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ANOTHER DRUG SUSPECT FALLS. Davao City Police Office (DCPO) director Ronald Dela Rosa inspects the room of former police officer Nilo Divinagracia Jr. who was killed after a drug buy bust operation conducted by the operatives of the Investigation and Detection Management Branch of the Davao City Police Office (IDMB-DCPO) resulted in a shootout yesterday inside his rented room in Piapi Blvd., Davao City. Lean Daval Jr.

‘Bato’ strikes back

Blames killings on hired guns, not DDS

By CHERRY MAE PALICTE cdp@edgedavao.net

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HE Davao City police responded to the call of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte to drive hard on criminals with the killing of another suspected illegal drugs dealer yesterday, the second to fall in a span of 72 hours.

In his inaugural speech last Sunday, Mayor Duterte called on the police to strike hard on lawless elements and declared the city as an unsafe haven for criminals.

Yesterday, former police officer Noli Divinagracia was shot dead inside a rented house while another suspected illegal drugs suspect John Luang Sal was shot dead by motorcycle-riding suspects along Mamay Road, Damosa.

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WO people were shot dead in two separate incidents in Davao City late Wednesday and yesterday, bringing to three the number of persons killed due to alleged involvement in illegal drugs in a span of 72 hours.

One of the victims, a former police officer identified as Noli Divinagracia, 39, was killed in a shootout yesterday inside his rented house at Block 27, Barangay 22-CQuezon Boulevard, Davao City.

According to Antonio E. Rivera, chief of Investigation and Detection Management Branch of the Davao City Police Office (IDMB-DCPO), a police

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INSIDE: Agustin acts on Rody’s call to hasten permits issuance Camella Tagum introduces Lessandra Cornley banks game winner

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2 THE BIG NEWS No peace unless PNoy takes risk, say EDGEDAVAO

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F President Benigno Aquino III will not take “some risk,” then his dream of bringing peace in Mindanao as his legacy will not happen, according to a Mindanao Peoples’ Caucus (MPC) officer.

Mary Ann Arnado of MPC in the Civil Society Organizations (CSO) summit on the Bangsamoro Peace Talks at the Apo View Hotel Thursday said, “PNoy is taking due diligence when it comes to signing

the power-sharing and wealth-sharing Annexes of the Framework Agreement of the Bangsamoro (FAB), including taxation, metallic, non-metallic and mineral resources.”

“We hope that the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Government of the Philippines (GPH) will be able to sign the Annexes on the power-sharing and wealth-sharing when

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VIGILANTE JOB? Scene of the Crime Operatives (SOCO) personnel examine the dead body of John Sal who was fatally shot by unidentified assailants on Wednesday night at JAL Subd., Brgy. Anglionto, Davao City. Lean Daval Jr.

Agustin acts on Rody’s call to hasten permits issuance

Another transport leader fears for his life

By EJ DOMINIC FERNANDEZ

transport leader in Davao City has appealed for help from the leadership of the Philippine National Police to protect him from killers, after two of his fellow local transport leaders were murdered days ago.

Carlos “Toto” Cirilosaid he feared he will be the next target so he personallyaskedthe help of PNP director Gen. Alan Purisima to protect him during an appearance with the PNP chief at Camp Crame, EDSA Avenue, Quezon City last Wednesday.

Earlier last January 28, 2013, Emilio Rivera, chairman of the Matina Transportation C o r p o r a t i o n

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CTING City Administrator Jophee Agustin buckled down to work on Thirsday calling a preliminary meeting with City Building officials yesterday to look for whatever is causing the slow process of issuing permits.

She said that this is one of her marching orders from Mayor Duterte as acting

city administrator. The mayor reportedly told her that she should focus on offices that issue permits, especially the City Building Office and the mayor’s 72-hour transaction policy.

Agustin was still waiting for official appointment, which she expected to receive yesterday to officially start her duty as act-

ing city administrator today.

She underwent deliberations before the Personnel Selection Board of the City HRMO last Wednesday along with the City Planning Officer Mario Luis Jacinto.

“I am assertive, but I listen to suggestions,” she said.

She said, maybe the mayor appreciated the

transformations she created in the business bureau during her term as chief in that office, which perhaps made the mayor decide to appoint her as acting city administrator.

Agustin will be the acting city administrator for three to four more months until Councilor Melchor Quitain will assume her position.

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(Matransco),was shot dead atthe corner of Mc Arthur Highway and Tahimik Avenue in Bangkal.

This was followed by the killing last Tuesday, July 2, of Antonio Petalcorin, president of Network of Transport Organizations (NETO), by an unidentified gunman in front of his house in Block 4, Lot 19, Maharlika St., Matina Aplaya, Davao City.

Cirilo had earlier received death threats prompting him to ask the assistance of Sr. Supt. Ronald dela Rosa who reportedly refused to help him.

Last May 21, a grenade was found

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Residents call on Cenro to act

R ROAD SAFETY. Personnel of Traffic Management Center (TMC) are painting the pedestrian lane for the safety of the public in the busy intersection along Jacinto Ext. and Bangoy Street in Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

ESIDENTS of Leon Garcia, Agdao, Davao City are calling on the Davao City Environment and Natural Resources Office (Cenro) to act on the continuing throwing of garbage near their houses which produces a foul smell.

Erlinda Almeria, 75, a resident, told Edge Davao that the problem has existed since 2011 and yet Cenro has not taken action on their complaints.

“Ika-tulo nako niadto sa barangay sukad 2011, kaduha napud ko niadto sa opisina sa CENRO ug akong nahinabi ang ilang head sa telephone ug

miingon siya nga tagaan daw niya ug aksyon, duha na katuig nilabay wala man gihapon,” she explained.

She told this reporter that the complaints raised by residents were not addressed and garbage collectors tease her, saying, ‘wa nakay mahimo ana nay (there is nothing that you can do about it, ma’am).”

Last March, Cenro chief Joseph Dominique Felizarta told this reporter that he would advise his people not to drain the water near the houses, but to no avail.

CMP

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Ex-mayors urged to stay in the picture T

HE former mayors in the province may already be out of the limelight but not out of the picture.

Even if they are no longer the local chief executives, Governor Rodolfo del Rosario said the former mayors still have a cru-

cial role to play in inspiring or influencing policies for the best interest of their communities.

“You dont have to

be in a position of power to be able to serve and help rev up the development momentum of the province,” the governor

TOKEN.Davao del Norte Gov. Rodolfo del Rosario, 3rd left, hands over the token to former Mayor Rosebella Abelita-Nana, right, and Mayor Rey Uy, 2nd right.

[Noel Baguio/DavNor PIO]

said at the recent endof-term meeting and farewell fellowship for the past mayors held at the Big-8 Hotel, Tagum City.

Del Rosario enthused that though they are now outside the sphere of political leadership, the former LCEs are still welcome to help out and share the rich experiences that they have mustered during their stint as LGU heads.

He acknolwledged the accomplishments of the retiring leaders in bringing their respective LGUs to new heights.

The governor then egged on the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP)League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP)Davao del Norte Chapter, headed by New Corella Mayor Nestor Alcoran as president, to continue the camaraderie between the

past and the reelected mayors, so they can continue discussing and finding solutions to the multifaceted problems of the various LGUs of the province.

The LCP-LMP hosted the despedida party in honor of former Mayor Rosebella Abelita-Nana of San Isidro, former Mayor Rey Uy of Tagum City and ex-Mayor Maximo Estela of Sto. Tomas.

Both Uy and Estela finished their three terms, while Nana lost to Mayor Arnel Sitoy in the last mid-term elections.

Alcoran invited them to keep attending the regular meetings of the league, as he hopes to continue their togetherness and fellowship.

“Your term has ended but your service to the people does not end there,” he said.

[Noel Baguio]

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China executes Filipina drug trafficker --DFA C

HINA put to death a Filipina drug trafficker Wednesday, the Philippine foreign department said yesterday, after Beijing ignored Manila’s request to spare her life.

The woman was put to death two days after briefly seeing her family on Monday, foreign department spokesman Raul Hernandez said. She was arrested in 2011.

“It is with profound sadness that we confirm that our Filipina (compatriot) was executed in China this morning,” a sombre Hernandez told a news conference.

“The Department of Foreign Affairs would like to express its deepest sympathy and condolences to the family of the Filipina as they mourn the loss of their loved one,” he added, declining to name the woman at her family’s request.

