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NO ESCAPE. This gentlemen uses a mechanical electronic cigarette or e-cig which is slowly becoming a popular alternative to cigarettes to ease his craving for nicotine.

With the enforcement of Davao City’s reinforced anti-smoking ordinance on May 31, 2013, electronic cigarettes like this one will be banned. Lean Daval Jr.

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Pusher killed DCPO: 70% decrease on drug trade activities

By EJ Dominic Fernandez

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OURS after Davao City Police Office (DCPO) director Ronald de la Rosa declared a 70- percent decrease in Illegal drug activities in Davao City, a suspected drug pusher was gunned down by police officers in Toril yesterday.

That could change the figures altogether.

The ill-fated suspect, identified only as Tata Borja, was gunned down by Toril police officers when he resisted arrest during a buy-bust operation on Thursday afternoon at St. Michael Village, Toril.

“Police officers in Toril received reports earlier that the suspected drug pusher would really fight back as he carries with him two caliber .45 pistols.”

Earlier in the day, de la Rosa told Edge Davao in a text message that “Oplan Tokhang” was very successful because through this operation, reliable information

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The Kiss at the Masters

ICE CREAM TEMPTATION. An ice cream vendor crosses a busy intersection on board a customized bicycle with a cart along C.M. Recto Avenue and Palma Gil Street in Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

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FLOOD ON SUMMERTIME. Knee-high floodwaters in several streets of Davao City caused by Wednesday night’s heavy rain surprised home-bound employees who just got off from work. Lean Daval Jr.

Saudi needs 1,500 nurses

By Che Palicte

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OME 1,500 nurses are needed for immediate employment in Saudi Arabia, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) announced.

The POEA regional office said that there are a total of 1,000 available nursing jobs for establishments catering to Islam patients and 500 for both Muslims and Christians in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).

POEA Regional Center for Mindanao chief, Maria Carolina Agdamag told Edge Davao yester-

day that nursing demand abroad is still high despite of the rampant closing of nursing schools in the region.

“The demand is still okay and manageable,” Agdamag said.

She also added that the qualification for the said nursing jobs is high.

“Before, employers are not particular with the experience, now they demanded for a minimum of four years experience in order to acquire the slot,” she explained.

Agdamag bared the

following qualifications for the job: Female; Bachelor of Science(BS) in Nursing or with Masteral Degre; minimum four years experience for nursing graduates; minimum of two years experience for those with Masters degree; with board license or prometric exam passer; and must not be more than 40 years old.

“For the experience, on the job training and being a health volunteer is counted,” she explained.

Agdamag said the

employing Ministry of Health (MOH) of the receiving country will give a basic salary of 4,080 Saudi Arabian Riyals (SAR).

Qualified applicants must present original documents, and for those who will register online they will be asked to present original documents for authentication of written information before forwarding the resume to the employer.

“After they have filed the application, they will take the examination and interview,” she added.

implemented on May 31, 2013, in a presentation during the weekly I-Speak media forum at the conference room of the Davao City Hall yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

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PlAN Tokh a n g ” added 37 houses to its inventory of houses of suspected drug pushers and users yesterday at Barangay 76-A, Bucana.

Davao City Police Office director Ronald de la Rosa, along with police and barangay officials, were able to talk to 32 suspects out of the 37 houses that they visited yesterday.

San Pedro police station commander Superintendent Elis-

eo Malana said that most of the suspects they talked to were users of illegal drugs and only a few were pushers.

“The increasing number of suspects who quit using and selling illegal drugs is evident with the success of Oplan Tukhang, because it is better to approach them directly,” he said.

According to Malana, most of the suspects they talked to confessed that they

strong in favor of a college education.”

She said that there is still a big question whether or not employers will take the risk and hire senior high school graduates in their companies.

She said, “K-12 program is not the ultimate solution for the lack of employment skills of our students after they graduate.”

The K-12 education program, which was recently approved by the senate January 2013, states that the current educational program in the

Philippines would extend from 10 years to 12 years with two additional years in high school.

This means there would be a four-year junior high school program and a two year senior high school program would be introduced in the basic education program.

Ilagan-Bian also pointed out that since there is a change in the educational system, there will be no college enrollments from 2016 to 2018, which means teachers may lose their jobs during this period.

K-12 program does not guarantee employment

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REINFORCED ANTI-SMOKING BAN. Dr. Domilyn Villareiz, co-chairperson of the Davao City Anti-Smoking Task Force, explains the city’s reinforced anti-smoking ordinance, Ordinance No. 0367-12, which will be fully

37 houses ‘Tok-hang-ed’

HE government’s K-12 program for education is not a guarantee that students will land on jobs after graduating from high school, according to second district congressional candidate Joji Ilagan-Bian.

Ilagan-Bian, who operates technical-vocational schools in Davao, said, “there is no assurance yet that K-12 will prepare the students for employment after high school, we need to wait for the results in 2018.”

Bian said that the “Filipino culture’s bias is very

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CAMPAIGNING. Acting Mayor Rody Duterte campaigns for his Hugpong sa Tawong Lungsod party candidates and several senatorial bets during a campaign rally in Don Julian Village, Ma-a, Davao City Tuesday night. In

the background are Leandro Legarda, son of front running re-electionist senator Loren and Hugpong candidates for councilor Jessie Culaste. Lean Daval Jr.

RANKING leader of Hugpong sa Tawong lungsod, the monolithic local party founded by the Dutertes, complained that his recent statement was unfairly exploited by the camp of Joji Bian, congressional candidate in Davao City’s Second District, for propaganda purposes.

Davao City Councilor Melchor V. Quitain, secretary general of Hugpong, Tuesday said he did not say that there was a long list of party members in the Second District who violated party rules by supporting Bian, who is running for the second time against re-electionist Rep. Mylene Garcia of Davao City’s second congressional district.

Quitain said his statement about possible sanctions against members not toeing party lines by supporting candidates other than Hugpong bets was quoted out of context by the Bian camp to make it appear that the erring members were contained in a “long list” and that the cases of party betrayal were confined to the Second District.

“As far as I can remember I said that there is a list

Villar urges DFA to help Filipino voters abroad

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ACIONAlISTA Party-Team Pnoy senatorial candidate Cynthia Villar yesterday urged Philippine embassy and consulate personnel abroad to extend all possible assistance to Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) as they exercise their right of suffrage under the overseas absentee voting (oav) starting on Saturday, April 13.

“We urge all officials and personnel in Philippine embassies and consulate offices abroad to go out of their way and extend all forms of assistance they

can give to the more than 900,000 Filipinos abroad who are qualified to vote under the absentee voting law,” Villar said.

Villar, a former las Pinas Congresswoman, said she and her husband, Senator Manny Villar, have been long-time advocates of granting Filipinos aboard to the right to participate in national elections.

“We are aware that in past elections, many of our workers aboard who are qualified absentee voters were not able to vote due to several problems in

their working places,” Villar said. “We are hoping that in this elections, more and more Filipinos aboard will be able to vote and exercise their duty in selecting the leaders of this country.”

At the same time, Villar said Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) personnel should see to it that the conduct of the overseas absentee vote should be honest and orderly in order to maintain the integrity of the process.

“Allowing our OFWs

to participate in our elections is one significant way we can acknowledge their contribution to the country,” Villar explain. “They are our modern-day heroes and it is still through their remittances that the Philippine economy has remained upfloat.”

Villar said she was satisfied with the preparation and information conducted jointly by the Comelec and DFA but added that she would not be surprised of last-minutes problems would still arise in various polling centers for Filipino abroad.

ing women entertainers is ‘common’ in election campaigns. The practice usually treats women as ‘eye candies’ or objects to be fantasized and exploited.

PCW said that such feeds the sexual frenzy of people.

“Candidates should focus on communicating their causes through informative dialogues, not by resorting to distasteful and derogatory entertainment,” Rikken said.

She added that treating women as sexual objects are against existing laws and policies such as RA 9710 or the Magna

Carta of Women and the Millennium Development Goals. Both call for the protection and promotion of women’s rights.

“We call on politicians to support these laws and help stop exploitation of women. We also urge political parties to create programs where women can participate meaningfully,” Rikken said.

PCW likewise urged the voters to be critical in choosing the next political leaders by voting on issues rather than personalities. Rikken cited that de-

spite having higher women voter turnout (75.5%) than men (74.4%) during the 2010 automated elections, a “women’s vote” is still to be created. Filipino women, according to PCW, do not necessarily vote for women or those who carry their issues.

“Elections is still a popularity contest. Voter’s education is still wanting.

We should address this big issue so that voters, especially women, would consider candidates with agenda that support or promote women’s rights,” Rikken said.

Stop using women’s bodies to win votes: PCW

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ITH the election campaign period reaching its peak, the Philippine Commission on Women (PCW) on Thursday urged candidates to stop using women’s bodies as selling points in campaign sorties.

“We are against any activity that capitalizes on sensual and provocative images of women.

To win votes, candidates should sell their political platforms, not women’s bodies,” PCW Chairperson Remedios Ignacio-Rikken said.

PCW noted that hir-

of Hugpong members, referring to members in all 3 districts, who have not been toeing party line,” Quitain said in a statement to reporters Tuesday night.

Using Quitain’s statement, media handlers of Bian came out with a press release quoting him as saying “the list of party members rejecting Garcia-Albano and supporting Bian is very long.”

In belying Bian’s propaganda line, Quitain said that actually “except for one or two (members of Hugpong) in the entire city, all follow party lines and orders” after the party made the announcements and discussed the probability of their being expelled from the party for disloyalty.

