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PERMIT IN 72 HOURS

Rody vows quick issuance of permits to firms

By Antonio M. Ajero

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15th ANNIVERSARY. The Marco Polo Davao general manager Anthony Tan leads the lighting of torches to mark the opening of the hotel’s sportsfest in time for the celebration of its 15th anniversary Friday night along Roxas Avenue.

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HE permits and license bureau of the Davao City government will deliver requested documents in 72 hours. This was the vow of Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte to foreign and domestic businessmen and members of the diplomatic corps attending the joint meeting of the Japanese, American and European chambers of commerce in Davao at Seda Hotel last Friday.

Duterte said the 72hour deadline is also imposed on other city departments to come up with documents and other services requested by companies and individual businessmen from the city government.

“The heads of offices are directed to stop processing applications

and requests after 72 hours and forward them to my office together with their explanation on their failure to meet the deadline,” he said.

The city mayor urged businessmen to see him about their concerns, or City Administration Melchor V. Quitain in his absence.

He also vowed to act quickly on reports about graft and corruption in the city government, saying that he would not hesitate to initiate the dismissal of erring officials and personnel found guilty in the investigation.

He also assured the traders that members of the local police and other law enforcers in Davao City are disciplined, even as he promised to act immediately on complaints on instances

of abuse by lawmen.

“Policemen and other law enforcers found engaged in illegal drugs and kidnapping could get killed in Davao City,” the mayor warned, citing instances wherein police officers, active, on AWOL (absence without official leave) or dismissed shot dead in gun battles with arresting officers.

As in the past, Duterte said the city government under his watch has extreme prejudice toward law enforcers involved in heinous crimes.

The city mayor also briefed participants of the joint chambers meeting organized by lawyer-civic leader Leoncio “Nonoy” Villa-Abrille on the current security situation in Davao and elsewhere in Mindanao.

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LACK OF EQUIPMENT. Highway Patrol Group (HPG) 11 director Gregorio Pimentel urges the 17th City Council to study the lack of equipment needed

for apprehending abusive motorists during Kapehan sa Dabaw at the Annex of SM City Davao yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

IMPROVED POLLS Comelec 11 to focus on BOE tellers, canvassers By ej DoMinic FernAnDez

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HE Commission on Election (Comelec) 11 aims to improve this year’s upcoming barangay elections on October 28.

Comelec 11 assistant regional director Marlon Casquejo in yesterday’s Kapehan sa Dabaw at SM Annex, Ecoland, said, Comelec 11 will put emphasis on improving their Board of Election Tellers (BET) and Board of Election Canvassers (BEC).

The regional election office held its contract signing yesterday at Toril with the BEC and is in the process of training the BET. Casquejo said the barangay elections this year would probably be the same compared to last year’s elections. The election protests during the last barangay elections, according to Casquejo, were usually due to human error, which is why

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they are intensifying the preparation of the BETs and BECs. The Comelec said there are no major hotspots for the barangay elections in Region 11 this year, only election watch list concerns based on last barangay election’s particularly Compostella Valley which has insurgency issues.

He said the only election violence that happened in Region 11 so far

was the incident reported in the third district where a re-electionist barangay captain was shot dead.

Another issue Casquejo reported was the allowable expense that running barangay officials should spend. He said, the allowable expense is equals to the number of registered voters multiplied by five, regardless if the funds came from the candidates’ pockets, or even donated. [EJF]

iTH no support from the national government in providing modern traffic equipment such as speed guns, Philippine National Police Highway Patrol Group (PNP-HPG) 11 has sought the help of the city government.

PNP-HPG 11 regional director Sr. Supt.

Gregorio Pimentel, in yesterday’s Kapehan sa Dabaw at SM Annex, Ecoland, urged the Davao City council to look into the lack of equipment needed for apprehending abusive motorists.

LTFRB 11 administrative officer Edgar Violan said the national government implemented traffic laws without even checking if the cities are prepared for it. He cited among others, creating a “driving under the influ-

ence of alcohol” or DUi Law even without providing a machine called alcohol breathe detector. “i checked with the highway patrol of Camp Crame, but there were no speed guns there,” Pimentel said, adding that that equipment might not be part of their (PNP-HPG) procurement.

He said other countries have static speed detectors installed by the road side to take picture of abusive drivers and mail to their homes photos of them over speeding.

Pimentel said if the city government could do that, it would be a very big help.

He said that PNP-HPG 11 is focused on keeping the proper speed limit among motorist in the city as requested by May-

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Public-private partnership towards innovations in property registration

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HE Organization of Property Stakeholders (TOPS) has cited the Land Registration Authority (LRA) for addressing the concerns of land owners and other players in the real property sector.

TOPS president Michael Jansen Abella said there have been significant changes resulting from TOPS’ collaboration with the LRA, consistent with the vision of LRA Administrator Eulalio Diaz iii whose leadership is focused on service delivery.

“The automation took off during his (Diaz) term. We are fortunate

to have him as administrator because he came from the private sector so he knows the concerns,” Abella said.

Diaz said yesterday’s summit is very timely in view of the agency’s stepped-up implementation of the Land Titling Computerization Project (LTCP), the strengthened drive against organized crime involved in fake land titles and closer coordination with pertinent agencies and private corporations servicing property owners.

Summit chair Rodolfo Fernandez said TOPS in-

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ARMERS opposing the construction of the University of the Philippines-Mindanao Campus library in Mintal have asked the City Prosecution’s Office (CPO) yesterday to hasten the resolution of charges filed against them so that they can post bail.

The eleven farmers, which included a minor, were charged for grave coercion for blocking the construction site. The Tugbok Police Station detained the suspects on Thursday for defying the court’s temporary re-

straining order.

PO2 Antonio Pino, investigator of the Tugbok Police station said the suspects were brought to the CPO yesterday where they asked Prosecutor Karel Sanchez to resolve the cases immediately for them to post bail.

They will have to wait until Thursday after the cases will be raffled.

They were arrested on Thursday after the group caused a commotion which prompted the police to arrest them.

Pino identified the

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BLESSED. Archbishop Romulo Valles of Archdiocese of Davao officiates the blessing of the spanking new office of lawyer Ramon Edison Batacan (right) and partners Paul Vincent Montejo and Pearl Vicencio at the 7th floor of Abreeza Corporate Center along J.P. Laurel Avenue Friday afternoon. The

event was graced by Anflocor vice president Ricky Floirendo (center) and four topnotch lawyers from The Firm as BM&V’s strategic partners. Lean Daval Jr.

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RDC, CHED 11 strengthen amalgamation initiatives By ej DoMinic FernAnDez ejf@edgedavao.net

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HE Regional Development Council (RDC) 11 and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) 11 pushed for the implementation of significant changes in the Public Higher Education system.

RDC 11 acting chair Maria Lourdes D. Lim, said during the multi-stakeholder forum on Public Higher Education Reforms at the Pinnacle Hotel and Suites, Davao City on October 18, said that, Davao Region has pioneered this amalgamation efforts in the country with the proposed establishment of the Davao Regional State University System (DRSUS), with the

other Regions now following suit.

The forum, which has the theme, “Moving Towards the White Paper on Amalgamation…

Accelerating Davao Region’s Amalgamation initiatives,” is one of many efforts that the RDC 11 undertakes to raise a broad-based platform for understanding and bringing consensus to a flagship policy and program in Davao Region’s development agenda.

CHED Commissioner Ruperto S. Sanggalang stressed out working together in moving forward and accelerating the implementation of the

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Public cemetery rehab to be finished by end of November

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HE P23-million Davao City Wireless Public Cemetery rehabilitation project of the city government is set to be finished by the end of November.

Gary Castillo of Davao City Enterprise Bureau, in yesterday’s Kapehan sa Dabaw at SM Annex, Ecoland, said, the rehabilitation of Wireless Cemetery is now 90 percent finished.

After the Wireless Cemetery, the Bureau will be rehabilitating other cemeteries as part of the project which was initiated in 2012 during the term of former-mayor Sara Duterte. Earlier, the City Enterprise Bureau reported that the Wireless Cemetery was already congested.

Castillo said they had the Oplan Kaluluwa meeting with the concerned local government agencies last October 17 to prepare for the upcoming All Souls Day on November 2.

He said they already mapped out the traffic plan during for this year’s All Souls Day, and that they are doubling their preparations efforts.

Traffic Management Center (TMC) chief Dionisio Abude, during the Kapehan said they have new solutions for the usual problems in cemeteries during this season of the year.

He also said that San Pedro Memorial Park is the most organized cemetery during the All Souls Day commemoration.

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NO HOTSPOTS. Commission on Elections (Comelec) 11 assistant regional director Marlon Casquejo (left) reveals that there are no major hotspots in Region 11 for the upcoming barangay elections during yesterday’s Kapehan

MALNUTRITION ERADICATION. Councilor Mary Joselle Villafuerte, chairman of committee on health of the 17th City Council, urge all citizens to cooperate in order to eradicate the malnutrition problem of the country

during the opening of the 4th National Conference of District/City Nutrition Program Coordinators where she represented Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte at SM Lanang Premier’s SMX Convention Center yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

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ix Army personnel and three members of the Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit were killed in two separate attacks by suspected New People’s Army in North Cotabato yesterday morning.

The rebels used landmines in the attacks that took place in Tulunan and Makilala towns.

Mayor Lanie Candolada of Tulunan said the first incident happened in Barangay Bi-

tuon around 9:30 a.m. when soldiers on the way to send salaries for militiamen in nearby Barangay Bacong were ambushed.

