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Serving a seamless society

Rebuilding many lives Food-for-work project helps typhoon victims FSTORY ON PAGE 10

INSIDE:

2 Fixing the perennial 4 power woes Race to Paradise Xtreme 16 Jet Ski Challenge Armed encounter displaces 300 people in ComVal village

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EARLY CHRISTMAS PARTY. Jimmy Aboitiz, executive vice president for Power Distribution of Aboitiz Power Corp., welcomes members of media from all over Mindanao who attended the company’s Christmas party

dubbed “Red and Black Party” held at SM Lanang Premier’s SMX Convention Center Friday night. Lean Daval Jr.

he City Prosecution Office in Davao City has filed cases against three businessmen after they failed to pay their monthly compulsory contribution to the home Development Mutual Fund, a.k.a. Pag-ibig.

Indicted were Kenneth Sy, owner of K’s Bookshop in Bajada, Clarita Barcelona, owner of Driver’s Choice on Roxas Avenue and Samuel Lao Agabin of Rapid Fix Service Center.

The cases were based on the complaint filed by elizabeth Tinagan, department manager of the hDMF. Tinagan said that they had sent letters to Sy to settle his obligations from

September 20012-2013, however, but Sy reportedly failed to despite his undertaking.

Barcelona also failed to pay the amount of P436,544.46 for February 2005 to April 5, 2013, despite notices.

Agabin failed to remit P108,570 for January 2004-May 2012.

Prosecutors recommended P12,000 bail for each of the accused.

The Pag-ibig fund created under R.A 9679 is a government financial institution involved in mobilizing provident funds primarily for shelter finance. This law mandated all employers to register their employees with Pag-ibig. [EPC]

ing days from receipt of complete documents. however, the implementing guidelines set

by IC in its Circular Letters do not stop the parties from seeking other modes of settlement.

The implementing guidelines feature ADReM’s structural process described with the acronym LAPeT which stands for least cost, accessible, practical, effective and timely.

IC deputy commissioner Ferdinand George Florendo said the ADReM processes are integrated as additional component in the country’s microinsurance regulatory framework seeking to strengthen consumer protection in the microinsurance sector whose

beneficiaries are mostly from the low-income group.

The ADReM implementing guidelines were issued to microinsurance providers such as the commercial insurance companies, mutual benefit associations and cooperative insurance societies that provide small and shortterm insurance coverages to low-income members.

The IC has accredited 18 life microinsurance companies that shall respond to the needs and paying capacities of the low-income sector.

As part of the mechanism, a separate Circular Letter was set for the procedures of accrediting mediators-conciliators to sit in the ADReM. [PIA 11/ Carina L. Cayon]

Armed encounter displaces Alternative dispute resolution system 300 people in ComVal village for microinsurance claims launched

By EMILORD P. CASTROMAYOR

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OMe 300 residents were displaced following an armed encounter between the military and communist insurgents in sitio Side 4, Brgy. Ngan, Compostela, Compostela Valley last Friday.

Lt. Col. elmer Aterrado, commander of the 25th

Infantry Battalion said the evacuees are staying at an evacuation area in Purok 17, Sitio Lubog, Barangay Ngan.

The soldiers were on their way to Sitio Side 4 when the 10-minute firefight with the NPA group erupted. No casualties

were reported on both sides while the soldiers conducted pursuit operations against the fleeing NPA. The local government transferred the internally displaced persons (IDPs) to the municipal gym for their safety.

Valte said President Aquino passed into law “An Act to Postpone the Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 28 Amending Republic Act 9340 and for other purposes” on Thursday.

Congress ratified the measure two weeks ago that will reschedule the elections for the youth be-

tween Oct. 28, 2014 and Feb. 23, 2015 in order to introduce reforms in the system.

Pres. Aquino has earlier signed Proclamation No. 656 declaring Oct 28 as a special non-working holiday to allow the public to participate in the barangay polls. [PNA]

official from Manila appeared in their office to assume as the OIC district collector but a few days after he went back to BOC Manila as reports swirled that Commissioner Biazon issued a return-to-original unit directive to BOC officials in various ports nationwide.

Last week, there was no virtually no district collector running BOCDavao even as report said that OIC district collector edward James Dy Buco was said to be transferred to his original unit in Cebu Port as customs legal officer, his

City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

President signs law postponing SK polls

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ReSIDeNT Benigno Aquino III has signed into law a bill postponing the Sangguniang Kabataan polls originally set on October 28, Malacanang announced Friday.

At a media briefing, Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail

Davao Port hits P571-M collection in September

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he Bureau of Customs Port of Davao continues to reel from having no regular district collector even as the 20-day extension of temporary restraining order case filed by a group of 15 collectors against a detail directive of Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima and Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon has been granted Friday.

For a month now BOC-Davao’s second-inline officials and employees have been experiencing uncertainty on who is their boss, the district collector, as in the week earlier “an Ilocano” BOC

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he Department of Finance (DOF) and the Insurance Commission (IC) recently introduced in the region an alternative dispute resolution mechanism for microinsurance to address complaints on benefit claims outside the courtroom.

The DOF and IC created the Alternative Dispute Resolution for Microinsurance (ADReM) method aiming at minimizing expenses, time and delays of litigation, and providing option for out-of-court resolution of disputes arising from denied microinsurance claims The mechanism also covers addressing complaints from those not fully paid within ten work-

UNUSUAL PLACE TO SLEEP. This man seems taking a nap while riding an improvised tricycle unmindful of the risk of falling to the road along E. Quirino Avenue in Davao

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Priest, woman found dead

By EMILORD P. CASTROMAYOR

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GENERAL CLEANING. A man who is commissioned to clean the surroundings of Davao City Police Office (DCPO) sweeps piles of dried leaves atop one of the police camp’s buildings yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

he lifeless bodies of a priest and a single mother were discovered at two separate places in Davao City last Friday. Police investigators found no evidence of foul play as the cause of death.

PO2 Diosdado Niones III identified him as Fr. Rene Tubio,35, a resident of the Bishop’s Palace on the corner of Torres and Panganiban streets.

Niones reported that Arch. Bishop Romulo Valles had asked his assistants as to the whereabouts of Tubio and was told that that they last saw him alive last Thursday night. Puzzled, Valles told them to open Tubio’s room where they saw his body.

Tubio, who must have been dead for about 14 hours, showed signs of blood clots all over his back.

On the other hand, Logronio’s body was discovered hanging with a nylon rope around her neck inside the house where she was staying in Purok Acacia , Brgy.

Calinan. She has two kids.

Police had earlier responded to a call from a concerned citizen but were too late to save her.

They were told that the woman was deeply troubled by financial problems.

Mitchie Logronio, her mother, told police that Jonalyn had told her son to buy a nylon rope.

ITh the theme “Civil engineering for a Sustainable Future,” Davao City will be hosting the Philippine Institute of Civil engineers (PICe) 39th National Convention on November 7 – 9, 2013 at the SMX Davao Convention Center, Davao City.

This annual convention will be attended by more than 4000 leading members from the construction, consulting, academic and commercial sectors of the government and private offices in the country and abroad.

The three-day conference will include the two Module-Technical program that will tackle topics on the state-of-the-art civil engineering technologies related to the six specialty divisions of PICe: Project Management and Con-

struction engineering, Geotechnical engineering, Structural engineering, Transportation engineering, Water engineering and environmental and energy engineering. It will also feature the PICe Construction Technologies, Services and Building Materials exhibit, Best Celebrated Civil engineering Month Competition, National Chapter Awards, Sports Tournaments, Special Lectures, Technical Tracks, election of the 2014 National Directorate and Fellowship.

At the same time, civil engineering students nationwide will gather for the 16th National Civil engineering Student Conference. Activities will include technical sessions, the 18th Bridge Building Competition, Grand Finals of the 32nd National Civil engi-

DOST-PAGASA upgrades weather, Davao City hosts civil engineers’nat’l confab early flood forecasting capability W T he Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration or DOST-PAGASA is enhancing its current capability in weather and flood forecasting with funds from the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) in late 2011.

PAGASA was allotted P 150M for the project titled enhancement of Doppler Radar Network for National Weather Watch, Accurate Forecasting and Flood early Warning. These include the construction of Dop-

For 2014

and measured in terms of the intensity and volume of precipitation or rain, thereby enabling a more accurate weather forecasting.

To date, there are 10 Doppler radars installed in strategically located areas in Subic, Baler, Baguio, Tagaytay, Cebu, Tampakan, hinatuan, Virac, Aparri and Guiuan.

The other two radars to be installed next year will be in Quezon, Palawan and Basco, Batanes.

By 2014, DOST-PAGASA aims to have a total of 15 Doppler radars operational to monitor weather conditions all over the Philippines.

With the accelerated funding, DOST has like-

stronger performance from Central and eastern european economies.

Following its second period of recession in the past 5 years which put its production to 2006 levels, the euro area pulled out of recession in the second quarter 2013 with 0.3 percent growth. european economic powerhouses Germany and France both saw considerable improvements in the 2nd quarter, with 0.7 percent and 0.5 percent increases in respective total economic output.[PNA/ Xinhua]

OUTREACH PROGRAM. Residents living near Teodoro Palma Gil Elementary School in Davao City flock to avail of free hair cut, medical check-up and other services during a television network’s outreach program yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

Global economic outlook positive

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N the back of 3.2 percent global economic growth in 2013, the Austrian Institute for economic Research (WIFO) expects the global economy to see an improvement to 3.8 percent growth in 2014.

Despite a 0.4 percent negative growth prognosis for the year, WIFO expects the 17 countries of the euro area to see positive growth of 1.1 percent in 2014.

More broadly the eU-28 countries are expected to overcome negative growth of 0.1 percent in 2013 to 1.2 percent positive growth next year primarily due to

wise managed to accelerate the country’s Doppler radar development and advanced the deployment of all Doppler radars by 2014, a target that was previous set by 2016.

The DAP is a funding mechanism instituted by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to fast track the disbursement of funds for priority projects of the government that include, among others, public works, agricultural infrastructure, housing relocation and resettlement, local government units assistance, rehabilitation of the railway system and weather forecasting. [PNA]

pler radar towers in Iloilo, Zamboanga City and Busuanga, Palawan.

The Department of Public Works and highways (DPWh) was tasked to do the construction of the radar towers.

The project also includes the procurement of one (1) Doppler Weather Surveillance Radar System (DWSR). It will be installed in Iloilo at the western seaboard to complete the coverage and monitoring of weather systems in the country.

The Doppler radars are capable of monitoring the rain clouds in specific areas for a particular time period. The rain clouds can be seen

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Fixing the perennial power woes Diesel gensets lessen brownouts

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he prolonged daily rotational brownouts affecting this city and parts of South Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat provinces since last month have finally eased in the last two days with

the streaming of around 12 megawatts (MW) of additional power to the area.

