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‘WEAKNESS MAKES US HUMAN’ 21-year-old AdDU grad is Mutya ng Davao

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‘WEAKNESS MAKES US HUMAN’ 21-year-old AdDU grad is Mutya ng Davao

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

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F I were to eliminate one weakness or limitation from myself, I would choose nothing, because, I believe that our weakness is what makes us human.”

So said newly-crowned ‘Mutya ng Davao’ Francheska Enriquez in response to the question of ‘Mutya’ judge Mohammad Khalil Abraham, Malaysian Consul.

Enriquez added at the grand coronation night last Friday at the Davao City Recreation Center (Almendras Gym) that weakness or limitation can make a person better.

Francheska’s simple but candid reply captured the judges’ attention and most probably won them over and made her bring home the crown the coveted crown.

In an interview later, the 21-year-old beauty told reporters that she did not expect to win the title, thinking that one of the other four finalists would run away with title.

The Mutya from Marfori heights said that her mindset to do the right

thing onstage gave her an edge over the rest. Since it was her first pageant, Fracheska made sure how she composed herself every step of the way was right during the pageant.

Having won the crown, Francheska plans to pursue her advocacy, a project in youth development through sports.

Francheska, who works for Reyes Tacandong & Co., a group of Filipino professionals that provides Due Diligence, Tax, Advisory and Audit services. She worked as an audit associate staff after she graduated from Ateneo de Davao University last year.

Francheska passed the certified public accountant licensure exam on Oct. 2013.

OTHER WINNERS First runner-up Mary Joyce Villanueva of Bankerohan was crowned ‘Diwa ng Davao.’ Second runner-up Jowielle Dawn Dogma of Bago Gallera was chosen as ‘Sinag ng Davao.’ Third runner-up Angelie Villa of Brgy. 29-B got the ‘Pag-Asa ng Davao’ crown and fourth run-

THE QUEEN AND HER COURT. Newly-crowned Mutya ng Davao Franchesca Enriquez (center) and her court, from left: Sinag ng Davao ((2nd runner-up) Jowielle Dawn Dogma; Diwa ng Davao (1st runner-up) Mary Joyce Villanueva; Pag-asa ng Davao (3rd runner-up) Angelie Villa, and Patnubay ng Davao (4th runner-up) Kristine Joy Agcopra, during the 2014 Mutya ng Davao coronation night held at the Davao City Recreation Center Friday night. Lean Daval Jr. ner-up Kristine Joy Agcopra of Buhangin was the ‘Patnubay ng Davao.’

Special awards went to Lovely Liana Clapis as Smart Texters Choice.

Kristine Joy Agcopra was adjudged as Miss Photogenic while Dogma bagged

the Miss Face of Camera Club Davao award. Precious Gladys Condez got the Natasha Best in Casual Wear.

First Time in history of ‘Mutya’ Oscar Casaysay one of the organizers, said that

last Friday’s grand coronation night was a breakthrough in the history of the pageant.

He said that through the years they only presented the top five candidates during the grand coronation night. But, last

Friday night was really different since they showed all 15 semi-finalists that brought more spectators to the venue.

The stage was also adorned with shining and glittering chandeliers for their Diamond theme.

OVERJOYED. An overjoyed 2014 Mutya ng Davao Franchesca Enriquez (2nd from left) is greeted by her court during the 2014 Mutya ng Davao coronation night held at the Davao City Recreation Center Friday night. Lean Daval Jr.

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SONG BIRD. Asia’s song bird Regine Velasquez reacts after she was challenged by members of local media to try Durian fruit during a press briefing yesterday.

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SAYAWAN SA DA’N. Students perform during the “Sayawan sa Da’n”, a street dancing competition which is one of the main activities of the 77th Araw ng Davao, along Rizal Street in Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

Genset to plug Mindanao power woes T

HE worsening power shortage affecting parts of Mindanao is seen to ease by the end of the month with the targeted streaming of around 100 megawatts (MW) of additional power supplies from the diesel-fired modular generator sets leased by several local electric cooperatives.

Santiago Tudio, general manager of South Cotabato I Electric Cooperative, said Friday the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has signified to deliberate and resolve on March 17 all pending rate applications and certificates of compliance (COC) for the

leased generator sets to facilitate their immediate utilization.

He said the ERC’s legal department specifically assured that it would expedite the processing and issuance of the necessary permits within the next two weeks.

“It (ERC) will deliberate all applications filed by electric cooperatives that have either leased or purchased their own modular generator sets,” Tudio said in a radio interview.

He said the ERC scheduled the deliberations following interventions from the House of Repre-

Biggest shopping frenzy ever is on!

By CHENEEN R. CAPON

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HE biggest shopping frenzy in the country finally started last March 14.

For one month, City’s major malls, Abreeza, SM Lanang Premier, SM City Ecoland, Gaisano Mall of Davao, GMall of Toril, Robinsons, and NCCC Mall of Davao will unite to give as low as 80 percent discount on various items.

The Big Davao Fun Sale, the first ever 4-weeklong shopping festival in the country, aims to set up Davao as a prime destination for shopping and dining, with over a hundred restaurants joining the event.

The longest shopping frenzy started last March 14, Friday, and will end on April 16, a few days before

the lenten season.

Each mall has prepared sets of activities for their clients.

The event kicked off with a general mall-wide sale covering all sectors last Friday. After that, each week will have its own theme, as follows: March 16-23 is for health and beauty; March 24–30 will focus on electronics and gadgets; March 31–April 6 is home and travel; and on its final week April 7-16 will be for active lifestyle and fashion.

Not only that, the city’s major hotels like Seda Hotel, The Marco Polo Davao, Park Inn Hotel, Grand Regal Hotel, Waterfront Insular Hotel are offering discounts on their accommodation services.

sentatives’ committee on energy and the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA)-led Mindanao Power Monitoring Com-

mittee.

House energy committee chair and Mindoro Oriental Rep. Reynaldo Umali and MinDA chairperson

Secretary Luwalhati Antonino specifically asked the Department of Energy and the ERC to fast track the approval and release of

the applied rates and COCs of the generator sets, he said.

The approval of So-

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Rody visits wake of Zaf; burial in scenic Saguing

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Y the time this paper hits the newsstands Sunday afternoon, former Davao City OIC Mayor Zafiro L. Respicio shall have been buried in a family farm lot in the rustic barangay of Saguing, Makilala, North Cotabato, some 100 kilometers from Davao City.

Expected to attend and deliver necrological speeches were Vice President Jejomar Binay, Davao Oriental Gov. Corazon N. Malanyaon, former Davao de Sur governor Douglas R. Cagas and many more supporters and former colleagues of the late Zaf,

who died due to heart attack in the morning of March 10 at the age of 66.

Two days ago, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte visited the wake of his fallen fraternity brother and former political ally.

“He arrived by helicopter and stayed here for more than an hour,” said Booching Respicio, younger brother of Zaf. Earlier, the young Respicio talked to the late Zaf about the plan of Mayor Rody to visit him and Zaf gave the consent.

However, the visit did not push through as Zaf had

started his dialysis treatment shortly after.