Five Army soldiers and three Cafgus were killed instantly, according to Lt. Col. Noel de la Cruz, commander of the 57th infantry Battalion.

At around 11 a.m.

57th iB troops from Makilala reinforced the unit in Tulunan.

But while travers-

sa Dabaw at the Annex of SM City Davao. Also in the photo is Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) 11 administrative officer Edgar Violan. Lean Daval Jr.

ing the road in Crossing Baguio, Barangay Luna Norte a landmine exploded on the roadside. The explosive was concealed by a campaign material that was hanged along the road, Capt. Nasrullah Sema said.

Sema said the rebels also fired at the soldiers killing one and wounding four others. The casualties were immediately brought to hospitals in Kidapawan City,

the provincial capital.

The remains of the slain military personnel in Tulunan were airlifted around 3 p.m., de la Cruz said.

He added the attacks happened at a time that the military in the province has engaged in peace-building activities.

“Ano ba ang makukuha ninyo, ang mga biktima ay mga Pilipino rin,” he said. [Ferdinandh B. Cabrera/MindaNews]

A study on integrated pest management against a coconut pest commissioned by a Davao-based research and development (R&D) consortium won the best research paper- development category in a national competition held in Los Baños, Laguna recently.

The integrated pest management of Brontispa longissima is the official entry of the Southern Mindanao Agriculture and Resources Research and Development Consortium (SMARRDEC) to this year’s development category of the Nation-

al Symposium on Agriculture and Resources Research and Development (NSARRD).

Brontispa longissima entered in the Philippines through shipments of ornamentals.

The pest is invasive and its infestation could result in heavy losses to coconut growers in Davao region and its neighboring provinces.

Building on earlier R&D outputs and field experiences, a team of experts from the Philippine Coconut Authority-Davao Research Center (PCA-DRC), a SMARDDEC-member

Davao study on coconut pest bags best paper in nat’l R&D contest

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2014 investment plan outlined

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R i O R i T y development projects were outlined in Davao Oriental’s proposed P175 Million Annualinvestment Program (AiP) for 2014 presented during the recent Provincial Development Council Meeting held at the City of Mati.

To be sourced out from the 20% Local Government Development Fund (LGDF), the set of programs, projects, and activities poised for implementation next year focuses on the economic, social development,and the environment sectors.

The biggest allocation is the investment for economic support such as the rehabilitation of roads, bridges and other infra support facilities.

Meanwhile, based on the AiP, the province has also earmarked counterpart funds for projects bankrolled under the Philippine Rural Development Program (PRDP then MRDP), primarily onagri infra support and the ongoing big-ticket project—the Construction of the Cateel irrigation Project, which

is set to irrigate additional 2,000 hectares.

“This project is our big stride towards realizing our dream of making Davao Oriental rice sufficient,” said Governor Corazon N. Malanyaon, under whose lead made Davao Oriental achieve increase in rice sufficiencyfrom 42% in 2008 to the present 63%.

She said that the ongoing construction of the massive Cateel irrigation Project, Davao Oriental is likely to achieve 100% rice sufficiency level.

As the provincial government is bent to push priority projects for agriculture, support projects for the Pagkain at Kita and Agri-industry Program are also included, backing regular programs for rice, corn, livestock and high value crops development.

During the PDC, resolutions crafted by the executive committee were also presented, which highlighted the cacao intercropping project.

M a l a n y a o n said that while the province has already established tie-ups with multinational chocolate

GRADUATES. Tagum City Mayor Allan L. Rellon leads local leaders in congratulating the 443 graduates of the Skills Training Program of the Local Government of Tagum during their graduation ceremony held at Tagum City

Pavilion last October 19, 2013 at the Tagum City Pavilion. Joining him are City Vice Mayor Geterito Gementiza and City Councilor Nicandro Suaybaguio, Jr. [Kareen Gomez of CIO Tagum]

manufacturer—Mars Chocolate, a Cacao Development Center located in Magay, City of Mati is already placed to help farmers produce superior quality of cacao required for export marketing.

province a top cacaoproducing province in the regionby 2015.

Meanwhile, in support to tourism development, the AiP highlighted funding for the culture preservation and heritage

She stressed that while cacao intercropping has already beenstarted in the second district, the province is eyeingto get15,000 hectares planted to the said crop, which will make the

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ANTAWiD Pamilya and livelihood program beneficiary Rosalina Ocho Acero tends to her fish vending business in Poblacion Caraga, Davao Oriental.

Rosalina, 43, is a resident of Purok San Flower, Barangay Poblacion, Caraga Davao Oriental, one of the towns in the east coast affected by Typhoo Pablo in December 2012. She is married to Eleseo, 42, and they have four children. Two of their children are presently attending school.

Rosalina has been an active Pantawid Pamilya Program beneficiary since the program started in October 2008. Caraga is part of the Set 1 of the Pantawid Pamilya implementation along with Manay town and Davao City.

According to her, “Dako jud and natabang sa amua sa Pantawid nga program diin nakadugang suporta sa among mga anak nga nag-eskwela ug sa uban pa nga mga importanteng panginahanglanon (Pantawid Pamilya program has helped us a lot. it has supported our children’s school needs and other basic needs).”

Her husband’s income is derived from fishing and she augments the family’s income by peddling fish which she started in 2001. The couple earns a minimum of Php 800.00 every week when catch is good.

On May 22, 2013, Rosalina availed a Php

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10,000.00 capital seed fund through the DSWD Sustainable Livelihood Program. She used the amount as additional fund to scale up her fish vending business.

Ever eager to attain a better stake in life, the couple recently engaged in livestock production.

Each family member in the Acero household is

striving hard and is joyfully supporting each other to uplift and sustain their improved living condition.

The Sustainable Livelihood Program is a capability building initiative that develops the entrepreneurial and socio-economic skills of poor households through incomegenerating opportunities,

enhancing their access to basic social services.

On the other hand, the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program provides “conditional cash assistance” to identified poor households. Family beneficiaries are required to send their children to school and keep them healthy in order to claim their cash grants. [DSWD]

development projects.

Projects under this sector include upgrading of the tourism complex which will complement the influx of visitors on the income-generating Provincial Museum set to open this year.

xACTLy 443 Tagumeños recently graduated in the Community-Based Skills Training Program last October 19, 2013 held at the Tagum City Pavilion.

Tagum City Mayor Allan L. Rellon led local government leaders in congratulating the graduates who spent grueling days in learning different trade areas under the said skills training program offered by LGU Tagum in coordination with the Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA).

While there are 443 Tagumeños who graduated in the program, actual certifications awarded during the graduation ceremony is tagged at 990, as there are persons who enrolled in the different trade areas.

The graduates spent five consecutive weekends to take up the course with an actual application, said Community Training and Employment Coordinator

Warlito Obejero, the program’s in-charge under the Public Employment Services Office.

The breakdown of the graduates is as follows: Massage Therapy (45), Slaughtering Operation (60), Electrical installation and Maintenance (152), Plumbing (135), Masonry (127), Carpentry (133), Shielded Metal Arc Welding (157), Food and Beverage Service Attendant (90), Motorcycle Mechanics (16) and Automotive Servicing (75).

Joining Mayor Rellon in congratulating the graduates are Vice Mayor Geterito Gementiza and Councilor Nicandro Suaybaguio, Jr. who sits as the chairperson of the Committee on Education and Culture.

This program is in support of the advocacy of Mayor Allan Rellon on livelihood and employment under the EAGLE WiNGS Program.

[Louie Lapat of CiO Tagum]

5 THE ECONOMY Smart, Sun Cellular boost network in Mindanao EDGEDAVAO

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iRELESS service leader Smart Communications (Smart) and Digitel Mobile Philippines, inc.

(DMPi) recently completed a series of network synergies that will further enhance coverage and capacity to benefit subscribers of both Smart and Sun Cellular in southern Philippines.

The completion of the milestone project places Mindanao at par with the rest of the country.

Network synergies involve the co-usage of infrastructure between two operators and have become a growing trend among mobile operators around the world.

The practice results in marked improvement

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in network coverage, as each operator gets to use cell sites of the other operator and vice versa. it optimizes the resources of participating networks, and reduces the need to build new infrastructure.

Smart’s network synergy project with Sun Cellular started in April, covering 25 provinces in

Mindanao, including Tawi-Tawi and Sulu.

With the completion of the project, both Smart and Sun Cellular have leveraged on the use of close to 1,300 sites in the country’s second largest island.

Sun Cellular subscribers, in particular, stand to benefit from the project as the network

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increased its 2G coverage by 152 percent, and its 3G coverage by 64 percent in Mindanao. This way, they are set to experience a more resilient, modernized network with better accessibility and improved data services.

For its part, the network of Smart expanded its existing capacity, gaining 35 percent in its 2G coverage and a 57 percent jump in 3G coverage in the area.

The network synergy project was a logical course of action for both mobile services providers when Smart parent company Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) acquired a majority stake in Digitel Telecommunications Philippines (Digitel), parent company of Sun Cellular, in October 2011.

Through the combined and on-time modernization strategy, the PLDT wireless group continues to have the most extensive and robust network all over the Philippines with the most number of cell sites, cellular/mobile broadband base stations and fixed wireless broadband-en-

abled base stations.

