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DAVAO CITY FOUND

LEAST CORRUPT Receives highest satisfation rating among 7 cities

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SWS SURVEY SAYS

DAVAO CITY FOUND LEAST CORRUPT Receives highest satisfation rating among 7 cities

By CHENEEN R. CAPON crc@edgedavao.net

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ITHOUT losing a stride, Davao City once again struck a positive chord in the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey on how businessmen rate the local government in its fight against corruption.

Manager of business establisments gave Davao City a+67 grade among the seven areas surveyed, including the national capital region (NCR), CALABARZON, Angeles, Iloilo, Cebu and Cagayan de Oro. Davao City’s rating was the highest of the cities surveyed. Other cities also gave their city government positive ratings, of +30 in Angeles, +35 in CLB, +41 in Iloilo, +33 in Cebu, +30 in CDO-I, while for NCR it is net -5 (called “neutral” because it is between +9 and -9).

SWS president Mahar K. Mangahas said during the roadshow spearheaded by the National Competitiveness Council at The Pinnacle Hotel and Suites Friday that the rating given to Davao City LGU is “very good” while the other cities were only “good”, and for NCR it is “neutral”.

He said that in 2013, the net sincerity score (the percentage calling them sincere minus the percentage calling them insincere), for the entire sample, of city governments was

+23, which SWS calls “moderate” (between +10 and +29).

Aside from fighting corruption, managers in Davao have also the highest satisfaction (86 percent) among the seven areas, with what the city government is doing in promoting a conducive business climate for entrepreneurs.

Next are managers from Iloilo (83 percent), Angeles (81), CLB (74), Cebu (70), CDO-I (57), and NCR (52).

“This is because the city government unit provides an environment that businesses can progress through the different policies that they have implemented in the city,” Department of Trade and Industry 11 (DTI 11) officer in charge Suzette Lazo said This satisfaction is also evident to the high survival rate of businesses in Davao City.

Davao City Investment and Promotion Center (DCIPC) officer in charge Ivan C. Cortez said the survival rate last year was 84.68 percent.

This is higher compared to the 65 to 75 percent of other cities in the country.

In 2012, the center recorded an 85.09 percent business survival rate, higher than the 84. 22 percent rate in 2011.

Cortez also said that the

low cost of doing business in the city contributed to the high survival rate of businesses in the city, adding that production inputs, like electricity, cost of raw materials, and cost of labor are relatively low.

CRC The business sector in Davao City denied that they are not doing anything to solve corruption within their system.

Antonio dela Cruz ,Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc., (DCCCII) president said that the chamber were exerting effort to eliminate the occurrence of bribery and corruption within each business operation of their members.

“Initially, the DCCCII in partnership with Makati Business Club, we have integrity initiative. That’s why we really need to look at our rank because we really cannot afford that we will criticize the government and we cannot also look to our own. It should be from us police our ranks, we start doing something for the government,” dela Cruz said.

DCCCII is a signatory of the integrity pledge under the Integrity initiative of MBC and European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines. It is a an effort of the private sector that fights against corruption and fraud. The chamber has been part of

this for three years.d The private sector becomes the watchdog of the Philippine government but how can this sector become reliable if corruption also lie within it.

It showed in the

result in the survey and significant Davao business is positive because it is the LGU who really provide an environment where business can really progress with the policies Flat if you notice high na sa davao region dili na significant for davao region relatively low na ang perception Positive on It is not only the government should improbe but also the private sectyor While

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we are surveying may component surveying the private sector may propensity sa corruptuion dapat double ang efforts the private sector should do the same.

Both sector complementing In addressing the corruption issue.

Within the private sector may curropt practices and should be addressed buy them They always criticized.

PHL to send to GBR record-breaking bid

By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.

‘GIVE US THIS DAY’ GUEST. Davao City Mayor Rody Duterte answers queries during the “Give Us This Day” television program of international evangelist Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy, Friday night. Lean Daval Jr.

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HE Department of Health (DOH) 11 is confident that the Philippines has established a new world record in the number of applicants who signed up to donate body organs.

Dr. Abdullah B. Dumama, DOH-11 regional director, claimed that that with 10,120 registrants in six sites nationwide the

country already beat the record of erstwhile record holder India.

Dumama told Edge Davao during the first ever sign-up event for organ donation at the Davao City Recreation Center (Almendras Gym) last Friday that the city contributed 944 registrants in the first hour

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THE BIG NEWS Rody to Congress: Approve FOI bill

By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.

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AVAO City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte has urged the legislative department to pass the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill to promote transparency and accountability among government officials.

“The bill should be passed so that we can SHED. A tree becomes a shield of people against the scorching heat of the sun while waiting for public utility vehicles along Jacinto Extension in Davao City. open our books,” said Duterte in last Friday’s Lean Daval Jr. episode of ‘Give Us This Day’ of Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy.

Duterte said that lifestyle checks should not only be limited to senators

By AQUILES Z. ZONIO who are involved in the Correspondent ‘pork barrel’ scam but also other government AYOR George secretary,was on his way thigh and was immediately a.m. Saturday.

His remains were officials.

Perrett of Maitum, home after attending an rushed to a hospital in Gen. The FOI bill is pending autopsied at theTaycham Sarangani was activity at the municipal Santos City. both legislative The mayor, who is Funeral Home in General in ambushed by unidentified gymnasium when waylaid chambers and could not suffering from a heart Santos City. suspects while aboard by the suspects.

Reporters tried to get move to the next level as his vehicle along the “Mayor Perrett was problem, succumbed to national highway in sitio driving when the ambush cardiac arrest around 3:30 FMAITUM, 10 many congressmen and Bugo, barangay Malalag in occurred. We recovered Maitum around 10:30 p.m. spent shells of caliber 5.56 Friday. and .45 at the crime scene Supt. Jomar Alexis just about two kilometers Yap, Sarangani deputy from the poblacion,” Yap provincial police director, said. told Edge Davao by phone The mayor’s vehicle that Perret, together with was riddled with bullets his wife former mayor with Perrett sustaining a Elsie Lucille and his single bullet wound in left

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Energy agencies address Mindanao power situation

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HE Department of Energy (DOE), together with the National Power Corporation (NAPOCOR), National Transmission Corporation (TransCo), and the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines(NGCP), is closely monitoring the power situation in Mindanao as the investigation on the root cause of the system-wide shutdown is underway.

In an earlier meeting with the concerned energy agencies, NGCP reported that the Mindanao system demand stood at 785 MW, and the supply is 853 MW accounting to 93 MW reserve when the incident occurred at around 3:52:00 AM of 27 February 2014. Initial reports indicate that the tripping emanated from the breaker of the Agus 1 switchyard. The breaker or the switchyard of the power plants is the facility that links the power plant to the transmission network.

The following were the plants that tripped (in chronological order) that led to the system collapse: Agus 1 Unit 2, Unit

1;Agus 2 Unit2, Unit3, Unit1; Agus 7 Unit 2; Mt. Apo Geothermal; Pulangi Units 1 &2; Agus 7 Unit 1; Agus 4 Units 1,2&3; SPPC; Agus 5 Unit 1, Unit 2; Agus 6 Unit 6; STEAG. These plants have a total capacity of 677.2 MW. Currently, the DOE and TransCo are gathering all the facts to validate the reports from NGCP, NPC and IPPs. NGCP and NPC were tasked to reconcile their data and provide their respective loggers, which contain the recorded sequence of events. NGCP and NPC shall be conducting technical evaluations of condition of the switchyard and the power plants, of which Transco is tasked to interpret the results.

Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla said “while we are concerned to determine the root cause, what we immediately did is to bring back power first,” adding that “thorough technical investigation is being undertaken to determine the root cause of the blackout and be able

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senators are questioning the proposal.

Duterte said that the move of some legislators hindering passage of the bill only shows “how expensive they are.”

He said that there’s no problem on his part if someone would look into his assets since he acquired them from his “toil” for many years.

In a report of the Philippine Daily Inquirer last month, proponents of the House of Representatives’ version of the bill are convinced that Congress leaders are not out to sabotage this despite Malacañang’s reluctance to give the public full access to state information, excluding sensitive national security issues.

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BRACING FOR IMPACT

New School calendar poses financial threat to private schools

By CHENEEN R. CAPON crc@edgedavao.net

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HE adaptation of the new school calendar poses a threat to private schools, especially in the financial aspect, according to Commission on Higher Education 11 regional director Raul Alvarez in a media forum last week.