A day before Rody flew to Saguing, other prominent members of Lex Taliones Fraternitas, including former city administrator Antonio VA. Llamas, Prosecutor Victor Sepulveda, water district director Eliseo “Boy” Braganza and retired regional director Alberto Sipaco of the Commission on Human Rights came to join the wake.

On that day, former Undersecretary Lito Monico Lorenzana of the Department of Interior and Local Government,

another close friend and political ally of Zaf, also came with his wife Sylvia.

Respicio, who also served as Davao City councilor and assemblyman of the Batasang Pambansa, will be laid to rest side by side with his late father, Alfredo or “Idong,” Booching said.

Also scheduled to attend the burial are Arturo Gamolo, former Davao City Council secretary, retired police general Dennis Nazaire, lawyer Rene Pagatpatan and other members of the Alpha Phi Sigma Fraternity in UM.

WAY BACK WHEN. Rodrigo R. Duterte, Zafiro L. Respicio and Corazon N. Malanyaon, all OIC (officer-in-charge) officials of the Davao City while visiting the hinterlands sometime in 1987.

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The streets where the Dabawenyos live

By ANTONIO VN. FIGUEROA Historian

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PPRECIATING city’s streets is an interesting walk down memory lane.

More significantly, these roads, witnesses to the numerous facets of a slowly re-formed urban jungle that is Davao, tell a lot about the people who shaped its history.

Streets, like people, have names, and names more than just identify; they tell us of the figures that inspired generations and have contributed to Davao region’s historiography.

Over the decades, many of the street-names, though, have undergone change in name.

Given the control of clans associated with the pioneering families, the local street-names we see today are, one way or the other, those who held the reins of power over the last century.

To start off, there are ten former governors that have been enshrined in city streets.

These are governors Francisco Sales (1917-21), Celestino Chaves (192225), Sebastian Generoso (1925-30), Cayetano Bangoy (1930-31), Juan Sarenas (1931-35), Pacifico Sobrecarey (1937-39), Romualdo Quimpo (194041), Alejandro Almendras (1951-59), Vicente Duterte (1959-64), and Paciano Bangoy (1965-67).

Prominent lawmakers and mayors, known in prewar times as municipal presidents, have also found immortality in Davao’s city thoroughfares.

Surviving the threat of name-changing are municipal presidents Damaso Suazo (1900-01), 1908-09), Tomas Monteverde (190607), Ciriaco Lizada (191011), and Bruno Gempesaw , the penultimate pre-Commonwealth local chief executive, to name a few.

When the old town of Davao was elevated to a city in 1936, mayors like Santiago Artiaga (1936-39), Agustin L. Alvarez (1939-40), Juan Sarenas (1943-45), Leon Ma. Garcia Sr. (194749), Julian Rodriguez Sr. (1954-55), and Carmelo Porras (1956-68) were eventually honored.

Garcia took over the old Carpenter Street, while Sarenas dislodged the old Circumferential Road linking Garcia Heights at Bacaca to Marfori Heights.

Prominent lawmakers and mayors, known in prewar times as municipal presidents, have also found immortality in Davao’s city thoroughfares.

Surviving the threat of name-changing are municipal presidents Damaso Suazo (1900-01, 1908-09), Tomas Monteverde (190607), Ciriaco Lizada (191011), and Bruno Gempesaw , the penultimate pre-Commonwealth local chief executive, to name a few.

When the old town was elevated to a city in 1936, mayors like Santiago Artiaga (1936-39), Agustin L. Alvarez (1939-40), Juan Sarenas (1943-45), Leon Ma. Garcia Sr. (1947-49), and Carmelo Porras (195668) were also honored.

Garcia took over the old Carpenter Street, while Sarenas dislodged the old Circumferential Road that links Garcia Heights at Bacaca to Marfori Heights.

Successful migrants have also been given their streets, among them Rafael Castillo, 1935 Constitutional Convention delegate; Vicente Tionko, a wealthy landowner; Cenon S. Cervantes, the 34th Grand Master of the Grand Lodge; and Santiago P. Dakudao, a surgeon who served as

resident physician of the Japanese-owned Mintal Hospital.

(Wenceslao, Q. Vinzons, a 1935 Constitutional Convention delegate who represented Bicol, curiously enough, has also been honored with a city street.)

Two Chinese immigrants have also been recognized with a street-name, namely Alfonso Angliongto, the murdered president of the Davao Chinese Association and Francisco Juna Lim Villa-Abrille, Francisco Juna Lim, a landed philanthropist.

But there used to be also four key Spanish figures— all of them Basques—that once graced the streets of Davao City.

The name of Simon de Anda y Salazar, the former lieutenant governor of Manila, has since been changed to Feliciano Iñigo, the haciendero who figured in the controversial hiring of banished prostitutes from Manila in 1914.

Narciso Claveria, the governor-general who gave us the 1848 Catalogo Alfabetico de Apellidos, a list of Spanish surnames many Filipinos still use, has been renamed Claro M. Recto, while Don Jose Oyanguren, the conqueror of Datu Bago, is now Ramon Magsaysay, after the fourth post-war Philippine president.

Miguel Lopez de Legazpi, founder of Manila, is now Pantaleon Pelayo

Sr., Davao’s delegate to the 1935 Constitutional Convention and pre-war city mayor.

National heroes are also been honored in Davao’s city roads.

The streets of Lapulapu, Soliman (Rajah Sulayman), Lakandula, Jose Rizal, Andres Bonifacio, Emilio Jacinto, Apolinario Mabini, Graciano Lopez-Jaena, Juan Luna, and Antonio Luna, maybe for propriety’s sake, have been

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Philippine presidents, aside from Magsaysay, have also been recognized in city streets.

Carlos P. Garcia is the name of the old Diversion Road; Manuel L. Quezon, the boulevard adjacent to the gulf; Jose P. Laurel, the key road traversing the entire Bajada area; and Manuel A. Roxas, the thoroughfare that links Quezon Boulevard to Recto Avenue.

Curiously, Supreme Court six justices, four them chief magistrates, are given recognition in city streets. Cayetano Arellano, Victorino Mapa, Manuel Araullo and Ramon Avanceña were successively the first, second, third, and fourth chief justices.

Florentino Torres was an associate justice of the Cayetano court while Ignacio Villamor, first Filipino president of the University of the Philippines, was another high-court jurist.

Actually, there are three streets that carry the name Torres: Florentino, the jurist; Guillermo, the founder of Mindanao Colleges (now Univeristy of Mindanao); and Nicasio, a pre-war manager of Marsman and Company and the father of Guillermo who bankrolled the establishment of the

school. Guillermo Torres is now the former Sandawa Street.

Americans were also honored with their own street-names but overtime, for lack of historical appreciation, were later altered.

For instance, murdered Davao governor Edward Robert Bolton’s street has since been renamed Paciano Bangoy, the last governor of the undivided Davao region.

Frank Carpenter is now Leon Ma. Garcia Sr., a postwar city mayor, while General Douglas MacArthur is the name of the highway that connects the city proper to Davao del Sur. Frank Jerome, named after an American-Jew philanthropist who founded the Legaspi Oil Company, Inc., is remembered by a short road in Agdao.

War hero Thomas Edward Clifford, who died in Davao City during World War II, had a street named after him but is now part of Roxas Avenue.

As the city expands and the streets that criss-cross it grow in numbers, expect more obscure figures to surface and get their share of fame among our major and minor thoroughfares.

