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EARTHQUAKE DRILL. An estimated 8,000 students of the Davao City National High School (DCNHS)together with their teachers participate in the nationwide simultaneous earthquake drill in observance of the National Disaster Consciousness Month at DCNHS ground yesterday.

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AFP: CHECK TERROR INFO Eastmincom chief says ‘terror talk’should not be taken lightly

By CHENEEN R. CAPON crc@edgedavao.net

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HE Eastern Mindanao Command (Eastmincom) yesterday clarified that as a matter of procedure, raw information has to be validated and not made public even as he cautioned never to underestimate any threats of terror.

Eastmincom deputy commander Brig. Gen. Alexander Balutan made this clarification during the AFPPNP media conference at The Royal Mandaya Hotel in the wake of the ‘terror talk” relayed by Malacañang last week which zeroed in on Davao City as main target.

No less than President Benigno Aquino III called up Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte last week warning the latter of possible terror attacks in Davao City.

Department of Interior and

Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas even came to Davao City Saturday night to publicly announce the terror warning.

TELL THAT TO THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF However, President Aquino, in a press conference in Clark last Tuesday, balked at the information and admitted that the terror threat that he passed to Mayor Duterte is still raw and needs to be validated.

“Terror threats should

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BACK JOB. Workers scrape a portion of the newly-constructed road along R. Castillo Avenue in Davao City which need to be repaired due to poor condition and below the required minimum standard set by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) yesterday. Expenses of the said repair will be shouldered by the constructor. Lean Daval Jr.

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REMINISCING THE PAST. Dr. Herminio Villano Sr., one of the founders and former chairman of the board of Davao Doctors Hospital, reads the history of the institution mounted on the wall of its newly-inaugurated Founders Hall Tuesday afternoon. Lean Daval Jr.

Santiago suffering 2 more linked to King slay from lung cancer

By CHENEEN R. CAPON and ARMANDO FENEQUITO

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LREADY suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome, Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago on Wednesday announced that she was diagnosed with cancer in her left lung. ”I’m the only senator who was diagnosed with lung cancer as of last week,” Santiago disclosed in a press conference held at the Senate.

The feisty senator said her cancer is already on Stage 4 but clarified “it’s not spreading” perhaps “because I’m living a healthy life.” ”I don’t smoke, I don’t drink. I don’t commit adultery and tell lies to my husband,” she said.

Santiago said her doctors

discovered that she has very rare condition called “behavioral mutants.”

Santiago said she is not afraid nor devastated by the Big C. ”I’m not afraid of cancer,” the lady lawmaker who recently resigned as judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC) three years after she was elected in the prestigious organization due to her health condition.

In fact, Santiago said she is excited that she got cancer. ”I’m very excited. I’m not kidding. I said, Yes! I got cancer! Because I’m entering the new dimension of human life,” Santiago exclaimed.

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HE Police Regional Office (PRO 11) of Davao Region is now looking on the possible link of businesswoman Helen Chua and a certain Lea Caballes in the killing of Cebu-based hotelier Richard King.

The two women were tagged by Police Supt. Aaron Aquino, deputy regional director for operation of PRO 11 as “persons of interest” in the King murder case during the AFP- PNP press conference at The Royal Mandaya Hotel yesterday.

The revelation came after a series of investigations conducted by the anti-cybercrime group on the trail of communications among relieved police intelligence of-

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ficer Police Superintendent Leonardo Felonia, King and Caballes as examined from their mobile phones. “[From the analysis of information extracted from seized phones], lumabas na meron silang napapag-usapan ni Chua at Col. Felonia,” Aquino said while establishing that Chua is a business partner of King in the latter’s networking business Vital C. “Pinapapuntahan ko sa tao ko si Chua who is in Manila a week ago for her medication in St. Luke’s Hospital kasi meron palang siyang tumor sa utak,” Aquino said.

However, Chua refused to divulge any information and denied her involve-

ment in the King case.

Aquino said that they are waiting Chua to voluntarily submit her phone for examination while Caballes voluntarily surrendered her phone a week ago to be examined by personnel of the anti-cyber group.

He said that a week from now, the result of the inspection and analysis will be finished.

“They are not yet the suspects but persons of interest because we are still establishing evidences and information,” he said.

The PRO 11 is also investigating the involvement of another police officer involved in the King’s murder case.

Aquino said that that

the alleged police officer who he refused to name is a member of the Regional Intelligence Unit (RIU) “We are just finishing the analyzing of cellphones by the anti-cybercrime group,” he said.

“Isang linggo na po nagpupuyat and ating grupo para mag-analyze and we are hoping na after that magkaron na ng kaliwanagan kung sino talaga mananagot,” he added.

Although the case was considered solved, the PRO11 is not declaring the King’s case close because there’s still on going investigation but not yet closed because SITG is continuing the investigation. In fact, the

few local government units in the region have passed city/municipal fisheries ordinance which she said should be in accordance with Republic Act 8850 or the Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998.

Idris said though that some of the passed ordinances are not strictly implemented and that the LGUs lack the equipment such as patrol vessels to safeguard the municipal waters from illegal fishing.

She clarified that protecting the municipal waters is the main responsibility of the LGUs. Jose Longno, Jr., BFAR 11

provincial fisheries officer of Davao City, said the city LGU has an existing ordinance, but added that several coastal barangay councils could not strictly implement the policy “because they are not familiar with the fisheries law.”

DILG 11 regional director Atty. Wilhelm Suyko said they will work hand in hand with BFAR and Department of Agriculture to boost the campaign on the fishing industries in the region.

He said they will go around the region to encourage the LCEs and the provincial, city and municipal councils for the passage

of fisheries ordinances and directives.

Idris said BFAR-11 has also intensified its information dissemination drive to make fisherfolks understand and cooperate with authorities in preserving and protecting the Davao Gulf.

BFAR 11 has initially dispatched three patrol boats that would safeguard the entire Davao Gulf from illegal fishing, and from commercial fishing during the closure season.

Idris bared that bigger patrol vessel will be coming.

The patrol boats are jointly operated by BFAR,

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LGUs urged to pass ordinances on fisheries to protect Davao Gulf

HE Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources together with the Department of Interior and Local Government in the region has urged the local chief executives to pass ordinances or directives on fisheries to protect Davao Gulf.

The call came in time for the strict enforcement of the three-month closure season of the Davao Gulf from commercial fishing for the months of June to August this year in an aim to protect the spawning period of fishes in the gulf.

BFAR 11 regional director Fatma Idris said only a

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NEWS

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CSC 11 bags Red Orchid Award for second time

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HE Civil Service Commission Regional Office 11 bagged the 2014 Red Orchid Award for actively promoting tobacco-free environment.

In the Zonal Awarding Ceremonies for Mindanao held at Greenleaf Hotel, General Santos City on June 26, 2014, Dr. Paulyn Jean B. Rosell-Ubial, Assistant Secretary of Health presented the Red Orchid Award to Ms. Evelyn B. Yparraguirre and Ms. Leilani C. Parel, representatives of CSCRO 11.

The Red Orchid Award is an award given by the Department of Health (DOH) in recognition for implementing tobacco-free environments. It is a Search

for 100% Tobacco-Free Centers for Health Development, Government Hospitals, Government Offices and Local Government Units, pursuant to DOH Administrative Order No. 10, series of 2009 and CSC Memorandum Circular No. 17, series of 2010.

The CSCRO 11 garnered a total score of 93 based on the DOH’s set criteria for implementing a 100% Tobacco-Free Environment and following the World Health Organization’s “MPOWER” Framework. The CSCRO 11 bagged the Red Orchid Award two years in a row, for the year 2013 and 2014. [PR-CSC]

MBUDSMAN Conchita Carpio Morales is poised to create a panel of field investigators to look into the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) transactions to see if any crime or offense has been committed by involved public officials.

“In light of the Supreme Court’s Decision on the DAP case, we are initiating an investigation on the matter,” Morales said on Wednesday.

Under Republic Act (RA) No. 6770 (Ombudsman Act of 1989), the Ombudsman may, motu

proprio (on its own) or even without a lodged complaint, initiate an investigation “any act or omission of any public officer or employee, office or agency, when such act or omission appears to be illegal, unjust, improper or inefficient.”

The law also grants the Ombudsman the power to investigate any serious misconduct in office allegedly committed by impeachable officers, but only for the purpose of filing a verified complaint for impeachment, if warranted. [PNA]

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“The option is there to file a motion for reconsideration because that is a legal remedy provided under the rules of court,” said Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda in a press briefing on Wednesday, as the Palace is still waiting for the copy of the SC full

DIGGING DEEPER. Police Regional Office (PRO) 11 deputy regional director for operations P/SSupt. Aaron Aquino (right) says during yesterday’s AFP-PNP Press Corps at The Royal Mandaya Hotel that the Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) “King” is still looking for persons of interest who could shed light

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leading to the mastermind behind the killing of Cebu-based business tycoon Richard L. King. Also in photo is Eastmincom deputy commander Brig. Gen. Alexander Balutan who said people should take the threat of terrorism in Davao City seriously.Leand Daval Jr.

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Palace mulls appeal of SC ruling on DAP

ALACANANG is mulling on filing a motion for reconsideration after the Supreme Court (SC) declared unconstitutional some provisions of the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP), stressing that DAP-funded projects have benefited many Filipinos.

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ROTARIANS. Officers and directors of the Rotary Club of East Davao, the biggest of the 97 Rotary Clubs in the Visayas and Mindanao area for Rotary year 2014-2015 headed by lawyer Anthony P. Banzali (center) pose for posterity before being inducted. From left, Rotarian Pedrito G. Angeles, immediate

By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.

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AVAO City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte issued an order forming two component bodies tasked with the traffic and transportation operations in the city.

Mayor Duterte signed Executive Number No. 30 series of 2014 dated June 30, “An order creating and organizing the City Transport and Traffic Management Board (CTTMB) and creating the Interim City Transport and Traffic Management Office and for other purposes. “ One of the salient features of the Traffic Code is the creation of the department or office within the operational structure of the city government to be named as City Transport and Traffic Management Office (CTTMO).

“With the growing population, increasing number of vehicles and the fast development currently experienced by the City of Davao, the need to create the CTTMO cannot be understated in order to have a specific

office or department which will comprehensively manage the transport and traffic situation all over the city,” the order said.

The EO stated that the creation of CTTMB and CTTMO is based on the enacted City Ordinance No. 0334-12, series of 2012 entitled “An ordinance for the Comprehensive Transport and Traffic Code of Davao City” which was already published last December 6-7, 2013.

The order said the CTTMB has the primary function to provide advice direction and policy directions to CTTMO. It is stated that CTTMB is vested with authority to formulate policies, review recommend and approve transport and traffic management plans and programs that may be drawn or prepared.

