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BLOOD IS THICKER THAN POLITICS

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CONSENSUS. Despite of the call of her supporters to run again as Mayor of Davao City, former Mayor Sara Z. Duterte Carpio is still undecided on her political plans in 2016. Sara assured the people that she and his brother Paolo already

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agreed that they will agree on who between them will run for the same post. Armando B. Fenequito Jr.

Blood is thicker than politics

BY CHARLES RAYMOND A. MAXEY and ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.

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N Davao City, blood is definitely thicker than politics.

Unlike in other parts of the country where family members sometimes forget about their relationship when it comes to politics, the Dutertes of Davao are different.

To them, family comes first.

Vice Mayor Paolo Z. Duterte said he will gladly step aside should his sister—Inday Sara Duterte-Carpio –decide to seek the mayoral post in the 2016 elections.

“Why should I be bitter, she is my sister,”

Vice Mayor Duterte told reporters covering the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) beat at his office recently.

Duterte said he is even willing to run again as barangay captain of Catalunan Grande should his other sibling, younger brother Sebastian Duterte, also decide to join politics next year.

Sebastian, the vice mayor said, is being groomed by a private group to run for the third district congressional seat in 2016.

If this happens and since he does not want

politics in Davao City to become a family affair, Vice Mayor Duterte said he is willing to go back as village chief.

“That’s where I started. I love that position,” he said.

The vice mayor, however, said they are still awaiting the decision of his younger brother on the possibility of taking a shot at Congress.

It is also a public knowledge that their father, Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte, wants Inday Sara to run for mayor in the event he will not seek reelection

and run for president in 2016.

To the vice mayor, this is not an issue to him.

“If that is his decision, I will respect that,” Duterte said.

Paolo and Inday Sara are close to each other, with the latter reportedly giving advice to her brother on how to run the local lawmaking body. Inday Sara was also vice mayor of Davao before being elected as mayor in 2010.

When Vice Mayor Duterte took his oath of office before Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch

WILLING TO GIVE IN. Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Z. Duterte says he is willing to give way to her younger sister former Mayor Sara Z. Duterte-Carpio as the standard bearer of their party Hugpong sa Tawong Lungsod despite his earlier declaration that he will run as city mayor in next year’s election. Lean Daval Jr.

7 Judge Rufino Ferraris back in 2013, Inday Sara was there to give moral support.

Duterte-Carpio said she and her brother already made an agreement not to run in the same position.

In an interview after the Kapehan sa NCCC on Friday, Duterte-Carpio said the agreement with Paolo was they should run in different positions.

“Ang sabot namo dili mi magdungan og dagan sa isaka position. Like, modagan siya og vice mayor dili ko modagan og vice mayor, kung modagan s’ya og mayor dil iko modagan og mayor (Our agreement is we will not run in the same position.

Like, if he will run for vice mayor, I will not run as vice mayor. If he will run for mayor, I will not run for mayor),” she told reporters.

If both of them will end of running in next year’s election, she assured it will be for different positions.

Duterte-Carpio said she has not yet decided whether to will run as mayor or any position in 2016.

She said her decision will be revealed on the filling of certificate of candidacy from October 12 up to 16.

But, if ever she will

seek the mayoral post, Duterte-Carpio said the deciding factor will depend on the needs of their party which is Hugpong saTawong Lungsod.

The father, Mayor Duterte, said Inday Sara and Paolo should not fight with each other because they have the same blood.

After his speaking engagement at the PhilConstruct Mindanao 2015 at SMX Convention Center, Duterte said he wants Sara to run again as mayor because he will now resign from politics.

“They should not be fighting each other because they are brother and sister,” he said.

Inday Sara, meanwhile, said that her brother Sebastian did not say anything about his possible political plans in 2016.

She said Sebastian is a registered voter of third district and she does not know what will be his plans next year.

But, Mayor Duterte told reporters last Thursday at Davao City Recreation Center Almendras Gym that Sebastian is not interested in politics.

The mayor said that he already asked his younger son if he has plans to enter in political arena but was told it does not appeal to him.

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No railway talk when I was RDC chair: Sara

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ORMER Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio clarified that there was no clear discussion yet with regards to the plan to rationalize the transport system in the city by coming up a railway system for passenger trains that will cater to the residents from Toril to Lasang and Vice Versa.

She issued the statement during the Kapehan sa NCCC Mall Davao.

“There was no discussion about the railway system even before and during my term as chair of the Regional Development Council 11,” Duterte-Carpio said.

The railways system is looked forward by development planners in preparation to avoid traffic congestion as the city progresses in the future.

Duterte-Carpio also welcomed the support expressed by residents for her to take the city leadership during the national and local elections in 2016.

She called the expression heart-warm-

ing and a big boost to her enthusiasm to serve the people again.

“They showed me their love and support and it will boost my interest to serve the community because of their trust and confidence in me,” Duterte-Carpio said.

She revealed that she has a lot of development concerns for the city.

However, Duterte-Carpio clarified that the direction of her leadership will depend on the issues, concerns and projects left by her predecessor.

She also formally announced her assumption as ambassadress of the NCCC Mall Davao.

Duterte-Carpio said the mall shares with her the values of being close to the people.

I look forward to working with the NCCC and working with the community by delivering both the shared-values of the mall and its products to the residents,” she said. (PIA 11-Joey Sem G. Dalumpines)

PHILCONSTRUCT OPENING. Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte (sixth from left) leads the opening of Philconstruct Mindanao 2015 at SM Lanang Premier’s SMX Convention Center on Friday night. Also in photo are Philippine Construction Association Inc. president Delfin Wenceslao,

Rody: I once forced a violator to eat cigarette butt in 2002

By Armando B. Fenequito Jr.

MinDA, PIDS ink MOA D

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HE Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) and the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) have formalized their development partnership with the signing of a memorandum of agreement (MOA).