How’s that for a future subject of research?

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Bothered and bewildered

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OMETIME last week, Senate President pro tempore Ralph Recto ranted over the continued failure of the Land Transportation Office to issue car registration stickers already paid for by motorists.

Senator Recto said that the Department of Transportation and Communications, to which LTO is an attached agency, must immediately deliver and issue the stickers to motorists as the delay has been going on for the longest time, more than three years, in fact.

“If we falter and fail on such a small thing as a car sticker, then how can we solve bigger and more complex transport problems like mass rail transits, airport modernization and maritime safety?” he said.

The senator from Batangas is right for taking the cudgels for the country’s harassed motorists. Indeed, for years past motorists registering their vehicles with the LTO, which is done on an annual basis, were not issued the registration stickers on the spot.

Some luckier motorists were eventually issued stickers after three months, and only after constant following up with the LTO office where they registered their vehicles. However, in most cases, exasperated motorists have stopped bothering themselves about securing the

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Motorists are one with Recto when he complains that he is bewildered by the continued inability of government to supply in adequate numbers a sticker as small as a postage stamp.

“We are a country which produces tens of millions of stickers which are distributed for free during the election season and yet our government is taking months to deliver a sticker already paid for by the car owner,” the senator added.

It is hoped that the delay in the issuance of car stickers will not happen with the distribution of new license plates which the DOTC promised to begin in April (of what year?).

The management of DOTC, particularly Secretary Joseph Emilio Abaya, should consider the urgency of the above lingering problem which no leader in the agency in the past was able to solve. Motorists who are pissed off with this bewildering failure to deliver a simple service already paid for in advance should be given a firmer assurance by Abaya that they’ll get what is due them on time, otherwise they will continue to be “bothered and bewildered” as the song goes.

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ITH POWER SUPPLY FLAGGING, THE WORST IS YET TO COME – We are drudging with the notion that all things are measurable, that everything could be quantified in some way, from growing up to studying and to even obtaining a career. It was not to say that you were born in a silver platter, acquired a degree from a prestigious school, or to proclaim your intelligence and leadership quality; it had to be measured.

Leadership must be shown through acts of honesty, decisiveness, perseverance, courage and determination. A successful leadership will be reflected in one’s enthralling and charismatic approach, and exemplary governance will be made evident in one’s achievements. It wasn’t enough to see, know and say anything; you need basis, proof and tangible results.

Unfortunately, because of the unfolding of unbearable events, Senator Serge Osmena, chair of the senate committee on energy has this to say. And this was what he did. His public disclosure comes as a surprise – discomfiting, but also profoundly reminding top leaders President Benigno Aquino III above all, there are mounting concerns that urgently need to be address.

The senator has come up with a catchy word to describe the President calling him a “poor manager.” Though he admired the President for being honest, frank and straightforward, he observed that the former trusted his subordinates too much. A case in point was that the Aquino administration failed to move aggressively to address the range of neglected issues that have long been the subject of popular concern.

The pressing problems include widespread corruption in many government levels, rising crime, reform of the police, joblessness, abject poverty, and of course, the looming energy crisis. Senator Osme-

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na has good reasons to be ranting being the chair of the senate committee on energy. There are swelling complaints about the deplorable power outages and rising cost of electricity, but it seems concerned officials notably Energy secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla on the senator’s account was too slow in addressing the power deficiency problem.

The irked senator also has an unkind word against Petilla comparing him to President Aquino. “Both are poor managers and Petilla should have been booted out a long time ago for gross blunders.” he further added. The senate energy head was outspoken for the removal of Petilla but the problem is that the President has the penchant of pampering his appointed “favorite pets.” Should President Aquino failed to regain some of the lost ground caused by the worsening power outages the knock-on effects for his administration could be serious.

Sadly, most if not all of the appointed officials, are satisfied by the mere knowledge of what blunders they have committed. Their shortcomings are then quickly thrown overboard to drown itself with the hope that its remains won’t surface anytime soon. Although they would assure the appointing authority not to be remiss on their assigned task again, they never really fix the damages it had caused to the business of government.

To be called a “poor manager” actually is very unpleasant to the ears but that is how another ranking official viewed the

prevailing situation and he is entitled to his own opinion. Anyway this is a democratic country and anybody is free to air his judgment. The senator could not hide his disappointment because of the expected losses in government revenues brought about by the power deficiency situation and the bad performance of some officials who have the audacity to say that “we serve at the pleasure of the President.”

And what’s worse, they probably didn’t harbor the tiniest bit of guilt – until now while the irate and disgusted consuming public is suffering from sweltering heat and darkness. Indeed, the industry woes are expected to worsen as government’s focus switches to the never-ending mind game trickery of the protagonists in the Senate surrounding the infamous PDAF or pork barrel anomalies and the probe team conducting an “investigation in aid of legislation.” But until now after months of investigation still lacks an edict.

With the country’s power supply flagging and the downturn of the energy sector who had been accused of orchestrating a “temporary power shortage, the worst is yet to come.” Severe blackouts in the country’s several industrial zones and commercial districts will continue to dissuade new investments. Unfortunately, the act of decisiveness and aggressiveness is slowly disappearing. Those were needed for more pressing matters – like the energy crisis.

Sad to note, though, only the words of false comfort remained. At this stage, consolidated effort and hard work to cushion the impact of the impending power crisis is the most important factor in the country’s economic development. If the President thinks there is a chance that the DoE can be “recharge” to solve the energy crisis, he needs to start looking for another “knight in the shining armor.”

Brownout in Mindanao: What Ails?

OE Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla stressed that “thorough technical investigation is being undertaken to determine the root cause of the blackout and be able to take immediate actions to prevent similar incident in the future.”

What more can be done?

The MinDA (Mindanao Development Authority) has independently assessed the situation and determined the cause of the February 27 island-wide blackout through MPMC (Mindanao Power Monitoring Committee) “in response to the alleged [power] supply shortfall”.

[NOTE: MPMC, created by Executive Order No. 81 on July 30, 2012 to lead and coordinate the efforts of the national, regional and local governments, and power industry stakeholders to improve the power situation in Mindanao, is chaired by the MinDA chairperson,] MPMC has recommended “quick measures” to mitigate power supply deficit worsened by the three-month unscheduled shutdown for repair of coal-fired STEAG power plant in Misamis Oriental which supplies 210 megawatts or 26.75 percent of the 785 megawatt demand for Mindanao according to NGCP. As gleaned from

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(Conclusion) the reports, MindaNews and other national media online, MPMC recommended during its March 7 meeting that: 1.

The ERC (Energy Regulatory Commission) hasten the granting of permits to electric cooperatives for the use of their newly-acquired diesel and modular generator sets under the DOE emergency program.

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Bulk users – factories, malls, offices, etc. – reduce their energy consumption.

3. Large commercial and industrial establishments use their generators instead of tapping from the local grid with incentives to recover cost.

They can help supply the Mindanao grid with their excess power.

As determined by MPMC, there are immediate sources of power to supplement the existing supply in the Mindanao grid while waiting for the completion of the investigation of the root cause of the island-wide blackout last February 27 and the reme-

dies that the DOE will do to increase the power supply and prevent the recurrence of another such blackout.