Santiago Tudio, South Cotabato 1 electric Cooperative (Socoteco 1) general manager, said they

formally commissioned their leased 12-MW diesel-fired generator sets on Thursday morning to offset the area’s power deficit, which has triggered daily rotational outages lasting five to six

hours.

“At the worst, our brownouts will now only last around an hour,” he said in a briefing.

Tudio said they decided to utilize the generator sets after the energy Regulatory Commission (eRC) issued a provisional authority for its applied rates and charges. he said such authority allows the electric cooperative to charge its customers for the use of the generator sets pending the approval of the fouryear power sales agreement that it signed last May with the Alcantara Group’s Conal holdings Corporation.

Tudio said the Mapalad Power Corporation (MPC), which is controlled by Conal holdings, completed the installation earlier this week of the power station for the generator sets at the electric cooperative’s sub-station in Barangay Morales here. he said the power station consists 13 units of Cummins brand diesel generator sets and auxiliaries with total installed capacity of 1,070 kilowatts each; four units each of transformers and four diesel fuel tanks; a unit each of control tower, switch gear and oil and water separator; two units of 1,000 cubic meter-capacity water tanks; and a unit each of workshop, office and transmission line for the Socoteco 1 sub-station.

The MPC has contracted generator supplier Ag-

greko Plc to manage the operations of the power station, he said.

Socoteco 1 started implementing daily rotating brownouts lasting five to six hours last September 1 after its power deficit reached around 12 MW. The electric cooperative serves Koronadal City, eight towns in South Cotabato province and the municipality of Lutayan in Sultan Kudarat. The area’s daily peak power demand is pegged at 33.6 MW. Tudio said that since its three-year supply contract with the National Power Corporation (NPC) expired in late August, the latter’s power allocation to the area has so far dropped to 18 MW from the previous 32 to 33 MW. he said the Aboitizowned Therma Marine Inc. is augmenting the area’s supplies by 3-4 MW. The electric cooperative initially adjusted the area’s brownouts to just one hour daily in the third week of September but it worsened anew following the toppling late last week of a transmission tower of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) in Kabacan, North Cotabato.

NGCP completed the repairs on the damaged lines on Thursday, restoring the normal flow of power supplies to the area.

Tudio said the generator sets will run for eight hours daily, especially during the peak hours of the area’s power demand. he said the peak hours, wherein the area’s power

demand reaches the 33 MW level, are from 5 to 10 p.m.

“By that time most offices and establishments are closing down already but our power demand still shoots up because 82 percent of our customers are residential,” he explained.

With the utilization of the generator sets, Tudio initially pegged an increase of P1.60 per kilowatt-hour (kwh) to the area’s basic rates, which presently average around P6 per kwh. he said the additional charges will be reflected on the electric bills of consumers by the next billing or in November.

Meantime, a team sent by the eRC to inspect the leased modular generators expressed satisfaction on Thursday over the compliance by their operator Aggreko Plc to government regulations. eddie Cudal, eRC’s senior energy regulations officer, told MindaNews that Aggreko has already complied with all the requirements necessary for the operation of the modular generator sets. “everything is in place so far and we’re recommending the issuance of the COC (certificate of compliance) to Aggreko for this project,” he said.

Aggreko, which is a multinational company specializing on the lease or rental of generation units, was earlier given by eRC two months to comply with the requirements for the issuance of the COC. [MindaNews]

capital town of Sultan Kudarat province, is served by the Sultan Kudarat electric Cooperative (Sukelco).

Tudio said the project was scheduled for implementation by next year to complement with the installation of the line connection between Koronadal City and Tupi town.

“These projects will mainly loop our transmission lines and provide alternative connections to power sources in the area,” he said in a briefing.

he explained that the connection through Tupi town will link up the area to power sources in Sarangani province and parts of the Davao area while the Isulan facility will provide additional linkages to sources in Northern Mindanao.

“This way, our power supplies will be secured in case something goes wrong in either side of the transmission lines,” he explained.

Tudio said the approval of the projects are still pending with

the eRC but said they already submitted the required justifications and conducted hearings on the matter.

Following the approval of its eRC application, he said Socoteco 1 will immediately process the funding of the project through a bank loan.

“There are a number of banks who offered to finance the projects but the selection will be done through a bidding sanctioned by the eRC,” Tudio added. [MindaNews]

Socoteco investing P70M to upgrade transmission lines D ISTRIBUTION utility South Cotabato 1 electric Cooperative (Socoteco 1) is investing around P79 million within the next two years for the upgrading of its transmission lines and other related facilities.

Santiago Tudio, Socoteco 1 general manager, said the project involves the installation of two new 69-kilovolt (kV) lines that will provide additional connections from the area to the main transmission lines of the National Grid Cor-

poration of the Philippines and the neighboring electric cooperatives. he said the initial 69kV line, projected to be laid out starting late this year, will connect Koronadal City to the municipality of Tupi in South Cotabato.

Socoteco 1 serves Koronadal City, eight towns in South Cotabato province and the municipality of Lutayan in Sultan Kudarat.

Tupi town is part of the franchise area of the electric cooperative’s counterpart South Cota-

bato 2 electric Cooperative (Socoteco 2).

Tudio said the project cost, based on the capital expenditure or capex application earlier submitted by Socoteco 1 to the energy Regulatory Commission (eRC), was pegged at around P39 million.

The second 69-kV line, which has an estimated cost of P40 million, will be installed along the boundary of Norala town in South Cotabato and Isulan town in Sultan Kudarat.

Isulan, which is the

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AboitizLand signs deal with Alsons acquiring 60% stake in LiMA Land A

BOITIZ Land, Inc. (AboitizLand), the real estate arm of publicly-listed holding and investment company Aboitiz equity Ventures, Inc. (AeV), has completed its acquisition of a 60% stake in LiMA Land, Inc. (LLI) through the purchase of shares of Alsons Land Corporation (ALC).

AboitizLand President and Chief executive Officer Andoni F. Aboitiz and ALC Chairman Tomas Alcantara signed on October 3 the Purchase Agreement finalizing the deal.

LLI, a Luzon-based joint venture between ALC and Marubeni Corporation of Japan, is the developer of the 485-hectare LiMA Technology Center, a PeZA-registered economic zone in the Lipa-Malvar area of Batangas, at the heart of the CALABARZON region (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon).

LiMA Technology Center is a total township project designed as an in-

tegrated city. It hosts epson Corporation as its biggest locator among the 34 locator-companies within the township’s 232-hectare industrial zone.

LLI also owns LiMA Utilities Corporation and LiMA Water Corporation, which supply power and water to the zone’s occupants.

Aboitiz described AboitizLand’s acquisition of LiMA Land as a strategic expansion of the Cebu-based developer’s growing property portfolio.

With over 20 years of solid experience in real estate in Cebu, we are now bringing our expertise to Luzon. Moving forward, we believe industrial ecozones will be a growth vehicle for the company,” he said.

On the other hand, Alcantara said that ALC’s divestment from LiMA Land is in keeping with its decision to make power generation in Mindanao and other key areas in the

AUSAID SUPPORT. Dr. Robyn Biti, newly designated Minister Counselor of the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID)-Philippines is presented with a copy of the Mindanao Peace and Development Frame-

work or Mindanao 2020 by Janet Lopoz, executive director of the Mindanao Development Authority during a meeting at MinDA this week, where AusAID reaffirmed its support to peace and development in Mindanao.

country the core focus of its business.

AboitizLand, a leading real estate company in Cebu, currently manages

Industrial Park (WCIP), a 202-hectare industrial development in Balamban, Cebu which caters to medium to heavy indus-

Mactan economic Zone II (MeZII), which caters to light to medium export industries at Mactan, LapuLapu City, and West Cebu

tries such as shipbuilding and ship recycling facilities, iron and steel manufacturing plants and allied activities.

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Stat Watch 1. Gross National Income Growth Rate (At Constant 2000 Prices)

7.1 1st Qtr 2013

2. Gross Domestic Product Growth Rate (At Constant 2000 Prices)

7.8 1st Qtr 2013

3. Exports 1/ 4. Imports 1/ 5. Trade Balance 6. Balance of Payments 2/ 7. Broad Money Liabilities

USD 3,741 million Feb 2013 USD 4,708 million Feb 2013 USD -967 million Feb 2013 USD -640 million Dec 2012 P 4,964,560 million Feb 2013

8. Interest Rates 4/

2.4 % Mar 2013 P113,609 million Mar 2013 P 5,281 billion Mar 2013

9. National Government Revenues 10. National government outstanding debt 11. Peso per US $ 5/

P 41.14 Apr 2013

12. Stocks Composite Index 6/

6,847.5 Mar 2013

13. Consumer Price Index 2006=100

132.8 Apr 2013

14. Headline Inflation Rate 2006=100

2.6 Apr 2013

15. Core Inflation Rate 2006=100

3.1 Apr 2013

16. Visitor Arrivals

418,108 Feb 2013

17. Underemployment Rate 7/

20.9% Jan 2013

18. Unemployment Rate 7/

7.1% Jan 2013

MONTHLY AVERAGE EXCHANGE RATE (January 2012-April 2013) Month Average December November October September August July June May April March February January

2013

2012

2011

40.67 40.73

42.23 41.01 41.12 41.45 41.75 42.04 41.91 42.78 42.85 42.70 42.86 42.66 43.62

43.31 43.64 43.27 43.45 43.02 42.42 42.81 43.37 43.13 43.24 43.52 43.70 44.17

It figures

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Amount allocated for the construction of a P26.5-billion expressway that would connect the North and South Luzon toll road systems.

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Davao Chamber chief lauds Aquino admin for Moody’s rating upgrade D

AVAO City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (DCCCCII) President Daniel Lim lauds the Aquino administration for the country’s rating upgrade of Baa3 from Ba1 by Moody’s Investors Service.

“This is a clear acknowledgement of the economic and governance gains of the Philippines under the Aquino administration,” said Lim adding, “the partnership of the government and private sectors has substantially contributed to the rating’s positive outlook.” he said the rating upgrade is a result of the government’s good governance and sound fiscal management coupled by the private sector’s strong commitment to pursue business growth, which have spurred the country’s high economic performance.

Lim also underscored the contribution of Mindanao’s business players to the nation’s overall economic growth, with its 8.2 percent Gross Domestic Product growth for 2012, higher than the country’s 6.8 percent for the same period.

“Mindanao continues to thrive on its strength and resilience as an island economy, being the country’s premier food source

and agri-business producer that accounts for 60 percent of the country’s total agricultural exports,” he said.

DCCCII was the lead organizer of the recently concluded 22nd Mindanao Business Conference (MinBizCon) held in August this year, which gathered the region’s business chambers and convened more than 800 key business players from across Mindanao.