“This supercharged network is what allows us to effectively serve the combined Smart, Talk ‘N Text, and Sun Cellular subscriber base, despite its sheer size, and offer services that are extremely high in value but very easy on the pockets,” said Orlando B. Vea, co-founder and chief wireless advisor of Smart, and president and CEO of DMPi. Vea refers to the recently launched Smart Unli Call and Text 25, which gives Smart Prepaid subscribers one whole day of unlimited calls to Smart and Talk ‘N Text subscribers, unlimited ‘tri-net’ texts or to over 70M subscribers of Smart, Talk ‘N Text and Sun Cellular, 50 texts to other networks, plus online chat and browsing of up to 15mb – all for only P25.

“While still separate companies, more and more we are leveraging on the combined strengths of Smart and DMPi, and translating them into a trinet strategy that benefits our subscribers with the most relevant, most reliable mobile services,” Vea added.

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Filinvest Land eyes 20% increase in revenues T HE Gotianun-led Filinvest Land inc. is looking at increasing by 20% its revenues in the Visayas and Mindanao as the company has continued to look for new properties to develop in both areas.

Although he did not mention the revenues that the company has earned in the two areas, Tristan L. Las Marias, first vice president of the company for Visayas and Mindanao, said his areas contribute about 25% of the total revenues of the company.

Although Metro Manila has a steady growth in the company portfolio, Las Marias added that the two areas under him have also been growing as the company has continued to invest in them.

About four years ago, the company said its revenue in Mindanao alone could reach to about P2 billion annually.

To ensure that there are takers of its project, the company is ensuring that its “projects are demand driven,” he said.

The latest project that the company launched late last month in Mindanao was its 3.8-hectare

8 Spatial Davao project here, a joint venture with the Carlos Villa Abrille and Sons inc., the family that owns the lot.

Las Marias said the latest project will boost the earnings of the company as it already has 14 projects in Mindanao, including its latest project.

“We are looking at the younger buyers,” Las Marias said in a chance huddle as he said that the company is looking at the “trend” in implementing these new projects with 8 Spatial Davao being a eight-building condominium project, its second condominium project next to One Oasis.

The company is trying to attract the middle and the lower markets to its medium-rise building projects, including its latest project.

The company said to help the buyers, it has also signed up with banks, including its sister company, the East West Bank, to provide financing schemes to those will want to buy units in these projects.

Las Marias hat it is still studying whether to develop another of its landbanked areas in the city, the

CHALLENGES AND EXPECTATIONS. Paul H. Tanchi, president of Subdivision and Housing Developers Association (SHDA), discusses the property industry’s challenges and expectations amidst a promising future during

TOPS (The Organization of Property Stakeholders, Inc.)-LRA (Land Registration Administration) Summit 2013 held at The Marco Polo Davao over the weekend. Lean Daval Jr.

one fronting the Abreeza mixed-use project, a partnership of Ayala Land inc. and the Anflo investment and Management Corp.

“We are looking at whether it is time to develop the lot,” he said, adding that prices of properties

within the area have gone up as it has been a location of several condominium unit projects of other companies.

The construction of medium rise buildings like condominiums has resulted in higher revenues for

the city government.

Gloria A. Lumapas, deputy head of the Office of the City Building Official, said the agency can easily beat its P65 million target as it already collected about P53.4 million during the first seven months of the

year.

What was collected during the first seven months of the year, was higher than the P40 million the city earned from building permit fees during the first seven months of last year.

eral Manager, said: “The Philippines holds huge opportunity for Lenovo. According to the international Data Corporation (iDC), it is one of the fastest growing smartphone markets with a market size of 2.6 million last year and expected to reach 3.6 million this year.

Our concept store in Davao City will strengthen Lenovo’s retail presence for mobile offerings in the country, especially in the Mindanao and Visayas regions where smartphone adoption has been increasing rapidly .

The opening of our very first Lenovo Exclusive Store

for smartphones and tablets is reflective of the potential and importance of the Philippine market to us.”

The store will be managed and operated by Banana Telecommunications, inc., Lenovo’s retail partner through its exclusive distributor for smartphones, Open Communications. it is the second Lenovo concept store in the mall, with the first showcasing Lenovo’s PC offerings for consumers and small businesses.

John Rojo, Open Communications Business Unit Head, said, “With an exten-

sive network of retailers nationwide, Open communications is well positioned to expand Lenovo’s mobile business across the country. The brand recognition Lenovo has established in the PC space has helped us quickly gain momentum in this segment. We have brought in Lenovo’s wide portfolio of reliable and high quality mobile devices that are competitively priced in every category to accommodate the ever-evolving mobility needs of our consumer base in the Philippines. Since

2011, they have been very supportive in growing the smartphone business and we are confident that our partnership will only continue to grow as we make the smartphone and mobile lifestyle more accessible to majority of Filipino consumers.”

For the latest Lenovo smartphones and tablets news, subscribe to Lenovo RSS feeds or follow Lenovo Mobile on Twitter (http:// www.twitter.com/LenovoMobilePH), Facebook (www.facebook.com/lenovomobileph) and instagram (lenovomobileph).

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ENOVO yesterday announced the opening of its first Lenovo Exclusive Store (LES) for smartphones and tablets in the Philippines, allowing the company to reach more customers and expand its visibility particularly in the Mindanao region.

Located at the 3rd level of Gaisano Mall, Davao City, Lenovo’s concept store will house various Lenovo smartphones like the K860, P700i, S880, S560, and the latest A-series smartphones as well as the Lenovo A series tablets including the Lenovo A1000 and A3000.

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The LES will also display and sell Lenovo accessories.

Visitors can now experience the features of Lenovo mobile products and find out which smartphone or tablet best suits their needs and lifestyles by checking out the various displays at the LES. With the opening of its first-ever LES for mobile devices in the Philippines, the no. 1 PC-maker in the world hopes to bring its innovative and great value smartphone and tablet products closer to today’s Filipino doers.

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P3,180,903 Visitor and tourist arrivals in the Philippines from January to August 2013, an 11.28% jump from 2,858,348 recorded in the same period last year.

68 percent Filipinos satisfied with President Aquino’s performance, according to a Social Weather Stations (SWS) Survey for the 3rd quarter of 2013.

P6.3 million

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Amount of relief goods distributed by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to the victims of Typhoon Santi, which hit Central Luzon early October.

Amount released by the DSWD for the purchase of relief goods for the families affected by the 7.2 earthquake that struck Central Visayas on October 15, 2013.

The department has prepositioned 2,000 family food packs and 100 laminated sacks which were airlifted to Cebu City by the Armed Forces.

20 percent Percentage of the increase in collections by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) for the month of September. It was the second consecutive month in which BIR collections grew by more than 20 percent, reflecting better performance from all its revenue arms.

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Northpoint’s green features make for an environment-friendly condo community

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O other condo development in the city puts more value in reducing environmental impact than Northpoint.

As a landmark condo development, Northpoint bears many green features that make it a healthful place to live for its residents while making its own contribution to be environment-friendly.

Solid waste m a n a g e m e n t .

Northpoint’s waste management program complies with the city’s own solid waste management. Segregation is strictly implemented by the property management and consistently complied by residents who are also

urged to reduce, reuse and recycle.

Not one piece of garbage is seen astray around Northpoint’s property that is kept meticulously clean every day of the week.

The spick-and-span look of the whole condo property is something the residents are proud of and visitors admire.

All these contribute to the local government’s efforts to clean up the city and reduce the volume of garbage.

Salinated wellness pool. The wellness pool of Wakefield Manor, the majestic clubhouse of Northpoint, uses salinated water where a chlorine

generator converts salt into chlorine instead of directly adding the chemical to the water. it virtually cleans itself and requires less upkeep.

Saltwater pools do not require large quantities of chlorine for maintenance and hence the water does not reek of the chemical. it is softer on the skin and hair, and does not cause eye or skin irritation.

Northpoint’s salinated wellness pool is therefore safer to the swimmer and most especially to the environment.

Enhanced greenery.

With about P4 million worth of imported Caribbean pine trees currently growing on Northpoint’s property, it is virtually a pine haven and the only one within city limits. As these allweather pines can grow to about a hundred feet tall, Northpoint will enjoy a cooler, fresher, and pinescented ambiance.

The pine trees further enhance Northpoint’s already green surroundings of verdant shrubs and preserved

olden Acacia trees, providing its residents their own vista of green within the concrete jungle of north Davao.

The pine trees infuse the whole condo property with fresh oxygen all year round, provide cooling shade for the grounds and the condo buildings, and serve as barrier for strong winds and rains. Once fully mature, the tall trees with its lovely branches and exquisite cones create a breath-taking sight of vivid greenery within Davao’s bustling city.

Green architecture. it is not only the surroundings of Northpoint that is green; its condos also bear qualities of green architecture.

Northpoint’s fourth and tallest tower, Liverpool, has been designed to the principles of

sustainable architecture which is aimed to have a minimal impact on the environment and its inhabitants.

Liverpool has an atrium that allows cool air to enter its vertical shaft and push warm air out and away from the building. it also has Sky Gardens, three wide openings on three different levels of Liverpool that let natural light in to illuminate the indoor and allow cool breeze to flow through the structure.

The Sky Gardens will have real live plants that further enhance the greenery and provide a cool ambiance. Northpoint’s condo buildings also have indoor gardens that thrive on real sunshine penetrating the buildings’ interior

through the skylights, allowing them to grow and give off fresh oxygen.