But, the critical questions: What’s keeping the ERC from granting the electric cooperatives the permits for the use of their diesel and modular generating sets?

Will the big industrial and commercial establishments and the malls agree to use their generators instead of tapping from the local grid? How will they recover costs as recommended by MPMC? Will MinDA follow through the materialization of the MPMC recommendations?

How it take NGCP, NPC and Transcom to finish their investigations and reports?

The power users can only hope for the best. If brownouts come – much more if blackouts – they are helpless.

They are helpless, too, if thorough investigations drag on to be forgotten and recommendations and vows to prevent the recurrences of brownouts are only for media headlines.

[Author’s Note: Mind da News, the alternate of COMMENT, is an opinion on current news. The author may be contacted at patponcediaz@yahoo. com.]

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March in the history of the Bangsamoro SPECIAL FEATURE

BY CAROLYN O. ARGUILLAS

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N the plebiscite of April 17, 1977 held under the Marcos-controlled Commission on Elections, the cities of General Santos and Puerto Princesa and the provinces of Palawan, South Cotabato and Davao del Sur voted against inclusion, leaving only 10 provinces and seven cities as members of what would be two regional autonomous governments.

On March 23, 1979, the Marcos-controlled Batas Pambansa Blg. 20 was enacted providing for the organization of the regional legislative assemblies in two regional governments – Regions 9 and 12 – based in Zamboanga and Cotabato cities.

The MNLF, which had expected to lead the provisional government that would prepare for what was supposed to be a single autonomous region, protested what it said was a unilateral move on the part of government.

Salamat Hashim would later break away from Misuari and form the “new MNLF” that was later renamed into “Moro Islamic Liberation Front.”

The government and the MILF began formal peace negotiations with the Philippine government in 1997 with the general ceasefire declaration signed on July 18. But it would be interrupted by at least three major wars – 2000, 2003 and 2008 – and several deadlocks.

On March 21, 2000, in the midst of peace negotiations, then President Joseph Estrada declared an “all-out war” against the MILF. At least a million residents were displaced in this war.

Hashim succumbed to an illness in July 2003 in Butig, Lanao del Sur, after he was forced to leave his camp in Buliok, Maguindanao due to yet another war, this time under the Arroyo administration, displacing almost half a million residents. Another war would break out in August 2008, after the botched signing of the GPH-MILF Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain.

Misuari served as governor of ARMM from September 30, 1996 until his arrest for illegal entry off Sabah, Malaysia on November 2001, days after he was accused of mounting a rebellion in Sulu and in Cabatangan, Zamboanga City. He was brought back to the Philippines in January 2001, detained in the bungalow intended for ousted President Joseph Estrada, later at St. Luke’s Hospital and much later in a government-rented white house in New Manila (near the hospital) and freed on bail on April 25, 2008 and later acquitted. The governor who was elected to succeed him was Dr. Parouk Hussein, who was head of the MNLF’s Foreign Affairs. He served until September 30, 2005.

In the 24-year history of the ARMM, the MNLF governed for nine years from 1996 to 2005. Misuari served the longest, at a little over five years, longer than the reelected governor Zaldy Ampatuan, who served from September 30, 2005 until his arrest on December 5, 2009 for his alleged involvement in the massacre of 58 persons, including 32 media workers, on November 23, 2009 in Ampatuan town, Maguindanao.

In September last year, Misuari figured in the three-week standoff between MNLF forces loyal to him and government forces in Zamboanga City. But the usually media-savvy Misuari was neither seen nor heard from, either in a public gathering or in a media interview, during that standoff, and beyond.

He turned 75 on March 3, a man wanted again for rebellion and also for violation of several provisions of the newly-enacted Philippine Act on Crimes Against International Humanitarian Law, Genocide, and Other Crimes Against Humanity. [MindaNews]

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Modular...FFROM 4 coteco I’s rate application and the COC for its leased 12-MW generator sets remained pending at the ERC since its installation was completed in October last year.

Among those that have pending rate applications and COCs are the South Cotabato II Electric Cooperative (Socoteco II), Davao del Sur Electric Cooperative and the Agusan del Norte and Agusan del Sur electric cooperatives.

Socoteco I, which lists a daily peak demand of 33 MW, is currently implementing five to six hours of daily rotational brownouts due to the power supply cuts imposed by the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP).

The electric cooperative serves Koronadal City, eight municipalities of South Cotabato province and Lutayan town in Sultan Kudarat.

Based on the NGCP’s power situation outlook as of Friday morning, the Mindanao grid’s system capacity is only 938 MW or 334 MW short of its system peak of 1,272 MW.

Tudio said the load cuts were mainly due to the reduction of power supplies coming from the hydroelectric plants of the National Power Corporation (NPC) in Bukidnon and Lanao provinces.

He said the power supply shortage was triggered by the declining water levels in the last several weeks in Lake Lanao and the Pulangi River, where the hydroelectric plants are located.

“The Agus and Pulangi plants were de-rated by the NPC as the water levels there already reached the critical level,” he said.

Citing an advisory from the NGCP, Tudio said the shortage was compounded by the breakdown of two coal-fired power plants of the Steag State Power Corporation in Misamis Oriental.

“With the summer season now approaching, we expect the shortage to even worsen in the coming weeks. So we really need to run our modular generator sets the soonest possible time,” he added. [MindaNews]

Experts present innovative health care practices in PHL

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EALTH sector stakeholders gathered at Xavier University in Cagayan de Oro City to discuss some best healthcare innovation practices in a forum organized to encourage adoption of these practices and address persistent disparities in health amid a growing economy.

Four innovative health programs were presented in a roundtable discussion led by the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS), the government policy think tank tapped by the Washington-based Center for Health Market Innovations for the implementation of the project “Health Market Innovations”.

More than100 participants from local government units, academic institutions, health offices, regional offices of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp., Center for Development offices of the Department of Health, and nongovernment organizations participated in the roundtable discussion last March 6.

PIDS President Gilberto Llanto said health innovations show the creativity of Filipinos in addressing the very large disparities in health. “It is indispensable for the country to deal with the very large underinvestment in health where government health staff stagnated at around

36,000 since year 2000 despite the country’s 1.7 million annual population growth,” he said.

“We need to innovate to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for health,” said Oscar Picazo, PIDS senior research consultant and board chairman of the Philippine NGO Support Program, Inc. “The Health Market Innovations project builds linkages among health innovators, funders, and policymakers. It also provides information for those who do not know that there are funders for better health care delivery,” he added.

One of the health innovations introduced was the EVAcoh Project (Eastern Visayas Area Cooperation in Health).

“The project aims to setup and operate social health enterprises using cooperatives’ community development funds,” said Roberto Nebrida, executive director of the Philippine NGO Support Program, Inc. The EVAcoh Project considers social health enterprises such as cooperative-based pharmacies as an innovative method of investment in the provision of health services and commodities. “EVAcoh social health enterprises have served a total of 10,348 women of reproductive age,” said Nebrida. “Its total sales have reached a whopping PHP6.1 million.”

BIG DAVAO FUN SALE. Department of Tourism assistant secretary Arturo Boncato (7th from left) and Davao City Tourism head Lisette Marques (8th from left), together with the representatives of the city’s different shopping malls, lead the releasing of balloons to kick off the “Big Davao Fun Sale” at Rizal Park along San Pedro Street on Friday. Lean Daval Jr.

