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WO top campaign aides of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte including the driver and the aide’s son cheated death as the Fortuner vehicle they were riding on turned turtle Wednesday morning at around 6:00 at a high-altitude zigzag road in Quezon town while on their way to Valencia City, Bukidnon to prepare for the speaking engagement of the mayor.

Former Davao City Councilor Peter Laviña, Duterte’s top federalism campaigner, Rico Peligro, campaign leader for Davao provinces, Laviña’s son Eccel Deo and the vehicle driver sustained slight bruises and were so terrified of their lives when the vehicle took a

right curve, the Fortuner’s steering system shut locked and could no longer be steered back by the driver.

“No matter how our driver attempted to steer it back, it did not budge and the vehicle skidded to the right and turned 180 degrees. The downward trend pushed the vehicle to turn turtle to the left,” the ex- city councilor posted on his Facebook yesterday at around 11 A.M. The father Laviña has slight bruises and swelling on his right eye from a head bump while his son was unhurt. Peligro has bruises and chest pain.

They went to Lavina Hospital in Valencia City for checkup.

Laviña said they still

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managed to meet, though late, Bukidnon Governor Jose Maria Zubiri and Valencia City officials led by Mayor Sunny Huervas and Vice Mayor Nonoy Laviňa, the hosts of the Listening Tour of Duterte where federalism for the country is being espoused, Some quarters tagged Duterte’s tours as preparation for his much-rumored presidential plan.

The location where the vehicle turned turtle is considered as the summit of the highest mountain where a national road traverses on it in zigzag pattern. It affords a commanding view over Bukidnon’s plains and mountains. Cha Monforte, Correspondent

MID-SPEECH CALL. Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte talks to Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Mar Roxas in the middle of his speech at the turn-over ceremony of computer equipment at the Community Security Group-Firearms and Explosive Office in Police Regional Office 11 (PRO11) on Tuesday night. Duterte requested Roxas to tell President Aquino to appoint a new PNP chief so that the applications of the Permit to Carry (PTC) firearms of gun owners will not be delayed. Armando B. Fenequito Jr.

MISHAP. The Fortuner used by Peter Laviña and another campaign aide of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte lies on the side of the road following an accident along the highway in Quezon, Bukidnon Wednesday morning. (Photo from Facebook account of Peter Laviña)

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GRADUATION KEYNOTE. Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte delivers his keynote speech before the graduates of the Philippine College of Technology during the school’s 22nd commencement exercises at SM Lanang Premier’s SMX Convention Center on Tuesday afternoon. Lean Daval Jr.

Duterte blasts City Council for delaying sports complex

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AVAO City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte blasted the City Council for delaying the proceedings on the proposed City Sports Complex inside University of the Philippines Mindanao (UPMin).

This after Vice Mayor Paolo Z. Duterte said one factor delaying the discussion on the proposed Sports complex is the 1998 Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the city government and UP, which was supported by two ordinances.

In an interview on Tuesday night at Camp Quintin Merecido, Duterte said that there is no “permanency” in the enacted laws.

“Walang Congress, walang mayor ang magsabi simula ngayon ito na (No Congress or mayor can say that a law will last forever),” he said.

Duterte said even a President cannot say that a law will last since it is always subject to change.

“Why are they (councilors) insisting on a permanency of an ordinance tapos hindi mo palitan (that will never be changed)? Wala kang alam kung ganun (They don’t know anything, if that’s the case),” Duterte said.

He said the city needs to invest in a sports complex for the benefit of the next generation.

Councilor Victorio Advincula Jr., however, said the 1998 MOA is still existing and should be respected.

“A MOA by any definition is a contract and basically a contract is the law between the parties... Nganong dili na lang nato i-respect na (Why

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Kato saluted as ‘warrior’

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AVAO City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte saluted the late Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighter (BIFF) founder Ameril Umbra Kato as a warrior even though he was an enemy of the state.

“I would like to extend my condolences if it true that he is dead but if it is not then I will say sorry,” he said.

In a report from Mindanews, Cotabato Mayor Samsoddin “Pink” Dimaukom confirmed the death of Kato last Tuesday.

Citing information he received from Kato’s relatives and other sources in Maguindanao, Dimaukom said in a phone interview that the rebel leader died from cardi-

ac arrest somewhere in Guindulungan, Maguindanao at around 2 a.m. Tuesday.

But the official said he did not know where Kato would be buried, as Muslim practice requires a dead person to be buried no longer than 24 hours after his death.

Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) chief peace negotiator Mohagher Iqbal also said in a text message that the report was “99 percent confirmed”.

Reports of Kato’s death have been circulating in the region since early Tuesday.

Kato left the MILF to form the BIFF over differences on the conduct of the peace talks with government. Armando B. Fenequito Jr.

Mayor urges President to name new PNP chief

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AVAO City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte urged President Benigno Aquino to appoint a new Philippine National Police (PNP) director general so that applications for Permit to Carry (PTC) firearms are not delayed.

Duterte made his request through Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Mar Roxas, with whom he talked over the telephone in the middle of his speech during the turn-over of computer equipment to the Community Security Group-Firearms and Explosive Office at Police Regional Office 11 (PRO11).

In their phone conversa-

tion, which was done as people were listening, Duterte requested Roxas to tell President Aquino to appoint a new PNP chief.

“So many things are happening because there is no chief PNP. Why is it until now there is none?” Duterte told Roxas.

Duterte said the people must be served properly and the issuance of PTC to gun owners especially in Mindanao should not be put on hold for a long time since there is war going on in the island region.

The mayor said the people might resort to possessing

guns illegally since there is no authorized PNP official to sign the PTC. “When they feel threatened, the mental state of the people is to want their guns to be legalized, but there is no official who will sign the PTC,” he said.

Duterte told Roxas that while the President has not yet appointed a new PNP chief, acting PNP chief Leonardo Espina should be given the authority to sign PTCs In an interview after his speech, Duterte said he called Roxas out of his disappointment because people want to protect themselves due to war

in some areas in Mindanao but the issuance of PTC is being delayed.

“You cannot keep it hanging,” he said.

During the ceremony, Duterte turned over four desktop computers, four scanners, two printers, a laptop, and router to PRO 11 for the license to own and possess firearms (LTOAPF) registration in Mindanao.

Duterte said he asked for the equipment to improve the performance of the police.

The equipment was donated by Armscor, a Philippine firearms manufacturer, to the city.

HE Davao City Council’s committee on peace and order and public safety headed by councilor Nilo Abellera Jr. will start discussing today the proposal to penalize people carrying illegal drugs and contraband inside Davao City Jail.

In an interview, Abellera told Edge Davao that his committee will hear today the request of Jail Warden Superintendent Simeon S. Dolojo Jr. to enact an ordinance “Prohibiting the Sneaking, Using and carrying any form of Contraband inside the jail and Detention Places in the City of Davao and Providing Penalties for

Violation.”

“Karon maghimo na tag mga penalties para ma-enforce gyud strictly ang mga patakaran sa jail kay daghan mang gud og makalusot (We will impose penalties to enforce the regulations of the jail because there are people who really sneak in contraband)”Abellera said.

He said hopefully the item will be discussed on second reading by May. Earlier, Dolojo said he is pushing for the ordinance because he wants zero incidents in Davao City Jail. He also said he wants to prevent the illegal drug trade inside the jail,

which is rampant in other detention facilities in the country.

He said the proposed penalty on the violators will also benefit the city because the jail will remit all fines that will be collected.

Under section 6 of the proposed ordinance, the violator will be fined P1,500 or render community service for 24 hours, with subsidiary imprisonment for non-compliance of the service, for first offense.

For the second offense, the violator will be fined P3,000 or render community service for 120 hours with subsidiary imprisonment for non-compliance of the service.

For third and subsequent offenses, the violator will be fined P5,000 or render community service of eight hours for a month with subsidiary imprisonment for non-compliance of the service.

The proposal aims to strengthen the implementation of security measures in the jail and prevent the occurrence of deaths, riots, hostage taking, and escape of inmates.

The proposal also wants to prevent the inmates from coercing, intimidating, and threatening complainants and witnesses, order retaliation, orchestrate crimes, and orga-

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Drug buy-bust nets couple, P200K shabu

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T NO EXCEPTIONS. Even a young girl has to submit her bag to a security guard for inspection at The Marco Polo, Davao. Lean Daval Jr.

DLPC: No blackout on day of Manny-Floyd fight

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HE Davao Light and Power Company (DLPC) will not schedule a power interruption on May 3, the day of the fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather.

In a statement, DLPC

spokesperson Rosano Luga said DLCP will not schedule any planned power interruption for line maintenance purposes so that customers would be able to view the fight uninterrupted

“Davao Light emergency crews will be positioned strategically within its franchise area for faster response should service disruptions occur,” Luga said.

Luga, however, said DLPC would only be able to

control the power situation within its distribution network.

“The company has no control over the supply side, which are the generation and transmission facilities,” he said.

ORIL police seized P200,000 worth of shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride) from a couple in a buy-bust operation on Tuesday night.

Toril Police Station commander Chief Inspector Hamlet Lerios identified the suspects as Elie Buaya Macapayag, 27, and her husband Dino Ampuyo Macayapag, 34, both residents of Laak, Compostela Valley Province.

The two suspects were said to be on the drug list of the Toril Police Station.

Police staged the buy-bust operation at around 9:30 p.m.

on April 14 along MacArthur Highway, Crossing Bayabas, Toril.

The team was led by Lerios in coordination with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) 11.

The operation resulted in the confiscation of one big heat sealed transparent sachet containing shabu from Elie.

Police also found two medium sized heat sealed transparent sachet of shabu from Dino’s possession.

The suspects will face cases of Violation of Republic Act 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous drug Act of 2002.

MILITIAMAN and a security guard were killed when an undetermined number of armed men simultaneously attacked a military detachment and a mining compound in Monkayo, Compostela Valley Province on Tuesday Night.

10th Infantry Division Civil Military Operation Battalion (CMOB) head Lieutenant Colonel Francis Sibal

said the detachment of the 25th Infantry Battalion and the JBMMC mining compound were attacked simultaneously at around 10 p.m. on April 14 by the Guerilla Front 3 under a certain Ka Lope.