“The board shall also review and recommend for the approval of the budget of CTTMO,” the order stated.

The EO, however, merely created the two entities but both have no approved plantilla and budget yet for the

past president Paul C. Yuste, Jesse A. Fortich, Raphael Basilio E. Apolinario VI, president-elect Oscar M. Escudero Jr., Banzali, Renante B. Andres, Alvin M. Pinpin, RodelRiezl S.J. Reyes, Harold Thomas Kelleher and Fred Yelinek.

operating expenses prior to the formal and official creation and identification of persons to man the CTTMO. “Thus, there is a need to immediately organize and constitute a skeletal force or an Interim City Transport and Traffic Management Office to efficiently maintain and transfer the operations currently performed by various existing offices and personnel, with functions relating to transportation and traffic within the present structure of the City Government (e.g. The Traffic Management Center, Traffic Management and Control Board, Transportation Regulation Division of the Office of the City Legal Officer, Motorized Tricycle-for-Hire Franchising and Regulatory Board, etc. )” The EO stated.

The order said that the board will chaired by the City Mayor or in his behalf the City Administrator and the vice chairperson is the Department head of Interim CTTMO. The members are the department heads of City

Planning and Development Office and City Engineer’s Office; chairpersons of the committees on energy, transport and communication of the city council; the traffic section head of Davao City Police Office; Regional directors of Land Transportation and Franchising Board, Land Transportation Office and Department of Public Works and Highways; and representatives from Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, transport group, professional group and non-government organizations.

The EO further stated that the Interim CTTMO will be composed of representatives from the respective departments of the city government. The Traffic Management Center (TMC) will act the concurrently as the head of the interim.

The EO stipulated that the Interim CTTMO should provide technical assistance and support to the city mayor in carrying out the measures to ensure the proper

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Nograles to speak before Rotary officers, members

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YOUNG practicing lawyer will lead this year’s officers and members of the Rotary Club of East Davao (RCED), biggest of the more than 90 clubs in the Visayas and Mindanao area covered by the Rotary International District 3860 under Gov. Remigio “Boy” Salanatin, prominent Davao-based contractor.

The new RCED president to be inducted during appropriate rites on July 4 at 6:30 p.m. at the Waterfront Insu-

lar Hotel in Lanang is lawyer Anthony P. Banzali for Rotary year 2014-2015. Banzali will assume the club presidency currently held by businessman Paul C. Yuste.

Rep. Karlo Alexei B. Nograles of Davao City’s First District will be the guest of honor and speaker.

Nograles is expected to discuss the multifarious burning issues confronting Congress of the Philippines.

Also to be inducted on

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Youth welfare takes centerstage on DavNor’s 47th anniversary

By NOEL BAGUIO

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AVAO del Norte, July 2, 2014 – Youth welfare and empowerment claimed the spotlight on the grand celebration of the 47th founding anniversary of the Province of Davao del Norte on Tuesday.

Apart from feting bountiful harvest, the annual thanksgiving also showcased the provincial government’s policy on valuing the creativity and positive energy of the youth, with the launch of the Abot-Alam Program.

Assistant Secretary Jose Sixto “Dingdong” Dantes III, Commissioner-at-Large of the National Youth Commission (NYC), launched the Abot-Alam Program, which aims to effectively address the needs of the fast-growing number of Filipino out-ofschool youths (OSY).

Dantes, who is one of the most versatile and consummate actors in the country, keynoted the anniversary program. In his message, he urged the Dabaonon people to become living heroes who pave the way for change.

“Ang kadakilaan ay hindi lamang kailangang mag-alay ng buhay para sa bayan. Ang tunay na kabayanihan … ay mas handang mabuhay para sa kanya (Heroism no longer calls for us to give our life for our country but instead to live for it),” he said, before taking a selfie on stage at the end of his speech.

Abot-Alam was launched under the government’s goal of Education for All, as a national strategy to organize efforts

in integrating programs for youth ages 15 to 30 years old, who dropped out of school, never finished school, or finished only elementary or high school.

Dantes revealed some 2,438 OSYs in Davao del Norte were initially listed in the database of the AbotAlam program, towards achieving zero percent OSY by 2016.

He added that for this year, the program intends to provide education and livelihood skills to one million OSYs nationwide.

The Provincial Capitol, under the baton of Governor Rodolfo del Rosario, took a greater role in the program, which is being implemented through the leadership of the Department of Education, with the help of the NYC, TESDA and other government and private agencies.

Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chair Atty. Francis Tolentino, who graced the anniversary event, as well, promised to help the province improve its capability in terms of disaster risk reduction and management.

Tolentino, who joined the Alay-Davao charity parade, lauded the province, and the whole Davao region, for that matter, for being ahead in terms of socio-economic development, compared to its neighbors.

He stressed the region should take advantage of this position in order to benefit from the opportunities of the ASEAN integration that will take effect next year.

Gov. Rodolfo del Rosario gives the token to National Youth Commissioner-at-Large Jose Sixto “Dingdong” Dantes III for keynoting the 47th Founding Anniversary Program of Davao del Norte. Joining them are 1st District Rep. Anthony del Rosario, Vice Gov. Victorio Suaybaguio, Jr. and 2nd District Rep. Antonio Lagdameo, Jr. noel baguio/davnor pio

(L-R) Gov. Rodolfo del Rosario, MMDA Chairman Atty. Francis Tolentino and Vice Gov. Victorio Suaybaguio join the Alay-Lakad Charity Parade, which highlighed the 47th Founding Anniversary celebration of the Province of Davao del Norte on July 1, 2014. noel baguio/davnor pio

National Youth Commissioner-at-Large Jose Sixto “Dingdong” Dantes III, center, 1st District Rep. Anthony del Rosario and OIC-Provincial Administrator sign the Memorandum of Understanding for the implementatin of Abot-Alam program, which seeks to provide education and livelihood skills training to out-of-school youth. The occasion is part of the 47th Founding Anniversary celebration of the Province of Davao del Norte on July 1, 2014. noel baguio/davnor pio

National Youth Commissioner-at-Large Jose Sixto “Dingdong” Dantes III and 1st District Rep. Anthony del Rosario sign the giant IDs of grantees of the Abot-Alam program, which seeks to provide education and livelihood skills training to out-of-school youth. The occasion is part of the 47th Founding Anniversary celebration of the Province of Davao del Norte on July 1, 2014. noel baguio/davnor pio

National Youth Commissioner-at-Large Jose Sixto “Dingdong” Dantes III takes a selfie on stage after keynoting the 47th Founding Anniversary Program of Davao del Norte. noel baguio/davnor pio

National Youth Commissioner-at-Large Jose Sixto “Dingdong” Dantes III urges the Dabaonon people to become living heroes who pave the way for change, as keynotes the 47th Founding Anniversary Program of Davao del Norte. noel baguio/davnor pio

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DOE encouraging LGUs to take part in electrification program T

HE Department of Energy (DOE) is encouraging the Local Government Units (LGUs) to take part in ensuring the electrification of the nation’s grids.

“I encourage all local government units to play an active role in the electrification process to ensure an energy secured nation in the future,” DOE Secretary Jericho Petilla said in a press release.

The DOE also revealed that an energy plan for the Visayas grid is being formulated, which will serve as a blue print for the local harnessing of energy and its utilization. The plan will also empower the LGUs and other related sectors to plan for the country’s future energy needs.

Petilla added that a study on the aggregated auction of energy requirements is ongoing.

Previously, the DOE has succeeded in the aggregated auction of the Central Luzon Electric Cooperatives Association – First Luzon Aggregation Group (CLECAFLAG), which is composed of 12 electric cooperatives, that collectively sold most of their projected consumption for 2019.

The bundled auction has enabled the electric cooperatives to lower the electricity’s amount

to PHP 3.70 per kilowatt-hour (kWh), from its projected rate of P4.09 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) by 39 centavos. GN Power had won the said auction through bidding, a reduction of about 31 percent, charging only the mentioned 3.70 PHP. On the other hand, through the Sitio Electrification Program, the Visayas region has already been given light at a rate of 51 percent, having successfully provided the electrical utility to 8,095 villages in the area.

Moreover, 75.4 percent of the potential 4,067,692 households in the grid has also been electrified through the Household Electrification Program.

Meanwhile, the Visayas region will have an added capacity of 129 Megawatts (MWs) for 2014, coming from an added 8 MW capacity from the San Carlos Solar Energy Farm; 8 MW from the Villasiga Hydro-electric Plant; 31 MW harnessed by the Universal Robina Corporation’s (URC’s) Biomass Plant and the 82 MW from Toledo Power Company (TPC) Expansion.

The central region is projected to need an additional power of 150 MW, to have sustainable grids for the demand in 2015. [PNA]

NGCP to connect VisMin power lines

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SENIOR engineer of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) revealed yesterday (June 30) during the Power 102 seminar with the media that there is an on-going feasibility study on interconnecting the power lines of Visayas and Mindanao.

Engr. Roudylynn Cureg of NGCP said that studies have been conducted to connect the transmission lines of Visayas and Mindanao through submarine cables in eastern and western routes.

Atty. Cynthia Alabanza, NGCP spokesperson, said that the interconnection will be help address the insufficiency of power

supply in Mindanao as it can import electricity from Visayas and Luzon.

Atty. Alabanza disclosed that Mindanao is the only major island in the country that gets its power supply from Mindanao only; unlike Luzon and Visayas, which shared their supply through interconnectivity.

“With the interconnection, there will be sharing of power,” Alabanza said.

Aside from that, investors in power generation in Mindanao can also benefit from this since they can also export electricity to Luzon and Visayas grid if there will be low supply in the areas.

EABC REUNION. Six of the eight founding country directors were able to attend the reunion of the East Asean Business Council (EABC) after 20 years of its existence. The reunion held last May 18-19, 2014 in Manila was hosted by former Senator Vicente “Ting”Paterno, EABC founding chairman. In the photo (sitting from left) are Sebastian “Anggie” L. Angliongto of Mindanao, Philippines; SuryoSolisto of Indonesia; Datuk Pengiran Hussein of

Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia; Senator Paterno, Philippines; Datuk Philip Ting of Sarawak, Malaysia; and Musa Adinin of Brunei Darussalam. Lady standing is then EABC secretary Susan Chang of Kota Kinabalu and a son, and relatives of Chairman Paterno who assisted in the preparation of the meeting and party. [Contributed Photo]

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Cacao eyed as priority commodity of DavNor T

HE regional office of Department of Agriculture (DA 11) has convened the local chief executives of Davao del Norte for cacao value chain analysis report presentation held at Davao de Norte (DavNor) Sports Complex, Tagum City recently.