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HE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will bring together the country’s water and power sectors to raise public awareness on the close link between water and energy consumption as the nation joins the rest of the world in celebrating World Water Day (WWD) on March 22.

DENR Secretary Ramon J.P. Paje said this year’s celebration, which has a local theme “Water is Power,” will focus on the growing awareness that saving water may be one of the most effective ways to save energy – and vice versa.

“We wish to highlight the important link between water and power, and how they are highly dependent on each other,” Paje said, noting that producing energy uses water, and providing freshwater uses energy. He said both processes face growing limits and problems.

He added: “In fact, much of our generated power relies on water, while many Filipinos rely on electrical power for domestic water supply.”

Paje said that aside from providing Filipinos access to clean water and electricity, “the efficient use of both water and power is also an urgent issue the government is trying to address.”

According to statistics, about 17 million people in the Philippines have no access to safe drinking water and over 15 million still have no access to electricity.

To mark WWD 2014, the DENR, its attached agencies and partners have prepared a weeklong program from March 17-22.

On March 17, a kick-off event will be held at the Angat Hydroelectric Power Plant in Norzagaray, Bulacan. Expected to attend are Paje, Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho Petilla, Public Works Secretary Rogelio Singson and National Power Corp. president Ma. Gladys Cruz-Sta. Rita.

These officials, along with other representatives from Napocor, National Irrigation Authority, Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System, and water concessionaires Maynilad and Manila

Water, will be treated to a “Water Energy Tour Nexus” of the Angat, Ipo and La Mesa dams.

On March 18, the DENR’s Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) will hold a day-long World Water Day Exhibit at the Activity Center of the Glorietta 2 in Makati City. At 5 p.m. on that day, there will be a free fourhour concert that will feature pop and alternative rock artists to draw attention to current efforts to revive Manila Bay, and major rivers and creeks in Metro Manila.

On March 19, the EMB will hold an on-the-spot poster-making contest for elementary and high school students at the SM North EDSA, while their teachers undergo a Water Education workshop at the Air Quality Training Center inside the DENR compound in Quezon City.

On the same day, employees of the Laguna Lake Development Authority will lead tree-planting activities in Antipolo City and Taytay, Rizal. They will also hold a river cleanup in the nearby towns of San Mateo and Rodriguez

the following day.

The Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission, led by its chairperson Gina Lopez, will conduct an “estero tour” featuring the rehabilitated Estero de Aviles in San Miguel, Manila on March 20.

Employees of the DENR and Maynilad will hold a “Plant for Life” mangrove tree-planting activity along Cavite shores on March 18 in Bacoor and March 20 in Kawit.

The DENR will also host “Water is Power” lecture series in selected schools in Pateros and the cities of Quezon, Marikina, Pasig, San Juan, and Taguig from March 18 to 20.

All activities will culminate on March 21 at the Music Hall of the SM Mall of Asia, where a two-kilometer walk will be held outside to raise awareness on various water-related issues.

The celebration of March 22 as “World Day for Water” was declared in 1993 by the United Nations General Assembly.

This year’s international theme is “Water and Energy.” [PNA]

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A reflection of time & style DURIANBURG is indeed a city that is growing in leaps and bounds through the years and a testament to that is the Hijos de Davao which is about to celebrate its 50th founding anniversary this year.

Formed by the original families who populated Durianburg in 1964, the organisation has been active in Davao City’s civic and social scenes and has been a stalwart in keeping with the older Filipino traditions alive.

One such tradition is the annual Hijos de Davao ball that is held every Feast Day of Saint Peter, the patron Saint of Davao City, on June 29 where selected individuals perform a Rigodon de Honor, a traditional

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Beauty and Beyond at SM Davao on March 21 to 23 IT’S FUN to be a girl at SM City Davao as it mounts this season’s most exciting health and beauty fair. Beauty and Beyond showcases the best beauty products in the market with free tutorials on grooming, make-up and style on March 21 to 23 at the Annex Event Center.

On March 19, Heat up the dance floor in your purple workout gear and lose those pounds. Get fit with Holiday Gym at the PURPLE ZUMBA. Dance lean and be mean in purple!

Plus, enjoy great deals on cosmetics, fashion apparel and other women essentials every Wednesday of the month. Avail of up to 70% off on great selections.

One of the city’s top make-up artists Otoi Mercado shares on Friday his tips on achieving a seamless look. Get that iridescent glow with Watsons’ top-selling brands Revlon, IN2IT, PAC, Bikos, Instant, James Cooper, JML and Prestige Fragrance.

Say hello to summer and update your wardrobe with The SM Store’s Fashion Update on Saturday. Take a peek at this season’s style essentials with the students from Philippine Women’s College Style Hub. Have fun in the sun with Sunkissed, Coco Cabaña, Rusty Lopez, Chelsea, Gibbi and SM Accessories!

It’s a throwback Sunday for the ladies! Party to the music of the early 80s to 2000s at Women Rocks! Listen to all-female hits live by Davao’s premier band.

A month-long of rewards await women at SM Davao with special deals from salons, spas and beauty lounges. Avail of discounts and freebies because every woman is worth it.

This Women’s month, everything is at SM City Davao. For inquiries, call 297.6998 local 126. Like SM City Davao on Facebook or follow @smcitydavao on Twitter and @smdavao on Instagram.

Marco Polo Davao partners with Davao Korean Association, Inc. MARCO POLO DAVAO and the Davao Korean Association are pleased to announce an exciting partnership. Davao Korean Association Inc., members can now enjoy dining privileges and discounts at Café Marco and Lobby Lounge through their membership card.

“Being the first honorary corporate member, we welcome Korean diners to take part of our sumptuous buffet at Café Marco or the ala carte dishes at the Lobby lounge for an exclusive rate.” Marco Polo Davao’s General Manager Anthony Tan said. “We are looking forward to this partnership with the Davao Korean Association, Inc.” “We help our partners by recommending them to our members and we are targeting that they can capture both Korean residents and tourists. “Mr. Richard Ryu, DKA’s Senior Vice President said. “Actually, most Koreans, especially tourists are not familiar where they can stay, eat or go on tour, so we are helping them through these efforts.”

This 2014, Davao Korean Association(referred to as DKA) came up with the Honorary Membership Program with the concept of widening their partner company’s market thru their fellow Koreans who are looking for a place to stay, eat, and go on tour. DKA consists of more than 4,000 members excluding tourists.

To know more about the Honorary Membership Program, please contact Mr. Richard Ryu through the email address: rcdryu@gmail.com.

Davao Korean Association, Inc’s Senior Vice President Mr. Richard Ryu, Marco Polo Davao’s General Manager Anthony Tan, Davao Korean Association, Inc’s, President Sungwon Han and Marco Polo Davao’s F&B Manager Patrick Capili.

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Sunnies for summer at Chimes Specialty Store

By Kenneth Irving Ong

AS a prelude to the Summer season, Chimes Specialty Store launched the first Sunnies

by Charlie counter in Mindanao amid much fanfare and excitement last March 13 at their flagship store located at Sales Street.

