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THE BIGGEST VICTIMS Civilians suffer from the impact of armed clashes in Central Mindanao

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THE BIGGEST VICTIMS

Military operations are ‘the main factor of displacement’ in Maguindanao

Civilians suffer from the impact of armed clashes in Central Mindanao

By CARLOS H. CONDE

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EAR and uncertainty remain for thousands of people displaced by the month-long clashes between government armed forces and armed groups in Maguindanao in March.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) are striving together to help them.

“Although the fighting in Maguindanao has stopped, irregular skirmishes and uncertainty in the area prevent displaced families from returning to their homes,” said Pascal Mauchle, head of the ICRC delegation in the Philippines.

Unable to go back to their homes and farms, many of which have been affected by the current dry season brought about by El Niño, displaced families living in evacuation centers are dependent on aid.

“The prolonged dry season has increased the vulnerability of the displaced families, in terms of their livelihood and health. Each day in these temporary sites is a major struggle for them, and the future remains unclear,” added Mauchle.

On April 4th, the ICRC and the PRC began trucking clean water daily to around 16,000 people in 17 evacuation centers in Mamasapano and Datu Salibo municipalities, in Maguindanao. In the coming days, the number of beneficiaries will grow to 26,000 people in 24 evacuation centers.

With hygiene and sanitation being another primary concern, the ICRC will conduct maintenance of toilets it had built in 2008 when thousands of people were displaced in Maguindanao. It will also construct new permanent toilets with septic tanks in several evacuation centers.

“The toilets we constructed in 2008 are being used by people who are presently displaced. As such, the sanitation infrastructures we are planning to build will remain for any future needs,” said Marco Albertini, ICRC’s water and habitat coordinator.

Five multipurpose tents were also given to the Integrated Public Health Office of Maguindanao to be used as emergency health posts providing health services for the displaced people in the evacuation centers.

To improve health response to emergencies, the ICRC and the PRC have begun first aid training of 60 health staff working in rural health units and other emergency response units in Matalam and Kabacan, North Cotabato.

These four-day trainings, which will run until June, cover 21 rural health units in North Cotabato and Maguindanao and will also be conducted in Agusan del Sur and Zamboanga.

The ICRC continues to coordinate its efforts with local authorities, which have been supporting the displaced, on remaining needs.

Since 25 February 2015, in central Mindanao the ICRC with the PRC has also: · Distributed halfmonth food rations, hygiene items, jerrycans and tarpaulins to about 4,000

displaced families in Pikit, North Cotabato, and Pagalungan, Maguindanao; · Supplied potable water to two evacuation centers in Pagalungan from 27 February to 5 March; · Continued its support of medical equipment, medicines, and dressing materials to the emergency rooms of Cotabato Provincial Hospital (Amas/ Kidapawan) and Dr. Amado Diaz Provincial Hospital (Midsayap) in North Cotabato, and the Maguindanao Provincial Hospital (Shariff Aguak) to enhance their capacity to treat weapon-wounded people; · Continued to provide ad hoc support to other hospitals/clinics in the area that receive weapon-wounded people. This support has benefited at least 20 weapon-wounded people from January to March.

The ICRC remains committed to assisting displaced families in Maguindanao and is preparing with the PRC to launch targeted food distributions in May. The ICRC is a neutral, impartial and independent humanitarian organization whose mandate is to protect and assist people affected by armed conflict and other situations of violence. It has had an established presence in the Philippines for over 60 years, and a permanent presence in Mindanao since 1986.

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REPORT by Protection Cluster, a United Nations-supported initiative of government and nongovernmental groups, shows the plight of tens of thousands of internally displaced people in the Philippine province of Maguindanao after an anti-insurgent military operation: women, children, and the elderly endure the heat in makeshift evacuation camps with inadequate food, medical care, and sporadic electricity supply. Many are sick; at least one child has died from dehydration. They sleep on cartons and blankets on the ground, exposed to the elements.

This is the ongoing humanitarian fallout from a security forces calamity that occurred three months ago.

In the early morning of January 25, dozens of elite police commandos were deployed to Maguindanao to arrest terrorist suspects hiding among local insurgents from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and its splinter group, the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters. That operation became a deadly debacle in which 44 of the commandos died, along with 10 insurgents and 7 civilians. The military responded to the incident with an “all-out-offensive” against the insurgents. Politicians obsess over who should take responsibility for the police deaths while ignoring the toll that the ongoing military operation is having on the local people.

The Muslim residents of restive Mindanao, the southern Philippine island where Maguindanao is located, are no strangers to dislocation due to separatist armed conflict. But the scale of the impact of this operation on people is significant, even by local standards. The number of internally displaced people in Maguindanao has fallen to about 70,000 after peaking at more than 125,000 after January 25, but their situation remains dire. In a report issued this week, Protection Cluster, a United Nations-supported initiative of government and nongovernmental groups, indicates that the military offensive has resulted in numerous alleged serious human rights abuses, and that military operations in Maguindanao are “the main driving factor of displacement in the armed conflict.”

The report also alleges that people’s homes were destroyed as a result of the offensive, that the military has created indefinite “no-go” areas and unnecessarily restricted people’s freedom of movement, and that it has harassed people who try and return home to secure livestock, crops, and their belongings. The report also alleges that soldiers are present in evacuation centers and relief distribution sites, are present in schools, and have even deployed children to gather intelligence about insurgent operations.

These allegations demand an urgent investigation.

Philippine President Benigno Aquino needs to make clear to the armed forces that the liberty, safety, and livelihoods of the people of Maguindanao cannot be held hostage to anti-insurgent operations.

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Rody snubs SWS survey

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AVAO City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte ignored his latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) rating which ranks him third in the list of possible candidates for the presidential election in 2016.

Duterte tied with Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Mar Roxas with 15 percent of the total 1,200 respondents nationwide. He got a 10 percent increase from the December 2014 survey in which he only got five percent.

When reporters asked for his reaction on his ratings on Thursday afternoon at SMX Convention Center, Duterte said, “Wala akong reaction, hindi naman ako tatakbo (I have no reaction, I am not running).”

Duterte said he is not even flattered by his latest rank in the survey because he is not interested in becoming President.

“I hope that the ratings would also somehow connect to the problems of the country over the years,” he said.

Vice President Jejomar Binay is still on the top of the survey with 36 percent, followed by Senator Grace Poe with 31 percent.

The survey, however, showed that Binay’s rating

had decreased one percent from the December 2014 survey in which he garnered 37 percent. Poe, on the other hand, increased her rating by 10 percent from 21 percent in the December 2104 survey.