Hugpong is headed by no less than Vice Mayor and now candidate for mayor Rodrigo Duterte, who has tasked field members to monitor and report activities of members with questionable loyalty.

Duterte has repeatedly endorsed the re-election of Garcia, who is lawyer, topping the bar examinations in the 1990’s with Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III. Aside from this, Dute-

rte said, Mylene has extensive experience in the field of lawmaking and government work having been chief of staff of her father, Congressman Nonoy, brother, former Rep. Vincent Garcia, and as assistant secretary in the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, among many other positions.

Earlier in his popular “Gikan sa Masa Para sa Masa” television program, Duterte said the family of Garcia, starting from her great grandfather, “Kapitan” Tomas Monteverde Sr., had served the city with distinction and decency for close to a century now. The late leon Garcia Sr., her grandfather on the father side, was mayor of Davao City, while her father Manuel was a city councilor, regional assemblyman and later congressman. leon Jr., her uncle, was delegate to the 1971 Constitution Convention, while Vincent, a younger brother, was congressman for the Second District for three terms. Vince now acts as Mylene’s chief of staff, triggering a pleasant joke that the Second District is lucky to have two representatives, who have no big business interest to protect.

Zubiri criticizes DTI, DOH for not lowering medicine prices

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NA senatorial candidate Migz Zubiri yesterday assailed the government for its failure to bring down the prices of medicines, almost five years after the enactment of the Cheaper Medicines Act or Republic Act 9502.

Zubiri also proposed an overhaul of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) that have been identified by many medical professionals and pharmaceuticals as a major cause of persistent high medicine prices. “We have yet to see how the government plans to expand the number of covered drugs from around 50 to 200 as health professionals recommended.”

“The government must carry the big stick

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through the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to supply the requirements of the Department of Health (DOH) and private health facilities.

The law is supposed to aid the poor,” Zubiri said.

“Although the Cheaper Medicines Act gives the President the power to set price ceilings on various drugs, including those for chronic illnesses and prevention of diseases, as recommended by the Secretary of Health, only very few are covered. And on those few drugs, the price reductions are not substantial.”

“Bakit hindi sila gumagalaw? Gamitin na ang baston sa mga responsable sadistribution and price manipulation,” said Zubiri.

‘A LOT of people says that women are emotional, but I believe this is a positive attribute for a being a leader because this makes her empathize with her constituents which is good for servanthood.’

--Davao City candidate for councilor Ma. Belen “Mabel” S. Acosta on women in politics. EdgE davao, april 9,2013

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Hewlett-Packard signs P100-M deal with SPMC

Davao by the numbers Davao City has

By Greg G. Deligero

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UlTINATIONAl electronics giant Hewlett-Packard (HP) has inked a P100 million deal with the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) to strengthen the hospital’s information technology (IT) infrastructure.

In yesterday’s contract signing at the Marco Polo Davao, HP Philippines managing director Ryan Guadalquiver said the company will provide the hospital a “converged infrastructure” ranging from storage and back up hardware to management software, servers and network.

“HP is the only vendor than can offer this very comprehensive portfolio. It will really give SPMC the stability as they move forward to digitalization,” he said.

HP is the world’s largest IT solutions provider in healthcare industry.

SPMC chief Dr. leopoldo J. Vega said that for the past five years the hospital started developing applications to digitalize its operation starting from admission and laboratory results to billing documents and records after the discharge of the patients.

“IT plays a crucial role in hospital. It makes us efficient and effective. We are trying to fully-automize and digitalize.” he said, adding that 85 percent of the different modules developed by an outsourced IT company are already integrated into the hospital’s IT infrastructure.

“From basic information upon admission to x-ray results and laboratory tests, everything

will become digital.

Imagine a doctor in his android phone reading the laboratory results and from there give his diagnosis. This is where we are going. This is our future,” Vega said.

Bong M. Paloma, AMTI general manager and senior vice president, said the project will fully integrate the various aspects of hospital operation including data management, cash flow and billing.

AMTI is the project’s system integrator. System integration refers to bringing together of the component subsystems into one system and ensuring that the subsystems function together as a system. In IT, systems integration is the process of linking together different computing systems and software applications physically or function-

ally utilizing a variety of techniques such as hardware and software solutions, computer networking, enterprise application integration and other solutions infrastructures.

“We believe that this could be the model for all hospitals. The SPMC made the first step.

This could be an example on universal health care delivery,” he said.

Vega said HP will be paid for the infrastructure in the next five years in monthly installments, adding that the funds to be used in the project will mainly come from the hospital’s income particularly from revenues derived from PhilHealth.

Vega said since the time of former health secretary Alberto G. Romualdez, Jr., public hospitals are authorized to retain and utilize their

ernization and IT transformation program of Globe that aims to improve network capacity and resiliency to handle much higher levels of voice, SMS, and data traffic.

“As a long-time banking partner of Globe Telecom, we are proud to support the efforts of Globe Telecom to bring worldclass telecommunications infrastructure to the Phil-

ippines. We are committed to supporting Globe, having maintained a solid relationship through the years, serving the company’s needs for short-term financing, cash management and over-all financial advisory,” said Vicente Cuna, Jr., Senior Executive Vice President and Head of the Institutional Banking Sector of Metrobank.

As of end-December

2012, Metrobank had total assets of over P1.037-Trillion, with total corporate and commercial loans reaching P49 Billion, up 15% year-on-year. The bank offers a wide array of financial services for corporate customers, including cash management, import and export trade products, specialized lending facilities, treasury and investment services.

44, 748 hectares of agricultural area devoted to major crops

49 percent of which are planted with industrial crops. sourcE: city agriculturist’s officE

income which, he said, is a big help to all government-owned hospitals in modernizing and upgrading their infrastructures.

“Before, government hospitals are treated as expense center without the authority to retain income which has to be reverted to the national treasury,” he said.

Vega said the plan of the Aquino administration to issue PhilHealth

cards to all Filipinos by 2016 will make the project’s financial requirement more viable.

“Five years ago, when only 18 percent of our patients are PhilHealth members, we earn an income of 250 million (pesos) annually. last year we earned close to a billion (pesos) as 42 percent of our patients are covered by PhilHealth,” he said.

Metrobank inks $120-M loan for Globe capex DTI-Davao City sponsors

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E T R O P O l I TA N Bank and Trust Co (Metrobank) signs an agreement for a $120 Million term loan facility with Globe Telecom to help finance the latter’s capital expenditures for 2013.

The seven-year loan was arranged by the bank’s Corporate Banking Group. loan proceeds would be used to fund the on-going network mod-

free seminar on April 16

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HE Department of Trade and Industry – Davao City Field Office (DTI-DCFO) will be conducting a one-day seminar to equip those who want to start their own business.

Dubbed as “Developing an Entrepreneurial Mindset”, the seminar is set on April 16, 1:00 to 5:00 pm, at the DTI Conference Room, 2/F Mintrade Building, corner Monteverde and Sales Streets, Davao City.

The seminar is the first module in the DTI Entrepreneurship Development Training.

DTI-DDCFO director Teolulo T. Pasawa said it is most suited for small business owners or start-ups, would-be entrepreneurs, young professionals, out-ofschool youth, and students who consider starting up a small business.

In this seminar, participants will discover how passion, purpose and vision can help achieve long-term

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LOAN AGREEMENT. Metrobank signs a loan agreement with Globe Telecom to help the latter fund its capital expenditures for the year. The agreement was signed by Metrobank Institutional Banking Sector Head Vicente Cuna, Jr. and Albert de Larrazabal, CFO of Globe Telecom (2nd and 3rd from left,

respectively); and witnessed by Anthony Ocampo, Senior Vice President and Head of the Large Corporates Division; and Veronica So, Head of Liquidity and Treasury Operations for Globe.

business success “because without personal motivation it is very difficult to succeed whether in business or in life in general”.

They will also explore how anyone can be more entrepreneurial by leveraging on the philosophies on entrepreneurial mindset and the power of the mind.

Techniques on how to unleash the entrepreneurial spirit and break free from the employee mindset to be able to see a path of a career in entrepreneurship will be taught as well so they can apply this important skill-set to the business.

The seminar is for free, however, slots are limited. Interested participants are encouraged to make early reservations at telephone numbers 224-0511 local 208, 201 or 205 and look for Ivy or thru email at dcfo.tmsmed@gmail. com.[DTI]

‘WHAT will end smuggling is throwing smugglers behind bars by ensuring that speedy trials of those accused end in conviction and jail sentences.’

--Senator Francis Pangilinan, chairman of the Senate committee on agriculture and food. BusinEssMirror, april 9, 2013

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

5.4 4th Qtr 2012

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

6.8 4th Qtr 2012

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

USD 3,969.51 million Dec 2012 USD 5,135.46 million Nov 2012 USD -1,585 million Nov 2012 USD -209 million Mar 2012 P 5,171,689 million Dec 2012

8. Interest Rates 4/

3.6 % Jan 2013 P155,308 million Nov 2012 P 5,381 billion Nov 2012

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

P 40.67 Feb 2013

12. Stocks Composite Index 6/

6,242.7 Jan 2013

13. Consumer Price Index 2006=100

132.4 Feb 2013

14. Headline Inflation Rate 2006=100

3.4 Feb 2013

15. Core Inflation Rate 2006=100

3.8 Feb 2013

16. Visitor Arrivals

352,438 Nov 2012

17. Underemployment Rate 7/

20.9% Jan 2013

18. Unemployment Rate 7/

7.1% Jan 2013

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

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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

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ONSUMERS should not buy compact fluorescent light (CFl) bulbs that are being sold around town for a bargain price of three for P100 here, the Department of Energy (DOE) warned.

