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VOL. 7 ISSUE 65 • SUNDAY-MONDAY, JUNE 15-16, 2014 The City Government of Davao announces that it will be enhancing the business application and permitting system to ensure a smooth flow in putting up business in the city. Lean Daval Jr.

CUTTING RED TAPE Davao City to go fully electronic

By CHENEEN R. CAPON crc@edgedavao.net

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AVAO City is going electronic.

Business investors wishing to put up their business or those renewing

their existing permits will now have lesser hassles to contend with. At least, that is what the future looks like when the city goes through

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the shift to being fully electronic in six months.

The City Government of Davao announced it will be enhancing the business application and permitting system to ensure a smooth flow in putting up business in the city.

Sharon Lei M. Lomantas, information system analyst of City Information Communication Center (CITC) said that they will start the development of the Electronic Business Permit and Licensing System (EBPLS) by next month to streamline the process of business application.

The new system aims to interconnect regulatory offices in the city including City Engineers Office; City Planning and Development Officer; City Health Office; City Veterinarian Office; City Tourism Office; City Environment; and Natural Resources Office; City Treasurers Office; Business Bureau and Bureu of Fire.

Though it is not yet funded, Lomantas said that there has been initial talk with the CTO and CITC for the busi-

ness plan of the system.

Acording to Lomantas, the project development will be headed by Arthur Cariño.

The system enhancement would probably take six months to one year, Lomantas said.

Lomantas said that the system is the enhanced version of electronic business tax and permit system (EBTPS) that was launched in 2005 which is entirely used for the application, assessment and collection process of the city government.

Lomantas said that EBTPS should be enhanced every year but it took the CTO nine years before it requested for upgrading.

She said that once implemented it is expected that the doing business in the city will be a lot more easier noting that their study showed that business application takes an average of five days.

“The mayor’s mandate of 72 hours will be a lot more feasible,” she added.

Without any upgrading since 2005, the city is using the same system that enabled

some personnel of CTO to play with it and look for some loopholes Amid the controversy of miscollection and corruption, CTO is enhancing its system to level up the city’s collection in the next few months.

Lomantas said that they are ready to take off the applications they are developing for the collection office.

CITC is a having a P3.2 million project with CTO that aims to enhance the collection system of CTO thus limiting the chance of corruption.

The point of payment system (POPS) is planned to be implemented anytime this year after a thorough stage of testing and evaluation.

“We are targeting to deploy the POPS application on the clients site either by August or September for their testing and we will make it parallel to existing system we are using,” Lomantas said.

POPS is an application that is focusing on the collection of any kind of taxes to issuance of receipts and consolidation of collection data.

“We are currently using a system that includes application, assessment and collection process in one,” she said as description of the POPS will only focus on collection and application on assessment and application will be a separate system.

“With that kind of structure mas stringent ang security measures na ipa-plug in kasi focus lang,”she said,a dding that they are now developing POPS in their center.

Recently, five personnel of CTO were dismissed for their role in the misappropriation of tax collection amounting P14 million from January to June of 2013.

Though one of the dismissed tax collector said that it has been a practice since 2010, it is only this year that an investigation was conducted after treasurer officer Rolando T. Riola submit a report.

The upgrading in the whole system of tax collection and business application and permitting is expected to increase collection once it is fully implemented.

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After posting bail, cabbie seeks preliminary probe

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FTER posting bail on Friday, the taxi driver accused of robbing a pastor last week now seeks a full preliminary investigation to file his counter evidence.

Santos Diez, through lawyer Rogelio Largo, immediately filed a motion to hold the issuance of the resolution of the City Prosecution Office and pave the way for a preliminary investigation.

According to Largo, the accused is set to file countervailing evidence in the case filed

by Jesus Famacion Dizon II, a lay pastor of Victory Christian Fellowship based in Cagayn de Oro. “Para mahatagang og opportunity ang accused nga mo submit og countervailing evidence. So, mo submit mi og counter affidavit sa accused next week together with the other evidence na ma gather nato,” Largo told reporters.

Largo said that the motion will give Diez an opportunity to answer the charges since the latter was sued through inquest proceedings.

“Ang mahitabo, ang katong ginaingon nga draft resolution, kato dili to mapadayon tungod sa motion na atong i-file,” he said.

The lawyer said that holding in abeyance the issuance of the resolution will give the prosecutor ample time to review the case.

“Labi na karon na dagha’y mga ebidensya na nanggawas na makapamatuod or makaprove sa innocence sa accused,” Largo said.

On Friday afternoon,Regional Trial Court Branch 16 Judge Emmanuel Carpio granted Diez’s petition for bail.

Diez was released temporarily

from detention after posted P100,000 bail to court.

Largo said that Diez’s employer, Krizia Taxi,provided the cabbie’s bail requirement.

The taxi company has maintained that Diez is an honest and reliable driver based on their records.

Last June 9, Diez was submitted for inquest proceedings before Prosecutor Panfilo Junior R. Lovitos for robbery.

The case stemmed from the complaint of Dizon that after he arrived at the Francisco Bangoy International Airport at 8 p.m. last Saturday from Manila, he boarded a Krizia taxi with plate number LXE374 and was held up somewhere in Hillcrest Subdivision, Maa Diversion Road. He positively identified Diez as the driver of the taxi.

The affidavit stated that he fell asleep while on board the taxiand when he woke up, he was surprised to find himself lying in a muddy and grassy portion of the road. He said his eyesight was already blurred and swollen.

Dizon stated that he noticed that my personal belongings such as his white gold wedding ring worth P7,500; messenger bag worth P1,500; brown Rusty Lopez shoes worth P2,000; brown belt worth P800; eyeglass worth P7,000; one polo shirt, gray t-shirt and brief, all worth P2,000; and Samsung phone worth P10,000 were already missing.

Diez denied the allegation saying that he did not steal anything from the complainant. The driver averred that he dropped Dizon in a lotto counter near San Nicholas in Buhangin.

Davao Light celebrates World Environment Day

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S support to global action against climate change, Davao Light and Power Co., a subsidiary of the AboitizPower, celebrates the World Environment Day on June 5 through its clean-up estero activity.

This celebration is a worldwide annual event that aims to take a positive environmental action.

The event which was spearheaded by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in cooperation with the local barangay was held along the waterways traversing Cabantian to Buhangin. This was participated in by the electric utility’s personnel namely Ferdinand Cabalhin, Bajada Power Plant (BPP) Department Manager; Edelito Fernandez, Safety Department Manager and Godofredo Pedrigal of BPP together with BPP’s contractors from Estacio-Magbanua Construction Corporation.

Aside from cleaning up the waterways, they also

cut grasses and collected garbage within the surroundings.

“We just feel happy that through this simple activity, we were able to help the community have a clean and safer environment. Safer because this would keep them away from diseases such as dengue which has been very rampant nowadays. May this also inspire others to join us in this campaign to a greener environment not only during the celebration of the World Environment Day but in any day when necessary.” said Cabalhin.

The clean-up estero activity has been a trademark for the electric utility’s BPP personnel. Their first activity was in June 2011 which was in response to DENR’s invitation to a Linis Estero Campaign in barangays.

Thereafter, BPP together with its contractor continued this advocacy by cleaning clogged esteros of various barangays to help avoid flooding in the area.

HAJJ PILGRIMAGE. Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte extends financial assistance to PO3 Taha Nor Akmad and other pilgrims of Hajj in Mecca at the Royal Mandaya Hotel Friday night.

Slain hotelier’s family seeks help of Rody to hasten investigation

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

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HE family of a slain Cebu-based hoteliersought the intervention of Mayor Rodrigo Duterte to expedite the investigation.

The widow of Richard King, owner of the Crown Regency chain of hotels and networking business Vital C, met with Duterte on Friday night at The Royal Mandaya Hotel andasked him to hasten the investigation of her husband’s murder.

Mrs. King (fullname withheld upon request) also asked the city mayor that they be allowed to bring the body of her husband to Cebu City. Mayor Duterte has asked that King’s remains be autopsied first before the issuance of death certificate.

“Ingon nako niya na i-autopsy una, death certificate then, ayha pa nako ipa-release ang lawas,” Duterte narrated to media. He did not divulge further details of their conversation.

Duterte said that they are looking at some theories but requested that these be kept under wraps for now in order not to derail investigation.

In a related development, Davao City Police Office (DCPO) director Sr. Supt. Vicente D. Danao Jr. was quoted in a Freeman Cebu news report that the possible motive of the killing could be business rivalry and personal grudge.

Danao said in the report posted on Philstar.com that King reportedly retrenched

several employees which led police to consider the element of personal grudge.

Edge Davao tried to get an update from Danao but he was not in his office last Friday.

Mayor Duterte is confident that the local police could solve the case as he trusted the skills of the police investigators especially with the leadership of Danao.

Duterte also bared that he will add another P300, 000 to the P200, 000 offered by the wife for those who can give any information on the death of King. The reward will be now P500, 000. He said that the additional P300, 000 will be drawn from the P5 million reward entrusted by some businessmen to him for the arrest of Ryan Caine Yu also known as ‘Baktin’.

“All I have to do is mangayo kog permiso sa mga tag-iya sa kwarta. Lima na kabuok nagcontribute, ako silang ingnan na kuhaan ko lang og P300,000 total wala man nagamit – wala naman pud si Baktin,”Duterte said.

The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) – 11 also vowed help on the investigation on the death of King.

According CIDG -11 director Sr. Supt. Joel Pernito said that there will be a Special Investigating Task Group to investigate the murder of the businessman.

Pernito said that the task group will be composed of

DCPO,CIDG,National Bureau of Investigation, PNP Crime Laboratory and Department of Justice.

On the evening of June 12, King was shot in his head by a lone gunman while he was eating inside the Vital C building along in Sobrecary and Lacson Street in Barrio Obrero.

The said gunman immediately walked away from the building and rode a waiting motorcycle.

Initial investigation of Sta Ana Police Precinct stated that according Bobby Roldan, 23, of Talomo Cemento; Glenn Castigon, 23, of Datu Abing Calinan, and Ferdinand Estigoy, 44, distributors and a resident of Credo, Panabo City that at 6:54p.m., they saw the suspect entered the establishment and standing for a while. After a few seconds, the suspect approached the victim and immediately shot his head.

The report said that after the incident, suspect hurriedly fled towards Lapu-Lapu st., on board on the color black with white and red stripes Honda XRM driven by another male person wearing black helmet and color red and white shirt.

The report said that the suspect wearing white shirt, maong pants and had a brown sling bag.

The witnesses described the perpetrator who already in his 30’s and 5’5” in height.

The Scene of the Crime Operatives (SOCO) also responded and immediately conducted a parallel inves-

tigation in the crime scene.

SOCO was able to recover a deformed slug and an empty cartridge of undetermined caliber of firearm.

Based on some news accounts, last 2002, he accused then Regional Trial Court judge Agapito Hontanosas of soliciting P250,000 for a favorable court decision in relation to a writ of attachment on property he filed against Nelson and Lucy Go. Nelson and Lucy were business partners of Roderick Go who, according to King, owed him P97 million and allegedly tried to kill him.

Richard and brother Rafael was also sued in 2007 by Lapu-Lapu City mayor Arturo Radaza for violation of the Wire Tapping Law and grave threat.

The King brothers accused Radaza through releasing a Digital Video Disc (DVD) recording to the reporters showing a contractor telling the brothers about alleged corruption by the mayor. It was shown that the mayor was asking for a P15-million bribe from a contractor (Nelson Yu), who reportedly got four big projects in the city worth P500 million.

Then, two years ago, members of an indigenous people’s group in Boracay accused King of hiring armed men to attack their community and destroy the fence they had put up. Their company built Crown Regency Hotel and Resort in Boracay.

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GT Cosmetics goes global at 20 G

T Cosmetics aims to go global as the Cebu-based manufacturer of handmade soaps from natural extracts and other skin care products celebrates its 20th anniversary June 28 of this year.

“GT Cosmetics products are beginning to have a global presence with our entry to the US and Canada. We plan to firm up our strategic position in the emerging markets of Asia,” said GT Cosmetics CEO and founder Engr. Leonora B. Salvane.