All these green features create excellent indoor air quality in the condo buildings, providing a healthier and more pleasant surrounding for the residents’ enhanced living conditions. it also allows energy conservation and provides savings to the residents, contributing to reduced carbon emission in the atmosphere.

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EDITORIAL Verboten: Freddie’s ‘Apo’

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HE 16-year-old girlfriend, still unnamed and her face not shown in still and moving pictures being a minor, may as well be the “apo” (granddaughter) of Freddie Aguilar, singer composer of the worldwide bestseller “Anak” (child), who is now 60.

Why is there is so much ado about Freddie’s relationship with the girl in social and mainstream media? is it a crime to fall in love with a 16-year-old when one is a senior citizen? Unfortunately for Freddie, yes. He could go to jail for it.

Freddie may be sued for child abuse or seduction by being in a relationship with a minor. Seducing a girl under 18 is a crime against chastity under the Revised Penal Code. On the other hand, child abuse is considered a public offense, so Mr. Aguilar could be held liable under Republic Act 7610, also known as Special Protection of Children against Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act. Baby-boomers like Freddie are reminded of “Lolita,” a controversial novel by Russian author Vladimir Nabokov on the forbidden love between 12-year

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ASEAN economic trust

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OSTERiNG REGiONAL UNiTy AND TEAMWORK – After so much uproar over the existing brewing controversies such as the incomparable PDAF and DAP fund anomalies, mounting social ills and string of tragedies, perhaps it’s about time to also look into the country’s brighter economic outlook. This time we want to review in brief the future closer economic cooperation between member-states of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN).

ASEAN is an organization on the Southeast Asian region that aims to accelerate economic growth, social progress, and cultural development among its member-nations and to promote regional peace. The 10-nation members that composed the ASEAN are the following: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

Delegates to the ministerial meeting who gathered recently in preparation for the 2015 ASEAN Economic Summit called for greater cooperation between the member-states including countries of the Asia-Pacific rim. They asserted each country’s commitment to exert greater cooperative efforts to transform ASEAN into an effective regional organization. They also cited the need to strengthen further the relationship between the ASEAN head of states.

One of the major plans envisioned

by ASEAN seeks to establish a single market and production base scheme by 2015. if recognized and implemented, trade barriers and strict regulations on the entry of goods, services and capital within the ASEAN community would no longer exist. The strategy was pro-

posed to create a common ASEAN market free from all customs barriers and quantitative restrictions.

Although ASEAN is moving towards nontariff and quota measures, nontariff barriers still existed.

Economic unity was still not fully realized, perhaps not until 2015, and for a while economic pessimism persisted in the region because of reduced economic growth, inflation and high unemployment rate. Government experts and private economists call for reforms to attract investment and to facilitate efficient transport system. They indicated that inadequate infrastructure and border barriers to movement of transport across the ASEAN member-countries are serious hindrances to ASEAN’s effort in establishing the Asian Economic Community (AEC) by 2015. in order to achieve its main objective, reciprocity may require ASEAN countries to create trading laws identical with each other. This could mean that ASEAN member-nations would allow goods, services and capital to flow freely within the region because all members sanction the same privilege to their products, labor and investment. First and foremost, ASEAN countries would directly benefit from the single market and production base scheme only if it would remove trade barriers among themselves, and

later on those between the U.S., Japan, China, South Korea and the European economic bloc.

The ASEAN confederation probably realized that they must move posthaste and start planning strategies to benefit from single market and production base method thus decided to eliminate serious barriers in its effort to establish the AEC by 2015, and most importantly to counter possible negative repercussions. So far, trading opportunities for ASEAN members seem minimal. in view of the impending competition with the U.S., Japan, China and South Korea, the ASEAN members might receive less preferential treatment as trading partner of other leading and influential economic bloc.

The viewpoint for ASEAN countries seems bleak and uncertain because of the possible trade protectionism from other powerful economic coalition that would be defended as necessary for its security, survival of its infant industries, for economic diversification, and for limiting and directing foreign trade advantageous only to its members. This would burden the ASEAN partnership therefore its governments have to close ranks in order to counter these moves of other developed countries and formulate common approaches until they get beneficial results from them.

To support and consolidate its action, well-established and long-term goals for ASEAN economic cooperation shall be on top of their agenda – calling for unity, cooperation and the improvement of whatever achievement it has planned to accomplish between now and 2015.

Prepare well this time; the choice is ours to make

Very HigH stAkes HE choices boil down to an either-or outcome—corrupt or clean government. A corrupt government is a captive of people who sell their vote or who tolerate bribery and corrupt practices.

A clean government, on the other hand, is one that emerges out of free and open elections; it is voted in by honest votes and consists of honorable public servants.

For our sakes, let us hope these elections will produce a clean government for the grassroots; one that embodies the Filipino’s sense of decency and fairness, not one whose moral values are warped by greed and the traitorous values of dynasties and trapos that are today’s dominant officials.

Our society desperately needs barangay officials who understand that statesmen can rise only from decent, moral communities.

Today’s dominant officials managed to be elected and re-elected over the years by buying the loyalty and support of wrongheaded voters using money they stole from the same voters’ tax payments. So successful have these

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officials been in this confidence game that people made them leaders, labeled them “honorable,” and naively entrusted government to them.

But what did they do? They stole billions, maybe trillions, siphoning these into their pockets.

They are traitors to the cause of good governance and ingrates to the sovereign community that elevated them to the pinnacle of power.

Dishonest Voters, Dishonest Officials When leaders turn out to be scoundrels, hypocrites, thieves, or traitors to the sacred mission of public service, the people must accept the blame. it is the people who catapult candidates, worthy or unworthy, to victory. Their vote makes cheaters and scumbags win elections. Wrong-headed voters legitimize the desire of hypocrit-

ical candidates for self-service, self-glorification, and aggrandizement.

Such voters are products of a community’s corrupt culture. it is community that conditions the ethical values and practices of its neighborhoods. if it tolerates corruption, even small violations, it gives the message that some amount of corruption, large or small, is acceptable. if it tolerates more abuse, it fuels the spread of impunity and more corruption.

The primordial issue every Filipino community faces in the coming election is corruption: how it starts in the barangay, how it spirals upward, how it infects the entire political system, and how it feeds the national culture.

And because it starts in the barangay, spreading like a virus to other barangays, we are in a position to stop it! (MindaViews is the opinion section of MindaNews. Manny Valdehuesa writes from Cagayan de Oro and is the president and national convenor of Gising Barangay Movement Inc. He can be reached at valdehuesa@gmail.com.)

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MacArthur’s Leyte Landing 69 years ago recalled SPECIAl FEATURE

By Ben Cal

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ixty-nine years ago, Gen. Douglas MacArthur fulfilled his solemn pledge to the Filipino people to return and liberate the Philippines from Japanese occupation when he led Allied forces in the historic landing at Red Beach in Leyte on October 20, 1944.

The landing was preceded in what is dubbed as “Battle at Leyte Gulf”, the greatest naval battle in history the world has known which remained unequaled to date in terms of the number warships, aircraft and submarines involved and the huge number of war casualties that resulted in the defeat of Japan that ended World War ii in the Pacific. it may be recalled that shortly before Bataan fell on April 9, 1942 MacArthur made a daring sea escape at the height of the heavy fighting from his headquarters on Corregidor island to Australia.

Aboard a convoy of lightly armed PT boats, MacArthur successfully broke the Japanese lines and arrived in Australia safely.

But before he boarded the PT boat, Gen. MacArthur made a promise to the Filipino people when he said in the now famous words “i shall return” to liberate the Philippines from the clutches of the Japanese invaders.

That promise was fulfilled when he led the liberation of the Philippines on Oct. 20, 1944. in his speech shortly after US-led Allied forces landed in Leyte, MacArthur said: “TO THE PEOPLE OF THE PHiLiPPiNES:”“i have returned. By the grace of Almighty God our forces stand again on Philippine soil -- soil consecrated in the blood of our two peoples.

We have come, dedicated and committed, to the task of destroying every vestige of enemy control over your daily lives, and of restoring, upon a foundation of indestructible, strength, the liberties of your people.

“At my side is your President, Sergio Osmena, worthy successor of that great patriot, Manuel Quezon, with members of his cabinet. The seat of your government is now therefore firmly re- established on Philippine soil.

“The hour of your redemption is here. your patriots have demonstrated an unswerving and resolute devotion to the principles of freedom that challenges the best that is written on the pages of human history. i now call upon your supreme effort that the enemy may know from the temper of an aroused and outraged people within that he has a force there to contend with no less violent than is the force committed from without.

“Rally to me. Let the indomitable spirit of Bataan and Corregidor lead on. As the lines of battle roll forward to bring you within the zone of operations, rise and strike. Strike at every favorable opportunity. For your homes and hearths, strike! For future generations of your sons and daughters, strike! in the name of your sacred dead, strike! Let no heart be faint. Let every arm be steeled.

The guidance of divine God points the way.

Follow in His Name to the Holy Grail of righteous victory!” it was during the great battle at Leyte Gulf that the once powerful Japanese Navy was destroyed by the US 3rd and 7th fleet.

The naval warfare involved four sea battles at Sibuyan Sea, Surigao Strait,Cape Engaño and the island of Samar in the Pacific Ocean. it was during the Battle at Leyte Gulf that the Japanese deployed its first “Kamikaze” or suicide pilots in attacking US warships.