Hundreds of eager shoppers lined-up early at the door of Chimes before 10 in the morning just to have first dibs at owning their pair of chic Sunnies eyewear. Davao’s fashion set will definitely have a blast in choosing from over one hundred fifty styles with new pieces consistently delivered bimonthly.

A collaborative effort between friends Eric Dee Jr., Bea Soriano, Georgina Wilson and Martine Cajucom, Sunnies

by Charlie is an independent eyewear and lifestyle brand that provides trend-savvy, style-curated eyewear with UV protection at prices starting at just Php249. From unisex, retro-inspired and classic styles, Sunnies has a pair to suit all demographics of the contemporary market.

Early Sunnies shoppers that afternoon were also given the chance to have their photos taken with Sunnies’s brand ambassador Georgina Wilson who was more than game to pose with everyone. Even Sunnies owners Eric, Bea and Martine were also approached to have a Sunnies photo with by shoppers which they gamely did.

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Anne, Gerald, Andi, and Sam star in ABS-CBN’s ‘Dyesebel’

ANNE CURTIS, Gerald Anderson, Andi Eigenmann, and Sam Milby are set to heat up the nights of TV viewers as ABS-CBN’s most anticipated fantasy series “Dyesebel” premieres on Monday (March 17).

A grand TV adaptation of a Mars Ravelo classic, ABSCBN’s “Dyesebel” will revolve around the touching tale of a mermaid from birth named Dyesebel (Anne), the daughter of a woman named Lucia (Dawn Zulueta) and a merman named Tino (Albert Martinez).

After many years of living in the ocean since she got separated from her parents, Dyesebel’s life is about to turn around as she discovers the world of human beings.

Will Dyesebel turn her back on the world she grew up in when she experiences life on earth? Will she finally find on land the love and acceptance she has been longing for?

Completing the powerhouse cast of “Dyesebel” are some of the biggest names in showbiz such as Dawn, Gabby Concepcion, ZsaZsa Padilla, and Gina Pareño, with the special participation of Albert, Eula Valdez,

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Hot or Not? The 42-year-old Latin pop star showed off hit hot body yesterday while lounging around the balcony of his Rio de Janeiro hotel wearing only is striped boxer shorts.

The scruffy star sported a sexy beard and messy hair while gazing into the distance. After showing of his bod while enjoying scenery, Martin returned to inside his room.

and AiAi delas Alas.

Also part of “Dyesebel” are Bangs Garcia, Ogie Diaz, Neil Coleta, David Chua, Young JV, Markki Stroem, Bodie Cruz, Nico Antonio, and Erin Ocampo. It is directed by Don Cuaresma and Francis Pasion.

“Dyesebel” is the newest masterpiece of Dreamscape Entertainment Television, the group that created the top-rating fantaserye “Aryana,” phenomenal drama series “Walang Hanggan,” and the hit superhero series “Juan dela Cruz.”

Don’t miss the premiere of “Dyesebel” this Monday on ABS-CBN Primetime Bida.

For more information about “Dyesebel” visit the show’s official social media accounts at Facebook.com/ Dyesebel_TV and Twitter. com/Dyesebel_TV.

Meg gets her big break in ‘Moon of Desire’ MEG IMPERIAL’S time to take the spotlight has come.

And this summer, she takes the lead in ABS-CBN’s sexiest and most desirable afternoon series “Moon of Desire,” which premieres on March 31 in Kapamilya Gold.

“It still hasn’t sunk in yet.

I’m excited, and at the same time nervous because this is a first, and I have no idea how viewers will receive the show or my performance,” explained Meg. “I thank ABS-CBN for this chance and for entrusting me with this show.”

When asked how ready she is for her big break, Meg said she is confident that she can take on the challenge.

“I think I am ready and even if I am not, I just have to be ready. I believe that everything happens at the right time, and it’s not as if I was randomly chosen. I prepared and waited for this moment just like everybody else,” said Meg. Joining Meg to further heat up this new offering are equally hot and gorgeous Kapamilya male stars JC De Vera, Dominic Roque, and model-turned-actor Miko Raval. Who does Meg think is the most desirable among the three?

“For me, it’s JC. Physically, I think his skin color and physique suitS his personality. I also know him better than Dom and Miko. He’s a really good actor.” she said.

Meg started appearing on television at age ten.

Even as a child, Meg knew that she wanted to be in the show business, and didn’t mind taking on bit roles as long as she found herself in front of the camera.

The 21-year-old actress got her big break on the big screen in 2013 when

she starred in the sexy flick “Menor De Edad.” It was a tough call for her to go daring in the said movie, but it opened doors for her because soon she began receiving offers for TV projects.

As a Kapamilya, Meg appeared in “Be Careful with My Heart,” “ASAP,” “It’s Showtime” and two “MMK” episodes before finally playing the role of Gina in “Galema: Anak ni Zuma.”

She again ventured into the movie scene via the film

adaptation of Bob Ong’s book “ABNKKBSNPLAko?!” which earned her praises for her portrayal of Portia, the lesbian friend of lead star Jericho Rosales.

Watch out for Meg as she plays the role of Ayla in afternoon TV’s most desirable series “Moon of Desire” premiering on March 31 in ABS-CBN’s Kapamilya Gold.

For more updates, like the show’s official Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/MoonofDesire.

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and elegant dance that traces its origins from Spain that was popular with old high society. The highlight of the evening however is the selection of a Davaoborn muse wearing what should be the most fantastic gown of the night that is a statement of the fashion, style and trend of that year.

As a preview of its 50th year celebrations Hijos de Davao, ably led by the active and stylish Jackie Garcia-Dizon (who was also a muse herself) held an exhibit titled Belles of the Ball at the Atrium of SM Lanang Premier to celebrate the past muses and the exquisite gowns they wore.

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and made by Davao’s very own fashion czar, Boy Guinoo and featured various appliqués, embroidery and hand-made flowers. Most notable was the traditional terno worn by Lea TionkoImperial which featured a traditional silhouette punctuated with large floral accents that was for the celebration of the Philippine Centennial Celebration of 1998.

Another unique gown was one designed by Davao’s Popoy Barba which was done is shades of green and gold and layered with many pleated details.

I have to say it was fascinating to view the many gowns and how events and trends influenced the choice, colour, and style of the gowns. Be it from the translucent crystal beads of the gown designed by Rene Salud, the simple hand embroidered golden yellow gown by Kate Torralba, or the fantastically shining gown with Swarovski crystals by Francis Libiran.

Each gown had a story to tell of the muse wearing it as well as of the society of Durianburg as a whole.

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

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DDC student bags P100,000 business seed fund S

ARAH May S. Ko, BSHM 4 graduating student, bagged the grand prize of P100,000 as business seed fund in the recently concluded Business Plan Competition, the first ever in Davao Doctors College (DDC). Ko’s Business Plan entitled “Desserts by Sarah” amused the Panel of Examiners even more when after the presentation Sarah gave the panel and the audience

a taste of her cakes and pastries. Kudos also goes to her mentor/advisor, Mr. Enrique E. Abanilla, Jr. In addition to the P100,000, Ko also received P10,000.00 cash prize.