“The life of every Filipino is valuable and we pray that this is the last time that a tragedy like this befalls any of our countrymen.”

Vice President Jejomar Binay and a spokeswoman for President Benigno Aquino used their messages of condolence to appeal to Filipinos to resist the temptation to serve as drug mules into China.

CAIRO

“It’s not worth it.

You are gambling with your life here. There is no amount that is worth your life,” Binay said in a statement.

“However unfortunate, we hope that this will serve as a continuing lesson to our citizens not to allow themselves to be victimised and to fall prey to these (drug) syndicates,” Aquino spokeswoman Abigail Valte said in a statement.

About a tenth of the Philippines’ 100 million people work abroad, many of them under harsh conditions. Drug traffickers sometimes exploit them into becoming drug mules.

The woman was arrested along with her male cousin for heroin-smuggling in 2011 and both were later sentenced to death. But the cousin won a two-year reprieve, according to the Philippine government.

The woman was the fifth convicted drug smuggler from the Philippines to be executed by China since March 2011, when two women and a man were put to death for the crime.

A second Filipino was executed in December 2011.

All five executions were carried out despite

TV SERIES. Technical Education Skills and Development Authority (TESDA) Director General Joel Villanueva and Rina Lopez Bautista, Knowledge Channel Executive Director, sign a memorandum of agreement at the TESDA office in Taguig City on Thursday (July 04, 2013) launching “May Choice Ka,” intense lobbying by the Philippine president to have the sentences commuted to life imprisonment.

On Sunday Binay aborted a planned trip to China to personally deliver Aquino’s appeal to Chinese President Xi Jin-

ping, saying he had been advised by Beijing that it was not the right time to visit.

A total of 213 other Filipinos are in Chinese jails on drug offences, the foreign department said.

Some 28 of them -apart from the woman

Egypt army ousts, detains president

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GYPT’S army overthrew and detained the country’s first democratically elected president, Mohamed Morsi, in an abrupt end to the Islamist’s first year in office following days of bloodshed and protests demanding his resignation.

A senior military officer told AFP on Thursday the army was “preventive-

MANILA

ly” holding Morsi, whose government unravelled after the military gave him a 48 hour ultimatum in the wake of massive demonstrations against him on June 30, exactly a year into his rule.

Morsi’s defence minister, armed forces chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, announced Morsi’s overthrow on state television

on Wednesday, even as police began rounding up key Morsi aides and leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood.

Egypt’s chief justice Adly al-Mansour will serve as interim president until new presidential elections, according to the army’s plan.

Mansour, a hitherto little known judge, is expected to be sworn in on

Thursday.

Warrants have been issued for the arrest of a total of 300 Brotherhood officials, state media reported.

Thousands of protesters camped out on the streets of Cairo for days celebrated wildly at the news of Morsi’s downfall, letting off fireworks and sounding car horns. [AFP]

PH to buy two Maestrale warships T

HE Philippines is set to buy two Maestrale-class frigates from Italy, a defence official said yesterday, as the Asian nation races to upgrade its military amid mounting territorial disputes with China.

The frigates, along with 12 FA-50 fighter aircraft, are the most significant items on the government’s 75-billion-peso ($1.7-billion) military modernisation budget over the next five years, Defence Undersecretary Fernando Manalo said.

“We are modernising

not because we want to go to war with China,” he told a news conference.

He said the government had a sworn obligation to defend the “West Philippine Sea,” using the government’s preferred term for Philippine-claimed areas in the South China Sea. “We are not saying that this is part of our preparations to assert our sovereignty in the West Philippine Sea. What we are saying is that we cannot just give them up.”

The frigates would add to two refurbished Hamilton-class cutters former-

ly used by the US Coast Guard that the Philippines acquired from its US ally to upgrade its ageing navy fleet, which includes some vessels that first saw action in World War II. Manalo said the navy had already decided to acquire two new Maestrale-class frigates instead of buying used ones from the Italian navy, and had budgeted 18 billion pesos for them.

The Philippines could be ready to tender by the end of the year, he added.

Meanwhile, the government had alloted 18.9 billion

pesos to acquire the fighter aircraft, which are built by South Korea, he added.

The modernisation budget also provides for building or improving facilities to berth and provide maintenance to the vessels on the military’s shopping list, Manalo said.

President Benigno Aquino vowed Monday to rebuild the air force by 2016.

The Philippines, which has one of the weakest military forces in the region, retired the last of its US-designed F-5 fighters in 2005.

[AFP]

a 12-episode television series featuring the agency’s Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programs scheduled for airing November this year. [PNA photo by Jess M. Escaros Jr.] executed Wednesday -have already been sentenced to death but have been granted two-year reprieves, it said.

The mainly Catholic Philippines abolished the death penalty in 2006, and the 2011 executions of the four Filipino drug

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smugglers were met with widespread condemnation.

The latest execution comes amid already rocky relations between the two countries, soured by overlapping territorial claims in the South China Sea. [AFP]

Gov’t to intensify campaign against drug syndicates

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N order to prevent Filipinos from becoming drug couriers, Vice President Jejomar Binay on Thursday said the Philippine government must strengthen its efforts to combat drug syndicates in the country.

Binay made the statement, following the execution in China of a Filipina drug courier, who was recruited by a Nigerian national.

“Paiigtingin pa iyong pagbabantay para ma-prevent natin na makapag-recruit ang mga recruiters.

Total may listahan naman iyan (drug syndicates),” he said during a television interview Wednesday.

The vice president said both National Bureau of Investigation and Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency are conducting their probe to address the problem.

He also cited that NBI already arrested and detained Mapet Cortez, also known as Tita Cacayan, a recruiter accused of duping overseas Filipino

workers into transporting illegal drugs, including a Filipina who was executed on March 2011 in China.

Moreover, Binay stressed that there is also a need to provide more job opportunities in the country to prevent Filipinos in seeking employment abroad.

“Iyong long range nito, ang usual saying na risk gain ano. Kapag ang gains ay mas mataas sa risks, talagang nag-gagamble, taya buhay. So, sana hindi magtagal iyang mga kababayan natin will not be leaving the country because of necessity but because of personal choice,” he explained.

Meanwhile, the vice president warned the public that it is not worth taking the risk to traffic illegal drugs into foreign countries, knowing that modern and sophisticated equipment can now easily detect drugs.

“Lagi lang sana nilang isaisip na nakataya ang buhay nila diyan. Hindi worth the risk ‘yan, he said. [PNA]

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HEALTHY BUSINESS. Cargo containers are piled up in Sasa Wharf, indicating a healthy business environment being enjoyed by ports in Davao City nowadays. Lean Daval Jr.

AMELLA Tagum’s exclusive enclave, the Lessandra Home Series, was presented to over 170 new brokers, sellers, and representatives of financing institutions during the Lessandra Seller’s Launch held last June 22 at the Miko’s Brew in Tagum City.

“We introduced Lessandra to over 110 individuals who came to become part of our accredited sellers, so they can have a first-hand appreciation of our masterplanned development in Camella Tagum,” said Shielamae Lara, Camella Tagum Marketing Head.

The Lessandra Home Series is located at Phase 3 of the Italian-Mediterranean themed subdivision Camella Tagum, conveniently located along the National Highway, making it proximate to all public utilities such as mall, markets, schools, hospitals, terminals, worship places, among others.

The Lessandra Home Series is expected to attract a wide spectrum of homebuyers with its very affordable packages and easy-on-the-pocket financing schemes.

With prices ranging from P950,000 to P1.25 million, it offers the most practical solution to home ownership.

Camella homebuyers can select the right financing options for them, choosing from Camella’s in-house financing at 12% per annum interest, bank financing at 5.55% per annum, or Pag-ibig Homes at 7.98% per annum interest.

“The best part is that the Lessandra Home Series has a high-end appeal despite its affordability, making it attractive to all types of buyers,” said Lara, adding that more information is available at 0917-563-9617 and 0999-886-4150, or at Unit 12 Gaisano Grand Arcade, Lapu-Lapu Extension, Apokon Road,

Tagum City.

Amenities include a clubhouse, swimming pool, ball courts, kiddie playground, jogging paths, shuttle service, and 24/7 security, not to mention the verdant plant life and trees that create a green and fresh environment.

While all these are normally found only in expensive, first-class subdivision, Camella Tagum offers these to its homeowners to allow them to live a better quality of life.