“Kamikaze” pilots sunk 47 Allied warships and damaged 300 others. But a total of 4,000 “Kamikaze” pilots were killed during the Second World War. The US had in its arsenal eight aircraft carriers, 24 small carriers, 1,712 warplanes, 12 battleships, 24 cruisers and 141 destroyers. in the historic Battle at Leyte Gulf, the Japanese Navy lost nine carriers, more than 500 combat planes and a big number of smaller ships. [PNA]

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it would be a grave mistake if the peace initiatives in Mindanao of the national government will ignore factions of the Moro National Liberation Front including the one under Dr. Nur Misuari who is now being hunted for the recent siege in Zamboanga City.

The mayor said that the experience of the Davao City government indicates that it pays to accommodate the requests of all parties, including rebels, for as long as their requests and actions do not violate the law. “i am the mayor of everybody in this city regardless of their political and religious beliefs and gender preference,” said Duterte, who as vice mayor, initiated the passage of an Anti-Discrimination Ordinance, believed to be a first in local governance.

Earlier in his past terms as mayor, Duterte started a tradition of appointing deputy mayors for five Muslim tribes—Maguindanaos,

Maranaws, Tausogs, Kalagans, and Samal --and five non-islamized tribes of the indigenous peoples (iP) to act as his alter ego in his numerous functions as city executive. This is aside from the usual deputy mayors for the administrative districts of Bunawan, Paquibato, Buhangin, Agdao, Talomo, Toril, Tugbok, Calinan, Baguio and Marilog.

The joint chamber meetings were attended by Philip “Sonny” Dizon, AmCham Davao president; Martial Beck, vice president/general manager of European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, inc. and Akihiro Ushimaru, president of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Mindanao, inc.

Also present were former Press secretary Jesus G. Dureza, former Vice Mayor Luis C. Bonguyan, Japanese Consul Koichi ibara and Malaysian Consul General Abdullah Jawawi Bin Tahir, among other ViPs.

suspects, all residents of Bago Oshiro Tugbok District and members of 117 Barangay Bago Oshiro Farmers Association, as Allan Custas Logronio,39, the Association president; Elvies Oclarit Montilde, 52; Aurelio Galindo Paglinawan, 62; Roland Abulag Ampoloquio, 42; Marcelino Ampoloquio, 69; Bartolome Naypa Jamero, 49; Silverio Malabute Refamonte, 71; Arnel delo Santos Montalbo, 23;Maricel del Santos Pancho, 20; Juvy delo Santos Ortiz,33, and the minor girl whose name was withheld.

On October 17, Sheriff Efren Pineda served the temporary Restraining

Order issued by Judge Pelaguio Paguican, presiding judge of RTC 12, after the court had granted the petitioner – UP Mindanao, to refrain them from entering the site but the suspects did not hid the order.

The implementation of the project has been delayed for months due to the farmers’ opposition despite being granted by the local government with a building permit on April 11.

The Commission on Higher Education has allotted a budget amounting P30 million including the 10 million budget from the UP Mindanao.

institution, developed a cost-effective and environmentally sound integrated pest management strategy against the leaf beetle by using a parasitoid called Tetrastichus sp, Brontispa’s natural enemy.

Dr. Lourdes Generalao, SMARRDEC director, lauds the team of Dr. Cynthia Gallego, Vivencio Gallego, ivorie Dela Torre, and Jenycar Gallego of PCA-DRC for making significant contributions to country’s coconut industry.

She added that the study funded by the Department of Science and Technology - Philippine Council for Ag-

riculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCAARRD) is technically feasible and socio-economically acceptable at the farm level.

“The study makes use of parasitoid Tentrastichus sp. that infests the larval and pupal stages of Brontispa longissima,” said Generalao, adding that the parasitoid eventually sterilizes and consumes the host.

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Generalao underscored that coconut and coconut-by-products remain as the country’s top dollar earner in its

tends to forge a harmonious relationship with the government sector regarding property concerns. He said that the group supports the innovations in property registration processes such as the LTCP, and aims to help improve and maintain such modification.

LTCP involves, among other features, a shift from paper-based land titles to electronic files (e-Titles) seen as an effective tool to eventually eliminate fraud in land titling. The e-Titles, according to the LRA, is fool-proof, hence could not be hacked, duplicated or switched. Converting a land title to an e-Title would also protect the document from destructive natural elements such as water and fire.

TOPS board member Oscar Gumabay said the group wants to complement what the government has been doing in improving the land titling process. “We aim for a seamless process flow which is technology-driven and with less manual intervention.”

He cited Presidential Decree 1529 or the Prop-

erty Registration Decree, which states that safeguards must be adopted “to prevent anomalous titling of real property, and to streamline and simplify registration proceedings and the issuance of certificates of title.” He said this is one of the guiding principles of TOPS in working with the government towards more innovation in processes.

The LRA is almost done with the computerization of 25 million certificates of titles that have been in safekeeping in 164 Registries of Deeds across the country.

The agency has also shifted to high gear its computerization program for all RDs. Abella said regular dialogues with the LRA help a lot in identifying areas of improvement in the RDs. For example, TOPS member organizations earlier raised concerns that RDs to not practice uniform implementation of rules and fees, causing confusion in transactions. “We always raise those issues and they constantly adjust and improve.”

Davao Regional State University System.

Sometime in November last year, the forum on the National Blueprint for Restructuring Public Higher Education institutions was also conducted, highlighting the national government’s policy on amalgamation.

“There is no turning back on amalgamation.”

He said, adding that this direction is focused on providing “access to quality higher education”.

He further urged the stakeholders to work in synergy as the Region takes its course towards

the best arrangements for its amalgamated system.

Likewise, CHED 11 Director Raul C. Alvarez, Jr. who shared updates on the higher education reforms, highlighted the needed improvements in public higher education in the country so that its human resource can compete locally and internationally.

He said that with the projected financial savings of amalgamation, more funds can be channeled for providing better facilities and scholarships for the students.

agri-exports in recent years. in 2012, despite suffering from a major setback brought by Typhoon Pablo in Region 11, Mindanao’s coconut copra and palm kernel generated at least US$1 billion in total exports- according to the Mindanao Development Authority, the island-region’s economic think tank, in a report they released in July this year.

She said that SMARRDEC hopes to contribute to efforts to revitalize Davao region’s coconut industry, especially in Davao Oriental approximately six million coconut trees were

damaged by Typhoon Pablo.

Moreover, the study revealed that among the signs and symptoms of the infestation caused by this kind of coconut leaf beetle are drying, which can easily be mistaken as due to water stress specially during dry months; the leaves appear scorched; and the leaflets of the coconut will curl and turn from yellow to brown and will dry eventually.

“Knowing the extent of infestation of this coconut leaf beetle, SMARRDEC and PCA-DRC have initiated aggressive and sustained information campaign in the region,”

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HE National Food Authority City Field Office has called for a united effort to check on the alleged smuggling of rice through the ports of Davao and Cebu.

Felimon Cangrejo, manager of the National Food Authority in the city said that while their agency checks the veracity of the report about the alleged smuggling in the mentioned cities outside Metro Manila, his current concern is to strengthen more the coordinative efforts of all government-line agencies with the mandate to oversee the entry of goods from other countries.

“We need to monitor together the arrival of rice through our ports,” Cangrejo said.

He said that the entry of any product to the country, including rice falls under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Customs while the sole authority in issuing permits to import rice is with the NFA. Cangrejo said the Philippine Ports Authority also has the mandate to ensure the legality of every cargo that passes through and goes out of the ports. “it is the mandate of the NFA under Presidential Decree No. 4, importation of rice must through our agency, being the implementor of decided policies.

Even if the importation is being initiated private entities, still they must have the corresponding permit from the NFA,” he pointed out.

With this development, he cited the need for agencies like the NFA, BoC and

the Philippine Ports Authority to work together in monitoring the entry of products to the ports to discourage alleged smuggling through the ports.

Cangrejo said rice smuggling on the longer term can discourage the farming sector to plant due to the surge of imported rice to the market.

He said that as direct effect, more rice supply will lower the price of palay, consequently leading rice farmers not to plant anymore “We will no longer be certain of the volume of rice production when many farmers no longer plant, consequently affecting our food security,” Cangrejo said.

He said there are only two sources of buffer stock accumulation, namely, local procurement or buying palay from the farmers and rice importation as approved by the president.

Cangrejo said government can resort to rice importation when there is rice shortage but it entails a longer process.

He said that rice smuggling also impacts on consumers in terms of higher prices of rice. “in the event that government no longer gets hold of the inventory of rice, especially in times of calamity, it can no longer control the increase in the prices of rice,” Cangrejo said.

As of press time, top officers of the BoC and the PPA in Davao Region could not be reached for comment.

or Rodrigo Duterte.

Pimentel said, since they don’t have speed gun, they deployed speed marshals or civilians commissioned

by PNP-HPG 11 to ride

on jeepneys and report speed limit offenders to the Land Transportation Office (LTO) or Land Transportation Franchising & Regulatory Board (LTFRB). [EJF]

said Generalao, adding that the use of pesticides will only give temporary relief.

Generalao explained that biological control, as an alternative approach, offer sustainable and effective control over the Brontispa population.

From 2010 to 2012, PCA-DRC has released 1,053,921 Tetrastichus sp to coconut growers in regions Vii, xi, xii, and ARMM. The PCA-DRC has also trained 1,678 coconut growers from regions Vii, ix, x, xii, and Caraga on Tetrastichus sp production.