The panel of examiners was chaired by Dr. Guillermo P. Torres, Jr., President, University of Mindanao with Engr. Robert C. Quinto, General Manager of Jhaymart Industries, Inc. And Past President and

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current Trustee of Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Mr. Teolulo T. Pasawa, Provincial Director, Department of Trade and Industry, as members.

The initial launching of the competition was held last February 7, 2014 and the top three winners identified during the ini-

tial screening vied for the finals on March 7, 2014 at the DDC AVR. The Business Plan Competition was the brainchild of DDC President Miguel D. Soledad as an offshoot of the Medical Entrepreneurship (MedEntrep) classes offered to all DDC stu-

dents across all courses.

The contest was opened to all MedEntrep classes through their instructors under the leadership of Dr. Estela R. Dequito, MedEntrep Program Chair.

Other winners in the final competition were: Derek Dale Ang-Bayquen,

BSPT 5 - second place and the group of BSOT4 students led by Mitchelle James A. Advincula - third place.

Effective the First Semester of School Year 2014-2015, DDC will be offering the Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship.

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20 teams now listed in Araw Kayakfest T

WINNER. Davao City’s Tophe Eyao (center) stands on the podium after topping the Men’s 35-39 years old category of the recent Vaseline XTerra Challenge in Cebu City.

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AS VEGAS – Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao and Mexican star Juan Manuel Marquez would fight each other for a fifth time if both men win their next fight, promoters said.

Top Rank announced that the winner of a May 17 bout between Marquez and Mike Alvarado would be the mandatory title challenger for the winner of next month’s World Boxing Organization welterweight title bout between Pacquiao and undefeated American Timothy Bradley.

That could set the stage for 35-year-old southpaw Pacquiao, 55-5 with two drawn and 38 knockouts, to

meet 40-year-old Marquez, 55-7 with one drawn and 40 knockouts, yet again in a rivalry that dates to 2004.

Pacquiao fought a controversial featherweight draw with Marquez in 2004, beat the Mexican in a 2008 split decision for the World Boxing Council super featherweight crown and defended the WBO welterweight title with a 2011 majority decision.

But Marquez took a measure of revenge in 2012, knocking out the Asian star in the sixth round.

For a chance to even the score in the rivalry with Pacquiao, Marquez would have to dispatch American Mike Alvarado, 34-2 with

23 knockouts, and “PacMan” would have to defeat US unbeaten Bradley, 31-0 with 12 knockouts.

Bradley won a controversial split decision over Pacquiao in 2012 to take the WBO welterweight crown and defended it last October with a split-decision victory over Marquez.

Alvarado is coming off a loss to Russian Ruslan Provodnikov last October that cost him the WBO light welterweight title.

“Marquez has always been on our radar, & he is the one we always wanted to fight,” Alvarado trainer Henry Delgado said in a Twitter posting. “What a fight with such a reward –

an MVP-caliber campaign to lead the Thunder to contention for the top seed in the Western Conference, injuries and setbacks (and, y’know, losing an All-Star center in free agency and “replacing” him with Chris Kaman) have derailed Bryant and the rest of the Lakers this season, leading to L.A. dragging a 2242 record into Thursday’s game, which the Lakers entered fresh off having ruled Bryant and point guard Steve Nash out for the remainder of the season. Four days after the Lakers pulled off a stunning upset of the Thunder, OKC returned the favor with a 131-102 smack-

down behind 29 points apiece from Durant and Russell Westbrook. The game would’ve been more fun — although perhaps not necessarily all that much more competitive — with Bryant around.

As it turns out, though, the Mamba was present in spirit, after a fashion. During a conversation with Durant that served as the basis for a piece leading up to Thursday’s game, Mark Medina of the Los Angeles Daily News spoke with Durant about the way he works on his game, and how he’s modeled that approach on his experiences with Bryant over the years.

Kevin Durant: Kobe Bryant is ‘the greatest of all time’ B

efore the start of the 2013-14 NBA season, a springtime Thursday night matchup between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Los Angeles Lakers seemed like a pretty attractive primetime affair, with visions of league-leading scorer Kevin Durant leading another title-contending Thunder squad into a contest with a Lakers team perhaps scrapping for a playoff spot behind a version of Kobe Bryant rounding into form after knocking off nearly eight months of Achilles-rehab rust. That, of course, wasn’t to be.

While Durant’s turned in

to fight the winner of Pacquiao vs Bradley.”

WENTY teams have enlisted for the Mayor Rodyand Vice Mayor PulongDuterte77thArawng Davao Kayakfest slated on March 22 at the LanangAplaya Resort in Lanang.

Six pairs are registered in the Open Mixed Tandem category while the rest are in the Novice Men’s Tandem, Novice Women’s Tandem, Novice Mixed Tandem, Open Men’s Tandem and Open Women’s Tandem.

Pitted in the Open Mixed Tandem are the Davao Dragons, Team Super Saiyans, Team Hamsins, Greenfield, Talamitan and Care Group 1 of Digos City.

The Davao Dragons is composed of dragon boat paddler Bill JothamCacho and IvonyPenaflor while the Team Super Saiyans will be bannered by last year’s Women’s Novice Kayak champion Kizia Marie delos Reyes and river rafting guide Reginald Sitier.

Team Hamsins is the brother-sister tandem of former kayak national training pool member HaidelHamsin and swimming instructor Yang-Yang Hamsin.

Greenfield is composed of last year’s Male Nov-

ice kayak champion Theo “Toto” Espina Jr. and LoufelPano while the CARE Group 1 is bannered by veteran rescue trainer George Garcia and Rowena “Weng” Pacaldo.

Talamitam, on the other hand, is the husband-wife duo of former Hawaii-based paddler Nicky Wijangco and Tess.

The other early birds are Tarzan (Reynaldo Perreno and FroilanCedeno) and Davao Dragons 1 (BJ Cachoand Theo Espina) in the Open Men’s tandem; Edge (Clarice Jane CalolotandJey-ay Visconde), Ytnap (Richard OrzalesandYojCelerinos) and CARE Group 4 (Anthony PacaldoandMarlyMontibon) in Novice Mixed Tandem; Team Titot (IvonyPenaflor and Jelly Luz Lagonoy) and CARE Group 2 (Lovely Mai Montibon andDaisay Mae Camajalan) in Novice Women’s Tandem; Butchiki (Cybrus Duarte and MarjunAntoque) and CARE Group 3 (Jiivaresh Garcia andVirresh Garcia) in Novice Men’s tandem.

The deadline of registration is on March 22 at 7 a.m. while the opening starts at 8 a.m. Registration is free.

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Dasia Security wins 4 teams in Araw hoops fight-marred game F

OUR prestigious ballclubs will see action in this year’s Mayor RodyDuterte& Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte – 77th Arawng Davao Invitational Basketball Tournament that is set to kick off today (March 16) at the Davao City Recreation Center Almendras Gym. Games will follow immediately after a short opening ceremonies set at 5pm with Mayor Rodrigo Duterte expected to

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grace the affair.

The Royal Mandaya Hotel – City Mayor’s Office will defend its title against formidable foes in the locality Montana Pawnshop Davao and Goldstar Hardware.

MP Pacman Warriors team of General Santos City will complete the four-team field tournament organized by Duterte Basketball League (DBL) and sanctioned by SamahangBasketbolngPilipinas (SBP).