Former President Joseph Estrada and Senator Miriam Santiago tied in the fourth spot with 11 percent. Senator Francis Chiz Escudero ranked fifth with eight percent, while Senator Ferdinand “Bong Bong” Marcos ranked sixth with seven percent.

Senator Allan Peter Cayetano ranked seventh with four percent, whiel former Senator Manny Villar and Senator Antonio Trillanes tied in eighth spot with three percent.

Former Senator Panfilo Lacson, boxing champion Manny Pacquaio, and Senators Bong Revilla, Loren Legarda, and Franklin Drillon tied in the ninth place garnering one percent each.

The survey was conducted from March 20-23, 2015 using face-to-face interviews of 1,200 adults nationwide.

In its website, the SWS said the survey was “not commissioned.”

“This is done on SWS’s own initiative and released as a public service,” the group said.

IBP wants 2 districts retained in DavSur

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HE Davao del Sur chapter of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) has called on Congress to amend the law that created the new province of Davao Occidental in order to retain the former’s congressional representation.

Davao del Sur used to have two congressional districts, but this was reduced to one when Davao Occidental was carved out of it by virtue of Republic Act (RA) 10360 approved by President Benigno Aquino on January 14, 2013 and ratified by the residents of Davao del Sur in a plebiscite on October 28, 2013.

The new province is composed of the five municipalities of Santa Maria, Malita, Don Marcelino, Jose Abas Santos, and Sarangani which comprise one congressional district.

This left Davao del Sur with a lone congressional district composed of Digos City and the nine municipalities of Malalag, Sulop, Kibalawan, Padada, Hagonoy, Santa Cruz, Matanao, Bansalan, and Magsaysay.

In a position paper, IBP

Davao del Sur chapter president Israelito Torreon said based on the 2010 population census of the National Statistics Office (NSO), the creation of Davao Occidental left Davao del Sur with a remaining population of 574,910.

Torreon said with this number, the creation of Davao Occidental “should not have disturbed the appointment of the legislative districts of Davao del Sur” reducing it to a lone district.

“Under the relevant provisions of the Constitution and the Local Government Code… when the population of a province has reached more than 250,000, it may be entitled to an additional legislative district,” Torreon said.

Citing a Supreme Court decision on the case of the province of Camarines Sur which was reappointed from four to five legislative districts in 2010, Torreon said there is “no need for a province to increase its population by another 250,000 to be entitled to another additional legislative district.”

He said this means a

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BACKWARD BIKING. A biker displays his riding skills by maneuvering his bicycle backwards along J.P. Laurel Avenue in Davao City early morning Saturday.

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QUITE A STRETCH. A security personnel of The Marco Polo, Davao inspects a hummer stretch limousine before allowing it to enter the premises of the hotel yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

DSWD, other agencies ink MOA for Listahanan

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HE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) 11 has forged a partnership with other national agencies and local government units (LGUs) for the second round of Listahanan (formerly known as the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction or NHTS-PR)) this May. The DSWD 11, Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), Davao City Social Service and Development Office (CSSDO), Davao City Police Office (DCPO), Traffic Management Center (TMC), and Land Transportation Office (LTO) 11 signed a memo-

randum of agreement (MOA) for the better implementation of the program.

Listahanan is a database of poor households and is used as reference in identifying beneficiaries of social protection services.

Speaking in a media briefing last Friday, DSWD 11 regional director Priscilla Razon told reporters the partner agencies will help her office in the information dissemination of the program.

“Every signatory has certain responsibilities and commitments to meet as we have to attain this endeavor,” Razon

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Laviña says Duterte finally gets attention

By CHARLES RAYMOND A. MAXEY

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HE fact that he’s making a remarkable showing in the surveys leaves no doubt that Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. is now being seriously considered as among the leaders to succeed President Aquino.

Numbers don’t lie—from 5 percent in December to 15 percent in the latest Social Weather Station (SWS) survey or an increase of 10 percent and leapfrogging into a tie for third in the list of preferred presidential candidates.

Only last February, Duterte also came out of nowhere to land third in the Pulse Asia

survey with his 12 percent performance.

The fact is, until today he has not yet declared that he is seeking the country’s highest post.

“The Mayor is being noticed that he has come out to the national stage advocating federalism as alternative,” said Peter Laviña, one of Duterter’s volunteers.

“Many people are now becoming aware of his good leadership in Davao and his strong stand on peace and security issues, and how he has transformed Davao City into a progressive LGU,” he added.

Laviña said the SWS survey result affirmed rising acceptance and support for Duterte’s advocacy for change and proved that his Listening Tour got traction in the polling, showing instantaneous result having started only in January.

Since launching the Listening Tour, Duterte has gone to many provinces and cities to push forward his advocacy for a federal form of government in a country beset by so many problems.

Last week, the extremely popular mayor was in Cavite and the Calabarzon region where he received one warm

reception after another.

In the Bukidnon sortie just Wednesday, around 5,000 people warmly received Duterte at the Valencia Gym in Valencia, underscoring his growing popularity.

According to Laviña, Duterte’s popularity is best manifested in the results of the surveys.

He said people are now looking South “because the current list of presidentiables in Manila may not fit their desire for the next president.”

“He has no doubt captured the attention of the nation,” Laviña said.

from the SAF, 17 from the MILF and five civilians – when 390 SAF personnel were deployed to arrest Zulkifli bin hir alias Marwan, a Malaysian terrorist early dawn of January 25, without coordinating with the ceasefire mechanisms of the government peace panel and the MILF, and without coordinating as well with the local and regional Philippine National Police and the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

De Lima said she will review the report over the

weekend and will likely make it public by Monday, April 20, the same day the 75-member House of Representatives’ Ad Hoc Committee on the Bangsamoro Basic Law (AHCBBL) resumes deliberations on the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), the law that would govern the future Bangsamoro parliamentary government by June 30, 2016, based on the roadmap of the government and the MILF. “Pinaka-major witness” She told a press confer-

Drought exacts toll Charges vs MILF/BIFF/PAGs for SAF 35 deaths on Cotabato farmers

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ARMER Deylon Musa, 62, shared boiled rice and steamed camote tops with his wife Pundo and a five-year-old granddaughter for lunch on Thursday at their small, dilapidated hut at Barangay Tamontaka here just beside his rice field.

An hour earlier, under the scorching heat of the sun, Musa finished his routine working on a hectare of farm land that used to be soaked in water.