The signing was made between PIDS president Dr. Gilbert Llanto and MinDA chair Secretary Lualhati Antonino today (Sept. 4) in Waterfront Hotel Davao. The MOA will facilitate and promote policy research and knowledge sharing particularly in dissemination , holding of public

fora and dialogue in support of Mindanao’s development needs.

The MOA also enables access to policy studies and materials produced by higher education institutions (HEI) in Mindanao and also establish the Mindanao Knowledge Research and Policy Center (MKPRC).

MinDA executive director Usec. Janet Lopoz said that in the past there has already been exchange of materials between MinDA and PIDS. The MOA Lopoz says will go beyond just the exchange of research mate-

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Philconstruct Events, Exhibitions and Conferences Corporation chairman Jorge Consunji and Davao Construction Association Center, Inc. president Ludwig Van Ledesma. Lean Daval Jr.

AVAO City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte admitted that he forced a local tourist to eat his cigarette butt, but said this took place many years ago.

In an interview last Friday after addressing the the opening of PhilConstruct Mindanao 2015 at SMX Convention Center, Duterte told reporters the incident happened during the first year of the implementation of Anti-Smoking Ordinance of the city in 2002.

“Niadto. Naa koy gipkaon. Suko siya kay ngano pa diktador-diktador nga kwarta man daw ang ilang ginasunog (I forced the tourist to eat his cigarette butt. He got mad saying that why I was acting like a dictator that it is not the mayor’s money that he is burning),”Duterte said.

DAVAO PRODUCTS. Joanne Tanoy Salaver (left) of M. Tanoy Concepts and Val Turtur of Kakao Konek 2015 give details of their respective industries during the FAST Fridays media forum at the Archipelago 7107 by Barrio Fiesta at SM Lanang Premier. Salaver announced the opening of the M. Tanoy furniture shop showroom at SM Lanang Premier

He said that the staff of the hotel already warned the tourist about the strict implementation of the ordinance but continued to defy, prompting him to go to the establishement and showed his iron fist to the tourist.

This statement is contrary to the details of the incident that were posted by former North Cotabato governor Manny Piñol in his Facebook page.

Piñol, in his post, said the incident where Duterte forced the tourist to eat his cigarette butt happened during the Kadayawan sa Dabaw festival last month.

But, Duterte said reviving the issue could be a reminder to all tourists to follow the ordinance of the city because this is how he disciplines people in the city.

“Pag sinabing bawal, bawa ltalaga. Huwag kang magtapang-tapangan diyan kasi may batas yan(If it is prohibited, it is really prohibited. Do not act like a brave man because there is a law),” In the Facebook page of Piñol said sources close to Duterte said one night during the week-long Kadayawan Festival held last month, a restaurant owner alerted the police of a Filipino tourist who insisted on smoking while drinking beer.

The arrogant response irked the restaurant owner who is a friend of the Mayor. He immediately alerted the police and asked them to inform Duterte personally of the defiant smoker.

When Duterte walked

into the restaurant a few minutes later, the arrogant smoker turned ashen-faced and immediately dropped his cigarette and stepped on it.

Witnesses said Duterte calmly sat beside the smoker, pulled out a snub-nosed .38 revolver and poked it at the man’s crotch.

The smoker reportedly muttered “Sorry Mayor,” picked up his cigarette butt and swallowed it.

Witnesses said that before Duterte left, he told the smoker: “Never ever challenge the law.”

The defiant smoker, whose name was not released by Davao City police, made three discoveries the night he defied the Anti-Smoking Ordinance in Davao City.

while Turtur also announced the staging of the National Cacao Congress on September 11-12 at the SMX Convention Center. Lean Daval Jr.

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EDITORIAL 5TH worst traffic in the world

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HE Philippines now holds the distinction as the fifth country in the world with the worst traffic conditions, according to the online database Numbeo.

The Philippine Star reported that the country had a traffic index score of 201.31 based on Numbeo’s Traffic Index for Country 2015 Mid-Year report.

Traffic Index is a composite index of time consumed in traffic due to job commute, estimation of time consumption dissatisfaction, carbon dioxide consumption estimation in traffic, and overall inefficiencies in the traffic system. The study reported that average one-way commuting and traveling time or time index in the Philippines spans 46.09 minutes before people reach their destination.

The traffic situation in the country spurred a dissatisfaction rate of 4,020.42 while traffic inefficiency is at 216.01.

The list showed Egypt with the worst traffic in the world with an index of 284.51, followed by South Africa (215,34), Thailand (211.86), Iran (202.90), the Philippines, Turkey (198.61), Russia (195.51), India (195.02), Brazil (194.29) and Argentina (186.46).

In Asia, the Philippines was rated third.

Numbeo is the world’s largest database of user-contributed data about

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cities and countries worldwide factoring the cost of living, housing indicators, health care, traffic, crime and pollution.

While this may be true, the whole situation does not reflect the entire country. Traffic is not as horrible in Davao City compared to Metro Manila where the traffic situation is expected to get worse in the next 15 years.

However, there are indications traffic could yet be problematic in Davao City as well as other major cities in the country if not abated.

In Davao City, slow construction works combined with frequency of road repairs contribute to the problem. Add to this the not so wide streets made even narrower with parked vehicles on side lanes.

As we have pointed out in several editorials, there is obviously no coordination among government agencies and private companies involved in road use like the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the Davao City Water District (DCWD) as well as several telecommunications companies using underground connections.

The result is that we have newly-repaired roads being wrecked again for underground works of the DCWD or the private telecommunications companies.

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MAYOR RODY AT PHILCONSTRUCT. Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte is welcomed by Philconstruct Events, Exhibitions and Conferences Corporation chairman Jorge Consunji during the opening of Philconstruct Mindanao 2015 at SM Lanang Premier’s SMX Convention Center on Friday night. Lean Daval Jr.

700 professionals in Technoforum

By CHENEEN R. CAPON

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ORE than 700 professionals from the construction industry in Midnanao participated in the three-day Technoforum Mindanao which started Friday at the SMX Convention Center.