The chamber is also organizing the 15th Davao Trade expo, an annual event designed to aggressively promote the agribusiness industry of Mindanao. Slated from October 17 to 19, at the SMX Convention in SM Lanang, this years expo will celebrate the crucial role of Mindanao’s farmers, considered as the the workhorse and backbone of the island-region’s agribusiness sector Mindanao’s export growth last year was 16.7 percent, twice as much as the country’s 7.6 percent.

“The business community here in Davao remains bullish on Mindanao’s economic potentials.

As the national economy stays on the path of strong economic performance, Mindanao will continue to make significant contributions to its continued growth,”

by the numbers

Inflation rate in September 201 3 remains manageable ev en at it accelerated to

2.7 percent, but lower than

3.8 percent in September 2 012.

Source: NSo

said Lim. he added that despite the recent crisis in Zamboanga City, the region is expected to bounce back as evidenced by its capaci-

ty to achieve growth. With a 12.4 percent growth rate in 2012, the Zamboanga Peninsula docked in the highest growth rate among 17 regions in the country.

PLDT Global partners with CTI for telemarketing services in the USA

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nternational telecom company, PLDT Global Corporation (PGC) inks deal with CTI to provide outbound call center support to its retail operations in the United States that will cater to the 3.4 million Filipinos residing there.

PLDT US is set to kick-off soon and they are

preparing well for the biggest international market launch in their history.

CTI has over 11years experience in customer service, and was named the “Fastest Growing Company” by both INC5000 and the Los Angeles Business Journal for four consecu-

Entrepreneurs from the cottage industry sector like these ice cream hawkers take advantage of situations such as public gatherings that have huge number of attendees to earn extra income. Lean Daval Jr.

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Increase in the Philippines’ growth forecast according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB). This is an upgrade from the original 6-7% forecast in the 2013 Asian Development Outlook.

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Amount earmarked by the Department of National Defense (DND) for two brand-new frigates for the Philippine Navy.

The bidding is scheduled to open this week.

tive years. Consequently, CTI and PGC signed a contract last September 5 in Cebu City during the Asian Carriers’ Conference (ACC) to seal their partnership.

“As the largest telecom service provider in the Philippines, it is critical that we invest in proven, industry-leading 3rd party providers to ensure successful organizational performance. We are bringing this business sensein the international market where our OFWs and Filipino immigrantsrely on us in providing them the best quality network,” said Mr. eric Alberto, Smart & PLDT’s ICBGexecutive Vice President. “With CTI’s proven expertise in the telemarketing business, we are very optimistic that they will aid us in reaching greater heights.” he added.

Present during the signing of the partnership agreement between PLDT and CTI were Mr. ernesto R. Alberto – executive Vice President, head of enterprise and International Carrier Businesses of SMART and PLDT; Mr. Alejandro O. Caeg, President & CeO of PLDT Global; Mr. enrique G. Yu, General Manager of PLDT Global for USA; Mr. Jose Alberto P. Tamayo, head –International Sales Development of PLDT Global; Mr. Sanie Cabangcala – CeO of CTI; Ms. Luinell Florentin – Country Manager of CTI; Atty. Reggie Ukol – Legal Counsel of CTI; and Ms. Mary Ann Palaganas – Client Services Manager of CTI.

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Number of farmworker-beneficiaries in Barangay Pando in Hacienda Luisita that were awarded their Certificate of Land Ownership Award.

Newly appointed Deputy Commissioners of the Bureau of Customs pursuant to the President’s ongoing reforms.

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Council for children’s welfare seeks to strengthen regional counterparts T

he Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC) recently conducted in Davao Region the ninth strategic planning workshop to strengthen the Regional Sub-Committees for the Welfare of Children (RSCWCs).

In the opening session, CWC Dep. executive Director Ma. elena Caraballo S. Caraballo revealed intentions of the CWC to strengthen its regional networks as CWC bids to become the “lead advocate and monitor of child rights by 2016.”

Before Davao Region, the CWC had gone to Western Visayas, Central Visayas, MIMAROPA, Central Mindanao, CARAGA, Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, and Central Luzon.

CWC linked with the regional office of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to invite regional line agencies of the departments of interior and local government, health, labor and employment, agriculture, justice, education.

Also invited to the workshop were the regional offices of the National Nutrition Council (NNC), National economic and Development Authority, the Philippine Information Agency, National Anti Poverty Commission Sectoral Rep, the Provincial Local Council for the Protection of children (PLCPC) and two child-focus non-government organizations (NGOs).

In explaining the

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objectives, CWC consultant Jean Liqiuigan said the workshop sought to recommend and agree on the monitoring and evaluation tools and reporting flow for each of the agreed functions of RSCWC; come up with strategic work plan for the period 2014 to 2016 to strengthen RSCWC; and to gather suggested contents of the RSCWC operations manual to include a facilitators’ guide for strengthening the local council for the Protection of children.

As the workshop facilitator, Liuigan used a combination of sharing and the technology of participation (TOP) methods involving a combination of brief inputs, interactive discussion, modified focus group discussion

SEAWEEDS HARVEST. A fisherman shows his newly-harvested seaweeds in Barangay Morong Point, Parang, Maguindanao. Seaweed farming is one of the sources of living among the coastal folks in Parang. [Mindanews photo

by Arthur Yap] and structured plenary and simultaneous small group discussion.

The main point of discussion during the

strategic planning workshop dealt the four main RSCWC functions on advocacy and resource mobilization, coordination,

technical assistance, and reporting to CWC and to regional development councils (RDCs). [Jeanevive D. Abangan]

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Nat’l farmers group urges public Binay lauds DIDP success V to guard the use of coco levy fund “T

he coconut levy fund is worse than the pork barrel! It is considered as the mother of all scam. The recovered fund must be protected to prevent it to be subjected to another scam,” said Marilou Tapia, sectoral representative of National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC) Farmers and Landless Rural Workers Sector (NAPC- FLRW).

“The recovered coco levy funds initially amounting to P71 billion must serve as a perpetual Coconut Farmers’ Trust Fund. Only the annual interest earnings must be utilized to fund community-based projects to increase farmers income”, added Tapia. “We are seeking the attention of the President to

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immediately issue an Executive Order for the creation of Coconut Levy Trust Fund Committee/Commission that will manage the utilization of the funds. Representative of Coconut Farmers endorsed by the sector should be the majority composition of the said Committee.”

Adelmo Arandela, a coconut farmer and vice-chairperson of the Coconut Committee of FLRW, said that they are also calling for a formation of a civil society counterpart control and monitoring mechanisms. “There should be a COCOWATCh Consultative Committee at the national level. While the formation of the Local Coconut Industry Development Councils

in the barangays and municipalities, should be fully implemented as mandated by the DILG. We strongly believe that this is the most effective way to ensure that coconut farmers would truly benefit and also to safeguard the funds from corruption” he said.

Various leaders of coconut farmers’ federation and network gathered at a consultation in Mati, Davao Oriental from October 3-4.

According to Tapia, poverty is a very common problem due to lack of effective support to small coconut farmers. Worst, in Davao Oriental, which is considered as top coconut producing province, victims of typhoon Pablo received limited or insufficient support

from government line agencies. “While the nation is angered at the current exposé on pork barrel scam, the farmers getting more anxious on what will happen to the coconut levy fund.

We need to be more vigilant and we call to the public to help us in our fight.”

“The pursuit for the remaining SMC shares that the Supreme Court decided to be an exclusive property of Cojuangco is far from over. We remain steadfast in our stand that we have the right over it because it was purchased using the coco levy. We will never stop fighting for it. We want justice to be served after almost 40 decades of deprivation and poverty,” Arandela lamented.

One of the notable seminars was conducted last September 25-27, 2013, a three-day seminar on Internal Control and Inventory System training at the CCDC Training Center, Brgy Salvacion which was participated by thirty four audit committee from the different coop-

eratives.

According to Benigno Sorima, resource speaker, the training is intended for different cooperatives which lack of Internal Control System and for them to be able to form internal control policies in their respective cooperatives. ernesto Valiente,

one of the participant said, “Nag-apil mi aning training para mahibaw-an pud namo ang dagan sa among coop.”

CCDO head Marilou Berdon said they are still going to conduct more training before the year ends. [Marjorie Bustamante/CIO Panabo]

LGU strengthens cooperatives

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N its thrust to continually strengthen cooperatives, the Local Government Unit of Panabo through the City Cooperative Development Office (CCDO) spearheaded 10 various trainings since January until September 2013 with 586 individuals as beneficiaries.

ICe President Jejomar Binay recognized the significant strides of the Davao Integrated Development Program (DIDP), particularly in pursuing the government’s goal of attaining food security and alleviating poverty. he said the DIDP has been accelerating the urbanization of the four provinces and six cities comprising the Davao Region.

“Congratulations for what you are doing in this pioneering program,” he told DIDP Board, during its meeting on October 25, 2013 at the Davao del Norte Sports Complex Club house in Tagum City.

Binay said such collaboration among the LGUs is highly called for, particularly since the Philippines is preparing for the birth of the ASeAN economic Community in 2015.

As he puts it, the country, and the LGUs for that matter, stand a better chance of taking advantage of the opportunities that will be brought about by the free trade between the 10 member-countries two years from now.

“Kailangan mapaghandaan natin ito and the LGUs have a very important role to play in this economic integration among the ASeAN countries,” the vice president said.

Binay earlier graced the grand opening of the Regional Rover Moot east-

ern Mindanao at the energy Park in Tagum City.

Chaired by Governor Rodolfo del Rosario, the DIDP is the only local government-initiated socio-economic cooperation in the country, that has served as the LGUs’ mechanism for sharing resources in the agriculture sector since 1994.

Through this trend-setting and longest-running local initiative, the LGUs in the Davao Gulf area has since continued their collaboration in pursuing the shared mission of eradicating poverty, preserving the environment, as well as, improving social services and infrastructure facilities.

It has also proved to be a very useful conduit of the Department of Agriculture, particularly in carrying out food security projects.

Close to a billion pesos was released by the national government to the program for the implementation of farm-to-market roads, small irrigation development projects, and various livelihood and resource management projects.

As of January 2013, the program has implemented a total of 136 road sections and six bridge components or some 193 kilometers of roads and 128 linear meters of bridges, which significantly improved the productivity of about 47,000 hectares of farms in the region. [Noel Baguio]

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EDITORIAL

‘Failed state’

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eNATOR Miriam Defensor Santiago has warned that the Philippines may become a “failed state” if senators and congressmen accused of plunder succeed in delaying or derailing the delivery of justice and ultimately gain impunity.

The warning of Madame Miriam, indubitably one of the most brilliant and eloquent lawmakers the country has ever had, is a logical one. There is a ring of truth to it, especially among mature Filipinos who have seen it all in the checkered story of our country.

“Failed state,” according to Transparency International, is one where the state lacks an effective judicial system and the rule of law.