But the drought has changed all that, as the dry spell has hit his farm bad since February. He could no longer

harvest the rice on his field, the stalks still swaying with the wind.

He gasped with despair.

Musa’s face showed how he and other farmers have suffered due to the dry spell. His farmland, used to be lush green, has turned into yellowish brown.

If the drought goes on, Musa could not say how he could make both ends meet.

His wife is earning just enough for the family’s food on the table through laundry jobs.

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RIMINAL charges are being prepared against 90 members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) and private armed groups (PAGs) for the death of 35 of 44 members of the Special Action Force of the Philippine National Police (PNP-SAF), Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said in a press conference Thursday afternoon after receiving the report of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the

National Prosecution Service (NPS) on what happened in Mamasapano, Maguindanao on January 25, 2015.

The report covers only the killing of the 35 SAF members in the cornfields of Sitio Amilil in Barangay Tukanalipao in Mamasapano, prompting Mindanao’s lone Cardinal, Orlando Quevedo, OMI, to express fears about “selective justice” and to offer suggestions to the DOJ to ensure “selective justice” is avoided.

At least 66 persons were killed in Mamasapano – 44

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6 soldiers wounded in BIFF grenade attack

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IX soldiers were wounded, one in serious condition, when suspected members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters harassed two Army detachments in Maguindanao on Thursday night and Friday dawn.

Capt. Joann Petinglay, 6th Infantry Division spokesperson, said the attack on Thursday night happened at the 23rd Mechanized Company detachment in Barangay Pagatin, Datu Salibo, Maguindanao at the height of a blackout.

The attackers used two rifle grenades in the harassment that left six soldiers wounded.

“The BIFF has regrouped and conducted harassment against our troops,” Petinglay said. “At the height of the law enforcement operation, they could not conduct attacks because they were on the run…

We expect them to harass our positions now,” she said.

The attackers fled when the Army returned fire, Petinglay said.

Sgt. Joel Octaviano, one of the wounded, said his team had just finished dinner when the power went off, then followed by three grenade explosions.

“We believe the BIFF intentionally cut off power lines then fired rifle grenades at us,” he added.

“The brownout only occurred in our detachment, then explosions followed,” Octaviano said.

Petinglay said at past 4 a.m., the BIFF harassed the Army base in Barangay Magaslong, Datu Piang, Maguindanao.

An improvised explosive device fashioned from a 60 mm mortar round was also set off by the attackers in front of the detachment. Nobody was hurt in the dawn attack.

Petinglay said it was the second day that the BIFF “made noise” since the death of BIFF chair Ameril Omra Kato and the assumption of Sheik Ismael Abubakar.

She said the BIFF apparently wanted to show it still exists.

Abu Misry Mama, speaking for BIFF, did not confirm or deny the attack but said, “This is our answer to their claim that our group has no more capacity to launch counter attacks.” (Ferdinandh B. Cabrera/MindaNews)

5 rebels surrender in North Cotabato

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IVE members of the communist New Peoples Army (NPA) operating in North Cotabato have returned to the folds of the law to live normal lives, an Army official on Saturday said.

Through the efforts of the 57th Infantry Battalion, the five NPA guerillas decided to surrender due to difficulty living in the mountains and running away from law enforcers, according to Capt. Jay Cabatic, 57th IB spokesperson.

Cabatic said the surrenderees belonged to Pulang Bagani Command 2 under the Sub-Regional Command of the NPA operating in the villages of Manobisa, Imamaling, Don Panaca and Manobo sa Magpet, North Cotabato.

First to show up at the 57th IB base in Makilala, North Cotabato were two NPAs then the other day three other NPAs surrendered.

One of the NPAs admitted the fighters in the hinterlands of Magpet have been going hungry with support from the masses going down.

"That prompted them to return to the folds of the law," Cabatic said. "But basically, they wanted to live normal lives with their families and children."

While they surrendered without firearms, Cabatic said the 57th IB have documents to prove they were really communist guerillas.

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Labor group supports banana workers strike

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TO strike is the effective weapon of workers to fight against exploitation by profit-hungry capitalists.

To strike is a right. To strike is justified!”

This was the statement of militant labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno Southern Mindanao as it expressed full support for United Pantaron Banana Workers Union – Association of Democratic Labor Organizations – Kilusang Mayo Uno (UPBWU-ADLO-KMU), a union of rank and file workers of Bahrainian banana exporter Nader & Ebrahim s/o Hassan Philippines, Inc. (NEH) in Sto. Tomas,

Davao del Norte. The union conducted its strike effective today April 15, 2015, after management refused entry to union members assigned at the packing plant that boycotted overtime work the day before due to non-compensation of overtime.

The company and union have been embroiled in a labor dispute since February 2014 when NEH and its labor agency refused to pay workers of the packing house (PP 84) their overtime pay. On October 2014, union members of the packing house and field boycotted overtime

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SNAIL MAIL NO MORE. Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) Area 7 director Ber Gonzales (right) says the agency will be more efficient as it is planning to add more express vans and postmen this year during a press

briefing ahead of the 23rd Anniversary of PHLPost on Saturday. Also in photo are Postmaster general Josie dela Cruz (center) and assistant postmaster general for marketing Louie Carlos. Cheneen R. Capon

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LOGGING supervisor and two of his aides were reportedly killed in an ambush perpetrated by the New People’s Army in the mountains Kalamansig, Sultan Kudarat Thursday.

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Mobile loan service of Smart, Land Bank adjudge best in Asia

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HE Mobile Loan Saver program of the Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) and Smart e-Money, Inc., the digital financial subsidiary of Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) received global recognition anew for the Mobile Loan Saver during the 6th Retail Bankers International Asia Trailblazer Summit and Awards held at the Carlton Hotel in Singapore.

Winning the Process Excellence in Loans Origination award, the LANDBANK Mobile Loan Saver, powered by Smart e-Money, is a mobile-based savings-linked and insurance-backed loan facility that provides a fully digital loans system. Since it was launched in September 2014, it has released more than P1.4 billion in loans to over 10,000 borrowers nationwide with more than 300 government agencies participating in the program.

The award was presented

by Timetric Regional Director Ruben Kempeneer (third from left) to LANDBANK executive vice president and Branch Banking Sector head Jocelyn dG. Cabreza, LANDBANK president and CEO Gilda Pico, and Smart e-Money vice president and head of Financial Innovation, Digital Inclusion and Alliances Lito Villanueva.