The Technoforum 2015 was held side by side with this year’s three-day Phil-

Construct Mindanao that started last September 4 until September 6, Sunday.

“Under the Technofoum are series of seminars and trainings that will increase and improve the capacities and knowledge of professionals in the construction industry,” PhilConstruct Mindanao event chair En-

gineer Ramon Allado told EDGE Davao in an interview.

Among the seminars held under in this year’s forum were for authorized managing officers, Samsung DVM’s Smart Air Cooling Solutions for Business; Concrete Practice by the American Concrte Institute-Philippine Chapter; Crane

Lifting by the Association of Carriers and Equipment Lessors, Inc.; Metal Detecting Technology to be given

by Minelab; the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) will also conduct seminar on construction labor and safety guidelines; the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) will also give sem-

inar on BIR requirement and compliance for joint ventures.

On the last day of the activity, a seminar on proper handling tools; Durable Concrete by Holcim Philippines, Inc and a product presentation by Bosch was also set to be conducted.

“Trainings and seminars

like these provide the latest development in the industry,” Allado said.

He said this will increase the competitiveness of professionals like architects and engineers in its bid to be at par with other professionals in other country during the Asean integration. CRC

MInDA to put up Montevista first to launch research center

expanded Kalahi-CIDSS T

he expanded Kalahi-CIDSS program was launched August 28 in Montevista, Compostela Valley province. Kalahi-CIDSS is the acronym of Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan –Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services, much-vaunted program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), funded by the Asian Development Bank and the World Bank.

The expanded program

designed to involve grassroots leaders starting from puroks in the process of identifying, planning and managing community-driven development and poverty alleviation projects is now in the towns of Montevista, Compostela Valley; Lupon and Baganga, Davao Oriental; Braulio Dujali and San Isidro, Davao del Norte; and Kiblawan, Malalag, Jose Abad Santos, Sta. Maria, Don Marcelino and Sarangani, Davao del Sur in addition to

the 16 municipalities in Region 11 where Kalahi-CIDSS was initially implemented.

DSWD 11 Regional Director Priscilla N. Razon said that the expanded project will be implemented by some 80 field workers recently deployed in the region after a week-long orientation in the Island Garden City of Samal.

The DSWD official said each town will be under an area coordinating team (ACT) composed of an area

coordinator (AC), technical facilitator (TF), financial analyst (FA) and community empowerment facilitator (CEF). The ACT shall lead the implementation of the program in the municipality in coordination with the municipal coordinating team (MCT), the ACT counterpart installed by the municipal LGU (local government unit) in a Kalahi-CIDSS area.

Regional Director Razon was all praises for the

the Barrio Fiesta in SM Lanang Premier.

Salaver said the company also received inquiries from Dubai where the tourism industry has been growing for many years.

For 15 years, M. Tanoy provided its clients with its expertise on customized furniture, interior design, fine furniture, sculptures, lightings, carpets and wall covering

for hotels, resorts, condominiums, residences and offices.

“Our designs are already competitive. We can say that is export quality,” Salaver said, adding that their designs were unique and created

by Merly Tanoy, a known interior designer sought in the country today.

Together with Tanoy is a team designer and they carve, create and

manufacture furniture and interior design ideas that are truly world class made from materials like mahogany, glass, metal, fabric, leather, wood or accessories.

Playing with the combination of modern and traditional design, M. Tanoy has created masterpieces of furniture that well represent their clients.

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Interior designer eyes US, European markets

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AVAO-BASED interior design supplier M. Tanoy Concept is eyeing US and European as its export markets next year.

“The demand in US is picking up while Europe has been a good market for furniture,” M. Tanoy special projects manager Joanne Tanoy-Salaver said in an interview at the sidelines of the Fast Fridays media forum at

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HE Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) is eyeing the establishment of a physical infrastructure for the Mindanao Knowledge, Research and Policy Center at the proposed Mindanao Tourism and Cultural Village Center at the old Sasa airport.

“The center will be one of the components of cultural village,” MinDA executive director Janet Lopoz said in a press conference for the 1st Mindanao Policy Research Forum at the Waterfront Insular Davao last Friday.

The virtual center was organized in 2013 through the facilitation of MinDA in partnership with 30 Mindanao universities and colleges in and different research entities.

The establishment of the center aims to engage both the academe and research institutions in policy-directed researches and provide a common database of policy researches and experts on Mibdanao.

The center also aims to contribute to policy formulation and advoca-

cy for Mindanao at the legislative and executive branches of government as well as encourage researches in business development that will boost key industries here.

Lopoz said the MLRPC hopes to “provide evidence-based analysis and advice to government and decision-makers, as well as technology, research and development support to Mindanao’s key industries.

“The center is envisioned to be the think tank for Mindanao, embracing the thrust of Mindanao 2020,” Lopoz said.

The importance of creating and independent Mindanao Research and development center was recognized under the Mindanao 2020 or the Mindanao 2020 Peace and Development Framework Plan.

Under the plan, the center will provide decision-makers and key players in the industry with access to credible and reliable research studies.

Among the components of the MKRPC are

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Power crisis in the offing Text and Photos by HENRILITO B. TACIO

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EILA Noel left the Philippines when her hometown Bansalan did not have electricity yet.

“This was in the late 1970s when the country had to grapple with the oil crisis,” she recalls. “I practically grew up without electricity.

When I was in high school, I remember using the kerosene lamp while studying.

It seemed to be a way of life then.”

In 1980, she met and married Wim Rispens, a Dutch national whom she met in the Netherlands. The two were blessed with two kids. When she brought them to her hometown, there was still no electricity.

“It was only in the 1990s that Bansalan started to have good supplies of electricity,” the Senior Adviser at the International Network of Alternative Financial Institutions and founder of Wimler Foundation says, adding that technology also came simul-

taneously with electricity. “It was a great relief and delight when many homes finally had electricity. It propelled economy. People were able to watch television programs, have their own refrigerators and other amenities, which make life simpler.”

