coco Martin, looks at an enterprising media, though it is a crime-reality show. Instead of presenting the social reality of the victims and the crime, it becomes the perpetrator of a form of injustice and further victimizes its subjects. There’s a certain kind of victimization in ekstra, of the bit player, with his

minor existence).

The film gives us a glimpse of what happens behind the scenes, the production process, from casting, scene preparation and actual takes. As we go through the process, the film juxtaposes scenes and sequences that blur the line between what is fiction and real. It jumps from scenes projected in monitors as seen by the directors and

It’s hard to forget that it’s Vilma Santos. Her efforts to slide into anonymity is not always effortless but the scenes where she interacts with her co-extras inside the van or during breaks shows her natural self. or her measly pay, devoid of any fringe benefits, who is also at the receiving end of hurtful tirades from the production staff which in turn are caught up in their own systemic trappings.

In the film, Loida has made a career out of playing bit roles. The film doesn’t suggest her other forms of income so it seems that she single-handedly supports her daughter’s education through these “bookings”. Surrounded by other “professional” bit players, she tells a young beautiful hopeful not to be proud for being an extra (look at me now, still an extra!) while making empty musings, (someday we’ll get our big roles!) underlining the sad reality of one-in-a-million chances, predicated by years of constant hopefulness and despair and peppered with encounters of big-named actors (which only dwarfed their already

crew to the actual scenes captured by camera. Also, the film is intent on poking criticism towards the commercialism of TV by highlighting the ridiculousness of the telenovela inside the film (with atrocious lines as “I wasn’t born yesterday, I was born beautiful, and you, you were just born”, and self-conscious, tacky acting) but somehow feels too tacky and forced.

It’s hard to forget that it’s Vilma Santos. Her efforts to slide into anonymity is not always effortless but the scenes where she interacts with her co-extras inside the van or during breaks shows her natural self.

It also helps that her costars and co-extras made it decently believable. Her scenes with Tart Carlos (Doris of Please Be Careful With My Heart) are always a delight. Marlon Rivera (director of Ang Babae sa Septic Tank) as the tele-

novela director, Vincent de Jesus as the assistant director and Ruby Ruiz as the talent coordinator all turn in noteworthy performances as people trapped in a system that favors the lure of the commercial “kilig” and succumbs to the push and pull of the ratings game. The story of a bit player and the film production inside the film can be any foreign story or made by any foreign production. But pitted against the harsh realities of the system that they revolve in, the bit players in ekstra are within and among us, in the low rungs of the ladder towards fame, success and dreams that can come true can be shattered in an instant.

Unfortunately, ekstra also falls prey into the very system which it laboriously challenges. A system that has molded the mentality of legions to prefer the easy and recognizable ending, that which does not bother to think about or discuss something that is not the usual serving, that which prefers the usual routes like, “the ending doesn’t make sense”, because the story refuses to settle comfortably into the resolution of the protagonist’s dilemma. It’s the same system that gives us an opportunity to watch an independent film like ekstra but limits the showing of the restored version of Lino Brocka’s Maynila Sa Mga Kuko ng Liwanag. It’s the same system that did not give us a chance to see Six Degrees of Separation from Lilia Cuntapay (what others say is the original and better film about bit players) simply because it does not have a bankable star headlining it. Rating: 3.65/5

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Prison Break star Wentworth Miller comes out as gay WENTWoRTH miLLER has come out as gay.

The Prison Break star decided it was time to publicly reveal his sexuality after being invited to attend a film festival in Russia.

“Thank you for your kind invitation. As someone who has enjoyed visiting Russia in the past and can also claim a degree of Russian ancestry, it would make me happy to say yes,” Wentworth, 41, says in a letter to maria Averbakh, director of the St. Petersburg international Film Festival. “However, as a gay man, i must decline. “i am deeply troubled by the current attitude toward and treatment of gay men and women by the Russian government,” he continued in the letter, posted on GLAAD’s website. “The situation is in no way acceptable, and i cannot in good conscience participate in a celebratory occasion hosted by a country where people like myself are being systematically denied their basic right to live and love openly.”

He also said “if circumstances improve, i’ll be free to make a different choice.”

GLAAD spokesman Wilson Cruz praised miller’s actions.

“Wentworth’s bold show of support sends a powerful message to LGBT Russians: you are not alone,” Cruz said. “As people from across

the globe continue to speak out against this horrific law, more celebrities and corporations should follow his courageous lead in openly condemning Russia’s antiLGBT law.” implemented last month, a controversial new law has banned “propaganda of nontraditional

sexual relations around minors,” including the public discussion of gay rights and relationships anywhere children might hear it. The law has been condemned

by Russian and international human rights groups as highly discriminatory.

The anti-gay propaganda law quickly stirred up controversy, with people calling for a boycott of the 2014 Winter olympics in Russia to gay bars in Los Angeles and New York holding “vodka-dumping” protests. madonna was unsuccessfully sued by conservative groups in Russia for violating the propoganda law in St Petersburg after she said during a concert there last summer that gay people should be “treated with dignity.”