GT Cosmetics will kick off its 20th year anniversary with today›s launching of the GT Essential Facial Scrub, a multicrystal exfoliating complex with collagen and witch hazel extract that cleanses and moisturizes the skin.

“We believe that Filipino entrepreneurs and manufacturers can be globally competitive. GT Cosmetics is preparing seriously for the Asean integration. Come 2015 we will be ready,” she added.

From humble beginnings GT Cosmetics has come a long way since its humble beginnings in 1994 when Engr.

Salvane started producing

beauty products with little more than P500 as capital.

Engr. Salvane began producing GT Cosmetics papaya then carrot soaps using her baking pans as moulds in her home kitchen with the help of only 4 workers. Production was then limited to only 50 soap bars per day with the engineer’s children doing the packing.

Today GT Cosmetics has over 300 employees manufacturing 25,000 products daily in all lines from its main plant in Liloan, Cebu and another in Marilao, Bulacan.

“Our first customers were close friends who found our soaps effective. They recommended the soaps to friends and today 20 years later I am proud to say that GT has become a part of daily beauty routine for many Filipinos,” said Engr. Salvane.

Starting with papaya and carrot soaps, GT Cosmetics later on developed other skin care products like moisturizing and bleaching creams, sunblock, clarifying toner, and recently the carrot lotion.

Giving back to the community The GT Cosmetics anniversary commemoration will in-

World Bank forecasts ‘stagnant’ growth for developing countries

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HE World Bank lowered its 2014 growth forecasts for the global economy but said advanced economies’ rebound from a rough start would help offset stagnation in developing countries.

Most of the pick-up in growth this year will come from high-income countries, particularly the United States and the 18-nation eurozone, the World Bank said in its twice-yearly Global Economic Prospects report.

But a rough start to the year—bad weather in the United States, financial market turmoil, and the Ukraine crisis—dragged down global growth for the year as a whole, the Bank said.

It marked down its 2014 forecast to a 2.8% pace from its January forecast of 3.2%.

The global economy grew 2.4% growth in 2013.

High-income countries would see stronger growth this year of 1.9% from 1.3% in the previous year, the World Bank said.

But developing countries can expect mixed challenges from the accelerating growth in the rich countries.

As high-income economies expand, their import demand should grow, boosting developing-country exports.

But developing countries will be hard-pressed to find the capacity to meet that demand, because most

of them already are fully recovered from the 2008 financial crisis and growing close to potential, the Washington-based development lender said.

Developing countries were projected to grow 4.8% this year, substantially below the 5.3% estimate in January.

“The outlook for developing countries is for flat growth in 2014. This marks the third year in a row of sub-5% growth and reflects a more challenging post-crisis global economic environment,” it said.

The World Bank’s latest outlook marked a deterioration from the January report, when it had raised its growth forecasts, saying both rich and developing countries appeared to be “finally turning the corner” after the global financial crisis.

Weakness in China Much of the slowdown this year reflected weakness in China, the world’s second-largest economy.

First-quarter growth in Chinese gross domestic product (GDP) was only a 5.8% annualized rate, with a sharp deceleration in industrial output and Beijing taking steps to tighten credit.

The Washington-based lender forecast growth of 7.6% this year, lower than China’s 7.7% growth rate in 2013. Beijing’s own target for this year is 7.5%.[AFP]

BREAK TIME. Workers take a nap along the road in R.Castillo Boulevard, Davao City on Wednesday, 11 June 2014. [MindaNews Photo by Keith Bacongco] clude a series of fun yet helpful activities aiming to give back to the community.

There will be a free soap-making training workshop in partnership with the Liloan Local Government Unit

on June 16 for representatives from all 14 barangays of Liloan.

A Facial Care Day will be launched on June 22. This is a treat for moms that include free demos on the proper way to care for the face, free skin

care product sampling, and picture taking with GT endorsers.

Finally, there will be a team building for GT Cosmetics employees on the morning of June 28.

A thanksgiving fellowship party for employees, family, suppliers, and friends will be held on the night of the same day. Awards will be given to the 20 longest-staying GT Cosmetics employees.

nanas and pineapple juice,” he said.

“Supporting the overall growth of banana exports was the strong demand from the country’s main export markets such as Japan, China and South Korea, alongside the improvements in supply following the rehabilitation of banana plantations that were damaged due to Typhoon Pablo in December 2012.”

Similarly, exports revenue from forest products increased from US$7.4 million in the same period last year to US$10.2 million, up by 37.6 percent. “This is largely due to higher export receipts from lumber, logs, plywood and other forest products,” said Balisacan.

Mitigating the decline in manufactured exports are the increased receipts from processed foods and beverages, machinery and transport equipment, electronic equip-

ment and parts, travel goods and handbags, textile yarns/ fabrics, non-metallic manufactures, furniture and fixtures, garments and footwear.

The PSA said the value of merchandise exports grew to US$4.54 billion, up by 0.8 percent from US$4.51 billion in the same period last year.

Exports grew by 12.4 percent in March 2014.

“This slower export growth is not expected to persist in the long-term.

Overall, the gradual recovery of the global economy continues to firm up as demand from the Philippines’ other major export markets picked up strongly in April 2014 particularly for Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, Germany, Taiwan, and the Netherlands,” said Balisacan.

“It is also of note that the Semiconductors and Electronics Industries of the Philippines remains optimistic

that the country’s semiconductor exports will bounce back, keeping the 5 percent growth target in electronics exports for 2014,” he added.

Meanwhile, the first four months of 2014 registered an increase in Philippine merchandise exports, amounting to US$18.9 billion, up by 5.4 percent from US$17.9 billion in the same period last year.

On a similar note, the export of petroleum products substantially expanded by 38.5 percent, amounting to US$41.7 million, from US$30.1 million in April 2013.

“This likely reflected the ramped up domestic oil production in the first quarter of 2014 from the Galoc oil field, in addition to the elevated international price of crude oil and a 13.5 percent yearon-year growth in the volume of petroleum shipments” said Balisacan. [SciPhil]

This was after sales of passenger cars (PC) increased by 26 percent to 1,743 units in May 2014 from 1,378 units in the like period last year. Light commercial vehicles (LCV) sales also went up by 19 percent to 1,474 units last May from 1,273 units in May 2013.

Moreover, year-to-date sales of AVID also jumped by 16 percent.

January to May 2014 sales of AVID reached 14,929 units compared to last year’s same period of 12,898 units.

Five-month sales of PC and LCV segments also had an increment of 15 percent and 17 percent, respectively.

January to May 2014 PC sales registered a total of 7,546 units from last year’s 6,581 units.

On the other hand, LCV

sales increased to 7,383 units during the first five months of the year from last year’s same period of 6,317 units.

“AVID’s growth momentum will continue to be reinforced by customer-driven innovation and firm domestic demand conditions despite moderate economic growth expectation this year,” said AVID president Ma. Fe Perez-Agudo. [PNA]

Robust growth for farm exports H

IGHER export earnings from total agro-based products, petroleum, minerals and forest products kept exports in a positive territory for April 2014, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA).

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported this week that revenue from total agro-based products sustained a strong performance in April 2014, with 18.1 percent growth, amounting to US$372.1 million.

“This is attributed to higher revenues from fruits and vegetables, coconut products, sugar products, as well as other agro-based products,” said Economic Planning Secretary and NEDA Director General Dr. Arsenio M. Balisacan.

“The strong outturn in outward sales of fruits and vegetables was mostly due to increased receipts from ba-

Robust vehicle sales in PHL posted in May D

ISTRIBUTORS of imported vehicles in the country manifested robust sales in May, this year, the Association of Vehicle Importers and Distributors (AVID) reported Friday.

AVID said member-companies registered a double-digit growth of 23 percent last May with total unit sales of 3,217 against 2,615 units a year ago.

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Globe prepaid business sustains strong growth G

LOBE Telecom looks at innovation and a portfolio of affordable offers as growth drivers of its prepaid business, amidst the intense competition in the prepaid market.

In a business forum attended by top corporate executives, Globe Vice President for Prepaid Business Issa Cabreira showcased what makes the telecommunications company a formidable challenger in the prepaid market.

“The country’s mobile phone users are comprised largely of prepaid customers with only 2% on postpaid. Globe Prepaid’s drive

Globe VP for Prepaid Business Issa Cabreira shares the growth story of the telco’s prepaid business, which continues to sustain momentum on the back of its innovative and value for money offers and customer-centric approach.

to lead in innovation and TM’s everyday value offers make Globe a strong market challenger. We ensure that our network meets the

demands of our customers, whose mobile needs have gone beyond calls and texts. Positioning our prepaid business as a brand

that caters to the needs of digital consumers, mostly today’s youth, allows us to create offers that enrich their mobile experience, which includes bundling core services with data access,” shared Cabreira at the “Business and Brand Leadership: A New Approach to Success for Asian Business” forum presented by Regus, the world’s largest provider of flexible workplaces.

Leading the innovative product portfolio of Globe Prepaid is GoSakto, the only service in the world that allows prepaid users to create their own promo according to their budget, lifestyle and need. Globe Prepaid also offered all major global over-the-top (OTT) messaging services for free as part of its core call and text bundle in another pioneering breakthrough. Further growing its mobile data user base, Globe Prepaid extended free access to Facebook to its subscribers which resulted to increased customer acquisitions over the last quarter.

Sustaining momentum into 2014, Globe Prepaid introduced its new GoUNLI25 which gives subscribers unlimited texts and unlimited calls to Globe/TM and free access to Facebook plus another free internet site or app of their choice still for P25 valid for 1 day.

The segment also launched GoUNLI20, the most affordable calling and surfing promo which offers unlimited calls to Globe/TM, 15MB of mobile surfing, and 20 texts to all networks for only P20 valid for 1 day.

Meanwhile, extending promos for TM subscribers has become more convenient and affordable with TM Extend. For only P5, TM Extend gives subscribers another 24 hours to continue and enjoy their latest promo of choice. Subscribers who avail of the said extension can continue using their remaining and unconsumed SMS and call minutes.

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Father’s Day: Dorobo!

HAT some critics accuse the Philippines of being a nation of thieves is insulting. And infuriating. Such as accusation is a slur on our collective honor as a self-respecting people.

The Japanese, known worldwide for their honesty, have a word for thieves—“dorobo.”

However, can we really blame our bashers? Not really. Not when every day of our lives we read in the news about our leaders, people in the government, military, police and other men and women in uniform being involved in stealing taxpayers’ money and similar kinds of crimes.

Days ago, dozens of top government leaders, and their cohorts were formally charged with plundering hundreds of millions of pesos through the so-called PDAF

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(Priority Development Assistance Fund) scam. In a matter of days, hundreds more, including senators and congressmen, and top government officials, are going to be accused of robbing the people of their money.

Most of those already charged are men who are heads of their respective families.

As we celebrate Father’s Day today, we wonder what children think about their accused fathers. Whether or not their accused padre de familia are guilty, we still pity them for the resultant shame that they suffer.

You see, there is no need for outsiders to accuse us of being a nation of thieves. In due time our own courts will prove that. And we will by then know for ourselves, if we deserve being called “dorobo.”

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Gonorrhea capital

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DECADE before Scottish bacteriologist Alexander Fleming made a chance discovery of the penicillin in 1928, Davao was already ignominiously called the ‘gonorrhea capital’ of the country. The rise of this sexually-transmitted disease was attributed to the 1918 exile of over 170 commercial sex workers rounded-up at Gardenia, a house of pleasure in Manila frequented by American servicemen, and sent to Davao. The event hogged the headlines and became one of the most celebrated cases in Philippine jurisprudence. A 1919 government report said it all: “The arrival of the prostitutes from Manila also increased the incidence of gonorrhea. Out of a total of 130 cases reported in the Province of Davao, 126 occurred in the town of Davao. Once free from medical supervision, these girls began to spread around the province and with them the infection. This remittance was likened to an intravenous innoculation [sic] of the Province of Davao, with pathogenic organisms which spread all over its blood vascular system of transportation, and settled and developed in numerous foci all over its organism, perhaps never again to be rendered free from its effects. Davao is especially prone to react to such a remittance because of the lack of women, and the use the men make of registered prostitutes. Of [the] 1,952 laboratory specimens [extracted] in Davao, 1,765 were uterine discharges from the prostitutes.”