Looking back, she cannot help but compare her life in the Netherlands, where she stayed for thirty years, to her life in the Philippines.

“Throughout my stay in the Netherlands, I can only remember a few times when

there was a power outage,” she says. “It happens only when the government is conducting routine electrical checkup, constructing roads or when it renews electrical wiring. There were also instances during severe typhoons when a few street lamp posts would fell.”

Two years ago, the Rispens couple decided to retire in Bansalan, a small town in Davao del Sur. That was when she learned that life is really different from what she used to have in the Nether-

lands.

“Since we arrived here in Bansalan, I remember there were only a few days without electricity,” Rispens-Noel discloses. “But summer is different; we had several hours without electricity and most of the time it happened during night time. Modern life is now highly dependent on electricity. In this town, if there is no electricity, there is also no water as the pump is dependent on electricity. And since we rely so much on electricity, we cannot use computers after the batteries ran out.”

Summer is gone already but Mindanao may experience a new round of power shortage as El Niño continues to intensify. In its August 5 advisory, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said the moderate El Niño the country is currently experiencing will intensify in the last quarter of the year.

PAGASA added that, based on leading climate models, the weather event will linger up to the first months of 2016. There are predictions that this current El Niño will be identical with what the country experienced in 1997-1998 -- or it may even be worse.

“This year’s El Niño began in March and is forecast to last about a year. Authorities in Australia have already predicted it would be ‘strong’ and ‘substantial,’” the AgenceFrance Presse reported.

Some scientists believe El Niño has been happening

for hundreds of years. Historians are dating the phenomenon at least as far back as early 1500s, when the Spanish conquistadores entered South America amid raging storms.

The El Niño cycle may be simple, yet, the energy reserve it carries is vast, almost unimaginable. Most reports say “it contain more energy than has been procured from all the fossil fuels burned in the United States since the beginning of the century – that’s all the gasoline in all the cars, the coal in all the power plants, the natural gas in all the furnaces. It would take more than a million large power plants, at 1,000 megawatts each, running full tilt for a year, to heat the ocean that much.”

Scientists rank El Niño as the number one force disturbing world climate patterns.

It has caused damage worth billions of dollars around the world in droughts, floods, and other livelihood revenues.

When El Niño intensifies, there would be less rainfall.

And Mindanao is heavily dependent on hydropower. In fact, 52% of Mindanao’s power comes from hydropower.

Oil contributes 24% of the power supply while geothermal is the source of 8%. The remaining 16% comes from coal.

Mindanao gets most of its power supply from Agus in Lake Lanao and Pulangi in Maramag, Bukidnon. As of September 2, the water level of Lake Lanao is 699.819 me-

ters above sea level while Pulangi Lake has only 285.493 meters above sea level.

The minimum operating level in Lake Lanao is 699.15 meters above sea level while in Pulangi Lake, it’s 282 meters above sea level.

“The figure shows how ‘close’ we are from the minimum operating levels,” an insider told this author. “If water level falls below minimum operating level, the hydropower plants may have to be shutdown. We need rains to keep the water level up.”

Should these hydropower plants stop its operation, only the other power sources will be available. In that case, there will be again rotation brownouts throughout the island.

“Power outage is a great setback for the development in Mindanao,” Rispens-Noel deplores. “Economic progress is dependent on adequate supplies of electricity.

For as long as this problem is not addressed sooner, we cannot expect some robust economic activities in this region.”

Just recently, the country’s weather bureau in Davao Region announced that El Niño has already started to intensify. Among those that will be greatly affected are the provinces of Davao Oriental and Davao del Sur particularly during the last month of 2015 and the first month of 2016, as the region receives its lowest rainfall during these two months.

Forewarned is forearmed, so they say.

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An afternoon of family food fun

ANY MOM will know that each step of your journey as one presents new challenges but one of the constant questions we always ask ourselves is what to cook. Latch Davao, a local group of active moms sought to address this very concern last August 29. This advocacy group is a widely known active enabler for breastfeeding and its benefits.

That day, they went beyond the breast and invited two very special women to shed light on women, baby and early child nutrition in the home. Dubbed as “Family Food Fun,” the afternoon seminar and cooking demo aimed to show how locally available ingredients can simplify every parent’s goal to make each meal satisfyingly tasty and nutritious.

The resource persons for that afternoon were simply introduced as “Nanays,” an endearing title that connotes how their

wealth of knowledge and Godgiven abilities are all dedicated to mothering. Ines Fernandez and Richilda Tajo, more fondly known as Nanay Ines and Nanay Rich, combined make up a maternal powerhouse that founded

Arugaan – a support system for working women with infants and young children. They are tandem gurus in relactation management and organized mother support groups around the country. They have also traveled to many parts

of Asia and Europe as consultants and speakers on Breastfeeding, Women and Children’s Rights and Maternity Protection. They are busy day-to-day fostering ba-

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EVENT

Aside from flying in top international DJs like Australian Uberjak’d and Norwegian duo No Class, Kadayawan Invasion featured a strong line-up of beatmakers that include Smart Over 5,000 joined this year’s Kadayawan Invasion, mounted by Smart in partnership with Spectrum and Frolicfox, to experience ambassadors DJ Ace Ramos, MC Pao and Nix Dam, as well as pioneer DJ Champion Katsy Lee, a one-of-a-kind music festival.

Human Beatbox GMTFX, DJ JOM, Chad Fajardo and Davao’s own DJ Jack Ripper.

Smart’s Invasion party and Durian Feast-ival LEADING mobile services provider Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) pumped up the colorful celebration of this year’s Kadayawan Festival by mounting its biggest music gathering and introducing its first Durian Feast-ival.

Derived from ‘Madayaw,’ a local term for a warm greeting, the Kadayawan Festival is a weeklong festivity celebrating the region’s rich harvest and culture through concerts, fluvial and street parades, lively street dance competitions, a pageant, and a grand showcase of the Davao region’s products.