Earlier this month, Lady Gaga tweeted her outrage over Russia’s treatment of LGBT people.

“Sending bravery to LGBTs in Russia. The rise in government abuse is archaic. Hosing teenagers with pepper spray? Beatings? mother Russia?” she first tweeted, followed by “The Russian government is criminal. oppression will be met with revolution.

Russian LGBTs you are not alone. We will fight for your freedom...Why didn’t you arrest me when you had the chance, Russia? Because you didn’t want answer to the world?” E! News

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A new Catching Fire photo of Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen and Josh Hutcherson as Peeta mellark has appeared on the official Hunger Games Facebook page, and the victor’s poster features the District 12 duo standing strong together while looking ready to fight. “’No one is a victor by chance.’ Which victor will join Katniss Everdeen and Peeta mellark next? Tweet your guess with #VictorsRevealed,” read the caption on the newly released pic.

Eager fans can use the hashtag to post their best guesses for the next fighter who will be unveiled on the poster (although we’ve already had some hints thanks to the cast photos), and there’s even a countdown on the site, where you can read fellow Hunger Games fans’ tweets.

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The pair will have to face the dilemma of returning to the 75th Annual Hunger Games in the Francis Lawrence-directed sequel,

as seen in the new international trailer.

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Biag perfoming in Austria. choreographic skills.”

SANGA will have its world premiere this coming weekend. In looking back at the creative process, Biag says that he “miss[es] dancing but choreography is proving to be a very interesting challenge for me.” He further adds that “In UGAT, Nanang would tell me her ideas and I would just respond with my body. The images that she gave were my guide to be able to come up with movements that meant something to me. In choreography, it is easy to talk about concept but to make it tangible proved to be a headache.

I would come up with so many movements one afternoon then the next day, nothing would come out of my brain. That is when my Nanang comes in, to fix, to explain why things are not working.

After each session with her, I would find myself thinking, “That’s it?” It sounded so easy. It was amazing how she could tweak, untangle, and make problematic combinations work.”

The creative team of Agnes Locsin and Biag Gaongen, as well as the expertise of seasoned per-

formers Kris-Belle Paclibar M and Sonny Locsin is a sure-fire formula of an exemplary production that must not be missed.

Fortunate pre-production viewers of SANGA have been full of praise for the performance. SANGA will be shown only in Davao City causing several dance enthusiasts to fly to Davao to watch it.

Surely, Davao must rise to the occasion by giving SANGA an audience it deserves.

SANGA will be held at the Locsin Dance Studio Theater at Quirino Ave on August 23 (7pm), August 24 (7:30pm), and August 25 (7pm). The ALAY SA PUNO Performance Series is especially choreographed for an intimate audience-inround. The number of seats will be limited for each performance.

For more information and seat reservations for SANGA: Ika-Apat na Galaw, please call 2274753, or text 09169095099 / 0822844100; or email locsindanceworkshop@ yahoo.com” locsindanceworkshop@yahoo.com, or visit Locsin Dance Workshop on Facebook.

Agnes and Sonny Locsin observe as Biag instructs Kri-Belle Paclibar M for SANGA.

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ONE LESS PRETTY FACE Injury forces Sharapova out of US Open

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EW YORK — Maria Sharapova pulled out of the US Open on Wednesday (Thursday, Manila time) because of a right shoulder injury.

The US Tennis Association announced the 2006 champion’s withdrawal.

Sharapova has played only one match on tour since her second-round loss at Wimbledon in June.

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ly was seeded third at the US Open. The USTA said 2012 Wimbledon runner-up Agnieszka Radwanksa would shift from No. 4 to No. 3, and all other seeded players below her would move up a spot, too.

The USTA said Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova would become the No. 32 seed.

The draw for the year’s last Grand Slam tournament is Thursday. Play begins Mon-

day.

Sharapova’s surprising exit caps a tumultuous couple of weeks for the four-time major title winner and former No. 1 player.

The Russian was sidelined by a hip injury after Wimbledon.

Then she hired Jimmy Connors as her coach, an arrangement that lasted all of one match, a loss.

Sharapova last skipped the US Open

in 2008, when she was off the tour for about 10 months because of surgery on her right shoulder.

She won her first major title since that operation at last year’s French Open, completing a career Grand Slam.

Earlier Wednesday, former top-10 player Mardy Fish of the United States withdrew from the US Open, citing personal reasons.

ing for creativity of dog custume, the audience impact, stage presence, and significancce of the attire to the theme.

While for the photo contest, judges’ criteria will be based on the photo cuteness, originality, photo quality and photo’s significance to the theme.

The competition’s judges are Rhona Goc-ong, a newspaper columnist, designer Ross Revilla and Davao City Glam Model House Managing Editor Jon Nuñez. They will determine the best-dressed dog and owner team up who will take home P3,000 plus two sacks

of 20kg Maxx Dog Food.

While the runner-up and and the third-placer will receive P2,000 and 1,000, respectively, plus 1 sack of 20kg Maxx Dog Food apiece.