Alvarez said that private higher education around the country may lose an estimated P20 to P25 billion in five months of no operation.

“It really has a big financial implication on small private schools, so that’s why it should be carefully studied,” he said, adding that all higher education institutions (HEIs) should adopt it unilaterally.

“If you don’t do this (the transformation of academic calendar) ang mangyayari nyan yung iba na opt magstart sa June dun papasok ang studyante kasi yun ang usual tendency because students won’t wait for 5 months except those who really have the resources to go to big and well-known institutions which can open in August or September.”

This shifting to the international school calendar is in order to align the academic calendar of the country with its foreign counterparts. It may be noted that the Philippines is the last nation to adopt integration in the education system in Southeast Asia.

From June to March academic calendar, autonomous universities like Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) and University of the Philippines (UP)Diliman Campus adapted the system from other countries, school year either starting in August, September or October.

Shifting strategy of the government is late “This is a very late action for the government,” he said, adding that the government knew this for a long time.

Alvarez noted that a study conducted in 1991 named EDCOM Report bared recommendation like the usage of mother tongue as a medium of instruction in classrooms. It even emphasized the role of the government in providing adequate, quality and integrated kind of education system.

He said that the Philippines need to double its effort in integrating the system despite the insufficiency of time given with the 2015 Asean Integration.

The birth of globalization and 2015 integration established the need for the country to make its education system at par with other Asean members.

Next year, nine nations (Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Laos, Brunei Darrusalam,Vietnam,

Philippines will merge to become one community which will share a common goal which is to become a leading region, first in Asia, then next in the world.

In a recent World Economic Forum, it was bared that the Philippines ranks 5th in Asean region, but belongs to the bottom 50 percent of the survey which included 122 countries from all over the world while Singapore ranked first in the region and third in the world.

AdDU students will be enrolling in a new school calendar.

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UN: global warming to cost $ 1.45 trillion G

LOBAL warming will reduce the world’s crop production by up to 2% every decade and wreak $1.45 trillion of economic damage by the end of this century, according to a draft UN report recently reported by the Japanese media.

The document is the second volume in a long-awaited trilogy by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a Nobel-winning group of scientists, which is set to be issued next month after a five-day meeting in Japan, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported.

The trilogy is the IPCC’s first great overview of the causes and effects of global warming, and options for dealing with it, since 2007.

According to the draft, if global temperatures rise by 2.5 degrees Celsius (4.5 Fahrenheit), the world’s aggregated gross domestic production will fall by 0.2% to 2%, the mass cir-

culation said.

That would translate into 15 trillion yen to 148 trillion yen ($147 billion to $1.45 trillion) in economic losses, calculated against the world’s total GDP in 2012, it said.

The planet’s crop production will decline by up to two percent every decade as rainfall patterns shift and droughts batter farmland, even as demand for food rises a projected 14 percent, it said.

Other effects from global warming include the loss of land to rising sea levels, forcing hundreds of millions of people to migrate from coastal areas, with the most vulnerable regions including East, South and Southeast Asia, it said.

The draft report, which will be reviewed in the March 25-29 meeting in Yokohama, calls for mitigation measures to reduce the vulnerability of environments to climate change such as flood pro-

CLIMATE ALARM. Six years after their last diagnosis on global warming, climate experts present the new state of affairs: an increasingly alarming wakeup call. This file photo shows smokes rising from stacks of a thermal power station in Sofia, Bulgaria. [AFP] tection projects and research on the prevention

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CREATING CONVERGENCE on CLIMATE CHANGE

of infectious diseases, it said.

In the first volume of the trilogy, the IPCC said it was more certain than ever that humans were the cause of global warming and predicted temperatures would rise another 0.3 to 4.8 degrees Celsius (0.5-8.6 degrees Fahrenheit) this century.

Heatwaves, floods, droughts and rising seas are among the threats that will intensify through warming, it said in in the report released in September in Stockholm.

UN climate chief Christiana Figueres said the report was “an alarm-clock moment for the world”.

“To steer humanity out of the high danger zone, governments must step up immediate climate action and craft an agreement in 2015” against greenhouse gases, she said at the time.

The IPCC has delivered four previous assessments in its 25-year history.

Each edition has sounded an ever-louder siren to warn that temperatures are rising and

the risk to the climate system is accentuating.

The projections for this century are based on computer models of trends in heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions, especially from coal, oil and gas, which provide the backbone of energy supply today.

A Japanese environment ministry official declined to comment on the report, citing IPCC’s request to keep it behind closed doors until the final version is approved in Yokohama. [AFP]

Environmental watchdog urges LGUs to ban open trash burning A N environmental watchdog has urged local government units to enforce the ban against open burning of trash as it warned of its dangers to health and environment.

The EcoWaste Coalition, in a statement, reiterated that open burning violates the Clean Air Act and the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act. “Despite the explicit prohibition by two of the nation’s foremost environmental legislation, this ‘silent killer’ continues to haunt our communities in the cities and in the countryside. We therefore ap-

peal to all LGUs to enforce the ban,” Ecowaste Coalition’s Zero Waste Campaigner Tin Vergara said.

The group is encouraging LGUs to support the ongoing Integrated Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Project being implemented by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB), with support from the Global Environment Facility through the World Bank, that seeks to reduce dangerous emissions from the burning of trash.

Vergara cautioned that open burning of trash

produces toxic chemical substances that can cause headaches, eye, throat and skin irritation, asthma, heart attack and cancer.

It also pollutes food sources as byproduct pollutants are deposited on leafy plants eaten by farm animals and fishes which contaminates the food chain.

Harmful chemicals dioxins and furans are released into the environment, accumulate in the food chain, particularly in the fatty tissue of animals and are passed to humans through the consumption of dairy products, eggs, meat and fish. [PNA]

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Stat Watch Indicator

Latest

1. Gross National Income 1. GrossRate National Income Growth Growth Rate2000 Prices) (At Constant

7.1 1st Qtr 2013 6.8

2.2.Gross GrossDomestic DomesticProduct Growth Rate Product (AtGrowth Constant 2000 Prices) Rate

7.8 1st Qtr 2013 7.5

(At Constant 2000 Prices)

(At Constant 2000 Prices)

3. Exports 1/ 3. Exports

4. Imports 1/ 4. Imports

5. Trade Balance Trade Balance 6.5.Balance of Payments 2/

7.6.Broad Money Liabilities Balance of Payments

2nd Qtr 2013

2nd Qtr 2013

USD 3,741 million 5,045 FebUSD 2013 million USD 4,708 Sep 2013 million FebUSD 2013 5,711 USD -967 million million Sep 2013 Feb 2013 USD -665 USD -640 million million Sep 2013 Dec 2012 P 4,964,560 USD 692 million million Feb Jun2013 2013 P2.45,980,938 % million Mar 2013 Aug 2013

8. Interest Rates 4/

7. Broad Money Liabilities

P113,609 2.0 % million Sep2013 2013 Mar P P5,281 127,336 billion million Mar Sep2013 2013

9. National Government 8. Revenues Interest Rate 9. National Government

10.Revenues National government outstanding debt outstanding debt

P 5,609 P 41.14 Aprbillion 2013

11.Stocks Peso per US $ 12.

Composite

Index 6/

6,847.5 P 43.83 Mar Sep2013 2013

12. Stocks Composite 13. Consumer Index Price Index

6,191.8 132.8 Sep2013 2013 Apr

13. Consumer Price Index 2006=100 14.

Headline Inflation Rate

135.2 Oct2.62013

10.Peso National government 11. per US $ 5/

Sep 2013

2006=100

Apr 2013

14. 2006=100 Headline Inflation Rate 15.

Core Inflation Rate 2006=100

2.9 Oct3.12013

Apr 2013

2006=100

15. Core Inflation Rate 2006=100 16.

Visitor Arrivals

2.5

418,108 Oct 2013 Feb 2013

382,022 Aug 2013 20.9%

16. Visitor Arrivals

17. Underemployment 7/ 17. Rate Underemploymen

Jan 2013 19.2%

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18.Unemployment UnemploymentRate Rate7/

7.1% Jan 2013 7.3%

Rate

Jul 2013 Jul 2013

MONTHLY AVERAGE EXCHANGE RATE (January 2011-September 2013) Month Average December November October September August July June May April March February January

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2011

43.83 43.86 43.35 42.91 41.30 41.14 40.71 40.67 40.73

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

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

SSS advises members to settle contribution underpayments T

HE Social Security System (SSS) called on self-employed and voluntary members, including overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), to settle any contribution underpayments to ensure that their monthly premiums for January 2014 onwards are aligned with the new SSS Contribution Schedule.