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The closure of Gardenia on October 16, 1918, the day the women were placed under arbitrary house arrest, also led to the decline in sexually transmitted diseases (STD) in Manila. Dr. Jose Fabella, the public welfare commissioner, in his Memorandum on Prostitution, declared: “I have been able to obtain statistics showing the prevalence (based on admission) of venereal diseases among the enlisted men in the Philippine Islands from 1898 to 1922,” [and the] “significant… drop of venereal diseases in the [United States] Army coincided exactly with the deportation of several hundred diseased prostitutes to Davao.

The small increase since 1918 may be in part due to the fact that many of these women have returned to Manila and are spreading their infection without molestation. There is no law against prostitution, and there is no farm to which these girls can be sent.”

Prostitution started to become a social issue with the arrival of the Americans in the islands. As early as 1900, Dr. L. F. Barker, professor of Pathological Anatomy at the John Hopkins University, in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A., when asked by the Schurman Commission on the most prevalent disease in the

islands, was quick to respond that syphilis was not the most common venereal disease but “soft chancres and gonorrhea… because a great many who have a mild attack do not go up for treatment. They appear at sick roll and ask treatment locally. If they develop buboes [bulboes] or need operations, they are sent to the hospital.”

The rise of gonorrhea cases in Davao impelled the state to conduct a serious study on the potentials of native herbs as treatment. Researchers at the Philippine Health Service found the sap of batuhan (Musa errans Blanco) and the ‘bansalagin’ (Mimusops parvigolia R. Br.) sap good for urethral injections. Other Philippine medicinal plants found useful in treating gonorrhea are the roots of the ‘kalunai’ (Allium ascalonicum L.), ‘karlakem’ (Aerua lanata Juss.), ‘mahihiyain’ (Biophytum sensitivum DC), ‘takling-baka’ (Sida acuta Burm. f.), and ‘iting-iting’ (Amaranthus spinosus L.), bulbs of ‘azucena’ (Polianthese tuberose L.), seeds of ‘sampinit’ or ‘kastuli’ (Abelmoschus moschatus Medic.), leaves of ‘takip-kohol’ (Hydrocotyle asiatica L.), ‘kolotane-baging’ (Sida javensis Cav.), also known as ‘igat-igat,’ and the ‘sulasi’ (Ocimum Sanctum L.) or the holy basil.

In 1918, according to an official report, Davao also recorded five (5) cases of syphilis, aside from the ten (10) cases of pregnancy complication resulting from gonorrhea.

marred by financial scandals instead. In the eyes of critics and opposition die-hards some of the President’s trusted people holding key positions were likewise embroiled in the incomparable PDAF fund scam. Although he was not implicated directly, political detractors firmly believe the President might as well have taken bribes himself.

Adversaries and critics deliberately accused the President of spending much of his presidency trying to conceal the drawbacks and alleged failure of governance. More than that, he has the penchant of surrounding himself of “favorite political pets” and providing them with high-profile and lucrative posts despite the fact that they lack expertise except strong political connection. A political expert says the President, by demonstrating once again how unpredictable and uncanny his leadership is, may have given the opposition a boost with voters.

As President, the prevailing not-sopleasant socio-political development was a liability. Many people are pessimistic still, saying that President Aquino seemed to be running a lordly presidency – while he fought for democracy and a clean and honest government, he never fully understood that its rules applied to him as well.

PROTESTS ACTION PRODUCE NOTHING EXCEPT HATE AND ANGER – What did the over-bearing leaders and spokespersons of different progressive movement,

militant groups and student activists think they hoped to accomplish by staging senseless protests action during the celebration of Independence Day and other public commemorations? Did they mean to show up the shortcomings of the present dispensation? Or did they mean to besmirch the image of the leadership for allegedly ignoring their improbable demands?

We could see the same familiar faces – leaders and spokesmen of the different protesting groups some of whom have even previously joined our representative institution shouting and hurling invectives against the government. It’s rather unfortunate that at a time when they joined mainstream politics, they are behaving like shrewd politicians. Their protests action have never change a bit with leaders using the same boring and annoying dubious line of arguments, worn-out statements and hackneyed phrases.

The consequences of such protest rallies, particularly for the innocent people who were used wittingly or unwittingly during the demonstrations, are forbidding. Recognizing that their struggles often represent legitimate grievances, protest leaders supposedly should understand that dialogues and negotiations remain the more civilized approach to iron out the problems.

But that may prove an impossible task to the leaders of the different progressive, militant and activist groups. They also have their own hidden agenda and interests to protect. That’s the precisely the reason why they never tire out to continuously confront whoever is in power. The irony is that for several decade mass protests action have achieved nothing except hate and anger.

FAST BACKWARD

BY THE ARCHIVIST

Litmus test and central issue

N THE THROES OF POLITICAL CRISIS – Filipinos are harsh on their leaders, expecting them to build Camelots overnight.

But in some ways, our leaders have themselves to blame. Some has the habit of relying on a small clique of family, friends and loyal sympathizers and a self-confidence bordering on arrogance and pretention.

In that regard, our leaders are at the opposite ends of the spectrum – and President Benigno Aquino III may be in the endearing side. Yanking the Philippines out of the Asian economic crisis in record time, he laid the foundations for a more transparent, competitive economy – and the brisk growth the country is enjoying today.

Some political analysts and thoughtful observers, and a legion of followers and supporters felt President Aquino had the chance to become not just a good leader, but a great one. However, the prevailing uptight political rigmarole wasn’t festive – the Aquino administration was in the throes of political crisis.

A deep sense of disappointment has replaced the promise of a good life and better future.

The question of how to deal with the most pressing issues including joblessness, extreme poverty, poor delivery of basic social services, and of course, rampant smuggling and massive corruption in all levels of public life have become a litmus test for the Aquino administration and a central issue of the 2016 presidential elections. “What has the present leadership brought us?” persistent critics ask. “It has brought us prolonged miseries,” others say.

In a political perspective, circumstances have conspired against the President and his administration has taken a hit. A President who came to office pledging to end corruption and what Filipinos call “old-style money politics” has seen his administration

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China’s Hong Kong experiment faces biggest trial COMMENTARY

BY PETER THAL LARSEN

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HINA’S experiment with Hong Kong is facing its biggest trial. The former British colony has mostly thrived in the 17 years since it was handed back to the People’s Republic. But a planned “Occupy Central” democracy protest is about to test Hong Kong’s openness – and China’s patience.

Hong Kong has defied the gloomy predictions of its demise that greeted the 1997 handover. Despite competition from Singapore and Shanghai, it has become a stronger financial and commercial centre. The authorities in Beijing have mostly respected Hong Kong’s special status, which former paramount leader Deng Xiaoping summarised as “one country, two systems”. Many citizens who decamped to Canada or Australia before 1997 have returned.

Yet tensions are rising. Economic success has brought inequality, while ultra-low interest rates – the result of Hong Kong’s currency peg to the U.S. dollar – have pushed up property prices. The cost of the average apartment has doubled in five years. Regulatory demands that buyers put down a large lump sum before qualifying for a mortgage have made owning a home an even more remote prospect for many citizens.

Lots of large cities suffer from similar problems.

In Hong Kong’s case, however, the outlet is rising anger at mainland Chinese who cross the border to spend their new wealth on property and luxury goods.

The 1997 handover agreement protects Hong Kong’s special status for 50 years. At the time, British negotiators hoped that China would gradually come to resemble its new region. Yet while economic fortunes are converging, Hong Kong’s approach to political freedom is increasingly at odds with the mainland.

The territory’s tolerance of free speech contrasts with China’s increasingly sophisticated approach to censorship. The former colony remains the only place in the People’s Republic where citizens can openly commemorate the bloody 1989 crackdown in Tiananmen Square, as tens of thousands did on June 4.

The two sides also have vastly different attitudes to the rule of law. Hong Kong is currently gripped by the trial of the billionaire Kwok brothers, who stand accused of bribing the region’s most senior civil servant. The court proceedings could not be more different than the Communist Party’s campaign against corruption in its senior ranks, which has largely been conducted behind closed doors.

The relationship faces an even stiffer test in coming weeks as Hong Kong unveils proposals to give its citizens the vote. Despite denying them democratic rights for 150 years, the departing British managed to insert a commitment to introduce universal suffrage into the handover agreement. According to the Basic Law that serves as Hong Kong’s constitution, the “ultimate aim” is for the region’s chief executive to be elected in this way. China subsequently agreed that the first election under the new system should take place in 2017.

However, the Basic Law also states that candidates should be selected by “a broadly representative nominating committee”. Unsurprisingly, the Chinese authorities are keen to ensure that only pro-Beijing candidates make it onto the ballot. Democracy activists, sensing what may be their last opportunity to shore up Hong Kong’s political system, want the nomination process to be open to everyone.

This dispute is set to come to a head in the next few weeks when Hong Kong’s leadership publishes its plan. If, as seems likely, the proposals fall short of the democrats’ demands, a movement calling itself Occupy Central has pledged to stage an open-ended protest in Hong Kong’s central financial district.

It’s not clear how much support there is for Occupy Central, which has been organised by an academic called Benny Tai. However, this has not stopped local politicians and tycoons from issuing dark warnings about the threat to Hong Kong’s economic wellbeing. The Chinese authorities, perhaps alarmed by the prospect of a high-profile pro-democracy protest 25 years after Tiananmen, have also stepped up the rhetoric. The Beijing government this week published a “white paper” which stated that Hong Kong’s autonomy is the gift of the Chinese leadership – implying it could be withdrawn. Hong Kong residents increasingly fear the debate is polarising, raising the risk of a heated and possibly violent confrontation.

That would not benefit anybody. Hong Kong citizens enjoy a high standard of living they will be reluctant to jeopardise. Chinese leaders, while less concerned about their international reputation than they were 17 years ago, benefit from Hong Kong being a vital window onto the world economy, and a sign of their tolerance for different systems.

The rising tensions mean it’s no longer obvious that those things can be taken for granted.

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HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND Or PAG-IBIG FUND, Mortgagee

EJF-REM CASE NO. 14,644-14

-versus-

FREDEL Z. MOMO Mortgagor/s. x- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -x NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135, as amended, filed by the above- mentioned morgagee against FREDEL Z. MOMO single with postal address at Block 31 Lot 30 Deca Homes Subd.Cabantian , Davao City to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of March 25, 2014 amounted to ( P 558,756.00 ) Philippine Currency, inclusive of interest, penalty charges, plus attorney’s fees equivalent to TEN ( 10%) of the total indebtedness plus other legal expenses incident of foreclosure and sale; the undersigned Sheriff IV of the Regional Trial Court, Davao City, will sell at public auction on July 4 , 2014 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter, at the main entrance of Hall of Justice, Ecoland,Davao City to the highest bidder for Cash or MANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following real property mentioned and described below together with all the improvements thereon, to wit: Transfer Certificate of Title No. T- 146-2012001993 “ A parcel of land of the consolidation-division project (Lot 30, Blk. 31, of the consolidation plan (PCS-11-002129 being a portion of Lot B (LRC) PSD-130686 & Lot 1916-Davao CAD)situated in the Barangay of Cabantian , City of Davao, Island of Mindanao…xxx Containing an area of ONE HUNDRED EIGHT (108) SQUARE METERS, more or less” All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated time and date.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date,it shall be held on August 1, 2014 without further notice.