Raquel Huliganga, director of the DOE’s Energy Research Testing and laboratory Services, said in a press conference here Wednesday that there were reported instances of cheap CFls exploding, which caused harm or fire.

She said that these cheap bulbs are not entering the country through legal means.

Huliganga advised consumers to look for the mandatory yellow label on the bulb’s packaging, which provide information on the energy efficiency performance of the product. The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), she noted, performs safety tests on CFls sold in the local market.

The DTI said that the yellow labels help “eliminate the least efficient lighting system in the local market, reduce monthly electricity bill, protect consumers from mislabeling, encourage the manufacturers to improve product efficiency, and to reduce greenhouse gas emission.”

Huliganga said safe CFl bulbs that cost P80 to P120 each, depending on the quality and wattage, are energy-efficient compared to the cheap incandescent bulbs.

The DOE urges the public to use CFls to help reduce

PHILIPPINES’ AIRASIA PARTNERS WITH CEBUANA LHUILLIER. Paying for your Philippines’ AirAsia promo seats and other online purchases at www.airasia.com has just become more convenient after Cebuana Lhuillier and AirAsia Inc. launched a cash payment partnership service which allows passengers to pay for airline tickets booked online in cash at any Cebuna Lhuillier’s over

1,500 branches nationwide. Photo shows (L-R) Cebuana Lhuillier Corporate Planning Group Head Marissa Ancog, AirAsia Inc. CEO Maan Hontiveros, Cebuana Lhuillier President and CEO Jean Henri Lhuillier and AirAsia Inc. Commercial head Freddy Herrera after the signing ceremony.

energy consumption. In its Philippine Energy Efficiency Project (PEEP), the DOE distributed 8.6 million CFls to households all over the country to demonstrate how to save energy using the CFl bulbs.

She mentioned that the DOE also replaced street

lights in some major cities with light-emitting diode (lED) lamps from the high pressure sodium (HPS) lamps.

Of the two types of street lamps, the lEDs are more efficient in energy consumption. It has the same life span as the HPS lamps at 30,000 hours, Huliganga said.

She noted, though, that the government does not have tests yet for the quality of the lED lamps. She advised consumers to ask for warranty and know where the lamps were manufactured to protect their consumer rights. (lorie Ann A. Cascaro / MindaNews)

workplace.

To achieve step-by-step complete transformation of the UCPB headquarters to a greener institution, the UCPB Corporate Power Conservation Project was divided into three phases.

Phase 1 involves the conversion of light power source to light-emitting diodes commonly known as lED’s; Phase 2 is the upgrading of the centralized air-conditioning unit into a water-cooled system; and Phase 3 is the implementation of the automated build-

ing management system.

The project not only helped minimize the carbon footprint at the bank’s headquarters, but also helped the bank save money from its total budget allocation for operations and maintenance. The project reduced the bank’s annual cost of electricity by more than 50% due to the conversion of the light power source to lED’s and the decrease in heat build-up in the building. The bank also gained benefits from the air-conditioning upgrade,

which was implemented in September 2012, with a noticeable drop on power consumption.

To date, UCPB has completed Phases 1 and 2 while Phase 3 is set to be implemented this year coinciding with the bank’s 50th anniversary.

As UCPB reaches its golden year, the bank remains committed not only to providing excellent banking services, but also to helping secure the Earth’s future for the next 50 years.

UCPB banking on energy conservation to support environmental initiatives

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ITH almost 50 years of providing top-notch financial services to its clients, the United Coconut Planters Bank (UCPB) continues to exceed industry-standards and ventures into another project focused on preserving and protecting the environment to create a better society.

Dubbed as the UCPB Corporate Office Power Conservation Project, the initiative is the bank’s way of supporting the call for a “greener environment” in the modern

THE STAGE is set for another head-to-head battle between the group of businessman Manuel V. Pangilinan and conglomerate San Miguel Corp.—this timefor the P13.61-billion contract to build and operate the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) Expressway.

Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 9, 2013

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THE DEPARTMENT of Agriculture is allocating P500 million for programs that will encourage more farmers to plant hybrid rice varieties, as the government moves to attain national rice sufficiency by the nd of the year, according to Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala.

800

TYCOON Lucio Tan-led conglomerate LTG is making a grand stock market debut with a follow-on public offering worth much as $800 million, possibly making history for launching the biggest among initial public offerings. Philippine Daily Inquirer, April 9, 2013.

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THE PHILIPPINES extended nearly $350 million in loans to the International Monetary Fund for relending to crisis-stricken countries in the euro zone, including Portugal, Ireland and Greece, according to the BangkoSentralngPilipinas.

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Hard-luck Tubbataha

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OMEBODy must be laughing at Tubbataha to the tune of ‘Tubbataha-haha.’

Days after the last bits of steel from the United States navy ship USS Guardian was removed from the protected reef, another boat from China ran aground Tubbataha. The Chinese fishing boat ran aground on the world heritage site last Monday and just when we thought the worries of Tubbataha’s conservation administration are over, here is another problem.

When the minesweeper US Guardian ran aground Tubbataha, we questioned what is the business of the US naval ship in the waters of Tubbataha? Now, should we also ask what the business of this Chinese boat there?

Are the US and China playing games on us?

It is no secret that the Philippines and China are locked in a territorial dispute over the Kalayaan Group of Islands (KGI).

The Chinese have built structures in Spratleys and has been in no mood for settling the dispute with the Philippines nor with any other state with territorial claims. The Philippine government is in no mood too to stir ripples into this delicate issue.

Here’s the irony. If China can drift into

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our waters and poach into our marine resources, are we still in no mood to make a significant move, perhaps in the form of a diplomatic protest? Which leads us also to another issue—the Sabah conflict.

Same reaction. The President is in no mood to come up to Malaysia and say “hey, there’s a fairly good reason these men are fighting for Sabah, but can we talk this over?”

Alright, charges have been filed as of Thursday against the 12 Chinese fishermen whose boat is the latest to be stuck in Tubbataha. Is that enough?

We wonder, what if these are Filipino fishermen caught poaching in Chinese waters? That would be a different story altogether knowing the Chinese would be in no mood to let it all pass.

Meantime, what do you do with a Chinese vessel? Unlike the USS Guardian where its bits and pieces make for money out of the junkie, this Chinese vessel parts could even end up to be a hazardous, toxic chunk like some China-made toys.

Seriously, at 97,000-hectare (239,700acre) of pristine marine sanctuary and one of the world’s best diving sites, it’s no joke to be Tubbataha.

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y officemates at Edge Davao couldn’t understand why I always stirred my cup of coffee 60 times, no more, no less.

Meaning, 60 strokes with a teaspoon going round and round and round and round. Even at home no one had noticed this fact. Now it’s no longer a secret.

Everybody knows the reason behind this eccentricity, thanks to World War 2.

As I revealed in a previous column, as a member of a combat unit in World War 2, my weapon of choice was the 60 mm mortar. Not that I carried with me on combat missions a 60 which is too heavy for one individual. The weapon consisted of three main parts—the tube through which the shell passea on its way to the target, the steel baseplate on which the tube’s butt end was attached for firing, and the bipod (two legs which when attached to the tube became a tripod (the tube itself serving as the third leg) making the weapon stable and holding it firmly in place.

Each of these three parts was carried by a member of the mortar team. The rest of the team carried the cases containing rounds of ammunition (shells) on their shoulders.

Upon arrival at the place from which the mortar was to be fired at designated target(s), the three major components would be assembled into one potent weapon. The gunner would then calculate the distance to the target after first making certain that the tube is steady with the aid of a level attached to the it much as a carpenter’s level does the same job. The gunner then fires two or three smoke shells to see where they fall and makes the necessary adjustments for accuracy. Our 60 was more reliable than the Japanese knee mortar which was attached to the gunner’s leg and the angle of fire adjusted by bending the knee accordingly. It was more reliable as a weapon for eliciting fear among the enemy with its loud explosion than for actually killing anyone, being so inaccurate. After a while we would simply ignore it as a mere nuisance.

Except that, in the battle of Doyangan Hill, Gigaquit where our Combat Company had 100 men in place at the same time armed with new weapons from a cargo submarine—including two .50 cal. machineguns, two .30 cal. MGs, plus one .30 cal. Japanese MG captured in in an earlier battle—one of our men, Corporal Dandan, happened to be near where a Jap mortar shell landed and one piece of shrapnel got embedded in his brain. Our medics headed by a doctor did not have the capability to extract the shrapnel. Dandan died several days later.

I had become attached to my 60 mm mortar, so much so that with the aid of a sewing kit from that submarine I embroidered the silhouette of my weapon of choice on the breast portion of my denim shirt showing the weapon spewing smoke from its mouth as if it had just fired a shell. Under it was the caption in colored thread—Baby Sixty (as opposed to the bigger 81 mm) of which we had two under Sgt, Berana (who succumbed to dysentery while in service). It was no work of art but my comrades liked it.

Excuse me, but I have to fix myself a cup of instant coffee—stirring it with 60 strokes round and round and round and round . . . in memory of my Baby Sixty!

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A high degree of hope

XTENSIVE BUT INEFFECTIVE POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENT – This time the Aquino administration cannot make just cosmetic changes. Consumers’ displeasure and disgust have been building up fast against the leadership, National Power Corp.

(NAPOCOR), Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), Power Sector Assets and liabilities Management (PSAlM) and Independent Power Producers (IPPs). They are solely blamed for the country’s prevailing power deficiency problem. Government dealings with these agencies do not always develop picture-perfectly. Plans for additional power supply suffered setbacks the previous months when the IPPs failed to deliver the promised power capacity to meet the country’s energy needs.