Underpayments are caused by monthly contributions that were paid in advance and based on the old SSS contribution rate of 10.4 percent and maximum monthly salary credit (MSC) of P15,000. Starting January 2014, the contribution rate has increased by 0.6 percent to 11 percent, while the maximum MSC is now P16,000.

Affected members include those who made advance payments prior to the announcement of the new SSS Contribution Schedule – such as self-employed and voluntary members –as well as members unaware of changes in the amount of contributions that took effect starting this year.

Self-employed and voluntary members who paid at the minimum MSC of P1,000 would have an underpayment of P6.00 per month. As for affected OFW-members who paid contributions based on their minimum MSC of P5,000,

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ALTERNATIVE. Due to the constant increase of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) prices, some people resort to other cheaper alternative like butane, a highly flammable hydrocarbon gas. Lean Daval Jr. their underpayment would amount to P30.00 per month.

“Members can settle their underpayments at any SSS branch with tellering facilities, which are open from Mondays to Saturdays, or in any of our accredited local banks. They must use the SSS Form RS-5 and indicate that the amount paid is intended for settling their underpayment for the specified applicable months,” said Judy Frances See, SSS Senior Vice President for Ac-

count Management.

Meanwhile, affected self-employed, voluntary and OFW members with payments above the minimum MSC may opt to pay the corresponding increase in contributions to retain the posting of their payments at the same MSC. Otherwise, their contributions will be posted at the applicable lower MSC. “We advise members to settle their underpayments and put their contribution records in order as early as now to

avoid issues arising from ‘out-of-bracket’ payments. Members paying at the minimum MSC, in particular, will have their contributions deemed ‘ineffective’ if they fail to settle the corresponding underpayment that will complete the full amount of the minimum monthly contribution,” See added.

She urged members to strive to pay contributions at higher MSCs to benefit from bigger SSS benefits and salary loans. The MSC, which relates to the amount of

the member’s monthly income covered by contributions, serves as a major basis for computation of benefits and loanable amounts.

Members can view the new SSS Contribution Schedule and the SSS Advisory showing the list of underpayment amounts per MSC at the SSS Website (www.sss.gov.ph).

Various SSS forms, including the RS-5 Form needed for settling contribution underpayments, are also downloadable from the SSS Website.

2013 alone, Customs collections reached P23.796-Billion, 99.86% were derived from actual cash collections.

Actual cash collections of the BOC grew 19.3% in December alone, its fastest pace for 2013.

Collections from the Tax Expenditure Fund (TEF), which are non-cash collections recorded on paper for government transactions, reached only P2-Million in December 2013.

For the months of November and Decem-

ber 2013, actual cash collections grew over 19%, bringing total cash collections for the whole of 2013 to P302.13-Billion, up seven percent (7%) year-on-year.

“The surge in the growth trajectory in the last quarter of 2013, which broke the trend growth of 5% in the first three quarters, indicates that the President’s Customs Reform Program implemented in October 2013 is beginning to bear fruit. With vigorous and continuous systemic re-

forms, we are confident that the Bureau can become a greater contributor to government coffers and become a more reliable and credible partner in nation-building and economic growth. We are hopeful that the momentum will be carried over in 2014,” said Customs Commissioner John Sevilla.

The Collection Districts of Legaspi, Subic, Clark, Aparri, Iloilo, Cebu, Cagayan De Oro and Davao picked up part of the slack from

the Ports of Manila and Batangas, the Manila International Container Port and the Ninoy Aquino International Airport—the largest in terms of revenues and trade volume, exceeding their collection target by a total of P9.2-Billion in 2013.

The BOC, which contributes about 22% of total revenues of the National Government, had a collection target of P340-Billion for 2013 and is tasked to collect P408.1-Billion this year.

Customs collections up 5% in 2013

HE Bureau of Customs (BOC) generated P304.5-Billion in revenues for the full year 2013, on the back of improvements in operational efficiencies and reforms that were undertaken in the last quarter of the year. Final numbers reconciled by the Bureau of Treasury show that total BOC collection in 2013 was up 5.1% year-on-year, or P14.67-Billion over the P289.9-Billion collected in 2012.

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EDITORIAL Black Thursday

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T was neither Good Friday, nor Friday the 13th. However, what happened last Thursday---a Mindanao-wide power outage that deprived millions of people of electricity for several hours---was a shocker. It came so suddenly without much of a hint minutes before the clock struck the hour of 4 a.m. The following day, Mindanaoans could not thank God it was Friday because everybody and his uncle remained in the dark (excuse the pun) as to what really happened. As of this writing (Saturday), government authorities, chiefly the Department of Energy (DOE), could not come up with a clear explanation of the phenomenon. This is the same DOE whose secretary, Carlos Jericho Petilla, offered to resign if he failed to make good his vow to light up Yolanda-ravished Leyte before Christmas of 2013. Christmas came and went, except that Petilla did not go. This is the same Petilla who was scolded by President Aquino last week for failing to restore power in Davao Oriental more than a year after super howler Pablo cut off electricity to the province’s typhoon-devastated towns.

The failure of authorities to explain a major disruptive event only prompts people to wonder, encouraging them to conjure up worst-case scenarios and imagine conspir-

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acy theories, including sabotage.

When the last Mindanao-wide power outage occurred more than a decade ago, there was a bomb which reportedly exploded somewhere. True, or false? Forget it.

One media forum participant reminded the audience that one of the owners of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines which operates the transmission lines in Mindanao is a Chinese state-owned and operated company. Is it advisable, legal and okay for a foreign company to have a say in running a strategically vital public service provider like the NGCP? Maybe, our investigation-happy congressmen and senators should look into this and come up with a law that would see to it that co-ownership of vital industries with foreigners will not compromise national security.

Maybe Congress ought to consider, too, a law that would enable the DOE to predict power outages, the way PAGASA (Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration) is able to track typhoons. Are we joking? Not at all. There is such a thing as “insanely great solutions,” to paraphrase the late Steve Jobs of the phenomenal Apple.

Sorry, but Petilla is no Steve Jobs, but got to keep his job.

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ONTINUOUS PATHETIC POWER SUPPLY SITUATION - People are starting to feel the arid air and scorching heat, an indication that the expected long summer months have started. A long dry spell could mean a thing or two to the small farmers and power consuming public. Understandably, the agriculture sector is always at the losing end during the dry season. And how would the situation affects the power consumers? Here’s why.

The government ironically is not capable of registering its bite when dealing with the prevailing power deficiency problem. Power consumers and end-users are fuming at how top-profile energy officials and highly-paid government consultants handled the worsening energy situation.

I’ve been saying this previously and I believe that there is no breach to be repetitive if the intent is to inform the consuming public about the real situation. The dwindling power supply situation threatened the country notably the island of Mindanao, which is solely dependent on hydroelectric power. Ranking energy officials confirmed the deficiency in power supply notably in Mindanao and could even worsen during the hot summer months when the water level is extremely low at the two government-owned major hydro power plants – the Agus and Pulangi generating units.

With the unstable condition of power source, several areas in Mindanao have already been experiencing 4 to 8-hour rotating power interruptions since last year.

What makes the matter worst is that almost the entire Mindanao Island suffered a 6-hour brownout the other day. The power has been restored after a few hours but not totally and the sad thing is that energy officials could not accurately pinpoint the real causes of the power breakdown. The disgusted power consuming public found it more frustrating when concerned people are talking at cross purposes.

At the height of scarce power situation there seems to be no change in govern-

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IGURE skating Olympian Michael Christian Martinez returned home last Sunday from Sochi, Russia where he represented the Philippines in the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. He was given a hero’s welcome by cheering countrymen, particularly supporters from the private sector, notably broadcasting network TV5.

It was an unprecedented welcome in the sense that Michael did not win any medal. Normally or usually, a hero’s welcome is accorded an athlete who comes home with a medal proudly hanging by his neck won in an international competition.

But Michael, even without the medal, is an exception because of his fearless, daring, gutsy and extremely deter-effort to showcase his talent on world stage.