To heat up the celebration, Smart Prepaid, in partnership with Spectrum and Frolicfox, brought back for the second time the Kadayawan Invasion, the festival’s biggest music party held at the Crocodile Park Open Grounds.

Over 5,000 festivalgoers flocked to the Kadayawan Invasion, which was headlined by top-class DJs like Australian Uberjak’d and Norwegian duo No Class.

From sunset until the break of dawn, the country’s party scene staples led by Smart ambassadors DJ Ace Ramos and MC Pao and Nix Damn P also took turns in spinning wicked beats that kept everyone on their feet under a spectacular light show.

Also part of the talented lineup were Pioneer DJ Champion Katsy Lee, Human Beatbox GMTFX, DJ JOM, Chad Fajardo and Davao’s own DJ Jack Ripper.

In between sets, Smart subscribers had a chance to hang out at the Smart Life Dome, which featured a Live All Out touch-

Smart teamed up with Davao’s local government for the first ever Durian Feast-ival within Kadayawan, which highlighted the region’s most popular fruit in exciting games and activities. screen photo booth that allowed Lucky Smart subscribers also them to post and share moments got to meet the featured DJs and with their friends and loved ones enjoy free glow-in-the-dark face in an instant. paint by simply subscribing to the The Smart Life Dome also fea- latest Smart Prepaid promos. tured free WiFi and phone chargAside from the Kadayawan ing so subscribers could connect Invasion, Smart also teamed up with their peers and share the with Davao’s local government night’s best times on their social for the first ever Durian Feastnetworking sites. ival, a tribute to the region’s most

famous fruit.

From August 21 to 23, Smart subscribers got to enjoy free durian at the event, which featured fun games such as durian eating and durian peeling, among others.

Forty-eight-year old Renaldo Arcoser led the durian-peeling competition with a record of 42.53 seconds, while 27-year old Melqui Rayos emerged as the winner of the durian-eating contest.

Throughout the festival, festivalgoers got to capture and share all the best Kadayawan moments on Instagram, which now comes free with Smart Prepaid’s Unli Call and Text 50 or UCT 50.

A feature-packed offer, UCT 50 gives unlimited calls to Smart, Sun and TNT; unlimited texts to all networks; and 50MB for all your web browsing needs – all valid for three days for just P50.

Just dial *121# to subscribe to UCT50 and check out all the hottest Smart Prepaid promos.

Prior to the Kadayawan Festival, Smart Prepaid graced the celebrations in Bohol’s Sandugo Festival; Quezon’s Pahiyas; Cebu’s Sinulog; Iloilo’s Dinagyang; Baguio’s Panagbenga; and Davao’s Araw ng Dabaw, among others.

Watch out as Smart Prepaid is set to reach out to more areas of the country to offer subscribers a memorable festival experience. For more information and updates, follow Smart’s official account on Facebook at www. facebook.com/SmartCommunications, and @SMARTCares on Twitter and Instagram.

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Indigenous ingredients such as starfruit and kamote tops are the stars of their show.

Style Scribe A1 bies and toddlers in their own daycare center.

Nanay Ines and Nanay Rich brought back the role of local Mother Nature to the Filipino dinner table lest we forget as more and more of us give in to the lure of lush, more expensive and harder-to-find ingredients that don’t really have a rich nutritional quotient. Indigenous food such as chili, kamote tops, eggplant and fruits like jackfruit and guava were presented in a new light for its medicinal and healing uses. The sixty or so participants who partook of the healthy fare that afternoon were stunned to discover that only P1,000 was spent for the ingredients of all the dishes served. Thrift was exercised in the right way as cooking within a reasonable budget is always a household ideal as well.

This trait of cooking in heft came in handy when both Nanays aided in Tacloban after the recent typhoon, feeding over six thousand victims in the devastating aftermath.

Their emphasis on being child-friendly could not have been any clearer.

Parts of the lecture were rendered in singsong, making it engaging and light. We were amused to know that this was how Nanay Ines imparted lessons to her young charges at the day center. The dishes were all delicious and nutritionally sound such as Pinoy Pageti (recipe shared here), Saba Sandwiches and Squash Meatballs. It is important when cooking for children that the food they see and eat are in shapes and textures they recognize, and these were fare that they would instantly take to.

The Latch Davao members were all enthusiastically aiding their two visi-

tors throughout the day.

They helped with the food preparation and served the food to all those who joined. The energy on their faces mirrored how much admiration they had for the two Nanays. Already commendable mothers in their own rights, they exemplify how the drive to be a better one is indefatigably sought. I am always in awe of multi-tasking moms. They always make things look so easy while taking care of so much. To learn that afternoon from two women whose very movements and thoughts hummed with maternal instinct was time well spent.

Learn more about LATCH Davao by liking the Facebook Page: www. facebook.com/LATCHDavao.

Find out more about Arugaan and their advocacies by visiting their website www.waba.org. my

Tasty sandwiches made of ‘saba’ banana and tomato Enthusiastic members of Latch Davao serve some sauce are devoured within seconds of being passed of the food prepared by their guest speakers. around.

The members of Latch Davao together with Nanay Rich and Nanay Ines.

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AUNCHING the ASEAN Regional Guidelines on Competition Policy in 2010, Dr. Surin Pitsuvan, Secretary General of ASEAN, said ‘it is a pioneering attempt to achieve the stated goal of ensuring ASEAN as a highly competitive region envisaged in the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Blueprint, in particular the introduction of nation-wide Competition Policy and Law by 2015’.

The Guidelines are based on country experiences and international best practices with the view to creating a fair competition environment in ASEAN. It seeks to enhance and expedite the development of national competition policy within each ASEAN Member State.

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Henry J. Schumacher sentatives from the competition authorities and agencies responsible for competition policy in the ASEAN member states.

The AEGC coordinates the implementation of competition policies in ASEAN. Purpose and Benefits of Regional Guidelines The Regional Guidelines serve as a general framework guide for the ASEAN member states as they endeavor to introduce, implement and develop competition

policy in accordance with the specific legal and economic context in each country.