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

Davao City, Philippines, May 28, 2014

FOR THE EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF:

Noted by:

(SGD.) HIPOLITO A. BELANGDAL Sheriff IV

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

(edge 6/2,9/16)

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

HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND

-versus-

Mortgagee

EJF-REM CASE NO. 14,635-14

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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 11TH JUDICIAL REGION OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT-SHERIFF DAVAO CITY BALIKATAN HOUSING FINANCE INC. Mortgagee/Assignee, -versus-

EJF-REM CASE NO. 14570-14

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

SPS. GERMAN M. MAKILING, JR. AND JOSEFINA L. MAKILING Mortgagor/s. x- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -x NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE Upon extra-judicial petition for foreclosure and sale under Act 3135, as amended, filed by Balikatan Property Holdings, Inc. with postal address at the 24th Floor, BPI Buendia Center, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City against SPS. GERMAN M. MAKILING, JR. AND JOSEFINA L. MAKILING, with postal addresses at Lot 22, Blk. 4, Anahao St., NHA KADAYAWAN HOMES HOUSING PROJECT, BO. TALOMO, DAVAO CITY, Davao del Sur, the mortgagor/s, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of July 25, 2010 amounts to Two Hundred Fifty Five Thousand Two Hundred Sixteen Pesos and 09/100 (255,216.098) ,Philippine Currency, exclusive of interest, penalties and charges, plus attorney’s fees equivalent to 25% of the total indebtedness plus other legal expenses incident of foreclosure and sale;the undersigned will sell at public auction on July 4, 2014 at 10:00 A.M.., or soon thereafter, at the main entrance of Hall of Justice, Ecoland,Davao City to the highest bidder for Cash or MANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following real property together with all the improvements thereon, to wit: Transfer Certificate/s of Title No. T-188607 “ A parcel of land of the subdivision project(Lot 22 ,Blk.04 xxx situated in the Barangay of Talomo, City of Davao, Island of Mindanao. Xxx containing an area of EIGHTY EIGHT (88) SQUARE METERS, more or less”

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

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date,it shall be held on August 01, 2014 without further notice.

LOURDES A. CALLOT Mortgagor/s. x- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -x NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135, as amended, filed by the above- mentioned morgagee against LOURDES A. CALLOT widow with postal address at Block 73 Lot 11 Phase 4 Deca Homes RESORT RESIDENCE SUBD., TUGBOK MINTAL Davao City to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of March 25, 2014 amounted to ( P 847,844.97 ) Philippine Currency, inclusive of interest, penalty charges, plus attorney’s fees equivalent to TEN ( 10%) of the total indebtedness plus other legal expenses incident of foreclosure and sale; the undersigned Sheriff IV of the Regional Trial Court, Davao City, will sell at public auction on July 4 , 2014 at 10:00 A.M. or soon thereafter, at the main entrance of Hall of Justice, Ecoland,Davao City to the highest bidder for Cash or MANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following real property mentioned and described below together with all the improvements thereon, to wit: Transfer Certificate of Title No. T- 146-2013006555 “ A parcel of land of the consolidation-division project (Lot 11, Blk. 73, of the consolidation plan (PCS-11-003470),situated in the Barangay TUGBOK, City of Davao, Island of Mindanao…xxx Containing an area of ONE HUNDRED TWENTY (120) SQUARE METERS, more or less”

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date,it shall be held on August 1, 2014 without further notice.

Davao City, Philippines, May 28, 2014

FOR THE EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF:

Noted by:

(SGD.) HIPOLITO A. BELANGDAL Sheriff IV

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

(edge 6/2,9/16)

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

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

Davao City, Philippines,May 27, 2014. 2010

FOR THE EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF:

(SGD.) HIPOLITO A. BELANGDAL Sheriff IV 6/2/9/16

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By GERRY T. ESTRERA

(Author’s Note: Father’s Day, commemorated on the third Sunday of June, is a celebration honoring fathers and celebrating fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society. It was created to complement Mother’s Day, a celebration that honors mothers and motherhood.)

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F there is one person we must give our respect, it is our father. “Honor your father,” reiterated the Holy Bible. When Jesus told His disciples how to pray, he started His

prayer with “Our Father…”

If you ask me who my favorite author is, my answer would be plenty. And one of them is Erma Bombeck. In Sunlight of the Spirit, she shares this story:

When the good Lord was creating fathers, he started with a tall frame. A female angel nearby said, “What kind of a father is that? If you’re going to make children so close to the ground, why have you put the fatherup so high? He won’t be able to shoot marbles without kneeling, tuck a child in bed without bending, or even kiss a child without stooping.” God

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smiled and said, “Yes, but if I make him child size, who would children have to look up to?”

And when God made a father’s hands, they were large.

The angel shook her head and said, “Large hands can’t manage diaper pins, small buttons, rubber bands on pony tails, or even remove splinters caused from baseball bats.” Again God smiled and said, “I know, but they’re large enough to hold everything a small boy empties from his pockets, yet small enough to cup a child’s face in them.”

Then God molded long slim legs and broad shoulders, “Do you realize you just made a father without a lap?”

The angel chuckled. God said, “A mother needs a lap. A father needs strong shoulders to pull a sled, to balance a boy on a bicycle, or to hold a sleepy head on the way home from the circus.”

When God was in the middle of creating the biggest feet any one had ever seen, the angel could not contain herself any longer. “That’s not fair. Do you honestly think those feet are going to get out of bed early in the morning when the baby cries, or walk through a birthday party without crushing one or two of the guests?” God again smiled and said, “They will work. You will see. They will support a small child who wants to scare mice away from a summer cabin, or display shoes that will be a challenge to fill.”

God worked throughout the night, giving the father few words, but a firm authoritative voice; eyes that see everything, but remain calm and tolerant. Finally, almost as an after thought, He added tears. Then he turned to the angel and said, “Now are you satisfied he can love as much as a mother can?”

The angel said nothing more.

To be a father is the greatest thing a man could ever experience in this world. In most cases, he is relegated as the lesser person in bringing

up children. But this should not be the case. Father should be viewed as co-equal of that of a mother.

Paul Harvey shares this funny thought: “A father is a thing that is forced to endure childbirth without an anesthetic. Afather never feels worthy of the worship in a child’s eyes. He’s never quite the hero his daughter thinks, never quite the man his son believes him to be, and this worries him, sometimes. So he works too hard to try and smooth the rough places in the road for those of his own who will follow him.”

On the role of a father, Harvey writes even a funnier idea and a sad note: “Fathers are what give daughters away to other men who aren’t really good enough, so they can have grandchildren who are smarter than anybody’s. Fathers make bets with insurance companies about who’ll live the longest. One day, they lose and the bet’s paid off to the part of them they leave behind.”

Is Harvey right of what he said? Well, read this class composition written by an 8-year-old pupil: “He can climb the highest mountain or swim the biggest ocean. He can fly the fastest plane and fight the strongest tiger. My father can do anything. But most of the time, he just carries out the garbage.”

More often than not, fathers work hard to give what the family needs – or what the kids want. But oftentimes, materials things are not what they yearn for from the head of the family. “The best gift a father can give to his son (or daughter) is the gift of himself – his time. For materials things mean little, if there is not someone to share them with.”

Psychologists claim that children imitate the adults. They follow whatever traits and values their parents inculcate to them. If a father tells his son not to smoke and the father is smoking, do

you think the son will follow what his father told him? As someone said, “Live so that your son, when people tell him that he reminds them of you, will stick out his chest, not his tongue.”

A father is just one side of the coin of parents; the other side is the mother. But in recent years, there are children who don’t have a father to call. Most of them are sired by a boyfriend who doesn’t want to take the responsibility of being a father.

Generally, most fatherless children have emotional problems growing up. And if they ever grow, they are somehow a menace to the society. A survey on the behavior and life of fatherless children in the United States show these startling results: Eighty-five percent of all children that exhibit behavioral disorders come from fatherless homes; 71 percent of all high school dropouts come from fatherless homes; 75 percent of all adolescents patients in chemical abuse centers come from fatherless homes; 70 percent of juveniles in state-operated institutions come from fatherless homes; Here are more disturbing findings: 85 percent of all youth sitting in prisons grew up in fatherless homes; 80 percent of rapists motivated with displaced anger come from fatherless homes; and 90 percent of all homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes.

If you summarize the findings of the survey, you will realize that children from fatherless homes are: (1) twenty times more likely to have behavioral disorders, (2) nine times more likely to drop out of high school, and (3) ten times more likely to abuse chemical substances.

An unknown author once penned, “The greatest gift I ever had / Came from God; I call him Dad!” Happy Father’s Day to all!!!

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IAMI (AP) — The San Antonio Spurs left Miami last June looking so human, Tim Duncan nearly in tears talking about how close they were to another championship.

They don’t look human now. They look like a machine.

Up 3-1 and shooting the ball at a level never seen in the NBA Finals, the Spurs headed home with a chance to wrap things up on Sunday night in Game 5.

The Miami Heat, who were able to deny the Spurs last year, have two days to figure out what can possibly be done to do it again.

“They’re a high-oil machine and they move the ball

extremely well,” LeBron James said. “They put you in so many difficult positions. If you’re not right on time, right on target, they’re going to make you pay for it.”

The Spurs won by 19 and 21 in the two games in Miami and are shooting 54.2 percent in the series. The NBA Finals record for a series of any length is 52.7 percent.

No team has overcome a 3-1 deficit in the finals, and the Heat were so thoroughly manhandled in Miami that the only reason to think they could be the first is what they did in the past.

Duncan said the memory of last season’s loss — the pain that’s driven the Spurs through

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this entire season — would “definitely come up” before Sunday.

“As I said, we know the caliber team they are, and we have a lot of respect for what they’re able to do,” Duncan said. “They’re able to throw it another gear and they’re going to do just that. They don’t want this to be done.”

Duncan probably meant “done” as in the series. Of course, it could also mean the era.

Two off days were sure to be filled by talk of the Heat’s uncertain future, with James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh all eligible for free agency.

Might such a one-sided beating convince James he had to

leave to find a better roster elsewhere? Make him more resolute in his desire to stay and get the Heat back on top?

The two-time champions have more urgent concerns now.

“Did we expect to come here and lose two the way we did at home? No way,” Wade said. “But we also expect to go to San Antonio and put up a better effort and try to come out with another win. So we’ll get away from it (Friday), but we’ll still think about what we need to do to try to get another win to keep the series alive.”

James simply acknowledged the obvious, that the Spurs were the better team, when they swept his Cleveland

Execs drop ABC anew

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ITY Hall Executives used a solid first half to topple Association of Barangay Captains (ABC) Davao City, 101 – 93, for a second straight friendly game Wednesday night at the Davao City Recreation Center Almendras Gym. A red-hot Christopher “Bong” Go once again led the way and the rest of the Executives fired bombs as well to seal the victory.

Go, the sweet-shooting executive assistant of Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, scored 28 of his total 41 points in the first half built in a superb shooting display as the

Executives gained 23-points lead at the break for good.

Contributing significantly for the Executives was businessman and city sports division consultant Glenn Escandor, who played for more minutes than his regular playing time.

Escandor scattered 11 points, most of them in the second frame where the Executives outscored the Village chiefs, 33 – 15, en route to a 67 – 44 lead at the half.

The village chiefs got themselves at the big hole early as they struggle with their shots and defensive plays. [Rico Biliran]

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Notice is hereby given that the estate of the late TEOFILA GIANGAN has been the subject of an EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT executed among her heirs per Doc. No.314; Page No. 63; Book No. 57; Series of 1999, of the NOTARY PUBLIC CIRILO A. GOC-ONG

By VANNAH ANG

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AVAO City running enthusiasts are in for a colorful surprise.

SM City Davao and SM Lanang Premiere, along with its partners, will hold the City’s very first “SM to SM Color Fun Run” to raise funds for the survivors of typhoon Yolanda, who lost their homes and families to the violent tropical storm in November 2013.

The color fun run will kick-off today at 4am, which will begin and finish in SM City Davao Parking C, with the 21k turnaround point in SM Lanang Premiere.

“You must be wondering what a “Color Fun Run” is. It’s just like any other regular fun run, but more exciting. Runners are encouraged to wear white shirts at the start of the race as they will be rainbow-bombed in different shades of body paint, colored powder and neon glow paint for every leg of the race and finish with flying colors,” said SM Group Branding Manager Russel Alaba during the inaugural edition of FAST Fridays at Barrio Fiesta at the SM Lanang Premier Fountain Court.