And with the commercial development called Camella Village Center soon to be built, Camellla Tagum’s homeowners will experience a more exciting and enhanced lifestyle.

Lara said they welcomed the new recruits with skills training to harness their selling skills and turn them into professionals to enable them to serve their clients well.

With quality service as their standard, Camella trains its people to provide excellent service to homebuyers.

Camella conducted a Selling Skills Seminar, Accounts Management Course, and a technical discussion on their projects to upgrade the capacities of the new sellers and equip them to cater to the growing interest in the Lessandra Home Series of Camella Tagum, as well as its other upcoming projects.

Representatives from the Rizal Commercial Banking Corp., Banco de Oro, Bank of the Philippine Islands and Pag-ibig or Home Development Mutual Fund also joined in the seminar as the financial institution partners of Camella for its projects.

“We’re flexing our muscles as we prepare to fortify our sales force to bring our developments closer to homebuyers and help them acquire their Camella home,” said Lara.

BY THE NUMBERS The national go v’t tentatively set the 2014 budget at

P2.268 trillio n or 13% more th an

P2.006 trillio n budget this ye ar.

SOURCE: DBM

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UPOU, Smart offer Android mobile app dev’t course

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HE University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU), in partnership with leading wireless services provider Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart), will be offering a mobile application development

course for Android devices beginning August.

“The course aims to equip students with the necessary skills and know-how to develop and deploy mobile applications for Android devices,” said Ramon Isberto, Smart Public

OLD-FASHIONED. A park photographer patiently waits for people who need his services at Osmeña Park yesterday. This old-fashioned kind of

Affairs Group head.

Forming part of the UPOU-Smart partnership agreement signed in February this year, Introduction to Mobile Application Development using the Android Platform, is the first massive online open

course (MOOC) to be offered by UPOU through the Faculty of Information and Communication Studies (FICS).

The offering of the Android apps development course coincides with the launch of UPOU’s online platform

photography business is now considered a dying industry with the onset of digital camera which is more accessible and affordable. Lean Daval Jr.

for MOOCs, Aral.

“This is part of UPOU’s efforts to make quality education more accessible to the public beyond the four walls of the classroom,” said UPOU Chancellor Dr. Grace Javier-Alfonzo.

“By opening up our education resource and offering more courses that have strong potential for market demand, we hope to help bring about social transformation,” Alfonzo added.

Industry data has revealed that majority of mobile handsets and tablets in the Philippines run on the Android operating platform.

“Mobile apps development has become a very lucrative career option and offering this course online would enhance the skills set of Filipinos wherever they may be and make UPOU the national hub for apps development learning,” said Isberto.

“This will form part of our mEducation initiatives as we continue to utilize mobile technologies and content

to help further expand learning opportunities,” Isberto added.

Aside from Android mobile apps development, the partnership agreement between UPOU and Smart also covers development and offering of the Te c h n o p re n e u r s h i p course for aspiring technologists who want to become entrepreneurs and put up their own technology start-up companies.

This tie-up with UPOU is part of Smart’s overall support for the premier university’s goal of becoming more competitive in the region as a national university. The telco is deploying its wireless technologies and solutions in support of UP’s efforts to automate and integrate its information systems, transactions, and services across all constituent universities nationwide via the eUP Project.

The course is free of charge and interested parties can sign up at http://fics.upou.edu. ph/aral.

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HEALTHY FOOD. Jeffrey Smith, film director, book author and executive director for the Institute for Responsible Technology (IRT), presents his Genetic Roulette book during the “Go Healthy! Non-GMO Food” event on Thursday (July 4, 2013) at the Ramon Magsaysay Hall of SSS in East Avenue, Quezon City. [PNA photos by Luisito L. Iglesias]

DA officials urged to sustain rice, corn sufficiency efforts A

GRICULTURE Secretary Proceso J. Alcala has urged top officials of the Department of Agriculture nationwide to sustain efforts and further improve the implementation of programs and delivery of services to attain sufficiency in rice, corn and major staples.

“Paghusayin pa natin ang pagpapatupad ng mga programa at pagbibigay ng serbisyo sa kanayunan, lalung-lalo na sa mga maliliit na magsasaka at mangingisda,” said Secretary Alcala at the recent mid-term DA national management committee meeting in Cebu.

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He said achieving national sufficiency in rice and corn is already in sight — a feat, which many detractors said is unattainable.

“Marami ang hindi naniniwala na mararating natin ito, ang kasapatan sa bigas at mais.

Subalit napangyari natin at abot-tanaw na ito,” he said during the agency’s mid-term ManCom, attended by top DA family officials, including undersecretaries, assistant secretaries, and respective heads of regional offices, bureaus, attached agencies and corporations, and OSEC service directors.

“President Aquino’s

declaration of 2013 as ‘National Year of Rice’ is significant and timely.

And after 40 years, we have started exporting rice, particularly aromatic, fancy and organic colored varieties,” the DA chief said.

He urged concerned DA family officials to vigorously pursue and implement their respective commodity roadmaps, and work together to attain the goals of the Aquino administration’s Food Staples Sufficiency Program (FSSP).

He said efforts should be sustained to enhance the global competitiveness of the country’s major farm and fishery

products, in the light of the forthcoming free trade among ASEAN countries by 2015.

For instance, he said the DA aims to further increase the average yield of palay (unmilled rice) and at the same time reduce the average production cost per kilogram (kg), which are currently at about four tons and P11 per hectare, respectively.

He said the DA National Rice Program and the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) recently launched a contest — dubbed as ‘Palayabangan,’among DA and PhilRice research stations and the private

fisheries.

During the event, Alcala promoted 37 agribusiness opportunities under fisheries, crops, and livestock sectors that any Filipino workers can invest in with the assistance of DA and DOLE. Last May 7, 2013, the two agencies inked an agreement that seeks to attract returning overseas workers to venture in various agricultural businesses. A total P2-billion in funds was set aside for the project, which can be accessed by interested parties.

“This to empower them and their families to venture in various projects and effect a positive rural development thru useful business

modules,” Alcala said.

The modules contain information of setting up an enterprise in agri-fishery including start-up capital, viability of location, market, prevailing costs, and return on investments.

“All of these will help them decide which investments they can take to somehow mitigate the after-effects of the financial crisis that recently struck European countries. We will assist them to make the right choice,” Alcala said.

In line with this, Labor Secretary Baldoz ordered officials and staff of the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO to prioritize the implementation of the Reintegration Program.

market-driven and climate-smart agriculture are the new approaches that the Department of Agriculture (DA) will embark on to improve farmers’ productivity.

“The DA through the upcoming Philippine Rural Development Program (PRDP) aims to increase farm and fishery productivity in 16 regions and 49 provinces through integration of market-oriented and climate resiliency agriculture support, technologies, tools and systems,” said deputy program director Arnel De Mesa.

President Benigno S. Aquino III during the recent NEDA Board meeting has approved the PRDP, which is a significant mile-

OFWs to pursue agribiz reintegration program

GRICULTURE Secretary Proceso J. Alcala presented to Italy-based Filipino workers the handsome livelihood package that the Philippine government has crafted in an effort to engage them to undertake agribusiness projects under the Aquino administration’s Reintegration Program.

The Agri chief, together with Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz, kickedoff the Agribusiness Investment Forum last week in Ergife Palace in Rome, which served as a venue of information for overseas workers on investment options in the field of agriculture and

sector — to develop technologies that would produce an average yield of 10 tons per hectare and production cost of P5 per kg.

Secretary Alcala said for the remaining three years of the Aquino administration, the DA will further exert efforts to bring its programs and services down to the countryside to benefit more small, marginal farmers and fisherfolk, and their families.

“Sa susunod na tatlong taon, malinaw ang hamon sa atin ni Pangulong Aquino: inclusive growth. Kaya, dapat makita, makarating at maramdaman ng 12

milyung mga magsasaka at mangingisda ang ating mga programa sa kanayunan,” the DA chief noted.

The DA will also invest more resources particularly on major commodities to sustain the economic growth in the countryside.

“Mayroon tayong mga focus commodities na bubuhusan ng sipag, talino, gawa at budget — upang ang hangad na pag-unlad sa kanayunan ay mapangyari.”

He said special attention will be given to coconut and fishery sub-sectors to benefit small, marginal farmers and fisherfolk families.

stone that will pave the way for its take off within this year.

The program will have a six-year duration with a project cost of P24.54 billion pesos consisting of P20.553 billion loan from the World Bank; P3.579 billion as national government counterpart; P3.118 billion equity of the Local Government Units, and P287 million grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF).