If we take Transparency International’s definition, instances of “failed state” and Senator Santiago’s explanation of her warning remind us of painfully delayed justice in the cases of the infamous Maguindanao Massacre, the murder of environmen-

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talist-broadcaster Gerry Ortega, recovery of the nation’s wealth from the Marcoses, and plunder by many retiring military generals of taxpayers’ money in the form of “pabaon” to name a few big crimes.

We cannot help but ask ourselves: Aren’t all these instances and those yet sure to come, already clear manifestations of a “failed state?” Aren’t they the results of an ineffective judicial system and the absence of a genuine “rule of law” in this country that has been exacerbated by a succession of thieving national leaders who have connived with the predatory elite at the expense of the poor and the uneducated?

Isn’t it about time that we, who have observed from a neutral distance all these indications of national malaise, now step forward and do something to stem the tide before it sweeps us all away beyond recall, a.k.a. “failed state”?

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Fastest-growing business trend

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N ePIC BUSINeSS AChIeVeMeNT – A brighter economic outlook for the remainder of 2013 propelled the construction industry in Davao City and its suburban areas to two-year high. economists and business analysts say the general mood here has improved tremendously in the past months predicting the construction business will be much stronger even after 2013. The city’s brighter business outlook is partly due to the fact that, after a mild economic slowdown during the previous months, circumstances not outright uncomfortable were bound to seem like relief.

Signs that the economy is perking up are feeding expectations that Davao City may soon see a resurgence of growth led by stronger consumer and business confidence. The city recently registered a spike in personal spending and investment portfolios notably in the construction segment such as the building of modern shopping malls, posh condominium units, high-rise office edifices, IT centers and high-end hotels. essentially, many reputable investors want a piece of the city’s construction boom and they focused more on the hotel venture.

It seems an epic business battle is about to unfold what with the fasttrack construction of several hotels in various strategic locations in the city.

Maybe there are good reasons for that and we think there really are. Big investors probably like businesses that are like a castle with a large moat around it. And one of the most enticing venture prospects in the city nowadays and fastest-growing trend in travel is the hotel business. That was certainly evident the past few months and the city eventually will be beaming with

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pride to see all the new hotels to start operations next year.

S p e c u l a to r s are optimistic that there will be higher economic growth next year, which will help spur demand for hotel accommodations.

Well-established companies who owned a hotel in the city were so confident these days and highly expecting that more tourists and frequent visitors are coming over during the peak season as the city now becomes the primary choice for large local and national conventions, trade fairs and other important events. existing hotels and the new ones scheduled to open by year end and early next year are capable of managing big conferences and the choice will depend on the event organizers because many hotels in the city boost of huge convention halls and feature top-of-the-line facilities. New hotels in particular are integrated with shops and restaurants and other amenities aside from providing customers ample parking spaces and 24-hour security service. hotels basically have always been early adopters of new technology, be it gas lamps or fax machines. But today’s wireless hot spots are the latest in a long line of innovations geared for customer comfort. Tourist and frequent travelers see high-tech convenience as a necessity, not a luxury – and even the broadband Internet access by the pool is so yesterday. Adapting with the modern trend, hotels are continuously

introducing new facilities, gadgets and gizmos. So there’s the so-called “infotainment.” If one can’t afford to see a favorite movie showing in an I-Max theater due to tight schedule, he or she can look at it on a big plasma or LCD screen in the hotel room instead.

Fed up with art or product exhibits? Then check out a sweeping 100 channels or so of cable TV. Or you can read the local and national newspapers to get updated of what’s going on in the country. One can also read international news update – yours, that is – using a PC in the hotel lobby, which prints the current editions of leading world dailies for a minimal pay. And there’s more – a long list. Modern hotels accept reservations by SMS (from phones connected to the I-Mode system). An “IT butler” gives advice on everything from crashed software to the in-room sound system. Guests must always remember that the butler is essential – you do all your ordering of new towels and other room services through voice or TV commands. Most importantly you can press a button and a softly lit path helps you find the bedroom – get a good sleep and enjoy your stay. hotels especially those at the top end of the spectrum are adopting the high-concept approach. There are concepts for every taste. There’s a whole market segment of travelers in the country many of them foreign tourists who are no longer just looking for a place to hang their suit and plug in their laptops. They want a hotel with interesting things to do. “As the market gets very competitive, one of the ways to stand out is by creating something different, not just to be another nice-looking hotel,” observed some experts in the leisure industry.

Coffee in different cups anyone?

hAT then is the verdict on the coffee cup?

One coffee analyst says if contradicting research has the person wondering if coffee is healthy or harmful, the answer is simple: it depends.

A recent study showed a benefit from drinking java on a population level.

But it’s difficult to make individual recommendations for safe coffee consumption, said Dr Ahmed el-Sohemy, a University of Toronto associate professor funded by the Canadian Institutes of health Research who has studied caffeine and health. el-Sohemy’s research has shown coffee could either lower or raise a person’s risk of heart attack.

That’s because safe daily coffee intake is going to vary with the ability to process caffeine -- and that changes from person to person.

There’s no easy way to tell how ef-

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(Conclusion) fectively your body deals with caffeine, and therefore how much of it is safe for you to drink, he said.

Because individual variations are hard to measure, it’s difficult to confidently recommend a safe amount of coffee consumption because what might be dangerous for one person could have no effect on another, el-Sohemy said.

That’s why different studies have associated coffee consumption with both an increased and a decreased risk for many chronic diseases, he said. even for a single condition like heart disease, the findings have been inconsistent.

“You can sense the stimulating ef-

fects of caffeine when it binds to receptors in the nervous system,” he said.

“You cannot feel how quickly your liver is breaking down caffeine in your body, and there are no other signs or symptoms that tell you whether or not caffeine can trigger a heart attack in you.”

While the latest study, from the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, did not prove that coffee is protective, its results strongly suggest that drinking coffee is not harmful to healthy individuals.

The researchers looked at thousands of healthy men and women from earlier studies and discovered that in the women, drinking two to three cups of coffee daily was associated with an 18 per cent reduction in death from all causes, while four to five cups daily showed a risk reduction of 26 per cent.

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The Great Pretender

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O M e B O D Y should warn President Aquino about an impending political disaster – his own.

The writings on the wall are there, and these are “P-noy Resign.”

The cry of the hour is “Abolish the pork barrel!” This cry is heard all over the country from Ilocandia to Zamboanga. It is also heard in the Middle east, europe and North America where the irrepressible and adventurous Pinoys work to the bone to secure their future.

If this cry – which gets louder every passing day – falls on the deaf ears of P-Noy and his political mafia in Congress, the next cry could very well be “P-noy Resign!”

Why? Because P-Noy is a bluffer, a great pretender, a traitor to his own self-styled righteousness. he says one thing, but does another. he said he would abolish the pork barrel, but he left it to his political puppets in Congress to do it. he keeps repeating his political mantra of right path, but is blind to the crooked ways of his allies who want to continue to roll out the barrel of pork all the way to their pockets. he says that the people are his Boss, but he doesn’t listen to the people’s cry. he says that his administration is doing fine…..but when something wrong comes up, he has a ready fall-guy –the Arroyo government.

P-Noy and his puppets had better put their act together, or they would all become victims of the “weather-weather lang” political philosophy first espoused by a convicted plunderer called erap.

P-Noy critics say that the Aquino government is no different from the Arroyo government. Both stink with massive corruption.

Janet Napoles could turn out to be P-Noy’s waterloo. If she gets to testify in court, not in the Senate. how corrupt is the Aquino government compared to the Arroyo government? I think Janet Napoles is in better position to answer that question. If, indeed, she is the scam queen. ooOoo Several years ago, shopping malls in the city shortchanged the buying public by handing out candies as loose change to customers. Cashiers reasoned out that they ran out of coins. This subtle daylight robbery went on for months until the public outrage forced mall management to discontinue the dishonest and sneaky business practice.

Today, cashiers in shopping malls get in the nerves of shoppers by asking for small denominated coins from customers. Shoppers find this rather annoying, to say the least.

The situation becomes worse when a cashier won’t accept a paper bill higher than one hundred pesos. This happened to a lady shopper just two weeks ago who fished out a 1000 and a 500 peso bills for a purchase worth P 1,025.

The cashier rejected the 500-peso bill and asked for a small bill which the shopper didn’t have. Grudgingly, the cashier opened the cash register and pulled out several 100-peso bills from a thick pile.

Still trying to keep her cool, the lady shopper, in a measured tone, let go a 30-second lecture on how to deal with a customer loud enough for the people around the counter to hear.

By the way this incident happened at the grocery station of Gaisano South Citi-Mall. ooOoo

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EDGEDAVAO

Rebuilding lives Food-for-work project helps typhoon victims

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nes Alagano and Dulce Beloso Mosketo were elated as they lined up for the rice subsidy after working for 10 days.

For Alagano, a widow, the ration came at the most opportune time as her family was still waiting for rice harvest time.

“Mao ni among kaonon usa karon kay sa Oktubre pa man ang harvest (This is what we will consume as of the moment because harvest is will be in October),” she said.

She was even worried that the family, who was among those affected by typhoon Pablo when it hit the southern portion of Mindanao last year, would not be able to make both ends meet if they just relied on the farm as rainy season has already started and because rice traders buy from them at very cheap price.

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original assignment prior his deputy collector post in BOC Davao two years ago.

Dy Buco turned out to remain holding the district collector post, running BOC Davao as Commissioner Biazon issued his customs personnel order (CPO) No. B-1892013 last Sept. 17 detailing influential 27 customs collectors ranked V and VI to the newly created Customs Policy Research Office (CPRO) under the Department of Finance.

Of the 27 officials affected, 15 collectors assailed Biazon’s order and secured Tuesday a 72hour temporary restraining order from Regional Trial Court Branch 22 in Manila in their petition for declaratory relief, citing that Biazon’s detail order was done in bad faith, and “operates as constructive dismissal or demotion on their part” and “a forced relinquishment of their permanent positions” that would put all of them in floating status.

Manila RTC Branch 22 Judge Marino dela Cruza granted a 72-hour TRO to the petitioners, which they subsequently petitioned to be extended for 20 days.

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Mosketo said she has to work harder as her husband suffered a stroke in November, a month before the typhoon struck her place.

“Kining among nadawat karon pantawid ni (The sack of rice that we have received will help us get by until harvest time),” she said.

The two are among the 328 beneficiaries in Barangay Kapatungan, Trento, Agusan del Sur from the Plan International initiated food-forwork project implemented in typhoon-devastated areas in the province as well as in Compostela Valley, Davao Oriental and Surigao del Sur. The World Food Programme-funded project, which runs for four cycles, covers17,299 beneficiaries in the four provinces. For every 10 days of work, each beneficiary will receive a sack of rice.

Among the projects are rehabilitating farms,

RTC Presiding Judge Felicitas Laron-Cacanindin granted the petition to extend the TRO suspending the petitioners’ transfer until October 21.