The Retail Banker Inter-

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B. Avisa, Kalamansig Philippine National Police officer in charge, identified the fatality as Edgardo Valenzuela, 62, area supervisor of M & S Logging; Rolando Toledo, 28, company guard; and Nel Anthony Perreza, driver.

A company guard survivor, Jimmy Torion, was left by the rebels unhurt but the gunmen took his service firearm, police said.

The victims were on board a company owned Toyota Land Cruiser heading to-

ward Camp Merrel in Barangay Sabanal when about 30 heavily armed NPA guerrillas set two improvised explosive devices and strafed the vehicle in Sitio Malayat, Barangay Limulan in Kalamansig at

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THE PIONEERS 2005

ATENEO DE DAVAO UNIVERSITY NURSING BATCH 2005

A decade of service worldwide

By NEILWIN JOSEPH L. BRAVO Ateneo de Davao Univcersity’s pioneering batch in Nursing celebrated a decade of health care services that knew no boundaries--a hallmark of the Jesuit education that has been the strong foundation and moving spirit of Batch 2005.

The 10th Year Anniversary celebration of the Nursing Pioneers with the theme “Pioneers 2005: A decade of Service Worldwide” kicked off on April 10 with a charity event.

The Pioneers converged at the break of day at McDonald’s Bajada for a

breakfast meeting before proceeding to a motorcade that snaked through the city’s main thoroughfares.

First stop was the Archdiocesan Nourishment Center (ANC) where a mass was celebrated by ANC founder and spiri-

tual director Msgr. Paul Cuison. At the center, the ANC children were treated to entertainment and sumptuous lunch courtesy of McDonald’s.

The event was graced by McDonald’s mascots who engaged the kids with intimate meet and greet as

well as fun-filled games and entertainment.

There were also health teachings and handover of school supplies and donations.

Next stop was the drop off of donations to IP followed by the turnover of play area project at the House of Hope at the Southern Philippines Medical Center. SPMC Chief Nurse, Mrs. Vilma Comoda, RN, MAN represented the hospital for the play area project

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Members of the ADDU Nursing Batch 2005 (top photos). Below, Fr. Rene M ADDU Nursing Batch 2005 presidetn Mae Cathleen Sia, Member of the Board of Directors Wella Chiu, ADDU Nursing Dean Dr. Patria Manalaysay Ocampo, Ateneo Alumni Affairs director, ADDU Nursing Dean Dr. Patria Manalaysay and faculty member Rikki Enriquez during the Ball. and faculty member Rikki Enriquez.

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Joanna Christina Lizares-Co

The skinny on skin & exercise WHEN I started working out to shed the flab that surrounded my body, the part that I least considered was the one that covered most of it – my skin. It never entered my mind until I attended enough hot yoga sessions to earn a forehead full of pimples. I panicked and stopped temporarily because pimply was not something I counted on as a fitness goal. However, the languorous and cleansing feeling after hot yoga was invigorating and I was hell-bent on continuing.

So continue I did and eventually the pimples faded. Exercise can really sift through the layers of your body and eliminate what you don’t need. Like a trimmer waist, it doesn’t happen overnight. Just as your body goes through stages of loosening and firming up, the skin can progress from sallow to supple with a good workout regimen and balanced diet. I got the skinny about the workings of exercise on the skin from four active individuals who are role models both in complexion and physique.

Joanna Christina Lizares-Co, 44 years old Yoga Instructor Joanna personifies both the gentling and empowering aspects of her chosen form of exercise, yoga.

She hardly looks her age, as her skin is more radiant than she’s ever known it to be.

If you maintain a skin regimen, how has this changed since you incorporated yoga into your lifestyle? Did you add or eliminate anything? In our yoga practice, we expect to sweat a lot. I added more drinking water and

extra hours of sleep to my daily routine. I am quite minimalist with the skin care products I use and I don’t even keep a regular facial schedule. But I do wash my face 2-3 times a day and moisturize after every wash with the same moisturizers I have been using since I was a teenager. I have only since added pure Moroccan argan oil as serum prior to moisturizing. All in all, I did notice that my skin (face and body) is not as dry as it used to be.

What are your skinfriendly tips for other active people like yourself?

Allow yourself to sweat.

I say this because even in the gym I see people get uncomfortable the moment they start perspiring and find the nearest air conditioner to keep cool. It’s all good, let your

sweat out. Let your skin breathe as well. Avoid using heavy or oil-based foundations that can clog your facial pores and trap sweat underneath it, especially during exercise. If you must, use lightweight and non-comedogenic cosmetics. Take a shower before and after exercising and wear light clothing when you work out.

Fritz Freire, 35 years old Plana Forma, Yoga & Zumba Instructor When one thinks of Fritz, lightness and grace in mid-jump immediately comes to mind. He is a flurry of activity, seeming able to do it all while successfully demonstrating to legions of students that you can stay active and enjoy it thoroughly. Looking at his clear blemish-free skin and trim figure, he is a prime example of one who fully reaps the benefits of exercise.

How often do you exercise? Since I am a group fitness instructor, my exercise is my way of life. I do them six days a week.

Sometimes I play badminton, which is my cross training exercise, on my rest day.

Fritz Freire Since you started, have you noticed any changes in your skin? Exercising has been very beneficial for me. I noticed before I used to have skin problems in my face but since I started exercising, I don’t encounter them anymore.

Nikka Go, 24 years old Weights, Circuit Training & Boxing Nikka is something of a local fitness phenomenon. She dubs herself, The Asian Superwoman, and documents her fitness journey on her blog of the same name. Lean and sculpted to a fault, she has made taking care of her health her pastime and main strength.

Since you started, have you noticed any changes in your skin? Ever since exercise became part of my routine, I noticed my skin was less dry and min-

imized my pores. Sweating helps the body get rid of toxins and increases blood flow, increasing the oxygen in your system to give you that natural glow.

And we all know that exercising releases endorphins, which gives you a natural high. Happier people are prettier!

What are your skinfriendly tips for other active people like yourself?

Don’t forget to shower before leaving the gym. You want to prevent bacterial infections and breakouts that can occur when you don’t rinse after a workout, which is when your pores are susceptible to clogging from dirt and oil.

Faye Remolar, 25 years old, CrossFit Level 1 Trainer and CrossFit Athlete Well after the dust has settled around CrossFit

- that is after those who just tried it for kicks have surrendered to its intense rigors – you are left with athletes like Faye who remain passionate about it and really believe that you rep to reap. In fact, she has opened her own box together with like-minded partners called CrossFit Cranium.