“We have also helped

established 52 laboratories nationwide,” said Generalao while pointing out that this research project is also in collaboration with DOST-PCAARRD, PCA-Albay Research Center, and the Philippine Nuclear institute.

NSARRD is an annual event that aims to provide a venue for disseminating the country’s most outstanding regional research and development outputs.

SMARRDEC was established in 1987 to cater to the R&D needs of farmers, local government units, and small and medium enterprises in Region 11.

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N awful smell of dead, rotten fish has blanketed the premier tourist attraction of Lake Sebu, South Cotabato this past week after a fish kill hit Lake Sebu once again that killed at least 20 tons of cultured tilapia, as affected fish cage operators did not immediately conduct a clean-up.

The fish kill--the worst this year--was blamed on what locals call “kamahong,” a phenomenon known to happen even before the fish cages invaded the lake in the late 1980s, usually during wet season. in January 2012, around 50 tons of tilapias were also lost to kamahong, which is usually characterized by the sudden rise of the water’s temperature. “in the last five days, the smell of rotten fish flesh was terrible,” Jessie Ralya, a lakeside resident of Purok Lot 70, told MindaNews on Sunday outside his hut from where majority of the fish cages devastated by the fish kill was just a stone’s throw away.

An estimated 100 kilograms of dead tilapias still remained floating Sunday in the fish cages, leaving behind a foul smell that, according to him, “is already tolerable.”

Ralya said the remaining floating dead fishes “were what was left of the cleaning operation overnight Saturday by workers of the fish cage operator who buried the bulk of them beside the lake.”

The latest fish kill to hit Lake Sebu, from which this town got its name, was monitored starting as early as October 6, when the water sampling conducted by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) in parts of the lake on dissolved oxygen level reached two micrograms per liter (µg/L), said Rudy Muyco, the lake warden.

For fishes to survive in the lake, the normal level should be 5 µg/L or above but on October 12, dissolved oxygen level was below 1(µg/L), he added.

“There were gradual fish kills during the period. it became severe on October 13 with the fishes floating up dead,” Muyco told MindaNews, recalling that prior to the severe incident, it has been raining for days due to typhoon Santi and then suddenly a strong sunlight.

“There was an abrupt change in water temperature [from cold to warm] that resulted to the massive fish kill,” he added.

The fish kill has affected an estimated 15 hectares of fish cages, though in varying degrees as some suffered total losses while others just five percent, Muyco said.

FISH KILL. The fish cages hit badly by the recent fish kill in Lake Sebu as photographed on Sunday, October 20, 2013, in Lake Sebu town, South Cotabato. [MindaNews photo by Bong Sarmiento] Victims again Lilia Paloma, 66, lamented that it was the second year in a row for them to be hit by the fish kill, wondering aloud “what’s happening to the Philippines.”

“We have the war in Zamboanga, followed by the magnitude 7.2 earthquake in Bohol and now a fish kill in Lake Sebu,” she told MindaNews as she and her husband Warlito,69, were about to go to their fish cages to catch “ayungin” (silver perch) so they could sell them to the market to buy rice or coffee.

“Just like last year, we are victims of the fish kill.

We’ve lost our tilapias that were about to be harvested.

We don’t know where to get financing to start anew,” she said.

For the fish kill last year, the couple said they have not received any assistance that was extended by the BFAR, like fingerlings.

The couple maintains 10 fish cages of tilapia, which can be harvested after nine or 10 months. “i’m not anymore thinking about our losses, it is just giving me a headache and breaks my heart,” Warlito told MindaNews.

Muyco, the lake warden, confirmed that BFAR had extended assistance last year to the victims of the fish kill, but did not have an answer when presented with the case of the Paloma couple.

For the victims of the recent fish kill, Muyco said the local government unit

and other concerned government agencies will still be meeting to discuss the assistance that would be provided to those affected.

Beyond the lake’s carrying capacity Muyco blamed the fish kill on the changing climate condition and acts of man, the latter, he stressed, contributing much to the degradation of Lake Sebu, one of this town’s three lakes.

The other lakes are Seloton and Lahit.

Last March, Dr. James Namocatcat, a marine biologist at the Mindanao State University in General Santos City, had proposed a moratorium on fish cage farming for Lake Sebu because it is carrying beyond its capacity.

At the time, the scientist found out that in some parts of the lake, even at a depth of four feet, dissolved oxygen nearly reached zero level.

That is especially true where the fish cage operations are located, he added, but cautioned that there’s still a need to conduct a deeper scientific investigation “before reaching a conclusive finding.”

Namocatcat explained that it is not only the caged tilapia stocks that need dissolved oxygen to survive in the lake; water hyacinths, algae and bacteria living there also consume them.

He said the weather is also a key factor that leads to oxygen depletion at the lake, particularly if there is no sunlight for days as it would deprive the pho-

tosynthesis process that allows aquatic plants and algae to produce oxygen.

“An interplay of factors actually caused the degradation of the lake,” Namocatcat told MindaNews then.

He also cited the residential owners who flush their wastes directly to the lake.

To save Lake Sebu from dying, Namocatcat suggests that a moratorium on fish cage operations be declared to allow the lake to regenerate. Once it recovers, he said, the number of fish cages must be regulated in accordance with the lake’s carrying or assimilation capacity.

With a moratorium, the impact on fish cage operators would be temporary, he said, adding that if this is not done, the effects of a dead lake would be longterm.

Apparently, the call for moratorium fell on deaf ears.

Also in a report in February 2012 following the fish kill then, a BFAR study recommended the dismantling of excess fish cages by the LGU in order to maintain the lake’s carrying capacity.

Leonisa Alfaro, South Cotabato Protected Area Superintendent (PASu) for the Allah Valley Protected Landscape, placed the lake’s carrying capacity at around 320 fish cages.

But with 4,586 fish pens based on the record of the lake warden’s office, the lake is carrying 13 times be-

yond its capacity.

“The condition of Lake Sebu is critical in terms of fish culture. The level of dissolved oxygen, which is most probably the most critical water quality variable in the lake, is lethal to aquaculture species (tilapia) based on the series of water quality trials conducted,” the BFAR study then showed.

The study found out that the causes of the February 2012 fish kill were overstocking of fishes, overfeeding and domestic runoff/chemical wastes, resulting to oxygen depletion, toxic gases and pollutants.

The Municipal Agriculture Office had placed the area occupied by the fish pens at 56 hectares or 15 percent of the lake’s 354 hectares.

Republic Act 8550 or the Fisheries Code of 1998, however, provides that aquaculture must utilize only 10 percent of the lake’s total area.

‘Addressed soon’ Muyco, the lake warden, said a massive rehabilitation, including the dismantling of excess fish cages, for Lake Sebu “maybe seen soon” with the completion of the Lake Sebu Management Plan or “Ligtas Lawa” masterplan, which was recently submitted to the South Cotabato provincial government.

Reached through a series of focus group discussions, the plan recommended a 10-point approach to save Lake Sebu from dying.

“A strong political will

is indispensible,” the plan’s number one recommendation said.

“Limit the number of fish cages to sustainable level. This could be balanced between the calculated carrying capacity and the 10 percent total surface water area as provided by law,” the plan also recommended.

Jojit Tupas, the administrator of the Lake Sebu local government unit (LGU), said the mayor’s office has yet to get hold of the plan, stressing the LGU is concerned about the state of the town’s biggest lake and major tourism attraction.

“There’s a need indeed to amend the local ordinance as it may be too obsolete already,” he told MindaNews, noting the amendment may take form from the master plan.

Need for consultation For Ferdinand Tapel, another fish cage operator, regulating the fish pens on the lake “poses no problem.”

“As long as there is proper consultation so the voices of the people can be heard,” the 41-year old father of three told MindaNews.

Tapel, who operates eight fish cages, suggested that the LGU should give priority to the “tumandok” or the local inhabitants than the outsiders in the utilization of the lake for fish cage farming.

[Bong S. Sarmiento/MindaNews]

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On Friday, 18 October 2013, the five-story Ateneo de Davao Parking Facility was blessed and inaugurated in simple rites. Fr. Manuel Perez SJ, the Grade School Chaplain officiated at the blessing. The tree-lined parking entrance is across the Ateneo de Davao - Matina Campus gates along Acacia Street. Grade School and High School faculty graced the occasion. (ADDU IPO) General Santos Drive, Koronadal City, South Cotabato 9506 General Santos Koronadal City, South Cotabato 9506 Tel. No.Drive, 083-228-2511 ; Fax No. 083-228-2654 Tel. No. 083-228-2511 ; Fax No. 083-228-2654

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Rios sets early Macau arrival B

RANDON Rios is setting up camp in Macau two weeks before he collides with Manny Pacquiao on November 24.

Top Rank, which is staging the card at the CotaiArena inside The Venetian, is bringing the 27-year-old Rios on November 13.

Publicist Lee Samuels said Rios had wanted to get to the former Portuguese colony way ahead of the main bulk so he could get accustomed to the local weather, time and conditions.

The US West Coast is 15 hours behind the Philippines and Macau.

Rios is currently training at the Oxnard sweat shop of Robert Garcia and is said to be in top shape for the bruising welterweight battle with the Filipino icon.

Samuels said he gets the chance to size up Rios when the Mexican-American slugger holds his media day on October 31.

Pacquiao, meanwhile, will stage his own media day this Thursday in General Santos City.

Pacquiao is the heavy favorite to repulse Rios in the scheduled 12-round tussle.