This report was the result of the conducted Cacao Stakeholders’ Forum by DA 11 last month where the gaps and constraints of the industry key players were identified.

The constraints in the value chain development of cacao include lack of good quality high yielding varieties and planting materials, limited availability of organic inputs, technology gap in production phase, lack of access to post-harvest facilities, low farmers’ awareness on post-harvest practices, market pricing and transport and accessibility, among others.

DA 11 will addressed these constraints through the improvement of access and availability of fertilizer and inputs appropriate for cacao smallholders; affordable and good quality planting materials;improvement of flow and quality of extension services for cacao farming and adoption of good practices; increase of capacity and ability to produce cocoa beans of consistent quality and as per market standards; improvement of cooperation and organizational capacity of farmers and increase of cacao plantation areas.

Due toits suitability and market potential, cacao was chosen by DA 11 as the Provincial Commodity Investment Plan (PCIP) of Davao del Norte to be heightenedthrough differentprograms and projects under the Philippine Rural Development Program(PRDP) assistedby World Bank.

PRIORITY COMMODITY. Agriculture Regional Director RemelynRecoter answers concern from the local chief executives of Davao del Norte on the guidelines of crafting the Priority Commodity Investment Plan, a requirement “Once approved by PRDP, we are targeting the idle areas of San Isidro, Kapalong, and Asuncion for the proposed expansion of 4,000 hectares in cacao plantation out of the value

chain analysis integrated in the PCIP”, Agriculture Regional Director RemelynRecoter said.

Philippine Statistics Authority-Bureau of Agricultural Statistics re-

of the Philippine Rural Development Program to fund various agri-projects in the province. Beside her is Governor Rodolfo Del Rosario who also encourages the mayors to collaborate closely to hasten the submission of PCIP to DA 11. ported that in 2008-2012, Davao region contributes 77 percent of Cacao beans in the country followed by Northern Mindanao with 5 percent, Zamboanga Peninsula, Eastern Visayas

and Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao with 2 percent each and other regions in the country with contribution in total of 12 percent.[Aggie Media Service]

Global corporate spending to remain weak- - S&P I

MSME EXPO. Arnulfo Gana-an, Business Development chief of Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) 11, bares during this week’s edition of Kapehan sa Dabaw at the Annex of SM City Davao that the agency is eyeing

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to earn P3 million in sales in the upcoming micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) expo slated on July 28-31 at Abreeza Mall. Lean Daval Jr.

NVESTMENT in emerging markets is expected to slump this year as part of a global downturn in corporate spending that is set to last into 2015, according to Standard & Poor’s (S&P).

Worldwide corporate investments are expected to dip 0.5% this year after a 1% fall in 2013, stalling at around $3.3 trillion for 3 years in a row, the agency said in a report.

“A recovery in capital expenditure (capex) remains one of the most keenly anticipated trends in the global economy,” said Gareth Williams, corporate sector economist at S&P in London.

“Our survey suggests the capex cycle remains stuck in neutral, with declining commodity and emerging market capex overshadowing a modest turnaround in developed markets.”

The fall in spending comes despite the huge war

chest of ready money built up by companies over the past half-decade.

S&P estimated the top 2,000 companies by capex globally held around $4.5 trillion in cash on their balance sheets as of the end of last year.

The fall in investment has been particularly hard in emerging countries, including the BRIC nations of Brazil, Russia, India, and China, where corporate spending is predicted to fall 4% this year after a similar slump in 2013.

“This is a significant reversal of a previously upward trend and has left global capex growth more reliant on slow-growing developed markets,” said S&P in a press release.

The energy and commodity sectors, typically high-investment industries which accounted for some 42% of global corporate spend in 2013, have also started tightening the purse strings. [AFP]

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NUMBER of people who have ended their lives by jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California since it was built in 1937. Last year alone, 46 people plunged to their deaths from the bridge, which has sweeping views of the Pacific and San Francisco Bay.

IN THE LATEST findings of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), coconut scale-infested trees now number 2.1 million, according to Presidential Assistant for Food Security and Agricultural Modernization Francisco “Kiko” Pangilinan. BusinessWorld, July 1,2014.

NESTLE’ SA, the world’s biggest food company, said it will expand its skin care unit in North America by paying $1.4 billion in cash for commercial rights to sell some Valeant Pharmaceuticals Inc. products. BLOOMBERG News May 29, 2014

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EDGEDAVAO VOL. 7 ISSUE 78• THURSDAY, JULY 3, 2014

Hydropower: To build or not to build

By GERRY T. ESTRERA

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N January 29, 2014, the San Lorenzo Ruiz and Developers, Inc. wrote a letter to Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte about the firm’s proposition of building a 160-megawatt (MW) hydropower project in the city.

The proposed hydropower project will “involve a run-of-river-flow low diversionary weir with a height of 25 meters at the confluence of the Davao and Tamugan Rivers” and then connected “via a 10-kilometer combination of tunnels, open canals and penstock to a powerhouse located at the Lapunan area.”

The construction and operation of the proposed project is pegged at US$500-US$600 million.

It will be built at elevation 210 meters, which is below the 300-meter threshold for recharging zones of the Davao underground water aquifers.

“The proposed project is not in conflict with Hedcor’s power project since it is to be built below the elevation proposed by Hedcor and will utilize only the water released from Hedcor’s proposed project,” said the document obtained by this author.

According to the document, the Department of Energy “has already reviewed and certified the worthiness of San Lorenzo Ruiz Builder’s Davao hydropower project.” In fact, the energy department itself “has issued a Letter of Endorsement addressed to the Honorable Davao City Mayor.”

The proposed hydropower project was referred to Councilor Louie John J.

Bonguyan, who chaired the Committee on Energy.

Some hearings were conducted by the said committee on the project.

“Based on the reactions of the participants in the hearings conducted by the Committee on Energy, all participants including barangay officials of Tamugan, Davao City have expressed elation and approval of the proposed project,” the document said.

But last May 23, 2014, Councilor Leo Avila told Oscar I. Violago, the chief executive officer of San Lorenzo Ruiz and Developers, Inc. that the proposed hydropower project “has to be referred to the Davao City Watershed Management Council” as per “pursuant to Davao City Ordinance Number 03-10-07.”

In a news report dated May 29, 2014, Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte was quoted as saying that, based on the committee hearings conducted, “the proposed hydropower plant will be using massive water from Davao River and Tamugan River and that it will also be diverting the used water to other areas instead of returning it to the rivers.”

The vice mayor’s concern is that the proposed hydropower project will greatly affect the water level of the two rivers. This is especially true in the case of Tamugan River, a protected watershed area and source of drinking water for the people of Davao, according to the news report.

Water covers over 70 per cent of the earth’s surface. Electricity produced by water movement has

been used for decades.

About 16 percent of the world’s electricity is generated by hydropower.

According to the Washington-based Worldwatch Institute, the world’s top five producers are Canada, China, Brazil, the United States and the Russian Federation. Several countries, including Brazil and Norway, obtain almost all their electricity from this one source.

Hydropower can be generated by water falls (the first hydroelectric plant was built on Niagara Falls in 1878), rushing rivers and streams, and manmade dams, all of which allow a controlled amount of water to pass through the pipes that spin turbines – creating electricity.

Electric power is measured in units called watts.

A watt is equal to one joule per second. The total generating capacity of a power plant is measured in kilowatts (kW) for 1,000 watts and megawatts (MW) for one million watts.

A World Bank report in the 1980s showed the

Philippines as one of the “thirteen largest additions to hydroelectric capacity in developing countries.”

From an operating capacity of 940 megawatts in 1980, it went up to 2,195 megawatts in 1985. In 1998, the total hydropower capacity stood at 2,304 megawatts or almost 20 percent of the country’s total installed capacity.

Mindanao, the country’s second largest island, gets its power from four major sources: hydropower, coal, geothermal, and oil.

The bulk – 662 MW or 52% – comes from hydropower.

Oil contributes 24% of the power supply (311 MW) while geothermal is the source of 8% (98 MW). The remaining 16% (203 MW) comes from coal.

“We are heavily dependent on hydropower which is coming only from one source, Lake Lanao,” says Manuel ‘Bobby’ Orig, first Vice President for Aboitiz Power Corp. in Mindanao.

“This is the reason why during summer months or during long dry spell, when water level in Lake Lanao is

very low, the power supply in Mindanao is gravely affected.”

Most of the hydropower plants in the country are in the form of a dam that backs up the water and raises the level. Smaller hydropower plants, however, do not necessarily require dams. They use a series of pipes with turbines inside which are turned by the current.

But are hydropower plants really environment-friendly?

Some scientists believe that hydropower from manmade dams produce significant amounts of carbon dioxide and methane, which are greenhouse gases closely connected to climate change.

“Large amounts of carbon bound up in trees and other plants are released when a reservoir is initially flooded and the plants rots,” Worldwatch points out in a recent report. “And as plant matter settling on the reservoir bottom decomposes without oxygen, it leads to a buildup of dissolved methane,

which is released into the atmosphere when water passes through the dam’s turbines.”

To operate well for many decades, hydro projects require sound management, not just of equipment, but of entire watersheds. “Hydroelectric power will not be truly renewable until the functions of flood control, irrigation, transportation, power production, tree planting, fisheries management, and sanitation are coordinated within the overall goal of maintaining healthy and productive rivers,” writes Cynthia Pollock Shea in Renewable Energy: Today’s Contribution, Tomorrow’s Promises.

In the final analysis, however, “hydroelectric power creates virtually no pollution problems,” writes H. Steven Dashefsky, the man behind Environmental Literacy: Everything You Need to Know About Saving Our Planet. “Small-scale projects cause little harm to the environment, but larger projects are environmentally destructive.”

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‘The boy who cried wolf’

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RESIDENT Aquino is being accused by detractors raising unnecessary alarm over a supposed intelligence report that Davao City was a target of a terrorist attack. The President passed on the piece of information to Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte, who naturally took it seriously and did what he was expected to do as leader of a city facing real and imminent danger. The mayor sprang into action as did everybody else around him, including the ubiquitous media. Yes, every Dabawenyo did his part. Even kibitzers or bystanders whose only role was to wonder and worry about what’s going on, and sometimes offering unwanted comment, went into action, too.

Now that nothing happened and the President had admitted it was raw information that he passed on to the city mayor, he is being pilloried for it.

The critics are all over town picturing Mr. Aquino an alarmist, not unlike the boy who cried wolf in a classic story everybody is familiar with.

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Mr. Aquino is not entirely blameless for the faux pas. He could have directed his legions of military and civilian intelligence operatives to verify the raw data before passing it on to Mayor Rody and/or Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas. To Messrs.

Roxas and Duterte, it was not something they could take for granted, coming as it was from their boss, the man who holds the highest position of the land.