Sibal said one member of the Citizens Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) was wounded in the encoun-

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NEWS ON THE EDGE Complied by EDGY The Monkey

Too young to ‘twerk’

Russian investigators on Tuesday were investigating a dance school after a video showing teenage girls in bee costumes performing the sexually explicit “twerking” dance move was viewed millions of times online.

The video, called “Winnie-thePooh and the bees”, shows a group of girls in striped orange leotards and short black wrap skirts performing on stage at a dance school in the central Russian city of Orenburg.

Since being uploaded onto YouTube at the weekend it has gained more than five million views, drawing the attention of the powerful Investigative Committee.

The investigators said they were looking into an incident of “so-called twerking” by “underage girls in revealing outfits.”

Twerking, a raunchy hip-thrusting move from a squatting stance long associated with hip-hop, entered the global lexicon after US pop star Miley Cyrus infamously performed the gesture at the MTV VMA awards in 2013.

The Oxford English Dictionary shortlisted it as word of the year the same year.

Video of the dance shows it beginning innocently enough, with a performer in a bear costume looking into an empty jar of honey. Girl dancers dressed as bees then surround him on stage as the music switches to a techno beat.

The girls, who appear to be in their early to mid-teens, shake their behinds up and down for two minutes, with their backs turned to the auditorium.

At one point they perform the move while lying on the floor, ending the routine by dramatically ripping off their skirts.

- ‘Booty dance’ The Kremlin children’s ombudsman Pavel Astakhov called the dance move “vulgar and insulting.”

The regional prosecutor issued a statement saying they were looking into “all activities” offered by the youth centre that hosts the dance school and were also investigating its businesswoman owner.

Orenburg mayor Yevgeny Arapov, meanwhile, appealed to parents to sign their children up for more “respectable” dances.

“We have respectable ethnic dances... they are the ones that need to be taught,” he wrote on his website.

Golfer bitten by crocodile at Australian tourist resort

In Brisbane, Australia, a golfer who was bitten on the leg by a crocodile while playing at an Australian tourist resort said Tuesday he was partly at fault for hitting his ball in the water and disturbing the aggressive reptile while it sunbaked.

John Lahiff, 75, had puncture wounds in his right calf after he was bitten by the 1.2-meter (4-foot) saltwater crocodile on Monday at the Palmer Sea Reef Golf Course in the tourist town of Port Douglas on Queensland state’s Great Barrier Reef, police said.

Lahiff told Australian Broadcasting Corp. from his Cairns Hospital bed that he had seen crocs on the course before and should have been more wary of them.

He was attacked after retrieving a ball from a water trap on the 11th hole.

“I drove a cart around there to retrieve the ball and I didn’t see the croc sunbaking just on the edge of the water,” Lahiff said.

“I’ll just stay away from them, that’s all. Just don’t hit balls in the water,” he said. “It’s partly my fault for disturbing it — it was just sunbaking.”

The croc quickly retreated into the water.

Lahiff drove his cart back to the club house where paramedics were called. They told him he was lucky no artery had been severed.

Seawind to change Sasa landscape

By CHENEEN R. CAPON crc@edgedavao.net

Photos by LEAN DAVAL JR.

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ASA may be known today for its traffic jams, informal settlers, sidewalk vendors, the smell of fuel and coconut oil and cargos waiting to be shipped out of Davao, but its landscape will be radically changed six years from now by towering condominiums overlooking the Samal Island.

That’s how homegrown property developer Damosa Land Inc. (DLI) envisioned Sasa after Seawind, a medium-rise condominium project, sees completion by 2021.

Nesting in a 2.7 hectare property located at KM 11, Barangay Sasa, Buhangin District, the Seawind is DLI’s flagship project for this year. The construction will start by June.

DLI vice president Ricardo “Cary” F. Lagdameo said the groundbreaking of Seawind yesterday is not just a new step taken by the company in promoting progress and development but also the city’s reflection of economic growth.

Before officials from Anflocor Group of Company, government agencies and the barangay, Lagdameo said the people of Sasa never taught that a vertical project will be developed in the area.

“I think if you ask some

people here, they will never taught the site of a condo in this scale,” he said.

Sasa, the city’s industrial area, has been redeveloping for the past few years because of the significant economic growth of Davao City, according to Lagdameo.

“Sasa area has been welcoming the addition of residential and commercial components to cater the growing demand and population there,” he said.

The addition of Seawind in the area will transform Sasa into the city’s next growth area.

“We will be your partner in progress,” Lagdameo said. “(Seawind is) a project that will transform the landscape of Sasa and a project that would provide a quality living to over a thousand families . A project that we hope that would transform Sasa into the next growth area of Davao City,” he added.

Having a total of six buildings and more than a thousand units, Damosa’s Seawind will not only have amenities like swimming pool, basketball court, and club house but also spacious open areas.

Seawind will be offering three kinds of units, namely

the 37 square meter two-bedroom, three-bedroom unit with a living space of 72 square meters, and the two level units with a total of 67 to 68 square meters each.

Homeowners of two-bedroom units have the option to convert to one bedroom or studio with windows, provision for AC closet.

It will cater to young professionals and newly-weds either from the city or nearby provinces with a monthly in-

come ranging from P40,000 to P50,000.

Lagdameo said Seawind, being the DLI’s first medium-rise condominium project, will not only help the company expand further its investment but also in transforming the landscape of Sasa.

“Not only we as a company that could be proud of but also Sasa and Davao City could be proud of, and hopefully one day they can be called as their own,” he said.

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NEWEST PROJECT. ANFLOCOR Group of Companies led by senior vice president Ricardo R. Floirendo (third from right), senior vice president and chief operating officer for Banana Operations Vicente R. Floirendo (fourth from right), and executive vice president Linda F. Lagdameo are joined by DAMOSA Land, Inc. vice president Ricardo F. Lagdameo (fifth from right), Jennifer S. Floirendo (fourth from left) representing ANFLOCOR Board of Director Anthony B. Sasin, Councilor Marissa P. Salvador (second from left) representing Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte, ANFLOCOR chief finance officer Oscar V, Grapa (leftmost), Garry Tinoko II (rightmost), and HLURB arbiter and officer in charge of monitoring and adjudication division lawyer Norman Doral pose for a group photograph during the groundbreaking ceremony of Seawind in Km. 11 Sasa, Davao City yesterday. Seawind is the newest project of home-grown developer DAMOSA Land, Inc. Lean Daval Jr.

Seawind construction starts in June DLI says Phase 1 features three 7-storey condominium buildings

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ONSTRUCTION works for the first phase of Seawind will commence in June this year.

Developer Damosa Land Inc. (DLI) is just completing all the necessary permits relative to the project before proceeding with the construction, which includes the building of road networks aside from the amenities, open spaces and condominiums.

“The first phase of construction include the completion of three 7-storey condominium buildings, amenities

like swimming pool, basketball court and clubhouse, and the open space,” DLI vice president Ricardo “Cary” F. Lagdameo said during the groundbreaking ceremony of Seawind yesterday morning.

Seawind, a medium rise project of the Anflocor Group of Company subsidiary, is located in Km. 11, Barangay Sasa, Buhangin District.

The first three-winged condominiums will have 165 units each.

“We’re planning to finish the first phase by the end of

2016,” Lagdameo said. “After we completed all the necessary permits we will start immediately the Phase 1 of Seawind.”

The second phase of the project include the setting up three more condominiums in the 2.7 hectare area that once served as a pre-delivery site of the Davao Motor Sales in the 1970s.

Each building in the second phase will have eight floors and will have 189 units each, according to Lagdameo.

Seawind will have three

identifying local government units of Davao City and Tagum City as among the second – wave of pilot sites for the program.

“The program aims to help young Filipino jobseekers, 18 to 24 years old with less than one year or no work experience, at least high

school graduate who is not currently working or enrolled in school or training and is seeking for a job; to get a head start in their career by creating opportunities to enhance their technical skill and develop their life skill,” said Bureau of Local employment Director Domique R. Tutay during the JobStart Orientation in Davao City.

“This also aims to increase employment creation and reduce poverty as it will help young adults to have the right skills that would fit a job and can lead them in finding their permanent wage jobs,” she added.

According to a survey on Youth School-To-Work (STW) Transition conducted

by Asian Development Bank (ADB), it takes a college grad-

kinds of units, with 90 percent of the project devoted to a two-bedroom unit that has a living space of 36.88 square meters and to be sold initially at P1.6 million.

Five percent will be three-bedroom units at 72 square meters and sold roughly at P3 million and the remaining portion will have two level units with 67 to 68 square meters each level with a floor area of 37.12 square meters.

The entire Seawind project will have a total of 1,062

units with an estimated sales value of P2 billion. However, this may go up depending on the acceptability of the first three buildings to the market.

Lagdameo said DLI is eyeing for Seawind to target young professionals and newly-weds earning P40,000 to P50,000 monthly.

The project, he added, is also intended to cater to buyers from the cities of Panabo and Tagum who frequently travel to Davao City either for leisure or for business.

“Interested clients have

the option to avail our inhouse financing or opt to bank financing or to Pag-ibig in financing their purchases,” Lagdameo said.

Aside from spacious secured community, Seawind homeowners will have a great view of Samal Island especially those who live in higher floors Only a quarter of the area will be allotted for development to give homeowners a decent and quality living.

The project is intended to be completed by 2021.

DOLE’s JobStart Phl to improve youth employability Globe myBusiness boosts foothold in SME market

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ITH the aim to cut down the rising youth unemployment in the country, a government agency is set to roll out a program that will enhance employability of the youth.

The Department of Labor and Employment is set to launch this year JobStart Philippines

CAREER HEADSTART. Dominique R. Tutay (right), Director of Bureau of Local Employment, explains how the JobStart Philippines could give a good headstart for the career of the youth in the country. With her is DOLE 11 Regional Director Joffrey M. Suyao. (Photo by Sherwin B. Manual)

uate 1 year to find a first job and up to 2 years to find a regular job while it takes a high school leaver up to 3 years to find a first job and 4 years to find a regular wage job. The significant factors that influence the length and quality of the STW transition include the limited social networks and inadequate life skills including job search behavior.