THERE’S MORE FUN IN THE RUN. Playful students make for the real meaning of fun run during the 37th Milo National Marathon Davao Leg which attracted a record field of close to 14,000 runners, mostly high school and college students. Lean Daval Jr.

Cebu booters upset defending champs G

UEST team Cebu Queen City United shocked defending champion Stallion Sta. Lucia, 4-1, in United Football Cup action Sunday at the Emperador Stadium.

After a scoreless tie at

halftime, the floodgates opened for the returning Cebu squad in after Ahmed Camara scored at the 50th minute.

Pintho Kabulo also found the mark at the 72nd minute, while Junard Aguilar made

goals at the 76th and 86th minutes to give Cebu Queen City a 4-nil cushion.

Benjamine Gordon converted a penalty kick at the 86th minute to give Stallion its lone goal of the match.

Cebu Queen City took the lead in Group C with seven points, while Stallion remained at second place place in the same group with three points. in Group A action, guest squad Ceres-La

Salle FC notched its second straight victory after routing Laos FC, 6-0.

Jayson Panhay and Kim Jin Ho scored two goals apiece, while Joshua Beloya and Angelo Marasigan chipped in one goal each for Ceres,

which tied PachangaDiliman for first place in their group. in other matches, Philippine Air Force edged Bright Star FC, 3-1, while Manila Jeepney FC prevailed over Philippine Army, 2-0.

27 points for Sacramento (3-2), and isiah Thomas had 15 points and 10 assists.

Ben McLemore scored 21 of his 23 in the second half.

Portland outrebounded Sacramento 54-40, led by Nicolas Batum’s 11 boards.

Portland forward LaMarcus Aldridge (sore right knee) and Sacramento forward DeMarcus Cousins (rest) rested. Cousins is the

Kings’ leading scorer this preseason at 21.3 points per game.

Reserve Mo Williams scored 17 for the Trail Blazers, who led 53-44 at halftime. Batum, Thomas Robinson and Robin Lopez had 14 points apiece.

Lillard was 8 for 19 from the field, including a 4-for-9 performance from 3-point range.

Kevin Martin scored 21 points for the Timberwolves (3-2). Ricky Rubio had 15 points and a game-high seven assists. ‘’We’re getting more acclimated with each other each day that goes by,’’ said Martin, who was acquired in an offseason trade with Oklahoma City.

‘’i’m very hopeful for the season. We have a good team here. We have high expectations for ourselves as a team. We expect to win games.’’

Gerald Wallace had 16 points for Boston (16). Toronto native Kelly Olynyk scored four points in 19 minutes.

Blazers drop Kings D

AMiAN Lillard scored 23 of his 28 points in the second half, helping the Portland Trail Blazers edge the Sacramento Kings 109-105 in a preseason game on Sunday night.

Lillard had 16 during the third quarter, when the Trail Blazers (4-2) opened a 19-point lead.

Patrick Patterson scored

Love leads Wolves past Celts TOP PICKS IN ONE TEAM. In a rare photo, this year’s top two draft picks could be composed of these two young men who played for The Royal Mandaya Hotel-CMO in Davao recently--Greg Slaughter (second from left) and Ian Sangalang (right). With them are TRMH team coordinator Jek Melendres and Francis Gabriel Escandor. Lean Daval Jr.

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ONTREAL (AP) -- Kevin Love had 22 points and nine rebounds to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 104-89 preseason win against the Boston Celtics on Sunday.

The game was held in Montreal as part of the 2013 NBA Canada series.

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TRAVEL

Scenes from Old Phuket Town.

The Bohemian vibe of Old Phuket

Modern day Phuket may be known for the long idyllic sandy beaches and wild nightlife, but go back a couple of centuries and you have a town that is riding high on a tin mining boom. It was this boom that allowed Phuket Town to thrive and with it, are beautiful mansions and shops that, up to the present, are wellpreserved and are still in use.

My visit to old Phuket Town was a Bohemian delight as the area literally had an artsy feel to it. The structures in the area were similar to the buildings one can find along the Asian spice route that included Penang in Malaysia and Singapore. The houses are colourful and spoke volumes about their owners just by the look and ornamentation can can be seen on the narrow structures which had a blend of european and Asian styles.

For a small street, dibuk road of old Phuket Town had much happening. There were artsy bookstores, local coffee shops, bars, a local museum, textile stores, souvenir shops, boutique hotels and even some companies that have been in existence for the past century or two. I was amazed at how the shophouses are pulsing with life and economic activity and I am sure people who love design and architecture will love exploring the many alleyways of old Phuket.

The Philippines’ leading low-cost carrier, Cebu

Pacific (CeB) flies direct from Manila to Phuket every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, for as low as P999. It operates the most extensive network in the Philippines for convenient and easy flight connections in Manila. For flight schedules and bookings, visit www.cebupacificair. com or call (02)7020-888 or (032)230-8888. The latest seat sales can also be found on Cebu Pacific Air’s official Facebook Fan Page or @cebupacificair on Twitter.

When planning itineraries to Phuket, visit the Tourism Authority of Thailand website at http://

www.tourismthailand. org/.

Follow me on Instagram or Twitter @kennethkingong for more travel finds, foodie haunts and happenings in, around and beyond Durianburg.

Posing in front of the Phuket Tin Mining Landmark.

A courtyard (left) and a room in a shophouse hotel.

A video archive found behind a bookstore/coffee shop.

One of the many bars along Dibuk Road.

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Enchanted Halloween at SM City Davao IT’s an enchanting Halloween at sM City Davao on October 26-31.

strike a pose at the spooky castle located at the Annex Atrium starting October 21.

On October 27, stay fit this enchanting season and catches Holiday Gym and spa’s Aero Halloween marathon. scavenge for sugar delights and give in to that sweet tooth. Candies, chocolates, cupcakes and more spookylicious treats abound at the Halloween Bazaar from October 27 to 31.

Be spellbound with the magic show, kiddie performances, face painting and more at the Halloween Royal Party on October 31. Come in your most bewitching costume for the Trick or Treat Parade from 1:00PM to 2:30PM. For the Enchanted Costume Contest, interested parties may register with a single or accumulated purchase of P1000 from any mall tenant. Registration forms are available at the Mall Administration Office. The cutest, spookiest, wackiest and most enchanting entries get a chance to take home P3,000 worth of Gift Certificates while the 2nd and 3rd placers get P2,000 and P1,000 worth of Gift Passes, respectively.

Everything for the spooky and sweet is at sM City Davao!

For inquiries, call 297.6998. Like SM City Davao on Facebook or follow @smcitydavao on Twitter for event and promo updates.

“Bohol-bohol ng Pagkakaisa” charity concert at MTS on Oct 23 BE ONE with the Philippines this Oct. 23, 7pm at Taboan, Matina Town square with “Bohol-bohol ng Pagkakaisa,” a fund-raising/benefit show for the victims of the Bohol earthquake. The free show includes performances by the Naughty Notes Band, Flight 99, The Don, Doc. Bob Bandolon, Maikee Aportadera, Rochelle Venuti and Wency Cornejo.

Guests may donate clean used clothing, medicine or anything that the earthquake victims may need and use.

For more information or donation pledges, interested parties may call Ahbet at 0922-803-2664.

AMDG’88 to hold 80’s and beyond Halloween party this Oct 30 CELEBRATE the craziest event of the year as the Ateneo de Davao High school batch ‘88’s (AMDG’88) silver jubilarians, AMDG’88 together with Globe hosts the 1st Halloween skin Party, an 80’s and beyond Halloween party this October 30 at the new Club Velvet at Oroderm City, C.M. Recto street.

Dance to the music of Davao’s spin Doctors Doc Yen and Doc Niel together with DJ Gary.

Partygoers also get a chance to win exciting Globe freebies as well as win unbelievable beauty and body service prizes from Oroderm.

Tickets are Php300 inclusive of two bottles of beer plus lots of freebies and surprises. The first 50 ladies at the gate also get special prizes.

The 1st Halloween skin Bar Party is just one of a series of events leading up to Ateneo Flashback 2013, the upcoming Ateneo de Davao Grand Alumni Homecoming to be held on December 30, 2013 at the sMX Convention Center in sM Lanang Premier.

For more information visit the AMDG Flashback Facebook page at ateneoflashback2013.

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Freeway Masters Collectors’ Series at Juan Luna

FreeWAy, considered as one of the most innovative of local brands, is proud to present its latest historical collection. With its breakthrough national Artist Collector’s Series, the works of the country’s most revered national Artists are immortalized through its fashion collection. For this Holiday, Freeway launches a fusion of nationalism and fashion into an awe-inspiring collection with its first ever Filipino Masters Series showcasing the works of the legendary Juan Luna!

Known for masterpieces such as Spolarium, Death of Cleopatra and Battle at Lepanto, he was the first master who has shaped Philippine History.

Freeway is honored to present some of his works through a collection consisting of casual knit tops, corporate tops, jumpsuit and tailored dresses for ladies, plus a few men’s graphic tees. ranging from casual to semi-formal, the pieces consist of different styles and trends that the modern Filipina will surely love to wear. With its interesting mix of fabrics ranging from techno knits, stretch georgettes, satinized twills, and stretch poplins, the collection was perfected to flatter the figure, with all pieces using comfortable stretch fabric. As for the color palette, the collection uses a balance of warm and dark tones such as brown, black, dark blue mixed with pops of bright colors such as red, yellow and more.