As a scale-up version of the on-going Mindanao Rural Development Program, PRDP will introduce the value chain approach (VCA) in agricultural production where farmers will be link to buyers to ensure market of their produce.

“We will expand livelihood projects into agribusi-

ness enterprise to improve farmers’ productivity,” De Mesa said.

“While the program will provide adequate infrastructure and technical support to farming communities, it will also look into policies that will enable business sector to be effective partners of smallholder farmers, ” he said.

“To make this happen, PRDP will tap value chain approach as a tool to bridge the gap between agricultural production and marketing,” he added.

De Mesa said business sector such as the chamber of commerce will be invited to seat as member of the PRDP’s program advisory board. [Noel T. Provido/DAMRDP]

Rural development program to focus on market-driven farm production

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EDITORIAL

Off to an eventful start

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ICE Mayor Paolo Z. Duterte reprimanded some councilors milling around while their peers were delivering inaugural speeches. Some “techie” councilors checked in online on social network and posted status updates. And Dado Mahipus had none of a single committee to chair in the Sanggunian.

All that were the highlight reels, if there were any, in the first ever session of the 17th City Council last Tuesday.

Well, this may be a new council but we can be sure a lot of the old ones are back, along with their annoying habits. A lot of new antics too like FB-ing (Facebooking), twitting, instagramming and private messaging will form part of the new SP culture. And then the old party divisions and party decisions will always set the ambiance inside the four walls of the August body.

Vice Mayor Pulong’s initial blast on the behavior of some councilors inside the session hall while a member is speaking on the floor is his way of stamping his authority right on Day One and that should send the

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The SP session hall is no different from a classroom and councilors are no different from students who must listen when somebody speaks. They must show the people who elected them that they deserve the respect and responsibility reposed upon them. Misbehaving and appearing disinterested is a blatant disrespect to their mandate. If at all, they must be at all times stay focused and attentive even when they are not interested on what they hear. Afterall, that is why there are elected as legislators in the first place.

The proposal of Vice Mayor Pulong to televise the proceedings of the SP should be a step in the right direction. It will also provide the public the idea how their elected legislators perform their job at the SP. For the absolute snob of Mahipus in the division of the spoils (if you may), that is not surprising. Nor did it shock Mahipus, who is no stranger to the wheeling and dealing, backstabbing, horsetrading, and what have you in the SP.

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A vision of leadership

LECTIVE OFFICIALS SHOULD ENVISION A PROUD, MOTIVATED AND PRODUCTIVE PEOPLE – In the eyes of average Filipinos, most if not all previously elected politicians achieved so much less than what they promised to fulfill during the campaign period especially on the first stage of their political career – the first one hundred days in office. This is the so-called typical “political honeymoon” with the people, in the case of a newly-installed president of the land. Many people, including me, have been very unpleasantly surprised at how they failed the masses in their expectations. A deep sense of disappointment has replaced the litany of pledges and promises they made every campaign season.

But what can one do in one hundred days and what does it mean to the newly elected officials, and what is the celebratory phase all about? Well, it’s simply a political ploy chiefly designed to present one’s vision of leadership. It is an avenue where an elected politician has to enumerate his or her future socio-economic and political agendas.

Much will revolve around their actions and decisions during the triumphant period and within that time people will have an idea whether these officials are really worth their trust and deserved to be where they now belong.

By embarking on an image-enhancing strategy, elective officials should improve the people’s perception of government bureaucrats – especially among the younger generation. They must also be reminded that they should be responsible to their constituents, and are committed to achieving their sworn duties while they are in power.

By doing so, they stand to gain political mileage notably among the large middle-class electorate who are unhappy with their previous political leaders.

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S standby power for Davao City, we pay the standard capacity fee to ensure that the Bajada Diesel Power Plant is on standby and ready to supply the city’s power requirement.

And that’s on top of the generation fee for the actual usage of the power plant.

But that’s not all. Power rates fluctuate depending on the mix of power sources at any given time.

When demand spikes at peak hours—around 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Davao—and supply is short, the grid draws from more expensive sources such as diesel-fired power plants. Power rates at those hours become more expensive than usual.

I can’t help but feel helpless as a consumer, especially when

In order to be credible and desirable, they have to be different this time.

What are the challenges facing the newly elected politicians and how can they cope with such challenges? - Of course, not only during the first one hundred days but the rest of their terms. There are lots of things to do reflecting services to the people and it cannot be done even in a full threeterm. Most importantly, they have to envision a proud, motivated and productive people living in peace and quiet and in rhythm with the environment.

They must also put some logic into our socio-economic policies. Metro Manila and the other bustling and sprawling cities are already drowned in density therefore they must see to it that the provinces should be given attention.

There is a very deep infirmity in a society where foraging for garbage is more desirable than going home to the province to start a new life.

Moreover, elective officials really have to change their ways. There is no way we can become a strong nation or a respected race if our leaders do not include the moral and spiritual regeneration along with economic progress.

They should be the role models and must encourage the people to go back to old school values because they are correct. A vision of leadership should be sincere, credible and relevant. It is also of utmost importance for elective officials to promote agricultural development and spread growth into the areas where many of our poor are. Our

Let’s talk power I read recent news that electric coops in Mindanao are now seeking modular generators to boost p o w e r

quick jump to industrialization has not improved the lot of our people, instead they are getting poorer. Therefore, they should act that we would go into massive rural development. The macro-economic benefits are plenty and they should initiate moves that would help spread growth in the rural communities. A prosperous, peaceful, inclusive and democratic society can be achieved through massive farm modernization.

It’s very critical at this time to talk about corruption, so degrading to discuss the culture of venality. Do our newly-installed public officials know the best strategy to fight corruption in all government levels? At least they should have knowledge that corruption can be eliminated and there are ways unless, of course, if they want instant fame and fortune while they are in power and join the ranks of dishonest government officials. Corruption is a big problem because it has been institutionalized. Many thick-faced elective officials believe it is a way of living and has become one big business, tax-free.

That is precisely the reason why many of our politicians want to cling on to power for dear life as if there is no life after the government.

After the celebratory period, people should demand more from their political leaders who in turn should give up their prerogatives, perks, privileges and absolute power. The people’s need actually is quite basic. All they want is a clean government managed by credible and reputable officials - a government that collects taxes properly and spends money wisely and thoughtfully. What they need is government system that promotes transparency and openness.

Can the new elective officials cope with such challenges? People might as well know only after one hundred days.

help that. I do know, however, that the best I can do at this point is control how much electricity my household consumes. So here are a couple of tips.

Be judicious in electricity use during peak hours. Instead of turning on the air-conditioning at 7 p.m., I move it down to 9 or 10 p.m., just as I’m about to sleep. It might not be much but a little savings is good enough for me.

And, if you see the Bajada power plant spewing smoke at any (Conclusion) time of the day, call home and tell them to turn off appliances and supply in their service areas. I can hold off plugging in gadgets that just imagine power bills skyrock- eat up a lot of electricity. Although eting beyond reach of the com- it may not be dramatic, a slight mon people like me. dip in the trajectory of your powI don’t know if there is any- er bill is better than a consistent thing I can do as a consumer to climb.

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For a strong republic, let’s have proper barangay elections WORM’S EYEVIEW

MANNY VALDEHUESA

(Conclusion)

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ORSE, we let their Pork-addicted bosses in Congress bribe our neighbors with dole-out and all sorts of patronage to buy voter loyalty and support.

Worst, year after year we allow their bosses to set aside for themselves humongous Pork Barrel allowances to fund these handouts and other activities including their share of the loot while leaving our poor neighbors stranded in the poverty trap!

Second, it is important to remind ourselves and our neighbors that barangay elections are not personal battles between ambitious candidates. These elections are meant to be an event where civilized ideas for the community’s development compete for our attention and approval.

In other words, the issue is how the barangay is to be developed—economically, culturally, politically. It should not be about who becomes the Boss. Nor is it about who gains a livelihood from the barangay’s resources or its Internal Revenue Allotment. And it certainly should not be about grabbing the power to manipulate the community for any purpose. Service to its development, welfare, and progress is the primary consideration!

Not the least of our reminders to self and others is the law which prohibits partisanship and divisive rivalries in the barangay (Section 38, Omnibus Election Code). Nothing personal or selfish should sully the conduct of barangay elections.