BOC Davao workers heard talks of TRO’s denial Friday afternoon, cheering many of them over actually a false, kuryente news.

Collector V Raymond Ventura, one of the 27 collectors affected arrived Friday morning in BOC Davao to assume as OIC district collector as BOC Davao is his original unit. he is not part of the group of 15 who filed the TRO.

Last September 30, Biazon issued a memorandum designating 17 nextin-rank and most senior officials as OIC port collectors to man in various 17 ports nationwide including the NAIA and the Manila International Container Port and Port of Manila. In his order, Customs Collector IV Samsum Pacasum from BOC Iligan City was designated to be the OIC district collector of BOC Davao.

Pacasum arrived also at BOC Davao last Friday but he held office at the assessment office which was already vacated by its

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FOOD-FOR-WORK. Plan International Country Director Carin van der Hor (second from left) poses with beneficiaries of the food-forwork program in the municipality of Trento. Joining them are Team Leader Emilio Paz (second from right), and Emergency Response Manager Cynthia Guerra (right). vegetable planting, aquaculture, and debris clearing. Others are building permanent

homes or rehabilitating health and educational facilities.

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then deputy collector for assessment Atty. haleck Valdez, who is reportedly back already in BOC Manila.

In a brief interview, asked on when he would sit as the district collector, Pacasaum said, “Baka sa Monday pa.” he said he did not know on Ventura’s designation.

But it is still a guessing game who would become the regular district collector of BOC Davao.

tional level that affected port level.

The group of 15 collectors included the argument in their petition that Biazon and Purisima made an undue haste in issuing the detail order to beat the barangay election ban on reassignment of government personnel from Sept. 28 to October 28, 2013.

Though BOC Davao reels on BOC national shake-up that draws resistance from the Group of 15, it managed to hit its target by more than 16 percent in its cash collection of P571.188 million for the month of September 2013 under the steering of holding-on OIC district collector Dy Buco, in the report of BOC Davao cashier Melody Magdadaro furnished to Rural Urban News.

[Rural Urban News/Cha Monforte]

“Maybe after the barangay election, we can have already the much-awaited regular district collector. Kahit sinong makaupo dyan, ang gusto lang namin na may regular collector na,” said a secondin-line BOC Davao official, who refused to be named. he said that BOC Davao personnel have been confused over the BOC situation in the na-

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Manager Cynthia C. Guerra said the project is designed to help alleviate the situation of those affected by the typhoon.

“We hope the project can help them as they start rebuilding their lives,” Guerra said. [Leslie Lao-Francisco]

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The Organizing Committee of this year’s National Convention is headed

by DPWh Undersecretary Romeo S. Momo, PICe National President with engr.

David G. Sanchez, 1st PICe National Vice President as Convention Chairman and engr. erdsan Rene S. Suero, Chairperson of Davao Convention and executive Board. The PICe Davao

City lead by Reynaldo Aquitania is the host chapter of this year’s gathering.

The Philippine Institute of Civil engineers (PICe) is a professional organization accredited by the Professional Regulation Commission, composed of more than 73,000 registered civil engineer-members in 97 local and 8 international chapters and some 25,390 civil engineering student-members in 180 student chapters throughout the country.

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Globe and PEF:

Planting seeds to save forest and improve lives A

RAKAN Valley is the economic and ecological lifeblood of some 60,000 Filipinos. For the indigenous Manobo Kulamanon and Tinananon tribes, forests are the seat of their religious and cultural identities.

But poverty, the exploding human population, and the increasing demand for food and space are causing massive deforestation in the area which in turn threatens the existence of the Philippine eagle and other endangered species which have made Arakan Valley their home.

To address the issue, the Philippine eagle Foundation (PeF) has come up with the fiveyear Arakan Forest Corridor Development Program (AFCDP), a community-based landscape approach to biodiversity conservation.

A significant component of AFCDP is to ensure the availability of hardwood seedlings for reforestation and afforestation as well as other crops such as cacao and fruit-bearing trees which can help augment the income of the residents.

PeF also realizes the importance of the private sector participation for the program to succeed, thus, it has partnered with leading telecommunications company Globe Telecom for the much needed funding support.

Through the P500,000 donation from Globe which partly came from the Globe Arakan XC fund-raising biking activity last year, PeF and Globe were able to put up a plant nursery with a target of 50,000 cacao seedlingsto be supplied by SeedCore.

Partner communities handle the planting of seedlings, nursery upkeep, and other reforestation activities.

In return, they receive incentives in the form of basic services such as water systems, health or education services, and livelihood projects.

“We are excited about the cacao because we can earn more from it. In the past, we only plant banana trees and corn where we earn only about P500-P1,000 every 15 days as compared to cacao which can give us as much as P12,000 because the price per kilo is higher,” said 55-

For people with diabetes

Betachek launches effort to reduce the cost of blood glucose test strips

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ATIONAL Diagnostic Products, the Australian manufacturer of BeTACheK blood glucose testing products, today launched an effort to help diabetes patients afford to regularly test their glucose levels.

One out of every five Filipinos could potentially have diabetes mellitus or prediabetes.

Organisations like Diabetes Philippines have been working hard to put in place practice guidelines for physicians managing patients with diabetes.

An important tool for self managing diabetes is blood glucose testing, yet most people can not afford to regularly test due the high cost of test strips.

Betachek has launched a new online store www. betachek.com/ph and phone ordering 0925 888 2382 which offers a range of glucose testing systems from as little as PhP 600 per 50 tests. This compares to an average market price of PhP 1400.

“Many people struggle to manage their diabetes due to the cost of testing supplies. We have reviewed the current situation and believe we have a solution in the form of a direct to customer sales model, that will significantly reduce the cost of diabetes test strips.

Good control of glucose levels requires regular testing,” a spokesman for the company said.

An estimated 6 Million Filipinos know they have diabetes, with another 6 Million Filipinos have diabetes but do not know they have it. People who take insulin to treat their diabetes are advised to test their blood glucose levels between two and six times per day to determine when they need to take insulin.

People on oral medications should also regularly test their blood glucose levels as this provides insight into the effects of their lifestyle on their diabetes and is crucial to prevent some of the long term complications associated with diabetes.

Cacao seedlings in the nursery year old farmer Jessie Silva in the vernacular.

Jessie, a Board Member of SeBNAKA (Sinaka eagle BagtokNapunanganKayupaton Association), the tribal council which represents the Manobo-Tinanong community said that although it takes 19 months before the cacao trees can bear fruit, they are already being taught by the Municipal Agriculture’s Office (MAO) about grafting which if done properly, can maximize the trees’ productivity. The Arakan local government units also provide livelihood training and capacity building to the farmers.

Jessie and the other

farmers also need not worry about where to sell the cacao since there is already a guaranteed market for their produce.

“We’re not stopping at the provision of seed capital for agro-forestry because there are other component parts ofAFCDP that still needs private sector support such as increased access to livelihood and education.

That’s why we are continuing with the Globe Arakan XC this year to raise additional funds to help with these undertakings,” said Fernando esguerra, OIC, Globe Corporate Social Responsibility.

Slated on October 13, 2013, at least 200 bikers are expected to join the

60km cross-country biking challenge from Davao City to Arakan Valley in North Cotabato to create aware-

ness on the plight of the Philippine eagle and the need to save its habitat.

development, nor can it end poverty. Social businesses can,” Meloto, founder of Gawad Kalinga (GK), stated. he sought the support of the participants comprised of entrepreneurs, teachers, government officials and advocates of social development.

Meloto insisted that the Philippines must learn to achieve progress without leaving the poor behind.

“Because if we keep leaving the poor behind, growth will never be sustainable,” he said.

These thoughts were echoed by Stephen Groff, Vice President of Asian Development Bank. In his speech, Groff pitched the idea that social business will herald in a brighter future for the country.

“The Philippines is ideal for social enterprises due to strong civil society and people’s organizations that can provide support, funding, and training, especially when social businesses start their expansions,” said Groff. he added that the government needs to pro-

mote and fund social businesses, while banks should provide special loans and other financial services to encourage social enterprises.

These ideas were concretized by the experiences of 2012 enrst & Young’s entrepreneur of the Year Jim Ayala as he shared how his company’s solar-powered lantern improved the lives of rural Filipinos who do not have access to electricity.

Meanwhile, Former Taguig Congressman Sigfrido Tinga proudly narrated how he decided to leave the world of politics for a greater dream. Tinga claimed that the greatest lesson he learned from Gawad Kalinga is that the poor should never be displaced in favor of development. Currently working on introducing electric vehicles as alternatives to pollution- causing jeepneys, he plans on employing and training drivers coming from GK communities for such project.

Tinga trusts that the strong formation program of the

organization will produce the most courteous Filipino drivers.

Other speakers include Joey Concepcion of GoNegosyo, Fr. Javi Alpasa, S.J. and Mark Ruiz of hapinoy; and Anna Wilk of Gandang Kalikasan. All four speakers emphasized on the primacy of dealing justly with workers as innovative and marketable products can only be made possible through the talents of people.

The Social Business Summit runs from October 2-5 at the GK enchanted Farm in Bulacan. It is an excellent opportunity for social entrepreneurs to exchange enterprising ideas as well as explore opportunities for synergy so as to create businesses that will empower the Filipino worker.

“We cannot be just a nation of consumers or job seekers. We have no excuse to remain poor. It’s time for us Filipinos to define ourselves,” says Meloto whose vision is to make the Philippines the Social Business Capital of the world.

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Gawad Kalinga holds 1st social business summit

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ocial business is the business of caring.

This was the opening statement of Tony Meloto as he welcomed the participants of the Social Business Summit, the first of its kind held not at a fancy hotel or a posh convention center but on a sustainable community farm in Angat, Bulacan.

The choice of venue is crucial in communicating the message that social businesses place a higher premium on human relationships and empowerment of the poor rather than mere profit.

A total of 520 participants signed-up for the event, which includes fifty foreign delegates coming from the United States, Australia, France, Singapore and the United Kingdom among others. Forty brilliant minds are set to share their thoughts and expertise about the summit’s theme, which deals with the role of social business in harboring inclusive growth in emerging Asian markets.

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IN The MATTeR OF PeTITION FOR ADOPTION OF MINOR NAYOMI KAYe SIMBAJON SOLIeR Adoptee

SPL. PROC. CASe NO. 12-642-2013 SPOUSeS ChRISTOPheR CABADING GONZALeS AND eDeLIZA SOLIeR GONZALeS Petitioners x------------------------------------------------------------------------x ORDER This is a verified petition for adoption of minor NAYOMI KAYe SIMBAJON SOLIeR, be granted by his honorable Court.

Petitioner likewise pray that an Order be issued for the change of name of NAYOMI KAYe SIMBAJON SOLIeR to NAYOMI KAYe SOLIeR GONZALeS .