“Unemployment in the country can be largely attributed to mismatches between demand and supply of labor, and big part of the unemployed population is consists of young educated workers with a high youth NEET (not in employment, education and training) rate of 24.3%”, Tutay said.

“The JobStart Philippines

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LOBE myBusiness, the small and medium enterprise (SME) arm of Globe Telecom, continues to gain a stronghold in the Philippine SME industry after the business segment closed 2014 with excellent growth in revenues and customer base.

After undergoing a major rebranding campaign supported by a beefed-up product portfolio for SMEs, Globe myBusiness posted 16 percent growth in gross service revenues (GSR).

The SME segment also saw noteworthy growth in its business postpaid revenues at 24 percent as well as 34 percent in corporate data

revenues and 4 percent in broadband revenues.

Globe myBusiness’ product portfolio boasts of more tailor-fitted offers that prioritize the needs of entrepreneurs. True to the brand’s core of equipping SMEs technology and solutions to ensure their success, Globe myBusiness is also committed to providing targeted solutions that will help digitize and automate one’s business.

“To see businesses we support flourish is part of our commitment in inspiring their success. Knowing our customers more and strengthening our relation-

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Yoga is the practice of tolerating the consequences of being yourself.

- Bhagavad Gita THE tehnicality of yoga, as a practice and as a lifestyle, suggests it to facilitate in the growth of the self towards the development of love, awareness and most especially, peace.

To state, it seeks for holistic transformation – as far as acceptance of the self is concern.

Nowadays, many have traded an hour of their daily lives to the mat and towel duo that inspires them to perspire and go beyond the usual. True, flexing and opening the self is not easy – it takes more than just will power to give it a go and stretch. It is a discipline that teaches the self the art of control.

With yoga, you enhance what you have; you do not gain what you don’t have.

As we celebrate #TheRoyalChef’s 3rd Birthday, let’s go beyond the mat and go for a delicious yoga session with foods that will help you enhance your practice. (A personal thank youto my Yogadavao family – dynamic husband and wife yogi’s, Richard and MM Lo – for the neverending patience whenever I am on my mat.

Namaste.)

Now, let’s talk food. To wit, there is no one specific diet for yoga. However,

there are suggested foods to avoid and to load up on.

Many believe that we are essentially herbivores thus loading up on fruits that are naturally sweet and vegetables that are nourishing and easily digested would make a good start.

Also, munch up on nuts, oats, grains and beans and avoid yearning for a bag of processed chips.

Carbonated drink lover? Swap your bottles with herbal teas with lemon and organic honey. It not only helps you relax but makes you sweaty too. Try saying goodbye to fried and

YOGA

Make your dishes heart friendly.

food talks microwaved foods. Also, refrain from too much alcohol intake and tobacco and cigarettes. Catching your breath during a session will only slow your progress.

Personally, I am in a love and hate relationship with disciplining myself to eat properly and healthy.

For this another chapter, I intend to practice what I preach – fingers crossed.

Here’s a simple low cholesterol, low sodium recipe perfect for a munch before you connect with your mat. Best served with tortilla chips.

Ingredients Ripe avocados, peeled and seeded ½ c fresh cilantro ¼ c limes, juiced ½ c tomatoes, seeded and chopped salt freshly ground black pepper

Load up on nuts and grains.

In a bowl, add all your ingredients and mix well.

Mash your avocados but leave some chunks as well.

Taste and adjust seasoning. Chill for 30 minutes before serving.

Make #TheRoyalChef your Thursday habit. Follow and tag me on instagram (@herroyalheiress) for your delicious food finds!

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UP AND ABOUT

REKADO: A new have Filipino comfort food SET TO EXCITE Davao’s culinary scene is REKADO, a new haven for Filipino comfort food. REKADO promises an array of dishes that will bring the diner home to mother’s home-cooked meals to its tables.

The new home for Filipino comfort food is now open.

Located along Jacinto Extension Street, REKADO’s new home is a newly built two-storey ‘house of glass’. The look of the building’s contemporary design promises a new take on the wellloved comfort food the Filipinos all grew up with.

Conceptualized by the owners and interpreted by a team of young, forward-thinking architect and interior designer, REKADO restaurant emits the look and feel of modernity—a two-level edifice wrapped in picture windows, high ceilinged interior, industrial finished flooring, the hue of the wooden accents and fur-

Coconut delight, the Chicken Binakol brings you home to mom’s cooking.

TADYANG- local beef short ribs braised in star anise, brown sugar and spices, fried and served with a soy vinegar dipping sauce, and the COCIDO DE RABO, slow braised ox tail in a rich tomato sauce flavored with

Sisters and partners, Tisha BenedictoSebastian & Pauline Benedicto built a home where anyone yearning for Filipino comfort food is welcome.

Chorizo and garnished with garbanzos.

The spice boat Representing REKADO is the spice boat. The story revolves around how the galleons

from faraway nations carrying on board spices landed on local shore. Just like in REKADO, each dish is a “spice boat” prepared with the right amount and blend of spices. A new flavor bursts out from the food with

eve R Foo Ext City to men

Davao Dwellings: A Home Bazaar op niture emitting warmth in glass and steel structure, and quirky design elements issue the youthful side of the owners.

“It’s how we pictured this restaurant to be,” said partners and sisters, Tisha Benedicto-Sebastian and Pauline Benedicto.

Across the 232 square meters of dining space, an area occupying 75% of the building’s total floor area, REKADO can sit 198 diners comfortably in both the indoor and Al Fresco banquet areas.

The modern vibe of the restaurant’s scheme carries on to the plates created by culinary geniuses. On the meticulously selected recipes that form REKADO’s menu are the well-loved Pinoy dishes— comfort food that brings back fond memories of home, but with a modern twist. Expect culinary masterpieces to come out of REKADO’s kitchen, dishes creatively plated, dishes that tastes far even better than the looks display.

REKADO’s food is enhanced the flavor using fresh “rekados”, or ingredients, sourced out locally. With each bite the diners

uncover a new layer of flavor.

From the kitchen, the chef recommend the SPICY TUNA WITH MANGO - creamy style kilawan made of diced fresh tuna, Philippine Mango mixed with crab fat and spice paste, and served with Crispy Wonton; the CHICHARON WITH KILAWIN- Kilawin of Malasugi with a side salad of mixed greens & Tops of Sayote drizzled with house dressing and guava tamarind glaze and topped with crushed Chicharon; the MALAGOS CHEESE SALAD- a fruit & cheese salad of tossed greens with Malagos Goat’s cheese, grapes, dried mango, candied Pili nuts, Cherry tomatoes and cucumber.

The MOLO - Morsels of pork dumpling, shredded chicken and shrimp served in hot chicken soup, and the CHICKEN BINAKOL - native chicken simmered in fresh coconut juice with coconut meat, Malunggay and Sili leaves, take a new twist in its serving. To guarantee the dish is served hot, the hot steaming soup is poured in the dish before the diners.

For meat lovers, the go-to choices would be the CRISPY

NOW OPEN at Abreeza Mall is an exciting new shopping destination that showcases a great selection of home furnishings, handcrafted items, and homegrown eats that are all proudly made in Davao.

Bringing their highquality, expertly-made furniture and accessories to Davao Dwellings are furniture-makers M. Tanoy and Casa Soriano Interiors, whose

impressive works have adorned hotels, resorts, restaurants, offices, and other establishments in Davao City and beyond.

At Davao Dwellings, discerning shoppers Interesting pieces for the home can be found at M. Tanoy’s space.

will find stylish, sturdy pieces for the dining room, living room, bedroom, and office, as well as striking accent pieces that will add an interesting touch to their spaces.

Meanwhile, presenting a fantastic array of local goods at Davao Dwellings is the Davao Ecocrafts Assocation, a local entrepreneurs’ collective that counts among its members and concessionaires Le’Mar Arts & Crafts, Great Gifts and Souvenirs, M. Tanoy Concepts, Crystal Seas, TADECO, Maria Vine Crafts, Mindanao Inspires, Subangon Dumang Makers, CSI Trade Ventures, Healthy Sweets, Lola Abon’s Durian Candies, Qusanra, Cacao de Davao, Humabi, Precy’s, Dati Coco Crafts, Reyes House of Pina, El Tigre Food Products and Mama Chili,

JE Food Products, Ayanas Kinamayo tive Chili Sauce. Ex to see bags, clut clothing, home d accessories, souv and novelty items, assorted food prod that are all locally-m Rounding out

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Unique twist on ceviche, the Chicharon & Kilawin is an exciting starter to a hearty meal.

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REKADO Filipino Comfort od is located at 1050 Jacinto tension, Bgy. 11-B, Davao y. It is open daily from 10am 10pm, with Merienda Cena nu served from 2pm – 5pm.

For more information, call (082) 284-2136 or 0915-722-9299. You can also find them on facebook. com/RekadoDavao, on Twitter: @RekadoDavao and Instagram with the handle @RekadoDavao.

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, and Naxpect tches, décor, venirs , and ducts made. the

Habi at Kape serves delicious brews.

The Davao Ecocrafts Association displays a variety of handcrafted goods and food products.

native treats at Davao Dwellings is Habi at Kape, a coffee shop owned by Villa Margarita Hotel’s Mary Ann “Baby” Montemayor that serves delicious coffee and tsokolate from Mindanao.

Also on the menu are delectable desserts such

as cakes, kakanin, and ensaymada and scrumptious merienda such as pandesal and lug-lug— all at pocket-friendly prices. Available at the counter for foodies to take home are locally produced fruit jams, fruit juices, and coffee beans.

For inquiries and updates on Abreeza Mall news and events, please visit the Main Concierge at the ground floor or call (082) 321-9332. Stay updated by liking www.facebook.com/AbreezaMall and following @abreezatweets on Twitter and @ iloveabreezamall on Instagram.

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Chalk launches search for bright young Manila campus hotties CHALK magazine is out on a hunt again for college campus hotties who possess the looks, talents, and brains to become part of its annual Bright Young Manila campaign starting this April 16 (Wednesday).

For its 15th year anniversary, Chalk, the youth and lifestyle magazine of ABS-CBN Publishing, Inc. is scouring the metro for 15 finalists from different universities and colleges in Metro Manila who can represent their alma mater for the Bright Young Manila: Campus Hotties Edition campaign.