The color run is just the latest in a new breed of events marketed to new or non-runners too, so everyone could join in the fun! Participants can choose to join among 3 categories: The goal-breaking 21-kilometer run with a registration fee of 500 Pesos, and the friendly 5-kilometer and 3-kilometer run at P250.

“You may find the SM to SM Color Fun Run registration booths at the ground floor of SM City Davao and the upper ground level of SM Lanang Premiere” Alaba added.

Starting off from SM City Davao, the 21k run will pass through Quimpo Boulevard, Quezon Boulevard, Cabaguio Avenue, and J.P. Laurel, then turn-around at SM Lanang Premiere and Dakudao Loop back to SM City Davao. The 3K run will have a U-turn at Quimpo Boulevard before LTO. Gun start schedules will be at 5 am for the 21k, 5:30 am for the 5k, and 5:40 am for the 3k.

To make it sound even more exciting, up to P75,000 worth of prizes will be up for grabs and special prizes for fun categories will be awarded to the following: (1) Most number of family members joining the run; (2) Couples; (3) Pet dog and masters; (4) Masked Hero Costume; and (5) Father and child.

The SM to SM Color Fun Run is supported by Edge Davao, Sun Star, Mindanao Times, Coca-Cola, Park Inn by Radisson Davao, ABS-CBN, Happy Lemon, M Magazine, Power Mac Center, Phoenix Petrolum Philippines, Lapanday and LBC. All proceeds of the event will be donated to th SM Cares Yolanda Housing Project, which is part of SM Foundation Inc. and SM Cares’ rcovry and rehabilitation program for the victims of the typhoon. Last December, SM comitte to building typhoon-resilient houses for 1,000 affected families. The houses are designed with concrete ceilings and proper ventilation and composed of 5,000 psi pre-cast walls to accelerate the conventional building method. These are expected to withstand any kind of typhoon with maximum wind velocity of 250 kph without major damages.

Chile holds of Australia 3-1

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UIABA Brazil (Reuters) - Chile got the victory they needed if they are to have any chance of progressing from a daunting Group B when they held off a strong Australian fightback to emerge 3-1 winners in another open and entertaining World Cup match on Friday.

Alexis Sanchez put Chile ahead from close range after 12 minutes and two minutes later Jorge Valdivia made it 2-0 with a well-struck shot as the South Americans

strongly, though, and Tim Cahill replied with a trademark header after 35 minutes and thought he had equalized with another early in the second half only to have it ruled offside by an excellent linesman’s decision.

Both sides went close in an end-to-end second half before Jean Beausejour grabbed a third for Chile in stoppage time, and they will now have to try to get something from games against Spain or the Netherlands,

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GOAL. Robin van Persie of the Netherlands lines up the ball prior to scoring his team’s first goal. And he sends it off.

DUTCH VENGEANCE Spain faces identity crisis

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ALVADOR, Brazil (AP) — With one disastrous result, Spain’s World Cup campaign and overall footballing identity is suddenly facing a crisis.

A 5-1 loss to the Netherlands on Friday to open Group B left many wondering whether the team that has dominated world football since 2008 has finally lost its edge — and whether its core philosophy

can still remain the same.

Spain also lost its first game at the 2010 World Cup, but that was a 1-0 defeat against Switzerland in a match it dominated. This time it was humiliated, and the loss may have dealt a psychological blow that coach Vicente del Bosque only has five days to address before a must-win match against Chile in Group B.

Del Bosque also has plenty of other questions to address: Does he stick with the core group of players that have led the team to unparalleled success over the past six years? Or does he need to give the nation’s famed “tiki-taka” system a revamp?

“Normally if you beat Spain it’s 1-0,” Netherlands defender Bruno Martins Indi said. “Five-one is not normal

because they are amazing players, with a very good head coach, all very experienced.”

Spain’s midfield of Andres Iniesta, Xavi Hernandez, and David Silva faded badly over the second half at the Arena Fonte Nova on Friday. Goalkeeper Iker Casillas’ mistakes cost Spain at least a pair of goals, while defenders Gerard Pique and Sergio Ramos were guilty of errors on the others.

Spain, whose defense has been steadfast in leading it to consecutive European Championships along with its World Cup win in South Africa, was left in disbelief after the country’s worst competitive defeat in 64 years.

“We have to be a team, that’s what made us world champions and two-time European champions and that’s what we need to remain,”

striker Fernando Torres said.

“You can’t point fingers, we have to learn from our errors.”

If Del Bosque does decide to tinker with his lineup, he has plenty of options given the squad of players he possesses.

Either Pepe Reina or David de Gea could be called on to replace Casillas, who has already been relegated to a part-time role at Real Madrid for the last two seasons.

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EDGEDAVAO A wild evening at Club Velvet. Photo by Brian Dan Congson of Manic Nightnings Productions

LIVING

A downtown revivial CITIES grow and evolve with waves of development often at the fringes where land is more plentiful often leaving the older downtown areas of a city devoid husk.

In the past few years, Durianburg’s downtown also suffered such a syndrome with many restaurants and bars shutting down due to the lack of people visiting the area. Sadly the wave of closures also affected the way we Dabawenyos with each other during our off times and weekends.

But there are bright spots and signs that Durianburg’s downtown is making a comeback thanks to some old establishments that held their ground amid the changing

demographics of the area as well as new establishments that have taken root and are injecting a fresh shot of energy to the scene.

Making a stand Rizal Street used to be THE place to go for a drink or a rowdy good time but that time has mostly passed, but tucked into Habana Compound is

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Partying at Acropolis Super Club. Photo by Brian Dan Congson of Manic Nightnings Productions

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UP AND ABOUT

Excel in school with ASUS Transformer Book T100 GEAR UP this school year with the right portable device to help you get better grades and excel in class. ASUS Transformer Book T100 can cover that for you! This 10.1-inch device is equipped with fast Intel® Quad-Core Atom™ processor, Windows 8.1, pre-installed Microsoft Home and Student 2013 and ASUS WebStorage (cloud storage), now only Php22,995. The better news is you will get Php500 National Bookstore Gift Certificate with your brand new Asus Transformer Book T100.

This best-selling touch notebook in the Philippines is always known for its performance and great 11-hr. battery life.

It can handle all office applications and most programming software, a perfect fit to all students.

With Intel® Atom™ Bay Trail Z3740 Processor (1.33 Ghz) and 2 GB of RAM--- multitasking can be done without issues whether doing a reaction paper on MS Word or Powepoint presentation report on Asian History.

Cut the waiting time to transfer huge amount of files with T100’s USB 3.0 slot, almost 4 times faster than the regular USB 2.0! Store more school and personal files, your favorite music, movies and applications to its additional 500 GB HDD loaded inside the keyboard dock.

Enjoy the best sound entertainment from the SonicMaster speaker while waiting for your school service.

Productivity is also maximized with this device because of its detachable Windows 8.1 tablet equipped with 32 GB of eMMC storage, you can use it to read the required C.S. Lewis novel or take a break to play your favorite games and safely clip it back to the keyboard dock without any worries. Weighing only 1.15 kg (2.54 lbs), bring the ASUS T100 to school everyday without hurting your back.

ASUS Transformer Book T100 now only Php22,995 with Php500 National Book Store GC is available at ASUS authorized re-seller PC stores nationwide.

GET FASHIONABLE LEATHER BELTS AT THE SM STORE. Have you found that perfect gift for that special man in your life? Visit SM Accessories and avail amazing deals at the SM Accessories Men’s Month celebration!Check out limited edition belts for only Php75, or discounts up to 70% when you present your SM Advantage, SM Prestige and BDO Rewards Card from June 12 onwards!

GMA Kapuso Foundation inaugurates 37 classrooms in Davao Oriental

THIS JUNE, GMA Kapuso Foundation, the socio-civic arm of GMA Network, ushered in the new school year with the inauguration of 37 new and rehabilitated classrooms in various public schools across Davao Oriental damaged by typhoon Pablo.

“As the school year commences, these classrooms signify a new beginning for these children whose lives were affected by the typhoon,” shares GMA Kapuso Foundation Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Mel C. Tiangco. “And it is the Foundation’s mission to help rebuild what they have lost,” she adds.

As part of their mission to uplift the lives of their countrymen in need, the Kapuso Foundation partnered with the Department of Education and the local government

units, particularly in the hardest-hit municipalities of Baganga, Cateel and Boston, in order to identify schools as recipients of its rehabilitation efforts.

GMA Kapuso Foundation, led by its Operations Manager Phillip Carl DL. Catigay, conducted the formal turnover ceremonies in the 5 beneficiary schools, namely – Bos-

ton Central Elementary School, Abihod Elementary School, Kinablangan Elementary School, Cateel Central School and Saoquigue Elementary School. Also present during the ceremonies were the respective school officials and representatives of the local government units.

The turnover ceremo-

nies began on June 4 with the inauguration of 8 new classrooms and 3 rehabilitated classrooms in Boston Central Elementary School, and 2 new classrooms and 4 rehabilitated classrooms in Abihod Elementary School.

On June 5, Kinablangan Elementary School was presented with 6 new classrooms while 2 more were restored in time for the beginning of classes. In addition, 10 new classrooms were also turned over to Cateel Central School.

Lastly, on June 6, the Kapuso Foundation bestowed two new classrooms to Saoquigue Elementary School.

The project is part of GMA Kapuso Foundation’s long-standing initiative, the Kapuso School Development, which aims to promote education through the construction and rehabilitation of public schools in rural areas across the country.

BRING out the “techie” side of your Dad this Father’s Day by getting him the smartphone he deserves: a brand-new Samsung Galaxy S5.

Now available in charcoal black, shimmery white, electric blue and cooper gold, the Samsung Galaxy S5 boasts of a 5.1-inch FullHD Super AMOLED display perfect for clear viewing and browsing, he’d rarely need his eyeglasses when he sends that e-mail or watches a YouTube clip during his downtime.

The Galaxy S5 also has a 16-megapixel camera with HDR (Rich tone) with selective focus and virtual tour shot so he can join the “selfie” bandwagon once and for all with brighter and more vivid pictures. Your little sis or bro can get him the monopod for the complete experience, but be careful as this might be his future addiction.

Your dad can also enjoy the S Health feature of the S5, allowing him to keep track of his fitness routines, physical condition, walking

distance, calories, speed, and duration using the S5 pedometer. With the Heart Rate Sensor, he can measure his heart rate directly on the S5, making his doctor visits less frequent so he can spend more time walking the dog instead.

And speaking of your Dad’s hobbies and interests, the S5 is also IP67-certified dust and water resistant, which means that he can go on with his daily physical activities at t h e g y m , b aske tball court, or the clubhouse because the S5 is resistant to sweat, rain, liquids, sand and dust.

It also has the Download Booster which lets users use LTE and Wi-Fi simultaneously for the fastest browsing experience.

When he needs to send e-mails, download attachments, and catch up on

the latest NBA scores in a hurry, all he needs to do is to turn on the LTE and WiFi together and experience blazing internet connectivity just when he needs it t h e most.

And what better way to maximize the S5 than to get a postpaid plan that allows Dad to use all its amazing features.

Get the Galaxy S5 for as low as P1,699 monthly at Globe mySUPERPLAN, complete with your choice of the new GoSurf data plan, free calls and texts to all networks and free 6-month subscription to Spotify Premium for access to over 30 million songs.

Don’t fret if you see your dad on headphones one Sunday morning, streaming his favorite hits from the 70s and 80s and humming his favorite Barry Manilow song.

If your Dad is an Android fan who wants to have the latest Samsung Galaxy S ev-

ery year, you can avail of the Galaxy Forever Plan 1599, Plan 1999 or Plan 2499. This comes with the new GoSurf data plan with free Spotify, unlimited calls and texts, free calls and texts to all networks, and additional monthly consumable for other services.

On top of a fully-customizable plan, subscribers are also entitled to exclusive privileges such as free 1-month Gadget Care coverage, free Globe apps such as GServices, GCash and GMovies, as well as the opportunity to purchase apps from the Samsung App Store and charge them to their postpaid bill.