The accent must be on developmental advocacy, not politics there’s enough of it at upper levels!

Moreover, the proper venue and format for electoral competition should be neighborhood debates and forums— moderated ideally by a council of senior citizens and academics of the community.

Any intention, talk, or attempt to engage in vote buying and other corrupt practices must be firmly dealt with and condemned by the community. And there must be no compromise.

Third, because the campaign for votes will be waged at the level of intimacy (our neighborhood, the barangay) the conduct of the elections should adhere strictly to neighborliness, honesty, and fairness in order to maintain harmony and the integrity of the grassroots. And this is where the value and crucial importance of our role in these elections come in. This is our chance to assert our desires and expectations as the citizens in whom the sovereignty of our republic resides and from whom all government authority emanates.

Since the barangay and its citizens are the wellspring of sovereignty, the seat of People Power, and the source of all government authority in our republic, it is essential that we choose (and cause to be chosen) only competent, mature, and trustworthy leaders. To fail in this is to establish a weak platform for our republic—which stands atop the barangay, the primary base of our democracy and political structure.

For our sakes and for the sake of our republic, we’ve got to elect independent-minded, trustworthy, and responsible barangay chairmen and kagawads!

Too long have we tolerated barangays with officials that are incompetent, immature, power-greedy, or beholden to leaders with questionable motives and predatory practices. We cannot expect to build a respectable and Strong Republic with such type of grassroots leaders.

The challenge for us in this year’s October elections is to practice Assertive Sovereignty so that the leadership of our barangay will be renewed or replenished with worthy grassroots leaders—who will then forge a strong foundation for our republic. [MindaViews is the opinion section of MindaNews. Manny Valdehuesa is the president and national convenor of Gising Barangay Movement Inc. He can be reached at valdehuesa@gmail.com.]

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‘Bato’.. FFROM 1 On Tuesday, the operatives of the Talomo Police Station shot dead a suspected drugs dealer identified only as alias “Dodong of Monkayo” along Matina Aplaya in another buy-bust operation.

But while the two killings were part of the Davao City Police Office’s response to Mayor Duterte’s call, city police director Ronald Dela Rosa likewise dismissed reports of the return of the dreaded Davao Death Squad.

Dela Rosa said he believes the killing of transport leader Antonio “Dodong” Petalcorin on Tuesday and a suspected illegal drugs dealer in the city on Wednesday night were the handiwork of what he calls as “contract killers.”

A few minutes after the shooting of Divinagracia in Bgy. 22-C Quezon Boulevard, Dela Rosa walked into the I-Speak Forum at the City Hall and quickly dismissed suspicions that the Wednesday night slaying of a suspected drug dealer marked the return of noted vigilante group Davao Death Squad.

“We cannot afford to let ordinary people live in fear, because of this so called ‘contract killers’,” Dela Rosa said hinting that the recent

killings were done by hired guns.

“I would be a liar if I’ll say that everyone is safe when all of a sudden somebody’s got killed,” Dela Rosa said.

Asked if the dreaded DDS is involved in the killing of Sal, Dela Rosa said he does not believe the so-called execution group exists. He believes the so-called DDS is just a small group and he does not know personally why they are into killing suspects involved in crimes like robbery and illegal drugs.

“Ang mahirap lang kasi maraming sumasakay, maraming nakikisakay, maraming nakikinabang sa ganitong mga sitwasyon,” said Dela Rosa on the spate of killings in the city.

He also clarified that all the extra judicial killings are not condoned and tolerated by the DCPO. Dela Rosa instead urged the Dabawenyos to be vigilant. “We are encouraging the public, if you see this kind of people please call up the police right away and we will be the one to deal with those people,” he said.

He told media that any suspicious looking armed men should be reported to the nearest police stations.

on the terrace of the house of Cirilo in Sitio Soriano, Catalunan Grande around 5:30 a.m.

The DCPO chief said that during the time Cirilo asked help from his office he told him that even if he will be assigning a

police officer for his security it is not still an assurance for his safety.

“There are so many ways to kill a cat,” Dela Rosa told media on his response to Cirilo’s request.

However, Dela Rosa said that he just

they resume formal talks on July 8 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,” said Arnado.

She said, “This requires PNoy to take some risk, not just due diligence.”

Mindanao Coalition of Development NGO Networks (MINCODE) head Patricia Serano read the unified statement of the CSOs who attended the summit, which states that based on the original timeframe, FAB is six months delayed with only 1,092 days left

before PNoy steps down as president on June 30 2016.

The CSOs are alarmed because among the four annexes, only the transition modalities annex has been done while wealth-sharing, power-sharing and normalization annexes are still on the process.

At present, only three steps in the Road Map for the Creation of the Bangsamoro Entity are accomplished out of the 15 steps.

Another.. FFROM 2

No peace..FFROM 2

ACROBATIC STUNTS. Manuel L. Quezon Elementary School cheerdance squad performs their trademark acrobatic stunts during the half time show of Wednesday night’s Champions for Christ against Matina Enclaves-Vice

Mayor’s Office basketball game at the Davao City Recreation Center. Lean Daval Jr.

RDC 11 reorganization in August T

HE Regional Development Council in Davao Region is set to be reorganized in August 2013 following the election of a new set of local officials for the term 2013-2016 and the selection of a new batch of Private Sector Representatives in July 2013.

The RDC 11 is the highest policy-making body tasked to facilitate regional development through the formulation of development plans and investment programs, conduct judicious review on the appropriation of resources, direction setting and the coordination of the economic and social de-

wished that he could satisfy the needs of Cirilo and jokingly say, “Ako nalang siyang papuy-on sa barracks.”

Reports said that Cirilo have already talked to director Purisima and he is currently staying at Camp Crame.

We a l t h - s h a r i n g does not mean the Bangsamoro is asking wealth from the government, it is asking for the share of the wealth found in the Bangsamoro areas, said Arnado.

She said, justice and the value of sharing should prevail and guide the leaders in the process of completing the FAB. The CSOs who attended the summit demanded for the immediate completion of the Bangsamoro Peace Talks. EJF

velopment efforts of local government units, agency regional offices, state universities and colleges and special development authorities in the region.

During the RDC 11 end-of-term meeting on June 26, then outgoing Davao City Mayor and RDC-XI chairperson Sara Z. Duterte-Carpio articulated the milestones of the council for the past three years.

Citing the directions that the region has set in 2010, Duterte-Carpio was pleased to report on Davao Region’s expanded absorptive capacity for employment having sustained the 95 percent level

in terms of employment rates in 2011 and 2012.

“This could only mean that we have succeeded in our efforts to provide more employment opportunities to our people,” she was quoted in her State of the Region Address (SORA) during the meeting.

Still in her SORA, Duterte-Carpio mentioned that in terms of value, the gross regional domestic product (GRDP) had been increasing and the region rebounded as the top economy among the Mindanao Regions in 2011.

Davao Region’s poverty incidence was also still

the lowest among Mindanao regions, she added.

On programs and projects, Duterte-Carpio cited the Maramag-Bunawan 230kV Transmission Project, the Sibulan Hydro-Electric Power Plant in Davao del Sur, the reconstruction of the Baganga Bridge, the Mindanao Cancer Center, the upgrading of District Hospitals of Kapalong, Carmen, and Samal in Davao del Norte, and the construction of the Modern Rice Processing Complex in Davao del Sur as among the results of the project development efforts of the Council in the past 3 years. [NEDA 11/PIA 11]

officer pretended as a buyer of shabu, but Divinagracia sensed it was a buy-bust operation, so he shot the police officer, but missed and hit the doorknob instead.

Sr. Supt. Ronald dela Rosa, Davao City Police Office (DCPO) director, said another suspect, identified as “Ambo”, son of the owner of the house rented by Divinagracia, eluded arrest.

Members from IDMB team gave chase but failed to catch Ambo.

Dela Rosa said that as a police officer, Divinagracia was assigned to Sta. Ana police station and then to Paquibato police station.

In 2009, when a random drug test was ordered by thePhilippine National Police (PNP) on all police officers in Davao

City, he went on absence without leave (AWOL).

Since he could not be accounted for since 2009, he was dismissed from the service.

Divinagracia was said to be on the watch list for his involvement in drugs until his death yesterday.

The Scene of the Crime Operatives (SOCO) got several pieces of evidence from the scene, including two empty bullets, two .38caliber pistols, five pieces of elongated transparent sachet of shabu, one piece rectangular shape sachet of shabu and some drug paraphernalia.