Last year, Chalk’s Bright Young Manila campaign received over 300 entries from UAAP and NCCA schools as well as all-girl colleges.

With the help of online voting and Chalk’s editorial team, the 14 finalists were narrowed down to three boys and three girls who became part of the Chalk Bright Young Manila Hotties of 2014.

Chalk’s Bright Young Manila: Campus Hotties edition will kick off this year with a threeleg campus tour that

that touches on topics on how to #LookGood, #LoveHard, and #LiveYoung – three issues that widely concern the Filipino youth today featuring speakers who have gained popularity because of their spot-on and helpful advices.

The 15 finalists for this year’s Chalk Bright Young Manila Campus Hotties Edition will be launched at the #CHALKLIVEMOREPARTY, while the lucky winners of Chalk’s annual search will be announced and presented at Chalk’s 15th year anniversary party on October 2015.

For the past years, Chalk’s Bright Young Manila campaign has become a status sym-

bol among the youth.

The annual search has since produced the best and brightest young talents who have made a legacy in various industries including music,

fashion, theater, and entrepreneurship among others.

For more information, please log on to Chalk on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Kapamilya stars catching the ‘Kid Kulafu’ craze VARIOUS Kapamliya stars have been promoting ABS-CBN’s, in partnership with Star Cinema and Ten17 Productions, biggest film to date, “Kid Kulafu,” as it nears its opening day on April 15.

Donning ‘Kid Kulafu’ apparel on Instagram are the likes of Daniel Padilla and loveteam partner Kathryn Bernardo, Xian Lim, Rayver Cruz, Angel Locsin, Maja Salvador, and of course, Manny Pacquiao himself. ‘Forevermore’ stars like Enrique Gil, Liza Soberano and Diego Loyzaga also rocked the shirts to show support for the movie offering of the network that makes it a timely attraction with the People Champion’s impending bout. Joining the ‘Kid Kulafu’ craze are ‘Dream Dad’ main man Zanjoe Marudo and leading lady Beauty Gonzales. Not to be outdone are Inigo Pascual and Julia Barretto, Dawn Zulueta, Joey Marquez, Bangky, and Lilia Cuntapay.

The movie directed by Paul Soriano delves into the years of the People’s Champ Manny Pacquiao when he was still a kid struggling to make ends meet in General Santos City.

The fighting congressman of Sarangani province is portrayed by Buboy Villar along with Cesar Montano as Sardo Dapidran, Pacquiao’s uncle, Assunta De Rossi as Mommy Dionisia, and Khalil Ramos as the champion’s bestfriend, Eugene Barutag.

‘Kid Kulafu’ shirts and hoodies can be purchased at the ABS-CBN Store located at the lobby of the ELJ Communications Center at Eugenio Lopez drive in Quezon City.

The movie opens in cinemas nationwide on April 15 and in select US and Canadian movie houses on April 24.

April 15-21, 2015

YOU'RE MY BOSS Toni Gonzaga, Coco Martin PG

12:40 | 3:00 | 5:20 | 7:40 | 10:00 LFS

FURIOUS 7 Vin Diesel, Paul Walker PG

1:00 | 4:00 | 7:00 | 10:00 LFS

THE LONGEST RIDE Britt Robertson, Scott Eastwood R13

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KID KULAFU Jake Macapagal, Cesar Montano PG

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CACS Davao’s repertoire of flavours Julia Child once said, “People who love to eat are always the best people” -- of course, this is true! The same goes for those who opt to be behind the scenes and cook.

Center for Asian Culinary Studies (CACS) has been producing some of the best chefs in the country. With Chef Gene Gonzales, chef and TV personality extraordi-

naire at its helm, you are sure of quality graduates who transform everyday ingredients into gastronomic masterpieces with every strike of the pan.

Last March 24 to 28

at the Center for Asian Culinary Studies Davao, premier culinary school in town, celebrated with a repertoire meal of its first batch of Diploma in Professional Culinary and Pastry Arts students.

With five batches, aspiring chefs were given the freedom to prepare a full course meal with a theme of their choice.

The degustation meal was served at their newly opened school that boasted of everything you need for a culinary journey unlike any other. For 5 consecutive nights, chefs to be showcased their culinary knowledge and skills to the delight of jurors who were eager to taste, savour and criticise their dishes.

From media personalities to CACS alumni to restaurateurs, it was a smorgasbord of people in the dining table. Not to mention the presence of CACS President and CEO, Chef Gene Gonzales, joining them.

Indeed, it was a celebration... of good food, camaraderie and taste buds. Salute to the aspiring chefs, CACS, food lovers and Chef Gene for their never ending love for the future of Philippine gastronomy.

For news and updates, you can visit CACS Davao at Don Dionisio Complex, Cabaguio, Agdao or call them at 082 282 8373 or 0933 3531117. You can also visit their website at www. cacschef.com. For inquiries, email them at cacs.cabaguiodavao@gmail.com.

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HE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has given taxpayers who filed “No Payment” return manually on or before April 15 to electronically re-file on or before June 15.

However, taxpayers should still electronically file using eBIR Forms under this condition.

“In order to focus on Income Tax Returns (ITRs) with payment,“No Payment” Returnsmay be filed manually on or before April 15,

2015 with the Revenue District Office where they are registered, thru the use of the official printed forms or the offline BIRForms, ” internal revenue commissioner Kim Jacinto-Henares said in Revenue Memorandum Circular No. 18-2015 issued five days before the April 15 deadline.

BIR 11 regional director Glen Geraldino told Edge Davao yesterday that the extension is one of the bureau’s immediate solutions

ETERINARY personnel in South Cotabato province have expressed concern over the possible impact of the continuing dry spell to the area’s livestock sector.

Flora Bigot, acting head of the South Cotabato Provincial Veterinary Office, said Tuesday the province’s livestock and animal production could suffer heavily if the continuing intense dry period triggered by the mild El Nino Phenomenon would prolong in the next two months.

She said they are currently conducting massive information and education campaigns among livestock farmers within the province’s 10 towns and lone city to make them aware about strategies that would help address the problem.

“We’re giving them proper information that would help them guard their animals against the effects of the dry spell,” she said.

Bigot said their main concern at the moment are the swine farms and backyard

raisers since swine or pigs are highly vulnerable to heat stress.

“The most direct effect of the mild El Nino to our animals is the heat stroke, especially in pigs,” she said.

Bigot explained that the sweat glands of pigs are inactive and it forces them to pant to cool themselves.

She said the signs of heat stress in pigs include “openmouth breathing, blotchy skin, stiffness and the reluctance to move.”

Owing to this, she said they advised swine farmers and raisers to transport their animals early in the morning to avoid possible casualties due to the intense dry weather.

The province hosts two of the country’s largest swine farms that produced around 120,000 metric tons of live swine and meat in 2014.

The area is also considered a major player in the backyard swine industry in Mindanao as cited by the Bureau of Agricul-

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NTEGRATED property company SM Prime Holdings, Inc. (SM Prime) is increasing capital expenditures to P330 billion in the next four years until 2018, as it embarks on aggressive expansion in the Philippines, optimistic about its sustained economic growth.

“SM Prime’s aggressive expansion programs this year and in the coming years are a testament to management’s confidence that the economic growth of the Philippines will be sustained over the medium term and will eventually have a positive impact on the provinces as growth spreads to these areas,” said company President Hans T. Sy. SM Prime allocated 70 percent of its capital expen-

diture for project developments while the rest is for land banking.

For 2015 alone, SM Prime will spend Php80 billion in an effort to increase by 12 percent its mall space in the Philippines and launch five high rise residential projects with at least 11,000 units.

This year’s Philippine mall expansions are geared towards the provincial areas as SM Prime will open SM City San Mateo in Rizal, SM City Cabanatuan in Nueva Ecija, and SM Seaside City Cebu. This will be complemented by opening one Metro Manila mall -– SM City Sangandaan in Caloocan.

SM Prime is also expanding existing malls SM City

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to the growing complaints of electronic filers who cannot file electronically because of the problem in the ePFS system.

Another solution BIR will implement is for the taxpayer to get a screenshot or description of the problem encountered and secure a trouble ticket and have this presented before authorized bank agent for payment.

Geraldino admitted there is a problem in the

system because of the huge volume of tax payers filing electronically.

Not only the system is congested with tax payers but also different revenue district offices in Davao City, Geraldino said.

“Parang may pyiesta dito ( It seems that there’s a fiesta here),” Geraldino said, adding the pile of taxpayers has already reached portion of the regional office where the revenue district office for West Davao is located.

He estimated that more than 600 tax payers are beating the April 15 deadline.

“Yesterday, we were able to record more than 500 tax payers before we closed the gate at 5:00 p.m.,” Geraldino said. “We’ve finished all the processing by 9:30 in the evening.”

Geraldino said the bureau’s gate closed at exactly 5 yesterday and only those who are only inside will be catered and be finished by

12 midnight.

“Filipinos have to change their mindset. We’ve been campaigning that they should pay before the deadline but they always like to beat the deadline,” he said.

More than 600,000 taxpayers are expected to file, according to him.

The director said taxpayers who didn’t beat the deadline will be charged with 25 percent surcharge and interest for not filing before April 15.

BEATING THE DEADLINE. Taxpayers flock to the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) 11 office along Bolton Extension in Davao City to beat the deadline of filing of income tax returns yesterday. Many online taxpayers slammed the BIR days before the deadline due to the inaccessibility of its filing facility webpage. Lean Daval Jr.

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AVAO City Councilor Marissa SalvadorAbella is pushing for the construction of a Halal slaughterhouse within the proposed Agri-Pinoy Trading Center in a 5-hectare National Development Corporation (NDC)’s property in Daliao, Toril.

“I will be passing a resolution by Tuesday (next week) for the establishment of the Halal slaughterhouse within the NDC property in Toril,” Abella, who chairs

City Council’s committee on agriculture, told reporters yesterday.

Abella said an investor from Dubai has expressed interest to invest in the construction of the halal abattoir.

“If implemented, this will be the first Halal slaughter house not only in Davao City but also in the region,” said Abella, who graced the groundbreaking ceremony of Seawind, a medium-rise project of the Damosa Land Inc.