On the part of the President, he cannot be faulted for showing concern for his people, given the countless instances of terrorism experienced by the country in the distant and immediate past. He is being heckled now because no terroristic activity occurred. It could have been a very different story had one act of terror came to pass. Of course, his hecklers will still be around looking for another angle, another reason/s to criticize him for. Being damned if you do and damned if you do not, is one of the burdens of the Presidency in a democracy.

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HAT HAS GONE WRONG? - It’s becoming clearer now why the irate and disgusted public is showing disillusionment toward the present dispensation. People say the Aquino leadership seems groping in the dark and not sure of itself. Its “walang mahirap kung walang corrupt” policy and “daang matuwid” (straight path) doctrine remained just that – all hype and hyperbole.

Why should the Aquino administration not exhort Congress through their respective committees on social justice, welfare and development to make an inquiry into the weaknesses of the Filipino character with the view of undertaking crucial measures, which would revitalize our national character and strengthen the moral fiber of the people at a time when the country is on the verge of chaos?

Through this guileless process a lot of questions need some thoughtful and appropriate answers. But why concentrate on the weaknesses of our people particularly those in government service? Why is there a need to examine thoroughly how society shapes our character and how the younger generation is brought up and what biases are being introduced?

Is the country’s socio-economic situation so desperate that thousands upon thousands of our discontented and disappointed countrymen have to migrate to foreign lands to look for greener pastures?

And why thousands of our desperate young women refused to learn new skills other than selling their bodies several times over every night?

Worse, why do we always disobey even the simplest traffic rules and regulations, and why is circumventing the law become second nature or to put it more crudely, has cheating and corrupt practices become a normal way of life in our benighted

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country? All this resulted to government keep losing poor taxpayers’ money.

And there are government-owned and controlled corporations which were created by government for a clear motive: to provide employment to political allies, cronies and partisans without minding the cost and ultimately became the “milking cow” of notorious and corrupt officials. Thus give existence to the shameful and incomparable pork barrel fund scandal. What has gone wrong? Why can’t the Aquino administration like his predecessors put its own house in proper order?

The dominant question right now: Is there something left for our present leaders to do than just put a smiling face whenever there are problems that come their way? By making a comparison, critics and opposition-die-hards say the Philippines looks good only in the surface, but actually remains the “sick man in Asia.”

The times call for our top government officials, the President above all, to intensely analyze the “social cancer” that affects the vital organ of our ailing society.

THE OPPOSITE HAPPENED – President Benigno Aquino III will step down from Malacanang in 2016. Will the country be crisis-free when he bows out? The people elevated Aquino to the presidency on May 2010 in the belief that he will save the country from the apparent calamitous long nine-year reign of President

Gloria Macapagal- Arroyo. Regrettably, he is beginning to frustrate the people in their high hope.

On assuming the presidency, people believe President Aquino had the right formula to success, but just the same he was facing almost the same problems encountered by his predecessors. The communist and Moro insurgencies, extreme poverty, unemployment, low wages, rising prices and high cost of living, drug and crime syndicates, kidnapping, terrorism, rampant smuggling and widespread corruption in all levels of public life.

By this time, beginning of the third quarter of 2014, the balance sheet shows that the Aquino administration scored high in the economic front, but whatever gains the present leadership has accomplished cannot offset the drawbacks that continue to haunt the government most notably the highly scandalous PDAF and DAF fund scams.

Again, the question: what has gone wrong? Socio-economic experts and financial managers believe President Aquino has a good social, economic and political plans and programs. Have these been done as judiciously planned at the start of his term in 2010, much of the problems that greeted President PNoy could have been solved before the end of his tenure.

But it appears now that the opposite happened.

The President may not admit it, but right now he is in frantic search for potential solutions to the mounting problems and other impediments that refused to go away. His high-profile propaganda team and image-builders have been trying hard to hype that all is will and will be alright probably without analyzing carefully that claptrap only confirms the wrong existence.

Waging cold wars without end

RESIDENT Barack Obama then rode an anti-war wave into the presidency. Ever since, a conspicuously silent Bush has left Vice President Dick Cheney to defend the unnecessary war they chose to fight in Iraq.

The heavy toll of waging two wars at the same time, and the steady stream of caskets bringing home the U.S. war dead, appear to have persuaded Americans that they are no longer prepared to take part in another hot war. That is certainly the message Congress gives whenever Obama gets close to acting militarily on his own.

When it came to deciding whether to intervene in Syria, Obama appeared weak by hesitating. His decision to let Congress take the final decision, though, confirmed what was already evident: Americans are in no mood for a hot war.

The notion of waging a cold war, however, has taken a new direction since the collapse of the Soviet Union. In the old Cold War, the West had limited means of exerting its influence over the economies of the Soviet Union and its satellites because the communists operated a command economy virtually divorced from the West. The threat of economic sanctions meant little to a Kremlin that lived beyond the reach of the market.

Since the end of Soviet communism,

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(Conclusion) however, globalization has changed everything. Now instead of condemning a whole population to inconvenience, shortages and penury, targeted sanctions can make life difficult only for the people making bad decisions. The range of the banking and financial systems now ensures that Washington can call the shots when it comes to dodging sanctions or laundering money — as Credit Suisse and the French bank BNP Paribas have learned at vast cost.

Cold wars are slow to win. But the punishment they deliver is more accurate and more effective than the old-school Cold War. Putin, for example, knows he has a limited time before he must bring his Ukraine adventure to a close and nurture a rule of law. For as long as he persists, Russia will lose its most talented citizens as they flee arbitrary justice, lack of freedom of expression, fixed elections and all other aspects of Russian life that offends talented people.

In Soviet days, high-value Russians were confined to the Soviet Union simply by being refused exit visas.

Obama may have ridden an anti-war wave to become president. But once in the White House, while drawing down the hot wars, he has waged cold wars with vigor — much to the dismay of many supporters.

Obama’s use of drones, particularly in North Waziristan and Yemen, has been ruthless. He is even prepared to kill American-born terrorists with drones.

In response to the Crimea annexation and Moscow’s surreptitious invasion of eastern Ukraine, he has levied stern controls and restrictions on the Russian top brass. When European leaders meet later this week, they are expected to weigh extending sanctions to broad sectors of the Russian economy as well as wider circles surrounding Putin.

To mount a hot war has been a last resort for most presidents and it is hard to imagine what pressing circumstances today would cause a president to mount an operation as complex and dangerous as the war in Iraq. But if the United States is to maintain its influence around the globe, and keep terrorists well away from its shores, presidents of either party must be prepared to wage endless cold wars.

To abandon war altogether would be to acknowledge that the American people’s desire for peace had left it pitiful and powerless.

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Like children, elderly persons also need protection from abuse SPECIAL FEATURE

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HE same bill also provides that the task force shall be chaired by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). The other members of the task force shall include the Department of Finance (DOF), the Department of Health (DOH), and the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), non-government organizations such as the National Federation of Senior Citizens Associations of the Philippines (NFSCAP) and the Coalition of Services of the Elderly (COSE).

The program shall be implemented in coordination with relevant national and local and community-based public entities such as the municipal and city Office of Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA), private agencies, and other entities relating to elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, and other crimes against elderly individuals.

Among the services envisioned to be provided to all victims of elder abuse are immediate, short-term emergency services, including shelter, care services, food, clothing, transportation to medical or legal appointment as appropriate, and any other life services deemed necessary by the entity for victims of elder abuse.

Others are counselling and assistance for victims of elder abuse in accessing health care, educational, pension and other benefits for which senior citizens may be eligible under the law; mental health screenings for victims of elder abuse to identify and seek assistance for potential mental health disorders such as depression or substance abuse, job placement assistance and information on employment, training, or volunteer opportunities for victims of elder abuse and others.

According to Joan Ison, DSWD Focal Person for the Center for the Elderly, they fully support the lobbying for the passage of the bill into law and the conducts of forums for public awareness to ensure that the welfare of the abused elders are addressed through the inter-agency task force that will be formed once the bill is passed and approved by the Office of the President.

“We in the DSWD, as early as 2010, have exerted efforts by conducting some policy forums to address this phenomenon. And this was followed by policy papers. In the Congress, we also helped push for the promotion of elderly abuse legislation by giving some recommendations,” she said.

Dioscorro Benalla, president of the Confederation of Older Persons Associations in the Philippines (COPAP), cited that in addition, there should be a formation of Community-Based Programs for the Elderly (CBPE) where the elders can seek relief aside, from higher authorities.

“Older people need reference group besides the family, other older people that they can belong to, talk to share experiences with, work with, laugh with without being chided for looking old and moving slowly,” Benalla said.

Although elderly abuses do happen, as of now, the DSWD is still in the process of documenting the exact numbers of elderly people who have become victims.

Severo S. Catura, executive director of the Presidential Human Rights Committee Secretariat, shared the idea that the PIA and other media outfits, whether print or broadcast, include in their advocacy campaign the support for the passage of the pending bills for the welfare of the elderly in order to prevent abuses and neglect among them now and in the future.

“Let’s join hands in making the Philippines known to be a champion for the welfare of the elderly for the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Elderly,” Catura said.

To date, among the rights being enjoyed by the elders are fare discounts in public transportation and establishments, free medical and dental services in government establishments, and social pensions.

Other rights that should be further secured are safe and appropriate public infrastructure facilities such as roads, pedestrian overpasses and crossings, more centers or facilities for abandoned, abused or neglected older people, free burial services and others.

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LGUs...FFROM 2 Philippine Coast Guard, Philippine Navy, Philippine National Police and representatives from the local government units.

The closure season of the Davao Gulf is a mandate stipulated in the Joint Memorandum Order No. 2 of DA, BFAR and DILG aiming to protect the spawning period of pelagic fishes within the 23-hectare gulf area which covers the municipal waters from Don Marcelino town in Davao Occidental up to the municipality of Governor Generoso in Davao Oriental.

Idris said bagnets and fishnets which are commonly used by commercial fishing vessels are not allowed

in the gulf, and that small scale fishing boats and fish cages are not covered in the closure season.

However she said big scale fishing is allowed outside the municipal waters with a distance of 15 kilometers.

She emphasized the need to strengthen the watch over Davao Gulf due to the continuous decline in the production of fishes found in the gulf such as karabalyas, hasa-hasa, buraw, lumahan and anduhan, matambaka, atulay, tamrong, budlatan, galunggong, moro-moro, alumahan and burot-burot. [PIA 11/Carina L. Cayon]

Santiago said she will undergo six-month modern chemotherapy or also called behavioral therapy wherein she’ll just have to take a tablet called molecular targeting once a day. ”This is some sort of magic tablet and I don’t have to take anything, just a tablet which in effect it will give all the benefits of

chemotherapy without side effects,” Santiago told the Senate media. ”So I hope I will be able to see you in six weeks fully cured of cancer,” Santiago said.