And instantaneously became the toast and talk of the town. A grateful nation honors an amazed and shy hero.

17-year old Michael is the first homegrown Filipino ice skater to compete in the Winter Olympics. He was the youngest qualifier among 24 finalists in the short program that lasts for only two minutes. He finished 19th place. He was also the only skater coming from a tropical country that has no winter season.

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Looming energy crisis ment’s basic position. President Benigno Aquino III, his close aides and t h i n k- t a n k s reiterated government’s p e r s p e c t iv e claiming that power consumers, Mindanaoans in particular should brace for the appalling situation. To avoid power outages, the say, consumers and end-users must shoulder additional cost to avail of continuous but more expensive power stock following the logic that insufficient supply means higher prices. However, government reasons varied and based on the data of the energy department, Mindanao has a dependable load capacity of only 1,600 megawatts of electricity, but current demand with acceptable reserve power should be more than 1,700 MW. If that wasn’t enough, power consumers likewise have to pay additional cost per kilowatt-hour increase in a so-called universal charge approved by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) sought by the Power Sector Asset and Liabilities Management (PSALM). This caught the ire of different consumers groups especially in Metro Manila insisting that any increase that will be reflected on the monthly bills is additional burden. Hapless consumers in effect, will be paying for stranded contracted cost for electricity that was never used.

The dominant question is: “Why charge consumers for something never even generated by the Independent Power Producers (IPPs)?”

To reiterate, resentment and anger had been building against PSALM and the IPPs. Consumers’ advocates expressed dismay and accused PSALM for its apparent role as mere collecting agent for the

IPPs, which have a take-for-pay contract with the National Power Corporation (NPC). PSALM knows full well that many IPPs never constructed power plants and if they never constructed the contracted capacity the end result is power stock deficiency. Critics and political adversaries say the Aquino administration is complacent, even ineffective in handling the worsening power provision. They even could not hide their frustration over the government’s snail-pace action to solve the impending energy crisis.

With the hot summer months only starting, power supply notably in Mindanao is flagging. In the different commercial and industrial zones rotating power interruptions dissuades new investments.

Indeed, the consensus is that trade and industry woes are expected to worsen as government’s focus switch more to the impending legal toss up surrounding the multi-billion PDAF or ‘pork barrel’ scam enmeshing some members of Congress and other equally shameful financial scandals in all government levels. The leadership supposedly has to move up a niche to solve the deteriorating power supply by doing a lot more higher technologies in massive energy production.

Top energy officials apparently have to approve alternative power supply networks because the bulk of electricity supposedly should come from the IPPs and the other reason is that government completely lacks primary power-producing stations. One thing sure, though, is that despite the prevailing deplorable energy situation, government assured Mindanao consumers it has already started a strategy to ensure there is enough power in the days ahead. Of course, the consuming public expects that it would not just be a shortterm contingency measure designed to avoid power interruptions during the hot summer months rather than a long-lasting solution to ultimately solve the country’s pathetic power supply situation.

Despite this handicap, he made and impressed the judges as well as the crowd for his heroics on ice.

Here’s how TV5 heaped praises on Michael thru its full page tribute in the Philippine Star: “He didn’t win a medal but won 90 million hearts. With passion, dedication and the heart of a champion, he made history by becoming the first Filipino to skate his way to the winter Olympics.

Although Michael didn’t bring home any medals this time he brought us hope, inspiration and happiness.”

Michael’s singular effort to join the Sochi Games is a big slap on the face of our government that completely ignored him. His family had to mortgage the family house to fund his Olympic dream.

Michael won the hearts of the crowd with his magical performance and daring routine. As a qualifier for the finals

he made us Filipinos and our country known to over 90 million television viewers around the globe.

And, if only for the huge media exposure, the least that the Aquino government could – and should – do, is to help the Martinez family redeem the mortgaged house.

This early, Michael has set his eyes on the 2018 Winter Games in Pyongyang, South Korea.

P-Noy should promptly place Michael under the government’s wind, and support him all the way.

The Martinez family reportedly wrote Malacañan seeking financial assistance, but never got a reply. Malacañan later said that the Martinez letter got lost somewhere in the palace. Maybe, Sonny Coloma’s office with a kilometric name should come up with an equally kilometric explanation.

Manny Pangilinan started the ball rolling with a bonus of $10K for Michael.

Maybe Manny Pacquiao can do the same.

The Marikina City Council has honored Michael with a citation and a Ph100K check. Let’s hope that more funding from generous hearts would come Michael’s way, and ensure his trip to the 2018 Winter Games in Korea.

Magical Michael

9 Is Peace an Objective or Just a Tactic?

VANTAGE POINTS

WORM’S EYEVIEW

BY MANNY VALDEHUESA

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HE signing of the annexes to the proposed Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB)—presumably the terms and conditions for peace in Mindanao—have set the stage for effecting a paradigm change in our region.

Hopefully it will be a change not just in image but substance, nor just in form but essence. It should reflect our desire to put an end to fratricidal war and bloodshed that inflict misery on lives, innocent or not, and communities.

The aim should be not merely to freeze hostility or suppress antagonism, but to melt away and be rid of the venom of anger or resentment accumulated over years of mistrust, miscues, and misunderstanding.

One wonders, though, whether it will quell the ambition of those who seek to benefit from outright secession, an ambition that admits of no limit in blood, sweat, or tears.

The Challenge Will the new relationship be characterized by candor, transparency, and adherence to the rule of law? Will democracy and the democratic process be the basic framework for interaction?

These are vital questions. The answers will determine the credulity of any claim that peace is really the objective.

What if it turns out that going into this agreement is merely a negotiating tactic to clear the path for eventual secession or independence?

The ideal of course is for the agreement to mark the beginning of the end of armed strife and violent confrontation. But this may not be possible unless the MILF abandons secession as its true objective; or at the least, give up violence and armed confrontation as a means of attaining its goals.

Ending violence and establishing rule of law are the sine qua non for lasting peace.

Deeds are Crucial Lots of words have been uttered, ample rhetoric employed, to get to this point in the negotiations. It is time to go beyond words, to walk the talk, to back it up with deeds that signify peace is really at hand.

Is it out of place now to ask if the MILF has made confidence-building measures to reassure the skeptical that they are into this in earnest? What do we get for embracing and supporting the agreement?

Supporting or promoting this agreement effectively commits all of us not only to declare but to revere the Bangsamoro as a special kind of citizen without reservation. As we, who are not bangsamoro, go along with the agreement and accept the new paradigm, it is only natural to expect reciprocal action.

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MURDERED. A woman sobs as businessman Eliseo Palban is being attended to by funeral parlor workers after he was killed by unknown motorcycle-riding-in-tandem assailants outside a bank along Magsaysay Avenue, Friday afternoon. Lean Daval Jr.

Roadmaps are needed for regional industries M

ORE regionally tailored industry roadmaps need to be put in place to strengthen the viability of local businesses and industries in light of the impending economic integration of the ASEAN economies by 2015.

This was revealed at the regional workshop and consultations on the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) held at the cities of Cebu, Davao, and Butuan in 2013 and early part of 2014 with research fellows from state think tank Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) as resource speakers. The AEC forums were organized by the National Economic and Development Authority’s Regional Offices 7, 11 and Caraga, in cooperation with the regional development councils and PIDS. The Institute’s participation in these regional forums is part of its outreach and extension

program.

PIDS Fellow Dr. Rafaelita Aldaba noted that “there is a need for a specific roadmap for each region. There are lots of potentials that can be tapped. The regional development plans may be updated and transformed into a roadmap similar to what the DTI is doing. This will provide regional content or regional dimension to these roadmaps. “ “There are cases when a particular sector is seen as promising but is not taking off because of certain government policies. These are part of coordination failures or market failures that are present and which government should need to address. These are also one of the areas where roadmaps are focusing right now,” Aldaba who is concurrently Assistant Secretary for Industry Development of the Department of Trade and

Industry (DTI) added.

She said government is focusing on job and employment creation and inclusive growth. Even though economic growth has been remarkable in recent years, she noted that in order to sustain this at a high level, “it has to be inclusive and hence the focus on creating jobs”.

Aldaba noted that regional consultations are needed to touch base with regional industry officials.

These exercises are important “in assessing coordination failures, issues that government should address”.

She added that this helps in the process of formulating the industry roadmaps.