There’s an ongoing public outcry against the 19 centavos per kilowatt-hour increase imposed by the ERC through the alleged mischievous prodding of PSAlM. The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) through its sector representative Raymond Mendoza wasn’t impressed by the additional charges saying that PSAlM with ERC blessings hits consumers with double whammy. The ERC and PSAlM undertaking looks like shots in broad daylight where consumers are being made to reward the IPPs for never constructing their promised power plants and in the same vein for not fulfilling the promised power capacity they undertook to set up.

Absolutely incredible! How high will the cost of electricity go? The poor and hapless consumers have no idea about it but one thing sure

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is that they have to pay for additional cost.

They don’t think energy officials can show them the fundamentals but perhaps only the figures.

And they don’t also buy the story that the price of electricity goes up unprecedentedly due to the scarcity of supply. The perception was that government has a tremendous power purchase agreement with the IPPs and Napocor in turn is obligated to by all the electricity that the IPPs produced, a take-for-pay contract granted to the independent power operators. However, it’s absolutely the fault of the IPPs for their failure to deliver the intended power capacity because some have never constructed power generation plants.

The new power rate adjustment dictated by the ERC through the alleged intercession of PSAlM actually is no laughing matter. It is precisely the reason TUCP accused that PSAlM instead acted as mere collecting agent for the IPPs and not observing the “matuwid na daan” (right path) philosophy of the PNoy leadership. Its representative likewise points out that if the capacity contract were not delivered during the original period of the contract that already constitutes breach of contract on the part of the IPPs. That alone supposedly should exempt government from the liability of paying them.

The issue actually is not solely about power never generated and never consumed, according to TUCP. The larger issue is about consumers being made to pay more when some IPPs never constructed power plants at all and never generated their obligated power capacity. This is a clear violation of the IPPs’ contract with Napocor therefore consumers do not owe them a cent. The TUCP further explained that the 19 centavos per KHW increase represents the difference of the cost of these contracts with the IPPs from the proceeds of the privatization of the assets of Napocor. Sadly of course, these are now being collected from all power consumers – unknowing or otherwise.

The TUCP fully believes that several of the IPPs were in breach of contract. It further added that the breach was never uncovered until power supply demand dramatically declined because of the Asian financial crisis way back in 1997. If the IPPs were in breach of their contracts with the government then it follows that there were no stranded costs for which government is now collecting for these IPPs. What is more important right now is for TUCP to appeal to the President to order the holding in abeyance of the 19 centavos per KWH increase this month and instead order the setting up of a Presidential Task Force to review the so-called stranded costs of Napocor. There are reasons to believe that the Aquino administration will most likely act prudently on this crucial issue and at the same time give the poor and hapless power consumers a high degree of hope.

North Korea’s known unknowns

N his book The Cleanest Race, B.R. Myers, an American professor in South Korea’s Dongseo University and an authority on North Korea, argues that the North, often called “the last Stalinist state,” isn’t that at all. Nor is it, as other scholars claim, a kind of tyrannical Confucianism. It is highly ideological, but the ideology is one of race, not of class struggle.

Since 1948, when the present Kim’s grandfather, Kim Il Sung, took the leadership of the north, until now, the family strategy has been to enfold Korea’s 25 million people in a myth that they are the most pure, unsullied, childlike and innocent race on earth. Their purity and innocence requires the tender care of paternal leaders like the Kims. The rest of the world are dirty mongrels.

This is the internal approach: Externally (with the major exception of Chi-

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(Conclusion) na) the stance is one of contempt and bellicosity. The result is the most complete isolation of any state in the world: necessary, if the population is to be kept docile, united both in love of the leader and hatred of outsiders. As the 2004 British documentary, A State of Mind, showed, the love is real.

Westerners, accustomed to being skeptical of political power and to politicians’ being judged on delivering material prosperity, assume the devotion is a façade. It isn’t, any more than the mass adoration of Stalin, Hitler and Mao was. We have been here before.

Kim Jong-un lives a savage paradox.

More absolute in power than any other ruler, with a population more cowed than in any other country, he must, still, fear collapse. His frontiers are more porous than they have ever been. A widening circle is coming to know, not only that their neighbors are much richer and freer, but also that they wish to bring the isolated state into the world community.

There has been no sign – as there has been in every other dictatorship of the 20th century – of an underground: the hideous, starving punishment camps, and the sheer efficiency of isolation and propaganda, have seemed to work. They may not work much longer.

Once dissent springs up, it may grow, spread, usher in a violent end to the regime. Of course, we cannot know that it will do that. But nor does Kim: And it makes his regime the more perilous.

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Thatcher versus the establishment COMMENTArY

By Walter ruSSell Mead

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UT there’s a catch: The establishment is good at keeping the mostly unwritten British constitution on an even keel; but, since Queen Victoria died in 1901, it hasn’t been good at running the country. The nation dithered into World War One and fought it badly, brutally and destructively, without the strategic flexibility that marked past conflicts. Before World War Two, the establishment believed that disarmament was the way to avoid war with Germany – the Munich Accords between Chamberlain and Hitler weren’t an aberration.

They were the climax of an establishment foreign policy blessed by the good and the great. Only cranks and outcasts – like Churchill – dissented, and the establishment was (and is) quite effective at sidelining cranks.

After the war, the establishment found a new, almost equally destructive genteel consensus. From Churchill’s resignation in 1955 a stream of well-meaning non-entities passed through the doors of 10 Downing Street. labor or Tory, they subscribed to the postwar credo: tepid socialism and a welfare state that failed the poor while weakening the economy.

Whether in 1930s appeasement or the postwar welfare state this bipartisan consensus backed disastrous policies until they pushed the country into such a hole that the establishment temporarily lost its head, and turned to a talented outsider in despair. As soon as the emergency is over, however, the long knives come out and it’s back to the comfy mediocrity of consensual decline.

That is what Churchill and Thatcher had in common: They were outsiders who stepped into a crisis the establishment couldn’t solve on its own. In his last years, Churchill was vindicated and brought back into power. The voters who dismissed him before the guns of World War Two fell silent called him back for an encore in 1951, and Churchill chose the time and the manner of his departure.

Thatcher never sought power after her party showed her to the door. But no subsequent prime minister of either party has tried to reverse the basic changes she made in British life.

Thatcher failed to solve all the problems she identified – like all politicians.

In Europe, she saw that the eurocrats in Brussels were making policy choices that would plunge Europe into its worst crisis since World War Two. She warned presciently against the euro, and told anyone who would listen that centralizing power in Brussels was a recipe for European disaster.

But for all her insight, she couldn’t resolve Britain’s European Union dilemma.

Britain can’t live with the EU, but it can’t live without it. European policy remains a minefield for British politicians, and Conservative prime ministers have the hardest time managing the conflicting expectations and goals that keep British diplomacy flummoxed and frustrated when engaged with the Continent.

Thatcher’s most important contribution was discovering the limits of the postwar social model. The welfare policies, state economic controls and entitlement systems established in the early- to mid-20thth century across Europe and North America were costing more and delivering less. Demographic change (fewer young people supporting more elderly retirees) and foreign competition made old entitlements unsustainable.

“There is no alternative,” the Iron lady said and she was right. like it or not, we can’t go on in the old way. The numbers don’t add up.

But what Thatcher found was a problem – not a solution. She didn’t unite her country, she polarized it. The same thing has happened in many other countries where “Thatcherism” remains a synonym for the cruel despoliation of the poor and the weak.

The social welfare policies of the mid20th century no longer work very well, and more and more countries don’t have the money to pay for them even if they did. Thatcher was brilliantly right that the old road led nowhere. But 34 years after Queen Elizabeth appointed her prime minister, we still don’t know what new road we should take.

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ND now, Tubbataha has two black eyes.

Barely a week after the USS Guardian was removed from Tubbataha’s South Atoll, another vessel has run aground the Philippines’ top coral reef.

At 1140H last 8 April, Tubbataha Park Rangers discovered the F/V Min long yu, a Chinese fishing vessel with bow number 63168, floundering 1.1 nautical miles east of the Ranger Station, part of Tubbataha’s North Atoll.

The two atolls are the only land-masses jutting out of the Sulu Sea and form the core zone of the 97,030-hectare park – which is wholly off-limits to fishers.

The 12-man Chinese crew, which supposedly sailed from Fujian Province in Southeastern China, allegedly tried to bribe the Tubbataha Rangers with USD2400 (roughly PHP100,000). The Rangers flatly refused and continued inspecting the vessel, which measured 48 meters from bow to stern and had an estimated displacement of 500 gross tonnes. Found aboard were nets and fishing par-

aphernalia – but no marine life.

The crew have now been brought to Puerto Princesa City to face charges. Possible violations include Sections 19 (Unauthorized Entry), 20 (Damages to the Reef), 26 (Destroying or Disturbing of Resources) and 27 (Poaching by Foreigners) of Republic Act 10067 or the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park Act of 2009.

The same fine of PHP24,000 (USD600) per square meter of damaged or destroyed coral reef, which was levelled against the errant crew of the USS Guardian, shall be levelled against the Chinese. A corruption case under Article 212 of the Philippines’ Revised Penal Code might also be filed.