Teams will play single round robin elimination with the top two teams advancing to the do-ordie championship game on March 19. The remaining two will play for third place.

Invited to grace the opening ceremonies are City Administrator MelchorQuitain, City Sports Development Division OIC Butch Ramirez and the LigaDabaw Board headed by its chairman Dr. Guillermo Torres

and vice-chairman Atty.

ManzCarpio.

The champion will earn a whopping P100,000 cash prize plus a trophy while the first runner-up will get P60,000, second runner-up P50,000 and third runner-up P30,000 with trophies.

Games will be played on March 16 to 19 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Gates are open free to the public in celebration of the 77th ArawngDabaw.

when the Romanian broke.

But the 25-year-old Pole regained control, getting back on level terms then getting a second break and serving out her victory to reach her first final at Indian Wells.

“What I was trying to do was play aggressively from the beginning of the match and just try to go for my shots,” said Radwanska.

“I was lucky. I think I was serving better than other days, so that helped today as well. I think it was a pretty good match.”

Halep took some consolation from her defeat as she will rise to fifth place in the world when the new rankings are released on Monday.

“It was a tough match,” said Halep. “She played really well.

“She deserved to win today. Every ball was in for her, and I had to run a lot. I think I started the match a bit too soft. I was not ready to play.

“But she is a great player. It’s always difficult to play against her. I wanted to find my way to play. I did, but (it) was too late in first set. She was better than me today.”

Li was promoted to the women’s seed in the absence of world number one Serena Williams but had struggled with her serve all week.

Li’s serve improved in the second set but her forehand let her down as she started to spray shots all over the court and Pennetta seized her chance, sealing her victory with a backhand winner.

For Pennetta, reaching the final capped an incredible year for a woman who was primarily regarded as a doubles player.

Less than a year ago, her singles ranking had plummeted to 166 and she was considering retiring, before she made a fairytale run at the U.S. Open, reaching the semi-finals.

She also made the quarter-finals at the Australian Open in January, which Li won, and is now through to her first Premier Level final and first singles final of any kind since 2011.

Pennetta to face Radwanska in BNP Indian Wells final

TALIAN veteran Flavia Pennetta upset China’s Australian Open champion Li Na on Friday to join Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska in the women’s final of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells.

The 32-year-old Pennetta qualified for the biggest singles final of her career after a 7-6(5) 6-3 drubbing of an out-of-sorts Li. Pennetta will face Radwanska in Sunday’s final after the Pole avenged her loss to Romania’s Simona Halep in Qatar last month with a 6-3 6-4 win on the Californian desert hardcourts.

Radwanska, ranked third in the world, sealed the first set with an ace after she broke Halep’s opening service game but found herself trailing the second

FULL STRETCH. Agnieszka Radwanska (left) reaches out for a return whiile Simoe Halep blasts away a serve. Radwanska won to advance to the finals.

She had similar problems against Pennetta, coughing up eight double faults in the first set alone, as the players traded eight service breaks before Pennetta won the tiebreaker.

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SCANDOR Group of Companies’ Dasia Security Protectors beat Davao Light Power Company Lightmen 88-61 for its second straight win in the DOLE RTIPC Basketball Unity Cup game at Goldstar Gym. The Protectors showed enough composure in beating the Lightmen, in a fight marred game, as they broke the game wide open, from a close 57-56 score at the end of third canto enroute to a lopsided 8861 victory. The Final score did not reflect how close the ballgame was with three Dasia players getting thrown out of the game for trading of punches with DLPC men late in the second canto.

Both starting center and power forward of the Protectors and Ligthmen’s

main man at the middle were ejected for the melee.

Luckily for the Protector’s they were able to pull of a win inspite of the ejection of two of their starter’s, thanks to the leadership of veteran playmaker Mike Manigo who showed the appreciative crowd that he still have some good games left in him.

“The key factor for this win was that we were able to field 5 players with fresh legs at the start of the final canto because we were constantly rotating all of our players from the first three canto thus giving us the luxury of starting the final canto with a very fresh and energetic group while the opposing players are dead tired which lead’s to that lopsided final score,” said Dasia coach Jek Melendres.

Another GlobalPort trade

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LOBALPORT just couldn’t resist the lure of further upgrading its roster as it set to ship veteran big man Enrico Villanueva to Air21 in exchange for backup center Carlo Sharma and rugged forward Ronnie Matias.

The trade comes in the heels of owner Mikee Romero’s earlier vow not to tinker the current lineup of the team after consummating an earlier trade that dealt Sol Mercado to San Miguel, while acquiring in return guards Alex Cabagnot and Bonbon Custodio during the conference break.

The Batang Pier likewise named Pido Jarencio as their head coach in lieu of interim mentor Richie Ticzon.

Sources from both teams said the trade already had the blessings of their respective officials and is now just awaiting the formal approval of league commissioner Chito Salud.

“Pumayag na si boss Lito sa trade, pinirmahan na niya. Hinihintay na lang naman ang approval ng PBA,” said the Air21 source, who requested not to be named as he is not authorized to officially announce the deal.

Matias, a known blue-collar worker, could easily suit the style of Jarencio at Globalport, while Sharma is expected to provide added ceiling for the team that continues to miss the services of team captain Eric Menk due to a hamstring injury.

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TRMH-CMO: ‘We are more prepared’ TRMH-CMO. Members of the Royal Mandaya Hotel-City Mayor’s Office team for the Araw ng Davao basketball tournament pose with Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and co-managers Bong Go and Glenn Escandor.

By NEILWIN JOSEPH L. BRAVO njb@edgedavao.net

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HE Royal Mandaya Hotel-City Mayor’s Office basketball team is not taking any chances this time. So they planed in their players as early as a week ago and went to their drills under the baton of new coach Ronel Leuterio.

“We are more prepared now, more than ever,” said assistant coach Miggy Solitaria when interviewed by EDGE Davao yesterday.

Solitaria said they practiced twice a day for three days now and should be ready by gametime today against Montana Pawnshop in the Mayor Rody Duterte-VM Paolo Duterte Cup Araw ng Davao basketball tournament which formally unfurls today at the Davao City Recreation Center.

The TRMH-CMO Agilas will be parading 6-8 import Devon Sullivan along with mainstays 6-9 BigMac Andaya, Ramsay Williams, last year’s MVP Jojo Tangkay, ex pros Celino Cruz and Chris Calaguio, bull-strong Hafer

Mondragon and silent but effective Eman Calo. The rest of the 15-man line-up will be known today.

“We will play with intensity much like the passion of our Mayor, he is the idol of our players,” said team official Jek Melendres.

The team will be co-managed by Bong Go, executive assistant of Mayor Duterte, along with hotelier Glenn Escandor.

The other teams standing in the way of TRMHCMO are archnemesis Goldstar Hardware, Montana Pawnshop and MP Pacman Warriors of Gen. Santos City.

“I think we are a more complete team now compared to our star-studded line-up in the last tournament where we had the top two rookies of the PBA Draft in Greg Slaughter and Ian Sangalang. Now, we have role players who can explode or defend at any given time,” said Solitaria.

Admission to the games is free.

BIG THREE. TRMH-CMO team’s co-managers Bong Go and Glenn Escandor with Mayor Rodrigo Duterte at the lobby of TRMH where the mayor met the players.