About her political plans in 2016, Santiago said “I will see because I don’t know yet the effect of tablet will be.” [PNA]

Friday evening are Dr. Oscar M. Escudero Jr., president-elect; RaphaaelBasilio E. Apolinario VI, vice president for external affairs; Renante B. Andres, vice president for internal affairs; Alvin M. Pinpin, secretary; Pedrito G. Angeles, treasurer; RodelRiezl S.J. Reyes, assistant treasurer; Jesse A. Fortich, protocol officer; Apollo R. Alquiza, auditor; and Paul Yuste, immediate past president.

Directors to be inducted are Cheldone I. Canes, membership chairman; Fred Yelinek, club administration chairman; George V. Ursabia Jr., public relations chairman; Sol T. Hayag, The Rotary Foundation chairman; Harold Thomas Kelleher, service projects “A” chairman (community); Dominador M.P. Carrillo, service projects “B” chairman (vocational); Jaime S. Sabino, service projects “C” chairman

(youth) and assistant secretary; Benjamin A. Go, special committees chairman.

Earlier in the evening of July 3 at the Marco Polo Davao, the officers and members of the board of directors of another Rotary group, this time, the Rotary Club of Davao, or the “mother club,” is scheduled with District Governor Boy Salanatin as guest of honor and speaker.

To be inducted are Conrado “Jun” T. Hernaez Jr as president; Edgar “Ed” L. Bullecer as president-elect; Romulo “Jun” C. Diano Jr as vice president; Ireneo “Rene” D. Dalayon as secretary; Filomeno “Fil” B. Divino as treasurer; Ricardo “Ric” Q. Garcia as auditor; Oscar “Oka” R. Gonzales, Artemio “Art” R. Romero, Roberto “Robert” O. Soriano, Enrique “Ricky” O. Diola, Ruben “Ruben” G. Robillo, Danny “Danny” T. Fanlo as directors

creation and organization of the department.

The CTTMO should ensure the proper and efficient transition of operations procedures, as well as perform functions necessary and consistent with the recently-enacted Traffic, that will pave the way for the effective full operation of the depart-

ment.

Then, the interim should prepare reports to apprise the city mayor of the status of the operations of the department and recommend as well as assess the readiness of the city government as a whole in the official and formal creation of the department.

decision.

Lacierda said DAP-funded priority projects have benefited many Filipinos and partly boosted economic growth.

He cited as examples the Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards (NOAH), the Doppler radar system and school buildings projects.

Launched by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), project

to provide a six-hour leadtime warning to vulnerable communities against impending floods. [PNA] Lacierda stressed that the Palace thus does not regret using funds to accelerate projects that would benefit many Filipinos.

“How does one regret a decision to help thousands of people, of our countrymen? How does one regret installing a Doppler radar warning system? How does

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AFP...FFROM 1 not be made public because information is still raw, it will just create panic,” Balutan said. He also stressed that as a protocol, raw information should not be publicized.

“Yung mga hindi pa well-verified information should not be divulged to the public kasi kung raw information yun that will only create panic and alarm,” he said.

However, he said that they should act on it because it is already the President who made the pronouncement.

“Hindi na natin gustong mauulit yung Sasa bombing kasi kung maulit yun tayo ang kawawa,”he said.

Balutan said that the publizing the terror threat imposed negative impact

especially to the business sector.

“May effect ito sa movement ng business at ng normal na tao na gumagalaw sa socio enomic activity sa area,” he said. He cited that even the embassy of the United Kingdom warned their citizens living in the Philippines to not go in any places in Mindanao, especially Davao City.

A GMA news report also bared that the Australian government also warned its citizen not to go to Mindanao because of the terror threat.

He said that they are looking now on recent events that can give reason to terrorist groups to conduct terrorist activities like bombing.

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tayong info as to where the real threat is .We are conffering the notes from other intelligence group sa Armed Forces at yung basic information pinafollow up natin yun,” Balutan said.

“Maraming information ang natatanggap pero puro “raw ” pa yun. We are still validating and processing the information so that it will become an intelligence information,” he said, adding that it will be the basis of their measures to address the terror threat. “Whether the information is raw or not, we have to act because the info came from the President himself.”

According to him, the command is still looking on the retaliation of the followers of Abu Sayaf

commander Khair Mundos who was arrested last month in Parañaque followed by an encounter in Maguindao during the second week of June which left Abdul Basit Usman, who has links with al-Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiya wounded and still roaming around Central Mindanao.

He also said that they are also monitoring the followers of Abu Sayyaf commander Isnilon Hapilon who was slightly wounded in an encounter in Basilan last year.

“Ito ung mga informations natin na tinututukan natin na kung malink natin magkaron tayo ng buo na information we will be able to track down where it [terror threat] came from,” he said.

regional office is conducting another ballistic test on the gun used by the accused gunman Paul Dave Molina Labang because initial test yielded negative result.

Aquino said that Labang refused to answer if he used another gun in shooting King last June 12.

Aquino said that as of the moment they are looking at former Regional Intelligence Unit (RIU) Superintendent Leonardo A. Felonia as the alleged mastermind who conracted Labang, the alleged triggerman, Rommel E. Dela Cerna, the lookout and Rodel Dela Cerna, to kill King.

He said that they are also probing on the connection between Felonia and King as the information they got is the sworn statements of the suspects indicating the police official as the one who called to kill the victim.

The SITG head said that they are now requesting the Bureau of Immigration and

Deportation (BID) to issue a look out order on Felonia as they received some report that the family of the alleged mastermind plans to flee.

Aquino said that Felonia is currently under restrictive custody in his mother unit Intelligence Group at Camp Crame.

But, lawyer Caesar S. Europa, counsel of Felonia refuted the said statement clarifying that his client was not placed under restrictive custody.

Europa told reporters in a separate interview that Felonia said in their meeting last Saturday that the latter did not receive any order placing him under restrictive custody.

Europa also said that there will be no problem if the police will ask for a look out order from (BID) because his client had no plans to evade the case.

“Kung meron pa bakit pa siya nagreport sa Crame?” Europa asked.

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Lifestyle diseases on the rise

By GERRY T. ESTRERA “Noncommunicable diseases will be the predominant global public health challenge of the 21st century.”

– The New England Journal of Medicine

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ONCOMMUNICABLE diseases (NCDs), also known as chronic diseases, are not passed from person to person. They are of long duration and generally slow progression. Random genetic abnormalities, heredity, lifestyle or environment can cause non-communicable diseases, such as cancer, diabetes, asthma, hypertension and osteoporosis.

Autoimmune diseases, trauma, fractures, mental disorders, malnutrition, poisoning and hormonal conditions are in the category of non-communicable diseases.

“Once considered diseases of industrialized countries or of the affluent in developing countries, noncommunicable diseases are now recognized as global problems,” notes Priorities in Health, the companion volume of Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries.

That is what the Geneva-based World Health Organization (WHO) is trumpeting, too. “Noncommunicable diseases are the leading killer today and are on the increase,” it said on its global status report on noncommunicable diseases.

“The rise of chronic noncommunicable diseases presents an enormous challenge,” says Dr. Margaret Chan, the WHO Director-General. “For some countries, it is no exaggeration to describe the situation as an impending disaster; a disaster for health, for society, and most of all for national economies.”

NCDs kill more than 36 million people each year, the United Nations health agency claims.

“Nearly 80% of NCD deaths - 29 million - occur in low- and middle-income countries,” it explains. “More than nine million of all deaths attributed to NCDs occur before the age of 60; 90% of these ‘premature’ deaths occurred in low- and middle-income countries.”

But it seems NCDs are not getting enough attention from the media as it should have. In the Philippines, for instance, when 21 people, mostly children, died from measles, it made headlines.

“The truth is one person dies every three minutes of NCDs. Why aren’t we complaining?” asked Department of Health Undersecretary Teodoro Her-

bosa, who considered NCDs as silent epidemic.

Downplaying the threat of measles in the country, Dr. Herbosa called for a redirection of concern toward NCDs. Citing data from the health department, he said that measles is already on the same path that polio went. “In a few years,” he said, “the threat of measles will be gone in the country.”

But NCDs are here to stay. In an article which appeared in Vital Signs (written by Michaela Sarah de Leon), Dr. Herbosa said that 63% of global deaths are caused by NCDs. About six million people die every year due to smoking and another 3.1 million die of physical inactivity, which is the fourth leading risk for global deaths. Four percent of total deaths are alcohol-related.

According to WHO, no one is spared from NCDs. “NCDs are often associated with older age groups, but evidence shows that more than 9 million of all deaths attributed to NCDs occur before the age of 60,” the UN health agency reports.

“Children, adults and the elderly are all vulnerable to the risk factors that contribute to NCDs, whether from unhealthy diets, physical inactivity, exposure to tobacco smoke or the effects of the harmful use of alcohol.”

The WHO says NCDs “are driven by forces that include ageing, rapid unplanned urbanization, and the globalization of unhealthy lifestyles.” For instance, globalization of unhealthy lifestyles like unhealthy diets may show up in individuals as raised blood pressure, increased blood glucose, elevated blood lipids, overweight and obesity. These are called “intermediate risk factors” which can lead to cardiovascular disease, a NCD. In terms of attributable deaths, the leading NCD risk factor globally is elevated blood pressure (to which 16.5% of global deaths are attributed) followed by tobacco use (9%), raised blood glucose (6%), physical inactivity (6%) and overweight and obesity (5%).

“Chronic noncommunicable diseases deliver a two-punch blow to development,” points out Dr. Chan. “They cause billions of dollars in losses of national income, and they push millions of people be-

low the poverty line, each and every year.”

Poverty is closely linked with NCDs. The rapid rise in NCDs is predicted to impede poverty reduction initiatives in low-income countries, particularly by forcing up household costs associated with health care.

Vulnerable and socially disadvantaged people get sicker and die sooner than people of higher social positions, especially because they are at greater risk of being exposed to harmful products, such as tobacco or unhealthy food, and have limited access to health services.

“In low-resource settings, health-care costs for cardiovascular diseases, cancers, diabetes or chronic lung diseases can quickly

drain household resources, driving families into poverty,” the WHO states. “The exorbitant costs of NCDs, including often lengthy and expensive treatment and loss of breadwinners, are forcing millions of people into poverty annually, stifling development.”

In many countries, “harmful drinking and unhealthy diet and lifestyles occur both in higher and lower income groups. However, high-income groups can access services and products that protect them from the greatest risks while lower-income groups can often not afford such products and services,” the WHO adds.