“It is important that not only the manufacturers are consulted but the agriculture sector as well,” Aldaba said.

Meanwhile, PIDS Research Fellow Erlinda Medalla assuaged fears about the possible negative impacts of

ASEAN integration on local businesses. She explained to regional industry and business leaders that “integration has been going on and there is nothing to fear with the coming AEC in 2015.” Presenting an overview of the economic integration and trade facilitation, Medalla described economic integration as a “work in progress”. “The concept or idea of an ASEAN Economic Community started a little over two decades ago. AEC has been part of the Philippine trade reality for the past two decades,” she said.

Other PIDS research fellows who presented in the regional AEC seminars with Aldaba and Medalla were Dr. Adoracion Navarro (Infrastructure and Logistics), Dr. Roehlano Briones (agriculture), and former PIDS president Dr. Josef Yap (Manufacturing Sector and Inclusive Growth).

which started at 9:00 a.m.

The sites where in Polytechnic University of the Philippines in Sta. Mesa, Manila; Quezon Memorial Circle in Quezon City; San Fernando City, La Union; Naga City, Camarines Sur; Davao City; and Tuguegarao City.

Dumama said that the PUP site also broke the record for first hour single site when they recorded 3,548 registrants against India with 2,755 in that category.

Davao City also

recorded 1.941 pledges of the total 17,816 Filipinos registered as organ donors in six sites in a span of eight hours that began from 9 a.m. Friday under the “I’m A Lifeline” organ donor campaign.

Meanwhile, Dr. Antonio Paraiso, program manager of the Department of Health’s Philippine Network for Organ Sharing (PhilNOS) said that they will submit the three entries (17,816 registrants in eight hours in six sites nationwide, 10,120 organ

donors registered in just one hour in six sites, and 3,548 organ donation pledges in one-hour in a single site) to the Guinness Book of Records within 10 days with all the needed requirements.

The nationwide registration was done to support the DOH-PUP-PIA awareness campaign to encourage Filipinos to get involved in pro-life activity by pledging to donate their organ/s for patients needing them in the event that they (the donors) are

officially declared clinically brain dead.

Those who registered as “Lifeline” organ donors will serve as a lifesavers for those needing donation of organs such as kidney, heart, cornea and others that can promote “life continuity” as life will continue with the organ donated to a patient.

The registrants will receive identification cards bearing their commitment to be a “Lifeline” organ donor. (with PNA report)

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to take immediate actions to prevent similar incident in the future.”

Since the 210 MW STEAG is still undertaking assessment of their facilities, there will be 2 to 3 hours of rotating brownouts in certain franchise areas during peak hours (6-9 PM), depending on the supply management of the Distribution Utilities (e.g. electric cooperatives). The plant operator is still undergoing further technical inspections to pinpoint the effect of the system failure on the plant’s integrity.

Earlier, the NGCP reported that the Mindanao grid has been fully re-energized, as of 12:18 PM of 27 February 2014.

The DOE also notes the continuous power restoration efforts for Typhoon Pablo affected areas in Davao Oriental targeted to be completed on 10 April 2014. As reported by the National Electrification Administration, there are still 25 barangays in Baganga, Boston, Cateel, and Caraga that are yet to be energized.

The DOE, along with concerned energy agencies, reiterates its commitment to strengthen coordination, monitoring, and even upgrading of the power systems, not only in Mindanao but also of the entire country as well as to avoid such incident from happening again.

Dinagat Island representative Arlene Bag-ao said FOI supporters were still giving Speaker Feliciano Belmonte and the House committee on public information chaired

by Misamis Occidental representative Jorge Almonte the benefit of the doubt that they would give the bill a chance to get approved before the end of the 16th Congress.

Belmonte declared earlier that the FOI has not been made part of the majority bloc’s priority agenda this year.

Almonte has only held two public hearings on the bill since the 16th Congress started in July last year. Their words and actions were seen as toeing the line of President Aquino who has repeatedly refused to endorse the bill.

statements from his wife but she declined.

Yap said that the Sarangani provincial police command created a special investigation task group (SITG) to get to the bottom of the case.

“We created a task group to look deeper into the killing of Mayor Perret. We will convene immediately it to solve the case,” Yap said.

Perrett is the fourth top official of Maitum killed through assassination.

He was a scion of an American teacher volunteer who was part of the so-called Thomasites, a group of about 500 American teachers sent by the US government on August 21, 1901.

The Thomasites came to the Philippines to establish a new public school system to teach basic education and to train Filipino teachers, with English as the medium of instruction.

In 1990, former mayor Exuperio Gaabocayan, Maitum OIC mayor from 1987 to 1988, was ambushed and killed.

This was followed by the assassination of mayor George Yabes in November 2006 right at the town’s poblacion.

He was succeeded by Vice Mayor Felix Reganit who was also gunned down while in Manila in 2008.

All the three previous

killings involving Maitum top officials remain unsolved.

The killings have alarmed residents of the sleepy yet resource-rich Maitum town, about a twohour travel from General Santos City.

Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao is saddened by the killing of Mayor Perrett, who ran under his People’s Champ Movement (PCM) during the last 2013 election.

Pacquiao has asked law enforcers to do everything to identify and arrest the suspects.

“We are saddened by this very unfortunate incident. I urged our law enforcers to expedite the investigation of the case and do everything to identify and arrest those responsible,” Pacquiao said.

Gov. Steve ChiongbianSolon vowed the provincial government would do everything to give justice to the victim.

Solon assured the public that the law enforcers are still on top of the situation and that they are doing everything to solve Perrett’s murder.

“We strongly condemned the killing of Mayor George Perrett. The province’s top military and police officials would be holding a closed-door meeting today to discuss and plan out how to solve this killing,” Solon said.

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CLIMATE CHANGE

The importance of loving Nature

By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR. abf@edgedavao.net

“We cannot be stewards of what we do not protect. We cannot protect what we do not love. We cannot love what we do not know.”

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O said Philippine Climate Change commissioner Naderev Saňo during the forum on the “Impact of Coal–Fired Power Plant on Climate Change” organized by the Cor Jesu College of Law last February 21 at the Pearl Center in Digos City.

Saňo said that being stewards is important as it involves the responsibility to protect nature, and the country is now affected by climate change and experiencing strong typhoons every year which always leave death and destruction in their wake, adding that every stakeholder should take part in bracing against the impact of climate change.

The commissioner said that if people will not brace against it, the impacts will always be seen and, possibly, become worse.

But aside from climate change, the country also encounters other problems, such as poverty as well as energy and power.

How can the government act on these threats without compromising the others?

This is the dilemma, what the people should prioritize; it could be addressing poverty to attain progress and development or should it first tackle the welfare of the planet which is experiencing climate change?

Saňo said that before addressing the problems of climate change, poverty should be addressed first as the poor are always the primary victims every time a disaster strikes. He said that if poor families in the country still have no live-

lihood they will always be hit by calamities.

In the Philippines, poverty also one of the contributors to climate change as most poor families are working as jeepney drivers, miners, loggers, and farmers who burn their fields (kaingin) before they plant their food crops like vegetables and many more.

This kind of livelihood can harm the atmosphere.

Now, if poverty is addressed first, the planet would suffer and by the time that poverty is totally eradicated, perhaps our planet is already in critical condition.

But, poverty is just a function of inequitable development and the key to address it is to spread the wealth, which means that everybody should benefit from the wealth that the nation has.

The other problem that the country is encountering is the power crisis, especially in Mindanao.

Mindanao always experiences power shortage due to continuing development, in highly urbanized cities such as Davao, which already hosts many industries and businesses.

But, the peculiar thing is there are only a few power plants operating. Some of the major ones are still undergoing rehabilitation and no one knows how long it will take.

The solution is to build more coal-fired power plants to stabilize the power situation in the island region.

However, the commissioner said that coal-fired power plants are also among the major contrib-

utors to the problem of climate change as they emit more carbon-dioxide and other harmful chemicals which hurt the atmosphere.

For Manuel M. Orig, vice president of Therma South Inc. (TSI), a coal-fired power plant on the border of Davao City and Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur, the plant they built has been using technology that could mitigate the emission of harmful chemicals.

Orig said that the power plant will be using modern technology to meet the ‘stringent standards’ imposed by international, national and local authorities.