The prints translated onto

these pieces are a presentation of some Luna’s works including El Flautista, I am Cold, Una Dama Francesca, Espana y Filipinas, Fencing Positions, Various Subjects and A Roman, all of which can be found in the Lopez Memorial

Museum’s special exhibit.

With the Juan Luna Collection, Freeway continues to revolutionize the meaning of fashionalism and instill in the hearts of many Filipinos their culture and heritage. Gifts for the holidays? Freeway’s Juan Luna

Collection offers unique and memorable gift items such as the popular canvas printed shopping bags, coin trays, Iphone cases and more! With its special packaging, it is the perfect gift that blends art, history and fashion!

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ENTERTAINMENT

Richard-Dawn love team to return in primetime TV on 2014 THE ‘Eternal Love Team’ of Richard Gomez and Dawn Zulueta will return on primetime TV next year via ABsCBN’s upcoming family drama series titled “You’re My Home.”

“It’s basically a story about two families. Richard and I are husband-and-wife here and Enchong (Dee) and shaina (Magdayao) are our kids. The second family is composed of Cherry Pie (Picache) and Iza (Calzado),” ex-

plained Dawn in the recent project announcement held at ABs-CBN. “It’s a family drama that reflects the real-life happenings in Filipino families.

The viewers will surely follow in the story how the two families got together and what drew them apart.”

A s i d e from Richard, Dawn, Cherry Pie, Iza, shaina

and Enchong, also part of the powerhouse cast of “You’re My Home” are Kapamilya teen stars Ella Cruz and Francis Magundayao.

“You’re My Home” is an original story of Dreamscape Entertainment writers Rondel Lindayag and Mari Lamasan.

For more updates, log on to www.abs-cbn.com or follow @abscbndotcom on Twitter.

ABS-CBN Publishing releases print, digital editions of Bb. Pilipinas magazine IN this golden year of the prestigious Binibing Pilipinas, ABs-CBN Publishing, Inc. has recently released the Binibining Pilipinas magazine in print and digital editions to pay homage to the institution’s 50th anniversary.

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A feisty and fiery Oktoberfest at the Pearl Farm

By Kenneth Irving Ong

THe Pearl Farm Beach resort was the venue of one of the hottest oktoberfest celebrations in davao last october 19.

Highlighting the traditional festival of Munich, Pearl Farm’s oktoberfest featured bottomless draft beer courtesy of San Miguel Beer as well as freeflowing drinks from Ginebra, Antonov and Coke Zero. dinner was a sumptuous spread by the beach of Malipano Island and had various Bavarian as well as international dishes ranging from Braised pork knuckles, pretzels, Malagos cheese, sausages and sauerkraut. It helped that Chef Monica Floirendo was at the kitchen making sure all the dishes came out perfect.

The party was officially got underway with a ceremonial toast which

was followed by a heated Zumba dance presentation followed by an even hotter fire-dance number by Trubu K’Mindanawon which had guests tweeting all the

way thanks to the free wifi provided by Globe. of course an oktoberfest party would not be complete without various beer drinking and sausage

eating games as well as a live band to entertain the guests.

The magical evening was capped with a spectacular fireworks display.

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Davao squads go for it at home

By neilWin josePH l. BrAVo njb@edgedavao.net

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S they say, ladies perform best at home.

And if that is any indication, consider the four Davao City teams to be in the hunt for the Philippine Airline Ladies interclub which gets going tomorrow at the Ranchi Palos Verdes Golf and Country Club.

Apo Golf and Country Club will be fielding two squads while host Rancho Palos Verdes and Davao City Golf Club will have one each for the home squads in this annual ladies team tournament dubbed as the national club championships.

Veteran imee Garcia, back from an injury, will lead Apo Golf Team 1 along with irene Shinmura, Gemma Nokawachi, Lilibeth Crisologo, Olivia Lee, Melanie Kuwahara and Stella Barnes. For Apo’s Team 2, the team will be bannered

by Vicky Tan, Tsuky Ortega, Therese Mojica, Fel Weckler, Kezeree Ng, Cristina Bandolon and Michelle Kuwahara.

Rancho Palos Verdes will be relying on Jean Gitainse, Park Ok Hee, Maridel Kim, Chon young Rung, Jo Misun, Kim Gye, Sun Kim Sun-ae and Park young Run. Davao City Golf Club will sit up JM Balbuena, Josephine Vergara, Evelyn Quinsay, Wenny Dixon, Vergie Hermiston, Sally Antivo, Rosa Sara and Neneng Revelliza.

The PAL Ladies inter-

RANCHO PALOS VERDES. The Rancho Palos Verdes swingers led by team captain Jean Gatainse, Park Oh Hee, Maricel Kim, Chon Young Rung, Jo Misun, Kim Gye, Sun Kim Sun-ae, Park Young Ran. Boy Lim club, a four-to-play, threeto-count format event, drew 21 teams this year, including one from Australia, with the country’s leading clubs also joining the hunt for top honors in the 72hole championship put up

by Philippine Airlines.

Three-peat seeking Southwoods will be leading the hunt for the coveted title while rival Al-

abang Country Club and Valley Golf will be out there trying to block that Grand Slam.

Like Apo, Southwoods, Alabang abd Valley are also fielding in two teams each with Aguinaldo, Eagle Ridge, Tagaytay Highlands and Villamor making up the Luzon contingent while Cebu heads the Visayas group with two

teams, along with iloilo, Mactan and Victorias.

Del Monte has taken a leave after some of its stars moved to the pro ranks but with Apo Golf entering two teams and Davao, Pueblo de Oro and the host Palos Verdes fielding in their own elite rosters, the chase for top honors is tipped to go down-to-the-wire in the

event which also features the Founders, Sportswriters and Friendship Divisions.

Practice round is set today with officials and guests of PAL Ladies interclub hitting the ceremonial drivestomorrow at 1 p.m. after the second team captain’s meeting at 9 a.m. Details and updates are available at

www.palladiesinterclub. com.

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ANiLA Southwoods sets out for a first-ever three-peat in the Phil-

ippine Airlines (PAL) Ladies interclub, a r m e d with a solid roster and ready to take

DIGGING IN. Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki returns the ball towards Germany’s Annika Beck during the final of the Luxembourg Open 2013 in Kockelscheur, Luxembourg, on Sunday (Monday PHL Time). Wozniacki won the title.

the challenge of a crack field in the eighth staging of the event beginning Wednesday (Oct. 23) at Rancho Palos Verdes Golf and Country Club in Davao City.

The Southwoods ladies swept the first two editions of the revival of the event, beating Del Monte by 54 points in 2011, also at Palos Verdes, and repeating over the Mindanao squad last year at Sta. Barbara, iloilo, where it rallied from 32 points down after two holes to win by 23 points under the Molave scoring system.

That back-to-back title romp matched Alabang’s feat in the last PAL Ladies interclub in 1987-88 before the event was revived in 2011 to give the growing number of

golfing ladies a tournament of their own and at the same time complement with the staging of the longest-running PAL Men’s and Seniors interclub.

Mia Legaspi, Annika Cedo and Abby Arevalo banner the Southwoods Masters team that also includes Katrina Gonzales, Claire Ong, Sofia Legaspi and Lora Roberto with Beachie Abiera as the skipper of the squad seeking a third straight crown in the premier Championship Division.

The Carmona-based squad is actually fielding in two teams with Southwoods Legends composed of Andrea Pineda, Christine Naidoo, Rosanna Velhagen, yong Mi Kim, Florence Okiyama, Denise Tambuatco and Deanna Samaniego with Claudine Garcia as team captain.

The PAL Ladies interclub, a four-to-play, three-to-count format event, drew 21 teams this year, including one from Australia, with the country’s leading clubs also joining the hunt for top honors in the 72-hole championship put up by Philippine Airlines.

Like Southwoods, Alabang Country Club and Valley Golf are also fielding in two teams each with Aguinaldo, Eagle Ridge, Tagaytay Highlands and Villamor making up the Luzon contingent while Cebu heads the Visayas group with two teams, along with iloilo, Mactan and Victorias.

Del Monte has taken a leave after some of its stars moved to the pro ranks but with Apo Golf entering two teams and Davao, Pueblo de Oro and the host Palos Verdes

fielding in their own elite rosters, the chase for top honors is tipped to go down-tothe-wire in the event which also features the Founders, Sportswriters and Friendship Divisions.

Practice round is set today with officials and guests of PAL Ladies interclub hitting the ceremonial drivestomorrow at 1 p.m. after the second team captain’s meeting.at 9 a.m.

For details and updates, visit www.palladiesinterclub.com.

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BANGON SUGBOHOL. ALA Promotions boxers Mark Bernaldez, Roli Gasca, Genesis “Azucal” Servania , King” Arthur Villanueva and Mark “Magnifico” Magsayo will be fighting for their cities in Pinoy Pride XXII.

Pinoy Pride warriors fighting for a cause T HiS Saturday, Philippines’ best boxers will not only be having the fight of their lives-- they will also be fighting for the lives of others.

Attempting to rise from

the mass destruction caused by the 7.2 magnitude earthquake last Tuesday, Bohol survivors remain in dire need of help, both monetary and manual. in response to the tragedy, #Bangon Sugbohol

Movement was created, a collective effort of concerned individuals, institutions and non-profit organizations to help the victims of the earthquake. it was convened by the Cebu Chamber of Commerce

and industry (CCCi) last friday, and since then, at least 20 civic organizations and business groups, especially island Souvenirs who helped spearhead the media-based campaign.