The Guidelines endeavor to help in the process of building stronger economic integration in the region, by acting as a common reference guide for future cooperation to enhance the competitive process in the ASEAN member states. It is important to note that the Guidelines serve only as a reference and are not binding on the member states.

The Guidelines take into account the varying development stages of the competition policy in the member states.

Definition of Competition Policy Competition policy can be broadly defined as a governmental policy that promotes or maintains the level of competition in markets, and includes govern-

ment measures that directly affect the behavior of enterprises and the structure of industry and markets.

Main objectives and Benefits of Competition Policy The most commonly stated objective is the promotion and the protection of the competitive process. Competition policy introduces a ‘level-playing field’ for all market players that will help markets to be competitive. It will set ‘rules of the game’ that – in the end – protects the consumer of products and services.

The scope of the policy includes: - Prohibition of Anti-competitive Agreements - Prohibition of Abuse of a Dominant Position - Prohibition of Anti-competitive Mergers.

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The national governments baby-ing of Metro Manila

S the President convened his cabinet to tackle Metro Manilas problem, I cannot help but feel a bit disturbed, and yes, a bit disgusted. Not because he is rolling his sleeves to lead the search for a solution to a complex problem. Not because agencies work together to march all the effort needed to make transportation within the metropolitan Manila area more efficient. It is because the best efforts of he national government are being summoned to baby a small area of the country.

This is not the first time the national governments agencies have been called upon to solve a local problem. True, Metro Manila holds 30% of GDP and 20% of the population. But it is also the sign of the inequality of the Philippine economy, since a great slice of opportunity remains there, leaving the rest of the 80% without the same kind of opportunity and connectivity to the rest of the world. Non-Manilans are dazzled no end with promises of high cash salaries (the highest minimum wage in the country) only to find out that all they could afford is a meager bunk in a tightly packed

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MY TWO CENTS’ Before Marcos, what was then known as the greater Manila area was the main food and labor source John Tria of the Philippine capital. ecisouth@gmail.com Residents would travel the short distance to Manila for work, and Manilas markets, such as the Quinta, the Central Market and others would obtain their produce from nearby towns which were then part of Rizal Province. Food was plentiful and jobs available. This was the Metro Manila that my parents settled into in the early 1970s, when Martial Law ushered in a building boom that many Bongbong Marcos advocates .

Imelda and the Marcos family wanted to surround themselves with a showcase city, reaching its apex as such for the 1976 meeting of the World Bank in Manila. This is when

the scenic Roxas Boulevard corridor saw the construction of many world class hotels to cater to this important meeting. But all of that, alas, was for show, to impress the likes of Maummar Khadafy, Geroge Hamilton, and bosom friend then governor Ronald Reagan. The “City of Man” as Metro Manila was called then, would be that showcase.

Alas, what did all of these seemingly impressive programs achieve? For one, more people went to live in the metro, leaving fertile lands and abundant seas. The farmers and fisherfolk from the countrysides formed the urban poor communities that sprouted in areas like Pasay and Quezon City making two thirds of the residential population. Vehicular traffic intensified, and the famous EDSA crawl was born. True, infrastructure was built in the Marcos era, but with it, new problems were created, morphing into the systemic ills that plague the metro today: poor sewerage, dead rivers, street children.

The culprit was the culture of systemic corruption that capitalized on the government spending and

lines can be downloaded from www.asean.org As mentioned above, the AEC) Blueprint envisaged in particular the introduction of nation-wide Competition Policy and Law by 2015’.

The Philippines just made it: President Aquino the other day signed into law the Philippine Competition Act which will create a Philippine Competition Commission that will implement law. There will be a two-year transitory period during which companies operating in the Philippines are expected to adjust to the provisions of the law. It is trusted that the competition environment in the Philippines will change in the years to come to achieve the level playing field for companies operating in a sector and increase fair competition to the benefit of the Filipino consumer.

borrowing via behest onerous loans that fueled the infrastructure development, where Marcos’ favored contractors and cronies made their hay from the government money spent on these projects. Since the corruption trail went all the way to the top, the military that enforced the laws during martial rule created a situation where any dissent and scrutiny was stifled. The centralized power in Metro Manila intensified, making the business of governance the office of the powerful and corrupt. Rather than solve the problems it created, it busied itself with stealing more money, leaving the rest to rot in the mud of the problems. Sadly, the culture has persisted, and the 20% that is Metro Manila that controls the destinies of the rest of the 80% of the Philippines can no longer be allowed.

It is time to break that chokehold of the center of governance. Only then can Metro Manila be depopulated, and the rest of the country rise. Till then, Malacanang’s occupant will always, to our disadvantage behave like the Mayor of his spoiled baby, Metro Manila.

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The center also aims to contribute to policy formulation and advocacy for Mindanao at the legislative and executive branches of government as well as encourage researches in business development that will boost key industries here.

Lopoz said the MLRPC hopes to “provide evidence-based analysis and advice to government and decision-makers, as well as technology, research and development support to Mindanao’s key industries.

“The center is envisioned to be the think tank for Mindanao, embracing the thrust of Mindanao 2020,” Lopoz said.

The importance of creating and independent Mindanao Research and development center was recognized under the Mindanao 2020 or the Mindanao 2020 Peace and Development Framework Plan.

Under the plan, the center will provide decision-makers and key players in the industry with access to credible and reliable research studies.

Among the components of the MKRPC are devel-

opment and management of an online database that will carry a wide range of data related to Mindanao 2020, research and resource mobilization, capacity building of researches and technology developers through trainings and skills enhancement programs.

MinDA also inked a memorandum of agreement with the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) relative to the program during the one-day forum.

“The PIDS will be providing technical assistance to MinDA in conducting policy research studies,” PIDS president Dr. Gilberto M. Llanto said in the press conference.