Along with Orig is Alexander Ual, assistant vice president on project execution of TSI who said that the power plant will use circulating fluidized Bed (CFB), an instrument which will minimize sulfur residue.

He explained that the sulfur which is part of the coal is the one harms the environment and if the emission of sulfur will not be controlled it will be a hazard to the people around the place.

Aside from the technology that they are using, the TSI also has a carbon sink program where they planted 1 million trees in Marilog with 25 beneficiaries in the area.

But for Saňo, they should first identify the real power demand for a long term so that the power sector would know the quantity of supply needed.

Nevertheless, Saňo

stressed that nature will collapse if the problems are not solved in time, that is why there should be a long term vision so that there would be ustainable development.

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Families set to live the Damosa Fairlane Lifestyle I

N less than two very busy and event-filled years, Damosa Fairlane is set to welcome families to its boutique community.

With the completion of amenities such as the Continental Club—featuring event areas and

a pool, and the soon to be completed children’s playground, picnic areas and multi-purpose basketball court, Damosa Fairlane is now set to become the newest premier community in the fast-rising Damosa District.

The thoughtfully designed pool features a lounge area, lapping lanes and a section for toddlers and kids. While the private function room opens to a generously proportioned balcony and lawn making it an ideal setting for each family’s memorable celebrations.

The Continental club

Continental club interior

“We are set to celebrate the move-in of our homeowners with their families later this March, to officially welcome them to their home community”, said Alex Gocotano, AVP &Project Head of Damosa Fairlane. He adds that the festivities will coincide with the series of events in celebration of Araw ng Dabaw.

Damosa Fairlane is set to deliver over 50 homes in the next 12 months or so. “As families move in, Damosa Fairlane will gradually transform into a tranquil and serene neighborhood that’s proximate to the city and the families’ basic needs,” Gocotano further added.

A typical resident’s weekend in the village can include a leisurely walk around the generously proportioned and paved roads, teaching kids how to ride a bike, taking a few laps in the pool, hosting friends and family to a barbecue in the clubhouse grounds or just lounging and enjoying a book amidst the tranquil and cozy setting.

Beyond the exclusivity and lifestyle-oriented living experience, Damosa Fairlane stays true on its promise to provide homeowners quality well-built legacy homes. Truly, Damosa Fairlane has upped the ante anew with their residential community’s lifestyle facilities and a few of the houses already complete for move-in.

For families who want to enjoy the conveniences of modern living in Damosa Fairlane, site trips are available at your convenience. Call 234-2888 for inquiries and site schedule.

Damosa Fairlane is part of a series of boutique residential projects of Damosa Land, Inc. in Davao City and soon in Davao del Norte to provide today’s discerning family a home in a nurturing community. DLI is the property arm of Anflo Management and Investment Corporation (ANFLOCOR).

Lincoln, the biggest model house for turn-over, is set for the family’s move-in.

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The Brewery:

Growing up but not growing old

THERE has been a dearth of drinking holes in Durianburg lately. It may be because of the shorter operating hours due to the early liquor ban or maybe the lack of foresight of vision. Either way though, the drinking and party scene in Durianburg has seen better days.

But at least there are some bright spots within the city where one can still grab a drink, enjoy some house music while still being able to talk to companions in the same space such as the new iteration of The Brewery at the Damosa Gateway.

Gone are the bright

Delicious, cardiac-arrest inducing Crispy Pata. lights and cramped spaces that the original Brewery had and in came a cleaner more grown-up but hipper, industrial look courtesy of aluminium-clad seating, a high ceiling with industrial lights and a stunning show bar that is stocked with every beer and bottle of spirit on The Brewery’s menu.

What makes the Brew-

Spicy Korean beef.

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Working Mom and Barbie Magazine bring inspiration for moms and kids this summer THIS MARCH, two of ABS-CBN Publishing, Inc.’s titles will be bringing inspiration to start fresh and welcome the summer season that as Working Mom magazine and Barbie magazine present their newest issues for the month.

Working Mom magazine gives mothers everywhere tips on how to greet the sunshine with a great body to boast with a workout special that features different kinds of exercises and diets to help readers get in shape in time for the next family vacation. Apart from melting off the stress and pounds, this issue also presents hip wardrobe colors to surely liven things up.

Since it’s time to head out, Working Mom also presents ten of the best family parks in and out of the metro, to give readers a glimpse into where to go for one-of-a-kind summer adventures.

Inspiration for summer comes full-force with another feature where Venus Raj and other successful moms share their stories on how they found and kept their confidence. Aside from that, celebrity moms reveal their funniest and most heartbreaking stories.

Headlining all these are cover moms and sisters Lexi, Nicole, and Georgia Schulze.

For the kids in the family, Barbie magazine presents its issue to celebrate 55 years of fashion, dreams, and memories. The magazine presents Barbie as a star, a muse, and a figure who brings inspiration to kids everywhere, showing Barbie as a regular girl with a unique personality, strong ideals, and her own personal style.

Get to know Barbie and her fabulous world in a deeper way than ever before.

Also look into the story of Barbie The Pearl Princess, where Barbie stars as Lumina, a mermaid girl who doesn’t know that she’s royalty.

Grab copies of Working Mom and Barbie this March at major bookstores and newsstands nationwide.

Calling all ladies! Head over to The SM Store nearest you every Wednesday of March and get a 10% discount using your SM Advantage, SM Prestige, BDO Diamond, Sapphire & Emerald Cards!

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STYLE

Sunnies soon to land at Chimes Specialty Store SUNNIES by Charlie is an independent eyewear and lifestyle brand based in Manila, Philippines.

Sunnies was founded in 2013 in response to the need for quality eyewear at affordable costs. A collaborative effort between four friends, the owners and team behind the brand include Eric Dee Jr., Bea Soriano, Georgina Wilson and Martine Cajucom.

Already celebrated as a trend savvy sunglass destination, Sunnies offers curated eyewear with UV protection at prices starting at PHP 249. From unisex, retro-inspired and classic styles, Sunnies has a pair to suit all demographics of the contemporary market.

Sunnies Man Sunnies By Charlie is expanding their ever growing collection to include more unisex styles for men. With newly added styles such as metal aviators, a variety of wayfarers and retro-inspired keyhole frames, the Sunnies Man collection suits the taste

of a diverse modern day guy.

Sunnies Man as well as the newest Sunnies lines

for women are currently available for purchase at our new Sunnies Stations (SM MOA, SM, Southmall, SM Megamall, SM Pampanga, SM Cebu), the Sunnies Shoppe (Glorietta 2), Zalora (zalora.com.ph/

sunniesbycharlie) or any of the five Charlie shops.

Sunnies will be coming soon to Davao on March 13, 2014 with many more additional branches opening all over the Philippines this year.

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Tom Ford comments on the Oscar’s red carpet fashion

WHEN it comes to red carpet dressing, Tom Ford is one of the biggest names in the game with countless stars like Gwyneth Paltrow, Charlize Theron, Justin Timberlake and more consistently flocking to his fashion label for major events, including this Sunday’s upcoming Oscar Awards.

But how does the designer really feel about wardrobing celebs for the red carpet?

Less enthused than you’d expect, actually!

He recently opened up to Jimmy Kimmel on an appearance on his talk show and shares his true sentiments about the whole escapade.

“I don’t necessarily love the process. It’s not a cre-

ative process dressing actresses for the Oscars,” the designer, who typically

dresses just one star per event, admits.

“When you’re dressing an

actress, or even sometimes someone getting married, you’re working with them and fulfilling their dream, their agent’s dream, their husband’s dream,” he continued.

“They have a preconceived notion of what they want to wear, what they want to look like, how they’re marketing this film and you’re kind of really just making something for them that’s not particularly important.”

And for further emphasis, he added “It’s a bubble of 1950s Barbie clothes. It’s quite different from what real people are really wearing.”

Tune in to the Oscar red carpet this weekend to see the fashion highs and lows.

Hot or Not? Rihanna posing in a risque ensemble before the Dior fashion show at Paris Fashion Week.

John Lloyd exits on ‘Home Sweetie Home’ BECAUSE of work, hit sitcom star John Lloyd Cruz has to make an exit as his character Romeo on this week’s episode of “Home Sweetie Home”.

This Sunday (March 2), Romeo leaves his wife Julie (Toni Gonzaga) behind to spend one day and one night out of town for a company presentation. Without him around, Julie finds herself constantly missing her husband. She ends up deciding that she needs to find

ways to keep her mind off what could be happening to Romeo.