In the earlier killing incident last Wednesday, the victim was identified as a certain John Luang

Sal, 34. Sal was shot at close range while about to board his motorcycle at Mamay Road corner Skywalk St. JLA Subdivision in barangay Angliongto, in Davao City.

Sal was shot by unidentified gunman four times which caused his instantaneous death.

The suspect then walked to another waiting motorcycle and rode towards an unknown direction.

According to the victim’s sister Jenny Sal, she is certain that the death of her brother is due to his involvement in illegal drugs.

On Tuesday, police operatives from the Talomo Police Station shot to death suspected drugs dealer identified only as “Dodong of Monkayo” in Matina Aplaya.

2 drug suspects..FFROM 1

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‘Pablo’ early recovery program underway P

LAN International, as cooperating partner for World Food Programme through funding support from ECHO, USAID and Swiss Aid has identified 25,000 individuals to pursue early recovery program for typhoon Pablo affected areas.

The program aims to supplement livelihood assistance efforts by providing income to non-skilled wage labour, often associated with commercial agricultural activities.

“We want to ensure that we can help them during the transition period on their way to recovery,” said Emergency Response Manager Cynthia Guerra.

The program covers 13 municipalities throughout the provinces of Agusan del Sur, Compostela Valley, Davao Oriental and Surigao del Sur. It employs the food-for-work and cash-for-work mechanisms to help beneficiaries to slowly recover from the devastation brought about by the typhoon.

In the cash-for-work project, majority of the

beneficiaries will be working for 10 days ine one month. 45% of the beneficiaries will work for 10 days per month for four months until October.

“We have considered the level of vulnerability of our partner communities. The more vulnerable they are, the longer our intervention will be in the area,” Guerra said.

The cash-based intervention rate for each person is set at P226 per day for Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental, and P194 per day for Agusan del Sur and Surigao del Sur, which translates to 75% of the daily minimum wage.

The food-for-work will be using the same principle, only that rice will be given instead of cash.

“Beneficiaries of this project must be those who are living in remote, underserved communities and do not have permanent stable means of livelihood.

They must also have undergone the financial feasibility and validation process conducted by our Plan staff,” she added.

CONSULTATION MEETING. Plan International Emergency Response Manager Cynthia Guerra, together with WFP and ECHO representatives, held consultation meeting with the targeted residents of Barangay Banagbanag,

Montevista, Compostela Valley on the implementation of the Typhoon Pablo early recovery program of the organization. Program components include cash-for-work, food-for-work and unconditional cash grants.

The elderly, chronically ill, persons with disabilities (PWDs), pregnant and lactating women, and female or child headed house-

holds who cannot participate in work are provided with unconditional cash grants.

“We hope we will be able to alleviate the situ-

ation of these people at the end of the program,” Guerra concluded.

Plan International is an international, humanitarian, child-cen-

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io District June 21 during DCWD’s fourth Employee’s Tree Planting.

Spearheading the activity was the Environment and Watershed Protection Division that also sought assistance from the local government unit of Brgy.

Baguio Proper and the Association of Community Concerned on Watershed (ACWA-PO), DCWD’s partner people’s organization in Malagos. ACWA-PO also pledged to do maintenance activities to ensure growth of the planted seedlings

and clumps.

Before the actual planting and cleaning, watershed management chief Lorna M. Maxino explained the importance of trees in the watersheds so that the participants would be able to appreciate the relevance of the activities. She also gave a brief backgrounder on the watersheds of Davao City and the history of DCWD’s rehabilitation efforts in Malagos, Mt. Talomo-Lipadas and Mt. Tipolog-Tamugan watersheds.

DCWD has always seen the importance of multi-sectoral participation in saving the environment. Thus, aside from encouraging outside organizations, agencies and individuals to take on the challenge of protecting the water sources of Davao City, it also conducts watershed rehabilitation activities for its employees such as the annual Employees Tree Planting to promote environmental awareness among them and to expose them to the various watershed rehabilitation efforts of DCWD in the uplands. [Jovana T. Duhaylungsod]

tered development organization independent of religious, political or governmental affiliation. [Leslie Lao-Francisco]

DCWD employees plant trees, clean Malagos watershed Kasambahays get free MPLOYEES of Davao City Water District planted Malobago seedlings and Bamboo clumps and conducted a clean-up drive along the riverbank of Cogan Creek inside the Malagos Watershed Reservation in Bagu-

Barangay helps DCWD rehab Malagos watershed. The local government unit of Brgy. Baguio Proper and DCWD’s partner people’s organization in Malagos the Association

of Community Concerned on Watershed plant trees and clean up Cogan Creek together with the participants of DCWD’s fourth employees tree planting activity.

services at NCCC Mall W ITH an estimated 2.9 million household domestic helpers nationwide, NCCC Mall Davao launches the Kasambahay Fair on all July Saturdays starting July 6 in support of RA 10362 the Domestic Worker’s Act or the Batas Kasambahay.

All kasambahays who perform domestic work in one household as an occupation, like general househelp, yaya (nanny), cook, gardener, laundry person; 15 years old and above, and are either on a live-in or live-out arrangement can avail of free services in the fair.

Employers who will accompany their kasambahays can register with the SSS, Philhealth and Pag-ibig.

After registration that starts at 10am, the kasambahays can avail of free massages, hair care, facial services, and a chance to win prizes in a raffle draw at the Activity Center.

“We invite employers to register their household domestic helpers.

This will not only take them out of the informal sector and elevate their occupation, it will also strengthen respect, protection, and promotion of the kasambahay’s rights and welfare,” says Tjader Regis, NCCC’s marketing director.

Based on a 2010 Labor Force survey, around 38% of total female employment in the country are comprised of household domestic workers where 84% are women and 34% are between the ages 15 to 24 years old.

The Domestic Worker’s Act also fulfills the country?s obligation to comply with Convention 189 of the International Labor Organization (ILO) requiring countries to offer protection for domestic workers. According to ILO, 20% of doemstic workers are largely employed in the National Capital Region.

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COLD ASSASSIN Cornley banks game winner for Matina Enclaves

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AMELLE Cornley played out his role as the team’s mercenary after he sank the game-winning shot like a cold assassin out to complete a mission. The spinning 10-foot fallaway basket gave Cornley’s Matina Enclaves-CMO team a resounding 8987 tightrope win over the barnstorming Soldiers for Christ on Wednesday night.

The 6-5 former PBA Best Import awardee, playing sluggishly through the fourth quarter, pleaded coach Miggy Solitaria for the final play with 6 seconds left and the game knotted at 87-all.

“I have high respect and confidence for him so when he asked for the final play, I did not hesitate to map it out for him,” said the youthful bench tactician who gave the Enclaves its first victory after taking over the Royal Mandaya outfit.

It was only the second loss for the vaunted Soldiers since playing in a series of exhibition matches in the country. The other Soldiers’ conqueror is the Pilipinas Smart Gilas national team of coach Chot Reyes now building up for the FIBA Asia Tournament on August.

In the final play, Cornley took the inbound pass from John Ferriols on the right quartercourt and attracted quickly the double team from Tyrone White and Tyler Brown. He spun to his left and took a fallaway jumper that sent the ball through the cords and leaving 2 seconds on the game clock. The crowd inside the Davao City Recreation Center exploded in cheers after the basket but to the surprise of many, the Soldiers did not sue for time and went for the halfcourt heave as time expired.

Cornley finished with 16 points for the night and relished memories of his high school varsity days with the Brookhaven High School in Ohio when he also scored his only other career game-winning shot.

“I took it against Sach Sullinger who is the father of NBA player Jared of the Boston Celtics,” the 26-year old Cornley said in yesterday’s Davao Sportswriters Association (DSA) Forum at the Dexter’s Pizza Stadium.

Cornley paid tribute to team owner Glen Escandor, team manager Bong Go, coach Miggy Solitaria and team coordinator Jek Melendres for the opportunity to showcase his talents in Davao City. Cornley had just planed in from Pennsylvania and will be in the country hoping to land another stint in the PBA. Cornley said he wish to come back to play for the Enclaves in the coming Kadayawan Cup Basketball Tournament where the Escandor franchise will defend its title.

The game was tight all the way with the lead swinging several times. The Soldiers cut the Enclaves lead 86-84 with backto-back triples by White and Anthony Cammon but Ferriols was fouled and the 40-year old veteran split his freebies for a 87-84 lead, 17 ticks left. Michael Wilder missed a triple and Cammon took the long bounce and hit a trey from the left wing to tie the game at 87-all, 6 seconds left.