She said other provinces are also looking forward on the construction of the slaughterhouse because of the huge market opportunity in Saudi Arabia and other Muslim barren countries.

Her fellow councilor Antoinette Principe-Castrodes, Abella said, has gone to Dubai recently and met an interested investor who is willing to pour money for the setting up of the structure.

NERGY experts have raised the need to share successful renewable energy (RE) development experiences among member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) to attain the goal of doubling RE projects by 2030.

Director Mario Marasigan of the Department of Energy’s Renew-

able Energy Management Bureau, who co-chairs the APEC Expert Group on New and Renewable Energy Technologies (EGNRET), said it is important for member economies to share their RE roadmap so they could learn from one another’s experiences.

The expert group began its 44th meeting on Monday April 13) at the Fort Ilocandia Resort Ho-

tel in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte with an overview of the Philippines’ renewable energy program.

Meanwhile, the Asia Pacific Energy Research Center (APERC) presented an outlook in doubling RE targets by 2030.

Chrisnawan Anditya of the APERC estimated renewable energy share in total installed capacity to increase from 22 percent

Abella, however, said she

was not privy on how much will be the investment because another councilor had talked to the investor.

Abella said she envisions the proposed slaughterhouse to be just within the proposed Agri-Pinoy Trading Center and to cater to farmers who want their non-pork meats like chicken goats and cows processed.

“There is already a market for halal meat. We expected that once operational,

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in 2012 to 33 percent in 2030 and 38 percent in 2040.

He said renewable energy capacity is growing at 4.2 percent, with solar and wind power increasing annually at 11.11 percent and 6.2 percent, respectively China is said to provide the largest share in total APEC renewable energy

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WO young men robbed a convenience store in downtown Davao City on Monday night. Armed with pistols, the two brazenly entered the store, one of them climbing into the counter to get money while the other one stood by the security guard to make sure the latter did not make a move. Meanwhile, the store’s customers had quickly evacuated out of fear. The heist was over in a matter of seconds, with no one inside the store getting hurt. As the store’s CCTV camera shows, the two left immediately, fully expecting to enjoy the spoils of their nefarious activity. Alas for them, the commotion made by the exiting customers had attracted the attention of a police patrol which just happened to be in the area. As the two robbers left, they were met by armed police officers. When the smoke cleared, the two lay dead on the ground.

Such a story happens all too commonly in the city, where police action on crime is swift and often deadly. In fact, these incidents barely get noticed here, especially when taken in the context of

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the bigger issue of summary killings victimizing suspected criminals. For almost two decades now such personalities have been falling like flies here, and the killings have been so numerous that Dabawenyos have practically been desensitized to them. So when two robbers get shot dead – in the head, no less, as seen in the news photos – by the police, it is taken as just another incident.

We are not about to question the police action against the two robbers. After all, it was a call made in the middle of a crime that was being committed. They were also obviously thinking of the people who were living and working in the heavily populated area: if the robbers had been able to make a run for it, they would have harmed more people. We just wish that we didn’t live in a world where life can be viewed as cheap and expendable. In a perfect world even criminals are given their day in court, but until we achieve that dream, we are bound to be exposed to such harsh realities on a regular basis.

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S a young man, Dr. A.J. Cronin was in charge of a small hospital.

One evening, he performed an emergency operation on a little boy. It was a very delicate operation, and the doctor felt great relief when the little fellow breathed freely after it was over.

He gave orders to the young nurse and went home filled with gratitude for the success.

Late that night came a frantic call for the doctor. Everything had gone wrong, and the child was in desperate conditions. When Dr. Cronin got to the bedside, the little boy was already dead.

The nurse had become frightened and had neglected her duty. Dr. Cronin decided she should not be trusted again, and he wrote a letter to the board of health which would end her career as a nurse. He called her in and read the letter to her. She listened in shame and misery, saying nothing.

After reading the letter, Dr. Cronin inquired, “Have you nothing to say?”

The nurse shook her head. She had no excuse to offer. Then she did speak, and this is what she said, “Give me another chance.”

The story is not about the little boy, the doctor, or the nurse. It is about clemency and understanding. It is about pity and forgiveness. “Forgiveness is our command,” C. Neil Strait declared.

“Judgment is not.”

A story which Steve Goodier wrote came to my mind when I read that statement. A young man secretly misappropriated several hundred dollars from

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S they say, hindsight is 20-20.

Looking back, it is clear now how myopic the central government had been in its treatment of Mindanao, failing to help its peoples build capability not only to provide for their own needs but also to expand its contribution to the national economy.

“Imperial Manila” paid little attention to the island-region’s needs in education and opportunity—to bring Mindanaons up to par with the rest of the country if not the world.

Little consideration, if any, was given to enabling them to cope with their needs, not even to empower them in their own backyard.

Appointees from Luzon and Visayas were brought in to administer Mindanao provinces. One of them was the grandfather of incumbent senator T. G. Guingona III—the late Teofisto J. Guingona Sr. from Guimaras, Iloilo.

He was appointed governor of Agusan and held other posts until he represented all of Mindanao and Sulu in the Senate. Later on his son, Teofisto “Tito” Guingona Jr., followed the same path, became senator, and served briefly as vice president. *****

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Second chance the business THINK ON THESE! where he was employed.

When the shortage was d i s c o ve r e d , the senior partner called the young man into his office.

I m m e - Henrylito D. Tacio diately, the henrytacio@gmail.com young man knew he would be fired and sent to prison. His employer asked the worried man if he was guilty. He replied that he was. Then the executive surprised him. “If I keep you in your present capacity,” he said, “can I trust you in the future?”

The astonished employee replied, “Yes, sir, you surely can. I’ve learned my lesson.”

His boss must have detected the repentant man’s sincerity. “I’m not going to press charges and you can continue in your present responsibility,” he said.

Then, he added, “I think you ought to know, however, that you are the second man in this firm who succumbed to temptation but was shown leniency. I was the first. What you have done, I did.

The mercy you are receiving, I received.”

Tom Peters once pointed out that corporations and companies should actually reward people for failure, because failure means risk; and without risk there can be no success. If employ-

ees are afraid to make mistakes, he said, they will be afraid to make much of anything.

And that’s where forgiveness comes in. I was reminded of a scene from Amos and Andy. There was a big man who would slap Andy across the chest whenever they met. Finally, Andy got enough of it and said to Amos, “I am fixed for him. I put a stick of dynamite in my vest pocket and the next time he slaps me he is going to get his hand blown off.”

Andy had not realized that at the same time, his own heart would be blown out. The dynamite of hatred may inflict some injury on someone but also blow out our own heart.

The words “forgiving” and “forgiven” are inseparable twins. They go together; one is useless without the other. At the death of Queen Caroline, Lord Chesterfield said a sad thing: “And unforgiving, unforgiven dies.”

I have a friend who was engaged to be married. Three months before the actual weeding, his best friend “stole” his bride-to-be. Today, he is still bitter with the man whom he considered as his brother. “Sure, I’ll forgive that man, when I’m good and ready,” he said.

“What must I forgive?” asked Dr. David Augsburger, author of The Freedom of Forgiveness. “Not just the small things, the trivial irritations, the tactless, thoughtless mistakes others make.

But everything. Even the hurts that cut and sear. There are no exemptions!”

That’s a tall order! “Forgiveness is something we discover, more than

something we do; it is something we gratefully receive, more than something we faithfully give,” Dr. Augsburger explained.

How many times should you forgive someone? Once, twice, thrice? Or seven times, as apostle once suggested? No, but seventy times seven. That was the message of Jesus Christ when He shared this unforgettable story (Matthew 18:21-35): A certain poor man owed his boss more than two million pesos. He couldn’t pay, so the boss ordered the man, his wife, and children to be his servants, and the property to be sold to pay the debt. The man, face in the dust, pleaded with his boss, “Please, be patient with me. I will pay it all.”

“Two million pesos? Where will you get that amount?” the boss asked. But then, in pity, he forgave him all his debt.

The man, overjoyed, left his boss.

Outside, he met a neighbor who owed him ten thousand pesos. “Pay up,” he demanded. The neighbor replied, “Just be patient, and I’ll have it for you next week.”

“Nothing doing,” said the man and has him thrown in debtors’ prison.

When his boss heard the story, he summoned the man again. “You evil wretch,” he said, “here I canceled that tremendous debt for you, and you have the nerve to be unforgiving over ten thousand pesos? You have sentenced yourself! You have to go to prison now!”

When Jesus taught us to pray, He said, “Forgive as we forgive.”

***** When the policy of accelerating the island’s colonization was adopted (through inter-island migration from Luzon and the Visayas), no one bothered to look into its adverse effects, short or long-term.

Slowly but surely, like erosion eating up the hillsides and riverbanks, mindless exploitation ate up nature’s endowments and the livelihood afforded our people and communities.

Worse, greed and the urge to aggrandize ravished the indigenous cultures, scraping away their value systems, turning common sense and folk wisdom upside down, corrupting tradition, stultifying political development.

Naturally, from the exploited landscape and its diminished capacity to accommodate people, aggressive development, and the aggrandizing urge, there arose a tension which brought us to today’s intersection between autonomy and secession. ***** The big question now is: will the Bangsamoro Basic Law do better for Mindanao than what PNoy considers as the “failed experiment” of the Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindan-

ao?

And another: where does Imperial Manila get its confidence that regional autonomy will work out fine among feudal minded Mindanaons when it can’t even demonstrate how it works on a modest scale in the lowly barangay?

Hindsight tells us that wishful thinking cannot substitute for good government or participatory governance, which must be inclusive. Negotiating with oligarchs and armed bands just isn’t good enough.

But since they’re at it already and well into what they say is the last lap, let’s wish them good luck! What choice have we got? But please, no more violence!

(Manny is former UNESCO regional director for Asia-Pacific; secretary-general, Southeast Asia Publishers Association; director, Development Academy of Philippines; member, Philippine Mission to the UN; vice chair, Local Government Academy; member, Cory Government’s Peace Panel; awardee, PPI-UNICEF outstanding columnist. He is chairman/ convenor, Gising Barangay Movement Inc. and author of books on governance. valdehuesa@gmail.com)

What hindsight tells us

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BY MANNY VALDEHUESA It’s a measure of their stewardship, and of their successors, however, that to this day Mindanao is distinguished as having eight of the 10 poorest provinces in the nation—a performance that should make their progeny and dynastic heirs hang down their heads in shame and guilt.