In the Vital Signs feature, Dr. Herbosa outlines three measures Filipinos can do

to counteract the effects of NCDs: 1) generate public interest in and awareness of healthy lifestyle choices; 2) encourage target publics to make personal commitments to healthy living; and 3) engage private and public institutions to commit to establishing environments that encourage healthy lifestyle choices.

Are there way out to make the impacts of NCDs lessen? “Some of the burden of NCDs and injury is avoidable,” Priorities in Health says. “By adopting policies that promote healthy eating and discourage smoking, for example, low- and middle-income countries may escape the risk profiles that wealthier countries acquired as they developed.

“Implementing proper road safety measures would also permit low- and middle-income countries to avoid a substantial burden of road traffic injuries, which increase as motorized traffic increases,” the book suggests.

“25 by 25” – that’s the slogan which the United Nations and its health agency have adopted. It calls for a 25% reduction by 2025 in mortality from NCDs among persons between 30 and 70 years of age.

Perhaps that can be attainable if all countries can “share experience and pool expertise for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases,” to quote the words of The New England Journal of Medicine.

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Delicious and affordable offerings at Italianni’s

WEEKDAY lunches at Italianni’s just got more affordable with their new Weekday Lunch Deals which feature new and exciting dishes to make one’s lunchbreak a delicious treat. I was recently invited to give the Weekday Lunch Deals a taste last week and right off the bat I could say the choices were truly satisfying.

There are four different Lunch Deals to choose from

like Herbed Chicken in Caramelized Onion Sauce and Spaghetti Aglio Olio, White Fish Roulade and Spaghetti Aglio Olio, Braised Short Ribs with Costina Sauce and Garlic Rice, and Boneless Baby Back Ribs in Salsa Verde Sauce and Spaghetti Pomodoro which are sure appeal to every Dabawenyo.

“We wanted to encourage diners to visit us for lunch break here at Italianni’s” says The Bistro Group’s local store marketing officer Ronald Mejos. “The Weekday Lunch sets range from Php295 to Php325 which make it affordable to enjoy.” Diners may also add Php70 for a Ceasar

Salad and Php40 for Iced Tea. Although the dishes are affordable, Italianni’s did not skimp on the portion size. In fact, I believe the portion sizes are quite generous. I also love that Italianni’s can swap out the carbohydrates like pasta

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Boneless Baby Back Ribs in Salsa Verde Sauce and Spaghetti Pomodoro. for another pasta or rice just in case you feel like you want to have something lighter to pair with your protein.

Tasting the dishes, I would say my personal favourite is the Braised Short Ribs with Costina Sauce and Garlic Rice. Ronald says the short ribs take more than three hours to cook for it to be tender moist. The Costina Sauce adds some bright notes to the meat and pairs well with the light refreshing crunch of the French beans.

The Boneless Baby Back Ribs in Salsa Verde Sauce and Spaghetti Pomodoro is a runner-up which is sure to make meat lovers swoon with its tender and juicy ribs, sans the actual bones. The Salsa Verde and the bright tomato-based pasta sauce contrast well with the rich fatty goodness of the ribs.

Lunching out has truly evolved these past few years and Italianni’s is definitely

Braised Short Ribs with Costina Sauce and Garlic Rice.

taking the charge in changing the lunching scene.

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Globe Telecom: Network now 100% 3G; full 4G coverage in 90 days GLOBE TELECOM is the first telecommunications company in the Philippines to achieve 100% 3G coverage for its entire network, providing its customers with high-speed wireless internet for faster data interchange on their mobile devices.

Globe also expects to fully equip its network with the more advanced 4G infrastructure, with the HSPA+ technology, by the end of the third quarter, which would further strengthen the company’s capability to provide wonderful digital lifestyle experience to its growing 43 million customers, as they will be able to enjoy faster data connectivity even as they use bandwidth-intensive multimedia data applications, such as video and photography.

“With a 100% 3G network, we now have a robust capacity for high-speed mobile data access. Providing our network with full HSPA+ coverage in 90 days will provide an even faster mobile internet experience. This increases potential for more digital innovation and enhances wonderful customer experience,” Globe President & CEO Ernest Cu said, adding that the combined 3G and 4G infrastructure of Globe Telecom will further drive mobile data explosion in the country amid rising demand for smartphones.

The rollout of both 3G and 4G HSPA+ infrastructure for the entire Globe network forms part of the company’s transformation efforts, which delivered the most modernized telecommunications infrastructure in the Philippines.

Putting in a brand new access, transport and core network nationwide, the transformation enhanced coverage in major points of convergence and provided a more reliable network, not only for messaging and voice-calls, but especially for fast internet connection.

According to Cu, Globe Telecom’s transformation initiative also enhanced in-building coverage in major malls, hotels, hospitals, major highways and airports, further enriching customer experience. “The benefits of staying connected have never been greater, leading to the growing prevalence of smartphones and other mobile devices. People are able to experience high-speed internet, allowing them to stay connected to their homes and offices anytime and anywhere, making it so much easier for our customers to stay productive even when doing many other things,” Cu said.

To further expand its coverage across the nation, Globe is also building more 3G and 4G cell sites. By the end of the year, Globe Telecom’s total number of cell sites is expected to exceed 6,500. “Our transformation journey does not end with the 3G and 4G technologies. We will continue to improve our network’s infrastructure to accommodate our customers’ fast-paced digital lifestyle needs,” he added.

Globe Telecom’s modernized telecommunications infrastructure is expected to underpin the subscriber growth moving forward as smartphone penetration becomes more prevalent. As the company continues to attract high-end customers in both postpaid and prepaid segments, the number of Globe customers using mobile data, currently estimated at around 30% of its total subscriber base, is expected to rise even further.

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EVENT

Smart powers Travel Madness Expo 2014

AS the leader in providing Filipinos with meaningful connections here and abroad, Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) is powering this year’s Travel Madness Expo, which gathers all major airlines, travel agencies and hotels to offer exciting deals and great discounts on local and international tours.

Smart is the only mobile partner of the expo, which is expected to draw over 40,000 participants from all over the country from July 4 to 6 at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City. Aside from jaw-dropping deals, the Travel Madness Expo also features exclusive freebies, treats and entertainment for all attendees.

“Our partnership with Smart means all our exhibitors and participants could count on high-speed and reliable internet services throughout the event for seamless transactions,” said Pat Alberto, vice president of Travel Innovators Inc., the event organizer.

“This is very important especially because the Travel Madness Expo is a one-stop shop for all your travel needs.”

Through its international services arm, Smart is also set to showcase its suite of roaming products and services geared toward giving Filipino travelers a much easier and more affordable way

for 3 minutes. If a bit dry, add soymilk or water. If a bit runny, just mix.

Oatmeal Cookies 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened 2/3 cup brown sugar, packed 1 large egg ½ tsp vanilla extract ¾ cup all-purpose flour ½ tsp baking soda ½ tsp ground cinnamon ¼ tsp table salt 1 ½ cups rolled oats ¾ cup raisins ½ cup walnuts, chopped

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Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C) In a bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar, egg and vanilla until smooth.

In a separate bowl,

Travel Madness Expo 2014 gears up for a much bigger travel fair this year with a partnership with wireless services leader Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart). Over 40,000 participants are expected to flock the three-day event from July 4 to 6 at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City to snag exciting travel deals and discounts, as well as to learn more about the reliable and affordable roaming services offered by Smart. IN THE PHOTO (from left): Smart International Services Senior Manager Ruth Eva Ritumalta; Travel Innovators Inc. vice president Pat Alberto; and Smart Group Head for Data and International Services Michele Curran. to stay in touch with their said Ruth Eva Ritumalta, to countries in Asia and loved ones while they are Senior Manager for Smart America will only have to on the road.

International Services. pay a flat rate of PHP18 per In a special Smart seg- “Through the Travel Mad- text message, and PHP3 ment on July 5, Saturday at ness Expo 2014, Smart is per 10 kilobytes of data.

12 noon, Fil-British hosts thrilled to give Filipino On the other hand, subof the travel show, Juan travelers convenient ways scribers who are bound for Direction, will join Smart of connecting with their countries in the Middle ambassadors in dishing families and friends back East, Europe, Africa and out tips and advice on how home – whether through Oceania will be charged to travel smart and make texts, calls or mobile inter- with a flat rate of PHP23 the most of your travel ex- net.” per text message, and perience.

As part of its portfolio PHP5 per 10 kilobytes of Smart is also mounting of international services, data. a Travel Smart lounge, a Smart recently introduced For more information special place for subscrib- new roaming rates based about Smart’s internaers to relax and avail of on only two zones so that tional services, visit www. free charging and WiFi postpaid subscribers have smart.com.ph/internaconnections throughout a much easier way of con- tional. For updates on the the three-day event. trolling their phone usage upcoming Travel Madness “A reliable mobile con- and expenses while travel- Expo, follow its official nection is very much a part ling abroad.

Facebook account at www. of an amazing and enjoySmart postpaid sub- facebook.com/Travelable travel experience,” scribers who are travelling Madness. combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.

Stir into the butter mixture.

Combine oats, raisins and walnuts. Mix to incorporate. Chill for 5 minutes.

On a baking tray, scoop chilled dough (ice cream scoop). Best if kept 2 inches apart. You can have the option of chilling the dough before baking (for a thicker result) or bake it immediately. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Let stand before transferring to a cooling rack. Serve.

Oatmeal Banana Cake 1 cup rolled oats ¾ cup all-purpose flour ¾ cup whole-wheat flour ½ cup packed brown sugar 1 ½ tsp cinnamon powder 1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda 1 egg 1 ½ cups mashed bananas 75 ml vegetable oil 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 cup dried cherries or raisins Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C) In a bowl, combine rolled oats, all-purpose and whole-wheat flours, sugar, cinnamon, baking powder and baking soda.

Mix. In separate bowl, whisk together egg, bananas, oil and vanilla. Pour over dry ingredients. Sprinkle with cherries and stir. Pour into a parchment paperlined loaf pan. Tap down to remove air bubbles and smooth top.

Optional: sprinkle with rolled oats. Bake for about 1 hour. Let cool in pan for

10 minutes. Remove and let cool on rack.

Happy Birthday to our beautiful angel Mamang Adon and our other angel, Papa Kus, keep us safe always. We miss and love you. To my sister from another mother, I may not spend this day with you but you know that I’ll always be here – no matter the day and time.

Lovelots Freah Ramos . To pogi boy Ivan Ray Bagtas, happy birthday – need I say more?! Happy birthday to my prettiest sorority ate, Ruby Ann Calizo mwahmwah!

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ENTERTAINMENT

Daniel Padilla goes all out in Starstudio this July STARSTUDIO Magazine goes all-out with Teen King Daniel Padilla in its July 2014 issue with an exclusive feature on his big and beautiful new home.