Romeo, on the other

hand, starts to miss Julie— but will he be able to do the right thing if his friends and officemates Chris (Joross

Gamboa) and Glenn (Ketchup Eusebio) drag him to pleasurable temptations?

Don’t miss out on “Home Sweetie Home” and the Kapamilya comedy shows, as “Banana Split: Extra Scoop” airs on Saturdays after “Maalaala Mo Kaya”, “Banana Nite” airs weekdays after “Bandila”, “LUV U” airs Sundays after “ASAP 19”, “Goin’ Bulilit” airs Sundays after “TV Patrol Weekend”, and “Home Sweetie Home” airs Sundays after “Goin’ Bulilit”.

‘Honesto’ stands up for truth until the end ABS-CBN’s number one primetime drama series “Honesto” continues to inspire TV viewers to lead a life of honesty in its last weeks, as the teleserye topbilled

by Paulo Avelino, Raikko Mateo, and Cristine Reyes reached its newest all-time high TV rating.

Based on the data from Kantar Media last Monday (February 24), “Honesto” scored its newest all-time high national TV rating of 35.6%, or more than double its rival program, GMA’s “Adarna,” which only got 17.1%. The show conquered social networking sites such as Twitter, where the hashtag #HonestosLastFifteenNights became one of the worldwide trending topics.

Since it started airing in October 2013, “Honesto” has won the hearts of Filipinos with its realistic and timely story on honesty, sincerity, and kindness.

Aside from its inspiring

and heartfelt story, “Honesto” has also showcased ABS-CBN’s newest child

wonder Raikko who has made a mark on the hearts of viewers, as well as the

love team of “Honesto’s” lead characters Diego and Marie, portrayed by Paulo and Cristine, respectively.

How far will Diego, Marie, and Honesto (Raikko) go to stand up for the truth?

Will they be able to erase the anger and selfishness in Hugo’s (Joel Torre) heart and finally fix their broken family?

“Honesto’s” powerhouse cast also includes Eddie Garcia, Janice de Belen, Angel Aquino, Nonie Buencamino, Melissa Ricks, and Joseph Marco. It is directed

by Jerry Lopez Sineneng and Darnel Joy Villaflor, and produced by Dreamscape Entertainment Television.

Don’t miss the muchawaited finale of “Honesto” on March 14 (Friday) on ABS-CBN Primetime Bida.

For exclusive updates, pictures, and videos, log on to “Honesto’s” official social media accounts Facebook. com/Honesto.TV and Twitter.com/Honesto_TV.

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The brewery...FFROM A1 ery 2.0 different from the first Brwery though is more than skin deep as the younger bar also serves some heavy filling barchow that is decent enough to serve as dinner on its own.

There is the quintesenssial Pork Sisig (pig’s face and liver served on a hot plate), Filipino-style Gambas (sizzling spicy shrimp with tomato sauce) as well as the cardiac-arrest inducing Crispy Pata (deeffried pork knuckles) but the stars of The Brewery’s meals though would be their Greaseless Chicken and their Spicy Korean Beef.

The Greaseless Chicken was crispy on the outside yet totally juicy on the inside. Add a heaping tablespoon of gravy and some rice and you will totally forget that you are actually at a bar. The Spicy Korean Beef on-the-other-hand was a savoury treat. The spiciness of the beef and richness of the sauce pairs well with the bitters and hops of beer.

Although some may say that by serving food The Brewery at Damosa has abandoned its original concept of being a hard

core drinking hole, but in my opinion, the new Brewery recognised the fact that good food asides from affordable drinks bring people together and that is what a drinking hole should do in the first place.

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EDGEDAVAO IN RE: PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF ENTRIES IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF HANNA F. MADERA, ANGELO F. MADERA AND JOSEPH F. MADERA IN THE CIVIL REGISTRY OF DAVAO CITY, SP. PROC. CASE NO. 12,897-2013

INGILINE FERNANDEZ MADERA, Petitioner Versus The Local Civil Registrar of Davao City, Respondent x------------------------------------------------x ORDER Petitioner Ingiline Fernandez Madera file the instatnt Amended Petition, praying that after due notice, publication and hearing, an Order be issued directing the Local Civil Registrar of Davao City to cause the following corrections of the respective Certificates of Live Birth of the following to wit: (A)HANNA F. MADERA

ERRONEOUS ENTRY

TO CORRECT

December 28, 1998 Fourth 4 4

(B)ANGELO F. MADERA

Mother’s name Date of marriage of parents

(C)MARK JOSEPH F. MADERA Mother’s Name Date of marriage of parents If Muliplebirth, child was

INGELINE March 8, 1991 INJELYN March 15, 1989

INGILINE December 28, 1998 INGILINE December 28, 1998 Second

Finding the Amended Petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set hearing of the Amended Petition on March 17, 2014 at 9:00 o’clock in the morning ordering all interested persons to appear on the said date and show cause, why this Petition should not be granted.

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

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

Given this 22nd day of January, 2014 at Davao City Philippines

(SGD) EVALYN M. ARELLANO-MORALES Presiding Judge

2/24/3/3,19

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 11TH JUDICIAL REGION OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT-SHERIFF DAVAO CITY

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 11TH Judicial Region Branch 15, Davao City

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 11th Judicial Region Branch 17, Davao City

ENTRY Mother’s Name March 10, 1989 Order of Birth Third Total Number of Children born alive 3 Total Number of children still living Including this birth 3

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BENJIE TE MOSOT, Petitioner MIRVAH SARAH SALIGO MOSOT, Co-Petitioner

SP. PROC. NO. 12, 936-14

FOR: PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF ENTTRIES IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH -VERSUS-

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF DAVAO CITY Respondent x---------------------------------------------------------x ORDER

This is a verified petition for correction of various entries in the Certificate of Live Birth of petitioner.

Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance, the petition shall be heard on March 26, 2014 at 8:30 a.m. at the session hall of this Court, on which date, hour and place, all interested persons are hereby cited to appear and show cause if they have any, why this petition should not be granted.

Let a copy of this Order and Petition be published before e hearing date at the expense of the petitioner in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Davao once a week for (3) three consecutive weeks. Give the Davao City Civil Registrar and the Solicitor General copies of this Order.

SO ORDERED.

Davao City, Philippines, February 10,2014

(SGD) RIDGWAY M. TANJILI Judge 2/24/3/3,19

NATIONAL HOME MORTGAGE FINANCE CORPORATION (NHMFC) Mortgagee, -versusEJF-REM CASE NO. 14, 540-14 NATIVIDAD A. REYES, married to Carlo Danilo E. Reyes Mortgagor/s. x- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -x NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE

Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135, as amended, filed by the above-mentioned mortgagee against Natividad A. Reyes married to Carlo Danilo E. Reyes with postal address at EMILY HOMES BLK. 10, LOT 14, CABANTIAN, Davao City, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of September 30, 2013 amounted to Php 995,604.80, Philippine Currency, plus other legal expenses incident to foreclosure and sale; the undersigned Sheriff IV of Regional Trial Court, Davao City; the undersigned will sell at public auction on MARCH 28, 2014 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter, at the main entrance of Hall of Justice, Ecoland ,Davao City to the highest bidder for Cash or MANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following real property together with all the improvements thereon, to wit: Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-248143

“ A parcel of land (Lot 14, Blk. 10xxx, Pcs-11-002119, xxx) situated at Cabantian ,Davao City Island of Mindanao xxx. Containing an area of ONE HUNDRED FIFTY (150) SQUARE METERS, more or less xxx.”

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

That in the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on APRIL 25, 2014 without further notice.

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

Davao City, Philippines, February 19, 2014.

FOR THE EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF: (SGD) TERESITA M. CEBALLOS Sheriff IV

Noted by: (SGD) ATTY. EDIPOLO P. SARABIA, JR. Clerk of Court VI & Ex-Officio Provincial Sheriff

2/24/3/3,10

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Thunder hold off Grizzlies

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KLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Kevin Durant often says he’ll do whatever his team needs.

In the second half against Memphis, his mission was simply to score as often as possible. He had 30 of his 37 points after halftime to help the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Grizzlies 113-107 on Friday night.