But it looked like the young Soldiers, plucked out of collegiate squads in the United States, celebrated too early and their emotions got into their judgment on defense.

“They were young and the emotions were running on them and they lost it on defense. I knew I had to capitalize on that situation,” said Cornley of his decision to ask for the final play. (NJB)

GAME WINNER. Jamelle Cornley of Matina Enclaves shoots over Tyrone White of Soldiers for Christ with time running down. Inset, Matina Enclaves owner and sports office chief candidate Glen Escandor with whife Mik-Mik. Lean Daval Jr.

Escandor on sports office:

‘I will think about it’

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OTELIER-SPORTS patron Glen Escandor tried to dismiss his rumored appointment as the new city sports office head as just a joke. But if it serious, he said he will give it a good thought.

The 44-year old Escandor, president of the Escandor business conglomerate in Davao City which includes The Royal Mandaya Hotel and DASIA Security Agency, told Edge Davao he has not accepted the offer and he thought it first to be a joke.

“It’s not true that I have accepted the job. That’s difficult considering my business and my hectic schedule but you know me, I am always there for sports in this city,” Escandor told this paper a few moments after his team Matina Enclaves-City Mayor’s Office scored a thrill-

ing 89-87 win over the visiting Soldiers for Christ on Wednesday night at the Davao City Recreation Center.

Escandor said Vice Mayor Paulo Duterte has egged him to take the job and promised to support him.

Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s executive assistant Bong Go also confirmed to Edge Davao that there are two names they have in mind—Escandor and former PSC chairman William “Butch” Ramirez who has since hooked up with the Ateneo de Davao University as athletic director.

“He’s one of those we considered. Right now, he will be a consultant, but if he will take the offer we will be glad to welcome him to the city government,” Go said of Escandor.

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‘Pain is Beautiful’ for TOUGH Spring Summer 2013 TOUGH Jeansmith, one of Bauhaus’ inhouse brands, introduces its Spring/Summer 2013 collection featuring the concept of “No Pain No Game”.

For the TOUGH Men SS13 collection, designers added various fashion elements to enrich the theme of “Fashion Gorgeous”, including College Style, Holiday Touch, Worker Style and Military Chic. Checkered shirt, word prints and polo shirts make the state-

ment this season, which create a more natural and harmonious look. A breakthrough of Holiday Touch is achieved by reinterpreting striped patterns and warm colors such as deep orange and yellow, in this collection, you can also find the summer shirt,

windbreaker, tee and polo shirt.

Monotone colors, charcoal and royal blue are boldly merged with fake pocket prints and large pockets to create a raw and stylish workerwear style for the new season. Badge, skull pattern and portrait prints can be found on the tee and polo shirt, which are inspired by military uniform and catches attention with the special stitching and seam.

Inspired by the Military style, the TOUGH Men SS13 jeans have a slovenly, raw look created by washing details and wrinkle effect which further highlight it. Takes on the military style by melding uniform design with special workmanship such as the badge, compass print on the front pocket of denim and mended design to deliver the excellent denim collection of this season.

TOUGH Jeansmith is available exclusively at Bauhaus, located at the second level of the Abreeza Mall.

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Payless End of Season Sale on until July 13!

WHO’S going shoe-shopping this weekend?

Catch Payless’ End of Season Sale and get up to 60% off on select items now until July 13, 2013. Head over to the nearest Payless Showsource store now at Abreeza Mall, SM City Davao and SM City General Santos.

SM Cinema Lanang lets you party with the minions GET a chance to win a family trip to enjoy the action and fun of Universal Orlando Resort, home to two of the world’s most amazing theme parks, where you can join the ranks of the mischievous minions in their hilarious Despicable Me Minion Mayhem 3-D ride!

Just watch Despicable Me 2 at SM Lanang Premier and get tickets to join the raffle. Deadline of submission of entries is on July 16.

See posters for more details.

Get creative at the Cheap Monday Vignette EXPRESS yourself at the Cheap Monday Vignette at the ground floor of Abreeza Mall on July 27-28, grab your limited edition Cheap Monday canvass bags for only Php400 and have them painted using Sharpie markers.

Part of the proceeds of every Cheap Monday canvass bag will go to a youth organization in Cagayan de Oro called Dire Husi which advocates local creativity.

For more information, check out Cheap Monday at BauhausPh on FaceBook.

EVENTS

Fun Father’s Day treats at SM Lanang Premier

DADS who were at SM Lanang Premier on Father’s Day last weekend had a ball of a time with fun activities and games at the mall Atrium.

From June 14-16, the Big Bike Exhibit was put on display for Dads’ viewing pleasure. It featured the latest models of Ducati motorcycles.

The Dad & Kid LEGO Building Contest on June 15 and 16 was a hit as fathers and their kids put together LEGO bricks to create unique structures and designs. It was a great opportunity for Dads to have exciting bonding moments with their little ones. Winners of the contest received toy prizes courtesy of LAJ Marketing Philippines, the exclusive distributor of the LEGO brand in the country.

The LEGO contest was held alongside Mindanao’s first and biggest LEGO Philippine map exhibit, which is currently on display at SM Lanang Premier in Davao City until June 30.

To know more event and promo updates, check SM Lanang Premier on Facebook and follow @SMLanangPremier on Twitter.

A Dad and his sons visit the Big Bike Exhibit at SM Lanang Premier.

Stylish Ducati bikes at SM Lanang Premier attracted interest from Dads, young and old.

A father and daughter pose with the Ducati bike exhibit at the Atrium.

Dads and their kids take part in Some of the handiworks of Dads and their kids in various designs A dad and his daughter show the LEGO Building contest at the and colors. their LEGO creations. mall Atrium.

Globe Telecom puts the fun in Ironman WHILE everything is now set for the fifth staging of Ironman 70.3 Philippines on August 4 in Cebu City, leading telecommunications company Globe Telecom is also all geared towards making the highly-popular global triathlon a fun experience for the participating athletes.

PAROKYA NI EDGAR AT ABREEZA MALL. Catch one of the country’s top rock bands Parokya ni Edgar perform live this July 6 at the Activity Center of the Abreeza Mall.

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Globe, which is a strong supporter of Ironman 70.3 Philippines since it was introduced locally in 2009, will be tapping the power of social media during the event to bring the message to the world that Ironman is entertaining and enjoyable. Such will be made possible by the high-speed broadband internet

connection Globe will provide at the venue.

“We want to give everyone a wonderful digital experience through our improved network by providing them an opportunity to share their Ironman 70.3 experience using Twitter and Instagram. We want to show people not only in the Philippines but also abroad that Globe makes Ironman fun,” said Yoly C. Crisanto, Head of Globe Corporate Communications.

To make the activity more exciting, Globe will provide special prizes to the most number of tweets using a pre-determined hashtag and the most number of photos and/or videos shared via

Twitter or Instagram.

For this year’s Ironman 70.3 Philippines, about 2,150 participants from 35 countries worldwide are expected to join either the individual or relay competition composed of swimming (1.9 kilometers), biking (90 kilometers) and running (21 kilometers) activities.

The most number of foreign delegates is expected to come from Singapore, followed by Japan, Australia, US, and Hong Kong.

Being a World Triathlon Corporation sanctioned event, winners of Ironman 70.3 Philippines are entitled to slots to the World Championships in Las Vegas, Nevada on September 8, 2013.

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Helen Gamboa signs contract with GMA Network RESPECTED television and movie actress Ms. Helen Gamboa is now a Kapuso as she inked a contract yesterday at the GMA Network Center.

Present in the contract signing were Shirley Kuan (Helen’s manager), GMA Entertainment TV’s OIC Lilybeth G. Rasonable, Ms. Helen Gamboa, GMA Chairman and CEO Atty. Felipe L. Gozon, and GMA Vice President for Drama Redgie Acuña-Magno.

Ms. Gamboa, one of the country’s most respected television actresses, is part of the upcoming primetime drama, Akin Pa Rin Ang Bukas. She is very honoured to be part of the Kapuso family and is looking forward working on her first project in GMA. “Honestly, I am deeply honoured to be joining Channel 7. I am so excited about this wonderful proj-

ect that they have for me. I am sure I‘m going to have a very good working relationship with all of you especially with the production team. I’m really looking forward to beautiful days of tapings.”