Join Daniel as he takes readers on a journey of all the homes he’s lived in—but never owned until now—along with the struggles he had experienced in each one, and the feeling of success that came with finally owning his very first home.

Daniel gives StarStudio the first top-to-bottom look at the house and its interiors, which were done mostly by his mom, singer-actress Karla Estrada. There’s also a special feature on Daniel’s thoughts on screen partner Kathryn Bernardo and a look back at his musical journey with his band mates from Parking 5.

See today’s hottest teen

idol, budding recording and concert royalty, and endorsement prince as he’s never been seen before in an exclusive, all-access 36page feature.

Also in this issue is a feature on another young sensation facing a different kind of struggle. Meet Jamvhille Sebastian, one half of the YouTube tandem known as Jamich, as he shares the heart-wrenching story of living with cancer, along with the lessons he learned and the wisdom he gained from what he went through.

Popular radio DJ, host, and author, DJ Chacha of MOR 101.9 also shares her own story. StarStudio zooms in on her joys and triumphs as a single mother.

The magazine’s latest issue also contains a Style section that takes you behind the scenes of the recent Philippine Fashion Week.

JASON ABALOS PLAYS STREET FIGHTER IN “MMK.” Kapamilya hunk Jason Abalos will portray the character of a street fighter in ABSCBN’s “Maalaala Mo Kaya” this Saturday (July 5). At a young age, Nikki (Jason) already dreamt of becoming a boxer because he saw it as a way to give his family a better life. But instead of boxing, fate led him to the dangerous world of street fighting. Why did Nikki find himself hooked with such an illegal sport? Will he stop risking his life in street fights once his family asks him to do so? Also part of this episode are Dimples Romana, Laiza Comia, Lito Pimentel, Miguelito de Guzman, Celine Lim, Kyline Alcantara, Archie Alemania, Josh Ivan Morales, Thou Reyes, Zeppi Borromeo, Manuel Chua, Marx Topacio, Ogie Escanilla and John Vincent Servilla. The episode is directed

by Garry Fernando and written by Benson Logronio. “MMK” is led by business unit head Malou Santos and creative manager Mel Mendoza-del Rosario.

Come along on all these highly personal, emotional, and revealing journeys with the stars. Savor the StarStudio experience from ABS-

CBN Publishing and grab a copy of the July 2014 issue from bookstores, convenience stores, or magazine stands nationwide.

Director Maryo J. Delos Reyes happy and thankful with the high ratings of Niño THE entire cast of GMA Network’s inspirational drama series Niño, most especially Director Maryo J. Delos Reyes who helms the primetime masterpiece, is on cloud nine after the program continues to deliver strong ratings performance.

Director Maryo is extremely happy because of Niño’s high TV ratings. The program is very close to his heart because he was a former seminarian and he wants to inspire people through his works and programs. And he is very grateful to GMA 7 for entrusting him this project because the show promotes good family values.

“Our courageous efforts have paid off. Pursuing to have a show on values education and inspiring good morals

and respect for positive human behaviours has always been contradictory to commercial successes. At least now we can say that the audience are the ones clamouring for these.”

Director Maryo adds that “parents, teachers, the religious are endorsing the show. What a fulfilling feeling!

We are very thankful and hope that children and the general public will continue to be inspired by the show as much as we are also challenged to continually bring them good entertainment values on faith, hope, love of

God and in the goodness of men.”

Meanwhile, more exciting twists unfold in the series as Niño (Miguel Tanfelix) starts to learn how to write.

He will also tell Hannah (Katrina Halili) not to lose hope in finding her missing son. He will learn how to write the word “Naynay” and even calls her Mama Hannah.

Niño airs weeknights after 24 Oras on GMA Telebabad.

Get the latest updates about Niño from its official facebook page www. facebook.com/OfficialNinoGMA ,

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“IKAW LAMANG” REIGNS TIMESLOT DESPITE NEW RIVAL. ABS-CBN’s master teleserye “Ikaw Lamang” continues to reign on its timeslot despite the airing of a new competition. Based on data from Kantar Media, the drama series starring Coco Martin, Jake Cuenca, Julia Montes, and Kim Chiu scored a national TV rating of 29.2% or more than 14 points higher compared to the pilot episode of GMA’s new series “My Destiny” (15%). Meanwhile, to thank TV viewers for their support every night, Coco and Julia will throw a special fans’ day this Saturday (July 5) at Market! Market! Activity Center, at 4pm. Also joining Coco and Julia is Juris, one of the singers of “Ikaw Lamang’s” official sound track. “Ikaw Lamang” is the master teleserye of ABS-CBN which is under the production of Dreamscape Entertainment Television. Don’t miss the heart-pounding scenes in the timeless master teleserye, “Ikaw Lamang” weeknights after “Dyesebel” on ABS-CBN Primetime Bida. For more information about “Ikaw Lamang” visit the show’s official social media accounts Facebook.com/IkawLamang.Online, Twitter. com/IkawLamang_TV and Instagram.com/IkawLamang_TV.

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EDGEDAVAO

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Oatmeal: Your daily superfood IN TRUTH, breakfast is the most important meal of the day -- a plateful of healthy and hearty breakfast sets the phase for the whole day. Filipinos as we are, we opt for a more savory breakfast than the sweet ones – tapsilog, pandesal with corned beef, dried fish, eggs and hotdogs – name it and we’ll have it for breakfast.

Let’s try to change it and incorporate something new. Not many of us like the bland and grainy texture of oatmeal but did you know that it is more than just hot water and honey anymore? Yes, oatmeal can be made into cookies, pie base/crust, chicken coat and sweet cake fillings.

Here’s a challenge then, instead of the usual, why not have a different oatmeal breakfast for every day of the week? Here are some of the easiest and cheapest way to make oatmeal your newest staple on the table. Enjoy!

Choco Coconut Oatmeal 1 cup dry old fashioned oats Water (as directed on the package) 2 tablespoon shredded

coconut meat or store bought desiccated coconut 1/4 cup chocolate milk powder (of your choice) Organic Honey Chocolate syrup, optional Cook oatmeal and mix all ingredients together.

If you want it a bit runny, add more water. You can also add fresh or dried fruits, nuts and chocolate chips. Make in batches and keep in an airtight container.

Baked Banana Raisin Oatmeal 3 eggs 2 very ripe bananas, mashed 3 cups old fashioned oats 1 ½ cups soymilk ½ cup raisins 1/3 cup manuka honey ¼ cup vegetable or canola oil 2 tsp baking powder 2 tsp cinnamon powder 1 tsp pure vanilla extract

Apple Snapple Oatmeal 1 1/3 cups regular rolled oats 3 cups apple juice or cider (not apple cider vinegar) 1 small apple, cored and sliced 1/4 cup raisins or chopped pitted dates 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon 1/4 tsp soymilk 1/4 tsp brown sugar

Instead of water or milk, cook oatmeal in apple juice. Mix. If you want it a bit runny, add more juice. Once the oatmeal is sticky, add the rest of the ingredients – do taste as you go. Make in batches and keep in an airtight container.

Nutty Oatmeal 2 cups old-fashioned oatmeal (not instant) 1 cup soy milk

¼ cup walnuts, crushed ¼ cup almond slivers ¼ cup pistachio nuts ¼ cup raisins 2 tbsp dark maple syrup or organic 1 tsp cinnamon Cook oatmeal according to package directions.

Add remaining ingredients and serve hot. You can also add chocolate chips and other dried fruits.

In a bowl, mix all ingredients – beginning with your dry and wet. Mix well to incorporate the flavors. Pour in greased pan and bake for 10 minutes.

Serve warm with maple syrup or honey.

Banana Raisin Microwave Oats ½ cup old fashioned oats 1 cup tepid water ¼ cup raisins or dates 1 ripe banana, chopped ¼ cup assorted nuts, roughly chopped ¼ to ½ cup soymilk In a bowl, combine all ingredients. Let stand for a minute or so. Microwave

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All-Girls 7 A Side Futbolfest on July 12 A

ONE-DAY All-Girls 7 A Side Futbolfest will be presented by the Ateneo de Davao University Athletics and Martish Marketing Company on July 12 at the AdDU Matina football field here.

“We want to develop also the sport dominated by the boys to the girls also,” said Marc Samante, sports coordinator for Grade School of the AdDU at the SCOOP Session of The Royal Mandaya Hotel last Tuesday.

Also present was BJ Enerio, athletics assistant from the office of AdDU Athletic Director Noli Ayco.

The one-day event is in partnership with the Havaianas to help “active and empower, exemplify girl power.” The categories are the Girls 12 (born 2002 and

BLASTING OUT. Ludwig Van Ledesma, shown here in file photo, led the Dream Team to victory in the 6th Dynasty Cup over the weekend at Rancho Palos Verdes Golf and Country Club. Lean Daval Jr.

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HE Dream Team emerged as the overall champion in the 6th Dynasty Cup Golf Tournament at the scenic Rancho Palos Verdes Golf and Country Club clinching the title over the weekend with a final push in the third and last stage.

Team captain Monchit Mackay led the Dream Team along with Ludwig Van Ledesma, Simion Marfori, Vincent Gumapac, Vincent Arcenas, Louie Rabat, Patrick Tan, Toffee Tionko, Joey Mempin and Jigs Ca-

lixto.

Davao Korean Golfers Association (DKGA) finished first runner-up in the tri-stage tournament.

The Koreans were led by skipper Kim Gui Nam and team mainstays Yoo Jung Ku, Hong Sung Hwa, Kim Il Gyu, Lee Bong Hee, Jung In Kyu, Kim Min Suk, Lee Jae Un, Lee Dong Woon and Kim Jung Hyun.

Taking home second runner-up honors is Pomelo Verde led by captain Joe Marfori, Mayong Pillerin, Louie Brodeth, Manny Ni-

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torreda, Ting Castillo, Hermie Martin, Martin Sara, Nonoy Llamas, Jun Canedo and Archie Moralizon.

Also taking part in the annual golfest are Eagle Master 1 and 2, Dipscor, The Builders, Amiya, 1st Tee, The Couples, and G Voyz 1 and 2.

Special prizes were also awarded to Lee Bong Hee and Lee Jae Un – 142 (lowest net score), Roderick Lo and Cris Tan – 153 (lowest gross score) in the Net Aggregate category.

For Scramble, PJ San Pedro

and Bong Guerzon – 54 (lowest net), Lee Bong Hee and Lee Jae Un – 65 (lowest gross) For One Ball Twosome, Lando Ching and Joseph Ng -70 (lowes net), Monchit Mackay and Patrick Tan – 76 (lowest gross).