With the Globe’s largest 4G network with over 8,400 4G base stations nationwide, subscribers can enjoy faster and more seamless connectivity while surfing on mobile using the new GoSurf consumable data plan. To know more about Samsung Galaxy S5 from Globe, visit www.globe. com.ph/galaxys5 or call the Globe Sales Hotline at 7301010.

Get your Dad on the groove with a Samsung Galaxy S5 this month

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ENTERTAINMENT

Bea Alonzo’s newest Primetime Bida drama series premieres on Monday THE new generation’s Movie Queen Bea Alonzo will give TV viewers an enthralling movie experience on ABS-CBN Primetime Bida via her upcoming drama series “Sana Bukas Pa Ang Kahapon” which will premiere this Monday (June 16).

“We promise to give them a TV masterpiece that will keep them watching every night,” said Bea in her recent interview at MOR 101.9 For Life!

According to Bea, who last appeared on primetime TV in the 2012 series “A Beautiful Affair,” she is thrilled to go back to making teleseryes. “I haven’t done a TV project like this for a long time. It feels like I’m creating an epic love soap opera,” she shared.

Also starring in the series are Kapamilya child stars Miguel Vergara and Ben Isaac, together with Malou Crisologo, Nikki Valdez, Francis Magundayao, and Michelle Vito. It also features the special performances of Bembol Rocco, Chinggoy Alonzo, Christian Vasquez, and Lara Quigaman.

Don’t miss the beginning

In “Sana Bukas Pa Ang Kahapon,” Bea will portray the characters of two entirely different women searching for justice—Emmanuelle for the death of her parents, and Rose for being accused

of a crime she did not commit.

Under the direction of Jerome Pobocan and Trina Dayrit, “Sana Bukas Pa Ang Kahapon” features awardwinning actors Paulo Aveli-

of Rose and Emmanuelle’s story in “Sana Bukas Pa Ang Kahapon” this Monday on ABS-CBN Primetime Bida.

For more information about “Sana Bukas Pa Ang Kahapon,” visit the show’s official social media accounts at Facebook.com/SBPAK.TV, Twitter.com/SBPAK_TV, and Instagram.com/DreamscapepH.

no, Dina Bonnevie, Tonton Gutierrez, Maricar Reyes, and Albert Martinez; and veteran artists Eddie Garcia, Anita Linda, and Susan Roces for their remarkable portrayals.

Rocco Nacino acts opposite Superstar Nora Aunor GMA Artist Center star and one of the Kapuso Network’s talented leading men Rocco Nacino feels honoured to be working with Superstar Nora Aunor and respected director Joel Lamangan via a Cinemalaya entry entitled Hustisya which will be shown this year.

According to him, Nora Aunor’s overwhelming presence on the set was just undeniable. “Doon ko narealize ‘yung sinasabi nila na ang lakas ng aura niya. Nangungusap ang mga mata niya.”

In Hustisya, Rocco breathes life to the character of a lawyer who becomes a bad influence on a probin-

syana which will be portrayed by Nora Aunor.

He mentioned that he

used to observed lawyers at several hearings which helped him give further jus-

tice to his role.

The Kapuso actor admits that his acting skills were put to test in his second Cinemalaya stint.

“Sa una, natakot ako.

Doon na pumasok si Direk Joel Lamangan . Sasabihan niya ako, ‘Rocco, Rocco, more confidence,’” shares the award-winning actor.

However, Rocco is quick to add that he eventually learned to keep cool and thrive under pressure.

“Ngayon, napapantayan ko na ‘yung emotions na ibinibigay ni Ms. Nora.

She has been very helpful, parang isang kaibigan.

Actually,tawag niya sa akin ‘anak,’” he adds.

Meet baby Zion in Kapuso, Jessica Soho this Sunday AFTER a year of unconfirmed reports, Richard Gutierrez and Sarah Lahbati finally put an end to the rumours by introducing Baby Zion to the public. This Sunday, the celebrity couple shares with multi-awarded broadcast journalist Jessica Soho their struggles and experiences leading to the birth of their little angel in Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho.

And to celebrate Father’s Day, KMJS features celebrity dad Ryan Agoncillo. Get to know more about the Picture! Picture! host and how he is as a dad to Yohan and Lucho.

KMJS also organized an instant history-related quiz show to test how familiar Filipinos are with the significant heroic acts and events

that helped shape our history. Also this Sunday, KMJS takes a closer look at the viral video of a singing blind girl from Capiz who sounded like Mariah Carey, various “box office eats” in the metro, and different detoxifying methods.

After KMJS, join Mike Enriquez as he follows the case of Rogelio Criste in Imbestigador. Kapuso stars Roi Vinzon, Valerie Concepcion and Carlos Agassi bring to life the action-packed investigation.

Inside the VIP room at a

brothel in Calamba, Laguna, gunshots were heard. When the gunfire subsided, Criste, who was then the incumbent captain of Barangay Poblacion and president of the Association of Barangay Captains in the town of Magdalena, was found dead.

According to witnesses, Kap had an altercation with a group of four men over a GRO of the club. Four gunshot wound ended his life.

Together with the Imbestigador team, the authorities conducted a hot pursuit operation and captured the suspects.

Don’t miss Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho and Imbestigador this Sunday, June 15, right after Pepito Manaloto: Ang Tunay na Buhay on GMA 7.

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LIVING

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Some Place Else, a dive bar that used to be famous for its sheesha. Although sheesha is already disallowed due to the anti-smoking ordinance, it still survives thanks to its cozy atmosphere and its famous Chicken Kiev.

Also in the same compound as Some Place Else, is De Bonte Koe, a European steakhouse that has been in existence for almost a decade and is known for its many imported beers as well as prime steaks.

New stars Reformatting for the weekend crowd, Cellar de Oboza also located along Rizal Street, now hosts indie bands every Friday as well as chill-out lounge nights on Saturday, the cozy atmosphere as well as the lawn of the restaurant now serve as the backdrop to many an interesting evening hanging out and socialising.

Peso de Legaspi is now

Jamming with the band at the Blue Room. more happening than ever with a bevy of restaurants and dive bars serving everything from Filipino favourites to Italian and Spanish fare making it an ideal first stop before a weekend pub crawling session.

Less than a block from Paseo de Legaspi is Bu Bar. A wine and tapas bar, Bu is a small and cozy wine bar which also has its own little wine cellar that can be converted into a venue for a small

party.

Sports aficionados as well as motor heads will want to drop by at Primo located at the corner of Camus and General Luna Streets. The sports bar serves various steaks for those who crave meat as well as a variety of cocktails and beer for those who want to chill out while watching the latest sports happenings on Primo’s many large HD LED TVs. The biggest of the new stars though would be Club Velvet that is located at the Oroderm City along C.M. Recto Street.

Club Velvet boasts of the newest sound system as well as the latest lighting technologies in Durianburg. Already a favourite among Davao’s younger set, the club is redefining evenings in downtown with a more energetic beat.

The comeback kids Not wanting to remain sleep-

ing, the legendary Acropolis disco is reborn as the Acropolis Super Club. After some renovations and updating, the Acropolis Super Club is holding its own along C. Bangoy Street with disco music from the 80’s and 90’s every Friday as well as current club favourites on any other day.

Band aficionados who miss the Apo View Hotel’s legendary Pag-asa Bar need not fret as the spirit of the storied bar is carried on at the Apo View Hotel’s Blue Room. Opting for show bands as well as the occasional indie bands, the Blue Room is all the venue where you can often catch famous bands chill out or have an after gig jamming session.

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Serving a seamless society

FATHER’S DAY SUPPLEMENT

Francisco Villa-Abrille Lim Juna

Antonio O. Floirendo

Conrado C. Alcantara

Lorenzo S. Sarmiento

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HEN it comes to fathers, whether real or figurative, it is without fear of contradiction that we say Davao has a surfeit of them.

And so today, Father’s Day, we honor a few of them, and congratulate their blood children, and ourselves, their figurative off-springs, who benefited and continue to benefit from their great toils and wise decisions that resulted in what Davao has become

today, one of the most liveable cities in the country. We will have more of them in our future editions, as time and space will allow.

This supplement is timed with the launch of Edge Davao’s History, Culture and the Arts section, our paper’s contribution to a conscious joint effort of the Philippine Press Institute (PPI) and the National Commission on Culture and the Arts (NCCA).

--The editors

EDITOR’S NOTE: Edge Davao’s Father’s Day Supplement features four of Davao City’s iconic fathers who have left an imprint not only to their families but also to the city and the various industries they evolved in.

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He married the former Ladislawa Inquimboy, and together built the Alcantara Group of Companies. He was quoted as having said, “Behind the successes I had attained and s, in all those victorious struggle I. wa isla Lad .

Mrs ays there was alw Alcantara”

The family of Conrado & Ladislawa Alcantara today.

CONRADO C. ALCANTARA

The legacies of a tycoon

By ANTONIO V. FIGUEROA

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HE future tycoon who sold roses, carabao milk and hogs during his childhood, was born on Feb. 19, 1913 in Malibay, Pasay City, the eldest of the three children of Fulgencio and Esperanza. Fulgencio tilled the open fields behind Sta. Clara Church and Bangkal in Makati City, but with the demise his wife, Esperanza, tending a huge brood became an extra challenge. Conrado was only 5 years old when his mother died.

Orphaned at a tender age, Conrado and sister Claudia, mother of former Department of Social Welfare and Development secretary Esperanza Cabral, had to turn to aunt Juana and grandma, Basiliang Kastila, for maternal comfort and discipline. These formative years have profound effect on the man who would someday shape the business landscape of Davao region.

C.A., as he was called, finished high school years at Manila South (now Araullo University) where one of his classmates was former Supreme Court chief justice Enrique Fernando. He completed his bachelor’s degree in Accounting by working as clerk-stenographer at the Phil-

ippine Trust Company. Getting transferred from one division to another gave him an opportunity to learn all aspects of money handling, a skill which would be a great asset in the years to come.

Years later he was promoted to assistant chief accountant.

On Dec. 4, 1941, four days before World War II broke out, Conrado married Ladislawa Inquimboy, a demure alumna f from the RVM Beaterio at Intramuros. (Her name is memorialized in a Davao City subdivision.) The marriage was blessed with six successful kids. Despite being newlywed, he volunteered and worked underground as a second lieutenant in the Allied Intelligence Bureau of the US Army, and survived.

After the war, he drove a jeepney while waiting for a viable employment. It was in 1947 when he was given the chance to practice his profession. He applied for an opening at the Bank of America in Manila and became part of expansion branch.

He was hired as assistant cashier, the highest position ever held by a Filipino in that prestigious bank.

According to a written by

Josefina San Pedro about Datu Bago awardees, Conrado resigned when he found out that an American executive, newly arrived from America and only starting to learn about the ropes of the job from him, was receiving more than double his salary.

He transferred to the Associated Insurance Surety Co. as district manager, a position that entailed going out to the provinces, specially the Visayas and Mindanao to visit clients of the firm.

It was on one of such trips that he had gone to Iligan and Davao to look into and help turn around the faltering business set-up of a wood-based company that he had a first glimpse of the potentials and opportunities offered by Davao’s fast natural resources.

“From then on, there was no looking back for him,” San Pedro said.

In 1952, Alcantara was recruited to manage a struggling logging firm in Iligan, an assignment that would turn the company around. This inspired him to start his own business. He started brokering logs for Millen-Finley Co. to the Japanese, earning a princely commission

of P16,000 which he would use to settle obligations with another firm. With only P5,000 left, he decided to try his luck in Davao, bringing with him a typewriter and a jeep borrowed from Msgr.

Carlos Inquimboy, his wife’s uncle.

Life away from his family was made doubly painful by the lack of good shelter. He had to sleep on a cot without mosquito net. In the morning he would wake up and work on his typewriter, preparing proposals and letters for business prospects.

His good record in dealing business deals eventually won him respect in the logging industry.

Word of honor was a key factor in his success. Later, he got logging concessions in North Cotabato and Compostela Valley.

Happy with his good fortune, he rushed back to Manila, mortgaged his properties with the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI), and brought the entire family to Davao to permanently settle here.