Our island region had plenty going for it early on: vast natural resources, friendly and generous peoples, multi-cultural allure for entrepreneurs and adventurers, strategic trading position, and so on.

But the central government paid less attention to such exciting and lucrative prospects than the capitalists and economic exploiters did—seeing Mindanao’s vast plains as ideal sites for plantations, its forests as God’s gift to loggers, and its minerals in their boundless potentials.

For the politicos’ lack of foresight, the over-exploitation they fostered, and the abuses they tolerated, everyone today is paying a steep price.

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Duterte... FROM 2 don’t we respect it)?” he said.

Avincula said based on the MOA between UPMin and the Board of Liquidators, UPMin will be the one to compensate and relocate the settlers.

He said their stand does not mean the City Council will not support the implementation of the sports complex,

adding the councilors do not want the city to be on the losing end in the agreement.

Councilor Danilo C. Dayanghirang, for his part, said the mayor has given a directive on the sports complex and the Council must support him. Armando B. Fenequito Jr.

nize rescue plans.

The proposed ordinance will prevent the inmates from bribing jail officers or custo-

dians since the possession of excessive amount of money will be prohibited. Armando B. Fenequito Jr.

ter and eventually died in hospital. The fatality was later identified as Jay Goc-ong.

A security guard of the JBMMC mining compound was also killed in the attack.

The mining firm is owned by Monkayo Vice Mayor Manuel Brillantes Jr. Police Regional Office (PRO) 11 spokesperson Superintendent Antonio Rivera said about 30 men carrying

high-powered firearms also blocked the Davao-Butuan national highway for about 30 minutes.

Sibal said the three incidents were connected.

He said the military has received information that several politicians received letters from the NPA telling them to stop supporting government forces. Funny Pearl A. Gajunera

pilot provided life skills training focusing on attitudes to work and workplace environment, job hunting skills and networking, personal and interpersonal skills, and health and financial management,” said Regional Director Joffrey M. Suyao.

JobStart Philippines also funded technical skills training of up to 3 months with competencies and subjects as nominated by the employer, can be technically specific or generic or can be a mix of competencies, provided by a TESDA-registered training provider, or another employer designated trainer, or employer training program, Suyao explained.

In the first wave of pilot implementation, four institutionalized Public Employment Service Offices (PESOs) for this program: NCR (Quezon City and Taguig), Region IV-A (Gen-

eral Trias City), and Region III (San Fernando City). In 2015, DOLE is looking forward for 14 PESOs, including the four pilots, to carry the JobStart Philippines program with a target of 3,200 beneficiaries.

In a response during the orientation in Tagum City, Mayor Allan Rellon said: “We are ready for the JobStart Philippines program because we have already implemented some of its requirements like support PESO, data banking and enough personnel complement.”

DOLE is in partnership with Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Canada for this program. JobStart Philippines program is also part of the Technical Assistance Program on Employment Facilitation for Inclusive Growth (EFIG). (Sherwin B. Manual/DOLE 11)

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DAVAO HELEN’S PAWNSHOP CORP. De Guzman St., Davao City Telefax (082)225-4473 NOTICE OF AUCTION SALE

All unredeemed items pawned during the month of December 2014,if not redeemed/renewed on April 30, 2015 will be put on Auction Sale May 2, 2015 at 9:00 A. M. to 5:00 P.M. Pahibalo nga ang tanang wala malukat nga prenda sa bulan Disyembre 2014,kung dili malukat sa Abril 30, 2015 isubasta sa bulan sa Mayo 2, 2015 sa alas 9:00 sa buntag hangtud sa alas 5:00 sa hapon.

DAVAO HELEN’S PAWNSHOP CORPORATION Davao City: 252 San Pedro St., 167 San Pedro St., CVA Bldg., C. M. Recto St., G/F Victoria Plaza Bajada 120-B Lapu-lapu St., Agdao 75C R. Magsaysay Ave., 2nd Level Gaisano Mall Bajada, G/F NCCC Bldg., R. Magsaysay Ave., Centerpoint Plaza Matina Fronting San Pedro College Guerrero St., Carlson Bldg., Lapu-lapu St., Agdao NCCC Mall Matina Saavedra St., Toril Gaisano South Citimall, Ilustre

St., Km. 11 Sasa Km. 13 Panacan Boulevard Buhangin Cabantian Bankerohan Calinan Davao del Norte Gaisano Mall, Panabo Davao del Norte Gaisano Grand Mall of Tagum, Tagum City Gaisano Mall of Tagum, Tagum City Purok Marilag 11, Quezon St.,Tagum City Davao del Sur Gaisano Grand Mall of Digos, Quezon St., Digos City

CONFRONT CORRUPTION. University of the Philippines Mindanao (UPMin) information officer Rene Estremera announces the holding of the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) alumni’s forum

dubbed Confronting Corruption slated on April 18 at The Royal Mandaya Hotel. Estremera graced yesterday’s Club 888 media forum at The Marco Polo, Davao. Lean Daval Jr.

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ships with them enable us to improve our services and develop new ways to help grow their businesses. This year, we are poised to be more relevant to the SME community in the country with communication solutions attuned to their needs.

With communication tools becoming more vital, business owners are now more conscious of their needs, especially when it comes to their spending. As every peso counts, entrepreneurs are after solutions that make their businesses more efficient,” says Martha Sazon, Globe SVP for Small and Medium Business Group.

Earlier this year, entrepreneurs saw the latest customizable postpaid plan portfolio from Globe myBusiness that gave them a total communication package that is flexible, affordable and worry-free with the new Globe myBusiness Postpaid Plan. For as low as Plan 299, business owners get a free DUO landline with unlimited calls to local landline and DUO customers nationwide. By having a DUO landline, mobile phones are no longer just for calls or

SMS, as it also functions as a wireless landline to enable users to continue their operations.

The new plans also come with a free 30-day webpage trial that can be customized for one’s business. With internet penetration growing at a rapid pace, this feature lets the business stay competitive and easier to search. Taking into account this trend, Globe myBusiness will help create and maintain the webpage, giving entrepreneurs a hassle-free experience in running their operations using the online media.

Entrepreneurs can choose a plan for as low as Plan 299 a month to Plan 3799, depending on their needs and scale of communication requirements. Each plan comes with consumables at least 50 percent more than for the monthly service fee. The consumables can be used to customize their plan with calls, SMS, mobile internet and gadgets. Finally, they can boost their plans with solutions that help increase productivity and sales of their business.

capacity with 45 percent in 2012. The figure is expected to increase to 63 percent in 2030, and 68 percent in 2040.

The APERC data also showed that the Philippines is among the top five economies -- along with the United States, Indonesia, New Zealand, and Mexico -- with total installed capacity of geothermal power by 2030.

For wind development,

China (9.3 percent), United States (3.6 percent), Korea (25.3 percent), and Australia (9.7 percent) are set to add capacity for wind power by 2030.

Attending the four-day meeting are representatives of APEC member economies Chinese Taipei, Hongkong, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Singapore, United States, and the Philippines. (PIA/PCOO News Release)

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tural Statistics.

In terms of cattle, Bigot said they are closing monitoring the area for possible cases of ephemeral fever.

Ephemeral fever among of cattle is caused by a virus carried by insects and could lead

to the paralysis among affected animals.

Bigot said that while the disease is a viral infection, sudden changes in an area’s weather condition could worsen its impact on the animals.

(PNA)

our farmers will be able to export it to Muslim countries,” she said.

Halal-certified meat products produced in the slaughterhouse will not be only catering the Mindanao market but also the huge potential market of Middle East and the Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and PhilippinesEast Asean Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA).

“Brunei, for instance, has a demand of 1,000 heads of goats,” Abella said.

Meanwhile, Abella said

her committee is working on the signing of the Memorandum of Agreement between the City Government of Davao and the Department of Agriculture for the construction of the 70-million facility.

“We’re targeting to finish the papers before the election ban,” she said.

The food trading center will be the drop-off point for vegetable and fruit products of farmers coming as far as Davao del Sur and Davao del Norte. Cheneen R. Capon

Lipa in Batangas and SM City Iloilo. These malls will add almost 800,000 square meters of gross floor area, increasing its total mall space by 12 percent to 7.3 million square meters by end 2015.

The company currently has 50 malls across the Philippines as well as five branches in China.

It will launch this year at least five new high rise condominiums in the cities of Mandaluyong, Quezon City, Taguig and Tagaytay and at the MOA Complex.

SM Prime will also add new towers in five existing projects that will be built to accommodate the increasing demand for housing by most Filipino households and young professionals.

Likewise, SM Prime will open an office building on its Mall of Asia Complex property, bringing the com-

pany’s total office portfolio to five.

“The Commercial Property Group of SM Prime will keep the growth momentum going based on the continuing demand for better office facilities from the business process outsourcing companies,” the company said.

It is also expected to launch Conrad Hotel Manila and Park Inn by Radisson Clark in Pampanga by the second half of the year.

Meanwhile, Sy said the company plans to open four more shopping malls in China in the next few years.

He said it is also expanding its residential, office and hotel portfolio.

SM Prime is earmarking Php20 billion for capital expenditures in China a year. (PNA)

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Endemic treasures from Phl Text and Photos by HENRYLITO D. TACIO

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ILIPINOS may take for granted abaca, narra, and pili, but they are the country’s endemic treasures.

They may have been grown in other parts of the world now, but their place of origin is the Philippines.

Expect for abaca, they are not given much importance by the people who should have benefited from them. Instead of concentrating of what truly are from the Philippines, some technocrats are developing those that are not really from the country like rubber, palm oil, and macadamia, among others.

Although abaca is indigenous to the Philippines , it is also found in Borneo , Indonesia and Central America . However, the Philippines holds the distinction of being the abaca capital of the world. The reason for this: the country accounts for about 84 percent of the total world abaca fiber production.

Such market dominance has made abaca one of its top dollar earners.