How often do you exercise? I work out almost everyday of the week since I’m a trainer and part of my job is to test the workouts I give our athletes.

Also, I do this to continuously develop strength and conditioning.

Since you started, have you noticed any changes in your skin? I believe that the positive changes I’ve seen in my skin is due to the hydration when working out. I try to keep myself hydrated at all times. It is important to replace the lost fluids from our sweat to continuously function at optimum performance.

In addition to this, we follow a certain diet of eating more meat and vegetables, nuts and seeds, some fruits, little starch and no sugar. The effect of having to eat clean adds up to these positive changes.

Technically, staying away from garbage food and drink has all kept my skin as well as my health as a whole in good balance.

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Flavors of Hong Kong at the Marco Polo Davao IF THERE is one hotel in Durianburg that has a storied pedigree, that hotel would be the Marco Polo Davao. Tracing back the brand to its origins, the legendary Marco Polo Hong Kong Hotel, the Marco Polo Davao recently launched their Taste of Hong Kong promotion at their Chinese restaurant, the Lotus Court.

Leading the culinary team for the food promotion is Chef Sunny Cheng, the executive chef of Lung Hin, the Marco Polo Ortigas’ Cantonese Restaurant, who brought with him his skill and expertise in Hong Kong-style cuisine.

I was lucky enough to be invited to the food tasting where some dishes from the special Taste of Hong Kong menu were served. I admit that I am no stranger to Hong Kong-style cuisine with its bold play on texture and colour, as well as its use of contrasting flavours to brighten up a dish, but the culinary creations of Chef Sunny Cheng (who incidentally won two gold medals last year for dishes he created for a competition back in Hong Kong) really tickled my tastebuds.

The Jellyfish with Chopped Spring Onion

From left, Michael Dakudao, Marco Polo Davao general manager Dottie Wugler-Cronin, Chef Sunny Cheng, Nancy Ong, the writer, and Marijean Ong. and Sesame Oil sounded simple enough as it is often served in Chinese restaurants all-over the city, this version of the dish had really crisp jellyfish with just a hint of spiciness, a nutty finish thanks to a hint of sesame oil is enough to whet one’s appetite.

Chinese meals always has to have soup and the Double-boiled Chicken in Almond Essence Soup was a special treat. Chef Sunny says that the soup is boiled for over four hours to ensure that the broth was rich and the chicken soft. My first sip

Stir-fried Herbed Chicken Hot Pot. of the soup reminded me of the bottled concentrated chicken essence that my mom used to have me drink whenever I would get sick when I was a child.

Each drop was flavourful, tempting my spoon to go back for more.

A unique dish that was served that evening was the Stir-fried Herbed Chicken Hot Pot. A dish that is savoury with a hint of heat, the herbed chicken uses a spice and herb mix that Chef Sunny would not reveal,

Sweet and Sour Pork with Blueberries.

Double-boiled Chicken in Almond Essence.

Deep-fried Squid with Mashed Salted Egg.

but from what I tasted, the dish contained anise, as well as Chinese pepper which added a light floral note to the dish.

My favourite dish for the evening though was the Deep-fried Squid with Mashed Salted Eggs. I admit that I never was a fan of fried squid as oftentimes it can get chewy when not done right, but this dish went way beyond my expectations. From the crispy fried coating to the soft and tender squid that had a texture more similar to fish than squid, I cannot help but horde an entire plate just for myself. Add to the squid a salted egg sauce that enhanced the the dish’s “umami”-ness and one has a diet disaster waiting to happen especially when paired with lots of piping hot rice.

The meal wrapped up with two desserts, a Chilled Avocado Sago and a Chilled Mango Pudding. The Chilled Mango Pudding is Chef Sunny’s version of everyone’s favourite mango sago, but in a pudding form while the Chilled Avocado Sago is his take on an avocado shake, albeit a lighter and fresher tasting version thanks to his adding of a hint of basil to the mix.

The Taste of Hong Kong at the Marco Polo Davao’s Lotus Court is ongoing and will last until April 21. For reservations and inquiries, you may call (082) 2210888 local 7232 or 7233.

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EVENT A DECADE A4 launching witnessed by ADDU School of Nursing Dean Dr. Patria V. Manalaysay. At the House of Hope, the McDonald’s mascots provided fun and games while the center’s patients were treated to McDonald’s meals and were given toys as well.

After the day-long charity event, the Pioneers rolled up their sleeves and let their hair down on Day 2 for the Denim and White Ball at the Apo View Hotel’s Top of the Apo. The Ball was graced

by Dr. Patria V. Manalaysay, ADDU Alumni Affairs Director Fr. Renato C. Ocampo and faculty member Ricardo Enriquez who gave the inspirational message. Jonicel Tiu-Caralos RN, offered the opening prayer while Batch president Mae Cathleen Sia RN, showed an AVP presentation of the Pioneers.

Dr. Manalaysay gave her message with an AVP clip on the topic “Charity Event: To give love, to care and to be men for others.”

Significantly, the Ball was highlighted with the launching of the Ateneo Nursing Alumni Association Inc. by Marie Joyce Gacon RN, Leianne Ancheta RN, and Jigger Givela RN. The formal passing of the key of responsibility was then turned over to Batch 2006 president Jap Dureza Aldevera RN.

Testimonials were given by Paolo Cadalzo RN, Ma. Wella Chiu RN, Dichl Adanza RN, Marwitz Baldeo RN, and Patrick Soria RN. Cesar Balan Jr. RN led the fellowship toast and as the night wore on, the party turned up the heat with DJ Torch Gacuma providing the beats while alumni Jaja Jimenez RN and Angelica Porticos RN belted some tunes. The prgram was hosted by Melba Irene Gabuya RN MN, and Noeh Jani RN MN. The ANAAI Interim Board of Directors were Mae Cathleen Sia, Ma. Wella Chiu, Cid Benedict Pabalan, Noeh Jani, Fiona Fueconcillo, Marycris Jimenez, Nicel Tiu-Caralos, Joan Sia, Leianne Ancheta, Marianne Lorico Martinez, Pamela Separa Ancla and Aydda Marie Hernandez.

The International Point Persons are Gladiola Perez (Australia), Jackie Batuigas (Canada), Ivan Jeric Digamon (Europe), Christella Dae Julian-Tenebre (Japan), Jomarie ANN Climaco Moran (KSA), Melissa Tan Yu (New Zealand), Caezar Jay Mamburam (Norway), Alalaine Martin (Philippines), Louise Ann Dolor-Dicaleng (Singapore), Jaime Polinar (South Africa), Tina Obero Carracedo (UAE), Maricirs Carr-Aballe (USA).