If found guilty, the Chinese face fines ranging from PHP100,000 (USD2500) to PHP4M (USD100,000) plus jail terms of one to 12 years. The Philippine Coast Guard aims to refloat the grounded vessel within the week. Once escorted to Puerto Princesa, the Tubbataha Management Office plans to confiscate the vessel along with all

AGROUND. The F/V Min Long Yu, a 48-meter Chinese fishing vessel, ran aground Tubbataha’s North Atoll last 8 April. Though smaller than the 68-meter USS Guardian, the Chinese ship is steel-hulled, which is far more destructive to coral reefs. TMO, which is leveling a PHP58M (USD1.4M) fine against the US Navy for destroying 2345.67 square meters of coral reef, will now file charges against the Chinese poachers. [TMO Archives] onboard equipment. An assessment of the damage wrought to North Atoll has been slated for next week.

F/V Min long yu is the seventh Chinese fishing vessel caught prowling the Tubbataha Reefs since

2002. Time and again, foreign poachers have intruded upon the country’s rich waters. In Palawan alone, over 660 Chinese have been arrested fishing illegally over the last decade. Some vessels were

tilizer by the DENR for the next four years of the NGP’s implementation as well as for possible public consumption after 2016.

“The project hopes to produce about 500 tons of mycorrhiza by the end of the year from the three satellite nursery facilities established in laguna, Bohol and Zambales provinces,” Castillo said.

She added that the mass production of bio-fertilizers was in compliance with Paje’s order to maintain an 80 percent survival rate of planted seedlings under the NGP. The DENR is also planning to put up another mycorrhiza facility in Agusan del Norte to supply the bio-fertilizer requirements of the NGP’s implementation in Mindanao, Castillo said.

ERDB’s facility inside the UPlB is already in production mode of the bio-fertilizer in preparation for the supply needs for the second semester while the construction of other facilities is now in

full swing.

These facilities are located in Bohol Island State University in Bilar, Bohol; Ramon Magsaysay State University in Botolan, Zambales; and Caraga State University in Butuan City, Agusan del Norte.

According to Castillo, using mycorrhiza as fertilizer is more practical because of its unique characteristics that boost root growth.

“With the limited availability of water particularly during long dry season, mycorrhiza increases the plant’s tolerance to drought,” Castillo said.

She said biofertilizers were also effective even in hostile environment like mine waste areas and mine tailings site, citing studies which show that mycorrhiza has unique mechanisms that sequester heavy metals in the soil, thus increasing the plant’s tolerance to toxicity of the metals and minimizing their transfer to the plants treated with the bio-fertilizer.

DENR ups biofertilizer production

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HE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is boosting its production of bio-fertilizers by 55 percent during the first half of 2013 to ensure the supply of root growth enhancers for planting materials to be used in the government’s National Greening Program (NGP).

According to the DENR’s Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau (ERDB), some 155 tons of bio-fertilizers will be made this semester or 55 tons higher than what was produced during the same period last year.

ERDB is using “mycorrhizal” technology in producing fungus-based fertilizers, which main component is a nitrogen-fixing bacteria species called “vesicular arbuscular mycorrhiza.”

Mycorrhiza is known to promote fungal infection in the root area of a plant, induce root growth and improve transfer of water and nutrients to the host plant.

“A total of 155 tons are

to be distributed to 16 regions from January to June 2013, with a maximum of 10 tons per region,” ERDB Director Portia lapitan said in her memorandum to DENR Secretary Ramon J. P. Paje.

The production of the bio-fertilizer was first pegged at 100 tons in May last year, when it entered into a partnership with the National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology of the University of the Philippines-los Baños (UPlB-BIOTECH). lapitan noted that the production capacity of the UPlB-BIOTECH has been hitting 25 tons per month since last December.

Dr. Evangeline Castillo, ERDB science research specialist and project leader for the mycorrhizal production, said some 43 tons had already been distributed to various DENR field offices as of March this year.

Castillo said satellite nursery facilities will be constructed this year to mass produce the bio-fer-

apprehended repeatedly.

Many more were never caught.

On 21 December 2006, 30 Chinese poachers aboard the F/V Hoi Wan were apprehended 1.5 nautical miles from

Tubbataha’s South Atoll.

More than 2300 high-value fish, including live Grouper, Red Snapper and 359 endangered and legally-protected Napoleon Wrasse were discovered in the vessel holds.

DCWD stresses watershed, wildlife protection in City

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SIDE from its rehabilitation efforts in the three watersheds of Davao City, namely, Mt. Talomo-lipadas, Malagos and Mt. Tipolog-Tamugan, Davao City Water District also upholds existing laws that protect the watershed areas in the country including the wildlife thriving in their midst such as Republic Act No. 7586 or the National Integrated Protected Areas System (NIPAS) Act of 1992.

The NIPAS Act classifies and administers protected areas in the country which includes areas or islands proclaimed as national park, game refuge, bird and wildlife sanctuary, wilderness area, strict nature reserve, water-

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shed, mangrove reserve, fish sanctuary, natural and historical landmark, protected and managed landscape / seascape as well as identified virgin forests in order to maintain ecological processes and life support systems, preserve genetic diversity, ensure sustainable use of resources found therein, and maintain their natural conditions to the greatest extent possible.

Since DCWD is one of the many stakeholders for watershed protection, it does not only implement rehabilitation and protection efforts. It also concerns itself with threats to endangered species inside identified watershed protected area. [Jovana T. Duhaylungsod]

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‘BY mid-May, there will be a more defined formula.

A draft bill for mining will be finished by mid-May or sometime in June.’

--Trade Secretary Gregorio Domingo, on mining revenue sharing

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were usually extracted from suspects who have been approached by police officers during house-to-house visits.

The information from suspects who were “tokhang-ed” were instrumental in the unique anti-drug drive wherein suspects were first approached and convinced to stop their illegal trade, Dela Rosa claimed.

During Monday’s Kapehan sa Dabaw media forum at SM Annex, dela Rosa issued another stern warning against drug pushers known to be still operating in Davao City.

“Don’t even think about bringing illegal drugs to the city, because transactions are mostly planted and you will definitely get caught,” he said following the arrest of three drug pushers, which included a soldier, last Saturday evening.

He also warned buyers that he empowered

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some bogus drug pushers to arrest people who are trying to buy drugs.

“These are not policemen, which means they don’t adhere to the human rights guidelines and may beat up buyers before arresting them,” he said.

Poseur buyers can make a citizen’s arrest on peddlers of illegal drugs, according to Dela Rosa.

“There are no orders yet from Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte whether the bogus drug pushers empowered to arrest buyers will be given rewards,” he said.

He said, however, that informants will receive awards for giving the authorities tips on illegal drug transactions in the city. He admitted that it was through the help of an informant which enabled them to intercept the transaction last Saturday.

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are using illegal drugs and promised to quit.

“If their lives are important to them, then they should quit, considering the warning that Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte has given them,” he said.

Today, “Oplan Tokhang” will visit Barangay 38-D, located behind the DCPO Philippine National Police (PNP) barracks at San Pedro Street.

“Operation Tokhang” has been considered by several sectors as an efficient mechanism by far in the campaign against illegal drugs. Dela Rosa has vowed to intensify the anti-illegal drugs drive in Davao City after a series of buy-bust operations brought to fore the involvement of some police personnel and soldiers in the illegal drugs trade.

A man on board a bicycle braves the heavy pour of rain which causes flooding of Davao City’s main streets Wednesday night. Lean Daval Jr.

In some areas of Davao City

Water service interruptions on April 12-13 announced

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HE Davao City Water District has scheduled two sets of water service interruption to give way to separate systems improvement projects.

First set is on April 12 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM and will affect the entire S.I.R. Phase 1 in Matina and Agro compound. DCWD’s Operation and Maintenance crew will install a bypass pipe for the District Metered Area at S.I.R. Phase 1. Said project is part of DCWD’s efforts to reduce non-revenue water.

Second set is from 5:00 PM of April 12 until 12:00 MN of April 13 affecting the entire areas of Tug-

Prayer concerts livened up the cities of Panabo and Tagum last 5 and 6 April 2013 as the Bukas Palad Music Ministry performed well-loved tunes familiar to churchgoers across the country. Proud concert sponsors were the Diocese

bok, Mintal, Bago Oshiro, Catalunan Grande and Catalunan Pequeño and portions of Davao-Bukidnon Rd. (from Tugbok to Ulas Cemetery), libby Rd. (Rosalina 1, ADCIVille Subd., Kabataan Center Assn., Toscana, San lorenzo Village, Reldo Village and Carmelo Porras Subd.), libby Rd to Baliok Rd. (lumanzo Compound, BAGASA, SUHAI Village and Sitio Nalum) Bago Gallera Rd. (Samantha Homes Subd., Spring Valley Village, Mega Homes, Kaliraya Subd. and Gallera de Oro Subd.) and Bago Aplaya (BAVNAI Vill., and Saavedra Neighborhood Assn. Inc.).

DCWD’s General Ser-

vices Department will do a revision of the discharge line assembly and installation of the 200mm production meter of Tugbok Production Well No. 5 for preventive maintenance purposes.

DCWD acting general manager Edwin V. Regalado appeals for the understanding and cooperation of the would-be affected customers. He also advises them to store enough water prior to the scheduled water interruptions as water supply may be restored earlier if work goes smoothly or later if unforeseen problems arise.

The general public may call the DCWD trunk line at 221-9400

and press “1” on their phone dial to listen to the latest daily water updates, or contact its call center through the 24-hour hotlines 221-9412, 0927-7988966, 0908-441-0653 or 0925-511-3293 for updates, complaints, queries and other matters pertaining to DCWD services.

This announcement is also posted on the DCWD website (www. davao-water.gov.ph) and official Facebook account (www.facebook.com/davaocitywaterdistrict). It is also recorded in the 221-9400 voicemail.