Finding the verified Petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the preliminary conference of this petition on February 17, 2014 @ 2:00 o’clock in the afternoon and pre-trial on March 3, 2014 @ 28:30 o’clock in the morning.

Pursuant to Section 11, Article IV of the Domestic Adoption Act of 1998, petitioner is hereby directed to submit themselves to Mr, Lorelie Basillote, the Social Worker of the Office of the Clerk of Court, regional Trial Court, Davao City for the preparation of the required case study, within ten days from receipt of this order who is hereby directed to conduct a case study on minor Nayomi Kaye Simbajon Solier,her biological parents and petitioners, and to submit reports(child study and home study reports) and recommendation thereon within thirty (30) days from receipt of this Order.

Pursuant to Sec. 12 (6) of A.M. No. 02-6-02-SC, Ms Lorelie Basillote a social worker of this Court, is directed to conduct counseling sessions with the biological parents (if known) on the matter of adoption of the adoptee and to submit her report before the date of hearing.

Petitioners are hereby directed to cause the publication of this Order at their expense, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation, which has been selected after a raffle, in the City and the four (4) provinces of Davao.

Likewise, petitioners are further directed to furnish the office of the Solicitor general a copy of this petition and to submit proof of compliance thereto.

Any person interested or who seeks to oppose the instant petition may appear to state why the petition should not be granted.

SO ORDeReD

Davao City, Philippines, August 27, 2013.

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(Sgd) LOPe L. CALIO JUDGe

LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the estate of the late ASUNCION R. GARRIDO has been the subject of an eXTRA-JUDICIAL SeTTLeMeNTexecuted by her heirs per Doc. No.160; Page No. 23; Book No.XXXXI; Series of 2013 of the NOTARY PUBLIC RODeRICK M. ORALLO 9/30/11/7/14

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the estate of the late CIRIACO B. MARALIT and CRISANTA M. MARLIT has been the subject of an eXTRA-JUDICIAL SeTTLeMeNTexecuted by their heirs per Doc. No.247; Page No. 50; Book No. I1; Series of 2013 of the NOTARY PUBLIC ChARMAINe VALeNTIN. 9/30/11/7/14

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IN Re: PeTITION FOR CANCeLLATION OF BIRTh CeRTIFICATe OF ALMA eSPINO

SP. PROC. CASe NO. 12-759-13

ALMA eSPINO NITOR, Petitioner, Versus LOCAL CIVIL ReGISTRAR OF DAVAO CITY, Respondent x---------------------------------------------------x ORDeR

Petitioner, Alma espino Nitor filed the instant Petition praying that after due notice,publication and hearing, an order be issued granting the cancellation of petitioner’s birth records before the Local Civil Registrar (LCR) of Davao City ,in order not to run in conflict with her birth records appearing before the LCR of Urdaneta, Pangasinan.

Finding the Petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set hearing of the Petition on November 25, 2013, at 9:00 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.

Given this 17th day of September, 2013 at Davao City, Philippines.

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Arum: Pacman vs JMM still easier sell

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OXING promoter Bob Arum thinks the Manny Pacquiao-Juan Manuel Marquez rivalry remains an easier sell compared to the Mexican fighter’s upcoming welterweight clash against WBO champion Timothy Bradley. he said Pacquiao’s close battles with Marquez and the shocking end of their fourth fight make the rivalry an intriguing match-up.

“A fight with Pacquiao is much easier to market,” said Arum in Boxing News.

however, Arum admitted he can’t stop Marquez from chasing history.

Marquez wants to become the first Mexican 5-division champion, which is why he picked a fight against Bradley. “he wanted Bradley because Bradley had the title that he won from Pacquiao.

Like Mexicans they want to go into history and he’d be the first Mexican to fight for world titles legitimately in five different weight divisions. Now for me that doesn’t mean anything but for him it means a lot ap-

parently,” Arum said.

The promoter also said he isn’t sure if there will be a fifth face-off between Pacquiao and Marquez.

Arum said the 40-yearold Marquez seems to be content with the earnings he had through his years as a professional boxer.

“Unlike a lot of fighters, Marquez, who has an accounting degree, has been very clever, and I mean that in a good sense, with his money. he might say enough is enough and walk away and never fight again,” Arum said.

Saturday in what could be a marathon day, with five fourball matches and five more foursomes also on the schedule, though further thunderstorms have been forecast.

In a worst case scenario, the 10th Presidents Cup could spill over into a Monday finish.

“Monday is a consideration ... if we don’t finish by sunset on Monday, then the team with the most points at that point would be declared the winner,” tournament director Steve Carman told reporters.

“It’s going to be a long weekend, that’s for sure,” said Masters champion Adam Scott who, in partnership with Japan’s hideki Matsuyama, was four up on Zach Johnson and Jason Dufner after 11 holes.

“Time to go rest up.”

WELCOME BLUE Steve Stricker and 20-year-old rookie Jordan Spieth were three up on South Africans Branden Grace and Richard Sterne after 14 holes while Tiger Woods and Matt Kuchar were three up on South Africans Louis Oosthuizen and Charl Schwartzel after

12 in the day’s marquee match.

“We are playing well, both of us are playing well,” said Woods. “I hit a couple of loose iron shots this afternoon, but made a couple good putts and we just kind of put the heat on these guys.

“Seven under (par) through 11 (holes), that’s not bad in alternate shot.

It’s just one of those days where both teams are really playing well, but we still got our work cut out for us tomorrow.”

The Internationals, who have lost the last seven sessions of foursomes played at the Presidents Cup, had welcome blue numbers on the leaderboard in the fourth and last matches out.

Argentina’s Angel Cabrera and Australian Marc Leishman were one up on Webb Simpson and Brandt Snedeker after 13 holes while Scott and Matsuyama were firmly in control against Johnson and Dufner, having gone three up after just six holes.

Mickelson and Bradley had earlier staged a stirring comeback for the United States in the top match be-

U.S. keeps Presidents Cup lead

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UBLIN, Ohio (Reuters) - With Phil Mickelson and Keegan Bradley setting the tone, the United States remained one point in front of the Internationals when Friday’s weather-hit foursomes were suspended for the day at the Presidents Cup. Mickelson and Bradley completed a 4&3 win over Australian Jason Day and Canada’s Graham DeLaet in the top match, before South African ernie els and Zimbabwean Brendon de Jonge triumphed by the same margin against Bill haas and hunter Mahan.

That put the United States ahead by 4-1/2 points to 3-1/2 overall in their bid to win the trophy for an eighth time in the biennial team competition.

They led in two of the four remaining matches and trailed in two.

Only two encounters were able to finish at Muirfield Village Golf Club on Friday following a weather delay of just over two-anda-half hours due to a thunderstorm.

Play will resume at 7.35 am local (1135 GMT) on

fore torrential rain swept across the course and, as thunder rumbled overhead, the siren sounded at 3:09 p.m. to halt the action.

The two Americans did well to go just one down after being outplayed by Day and DeLaet over the first four holes, then won the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth to go three up.

CRITICAL PUTT Left-hander Mickelson sparked the fightback by sinking a 15-foot eagle putt from the fringe at the parfive fifth before hitting a stunning approach to inside two feet at the par-four sixth in the alternate-shot format.

Though the American duo stumbled late in the round, losing the 13th and 14th with successive bogeys after going six up with six to play, they sealed victory when Bradley sank a threefoot birdie putt at the parfive 15th.

“The par putt Keegan made on four was just a critical one,” said Mickelson, after he and his partner had rebounded from their loss to Oosthuizen and Schwartzel in Thursday’s opening fourballs.

United States team players Tiger Woods, left, and Matt Kuchar fist bump after Kuchar made a birdie putt on the fourth hole during a foursome match at the Presidents Cup golf tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio on Friday (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

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Rodriguez sues MLB, Selig

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eW YORK (AP) -Alex Rodriguez sued Major League Baseball and Commissioner Bud Selig, accusing them of pursuing ‘’vigilante justice’’ as part of a ‘’witch hunt’’ designed to smear the character of the Yankees star and cost him tens of millions of dollars.

The lawsuit, filed Thursday in New York State Supreme Court, seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages for what it alleges was a relentless campaign by the

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league and Selig to ‘’destroy the reputation and career of Alex Rodriguez.’’

The suit was filed during the first week of hearings in the grievance by the Major League Baseball Players Association to overturn the 211-game suspension of Rodriguez imposed by MLB on Aug. 5 for alleged violations of baseball’s drug agreement and labor contract. The suspension stemmed from baseball’s investigation of the Biogenesis of America anti-aging clinic, headed by Anthony Bosch.

A decision on the grievance by arbitrator Fredric horowitz is not likely for several months.

Albert Pujols also filed a lawsuit. The Los Angeles Angels slugger sued Jack Clark on Friday over comments on a local radio show accusing the three-time NL MVP of using steroids.

The lawsuit between former Cardinals stars was filed in Circuit Court in St. Louis County, where Clark lives. It seeks unspecified damages and asks for a determination and declaration that Clark’s statements are false.

Nadal returns to world No. 1

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eIJING (AFP) - Rafael Nadal will return to number one in the world rankings after his semi-final opponent Tomas Berdych retired injured at the China Open Saturday, capping an astonishing comeback from injury for the 13-time Grand Slam champion.

The Spanish world number two only needed to make the final in Beijing to edge ahead of Novak Djokovic in the new rankings, which will be announced by the ATP on Monday.

Nadal, who last toped the rankings in July 2011, has enjoyed a remarkable season, returning from injury to dominate the hardcourt tournaments.

Nadal will overtake defending China Open cham-

pion Djokovic at the top of the rankings even if the Serb overcomes France’s Richard Gasquet in his semi-final later Saturday and retains the title on Sunday.

Czech Berdych pulled out of his semi-final after receiving treatment for an injury with Nadal leading 4-2 in the first set.

Nadal, sidelined for the second half of last year with a knee injury, has finished the season as number one twice before, in 2008 and 2010, and is unbeaten since he crashed out of Wimbledon in the first round in June.

The 27-year-old, tipped to eclipse Roger Federer’s record of 17 Grand Slam titles, has won 10 ATP World Tour titles in 2013.

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T-Tech by TUMI

introduces Fall 2013 collection T-Tech by TUMI, the trend-focused brand of travel, business and day bag accessories for the high-tech lifestyle, presents new styles for Fall 2013. The collection sets a mood to reflect the fast paced, diverse lifestyle of today’s modern professional, using versatile fabrics and a rich color palette in Sienne Red and Camo prints.

Styles take on a modern look in Charcoal, Denim, Sienna Red and Sienna Red Camo Print color ways.

Network Business Designed for the street warriors looking to slim down their business briefs, Network introduces the new Slim Double Zip Laptop Brief equipped with lightweight features and sleek design. An iPad pocket, hidden magnetic closure and multiple zipped pockets provide secure storage and quick access to daily must haves.