The beneficiaries of the charity event initiated by the Ateneo de Davao University Nursing Batch 2005.

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HE Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPOST) has expanded its delivery of products and services through the PHLPost Express it launched during its 23rd Corporate Anniversary at the Davao City Post Office Saturday.

“PHLPost is ready to expand its express services given

the corporation’s vast operational network, familiarity in the delivery beats, and the long-standing track record in the courier industry,” Postmaster general Josie dela Cruz said.

PHLPost Express is the most economical way of sending door-to-door items with time-definite delivery commit-

ment (next day), full track and trace system, SMS notification, and soon a proficient Customer Service Officer to give feedback status of the items for the time of acceptance up to the time the item was delivered.

Dela Cruz, who sat as postmaster in 2011, said the express service is available for domestic and international

destinations.

“For domestic destinations, the PHLPost Express is the fastest means of sending urgent messages, business documents or goods to addresses within the Philippines,” she said.

Generally, domestic express mail service (DEMS) items are delivered the next

day after the date of mailing provided that they are posted on or before the prescribed cut-off time.

Meanwhile, Dela Cruz said the express service for international destinations “is the fastest means of sending time-sensitive items to addresses abroad.”

Any article such as docu-

ments, samples of merchandise and goods, not specifically prohibited by regulations, can be sent via international express mail service (IEMS), according to dela Cruz.

“Currently, the Philippines has a bilateral agreement with 45 countries for the reciprocal exchange of express mail ser-

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By CHARLES RAYMOND A. MAXEY

NEW BRANCH. Young entrepreneurs (from left to right) Joshua Budac, Ramon Adalin, Jenah Kassandra Martin and Enrique delos Santos promote the newly-opened branch of their Davao City-based restaurant Bhajia

Grilled Pizza at the third level of SM Lanang Premier during FAST Fridays media forum at Barrio Fiesta, SM Lanang Premier. Bhajia is the first and the only restaurant in the city to serve grilled pizza. Lean Daval Jr.

Damosa eyes project in Panabo H OMEGROWN property developer Damosa Land Inc., (DLI) is eyeing to expand its projects in Panabo City as it envisions to build a master planned township community there.

“It’s a total township,”DLI vice president Ricardo F. Lagdameo told reporters during the groundbreaking ceremony of Seawind, its newest real estate project.

He said the company has a 10-hectare area in Panabo City which is now undergoing initial stage of land development.

The area will feature residential, institutional and commercial components, among others.

Lagdameo said the company is still on the planning stage of the master-planned community that may have a banana-themed park.

Once launched, the project

would take 10 to 15 years before it will be completely finished, according to him.

Aside from mixed-used township project, DLI is also planning to venture on the construction of a seaside condominium in one of its properties located in Lanang, Davao City.

“We’re already started the planning of the seaside condominium project this year,” Lagdameo said.

DLI plans to launch the project either by 2016 or 2017, just after the completion of the first phase of Seawind which is located in KM 11, Barangay Sasa, Buhangin District, Davao City.

Lagdameo did not reveal how big the seaside project will be.

“We’re still deciding on the name of the project,” he said, adding that the compa-

ny has been aggressive in investing in real estate projects in Davao City because of the huge and untapped market here.

“The economy of the city has been growing in the past three years,” Lagdameo said.

“And there’s a huge backlog here that needs to be catered.”

He said the entry of Manila-based companies is a sign the real estate industry in Davao is vibrant and growing because of the demand from the growing population.

“It’s been our advantage that we are a homegrown because we knew well the market here,” Lagdameo said.

Among the projects of DLI, a subsidiary of Anflocor Group of Companies, are Damosa Gateway, and Damosa Fairlane in Davao City. It has projects in General Santos City. Cheneen R. Capon

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HE 2015 Palarong Pambansa will generate a huge economic impact not only for the host province but also the entire Davao Region, Davao del Norte Gov. Rodolfo R. del Rosario said on Friday.

Del Rosario said in terms of revenue alone, Davao stands to earn around P100 million out of the week-long sporting event for the country’s secondary and elementary athletes.

“We are not counting the money that we are spending, we are counting the money that will be derived out of it (Palaro),” Del Rosario said during the regular Hermes Club media forum at the Waterfront Insular Hotel Davao.

And although he said the revenue could go more than P100 million for the entire region, the economic impact the Palaro brings is immeasurable Del Rosario said all the localities stand to earn revenues from the Palaro as more than 10,000 athletes, coaches, officials and spectators are taking part in the event which will be held from May 3 to 9.

Each Palaro athlete will have an allowance of P500 to spend daily, according to Del Rosario.

Around 200 government and delegation officials are also staying in Davao City for the duration of the meet.

On top of this, Del Rosario said the host province and the region will be highlighted in

television coverage throughout the duration of the sporting spectacle.

Davao del Norte spent around P500 million in its preparation for the annual event, including some P350 million in infrastructure.

The governor said Tagum City, where the main facilities are situated, earned P20 million in revenues in hosting last year’s Davao Regional Athletic Association (DAVRAA) Meet and another P60 from the PRISAA National Finals.

“With Palaro, you can just imagine its economic impact on the region,” del Rosario said.

A total of 17 regions are competing in the Palarong Pambansa featuring 23 events.

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NE of the biggest “hang-ups” of Davaoeños is that Davao City is probably the only big city in the country that has no proper sports complex. Neighboring cities have their respective complexes, and in some parts of Mindanao even small towns have their own facilities that rival those of their bigger and richer counterparts. For some reason, Davao City has never had its own, and many residents have actually given up wishing for or dreaming of one. It is obviously not for lack of money, because if the city government so desired, any amount could be raised for such an important project. And for a city that styles itself as strict against illegal drugs, it is strange that this one does not have what is considered among the most effective alternatives to taking illegal substances. “Yes to Sports, No to Drugs” is a mantra that many places recite, but this city has fallen rather short when it comes to supporting sports.

Which is why it is particularly frustrating to see that now that the city government is finally pushing for the construction of the

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proposed Davao City Sports Complex inside the University of the Philippines Mindanao (UPMin) campus, issues have sprung that are delaying and even threatening the project. And these issues are not of the trivial kind that can easily be brushed away or labeled as mere ploys to derail it: the homes and livelihoods of a number of families are at stake, and it is understandable that few government officials are willing to be the one to draw the line.