Alcantara’s business success was meteoric, and his legacy, which his children, most of them revered icons in their respective endeavors, have zeal-

ously preserved, protected, and nourished, is something that is here to stay for generations. In 1970, the city honored him as a Datu Bago awardee, the highest recognition for a Dabawenyo achiever.

When Conrado died at the age of 70 in 1983, his six children – Nicasio, Editha, Felicisimo, Rosida, Tomas and Alexander-- pursued the business ventures that he had started and more. The Alcantara Group is now in various fields, too many to completely enumerate. Aside from aqua culture, property development, food, they are now also in power generation, mining and other activities only the big boys can afford to engage in.

The children are also perpetuating the altruism and generosity of their parents.

“Both our parents, Conrado and Ladislawa, led exemplary lives,” says Rosvida A. Dominguez. “They lived their lives in simplicity and hard work, and derived satisfaction in knowing that they have helped others.”

“In their lifetimes, they helped countless numbers of people through employment in the various businesses they es-

tablished together in the span of 35 years. Employment enabled people to give their families better lives and better opportunities to educate their children well. They always counseled employees that a good education is the best gift they can give their children.

She said the Conrado and Ladislawa Alcantara Foundation was established to honor the memory of their parents and the work they did together.

(The Alcantara Foundation is supported by member companies of the Alcantara Group. The foundation is the expression of the continued commitment of the Alcantara Group to Mindanao’s Development.

AF has a particular focus in Sarangani province, one of the five poorest provinces in the Philippines. Sarangani is home to Southern Philippines Power Corporation, Alsons Aquaculture Corporation, FinFitch Hatcheries, and Sarangani Agricultural Company, Inc. Alcantara Group member companies also implement their own community development programs in their respective areas of operation.)

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CONSTRUCTION UPDATE

Aura Hotels signs MOA with FTC

By NEILWIN JOSEPH L. BRAVO LEADING hotel and resorts management firm AURA Hotels and Resorts and homegrown developer F.T.C Group of Co. has entered into a memorandum of agreement for the management of a four-star hotel to be opened at the Aeon Towers.

The MOA signing was held last May 12, 2012 at the FTC Conference Room with the top honchos of the two companies led by FTC CEO Francisco T. Cruz, president Ian Y. Cruz and finance director Lesley Ann C. Arquiza representing FTC and AURA Hotels president-senior consultant Etienne La’Brooy, corporate sales manager Valerie Abella and corporate director of revenue Josie Miranda representing AURA. The agreement formally confers exclusive rights to AURA Hotels and Resorts Philippines to manage and operate the 4 star hotel, which is still to be named and announced, of the F.T.C

Group of Co. that will be located in the 7th - 10th floors of Aeon Towers.

When completed in 2016, Aeon Towers will become the tallest building in Mindanao.

The collaboration of the two companies is aimed at bringing worldclass hotel accommodation standards in Davao City. AURA currently manages and operates The Oasis Paco Park Hotel; Buri Resort and Spa in Puerto Galera; Tower Club in Makati; Ananya Farms Luxury Resort in Indang, Cavite; The Lemon Café in Boracay; and property developer Projexasia in Hongkong.

FTC GROUP OF COMPANIES Company Profile FTC Group of Companies engages in owning, improving and managing fast food, restaurants, body wellness and hotel. The company was founded by Francisco T. Cruz and his siblings in January 21, 1991 and is headquartered in Davao city.

Gearing up for Davao’s future, FTC Group of Companies has diversified its portfolio and has taken a big bold step into residential real estate development.

With the ultimate goal of uplifting the quality of life in Davao City and its neighboring municipalities, it has already started to revolutionize the real estate standards in the region with its firstever residential building project – the Aeon Towers.

Aeon Towers – what will soon become a pre – eminent structure towering over the Davao City landscape – is now rising. It will be a property that combines luxurious condominium features with land area of 4,574 square meters, 33 storeys mixed commercial and residential building with 473 condominium units and 400

parking space allotted to its tenants. A 5 – star quality amenities and promises to be the most modern, futureready building in the region.

Headed by its President Mr. Ian Y. Cruz, Aeon Towers have partnered with top brands like Cisco, the worldwide leader in networking, each unit will be equipped with Smart Home Technology that allows electronic devices in that unit to “act smart” – that is, be more automated and interconnected not only with each other but with the unit owners and the manufacturers as well.

A beacon of progress in the south, Aeon Towers will also be remarkably taller than any other structures in Davao City and will rise right at its heart. It will be right at the forefront of

FTC’s vision to help our people achieve their dreams and will carry the spirit of the Davaoeños with pride: deeply rooted but forward looking, very enterprising, and ever-evolving.

These are exciting times in Davao, with economic activities in full swing. A cultural melting pot that boasts of diversity in culture and tradition, Davao also possesses geography and surroundings rich in natural wealth.

Davao is obviously evolving, FTC Group of Companies and Aeon Towers are evolving with it, too.

In this mutual evolution, FTC Group of Companies and Aeon Towers remains true to its commitment to maintain integrity and excellence every step of the way.

AURA HOTELS AND RESORTS PHILIPPINES Company Profile Asia’s Unique Resorts Alliance (AURA) Hotels & Resorts provides Specialist Consultancy and Management Services for Hotels, Resorts, Restaurants and the Hospitality Sector in general. AURA offers a team of experienced, talented, and highly capable professionals who, through a coordinated, multi-disciplinary approach, are able to conceptualize, define, create, pre-open, review and operate any leisure property.

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FRANCISCO VILLA-ABRILLE LIM JUNA

The life

and times of

LIM CHUAN JUNA FRANCISCO LIM JUNA VILLA-ABRELLE

By THE ARCHIVIST

T

HE man whose name is carried by the biggest housing subdivision in Mindanao epitomizes the saga of a Chinese migrant who made extremely good in his host country. The man is Lim Chuan Juna (Hun-a), in whose honor the 100-hectare Juna Subdivision in Matina is named. How this very popular enclave came to be is an absorbing episode in Lim’s lifestory.

A native of Tong Sua, province of Fujian (Fukien), in southern China, Lim, better known to modern-day Dabawenyos by his Christian name Francisco Villa-Abrille Lim Juna, was one of the prominent Chinese to grace the economic landscape of Davao region. Lured by stories brought by sailors and merchants about a land of plenty beyond China, Lim boarded a junk as a stowaway bound for Manila, his first destination.

In a travel account, Chinese journalist Go Puan Seng, editor of the Fookien Times Yearbook and father of the late Philippine Star owner Betty Go-Belmonte, recounted that when he met Lim in November 1929 while in the company of Chinese consul-general Kuan Bo He, the businessman was already 79 years old, thereby

making 1855 as his birth date. He came to the country in 1874 at age 19, and reached Davao in 1878.

It is said that the primary reason of Lim’s coming to the Philippines was the strictures imposed back home by the Chinese government, which made life more difficult for ordinary citizens. Upon arrival in the country, he worked and settled at Parian, a Chinese settlement in Manila.

Stiff competition later forced Lim to search for other areas where business opportunities were greater. The choice of Jolo was perfect; not only were there Chinese vessels transporting local products there on the way to Moluccas, a good part of the luxury goods the junks destined for the Southeast Asian regions via the Manila

harbor were partly conveyed at drop-off points along the way.

This setup presented many prospects for the young trader. There are no details, though, how long Lim stayed in Manila for him to save money to pay his way to Jolo.

While in Jolo, Lim sought the help of fellow Chinese who were wedded to local Moslem women. He found refuge and employment as a farmhand in a coconut plantation owned by a Spaniard who provided him link to the local pearl traders. Lim first worked as a pearl driver and before long became a pearl trader himself.

Lawyer Leoncio “Nonoy” P. Villa-Abrille, one of Juna’s prominent grandchildren, remembers a diver’s suite circa 1800 which Juna used in Jolo. “Standing like a monstrous giant in one

corner, it scared us no end every time we go down to the bodega of the big house of Ingkong,” Nonoy recalled.

His children and grandchildren called Juna “Ingkong.”

After years of stay in Jolo, a predominantly Tausog community, he married Tan Sipo, a Chinese-Muslim mestiza from Polloc, Cotabato. The mix of Chinese industry and Muslim resolve provided the inspiration for the couple to establish their roots elsewhere. Their union bore five children, namely: Ricardo, Carlos, Luisa, Cesareo, and Candelaria.

From pearl driver to biggest landowner In his book Reconstructing History from Text and Memory, Davao historian and college professor Dr. Macario Tiu wrote: “In 1882, at the age of 32, Juna and his wife, Tan Sipo, moved to Davao. By this time, he had earned a name as one of the few moneyed pearl traders in Jolo, and was prepared to move on to Davao, ‘a more progressive town.’ His first business venture was a sa-

ri-sari (variety) store in Piapi, now on Quezon Boulevard. He sold general merchandise including fishing paraphernalia, beans, corn, rice, tobacco and abaca.”

He later transferred his store to Claveria Street (now Claro M. Recto Avenue), just across San Pedro Cathedral, where people regularly passed by after hearing the Mass. “The strategically located store occupied a portion of a big two-story house built by Ingkong as a gift to ‘Amah,’ his wife,” recalled Nonoy Villa-Abrille.

As his business prospered, he thought it was time to blend with the local culture by assuming a Filipino name. In Jan. 4, 1890, the couple converted to Catholicism and received the sacrament of Matrimony. Lim adopted the Christian name Francisco Villa-Abrille, after former Spanish governor of Davao Faustino Villa-Abrille, and wife Tan Sipo, as Maria Loreto.

One interesting episode in Lim’s life is how he became the

biggest landowner in Davao. In Go’s account of his meeting with Lim in 1929, he said that during the American occupation, a Spaniard in Davao who was in a hurry to go home to Spain forced Lim to buy his plantation for only a little more than P2,000. By 1929 when Go visited Davao this property was already worth hundreds of thousands of pesos. Lim at that time was the biggest landowner in Davao owning 1,600 hectares. It was a dramatic reversal of fortune of an adventurous stowaway. A family legend states that when Lim first landed in Manila, his entire luggage was stolen at the harbor, leaving him absolutely nothing but his clothes on.

Lim and the Japanese Lim’s biography will not be complete if the exodus of Japanese nationals to Davao City before World War II is left out. It was a phenomenon in Davao’s history that was to affect him and generations of predecessors in his family and fellow

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Dabawenyos.

As early as 1903, a stream of Japanese nationals started to settle in Davao. They were former workers from Baguio who built the Kennon Road and the railways. When the project was completed, many of them decided not to go home to Japan. A big number moved down South to Mindanao, notably in Davao, where they became farmhands, entrepreneurs, small shop owners and traders who did business along San Pedro area, including what is now known as Anda Street and Legaspi Street. It is said that the Japanese population immediately before the Second World War had reached 20,000.

Lim who owned plantations in Matina and Maa hired the services of the Japanese laborers together with Filipino workers who were treated by him equally well. A story is told about a Japanese worker who was always ridiculed by a Filipino bully in one of his plantations.

One day, Lim came to the rescue and gave the Filipino a dressing down. However, overall, he was fair to all his workers, and not partial to anyone.

Unknown to Lim, the other Dabawenyos and the government authorities at the time was the fact that many of the Japanese who populated Davao then, including those hired as farmhands in Lim’s plantations, were officers and soldiers of the Japanese Imperial Army. So when the war broke out, many bad masters were executed while the good ones were protected.

Lim’s fair treatment of his workers paid off. It spared his life and those of his loved ones.

Juna spoke several languages and dialects that he learned from the places he stayed and people he had met and lived with. He was fluent in Spanish and its derivative Chavacano, Tausog, Bagobo, Dabawnon, Mandaya.

Many of his children spoke these dialects, too. “He must have learned Tagalog, too, since his long-time lawyer was Rafael Castillo, who was a Batangueno,” grandson Nonoy said.

The birth of Juna subdivision Juna made Davao his permanent home.

He died in 1943, during the Japanese occupation, when he was about 93 years old. It is said that he did not die of disease or old age, but because he was depressed. He refused to eat and talk after the Japanese Imperial Army slaughtered his cattle and forced him to sell some lands.