Last year, abaca exports earned local producers and processors P4.39 billion. “We note an increase in the demand for abaca cordage and pulp,”

said Mystic Pelayo, supervising statistician of the Fiber Industry Development Authority.

In terms of volume, the country shipped out 11,293 metric tons (MT) of abaca fiber, 20,879 MT of abaca pulp, and 6,955 MT of cordage in 2010.

The country’s major markets for abaca products are the United States , Japan , and Germany . China , one of the biggest tea-drinking countries in the world, has been continuously expanding its imports of abaca pulp from the Philippines for the manufacture of tea bags.

The abaca is one of the sources of raw materials for various income-generating projects of Filipinos. “The fiber craft industry, which produces bags, rugs, placemats, hats, hot pads, coasters, yarns, and hand-woven fabrics, provides livelihood to rural women and out-of-school youths,” a report from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said.

Manila hemp – as abaca is known around the world – replaced bark, which was once the primary source of cloth, before the Europeans arrived in the Philippines . It was not until in 1685 that abaca came to the attention in the western world.

In 1820, John White brought few abaca fibers to the United States . By 1825, importation of abaca fiber took place.

Abaca was first cultivated on a large scale in Sumatra , Indonesia in 1925 under the Dutch, who had observed its cultivation in the Philippines for cordage. This was followed up by plantings in Central America sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. With the commencement of World War II, the supply from the Philippines was eliminated by the Japanese.

When the war ended, the Philippines again became the world’s biggest abaca supplier.

Ask any elementary pupil if he knows what the country’s national tree is and he will reply, “Narra.” But ask him again how narra looks like and he will never say a word. The reason: most children these days don’t see any narra tree.

In fact, narra is on the brink of extinction and only the most determined and relentless conservation campaign will pre-

Flowering narra

Abaca plant

serve it. “Today, the Philippines has only small, scattered and endangered remainders of the tree,” laments Roy C. Alimoane, director of Mindanao Baptist Rural Life Center Foundation Inc. based in Kinuskusan, Bansalan, Davao del Sur. Narra is very attractive because of its flowers. However, it is highly esteemed because of its timber. “It (timber) is moderately hard and heavy, easy to work, pleasantly rose-scented, takes a fine polish, develops a range of rich colors from yellow to red, and has conspicuous growth rings, which impart a fine figure to the wood,” wrote T.E. Hensleigh and B.K. Holaway, editors of Agroforestry Species for the Philippines.

Regarding the strength properties of narra, the Woodworkers Source said that the bending strength of air-dried wood of narra is similar to that of teak, which is considered to be strong. Strength in compression parallel to grain is in the high range. Other species in this range include teak, white oak

a n d hard maple. It is moderately hard and resistant to wearing and marring. It is a heavy wood.

The wood is high in density.”

As furniture, one author commented: “In durability, in beauty of its grain, and in the beautiful finish it takes, narra ranks with the best cabinet woods in the world.” It is used in the manufacture of high-quality furniture, peels and veneers, paneling, and parquet-floors. The narra wood, if it is available, is also preferred for the manufacture of inlays, musical instruments, clocks, piece-works, billiard tables, piano cases, and sculptures.

In 1987, the Philippine government prohibited the felling down of narra trees and its collection in natural stands.

However, the forest-cultivation for industrial purposes was excluded from this regulation.

Today, the remainders of narra trees can only be found at the coast of Isabela, in Bicol, in Mindanao and in the forests of Cagayan.

“Pili nuts possess the characteristics to become among our country’s most valuable export commodity. Categorically, they can compete with cashew, almond, and macadamia in terms of texture, taste, and extracted micronutrient yield.”

That statement comes from a study conducted by a team of biotechnologists, who urged the current administration to support the pili industry. “Despite the recorded growth in the production of pili from 1990 through 2008, the industry, as a whole, remains risk-averse, conflict-ridden and growth-stagnant,” the study added.

Although pili is also grown in other tropical countries of Asia like Malaysia and Indonesia, only the Philippines produces and processes pili nuts commercially. In 1977, the country exported approximately 3.8 tons of pili preparation to Guam and Australia . Before World War II, pili nuts were exported to Hawaii , Germany , France , Great Britain , and Japan, according to the Plant Industry Digest published in 1970.

In recent years, the largest buyers of pili nuts from the Philippines are people from Hong Kong and Taiwan as the nut is one of the major ingredients in

Abaca fiber

Pili nut the famous Chinese festive dessert known as the “moon cake.”

The United States is still an untapped market. US imports millions of kilos of shelled walnuts and almonds a year. If the Philippines would produce high-quality pili nuts, there is a tendency that Americans would be encouraged to consider importing some from the country.

“The current status of the pili is equivalent to that of the macadamia some 30 years ago,” says Richard A. Hamilton, a macadamia breeder at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. “It has great potential to develop into a major industry.” (The expensive macadamia nuts are in demand in Korea , Hong Kong , Singapore and Austria .)

Among the entire world’s nut, pili reigns supreme in oil content – over 70 percent. The pulp oil – highly prized for its lanoline content – can be extracted and used for cooking or as a substitute for cotton seed oil in the manufacture of soap and edible products.

“Chemical and nutritional analyses of pili pulp oil are very similar to olive oil,” the DOST reported. “However, pili pulp oil has more beta-carotene, a known vitamin A source, and carotenoids, which makes it more nutritious than olive oil.”

It is high time that the government officials, law makers, businessmen, and farmers should pay attention to the country’s endemic treasures.

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Lay all cards on the table, Karlo tells MILF

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AVAO City Congressman Karlo B. Nograles has urged the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) to be more transparent and “lay all their cards on the table” to erase all doubts on their sincerity in negotiating peace with the government.

According to Nograles, the peace agreement signed by the government and the MILF might be questioned after MILF Vice-Chairman Mohagher Iqbal admitted that he was not using his real name when he signed the peace document that became the basis for the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL).

This admission of Iqbal, Nograles said, only raises doubts on the sincerity and the motive of the MILF in its bid to push for Bangsamoro independence.

“Now that it has been revealed that Mohagher Iqbal is not a real name proves that the signing of the peace agreement started on the wrong foot, pretty much like the Oplan Exodus that started on the wrong foot,” Nograles said.

“There was no absolute transparency and honesty on the part of the MILF peace negotiator. Kung talagang sincere ang negotiations dapat lahat tayo all cards on the table, walang tinatago,” Nograles said.

Also revealing, according to Nograels, was the statement

of Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Deles that it was only after Iqbal’s admission that she learned that he was using an alias.

“This runs counter to the statement of GRP peace negotiator Miriam Coronel Ferrer who earlier said that government has always known that Mohagher Iqbal is not his real name. So which is which? Did our government peace negotiators know or did they not know? Ang alam ko si PA Deles mas nauna pa sa negotiating table kaysa kay Prof. Coronel-Ferrer,” Nograles noted.

He said the statements of

Iqbal and Deles raise doubts into the validity of the peace agreement. “Even Justice Sec. Leila de Lima is unsure if signing a document using an alias invalidates the agreement.

Someone might just go to court and question this. It won’t be me because I am for peace.

But let us fix the defect now while we still can,” Nograles stressed.

Nograles observed that the problem with using aliases is that it allows a person to assume different personalities.

“If it is okay to sign a document using an alias then why didn’t Mohagher Iqbal sign

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the peace agreement as Salah Jubair?” Nograles asked.

Salah Jubair is the name Mohagher Iqbal used when he wrote and published his books entitled “The Long Road to Peace: Inside the GRP-MILF Peace Process,” and “Bangsamoro: A nation under endless tyranny,” where he used the name Salah Jubair.

“That is why we have laws against illegal use of aliases especially when signing public documents because it is very difficult to determine the sincerity or true intent of the person using an illegal alias,” ACHIEVER. Davao City Rep. Karlo B. Nograles with wife Marga beams after Nograles said. he was conferred the ‘Outstanding Fili-

pino Achiever in Public Award’during the 2015 Golden Globe Annual Awards held at Manila Hotel last April 1.

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ONSTRUCTION phase of the Matina Enclaves’ first condominium building is expected to commence soon after the holding of the pre-bid conference for structural works.

Matina Enclaves’ project director Gerald M. Garces presided over the pre-bid conference which was also attended by project manager Engr. Norwin Serrano, assistant project manager Engr.

Ramon Delena, design consultants Engr.

Jose Abella and Architect James Magdadaro along with a team of engineers and representatives of three contractors LVL Construction, Riezl Landcare and Construction and Golden Pacific Construction.

Matina Enclaves is a mixed use development project of homegrown developer Escandor Development Corporation (Esdevco) which is owned by the Escandor family. The Escandors also own one of Davao’s leading luxury hotels The Royal mandaya Hotel, and leading security services provider Davao Security and Investigation Agency Inc. (Dasia).

“The three(3) Davaobased contractors were invited not only on the basis of their individual capabilities to develop quality establishments and structures, but also because they share the same vision as that of the Escandor Family in providing above-standard developments, critical to

establish EDEVCO as one of Davao’s premier developers,” said Garces.

Recent construction update showed that while ongoing piling works are conducted by PileconGeotechnic Inc., contractors are given until May 22 to submit their bids.

Final negotiation and award will be conducted on May 30.

Condominium 1 is forecasted to be completed by the 3rd quarter of 2016.

The project has already inaugurated its model houses, main entrance gate and clubhouse.

Condominium 1 is already fully sold out.

Matina Enclaves is reputed to be a collaboration

by Davao’s best talents from Designers to Contractors.

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NBA Update TOPSELLER. Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James (23) grabs a rebound against the Detroit Pistons in the third quarter of an NBA basketball game Monday, April 13, 2015, in Cleveland.

James notched a triple-double with 21 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists in a 109-97 win over the Pistons. (AP Photo/ Mark Duncan)

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Maria Sharapova has pulled out of Russia’s Fed Cup semi-final against Germany in Sochi this weekend.

Sharapova pulls out of Fed Cup semis

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ARIA Sharapova has pulled out of Russia’s Fed Cup semi-final against Germany in Sochi this weekend with a leg injury, the Russian Tennis Federation said on Tuesday.

“I was really looking forward to playing in Sochi and taking part in the Fed Cup,” the world number two told the Russian Tennis Federation press service.