Meanwhile, the MinDA earlier proposed to the Department of Transportation the rehabilitation of the old airport to transform it into a cultural village and museum that will showcase the distinct culture of Mindanao.

The P179.34-million rehabilitation and development of the village will be funded by the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA), Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) and MinDA.

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Tagum Coop develops enterprise skills of PWDs

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ersons with Disability (PWDs) have recently been included among the marginalized sectors that Tagum Cooperative has reached out and touched lives.

Through its Education Committee (EdCom) spearheaded by Director Monica L. Salido, Tagum Cooperative had conceptualized the “PWD—Asenso sa Negosyo” which ran from August 24-28 at Magugpo Pilot Imelda Elementary School, Tagum City to develop the entrepreneurial skills of PWDs, and consequently improve

Urban... FROM 15 Martin Rumaldez, Ismael Toto Mangundadatu, National Grid Corp of the Phil., Philips, Emcor Appliance, Davao Diamond, Galilee Water, Anflocor and Panyawan Herbal Capsule are the partners of eco-run.

The registration fee of the eco run is P250 with free singlet, race rib, certificate , snacks and raffle coupon.

Trinidad added that they are expecting minimum of 1,000 participants and a maximum of 3,000 participants. All the winners will receive cash, medal and gift packs.

their financial status.

The Cooperative crafted the program “in response to the clamor of the Coop members to promote a gender fair treatment of PWDs”.

Tagum Cooperative chairperson Norma R. Pereyras and members of the Board of Directors: Miriam R. Baloyo, Fe J. Adlawan, Edgardo T. Silagan, and Nenita R. Malbas came to grace the occasion.

Pereyras told the special participants, who were deaf and mute and with polio, to actively participate in the training because it was solely made for them and that Tagum Cooperative in general acts as the “bridges and wings of love”.

For participants to comprehend especially the deaf and mute, Tagum Coop invited in an interpreter, Ms. Alma Mondragon who was commended by the chairperson for her dedication to the job.

Through the PWD—Asenso sa Negosyo program, 10 screened PWD beneficiaries underwent a series of five-day livelihood training in which they were taught on proper handling and management of their micro enterprises.

Each day of the training offered various skills training such as: gift wrapping, balloon

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Run Management team with a 3k and 7k route run within Chinatown.

According to Ms. Norma Monfort, bats are good luck especially for Chinese in spirituality.

Their upside-down position symbolizes birth and rebirth.

“Bats are not blind.

They use echolocation to detect sounds and flying insects to eat,” Monfort said.

Race starts at 8 pm for 7k run and 8:15 pm for the 3k run. At the end of the run, there will be awarding of certificates and distribution of Peace Republic, State of Awareness Golden seeds of peace against manifesto 2000 signed pledges,

twisting, embutido and corned beef making, massage therapy, haircutting, and doing manicure and pedicure.

After having completed such training, each of them received from Tagum Cooperative a P5, 000 cash grant that they can use as start-up capital to run their chosen enterprise.

The special participants and their supportive parents extended their gratitude to the Cooperative for giving them rare opportunity and promised to use the cash grant wisely and productively.

Merly Pamplona, mother of a deaf-mute beneficiary, went emotional as she thanked Tagum Cooperative and its partners for the training quoting it as an “answered prayer” and “dream come true” for their children.

Crafting such program in

line with the 7th Cooperative Principle—Concern for Community, Tagum Cooperative aims to provide PWDs a means to start an enterprise for them to earn a decent living, to promote the habits of earning and saving, to teach simple bookkeeping, and to welcome the PWDs to the expanding membership of Tagum Cooperative.

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The trainer from TLDC DavNor showed to the deaf, mute, and with Polio participants how to prepare an Embutido during the training proper of the PWD Asenso sa Negosyo.

Tagum Coop Chairperson Norma R. Pereyras spoke in front of the PWDs during the launching of PWD Asenso sa Negosyo, beside her is an interpreter. forms of which may be picked up at any ‘BATtiange’ stalls that evening.

“We are expecting more or less 1,000 participants to join in the race. We are positive that people will be involved in this event,” Monfort said.

After the race, runners could visit the mini musical rally at the ‘BATtiangge’ Night Flea Market and enjoy the performance of the School of Blind’s “Echolocation Rap band” playing the accompaniment of Jay L. of Thavawenyo and his performance of his ‘Davao Land of Promise’ rap composition.

‘BATtiangge’ stalls will be set up in the

closed to traffic Sta. Ana Avenue between the junction of Lapu-Lapu/ Chavez and D. Suazo Street. Business owners who want to sell their organic products are welcome to set up their booths for free.

Registration for the night run will be at Tobi’s in Abreeza Mall for 350 pesos for the 3k run and 375 pesos for the 7k run.

Inclusions of the registration fee are singlet by Mulatoo Outdoor Apparel, race bib, raffle ticket, and certificate. Other perks of the registration fee are free entrance to Monfort Bat Sanctuary, free bat emergence night tour, golden seed and manifesto 2000.

rials.

“We see MinDA as an excellent partner in promoting evidence-based policymaking at the local level and in increasing the relevance of our policy studies Llanto said of the MOA. Mindanao Business Council chair Vicente Lao lauded the partnership as he said that policy research can help influence policy makers in crafting laws that may be favorable to Mindanao.

Lao said that most of the policies tend to be biased agains the region. He said that policy research can benefit the main driving economic sectors of Mindanao which is agri-

culture and tourism.

He cited the cabotage law which prevents foreign-flagged vessels from directly transport goods to their final port of destination resulting in exorbitant shipping fees which is said to be the highest in the world and greatly impacting Mindanao businesses.

Policy research has led to the amendment of the cabotage law which has relaxed the restrictions.

The MOA signing is an opportune time as the country is celebrating the 13th Development Policy Research Month (DPRM) which carries the theme “Effective Regulations for sustainable growth.”