The top three obstacle finishers and first three cutest doggy photo placers will go home with P3,000, P2,000 and P1,000.

Aside from the prizes, HardwareMaxx will also give away special awards to 10 lucky winners plus P1,000 and 5kg of dog foods.

Flauta added that they are expecting 25 candidates for the fashion show, 39 in the photo contest

and 11 for agility. The registration is still on-going for the agility event until Saturday morning.

Registration fee is P500 worth of receipts in all NCCC Pet Department which is inclusive of P200 worth of participating products.

The event is held in cooperation with the City Veterinarian Office. There will be free vacination, free check-up, free consulation, free grooming, speed-eating contest, dog food sampling and selling.

The event is also part of their support in the city’s advocacy of making Davao City “rabies-free”.

will be given for different categories such as the Best Two Door Sedan, Best Four Door Sedan, Best Sub-Compact, Best Old School, Best Sports Car, Best SUV, Best Pick Up Truck, Best Entertainment Set Up, Best Engine Display, Best in Body Graphics, Best in Paint, Best Under Carriage, Best in Interior Restoration, Best in Show, Best in European Car, Best in

American Car, and Best Japanese Car. Complementing the show are exciting activities such as live band, games, fashion show, and awarding of the best cars.

Phoenix Petroleum will also showcase its Accelerate Vega product, a top-of-the-line, multigrade engine oil that provides exceptionally high performance and engine protection under

extreme operating condition.

Phoenix Petroleum Philippines is the leading independent oil company with an expanding network of operations nationwide. It is engaged in the business of trading refined petroleum products and lubricants, operation of oil depots and storage facilities, shipping/logistics and allied services.

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HE NCCC Hardwaremaxx 4th Dog Congress 2013 will be staged on Saturday at the Kadayawan Hall, NCCC Mall of Davao.

Competitions in Agility, Fashion Show and Photography are set in this year’s event where close to 100 dog owners are expected to take part.

Rowena Flauta, guesting in the weekly edition of Davao Sportswriters Association (DSA) Forum at Calle Cinco said that the event is open to all dog owners.

Flauta added that for the fashion show, participants will be compet-

Vintage, top of line cars in Davao Car Show A

N impressive array of vintage, modern, and top of the line cars will be on display at the 1st Davao Car Show on August 23-25 at the Atrium, Gaisano Mall of Davao.

Presented by leading independent oil company Phoenix Petroleum, the 1st Davao Car Show will showcase the finest car collection in Davao.

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OUT OF THE US OPEN. Injury forced Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova out of the US Open this year.

Who is stupid now?

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leader of a sports association in Davao posted on his Facebook account that a reporter of this paper is either STUPID or PLAIN BIASED (emphasis intended). He also posted a photographed image of a story that appeared on this page marking in red pen a particular paragraph that states that non-National Sport Asociation (NSA) is also included in the karatedo and judo line-up for the Davao City contingent in the forthcoming Batang Pinoy Mindanao Leg in Tagum City.

I don’t know what are the credentials of this sports leader to make him sound like a professor in journalism. I wish somebody could tell me that he has a Masters degree in this profession. If you have his diploma, you could do me a big favor if you could print one as huge as a softdrink billboard.

With the way he called a reporter stupid, I was about to presume that he knows journalism but his judgment betrays a prudent man. For his benefit, this piece should explain the particular paragraph he so miserably misconstrued.

First question, how on earth did this sports leader think the paragraph referred to him when it (as the previous paragraphs consistently ran down the number of athletes in every sport) was presented in general terms?

The intention of the “stupid” writer is to report the events, the number of athletes and the representation, which without any distinction, referred to both NSA and non-NSA members.

That was also the announcement made during the press conference called by the City ports Development Office at the Deped City Division office two week ago.

For the information of everyone, this sports leader was not there when members of the media interviewed Mr. Butch Ramirez, acting sports chief of the city. Had I known that he purportedly has a Masters degree in journalism, I would have personally rec-

ommended that he should have been invited.

It appears now that this sports leader thought he was alluded to as a nonNSA. He also wrote on his FB: “These so called “NONNSA ENTRIES” will give a good fight and will bring HONOR & PRIDE to the City of Davao.”

For the information of Mr. Sports Leader, the article did not mention his name nor his association, as you all can see even in that FB post. It bewilders me that he reacted and owned to the allusion that he is the one referred to as a non-NSA. I never thought he was a non-NSA until he posted that. In legal parlance, that statement could be self incriminating.

As to his status as an NSA, I will be the first to say that he is the one who claims to be the duly appointed representative of the NSA. No question about that. You could have all the titles to your name but at the end of the day, they do not give you a Torrens title to the sport.

Sports is for everybody whether you are an NSA or a non NSA. Anyway, I think I have explained that to somebody who should have told this NSA leader of my explanation, unless he still does not get the point. I just wonder why a supposed martial arts expert like him is afraid to see the “stupid reporter” in his office and ask what the paragraph means.

Was he acting stupid or just plain biased? I will return that statement to him.

Frankly, I could not understand where he picked his logic, if ever that is part of his DNA. I suspect not.

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