Icon Sleek utility becomes understated style for to-

day’s design-focused professionals with the Icon collection. A modern and metropolitan approach to simplicity, Icon offers a variety of lightweight travel, business and day bags made from our IXT nylon fabric with distinctive, custom-made hardware.

Existing day bag styles the Usher Messenger, Newton Sling, King Top Zip Crossbody, and Lewis Small Flap Crossbody are offered in seasonal Denim color way and in core color Jet.

Civilian Like the city itself, the Civilian collection layers its day bag and business case styles with hidden de-

tails and surprises of color.

Fall introduces a rich color way of Sienna Red accented with black and Storm Blue accented with Sienna Red in select styles.

Forge The Forge collection, crafted with artisanal details, caters to the individual who appreciates heritage detailing, living a high-tech, low touch lifestyle. Forge will debut a menswear-inspired nylon material in the color Charcoal, available in Steel City Backpack, Pueblo Top Zip Cross body, and Fairview Messenger styles. New style, Newmont Slim Deluxe Portfolio will be introduced to the assortment.

In addition to Charcoal, select styles are available Black wax cotton and Terrain wax cotton material.

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GT Cosmetics goes pink this month

TO HELP raise awareness for breast cancer, GT Cosmetics Manufacturing Inc. joins the global community in the observance of Pink October.

GT Cosmetics, to make its support for the cause official, is set to sign a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with ICanServe Foundation Inc., the lead organizer in this year’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month activities.

After meeting with ICanServe past president Meh-An Alcordo-Solomon recently, GT Cosmetics has agreed to provide the Pink October organizers a supply of GT skin-care products to sell during their activities and keep the proceeds for the foundation.

The US packaging of GT Cosmetics beauty soaps will also be introduced locally in a press conference announcing GT’s strategic partnership with ICanServe and during the series of activities lined up for Pink October.

ICanServe, a national network of breast cancer survivors and supporters, has slated a variety of activities for the whole Pink October month, including lectures and seminars on breast cancer, a Moon Walk, and a Pink Run, among many other events aimed at increasing awareness of the disease and raising funds for research into its cause, prevention, treatment, and cure.

“This is our way of helping raise awareness and educate the Cebuanos further about breast cancer which has affected millions of people globally,” Engr. Leonora B. Salvane, GT Cosmetics founder and national sales manager, said.

Alcordo-Solomon, who is currently serving as the Advocacy and Collaboration co-chairperson of ICanServe, said the foundation is really blessed to be able to forge new partnerships every year.

“We get new partnerships every year, and this year ICanServe is inspired by our partnership with GT Cosmetics,” Alcordo-Solomon said. “We will make a huge dent on the lives of women with breast cancer this year together with our partners like GT.” Alcordo-Solomon said she also hopes that loyal consumers of GT products from all over the Philippines will join in the fight against breast cancer.

Pink October, or the Breast Cancer Awareness Month, is a yearly health campaign organized worldwide every October to raise awareness and offer information and support to those affected by the disease.

Globe Telecom bags citation as one of top companies in Southeast Asia GLOBE TELECOM was recently recognized by institutional investment publication Alpha Southeast Asia as one of the region’s top companies for having a most consistent dividend policy. Globe was also cited by Alpha for the same category last year. The citation is based on an annual poll conducted by Alpha Southeast Asia, the only institutional investment publication focused on Southeast Asia. Shown in photo receiving the citation is Roland Jonas Ferrer (left), Globe Head of Corporate Brand Management. With him is Siddiq Bazarwala, Publisher, Alpha Southeast Asia. Award ceremonies were held at Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Makati City.

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Kids go mad for science on Abreeza Kids’ Day! TRUE to its “Live, Work, and Play” philosophy, Abreeza Mall recently treated youngsters to an activity that fused love of learning with loads of fun.

Abreeza Mall celebrated Abreeza Kids’ Day by bringing in Mad Science Philippines for a weekend of interactive science experiments on September 28- 29, 2013. Mad Science turned Abreeza’s second floor hallway into a one-of-a-kind children’s classroom, with each hour-long show attended by dozens of little tykes wowed by the wonders of science.

Through the delightful demonstrations of “mad scientists” Jalapeño Jaime and Kinetic Ken, the kids got to see chemistry and physics at work with their own eyes. With the aid of chemicals and some common materials, they witnessed how cornstarch could help create a huge fireball, how foamy “elephant toothpaste” could rise and overflow through a catalyst experiment, how water could turn into “wine” with phenolphthalein, and how it could “disappear” when sodium polyacrylate is added.

They also saw mini-tornadoes come out of a vortex generator, made balls float in a low pressure area, and even got to bring home their very own gooey

slime. Also present at the event was a static ball, and any curious kid who dared touch it had his hair stand on end.

The children were thrilled to experience all these astounding reactions and stunts for themselves—including riding on a hovercraft! Scientific concepts were explained

in a way that the young ones could easily understand, making Abreeza Kids’ Day with Mad Science not just an enjoyable experience, but an educational one, too.

Mad Science Philippines is the local franchise of the Mad Science Group, the world’s leading provider of fun science pro-

grams, workshops, parties, events, and camps.

With headquarters in New Manila, Quezon City, Mad Science promotes science education among children by presenting concepts and experiments in an engaging and entertaining way.

Find out more about Mad Science Philippines by visiting philippines.madscience.org, connecting with them through www. facebook.com/MadSciencePH, and following @ MadSciencePH on Twitter. For more information on upcoming events at Abreeza, please visit the concierge at the ground floor, call (082) 321-9332, or stay updated by liking www.facebook.com/ AbreezaMall and following @abreezatweets on Twitter and @iloveabreezamall on Instagram.

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More than 100 Kapamilya stars celebrate ABS-CBN’s 60th anniversary in ASAP 18 “ASAP 18” will throw a grand reunion of more than one hundred Kapamilya stars in participation to the historical two-day celebration of ABSCBN for the 60 years of Philippine television titled “Mga Kuwento ng Kasiyahan: The Grand Kapamilya Weekend.”

Witness one of Philippine TV’s milestone as the whole ASAP Kapamilya and cast members of timeless hit shows of ABS-CBN take over the center stage for a string of world-class performances and unforgettable surprises.

Watch out for the backto-back-to-back grand reunions of ASAP main hosts Martin Nievera, ZsaZsa Padilla, Pops Fernandez, Richard Gomez, Ariel Rivera, and Gary Valenciano; “Tonight With Dick and Carmi” tandem of Roderick Paulate and Carmi Martin; and the “Sang Linggo nAPO Sila” ‘family’ members namely, Amy Perez, Boboy Garovillo, Bing Loyzaga, Melissa de Leon, and Agot Isidro.

Solid teleserye fans will surely be in for a treat with the special production numbers of “Juan dela Cruz” stars Coco Martin, Erich Gonzales, and Shaina Magdayao; “Got to Believe” love team Daniel Padilla and Kathryn Bernardo; “Maria Mercedes” star Jessy Mendiola; and “Bukas Na Lang Kita Mamahalin” lead actor Gerald Anderson.

Joining the Primetime Bida stars are Andrea Brillantes, Kaye Abad, Zanjoe Marudo, Denise Laurel, Patrick Garcia, and Carlo Aquino of “Annaliza;” Andi Eigenmann and Matteo Guidicelli of “Galema: Anak Ni Zuma;” and Richard ‘Ser Chief’ Yap of “Be Careful With My Heart.”

Star Cinema’s box-office love teams will paint the town red with the most romantic surprises from John Lloyd Cruz and Sarah Geronimo, Kim Chiu and Xian Lim, Piolo Pascual and Toni Gonzaga, and Richard and Dawn Zulueta.

Aside from Sarah, John Lloyd will also reunite with his “Tabing Ilog” barkada Kaye, Patrick, Desiree del Valle, Baron Geisler, and Paula Peralejo. Take a trip down memory lane as the “Tabing Ilog” cast bonds with promising Kapamilya teen stars Kathryn, Julia Montes, Ella Cruz, Khalil Ramos, Miles Ocampo, Kiray Celis, Paul Salas, Francis Magundayao, Igi Boy Flores, Julia Barretto, Janella Salvador, Jerome Ponce, Jane Oineza, Michelle Vito, Dominic Roque, Angeli Gonzales, CJ Navato, Jon Lucas, and Alex Diaz.

Relive the happy times in “Grand Kapamilya Weekend” as popular Kapamilya comedy stars travel back in time and remember the remarkable moments in the ‘60 years of comedy.’ It will be led by “Palibhasa Lalake” cast members Richard, John Estrada, Jomari Yllana, and Jao Mapa; “Banana Split Extra Scoop” gang Angelica Panganiban, John Prats, Zanjoe Marudo, Jayson Gainza, Pooh, Saicy Aguila, Aiko Climaco, and Sunshine Garcia; and the singer of the hit novelty dance craze “Otso Otso” Bayani Agbayani Get ready to scream with the much awaited get-together of ASAP’s ultimate boy group ‘Kanto Boys’ composed of John Lloyd, Vhong Navarro, Luis Manzano, and Billy Crawford.

Meanwhile, celebrate the greatness of Filipino youth in the heart-pounding dance showdown of “Pinoy Big Brother” ex-housemates Kim, Gerald, Sam Milby, Robi Domingo, and Nene Tamayo; “Star Circle Quest” alumni Erich Gonzales, Joross Gamboa, and Melissa Ricks; and “Star Circle Quest” kids Xyriel Manabat, Nash Aguas, Sharlene San Pedro,

Izzy Canillo, Clarence Delgado, and Bugoy Cariño.

Pay tribute to the incomparable beauty of Filipino music in the world-class concert spectacle of OPM icons Arnel Pineda, Pilita Corales, Mike Hanopol, Randy Santiago, Jet Pangan, Abra; and “ASAP 18” main stays Jericho Rosales, Jed Madela, Juris, Aiza Seguerra, Richard Poon, Kean Cipriano, Sitti, Nyoy Volante, Princess, and Charice.

Expect a breath-taking dance showdown of Shaina, John, Rayver Cruz, Sam Concepcion, Iya Villania, and Nikki Gil in the segment ‘Supahdance;’ followed by the hair-raising musical showdown of Kapamilya singing champions Erik Santos, Yeng Constantino, Angeline Quinto, Jovit Baldivino, Marcelito Pomoy, KZ Tandingan, and Roel Manlangit, together with the first ever “The Voice of the Philippines” grand winner Mitoy Yonting.

Don’t miss the star-studded and historical celebration of ABS-CBN’s 60th anniversary in the country’s longest-running, award-winning variety show, “ASAP 18,” this Sunday, 12:15 noon, at the Marikina Sports Center.