“For me, it would have been the first time I would have had the opportunity to play in the city where I grew up.

“My team and I specially changed my timetable so that I could represent my country in

the semi-final.

“However, unfortunately I picked up a leg injury and it did not allow me to be in the best condition to get ready for this tie,” Sharapova added.

The 27-year-old’s last appearance was in the Miami Open at the end of March, where she lost in the second round to world number 97 Daria Gavrilova in straight sets.

She only returned to practice a few days ago after picking up an injury during in Miami.

“I need to be at the top of my game in order to help my team and play to the best of my ability in the Fed Cup semi-finals against such strong

opponents. Unfortunately, I didn’t have enough time to prepare,” she said.

REPLACEMENT NEEDED Sharapova is also a doubt for the WTA Stuttgart Open, which starts on April 20, where she would be defending her title.

Sharapova helped Russia beat Poland in the Fed Cup first round in February, where she won both her singles matches.

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Elena Vesnina have all been picked for Russian, with captain Anastasia Myskina now having to find a replacement for Sharapova.

Myskina, who won the

French Open in 2004, said she had been in constant contact with the Russian number one.

“Over the last few days, I have spoken with Maria and her team a lot,” Myskina said.

“Unfortunately her condition will not allow her to play for the national team.

Maria did everything she could to try and play in Sochi.

However, at the moment, she just isn’t ready.

“I believe in the strength and ability of our team and am really looking forward to the semi-final,” Myskina added.

Russia are bidding for their first Fed Cup title since 2008, having been runners-up in 2013.

Club. Matina Enclaves’ lush, green environment provides an excellent setting for unique and trendsetting development concepts of a contemporary lifestyle.

Envisioned as Davao City’s first multi-family, mixed-use contemporary community, Matina Enclaves is a self-contained development offering diverse residential options to families, professionals and entrepreneurs, so that they can choose the property that best suits their needs.

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UBURAN Institute, the city’s first SteinerWaldorf school is holding an Earth Day Family Adventure Run on April 19 in Tugbok District.

There will be a 7-kilometer trail run for adults and a 1.5 km. nature walk and tree planting for children and their parents.

Registration fees are P150 for trail run and P100 for nature walk.

The trail run will start at 6 a.m. from the Mintal Covered Court and will traverse the Davao-Bukidnon highway, then turn left at the USEP intersection towards New Loon. It will pass through the Tuburan access road and end at the New Loon Creek.

The nature walk will begin at 7 a.m. and will start at the Tuburan green school site and head towards several coconut farms and orchards before

ending at the New Loon Creek for the riverbank tree planting.

“The top runners will receive goody bags from participating green business,” said Tuburan Institute director Maya Vandenbroeck at the SCOOP Session of The Royal Mandaya Hotel last Tuesday.

The funds raised will help develop Tuburan’s green school campus in New Loon, Brgy Tugbok.

“Children need green spaces where they can climb trees and develop their intrinsic appreciation and love for nature. At the Tuburan Institute, we believe that this develops their empathy for the environment and fuels their passion to protect it, which is essential if we are to develop the next generation of Dabawenyos to become environmental stewards”, said Vandenbroeck.

Summer fitness program Tuburan Earth Day Run April 19 at Matina Enclaves T

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N exciting summer fitness program is set on April 27 to May 25 at the Matina Enclaves Clubhouse located along Quimpo Boulevard in Ecoland.

The 5-week program will be held every Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

The program packages are Zumba Class (3 sessions per week) for P1,500 and Yoga Class for two sessions per week for P1,500.

Matina Enclaves rests upon 5.3 hectares of breezy and natural space, tucked in an exclusive alcove just off Quimpo Boulevard and adjacent to Davao City Golf

EBRON James switched back from No. 6 to No. 23 this season.

No matter, he’s still No. 1.

James’ Cavaliers jersey was the NBA’s top seller for the 2014-15 season, the league announced Tuesday.

James returned to the Cavaliers this season after four years with the Miami Heat, leading them to two championships.

James wore No. 6 during his time in South Florida but went back to the number he wore in high school and during his first seven seasons with Cleveland after returning home to Ohio this summer.

It’s the sixth consecutive year James has topped the list, his third time with the Cavs and ninth time in his 12-year career.

The league does not provide exact figures on the number of jerseys sold, but said the rankings are based on overall retail sales on NBAStore.com since the start of the season. Golden State guard Stephen Curry was second followed by Los Angeles Lakers’ star Kobe Bryant, Oklahoma City’s Kevin Durant and Chicago’s

Derrick Rose. Cleveland’s Kyrie Irving was sixth.

The Chicago Bulls reclaimed the top spot for best-selling team merchandise for the first time since the 2012 season.

The Cavaliers were second, ahead of the Warriors, Lakers and Thunder.

James has taken the Cavs back to the playoffs for the first time since 2010. His return season didn’t start off well as Cleveland dropped to 19-20 in mid-January after the four-time league MVP sat out two weeks to rest a nagging back and knee injury. But since he came back, the Cavs have gone 33-9, recently clinched the Central Division title and enter this weekend’s playoffs with the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference.

On Monday night, James recorded his 39th career triple-double in a win over Detroit. James hasn’t decided if he will play in Wednesday’s home finale against Washington.

The Cavs will likely open the playoffs against the Boston Celtics, a team they’ve played twice in the past week.

Pacers stay alive in playoff hunt

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HE Indiana Pacers moved one game closer to an NBA playoff berth Tuesday with a dramatic double-overtime triumph over the Washington Wizards.

C.J. Miles scored 25 points and George Hill flirted with a triple-double, delivering 24 points 10 assists and nine rebounds for the Pacers.

Indiana moved a game in front of the Brooklyn Nets for the eighth and final Eastern Conference playoff berth.

The Pacers will reach the post-season with a win at Memphis, or if Brooklyn lose to Orlando on the final night of the regular season on Wednesday.

David West had 15 points and eight rebounds in the Pacers’ sixth straight win, which officially spelled the end of the Miami Heat’s slim playoff hopes.

The Heat, who made it to the NBA finals in each of the last four seasons and won it all in two of those years, will miss the post-season for the

first time since 2008.

The Wizards, already assured of the fifth seed in the East, played their starters anyway.

Bradley Beal and Marcin Gortat scored 19 points apiece, Gortat adding 10 rebounds in the setback.

John Wall scored 16 points and handed out 11 assists.

Elsewhere in the East, the Boston Celtics locked up the seventh seed with a 95-93 win over the Toronto Raptors.

Jae Crowder’s go-ahead jump shot with 0.8 seconds remaining lifted the Celtics, after Kyle Lowry’s driving layup had pulled Toronto level at 93-93 with 10.2 seconds remaining.

Crowder was part of the trade that sent All-Star point guard Rajon Rondo to the Dallas Mavericks in December.

The rebuilding Celtics were 14 games under .500 on February 2, but have since gone 23-12.

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VOL. 8 ISSUE 10 • THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 2015

PALARO OPENING MOVED

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Organizers reset opening rites to May 4, but games start May 3

RGANIZERS of the Palarong Pambansa have moved the traditional opening ceremonies to May 4, Monday, instead of May 3 in an apparent move to avoid an “audience clash” with the megafight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather.

The Palaro, however, will officially start on May 3 although the opening ceremony will be staged on May 4 at the sprawling Davao del Norte Sports and Tourism Complex where athletics, swimming and tennis will be held. The Rodolfo del Rosario Gym, a state-of-theart and fully air-conditioned basketball arena is also within the complex but will be the venue for badminton.

Organizers said they only need to iron out minor kinks before rolling out the red carpet to more than 10,000 athletes and officials for the 2015 Palarong Pambansa which starts in 17 days and highlighted by an opening ceremony extravaganza at the Davao del Norte Sports and Tourism Complex.

After a general meeting among heads of key committees from host Davao del Norte and the Department of Education (DepEd), media representatives and sponsors and stakeholders at the Office of the Governor Rodolfo del

Rosario at the provincial capitol on Tuesday, Organizing Committee Secretariat chairperson Sofonias P. Gabonada, Jr. declared the games as “green and go.”

“Everything is in place and what we need at the moment— which is 17 days before the games open—are finishing touches to make sure that operations go smoothly for the entire seven days of the Palaro,” Ponyong said. “The venues have always been ready and what is only needed are the athletes and officials and the fans.”

Only one—gymnastics which will be staged in nearby Panabo City—of the 35 venues for the 23 sports on the Davao del Norte Palaro program backed by the Tagum Agricultural Development Company Inc. (TADECO), Damosa Land, Davao Packaging Corporation (DPC), Davao International Container Terminal, Inc. (DICT), and Pearl Farm Beach Resort is located outside Tagum City.

DepEd Department Legislative Liaison Specialist Francis Dela Cruz, DepEd Information Technology Officer 1 Deo Genito, Jr., Provincial Sports Coordinator Giovanni Gulanes, members of the provincial information office, the media, and other private partners, joined Gabonada in the general meeting believed to be the last for the

SPECIAL ATHLETES ON COURTESY CALL. Elmar Olivar (left) and James Infiesto (right) pay a courtesy call on Mayor Rodrigo Duterte who is backing up the special athletes of Davao City in forthcoming international tournamentsd.

Olivar is a B1-Totally blind chess GOLD medalist and World Blind Games(WBG) Seoul 2015 representative on May 8-18, 2015 in Seoul Korea. He is the first

Mindanaoan who will represent Philippines in WBG and currently residing in Catalunan Grande, Davao City. Infiesto, co-Champion of Philippine Paralympic Chessers National Championships 2015 held last March 4-7 at the ULTRA Philsports Complex in Pasig City for the Ortho-Category, will be competing in the ASEAN Para Games Singapore 2015 on December 1-10, 2015 in Singapore.

communication and results team before the urn is lighted in the opening ceremony which will be held on May 4.

The hosts are also bringing

billiards at the NCCC and boxing at the Tagum Trade Center.

Competition schedules and programs of Palarorelated events, including

the games closer to the people of Davao del Norte by conducting taekwondo at the Gaisano Mall, table tennis and the demonstration sport of

cultural and tourism activities prepared by the hosts, will be available on the games website davnorpalaro2015. com later this week.