There is a delicate balance between public interest in the building of a sports complex and the welfare of families living in the UPMin property. On the one hand, the land has already been given to the university, and it has been noted that the settlers there are claiming the land without holding on to documents that prove they have a right to be there. On the other hand, do we really push out an entire community just because we want a sports complex to be put up there? The decision needs Solomon wisdom, and it is up for the city government to weigh all these things to see what benefits far outweigh the sacrifices that have to be made.

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BBL, a Trojan Horse?

• P-Noy: Choose next leader wisely. – headline.

Million voters thought that they made a wise choice when they voted for P-Noy in the 2010 presidential poll. It turned out to be an unwise choice. P-Noy proved to be thoroughly an incompetent and ineffective leader who does not know how and when to act and respond decisively. His election was a terrible mistake.

P-Noy is a slow poke – he vacillates, hesitates, deviates. He is unreasonably stubborn and routinely blames others for his blunders and now our country is in a state of collective anger, frustration, confusion, bitterness, helplessness and hopelessness!

China mercilessly bullies us, but P-Noy and his gang of lapdogs don’t seem to be bothered a bit. They behave like frightened kennel with tails curled between their legs.

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The Department of Foreign Affairs has filed a complaint with the United Nations regarding China’s intrusion into the Philippine waters. But China doesn’t want to be a party to UN arbitration.

So what does P-Noy do? He just flashes that familiar autistic grin.

Simple – don’t choose the kind of leader that you chose in 2010.

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How can we choose the leader wisely?

• If BBL fails, we all fail – headline.

Nonsense! The BBL is not the only option for peace in Mindanao. There must be other better options.

For one, there is the ARMM. It is a legitimate product of a peace agreement our government entered into with the MNLF. P-Noy has no right, neither power to declare it as a “failed experiment”, and replace it with the BPE. ARMM suffered because of a failed leadership. NurMisuari betrayed his own people.

ARMM will succeed with new leadership, with honest and dedicated leaders, and with an infusion of funds. That 75billion-peso seed

very few couples THINK ON THESE! and even fewer men dare speak about it,” added Dr. Ulysses Quanico, president of the Philippine Urological Association (PUA).

But how widespread is Henrylito D. Tacio the problem of henrytacio@gmail.com PE among Filipinos? According to the 2013 Asia-Pacific Sexual Behaviors and Satisfaction Survey, 91 percent of men in the country find it highly important to sexually satisfy their partners; men want their partners to feel happy, loved and satisfied.

Unfortunately, seven out of 10 Filipinos (72 percent) were concerned that they weren’t able to sexually satisfy their sexual partners. And almost half (46 percent) were worried about ejaculating too early or not being able to control when to ejaculate.

In an article published in Health and Lifestyle, Dr. Jaime Songco, president of the Philippine Society of Urological Oncology and PUA vice president, identifies two types of PE: lifelong (primary) or acquired (secondary).

According to the International Society for Sexual Medicine, lifelong PE is characterized by the following: ejaculation that always or nearly always occurs within one minute of vaginal penetration; the inability to delay ejaculation on all or nearly all vaginal penetrations; and negative personal consequences, such as stress, frustration or the avoidance of sexual intimacy.

Secondary PE shares the same symptoms as lifelong PE, except for one key difference: that is, secondary PE develops after one had previous, satisfying sexual relationships without ejaculatory problems. This type of PE may be brought about by several problems or clinical conditions. “The most common of course is infection like prostatitis. Prostatitis or the inflammation of the prostate can make one ejaculate faster,” Dr. Songco was quoted as saying.

The exact cause of PE isn’t known, Dr. Songco claimed, but contributory factors have been

identified. It was believed previously to be solely a psychological problem, but doctors now acknowledge it is more complicated and is actually caused by a complex combination of both psychological and biological factors.

Some doctors believe that early sexual experiences may establish a pattern that can be difficult to change later in life, such as: situations in which you may have hurried to reach climax in order to avoid being discovered and guilty feelings that increase your tendency to rush through sexual encounters.

Other factors that can play a role in causing PE include erectile dysfunction (“men who are anxious about obtaining or maintaining an erection during sexual intercourse may form a pattern of rushing to ejaculate, which can be difficult to change”) and anxiety “many men with premature ejaculation also have problems with anxiety -- either specifically about sexual performance or related to other issues”).

Relationship problems may also play a significant part. “If you have had satisfying sexual relationships with other partners in which premature ejaculation happened infrequently or not at all, it’s possible that interpersonal issues between you and your current partner are contributing to the problem,” the Mayo Clinic explains.

The Mayo Clinic lists these biological factors that may contribute to PE: abnormal hormone levels, abnormal levels of brain chemicals called neurotransmitters, abnormal reflex activity of the ejaculatory system, certain thyroid problems, inflammation and infection of the prostate or urethra, inherited traits, and nerve damage from surgery or trauma (rare).

Various factors can increase your risk of PE, include erectile dysfunction (“fear of losing your erection may cause you to consciously or unconsciously hurry through sexual encounters) and stress (“emotional or mental strain in any area of your life can play a role in premature ejaculation, often limiting your ability to relax and focus during sexual encounters”).

Health problems can also be contributing factor. “If you have a serious or chronic medical condition, such as heart disease,” the Mayo Clinic points out, “you may feel anxious during sex and may unknowingly rush to ejaculate.”

While PE alone doesn’t increase your risk of

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money intended for BPE should be channeled to the ARMM. Let’s strengthen the ARMM and scrap the MILF’s BPE. The MILF is but a disgruntled fraction of the MILF. It doesn’t represent all Muslim tribes. It exists only for itself. It doesn’t want an autonomous part of Mindanao, it wants an independent Muslim state under its control.

And that is what Christians and non-Muslim tribes in Mindanao don’t want to happen.

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What kind of political animal is the BBL? It is MILF’s version of the Trojan Horse.

Now, if you are familiar with the story of the Trojan horse, then you can imagine what catastrophe would befall Mindanao and the country.

Understanding premature ejaculation

MONG men – and their respective partners – the most common sexual problem is erectile dysfunction, or more popularly known as impotence. More often than not, impotence mostly affects older men.

But there is another sexual dysfunction among males that strikes not only older men but younger people as well: premature ejaculation (PE). “Premature ejaculation occurs when a man ejaculates sooner during sexual intercourse than he or his partner would like,” explains the Minnesota-based Mayo Clinic.

PE has also been called early ejaculation, rapid ejaculation, rapid climax, premature climax, and (historically) ejaculation praecox. Actually, there is no uniform cut-off defining “premature,” but a consensus of experts at the International Society for Sexual Medicine endorsed a definition including “ejaculation which always or nearly always occurs prior to or within about one minute.”