(Jovana T. Duhaylungsod) Sources: OMD & GSD jctd 4/11/13

of Tagum and the Ateneo de Davao University. The concert was aimed to generate funds for the development of a retirement home for priests of the Diocese of Tagum. (ADDU IPO)

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Masters not always kind to favorites

Tennis player Caroline Wozniacki rests her head on Northern Ireland’s Rory McIlroy’s shoulder during the par three competition before the

Masters golf tournament Wednesday (Thursday PHL Time), April 10, 2013, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/ David J. Phillip)

UGUSTA, Ga. (AP) -- The first tee shot clattered through a pair of pines on the left side of the 13th fairway, finally landing on the wrong side of Rae’s Creek. Tiger Woods tried again, and this wasn’t any better. Fans peered across the fairway and only heard the ball rifle through some bushes. ‘’He’s hitting another one,’’ a man announced from the gallery.

The third shot with a fairway metal caused them to retreat until it turned with a slight draw, clipping a pine branch and settling in the second cut of rough.

Woods played nine holes Wednesday morning in his final tuneup for the Masters, and how he played was of little consequence. Even so, that snapshot from the 13th tee was another reminder how quickly the best plans can fall apart, even for the No. 1 player on top of his game, especially at Augusta National.

Think back to Woods at his absolute best.

He won 10 times in 2000, including three majors, and finished no worse than fifth in 19 of his 22 tournaments worldwide.

Going into the Masters, he either won or finished second in 10 of his previous 11 PGA Tour events. It felt as though everyone was playing for second at Augusta that year.

What happened?

Woods made a double bogey and a triple bogey in a span of three holes, shot 75 in the opening round and never caught up.

The hype over Woods is not that strong this year, though there is no doubt who is driving the conversation. Those who have

played with him on the course or hit balls next to him on the range talked about how he never missed a shot. His putting has been pure since he got that tip from Steve Stricker last month at Doral. And it shows in the scores. Woods has won his last two tournaments, at Doral and Bay Hill, and neither was terribly close.

When the Masters begins Thursday, he is the odds-on favorite to end his five-year drought in the majors, and win a green jacket for the first time since 2005.

Trouble is, Augusta National doesn’t play favorites. ‘’Obviously, Tiger is Tiger,’’ said Scott Piercy, who will play alongside Woods and luke Donald in the opening two rounds. ‘’He’s always going to be that target. He knows it, and that’s how he wants it. But there’s a lot of people getting closer. And the golfing gods, or whatever you want to call them, have a lot to do with winning. A bounce here, a bounce there. A lip in, a lip out.’’

Angel Cabrera got one of those bounces off a pine tree and back into the 18th fairway in 2009 that helped him save par and win a playoff on the next hole. Sure, he was a former U.S. Open champion, but the big Argentine was No. 69 in the world that year, the lowest-ranked player to ever win the Masters.

The hole got in the way twice for Charl Schwartzel in 2011, once on a chip across the first green that fell for birdie, another a shot from the third fairway that dropped for eagle. He finished with four straight birdies to win.

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Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, kisses his caddy and girlfriend tennis player Caroline Wozniacki following the par-three competition before the

Masters golf tournament Wednesday (Thursday PHL Time), April 10, 2013, in Augusta, Ga. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

PERFECT PITCH. World no. 1 Tiger Woods practices from the pitching area during practice round before the US Masters.

Moulic still perfect, Literatus crushes NM Mejia

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IDE Master Austin Jacob literatus of Davao City ran off a string of three wins including a man-sized demolition of National Master Giovani Mejia in the eighth round to gain solo second in the 2013

National Age Group Chess Championships at the Taguig City Auditorium.

The 16-year old wiz from Toril, backed up in the tournament by Kingking Gold and Copper Mines, Inc., also beat

Andre Miguel Jorgio and Christian Jake Tomines in the sixth and seventh rounds to bring his total to 15 points out of a possible 16.

While literatus advanced within striking distance of retaining

his title, his chief rival and fellow FIDE Master Paulo Bersamina kept his perfect run to keep his lead with 16 points in the 16 and Under division of the tournament organized by the National Chess Federa-

tion of the Philippines (NCFP) and serving as the qualifier for the Asean Age Group Chess Championships in Thailand this June.

Mejia dropped to third.

Another Davao bet,

Ella Grace Moulic, paced the Girls 16 and Under category with a perfect 12 points after beating Virgenie Ruaya in the sixth round. Moulic, a standout of Holy Cross of Davao College, has six wins in as many outings.

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Milo-BEST hoops clinic opens April 29

By Athena Jillian Bravo

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HOOPS CLINIC. Chad Boufard, organizer of MILO Best Summer Basketball Clinic, announces the upcoming basketball camp during the weekly Davao

Sportswriters Association at Dexter’s Pizza Stadium in Matina, Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

HE Milo-BEST Summer Basketball Clinic opens on April 29 at the Martinez Sports Complex at the Ateneo de Davao University Matina campus.

Chad Bouffard, local organizer, said during the weekly Davao Sportswriters Association (DSA) Forum at the Dexter’s Pizza Stadium that the popular scientific basketball clinic will run from April 29 to May 4, 2013.

“We are looking forward to having more participants this year,” Bouffard said. last year, 229 participants took part in the summer hoops clinic organized by the Basket-

ball Efficiency Scientific Training Center and sponsored by Milo.

The clinic is open to participants under five categories: Introduction to Basketball (5-8 years old), and levels 1 to 4 (9 years old and up). Registration Fee for Intro course is P2,800 while levels 1 to 4 is P3,300.

In Cagayan de Oro City where the clinic was staged last week, some 210 participants took part eclipsing the previous record of 190.

Interested participants may contact 09282917764, 09434799954 and 09168474305.

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HE Royal Mandaya Hotel is the official hotel partner of AlA Promotions for the hit Pinoy Pride series with Pinoy Pride 19 “Mexican Invasion” set on April 20, 2013 at the USEP Gymnasium, Davao City.

TRMH GM Benjamen Banzon, Jr. and AlA Promotions president and CEO Michael Aldeguer signed the partnership pact making the Escandor-owned hotel as the official home of reigning WBO international featherweight champion Rey “Boomboom” Bautista, WBO and OPBF boxing officials and personalities to be showcased during the mega-boxing event.

Supporters and foreign delegates are likewise expected on this international night of boxing in Davao—the first biggest fight card in the city since Manny Pacquiao fought Thai fighter Rakkiatgym in 2003.

The Royal Mandaya Hotel is strategically situated at the heart of Davao City, ideal place for easy access to business engagements,tourism and leisure spots.

Pinoy Pride XIX “Mexican Invasion” will feature one of Philippine’s boxing star in Bautista who will be defending his WBO International Featherweight title against famed Mexican boxing protagonist Jesus Ramirez. Also featured in this event is the reigning OPBF Flyweight Champion Rocky “the Road Warrior” Fuentes who would also be facing another tough Mexican opponent Juan “loquito” Kantun, King Arthur Villanueva against Marco Singwancha among other more spectacular bouts for the undercards.

Pinoy Pride XIX Mexican Invasion will be telecast the following day over ABS-CBN Channel 2 9:55 AM and 4:00 Pm on Studio 23.

The Pinoy Pride XIX Mexican Invasion Tickets are already available at SM City Davao, SM lanang Premier.

Other outlets are at the USEP Gym, Rise Management 4/f Central Plaza Bldg, Toryano’s Chicken House and at lyndon Rita livestock Dealer in Agdao Market.

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EFENDING champion General Services Office defeated City Environment and Natural Resources, 90 – 89, in overtime in their epic semifinal clash to take the last finals berth in the 76th Araw ng Dabaw – Dachea Basketball Tournament Category A on Wednesday at the Davao City Recreation Center Almendras Gym. The fourth-ranked GSO pulled through with an astonishing upset over the top-seed and erstwhile title

favorite CENRO to arrange a rematch of last year’s finals against the Christopher “Bong” Go-led Sangguniang Panlungsod.

Ronel Bantillan carried the load for the short-handed GSO, finishing with the game-high 26 points marked with clutch baskets in regulation and overtime.

Ryan Dela Pena made 22 baskets and Russel Venus and Arnold Garces had 16 apiece to help GSO boost its title retention bid. (Rico Biliran)

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My first Batik experience:

Batik workshop and Indocraft 2013

By Bai Fauziah Fatima Sinsuat Ambolodto

TradiTionally made using a manual (by hand) wax-resist dyeing worried that i would miss technique, the Batik holds forth prominent and outstanding meanings it because of my schedule rooted to the Javanese conceptualization of the universe(wikipedia. but, as it turned out, i was org/wiki/Batik). Basically a cloth or a piece of wood, it is believed that able to make my way to certain patterns can only be worn and used by nobility and tradition- the venue with my yaya in ally. More so, UnESCo designated indonesian batik as a Master- FBATIK WORKSHOP, A4 piece of oral and in- metro. tangible Heritage of Highlighting authentic Humanity (october and intricately designed 2, 2009) and since Batik products, the exhibit then ordered indo- allowed everyone to expenesia to preserve it. rience the art of making last april 5-7 2013, the Consulate General of the republic of indonesia, in partnership with the Batik House of indonesia, conducted a Batik Workshop and indocraft Exhibit at the Convention Center of SM lanang Premier in the

Learning to use the tjanting.

(Batik) and seeing their ‘masterpieces’ in a matter of minutes.

Grateful for an invite from my ever-beautiful Kaka Bai Oleh Sinsuat Limbona Lidasan, i said yes the moment i learned of the event. at first, i was

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Dine on delicious Baby Back Ribs on Mondays, Sizzling Bulalo on Tuesdays, Seafood Fiesta on Wednesdays, Garlic Fried Chicken on Thursdays and Karagatan Soup on Fridays.