When Liberation came, Lim’s heirs went to court to recover the lands on the ground that they were sold by him under duress. They won. Still, hordes of former guerillas swooped down on the land, claiming it was enemy property having heard that the entire Matina area had been sequestered by the Japanese and converted into a military airport.

To protect the property from the onslaught of what is now called informal settlers, the heirs decided to establish the Juna Subdivision, which to this day is considered

Daughters and sons of Francisco Villa-Abrille Lim Juna

Cesareo Villa-Abrille

the biggest subdivision in Davao, if not in Mindnao, with an area of 100 hectares.

The philanthropist Apart from his reputation as a brilliant businessman, Lim was also known for his philanthropy. He donated numerous properties which now host famous landmarks, among them the Philippine Women’s College (PWC), Davao Chinese High School, Davao General Hospital (now Davao Mental Hospital), Boys Scout of the Philippines (BSP),

They old house of Francisco Villa-Abrille Lim Juna

Candelaria Villa-Abrille-Tan

Carlos Villa-Abrile

Ricardo Lim

Luisa Villa-Abrille-Huang

City Post Office, and part of the Ateneo de Davao (Matina campus).

A posh subdivision and city street have since been named in his memory. In recognition of his humanitarian efforts and his concrete contributions to the development of Davao City, Lim was bestowed posthumously in 1969 the prestigious Datu Bago Awards, the highest civilian honor the city gives to its outstanding citizens.

Lim’s altruism was followed by his descendants. Many of them

are also known for their generosity and tangible donations. Most of the families have formed foundations through which scholarships are awarded and occasional relief goods are channeled during emergencies. The archway in the local Chinatown, built through the efforts of his descendants, was dedicated in his name.

Of course, the descendants are running all kinds of business ventures, services companies and other economic pursuits employing hundreds in the city

and elsewhere in the country. Dozens of the descendants are serving Dabawenyos through the professionals in the health and legal sectors.

Juna Subdivision, once dubbed the Forbes Park of Davao, was the abode of Davao’s high ang mighty, aside from the rich and famous. Senator, congressmen, governors, mayos, successful businessmen, and wealthy propessionals, you name them, they reside in Juna.

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ANTONIO O. FLOIRENDO

‘He put Mindanao on wheels’ T

HE man famous for running the world’s biggest contiguous plantation planted to export Cavendish bananas did not come to Mindanao to engage in farming, but to sell cars.

“Antonio O. Floirendo can be credited for putting Mindanao on wheels,” said Davao del Norte Gov. Rodolfo del Rosario, recalling to newsmen how his brother-in-law happened to come to Mindanao, then already dubbed as the “Land of Promise.”

He said that at the end of World War II, when the surplus war materiel of the US military forces in the Far East were ordered transferred to Guam, Tony Floirendo was one of the Filipino buy-and-sell businessmen who would go there and bid to purchase the surplus equipment and vehicles, and then sell them back here in the Philippines. In one of the trips of Tony to Guam he became close friends with a US military officer. In one drinking session, the American told Floirendo if he would be interested to become a Ford car dealer in either the Visayas or Mindanao as the company was going to remove these areas from the old jurisdiction of Mantrade which would now concentrate in Luzon.

Immediately after America formally granted independence to the Philippines on July 4, 1946, Floirendo got a letter from his friend who turned out to be a vice president of Ford Motors. Reiterating the offer, his friend asked Tony to decide where he wanted to distribute Ford cars, trucks and other

products --the Visayas or Mindanao. The obvious choice was compact Mindanao over the Visayas which was composed mostly of islands very difficult to reach in those days.

When Floirendo and wife Nenita moved to Mindanao, particularly Davao City, they decided to bring along “Dolfo,” the youngest, who was only 14 then.

“Nenita was the 7th child in our family, and I was the 11th; Mang Tony who was a gambler must have thought Nenita and I, who were number 7 and 11, was a lucky number combination,” the governor said, chuckling.

Born on Nov. 20, 1915 in Bauang, La Union, Don Antonio O. Floirendo, was the son of Esteban and Tarcila Ocampo, a couple of modest means.

Like most families, his parents dreamt of seeing him earn his academic spurs. The proximity of his hometown to Benguet and other flourishing gold mines inspired Antonio, after completing secondary education at La Union, decided to pursue college at Adamson University where he eventually graduated in mining engineering.

But war intervened while he was in Manila.

In order to help his family make both ends meet, driven in part by the value of industry his parents had instilled in him, he went into buy-and-sell of vegetables from Baguio, without failing to regularly send part of his income to his parents in the province. With his contingent of carriers and pushcart helpers, Tutuban Station

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transformed “ into something alive and verdant.”

To the business tycoon’s credit, Tadeco would earn two unofficial world records—that of owning the world’s largest contiguous agricultural estate planted to banana and the world’s biggest

at Divisoria, where the trains were parked and repaired, became a daily destination.

Exclusive dealership of Ford Motor vehicles for Mindanao would spark the rise of an obscure trader becoming the country’s richest man in Davao region.

Antonio, as a result of the award, opened Davao Motor Sales (Damosa) in Lanang, where the iconic sprawling headquarters of Anflocor Group of Companies now sit.

Floirendo’s first ven-

ture into agribusiness started in the early fifties when he took over an abaca plantation at Marapangi, in Toril district, owned by Filipinos from Hawaii. The farm boomed for some time, earning the recognition as a global agricultural estate but the success was short-lived due to infestation of a dreaded hemp disease. To make the affected farm useful, he converted into a piggery farm and abattoir that would, decades later, become Asia’s largest.

Drawn by the international demand for banana, Floirendo (originally Florendo before it was legally amended) a visionary, pioneered bigtime banana cultivation in the country by establishing the Tagum Development Corporation (TADECO). Governor del Rosario, remembers clearly the plantation, which has now over 10,000 hectares, as “a virgin forest, a jungle full of monkeys, wild boars and leeches” which Floirendo and his equally intrepid men

family-owned banana plantation.

Floirendo’s dream to expand his endeavors resulted in diversification.

From travel and tours business to resort management, his children, namely Linda Lagdameo, former congressman An-

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tonio Jr., Maria Cristina Brias, underwater photographer Maria Theresa, Ricardo, and award-winning sportsman Vicente, have slowly entered real estate development, port operations, trucking and fruit packing. He died on July 6, 2012 at age 96.

For his contributions, Don Antonio, known informally in media and political circles as “White Hair,” was awarded the Outstanding Alumnus Award by his alma mater, Adamson University, in 1958; Outstanding Son of Bauang, La Union, in 1965; and the first-ever Datu Bago Award given by the city government of Davao, in 1969. On March 25, 1995, he was invested the title of Knight of Malta. As a socio-civic leader, he was a Paul Harris Fellow of the Rotary International. ANTONIO V. FIGUEROA

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LORENZO S. SARMIENTO

Enchong, the builder

BY ANTONIO V. FIGUEROA

D

ABAWENYOS old enough to remember associate the name of Lorenzo S. Sarmiento with many enduring things, among them business and politics.

Less heralded was his being a builder in the true sense of the word.

As businessman, “Enchong,” as he was fondly called by friends, associates and constituents, was synonymous with some of the biggest business ventures in his time –the largest logging and plywood manufacturing operations in the country, public works contracting, trading. It was the heydays, too, of Vitarich Corporation which ranked among the country’s 50 top corporations, Bandag and LSS Enterprises, Inc. They all became part of Sarman (Sarmiento Management Corporation) which managed 20 companies owned by Sarmiento at the time.

In politics, he served for three terms in Congress, where he was behind some of the country’s landmark laws. During his first term he was appointed chairman of the House Committee on Economic Affairs at a time when the country was about to undertake a series of far-reaching economic development programs. He was principal co-author of the National Investment Act, leading to the creation of the Board of Investments (BOI). Enchong also co-authored the bill creating the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA), and was principal author of the law establishing the Population Control Commission.

One legislative measure considered by many Dabawenyos as the biggest and most sensational achievement of Rep. Sarmiento was the law seeking to divide Davao into three provinces in

1967 – Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur and Davao Oriental.

When Congressman Sarmiento authored the bill that divided Davao into three separate provinces, his idea was to decentralize government authority and ensure the speedy and efficient delivery of public services to the people of Davao. It was a masterstroke on the part of Sarmiento and the other leaders of Davao, for the dynamism and initiative that it drew from the Dabawenyos largely explain the level of progress that the three provinces have attained in the last four decades.

Unbeknownst to many people is the fact that Sarmiento, a civil engineer, built the original Governor Generoso Bridge in 1946, the water system—network of water pipes of the Davao City Water District in the mid-70s, the Buhangin-Bangkal portion of Diversion Road now Carlos

P. Garcia Highway (the Panacan-Buhangin portion was awarded to Gaudioso Tiongco.) He was also involved in the contruction of the road linking Davao de Norte with Agusan.

Sarmiento with Pres. Diosdado Macapagal It is said As Enchong’s entreprewhen he won the bidding neurial success grew, he defor the right to build the cided to start a family anew.

DCWD water system in 1976, He married Luz Mercado, the Sarmiento knew he was going nurse who attended to him to lose money. in the hospital.

The couple Better to lose money put up a branch of Sarbros, than an opportunity to serve the used-clothing and retazo the people of Davao in a very business of the family, at Sanreal way, he said. ta Ana, Manila.

Later, along A native of San Jose del with his brothers, he acMonte, Bulacan, Enchong quired his first logging conwas second of three inseparable successful entrepreneur cession in Davao, which was sons of Eulogio, a small-town a payment for a contracting politico, and Teodora Sison. job. As the concession exLorenzo, was born on August panded to Cotabato and later 10, 1909. (His brothers were in Indonesia, the Sarmiento empire had in its payroll at Feliciano and Pablo.)

Enchong finished college least 3,000 workers in varias a working student at the ous enterprises.

On the side, Enchong Bureau of Internal Revenue started to make a name in so(BIR), applying the values of cio-civic circles. He invested hard work, word of honor, in education, becoming one humility, camaraderie, and of the original stockholders sympathy learned from his of Mindanao Colleges (now parents. After finishing tera university) while continutiary education, he got a job at the Department of Public ously promoting his philanWorks, but the war caught up thropic works. Through all with him. It was here that he this, his popularity grew and was exposed to the nuances of it became the window to his entry into the world of poligovernment.

The travails of war and tics.

As a Davao lawmaker, the misfortunes that hit the Sarmiento was an indefatifamily, including the death of gable worker, churning out his wife and three of his four bills that became laws that kids in an American carpet would leave indelible imbombing in war-ravaged Lupressions in Davao region. zon, left a lasting impression A year later, he authored on Enchong. Uncowed by the Republic Act (RA) 4747, tragedies, he and brothers, which re-created New Corella who were also grieving over after its original founding untheir own family tragedies, der Presidential Proclamation rebuilt their lives by going into business and venturing in 1964 was voided by the Supreme Court. into construction.

On June 21, 1969, un-

der RA 5702, along with Sen. Alejandro D. Almendras, Sr., Sarmiento filed a bill in Congress which would be enacted as the law establishing the Davao Regional Hospital in Tagum City. In what would be considered as his major legislation, Sarmiento, on May 8, 1967, authored a bill that would become RA 4867, the law dividing Davao into three provinces, namely, Davao del Sur, Davao del Norte and Davao Oriental.

For his initiatives in the House of Representatives, he was chosen twice as one of the country’s “10 Outstanding Congressmen.”

Aside from building the family’s logging and plywood businesses into the country’s biggest, he also dabbled in politics, earning a three-term as congressman. His first electoral triumph as legislator was in 1965, followed by another term four years later, which was cut short with the declaration of martial law. In 1988, he returned to political scene for his final electoral act.

His wife, Luz, would eventually become the second appointed governor of the newly-created Compostela Valley Province, while son Rogelio would serve three terms in Congress as representative of Davao del Norte’s first district and later as congressman of Compostela Valley’s first district. Enchong, a 1973 Datu Bago awardee, died on Feb. 8, 1992 at the age of 82.