Durant made 10 of 15 shots and all eight of his free throws after halftime to help the Thunder hold off a furious rally. ‘’I just told myself to be aggressive, to score,’’ said Durant, the NBA’s scoring leader. ‘’That’s all I said to myself at half. I was frustrated with the shots I was taking. I felt that I wasn’t disciplined. I worked my fundamentals. I just wanted to be aggressive to score. I think that’s what my team needed.’’

Russell Westbrook had 21 points and six assists in 28 minutes, Serge Ibaka had 16 points and nine rebounds and Reggie Jackson added 14 points for the Thunder, who snapped a three-game losing streak.

Oklahoma City had dropped every game since Westbrook returned from his latest knee surgery - and

nearly lost again because Mike Miller scored all 19 of his points in the fourth quarter to rally Memphis.

Westbrook wasn’t worried about the fact that the Thunder almost squandered the 16-point lead they had heading into the fourth. ‘’We won, that’s what I’m going to take from it,’’ Westbrook said. ‘’We lost three in a row. We just won.’’

Marc Gasol had 17 points and Zach Randolph added 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Grizzlies, who had won five of six.

Memphis ran into a team that was tired of losing. ‘’They’re extremely talented, but they were very focused, locked in,’’ Memphis coach Dave Joerger said. ‘’They played at a very, very high level, I thought tonight, as well as I’ve seen them play against us in a long, long time.’’

Thunder guard Thabo Sefolosha left in the first half with a left calf strain and did not return.

The Grizzlies made 26 of 40 shots in the second half, but couldn’t stop Oklahoma City in the final minutes when the game got close.

The Thunder offense broke out of a lull in the

second quarter when Westbrook returned from a rest.

He scored 10 points in the final 5:36 to help Oklahoma City take a 57-42 lead at the break despite getting just seven points from Durant on 2-for-9 shooting.

Randolph was held to 2-for-10 shooting in the first half, and the Grizzlies shot just 38 percent.

Durant got it going in the opening minutes of the third quarter with a 3-pointer and a dunk to help Oklahoma City take a 65-47 lead.

Westbrook showed some of his old form when he froze Tayshaun Prince with a crossover dribble, then drained a mid-range jumper to give the Thunder a 70-55 edge.

Durant scored 17 points on 6-for-10 shooting in the third quarter to help the Thunder take an 87-71 lead at the end of the period.

Miller came off the bench and made three 3-pointers in the fourth to help the Grizzlies trim the deficit to 103-97 with 4:22 remaining. ‘’In the fourth quarter, our bench was unbelievable,’’ Prince said. ‘’We (the starters) put them in a bad situation and they almost got us out of it.’’

Kevin Durant (right) of the Oklahoma City Thunder handles the ball during a game against the Memphis Grizzlies.

(Photo by Layne Murdoch/NBAE via Getty Images)

SPORTS 15 Orchard Golf and Country Club’s Allan Arcilla celebrates after making his putt en route to winning the 67th Philippine Airlines Men’s Interclub championship at the Negros Occidental Golf and Country Club yesterday.

Lean Daval Jr.

Pal...FFROM 16 tively and threw away the 23 of Ramon Garcia.

Leonard Lofranco, another talent ripe for the pros, shot 33 and Mel Cubillo fired 29 points for Del Monte, the 2011 champ which got 28 each from Joven Lusterio and Noel Langamin.

Abdon, who plays in the local tour starting with the Splendido leg in a couple of weeks, also won a team championship for the first time in an Interclub career that started with Southwoods in his mid-teens.

“This is certainly sweet – to win the double (team and individual crowns),” Abdon said after his 3-over total counting his 71 at Binitin won the individual championship, said. “This is my first and last year with Orchard, but it certainly will be memorable.”

Orchard opened up with 129 points at Binitin on Wednesday and never lost ground the rest of the way, as the fielding of Montillano played a key role.

There were some who questioned the logic in playing Abdon and Raymund Sangil together in Day 1, and Montillano was quick to point out to the reason that other squads can learn from in the future.

“We wanted to start hot, build a lead and then work from there,” said Montillano, who got a 33 and 32 from Sangil both at Binitin.

Cebu CC sorely missed the services of Mark Dy and Lloyd Jefferson Go and

floundered in its date with club history.

Marko Sarmiento shot 31 and Ramontito Garcia scored 29 as Cebu CC closed out with 114 after counting the 27s of Jovi Neri and Bayani Garcia.

Andre Borromeo failed to count with 24.

Negros Occidental Golf and Country Club won the Founders division also in runaway fashion after posting 452 points.

Negros turned to old lion Francis Gaston who led scoring with 34 points.

Other scorers were Chepe Dulay 31, Justin Limjap 31 and Max Javelona 30.

Manila Southwoods finished 19 points behind Negros in second place.

Scoring for the Carmona-based team were Antonio Asistio 36, Vince Lauron 35, Theodore Pascual 26 and Jose Roy III 26.

Third place went to Wack Wack which finished with 404.

Final results: Championship - Orchard 477, Alabang Country Club 459, Del Monte 453, Cebu Country Club 437, Greenhills West 231, MSU Golf & CC 226, Camp John Hay 217, Fil Oz Sydney 215, Anvaya Cove 213, Moffet Field 209, Figme UAE 162, Filipino Golfers Kuwait 145 Sportswriter – Eagle Ridge 384, Lumbia 377, Club Filipino 376, Bacolod 360, Davao City 358, Iloilo 356, So Cal Redhawk 355, Saranggani 348, Sherwood Hills-Suntrust 339, Bay Area 330, Philippine Navy

327, Guinhalaran 326, Pittsburg Fil Am 259, Fil Am Fairchild 240, PGA of BC 230, Baguio Country Club 222, Leyte Golf 220, Greater Vancouver 177, Van City 166, South Bay 160 Founders - Negros Occidental 452, Manila Southwoods 433, Wack Wack 404, Valley Golf 402, Riviera Golf 397, Alta Vista 395, Apo Golf 394, Rancho Palos Verdes 392,Forest Hills 392, Zamboanga 383, Sta Elena 381, Tagaytay Highland 377, Villamor 374, Iligan 366, Mactan Island 361, Manila Golf 357, Pueblo De Oro 346, Maharlika 273, Lanang 287, Yokohama Eagles 116 Friendship - Fil Am Hawaii 319, Victorias Golf 313, South Cotabato 312, Cotabato Golf 302, Pearl Kai Hawaii 300, Austral-Asian Golf 287, Mabuhay Golf of SF 262, Up Tee Jots 260, FGA Riyadh 256, Seattle 253, SF Crystal Springs 236, Figme Dubai 236 This year’s Interclub is being co-sponsored by CrossOver with Boeing, Philippines Graphic, Stargate Media (People Asia) and Rogue as corporate backers. Also lending support are Airbus, Business Mirror, One Mega Group (Travel Now), Philippine Broadcasting Corporation, Manila Broadcasting Corporation and Manila Bulletin. [PAL]

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Orchard Golf and Country Club players toss team captain Francis Montallana in the air after winning the 67th Philippine Airlines Men’s Interclub championship at the Negros Occidental Golf and Country Club yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

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ACOLOD – John Kier Abdon anchored a swashbuckling finish yesterday, shooting a two-over-par 72 worth 34 points to lead Orchard to its first Men’s Championship division title in the PAL Interclub at tree-lined Marapara here.

Orchard captures maiden title

The 22-year-old came up with the perfect going away present as he turns pro next month, playing steadiest on another trying day at the wind-swept course as Orchard – seeing action for the first time in the centrepiece division – completed a Cinderella

finish.

Orchard totalled 126 points for the day and 477 overall, a whopping 18 shots clear of Alabang as no one in the field came close to the way it performed in the final day.

Alabang couldn’t keep up with Orchard in the fi-

nal round, shooting 118 for 459 with Del Monte finishing third six points behind and Cebu Country Club faltering even more for fourth spot 40 points off the pace.

The veteran King Stehmeier, the second round hero, ably backed up Abdon with 33 and younger

brother Ace chipped in with 30. Orchard was so impressive yesterday that either 29s of JP De Claro and Ian Salvador counted as the fourth score.

“There were doubts on whether or not we can play with the big boys,” non-playing skipper Fran-

cis Montillano told a handful of scribes later. “But we came here ready to play.”

Justin Quiban fired 33 and Jama Reyes contributed 32 to lead Alabang, which counted the 28 and 25 of Basti Lorenzo and Gabriel Manotoc, respec-

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