Visit Ranchero Nuevo today at the Al Fresco Area of SM City General Santos.

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Say hello to summer at

Fashion Edge: Summer Lookbook on April 13

CEB launches leisure, ASEAN routes seat sale for as low as P399

in the Philippines, summer is almost synonymous to long breaks and grand vacays.

Between the rising temperature tease and out-of-town trips, there is no other season that brings in fashion in a brighter light than ThE Philippines’ largest national flag car- summer! rier, Cebu Pacific (PSE:CEB) boosts travel to Summer’s hottest lookFashion Edge: leisure destinations in the Philippines and book comes alive at SM select ASEAN routes in a seat sale from City davao’s Fashion Edge Summer April 10 to 12, 2013 or until seats last. with funky and fashion-

For travel from June 1 to August 31, 2013, travelers can buy P399 seats from Manila to Dumaguete, Kalibo, Legazpi or Naga. The same P399 seat sale fare is available from Cebu to Busuanga, Camiguin, Caticlan, Puerto Princesa or Siargao; from Davao to Kalibo; and from Iloilo to Puerto Princesa.

Meanwhile, P699 seats are up for grabs from Manila to Busuanga, Caticlan, Puerto Princesa or Tagbilaran; and from Davao to Puerto Princesa.

“We encourage booking these seat sale fares in advance, since this travel period is also considered offpeak in the Philippines. Aside from air fare savings, guests can already begin scouting for the best hotel offers through our partner www.agoda.com, and planning their trip itineraries,” said CEB VP for Marketing and Distribution Candice Iyog.

“These are some of the Philippines’ top diving, beach, surfing and eco-adventure destinations. They serve as gateways to marine sanctuaries, world-renowned surf spots, underwater wrecks, among many others. We hope our seat sale will enable even more local and foreign tourists to visit these destinations,” she added.

Select ASEAN routes are also up for grabs for as low as P999. For travel from May 1 to September 30, 2013, guests can buy P999 seats from Manila to Kota Kinabalu, and from Clark or Iloilo to Singapore.

For travel June 1 to September 30, 2013, passengers can buy P999 seats from Manila to Brunei, Siem Reap, Bali, Kuala Lumpur, hanoi or ho Chi Minh; as well as from Clark or Cebu to Bangkok.

Those traveling from Manila or Cebu to Singapore, or from Manila to Bangkok can also buy P1,499 seats, while those headed from Manila to Jakarta can buy P1,899 seats.

CEB also holds a special seat sale from April 10-15, 2013 only for those buying tickets originating from Dubai only. The seat sale fare starts at AED100 from Dubai to Manila, for travel from October 7 to December 31, 2013.

Quoted fares are exclusive of check-in baggage allowance, taxes, fuel surcharges and admin fees.

The airline is set to pioneer direct services between Cebu and Camiguin on April 15, 2013. Direct flights between Cebu and Masbate will be launched on June 1, 2013. CEB will also launch its Cebu-Taipei service on July 5, 2013 and its Manila-Dubai service on October 7, 2013.

forward styling from the country’s top fashion bloggers davaoeños Cheyser Pedregosa and lance de ocampo.

Fashion Edge: Summer lookbook is everyone’s complete guide to summer styling from splashing colors to neutral basics, aztec and geometric designs to floral dainties, prints to plains! it will be a sizzling showcase of trends and classic staples which will surely tickle your sunny fashion fancy.

Catch davao’s funloving teens nica Tupas, althea Gopo, Vanna ang, yani Buenviaje, Stephen Guilaran, lew avila, Enzo nitoreda, arlfred Espinosa and Fern Marino show off their summer zest on the runway with numbers from SM Store Brands SM ladies Fashion, Girls Teen Wear, SunKissed, Coco Cabaña, SM accessories, Parisian, SM Men’s Fashion, Tank, Culture, Markus and Milanos. also, get a sneak peek

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of summer collections from artwork, nike athletic Club, Jag, Surplus, levi’s, roxy, South Shores, Folded & Hung, Mags and Sledgers.

Sharpen your summer fashion sensibilities. do not miss SM City davao’s FaSHion EdGE 2013: Summer lookbook on Saturday, april 13, 6PM at the annex Event Center.

Fashion Edge 2013 is also made possible by Pizza Hut, dermPath, Eight Espino Productions and the Philippine Women’s’ College of davao.

For inquiries, call 297.6998 local 126. Like SM City Davao on Facebook or follow @smcitydavao on Twitter for event and promo updates.

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JUSTIN Timberlake and coral top. and Jessica Biel had “Yes! Memphis quite the eventful is in the house!”

Tuesday.

“Guess who The “Suit and Tie” singer and his actress wife paid a visit to the White house today, and got to hang out with Barack and Michelle Obama, but it wasn’t just to catch up on J.T.’s charttopping album or talk politics.

Timberlake was part of an interactive student workshop “Soulsville, USA: The history of Memphis Soul,” which was hosted by the first lady in the State Dining Room, and invited middle and high school students from around the country to take part.

“The White house is buzzing with excitement today as we celebrate the rhythmic groove of Memphis soul,” Michelle Obama said, dressed in a buttercup yellow pantsuit

@ F LO T U S i n vited to the #atTheWh today!?

Watch the student workshop live stream starting 11am ET. http://wh.gov/ live -teamJT,” the Memphisnative’s team tweeted from his Twitter this morning.

And it looks like Biel had a moment that she will cherish forever. “I hugged POTUS. I hugged POTUS. I hugged POTUS,” she tweeted. One more time with feeling, Jessica.

Timberlake, along with musicians Sam Moore, Mavis Staples, Charlie Mussel-

Wahlberg, Eva Longoria, Scarlett Johansson, Woody harrelson, Jamie Foxx, Jim Carrey and Kerry Washington.

And Bieber, who used his Saturday Night Live host-

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ing gig in February as a platform to apologize to his fans for smoking marijuana, isn’t the only one helping to spread the word via Twitter, though we have a feeling the tweets have only just begun!

“Props to ->’@justinbieber: shoutout to @UncleRUSh . gotta support him to #EndTheWarOnDrugs and show that we the youth have a voice,’” tweeted Samantha Ronson.

“America spends $30K to incarcerate an inmate but less than $12K on a student! http://bit.ly/ Xzq0UM #EndTheWarOnDrugs PLS RT!,” added Deepak Chopra.

Of course, no wellmeaning deed goes unpunished, so Simmons also tweeted this afternoon: “4 those frustrated by my political tweets, my tweets R prayers meant 2 remove suffering my actions have same intentions #endthewarondrugs.”

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tow. all my Kaka said was, “Enjoy” and i know, i was in for an experience of a lifetime.

Participants from all lifestyles, including kids, paraded to the venue armed with much gusto in learning the age-old craft of Batik making. Being a Muslim, i have heard, seen and adored some beautifully crafted batik fabrics but never been taught of how it was done. as soon as i was seated (yaya was as excited as i was)and had my own tjanting (a pipe like tool with a tiny metal cup and tiny spout at one end) and a piece of round wood, i was all set. Grouped in a table with five men, a cute baby girl and two other women, we were instructed of the steps and procedure of making batik. From the proper way of holding the tjanting, the canvass itself and how to get some of the melted wax (malam) in the tjanting. and off we go!

Believe me it was fun.

Super fun! Patience must have been with me that day as i delicately and seriously followed the outline on my

wood. We were taught to have thicker wax to have it emphasized. later on, we were encouraged to have the back designed as well.

Well, i opted to make my royal CHEF crown or so i thought. after that tedious task, we were lead to a corner where the dyeing process takes place. Crowding, i made my way and was amazed as our pieces were dunked, dipped and boiled right on front of us. Pails full of water and dye’s lined the corner. you can really see the transformation.

Flashes of smiles from the crowd made me shiver with delight as i wait on mine. at the end of the workshop, we were treated to our very own Batik Certificate and a loot bag which included a quaint batik pouch. The bookie in me opted to avail one of their visitor’s booklet (Welcome to indonesia) – we’ll never know, i might hop on a plane and visit the place anytime soon.

Terima kasih for the experience and ta-ta for now as i adore my own batik masterpiece!

My certificate and finished product.

The dyeing process.

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65 years of Damosa Congratulations to

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avao Motor Sales’ 65-year timeline is one filled with milestones.

A walkthrough of Damosa’s timeline is like browsing through vignettes of history of Davao’s business evolution. Afterall, what better way is there to define Davao’s growth than seeing one of its very own homegrown business firms grow with the city?

It was in the early 1940s when Don Antonio Foirendo, Sr. ventured into a dealership with Manila Trading and Supply Co. (Mantrade) to distribute moTO ACHIEVE OPTIMUM WHOTHE HELPS ENERGIZE THEAND TOPUTILITY 10 POWER AND UTILITY COMPANIES? O ACHIEVE OPTIMUM EFFICIENCY, WHOEFFICIENCY, HELPS ENERGIZE TOP 10 POWER COMPANIES? tor vehicles and spare Credible.

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Don Antonio must be a different breed. He flew to Davao on April 14, 1948 and opened the first car dealership outside Manila. He established the Davao Motor Sales Company (Damosa) and rolled the operations Ford’s dealership.

For that, he was credited for “putting Mindanao on wheels.”

Not too many people know that Damosa’s humble beginnings saw its first establishment th in Bangkerohan (at the 5 Floor, Topaz Tower, Damosa IT Park site now occupied by a J.P. Laurel Ave., Lanang, Davao City Mercury Drug outlet).