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CARLA ABELLANA JOINS MYX AS CELEBRITY VJ FOR OCTOBER One of the entertainment industry’s most attractive faces will be appearing on the country’s number one music channel this October, as actress Carla Abellana takes on the role of this months’ MYX Celebrity VJ. Join Carla as she brings “Your Choice, Your Music”, hosting “Pop MYX” this October 5, “Mellow MYX” from October 6 to 12, “My MYX” from October 13 to 19, “MYX Versions” from October 20 to 26, “Club MYX” from October 25 to 30, and “Pinoy MYX” from October 27 to 31. Catch Carla on MYX, the Philippines’ number one music channel, available 24/7 on SkyCable (channel 23) in Metro Manila and many quality cable companies all over the Philippines. MYX is also on UHF via Studio 23 during choice hours every day. For more information, log on to myxph.com.

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Metro Society puts a spotlight on Philippine design reinvented

Kenneth Cobonpue opens first store in Metro Manila INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED artist Kenneth Cobonpue has finally taken his unique creations to the country’s capital with the highly anticipated opening of his first store in Metro Manila, which was culminated with a grand opening celebration held in partnership with Metro Society magazine.

Cobonpue officially broke Metro Manila’s design barriers with a showcase of his vision through his innovative creations on the evening of October 2.

Known for simple elegance paired with high impact, and acclaimed for proving the worth of Filipino talent from country to country, the grand opening of Cobonpue’s Manila branch stood testament to the growth of the country’s artistic value—a value that has already been recognized twice by Metro Society, in which he has graced two of the magazine’s covers, as both a businessman and a creative genius.

Featured in the magazine’s Annual Men’s Issue in celebration of Metro Society’s 10th anniversary, Cobonpue led the list of men deemed worthy of recognition for their outstanding performances in their respective fields.

It is such that Metro Society gladly set the spotlight on this momentous move in the Metro Manila art scene. With a vision of presenting society’s best to society, the grand opening of Kenneth Cobonpue Manila was the perfect embodiment of an evolution in aesthetic that began in the Philippines’ own shores before rapidly spreading all around the world.

Metro Society has been made available through ABS-CBN Publishing, Inc. Grab the latest issue of Metro Society featuring fashion pioneer Michael Kors on the cover. For updates, visit www.facebook.com/Metro-Society-Magazine.

Budji Layug, Raul Manzano, Royal Pineda, Kenneth Cobonpue and J. Anton Mendoza.

Kit and Fernando Zobel de Ayala.

Kate Torralba.

Kenneth Cobonpue.

Roselen Ocampo, Ces Drilon and Ernie Lopez.

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FIBA Asia U-16

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Philippines settles for silver

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he Philippine national youth team went down fighting, 78-85, Friday night giving China their toughest gold medal game in the FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship at Azadi Stadium in Tehran, Iran.

The much undersized Filipinos settled for silver but not without a fight.

The surprised finalists were only down by four, 59-63, with 6:24 left when the defending twotime champion uncorked a 7-0 run that brought the lead to double-digits.

The Filipinos, who kept on shooting from the outside, tried to weave another magical run just like the way they toppled Chinese Taipei in the semis, but this time, they fell short.

Nonetheless, it was the first time that China won by only single digit giving some measure of pride for the silver med-

alists, who duplicated their senior counterparts Gilas Pilipinas’ podium finish in the FIBA Asia Men’s Championship.

China along with the Philippines will represent Asia at the 2014 FIBA World Under-17 Championship in Dubai next year.

China drew big games from 6-4 Zhao Yanhao and 6-8 Fu hao, who exploded for 25 and 22 points, respectively. hao along with fellow 6-8 hu Jinqiu dominated the boards with 33, just six less than the whole Phl team output of 39 rebounds. hao tallied a gamehigh 18 boards while hu hauled down 15.

Ateneo prospect Jolo Mendoza paced the Filipinos with 20 points while Mike Nieto added 13 points and eight rebounds in a gallant stand against the big boys of China.

Brooklyn Nets coach Jason Kidd, left, and assistant coach Lawrence Frank talk during NBA basketball training camp at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.

NBA suspends Kidd for DWI

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eW YORK (AP) -- Brooklyn Nets coach Jason Kidd was suspended Friday for two games after pleading guilty in a drunken driving case.

The NBA announced Kidd will miss the first two games of the season.

The Nets open at Cleveland on Oct. 30 and host the defending champion Miami heat on Nov. 1.

Kidd pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor drunken driving charge after he crashed into a utility pole on eastern Long Island on July 15, 2012. he was treated at a hospital for minor injuries. he returned to court Monday after completing community service and his plea was reduced to a violation, driving while ability impaired. ‘’I think we all knew that was going to come at some point,’’ Kidd said Friday after practice at Duke University in Durham, N.C. ‘’You have to be responsible and the league came down with the suspension, and I ac-

cept that. If a player’s out, guys have got to step up. ...

My coaching staff is more than capable of stepping up.’’

It hasn’t been determined which of Kidd’s assistants will fill in during the suspension, he said.

Lawrence Frank, who coached the Nets from 2004-09, is Kidd’s top assistant.

Kidd will make his coaching debut when the Nets travel to Orlando on Nov. 3. ‘’The decision is consistent with what the league has done in the past,’’ Nets general manager Billy King said in a statement. ‘’And we look forward to Jason leading our team versus Orlando and the rest of the year.’’

Kidd spoke to students at two Long Island high schools last week about the dangers of drunken driving. he also paid a $500 fine and his license was suspended for 90 days, according to a spokeswoman for Suffolk County District Attorney Thomas Spota.

A Philippine national youth team player shoots over a Chinese defender during FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship at Azadi Stadium in Tehran, Iran.

Heat cite renewed defensive focus

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ARADISe ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) -- Defense is the primary focus of everything the Miami heat does, and it’s been that way since Pat Riley arrived.

It might be more than a mantra this year.

Miami started the season playing defense at a level that made no one in the organization happy last season, allowing 100.6 points per game, ranking only 23rd-best league-wide after 17 games. In the 65 games that followed, they gave up just 93.6 points per game, the fourth-best rate in the NBA over that span.

Playing defense better from the start of the season has emerged as a top priority for the heat, who left the Bahamas on Friday after wrapping up six practices of training camp that were devoted almost entirely to that end of the floor. ‘’We knew we didn’t

start off the season like we wanted to defensively,’’ said heat forward LeBron James, the league’s twotime reigning MVP and a four-time winner of the award overall. ‘’But we knew. I think when you have a problem and you face it, it’s very correctable, and we knew that.

So one thing we talked about was defending and finishing.’’

Training camp officially ended just before 1 p.m. Friday, though the way James sees it, camp actually lasts until Oct. 28, the day before Miami hoists its second straight championship banner and opens a new season against the Chicago Bulls.

Miami heat guard Norris Cole, right, and forward LeBron James stretch after training at the Atlantis …

There’s a ton of things for the team to do in the next 3 1/2 weeks, including play eight preseason

Miami Heat point guard Dwayne Wade stretches during a training camp session at the Atlantis Resort in Paradise Island, Bahamas.

games, but continuing to hone that defense-first approach will remain paramount. They remember how frustrating it was to have an almost porous-looking defense for the first few weeks of last season, a year where the heat wound up winning 66 regular-season games, 27 straight in one stretch. ‘’Sharpen.

Sharpen the sword,’’ heat forward Shane Battier said. ‘’We won games early last year and didn’t look good. We dropped a few that, looking back at it, we should have won. We know the eastern Conference is highly competitive. Not that we can’t afford to get off to a slow start ... but we can’t afford to get off to a slow start.’’

Chicago will be better, with Derrick Rose healthy a g a i n .

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ana figures to be better.

Brooklyn has eyes on a title. It’s clear that Miami will not have an easy time in the east, and the heat remember how vital getting that No. 1 seed was a year ago. It gave them the right to play Game 7 in the conference finals against Indiana at home, along with Game 7 of the NBA Finals against San Antonio. ‘’We know the competition got better,’’ Battier said. ‘’We scraped by to get out of the eastern Conference last year. Obviously, we want to play our best basketball at the end. That doesn’t mean we can’t start at a higher level and build toward that.’’ even though the background was paradise - sun, sand, tropical music and water slides - the ballroom where the heat did the bulk of their work on this trip was hardly a vacation destination.

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Race to Paradise Xtreme Jet Ski Challenge:

Laudable runner-up finish for injury-plagued Go

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t was a commendable runner-up finish for the ailing Christopher “Bong” Go of Jet Sports Association of Davao (JSAD) in the Race to Paradise Xtreme Jet Ski Challenge held Sunday at the Paradise Island Park and Beach Resort in Samal Island.

Go, who competed not at his best form

caused by his two muscle tear in his groin, admirably placed second in the Novice/expert 4-stroke Stock 260hp category, yielding to Gen. Santos City’s Yanick elnar.

The executive assistant of Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, a Jet Ski rider since 1996, fell dimly in the final round to elnar of Socsargen Jet Sports

Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go in action.

Association (SJSA), who had a remarkable run of the day.

Copping the third place honor was Jetwave Samal standout Angelo Inting.

Go, who overcame a field of talented speedsters in last May’s Sarangani Bay Festival 2013 Jet Ski Invitational Challenge by ruling the open/

expert four strokes 250 – 260hp, tried absolutely hard despite competing visibly not at his full strength.

But the breaks of the race went other way around that settled him still the worthy second best rider in the category in the midst of his doctor’s advised to refrain from sports activi-

ties for six weeks. he suffered the injury on September 1 during practice that prevented him to see action in the Tunafest Invitational in Gen. Santos City set September 7.

The injury was apparently aggravated a day before the Samal competition that forced him to take part not at hundred percent. elnar also finished second in the Novice/ expert 4-Stroke Stock (300hp) behind teammate 21-year old Vient Buhisan. Third was Dennis Arquiza of JSAD. JSAD’s Johnny Ng, the Sarangani Bay Festival and Tunafest Jet Ski Invitational 300hp division champion, skipped the competition as he served as race marshal.

Sharing the spotlight was Jodax Daquil of JSAD who won the Off Shore event. Daquil, who had an almost tragic ending at the finish line that resulted to three jet skis landing on top of each other, was followed by SJSA’s Michael Buhisan and Cocoy Gudaya in

that order.

Stingray Davao’s Rene Militante, 46, won the Veterans category by besting 47-year old Buhisan. Third was JSAD’s efren eribiano.

Militante also ruled the Open 2-Stroke Run About (550-800cc) while his 22-year old Renette settled for second place.

Renette also took second place behind Skye Diola of SJSA in the Ladies division. Third was neophyte Coy Maning of Davao City.

Inting, 18, also topped the 215hp category by beating Nathaniel Cabanas of Bluejaz and Vic dela Cruz of SJSA, who finished second and third, respectively.

Cash prizes and trophies were awarded by Paradise Island assistant resort manager Jun Diamante and race chairman Dr. Marlon Garcia of the DocRC hobby Shop and Aqua Sports.

More than 30 riders from Gensan and Davao City saw action in the race supported by LG Cellular and Pepsi Cola.

(RJB)