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Reserves carry fight for CMO dribblers

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ESERVES Warren Cloribel and Joel Aberilla stood out to help City Mayors Office drub Everball Columbia, 102 – 88, in resumption of their basketball friendly series on Wednesday night at the Davao City Recreation Center Almendras Gym. Cloribel and Aberilla stepped up and contributed extensively with 19 and 16 points respectively for the City Hall dribblers who continued to widen their series lead, 23 – 1.

The two reserves contribution was good enough to backstop Christopher “Bong” Go’s output en route to CMO’s second win in two days.

Go, the sweet-shooting executive assistant

TOWERS OF POWER. Ateneo de Davao University’s Vande Goor Alagao (left photo) and Francis Gabriel Escandor (right) typify the Blue Knights’ domination inside the paint during their match against Stella Maris Academy. The Blue Knights massacred the overmatched Marisians 86-18. Lean Daval Jr.

TAB’S FINAL 12 Coach Baldwin has final Gilas roster in mind

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Y this time, Gilas Pilipinas coach Tab Baldwin has a clear idea on who his Final 12 would be for the 2015 Fiba Asia Championship. But don’t expect him to make an announcement anytime soon.

Here’s why.

“I do (have an idea), but not all four (cuts). I have some ideas (on the Final 12) but it’s not for public consumption right now ‘coz things can change,”

Baldwin said ahead of Gilas’ seventh game in the Jones Cup against a US selection on Saturday afternoon at the Xinzhuang Stadium.

The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) is facing a Tuesday deadline for the submission of the final lineup for the Changsha, China tournament set from September 23 to October 3 that serves as the Asian qualifier for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro

next year.

However, Baldwin revealed he will likely name two alternates to the lineup and keep this whole team until the departure for China while keeping the option to make changes to his Final 12, which the Fiba Asia allows until the eve of the tournament.

The American-New Zealander also said he isn’t

keen to make any ‘splash announcements’ on his final lineup on Tuesday or the next days after that.

“We’re not going to be revealing anything anytime soon. You guys (in the media) dream about those sort of things. I can tell you that even if we decide to change, we can still make a change even after you announce the lineup,” he said.

Night run highlights bat conservation campaign

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“Bats are often neglected in today’s generation. They are mistakenly regarded as blind bloodsuckers that fly over people’s hair and carry rabies”, said organizer Norma Monfort during the FAST Fridays media forum at the Archipelago 7107 by Barrio Fiesta at the SM Lanang Premier.

Aside from the ‘BATtitude’ campaign, there will be a Moon Cake Festival night run for Peace, Love and awareness in celebration with the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival coordinated by the Titans

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Ramirez: City gov’t did not spend for DCCL

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PORTS Development Division-City Mayor’s Office (SDD-CMO) officer-in-charge William “Butch” Ramirez on Friday said the City Government of Davao didn’t give a single centavo to the Davao City Collegiate League (DCCL).

Ramirez said the DCCC is being managed by 12 member-schools and is being supported by private company Smart. The league is now into its second season after it was first introduced last year.

He also clarified that when the DCCL was first staged late last year, the city also did not allocate a budget for the event.

What Ramirez recalled was that the city government bankrolled the participation of the Davao Lady Agilas in the Shakey’s V-League vol-

leyball tournament sometime in April last year to the tune of more than P300,000.

The budget, he said, covered the plane fare and hotel accommodation of the Davao players and the coaching staff in the event which ran until May of 2014.

The DCCL features basketball and volleyball events for collegiate players in the city.

The DCCL also shelled around P200,000 from its is sponsors when it staged the first edition in 2014 mostly to cover officiating fees for game officials.

“If there will be questions on budgetary aspects of the DCCL and that of the support extended by Smart, it must be addressed both to the management of the DCCL and to the company,” Ramirez said. (SSD-CMO)

Urban Forest 2025: Eco-Run set Sept. 12

By PRINCE SIMON CANDA night run will be staged highlighting the Moncake Festival for Peace, Love and Awareness on September 26 beginning and ending at the Davao City Chinatown.

Monfort Bat Cave and Conservation Foundation, Inc. is organizing and promoting the event as part of the Samal Guinness record holder bat colony’s campaign called ‘Elevated BATtitude. This campaign will be launched on September 26 in partnership with Rotary Club of South Davao and in coordination with the Davao City Chinatown Development

of Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, wrapped the game up with 29 points with five baskets from behind the arc.

Rico Kwan Tiu paced the Everball Columbia once again with 28 points. Sinolong and De Guzman had 18 and 12 points respectively.

Filbon Maligro had 10 baskets for the Everball Columbia which had a hard time to keep pace with the City Hall dribblers.

Everball Columbia was winless since second week of May. JR De Guzman made 10 points for the CMO which got nine Ricky Sumagang and eight from Glenn Escandor.

After absorbing its first loss, the CMO bounced back with five straight wins.

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S THE BIG EASY. Ella (Net Champion) with Lotte Inson (Net 1st Runner Up) during the NGAP Mindanao Regional Golf Tournament held from September 2-4 at the Pueblo de Oro Golf Club here in Cagayan de Oro City. Nagayo won the Ladies Division Net title.

onshine Radio Network DXRB will be staging the third edition of the annual Urban Forest 2025: Eco-run on September 12 which begins and ends at the Jose Maria College Compound along Philippines-Japan Friendship Highway.

Speaking at the Fast Fridays press conference at Archipelago 7107 located at SM Lanang, Davao City, Grace Trinidad, sales and marketing-radio anchor, announced that the said fun run will start at 4 :30 am with three categories in 1.5K, 3K and 5K.

“Urban forest 2025 is the advocacy of the founder of SPM Pastor Apolo of adopting very poor barangays, transforming them into livable child communities complete with parks, forest and community centers for the young and old within the duration 2015-2025.

In short 10 years in the making,” Trinidad said.

Mayor Rudrigo Duterte, Cong. Samuel Pagdilao, Coun. Marissa Abella, Abotiz Power Corp, Gov. Corazon Malanyaon, Congw. Rachel Arenas, Cong.

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