Tel: (082) 282-8447 to 51 In the 1960s, Don Fax: (082) 282-8438 Antonio began acquisition of property from www.sgv.ph lease agreements and land collaterals from his clients. The acqui-

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sition included the Lanang property where he later established the Damosa office and service center.

The 1970s saw the rise of the staple car from Ford known as the Ford Fiera. The Fiera is a jeep-type vehicle that emerged as the decade’s most sought after vehicle for its versatility.

The 70s also saw expansions in Gen. Santos City with Valley Motor Sales Inc., and Cagayan de Oro City with Mindanao Motors Corporation. Significantly in the same decade, Damosa’s holding company Anflo Management and Investment Corporation (Anflocor) was established.

The automotive industry took a different turn in the 1980s which saw Ford Philippines halting its operations. The downtrend in Ford’s business forced Damosa to stop its distribution of Ford vehicles.

But the debacle was transformed into an opportunity by Damosa as it steered on a different course from automotive dealership to property development and real property leasing.

As Damosa moved into its golden year of existence, it started implementing the detailed site plan for the proposed improvement of the property in Lanang. This paved the way for the institution of what is now known as Damosa District.

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Through the early part of the new millennium, Damosa formalized its business diversification and established the Damosa Land Inc. (DLI) as the property development arm of Anflocor.

And as the property development business boomed in the Davao Region and the country’s giant property developers realized its potentials, Damosa cemented its status as one of the pioneering developers with impact projects inside the vast Damosa District such as Damosa Gateway, Market Basket, Damosa Business Center, IT Park and Microtel.

Damosa also ventured into mixed use commercial complex project in Kilometer 11 in Sasa, north of Davao City called the Sasa Onse. Another mixed

use project is the McPd at MacArthur Highway at the south side of Davao.

It also expanded its IT Park with the Topaz Tower (Damosa IT Park Building III) and Microtel with the opening of Microtel Gen. Santos City.

At present, Damosa prides itself with more milestone projects like the Damosa Fairlane and more residential projects in Davao City and Davao del Norte set for the next three years ensuring that its timeline will be dotted with more accomplishments—a legacy of determination and resiliency.

Trough the 65 years of existence, Damosa has become synonymous with development, a byword in innovation and leadership, and one Davao can truly call its very own.

ver 1,000 employees, executives and guests of the Davao Motor Sales (DAMOSA) will switch their working shoes for their running sneakers on Saturday with the Damosa 65th Anniversary Run. The fun run, featuring two divisions for the 3-kilometer and 5-kilometer footrace, will be fired off at 5:30 in the morning.

“Damosa’s employees will be taking part in this anniversary event which is made exclusively for them,” said Fun Run Committee head James Velez.

There will be 10 winners in each category, says Velez. Top finishers will receive commemorative medals while all runners will get certificates and race kits.

The fun run is organized in celebra-

tion of the long years of the company’s successful venture and in recognition to the excellent service rendered by DAMOSA’s employees.

Honey Wong, public relations officer of DAMOSA said that employees of sister companies Tadeco, Davco, Anflocor Damosa, Pitrade, DPC, SVT, Pearl Farm, Nest Farms and House of Travel are joining the run. (NJB)

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DAMOSA celebrates 65 Blue Sapphire Anniversary D

AMOSA Land, Inc. will embark on a series of exciting events as it celebrates its biggest milestone ever – the 65th Anniversary of DAMOSA. For this year’s celebration, a showcase of the long fruitful years of DAMOSA as an automotive dealership business until it shifted to real estate company that is Damosa Land, Inc. today, will

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Festivities lined up for the celebration be available for the public through an exhibit in Abreeza Ayala Mall, in the headquarters of ANFLOCOR Group of Companies in DAMOSA, and at the Damosa Market Basket from April 12 to 13.

A motorcade will jumpstart this series of activities on April 12. At night, Damosa Land, Inc. will host an exclusive cocktail gala at the newly opened Seda Hotel to

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give a toss to the productive years and milestones reached. The classical father and daughter tandem of singers Hajji and Rachel Alejandro join the Damosa Land, Inc family in these events.

Open for everybody to take part of is a line-up of fun-filled activities. Damosa Market Basket Car Park will be filled with sights and sounds of treasure-trove vintage mod-

els of Ford vehicles on the duration of the event.

Adding up to the vibrancy of the celebration are the outdoor bazaars with live entertainment up until 12 midnight.

On April 13, more than a thousand employees of Damosa Land, Inc. and its affiliates under the ANFLOCOR Group of Companies will gather for the 65th Damosa anniversary Fun Run at the Damosa Parking Lot. The activity will commemorate the long years of service of the company employees, many of whom started to build their career in DAMOSA. The run will also promote bigger and stronger bond among the ANFLOOCOR-wide employees to achieve a more fruitful organizational operation in the coming years.

The celebration, of course, wouldn’t be complete without treating the public with a whole day of blissful activities all for free. Guests will enjoy and spin round and round as Damosa Land, Inc. brings carnival revelry with rapid rides and other awe-inspiring carnival games on April 14 at the Damosa Fairlane grounds at E. Ramos St., along Mamay Road, Davao City. To culminate the celebration, a Dog Agility Show will be featured to entertain families on the same day.

Davao Motor Sales or DAMOSA was formerly the premier dealer of Ford vehicles and parts in 1948. The automotive business boomed in the 70’s and became wellknown with the brisk sales of the Ford Fiera, which became the staple ride of the town.

In 1985, DAMOSA shifted its business to property development and leasing of real estate properties. With the shift

in the business line, the management decided to change the name of the company from DAMOSA to Damosa Land, Inc., which now functions as the property development arm of the ANFLOCOR Group of Companies.

The real estate business of Damosa Land, Inc. flourished in the year 2000 as the company introduced the urban mixed-use Damosa District billeting Damosa Gateway, Damosa Market Basket, Damosa Business Center, and the PEZA-accredited Damosa IT Park placed in synergy with Microtel Davao to tailor the modern way of living in Davao City.

Damosa Land, Inc. went grandiose with the establishment of more developments: Sasa Onse, a mixed-use complex in Sasa; the commercial McPod Building in McArthur Highway; Topaz Tower which houses BPOs and corporate offices in Damosa IT Park; and the expansion of Microtel in General Santos City.

Today, Damosa Land, Inc. takes a major leap forward as it develops the fast-rising urban residential community which will soon become the residence of Davao’s discerning market – the Damosa Fairlane.

Damosa Land, Inc. indeed extends beyond the need for convenience as it has evolved into a company with intense pursuits of achieving valuable innovations in real estate industry.

Powered by an inspired, dynamic and proactive organization, espousing the legacy of values of its founder the late Don Antonio O. Floirendo, Sr., Mindanao is assured of enhanced real estate experiences for the years to come.

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Serving a seamless society

Sales Representatives (2) - Male / Female, not more than 30 years old - Candidate must posses a Bachelor/ College Degree in any Business field.

- Willing to work under pressure, flexible, persuasive, can speak fluently and computer literate - A team player - With Basic Salary, Transportation, Communication, allowance + Commission For interested applicants, you may send your resume to: HR Department EDGEDavao Doors 13 & 14 Alcrej B;dg., Quirino Ave., Davao City Tel. No. (082) 221-3601 Email: edgedavao@gmail.com

JR. NBA. Phoenix Petroleum marketing supervisor Neb Bulaclac (center) together with 2013 Jr. NBA Regional Selection finalists Cornelio Reta (ext. left) and Paolo Luis Coquilla (2nd from left) of Ateneo De Davao University, Mahloney Tarranza (2nd from right)of Assumption Col-

lege of Davao and John Rodney Canete of Agro-Industrial Foundation College join hands teamwork during the weekly Davao Sportswriters Association at Dexter’s Pizza in Matina, Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

Phoenix backs Jr. NBA finalists

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HOENIX Petroleum Philippines will be funding the trip of the ten finalists to the Jr. NBA Final Selection Camp in Manila on April 26-29.

Phoenix Petroleum marketing supervisor Neb Bulaclac said during the weekly Davao Sportswriters Association (DSA) Sports Forum at Dexter’s Pizza Stadium that the ten qualifiers will be flown to Manila by the sponsoring firm which has partnered with the Jr. NBA to bring the popular basketball development program to Davao.

“Phoenix will be sending these kids to Manila while the Jr. NBA and

Alaska’s commitment will be their accommodation and food where they are there,” Bulaclac said.

The ten promising basketball players chosen in the Jr. NBA Davao regional selection camp attended by 499 aspiring players aged 10-14 on April 1 and 2, 2013 at the University of Southeastern Philippines Gym. Four of the 10 players came from Davao while other qualifiers came from Bacolod, Bukidnon, General Santos City, and Cagayan de Oro. They bested 30 other regional finalists and will represent the Mindanao region at the National Training

Camp of the Jr. NBA in Manila.

The 10 qualifiers are Paolo Coquilla, Mahloney Tarranza, Cornelio Reta V, and John Cañete from Davao, Jan Gabriel Sobrevega and Jose Antiporda from Bacolod, John lloyd Bernales and lorenz Viajar from Bukidnon, Anthony Sistoza from General Santos and Earl Vincent Areola from Cagayan de Oro. Present in yesterday’s DSA presentation were Assumption College of Davao’s Tarranza, Agro Industrial Foundation College’s Canete, and Ateneo de Davao University’s Reta and Coquilla. (NJB)

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DAMOSA FUN RUN. Anflocor Group of Companies’ corporate communications officer Honey Wong and human resources staff James Vales promote this Saturday’s Damosa 65th Anniversary Fun Run in the weekly Davao

Sportswriters Association at Dexter’s Pizza Stadium in Matina, Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.