Best In Uniform went to Dipscorr with captain Paul Garcia, Ronnie Magsico, Marvin Del Rosario, Addy Briones, Oscar Rebosura, Romy Garcia, Jerico Bajo, Wendell Adlao, Vince Batucan and Bob Lacaya.

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below), Girls 14 (born 2000 and below), Girls 16 (1998 and below) and Open (must be 16 years old above).

Among the early confirmed teams already are host AdDU, Philippine Women’s College, DDS, SOS Children’s Village, Sakya Football Club and SLS Football Club.

“We are still open for more teams,” Enerio said.

Each team can have a minimum of eight and maximum of 10 players. Registration fee is P1,000 per team with free bibs.

For inquiries and registration, visit the Athletics Office located at the third floor of Fr. Martinez Sports Center at AdDU Matina Campus or call tel. no. (082) 221-2411 (local 4343) or email: adduathletics @ gmail.com.

HE Association for the Advancement of Karatedo (AAK) Davao Chapter is celebrating its 12th year anniversary by hosting the 2nd AAK Davao Cup National Age-Group and Seniors Karate Championships on August 22-24 at the SM Davao.

This was announced on Tuesday by AAK Davao head instructor Rommel Tan at the weekly SCOOP Session of The Royal Mandaya Hotel.

Also present was one of Tan’s prized fighter Gabriel Quiñones, who recently won two gold medals, one silver and also the Best Male Player award in the 15th Malaysian Milo Cup Karatedo Championships held in Kuala Lumpur last month.

Quiñones, 15, a student of Brokenshire Science High School is now a strong candidate for the annual So Kim Cheng Male Athlete of the Year 2014. (See related story.)

Tan, a former national athlete and coach, said that the tough teams from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao will be seeing action in the 3-day event.

Among them are the AAK Mega Mall, Jose Rizal University under former world champion Sonny Montalbo, Ateneo de Manila University, ASKA Cavite, St. Paul College of Manila, La Salle Greenhills, Bukidnon, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Mati, General Santos City and Davao.

Australian teenager shocks world no. 1, Sharapova out

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ONDON (Reuters) This time there was no escape for world No.1 Rafael Nadal.

For the fourth match in a row at this year’s Wimbledon he got his fingers burned when losing the first set - only this time he was engulfed by player with dynamite in his strings.

How the tournament organisers must be slapping themselves on the back for handing Australian upstart Nick Kyrgios a wildcard.

On Tuesday the 19-yearold world number 144 took his dream Wimbledon debut to dizzy new heights with a

spellbinding display on Centre Court to outplay the twice champion using a barrage of aces and crunching baseline winners.

His 7-6(5) 5-7 7-6(5) 6-3 win was the first by a player ranked outside the top 100 over a world No.1 at a grand slam since Jim Courier lost to Andrei Olhovsky in 1992.

Olhovsky never did much else but Kyrgios’s victory, sealed with a 37th ace, felt as though it could be a seminal moment in the evolution of men’s tennis - a warning shot to the “big-four”.

Yes, Lukas Rosol and Steve Darcis, also ranked

outside the world’s top 100, ended Nadal’s previous two Wimbledon campaigns, but they played probably the matches of their careers to do it.

Kyrgios’s career is just beginning and the way he overwhelmed Nadal with a fearless brand of tennis, who knows where his first Wimbledon adventure could end up?

“He is acting to me like he can win the whole tournament,” three-times Wimbledon champion John McEnroe said after witnessing a match that will enter Wimbledon folklore.

THROUGH THE NEXT ROUND. Last year’s runner-up Sabine Lisicki made sure there would be two Germans in the women’s quarters when she overcame a shoulder injury to beat Kazakhstan’s Yaroslava Shvedova 6-3 3-6 6-4.

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VOL. 7 ISSUE 78• THURSDAY, JULY 3, 2014 HEADER. Argentina’s Marcos Rojo, right, and Switzerland’s Granit Xhaka go for a header during their World Cup round of 16 soccer match at the Itaquerao Stadium.

FUTURE OF USMNT. Julian Green, only 19 years old, will be at the forefront of the US Men’s National Team by 2018. Green became the youngest goalscorer thus far of the World Cup 2014.

Klinsmann: I’ll be back in 2018

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AO PAULO (Reuters) Angel Di Maria swooped deep into extra time to give Argentina a 1-0 win over Switzerland in a gripping last 16 tie on Tuesday, as the South Americans booked a spot in the World Cup quarter-finals.

After a tense 0-0 draw at 90 minutes and scoreless first

period of extra time, Argentine playmaker Lionel Messi suddenly found a yard of space and released Di Maria, who swept the ball home first time before wheeling away in delight.

Blerim Dzemaili came within inches of saving Switzerland when his powerful

downward header hit the post with goalkeeper Sergio Romero stranded, but Argentina rode their luck to celebrate the win while the Swiss slumped to their knees in despair.

Argentina now face a quarter-final against either Belgium or the United States, who were also playing on

points on top of great assists that sets his teammates up well for an easy baskets.

Rañon finished the game with 12 baskets while Reyes had 9 for the Executive Oldies who now faces a high-level competition from the village chiefs.

ABC came out aggressive early that enabled the village chiefs to gain a 25 – 15 lead at the end of the first canto.

The Oldies mounted a huge fightback in the second period behind Go, Michael Peloton, Rhodelio Poliquit and Orly Escarilla to get back in the game.

It was a tough contest in the second half with the Village chiefs dictating the tempo most the third period attributed to their assertive approach in the game.

But the Executive Oldies offensive firepower proved

to be too tough to handle by the village chiefs in the closing seconds.

Barredo paced the village chiefs with 23 points.

Rolando Bantayan made 15 as Arnulfo Apostol had 11 for the ABC which is expected to provide a formidable challenge to the Executive Oldies this time around.

The Executives swept the First Conference series 4 – 0. (Rico Biliran) Box scores: Executive Oldies - 81 - Go 42, Rañon 12, Reyes 9, Poliquit 6, Peloton 4, Alparaque 4, Escarilla 2, Ong 2, ABC - 71 - Barredo 23, Bantayan 15, Apostol 11, Labro 6, Laurel 5, Torrejas 3, Culaste 2, Guevarra 2, Makiling 2, Culaste 2.

Qtr scores: 15 - 25, 39 34, 56 - 54, 81 - 71

Tuesday.

Di Maria, who had given the ball away far too easily but peppered the Swiss goal with shots, said the entire squad deserved credit for the win.

URGEN Klinsmann believes that he will still be in charge of United States for the next World Cup and hailed “phenomenal” goalkeeper Tim Howard after a 2-1 defeat to Belgium in Tuesday’s last-16 clash at Arena Fonte Nova.

USA lost after extra time as Kevin De Bruyne and Romelu Lukaku scored for Belgium before Julian Green grabbed a goal back to ensure a tense finale.

Klinsmann hailed his team’s character despite the defeat and believes that there is plenty on which to build from their performances in Brazil ahead of the next tournament in Russia in 2018.

“I think so. Yes, I think so,” he replied when asked by reporters whether he will be coach in 2018.

“We have to move on.

There are some young players who are coming through but are not there

yet. I think there is a lot to build on going forward.

“It’s a bummer for us to end on the losing side after giving everything to the fans for 120 minutes. It was a real drama, a thriller and we had possibilities to equalise at the end.

“We are very proud of every player. They made their country proud today and with their performances in the World Cup.” Goalkeeper Tim Howard kept the Americans in the game as he made an astonishing 15 saves in the match, the most recorded in a World Cup fixture since 1966.

Klinsmann added: “What Tim did was phenomenal. He kept us in the game for a long time. He had an amazing match.

“We wanted to get back in the game off the back of Tim. We had chances to score at the end of the 90 minutes thanks to Tim. He kept us in there for 120 minutes.”

Execs take Game 1 over ABC in 2nd Conference

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HE City Hall Executive Oldies bucked an awful start to pull off an 81 – 71 victory over the rejuvenated Association of Barangay Captains (ABC) Davao in Game 1 of their Second Conference best of seven series on Tuesday night at the Davao City Recreation Center Almendras Gym. Lawyer Elmer Rañon and Ram Reyes stood out in the epic encounter to help the Executive Oldies take a 1-0 series lead.

Behind the smart passes of Christopher Bong Go, Rañon and Reyes made key baskets in the final minutes of the game that put the village chiefs at bay.

Go, the Executive Oldies go-to-guy but effectively turned himself to be a decoy down the stretch, put up his usual impact, dropping 42

GAME ONE HERO. James Yap sizzled for the San Mig Coffee Mixers in Game 1 of the PBA Finals as the Mixers came from 17 points down to win over Rain Or Shine Elasto Painters. Nuki Sabio

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IT’S OVER. Tim Howard’s heroic effort wasn’t enough as the United States was eliminated from the World Cup with a 2-0 loss to Belgium.

Photo: EPA

DREAM DENIED Americans bid goodbye in 2-1 defeat to Belgium

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ALVADOR, Brazil (AP) — They captured the hearts of America — from coast to coast, big towns and small, all the way to the White House.

Capturing the World Cup will have to wait.

Belgium scored twice in extra time Tuesday and then held on for a 2-1 win over the United States.

The Americans go home after the round of 16 — just like four years ago.

“Thirty-one teams get their heart broken,” goalkeeper Tim Howard said.

“It has to end sometime. It ended a little bit early for us.”

Playing the finest game of his career, Howard stopped a dozen shots to keep the Americans even through regulation and force an additional 30 minutes. He wound up with 16 saves — the most in the World Cup since FIFA started keeping track in 2002.

Before exiting, the U.S. showed the spunk that won America’s attention.

The Belgians built a twogoal lead when Kevin De Bruyne scored in the 93rd minute and Romelu Lukaku in the 105th.

But then Julian Green,

at 19 the third-youngest player in the tournament, stuck out his right foot to volley in Michael Bradley’s pass over the defense in the 107th, two minutes after entering.

“I was sure that we would make the second goal and we would go to the penalty shootout,” Green said.

The Americans nearly did. In the 114th, Clint Dempsey peeled away on a 30-yard free kick by Bradley, who passed ahead to Chris Wondolowski. He fed Dempsey, and goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois bolted off his line to block the 6-yard shot.

At the final whistle, the

U.S. players fell to the field in their all-white uniforms like so many crumpled tissues.

“They made their country proud with this performance and also with their entire performance in this World Cup,” said Jurgen Klinsmann, the former German World Cup champion who took over as coach three years ago.

The Americans advanced from a difficult first-round group to reach the knockout rounds of consecutive World Cups for the first time. Four years ago, they were eliminated by Ghana 2-1 on a goal in the third minute of extra time.

AERIAL CLASH. Belgium’s defender Daniel Van Buyten, left, vies with U.S. defender Fabian Johnson. Right, an American fan let’s out his support for the US team.