Ms. Gamboa says her role in Akin Pa Rin Ang Bukas is a very good acting piece where she will play a villainess role, “Every project that I do, every role that I portray, I really feel challenged at pinagbubuti ko to the best of my ability. Siguro it will inspire me more na as I go on, pagbubutihin ko pa lalo yung pagganap sa character na ipo-portray ko. When you are an actress and talagang dedicated ka sa craft mo, you will do everything to give a good performance.”

During the contract signing, Atty. Gozon said that Helen is a welcome addition to GMA’s roster of artists, “Tayo ay both honoured and very happy that Helen Gam-

boa is joining us. She is not only a good singer but also a very good actress. Sabi ko nga kanina, parang yung itsura niya ay hindi nagbabago.”

Rasonable, on the other hand, says they are very happy that Ms. Gamboa accepted the role in Akin Pa Rin Ang Bukas.“We are very happy na tinanggap niya yung offer namin na ito. We are looking forward kasi we know she is such an excellent actress. Ang laki ng maibibigay niya sa soap na ginagawa namin. Sana masiyahan siya sa kaniyang pagtatrabaho dito sa GMA as we are happy to have her.

Akin Pa Rin ang Bukas is the first soap directorial job of Ms. Laurice Guillen. It will be top billed by Kapuso Primera Aktresa Lovi Poe, Rocco Nacino, Solenn Heussaff, Charie Pineda, Gary Estrada, and Mr. Cesar Montano, among others.

It will air on GMA 7 soon.

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French Cineaste Pierre Rissient to give talk at Cinematheque Davao THE Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) through its Audiovisual Development Program is honored to bring Mr. Pierre Rissient – internationally renowned film authority – for a speaking engagement at Cinematheque Davao on July 8, 2013 at ten o’clock in the morning.

A true man of cinema, Rissient casts a nurturing and influential shadow over more than a half a century of film history. As a film critic, curator, programmer, distributor, publicist, editor, and filmmaker Rissient has devoted his life to “defending,” in his own words, films and filmmakers around the globe. Today, he still continues to shepherd films from the past and present to festivals, distributors, and

FOUR SISTERS & A WEDDING 2D Toni Gonzaga, Bea Alonzo, Angel Locsin, Shaina Magdayao, Enchong Dee

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audiences in France and the world over as a staunch champion of cinema.1 Through his efforts he set the stage for the works of filmmakers such as Sydney Pollack, Clint Eastwood, and Quentin Tarantino to be

discovered and loved at the Cannes Film Festival. The same zealous support he provided to Lino Brocka and Mike de Leon bringing Philippine Cinema to Cannes and the international scene at large.

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Adventure fun run at D’Leonor Inland Resort IT WAS truly a different kind of fun run held last June 30 at the D’Leonor Inland Resort and Adventure Park in Purok 5, Communal, Buhangin.

Aside from the presence of celebrity guest runner actor-model Ron Morales of ABS-CBN TV Network, more than 300 runners coming mostly from Davao City joined the inaugural foot race held at the sprawling 26-hectare resort.

It started with a warmup exercise led by Zumba instructor Mitchell and Maan of Dover Fitness Center. Organizer Mercy Lim welcomed all the participants and guests and signalled the start of the race. But race director Lito delos Reyes of ForePlay Promotions first hard to ask the fans of Morales to stop them from taking pictures with their idol at the starting area in order to have a proper kick-off.

When Lim whistled, the runners in the 5K men and women’s open immediately sped off followed by the 3K boys and girls participants. They started with a 30-meter uphill climb followed by another more uphill route towards the 600 steps – a 300 downhil and 300 uphill. The 5K runners also negotiated a 50-meter downhill going to the fin-

The biggest delegation to the run.

Guest runner and actor, model, Ron Morales. ish line near the basketball gym, while the 3K bets also made a U-turn back to the finish line.

“Short but challenging race,” said Davao’s reigning no. 1 female marathoner Cynthia Jaro, who ruled the women’s open category to win P3,000 cash plus a medal, free resort pass and a gift pack from the RDL Pharmaceutical.

Jaro, a P.E. student of Brokenshire College, had a time of 11:21 and completely dominated the distaff side by winning also pocketed the Queen of the Steps special award for completing also first the 600 steps.

Her younger sister Criselyn also of Brokenshire placed second at 12:13 and was followed

by Michelle Cabreros of University of Mindanao at

Women’s winner Cyntia Jaro.

Men’s runner-up Jessmar Lopez.

13:10. Michael Constantino also of Brokenshire College only placed second behind teammate Jessmar Lopez in the 600 steps but managed to overtake him in the last 50 meters to win the Men’s Open.

Constantino clocked 9:18 followed closely by

Lim thanked all the participants and sponsors and awarded the prizes to the winners together with Ron Morales, who signed autographs and had pictures with his fans.

Lopez (9:19. Cyclist and adventure racer Dexter Nonato also managed to overtake another runner ahead of him in 600 steps to cop third at 9:36.

Alan Arbois and Jolly Mae Gabaysin emerged as the champions in the 3K for boys and girls, respectively.

Arbois was followed by Edrian Benaulan and Jetlee Lerazera as second and third, respectively. Gabaysin, also of Brokenshire College, was followed by Rosenelyn Depillo and Jonalyn Durado in that order.

The Jaros also brought home the Biggest Family special award while the Sante Barley group took the Biggest Delegation award.

Lim thanked all the participants and sponsors and awarded the prizes to the winners together with Ron Morales, who signed autographs and had pict

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ALA signs up amateur phenom

T NEW RECRUIT. 18 year old Jessel Magsayo (L) and ALA Promotions Executive Vice President Dennis Cañete

OP Filipino boxing prospect, Jessel Mark Magsayo of Tagbilaran City formally signed a multiyear fight contract under ALA Promotions.

He is one of the latest addition to the elite list of Filipino world title hopefuls under the country’s premier boxing outfit.

Magsayo who recently turned 18 last June 22 has been boxing as an amateur since he was 8. He joined several competitions including the annual Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines (ABAP)national tournaments where he garnered 4 gold medals in different weight divisions and was named best boxer twice.

Last May of this year, the 5’6” amateur standoutrecently made an explosive pro-debut as a featherweight during Pinoy Pride XX dropping Melton San-

dal twice enroute to a first round knockout win. This July, Magsayowill be one of the special attractions for Pinoy Pride XXI: When Worlds Collideat the Solaire Resort and Casino.

ALA Promotions has succeeded in putting the Philippines on the boxing map byshowcasing young boxers into multi-titled world champions. Expected to be the future star of Philippine boxing, Magsayo will once again showcase his boxing finesse in Pinoy Pride 21. Watch and you can be the judge yourself.

For tickets inquiries, contact ALA Promotions at (+6332) 5059513 or visit our website at www.alaboxing. com. Tickets are also available in all SM Cinema nationwide and online via www.smtickets. com. Please like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.

Go, Escandor power VMO over Oro East T

HE Vice Mayor’s Office turned back Oro East Mining, 87 – 79, in the “Handog Pasasalamat ni Mayor Rody Duterte” serving as curtain raiser in the second meeting of the visiting US-based missionary basketball team and Matina Enclaves-City Mayor’s Office.

VMO welcomed its reinforcement in Escandor Group of Companies boss Glenn Escandor, who swiftly formed a dynamic shooting backcourt duo with hot-shot Christopher “Bong” Go. Go, the sweet-shooting executive assistant of Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, finished the game with team-high 17 points in limited minutes of action owing to his “multi-tasking chores” attending to the needs at city hall and playing basketball at the same time.

But the biggest boost came from Escandor as the sports patron-businessman knocked down three triples to help VMO

secure the victory.

Escandor, the owner of the Matina Enclaves-CMO squad, made two baskets from behind the arc in the opening period and drilled another one in the second canto where Go went too tough to contain with his patented pull-up jumper.

Go made nine baskets in the second period but it was not good enough as VMO trailed by 7, 39 – 46, at the break of the exciting game marked with trade rallies.

VMO mounted a huge comeback in the third canto, outscoring Oro East, 29 – 13, to take a 68 – 59 advantage going to the pay off period.

Behind Pong Antipuesto, still, Oro East fired back in the early going of the final period, making its own run, to stay within.

With less than three minutes remaining as both teams traded baskets, Oro East could not sustain the run as they started to miss shots and committed unforced errors. (RB)

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