The International Classification of Diseases applies a cut-off of 15 seconds from the beginning of sexual intercourse. Although men with PE describe feeling that they have less control over ejaculating, it is not clear if that is true, and many or most average men also report that they wish they could last longer. Studies have shown that men’s typical ejaculatory latency is approximately 4–8 minutes.

The Mayo Clinic informs that a person may meet the diagnostic criteria for PE if he experiences the following: always or nearly always ejaculate within one minute of penetration; is unable to delay ejaculation during intercourse all or nearly all of the time; and feels distressed and frustrated, and tends to avoid sexual intimacy as a result.

One out of three men may be afflicted with PE but this condition remains underdiagnosed and undertreated. “Men with PE are often reluctant to discuss their condition or are in denial,” Dr. George Lee Eng Geap, consultant urological surgeon at Gleneagles Hospital in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, was quoted as saying in article which appeared in Philippine Daily Inquirer.

“Their partners, on the other hand, avoid raising the topic for fear of hurting their man’s feelings. This communication gap hinders diagnosis and treatment.”

“Because of the social stigma attached to PE,

health problems, it can cause significant problems in your personal life. A common complication of PE is relationship stress. In addition, PE can occasionally make fertilization difficult or impossible for couples who are trying to have a baby.

“Behavior modification therapy can help most men overcome premature ejaculation,” The Merck Manual of Medical Information claims. “A therapist provides reassurance, explains why premature ejaculation occurs, and teaches the man strategies for delaying ejaculation.”

Other methods that can help a man delay ejaculation include drug treatment, application of an anesthetic to the penis, and use of condoms, which tend to decrease sensation.

Sometimes a combination of drug treatment and behavioral therapy enables a man to delay ejaculation even longer than he might be able to with only one of these treatments.

“When premature ejaculation is caused by more serious psychologic problems, psychologic therapy may help,” the Merck manual said.

Meanwhile, a relatively simple method called the squeeze technique may also be effective for some. This consists of the following steps, according to the Mayo Clinic: Step 1. Begin sexual activity as usual, including stimulation of the penis, until you feel almost ready to ejaculate.

Step 2. Have your partner squeeze the end of your penis, at the point where the head (glans) joins the shaft, and maintain the squeeze for several seconds, until the urge to ejaculate passes.

Step 3. After the squeeze is released, wait for about 30 seconds, then go back to foreplay. You may notice that squeezing the penis causes it to become less erect, but when sexual stimulation is resumed, it soon regains full erection.

Step 4. If you again feel you’re about to ejaculate, have your partner repeat the squeeze process.

“These steps are to be repeated as many times as necessary, and eventually, one can do actual intercourse without prematurely ejaculating,” the Mayo Clinic says. “After several sessions, one develops the confidence and knowhow to delay ejaculation even without doing the squeeze technique.”

10 NEWS IBP... FROM 3 Congress to reapportion legislative districts in the province by increasing it. Here, however, the passage of RA 10360… peculiarly reduced the legislative district,” he added.

“It is respectfully requested that Congress… make the necessary amendments to RA 10360 to preserve the district representation of the Province of Davao del Sur in two,” Torreon said.

lem,” Musa told reporters as he showed his devastated farmland.

At least 19 of Cotabato City’s 37 villages have been placed under state of calamity due to the drought after the agriculture sector suffered P17 million losses to agricultural crops.

More than 300 farmers in 400 hectares farmlands planted to rice and corn have been affected by the drought in the city’s agricultural sites.

“All I pray is rain, more rain because we cannot rely on water from the river. Strong rain is what we need here,” Musa said as he was about to embarked on another round of farm work going to his vegetable yard.

Mayor Japal Guiani Jr. said the Sangguniang Panlungsod has approved a resolution putting the affected villages under a state of calamity so the local government could use its calamity fund in helping the affected farmers.

“State of calamity has been declared in 19 villages so that our farmers can receive assistance from concerned government agencies while our government workers can avail of calamity loan,” Guiani said in an interview.

He also chided the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) for what he called a “ghost project” in Barangay Tamontaka, referring to a 100-hectare irrigation rehabilitation project in the area implemented by NIA with a budget of P64 million, expected to have been completed in 2012.

Guiani could hardly be-

lieve the city rice fields have dried up when there are several tributaries to the farms.

Furthermore, Cotabato is surrounded by two big rivers – Rio Grande de Mindanao and the Tamontaka River.

The mayor said there must be an investigation on the project. It turned out the project was mothballed.

“Our farmers are now suffering because hundred of hectares of farmlands programmed for irrigation with this huge budget was not completed,” he said.

Guiani stressed that the farmers here should not have experienced drought as there is supposed to be ample water supply, if only the irrigation project was pushed through.

Food Security Secretary Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, who also chairs NIA, was asked about the alleged “ghost project” during his visit to Maguindanao but declined to comment, saying no report about it has reached his office.

He said he will call for an investigation.

MindaNews contacted the public information office of NIA-12 but the woman on the phone could not comment on the issue, saying only her boss, who was not in the office, was authorized to respond.

MindaNews also asked for the regional director’s number, but NIA has not yet replied as of press time. (Ferdinandh Cabrera/MindaNews with reports from Joyce Toledo and Tanto Piang Jr., University of Southern Mindanao Development Communication interns)

package assistance is being readied for the five former guerillas.

Cabatic said vital information about the NPA movement have been provided by the surrenderees.

"They said the NPA is losing mass support and is getting weak," he said.

Communist guerillas' activities in the province have waned the past six months after ranking leaders and members were neutralized in mas-

sive Army offensive last year.

The community outreach peace and development program of the military in communities influenced by the NPAs helped reduce mass base support to the rebel movement.

Cabatic said the Army will continue its peace keeping mission even several of its members have died due to NPA ambuscades and road side bombings. (PNA)

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Quoting the survivor, police investigators said the gunmen approached the vehicle and took the two security guards’ firearms.

Manhunt has been launched by the Kalamansig PNP and members of the Marine Battalion Landing Team8 (MBLT-8). (Ferdinandh B. Cabrera/MindaNews)

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province with a population of 400,000 “can be entitled to two legislative districts.”

He also pointed out that with a population of 574,910, Davao del Sur is actually entitled to three legislative districts.

“To reduce the legislative district of the Province of Davao del Sur into one would result in unfairness in representation. It is quite usual for

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ence aired live by ANC (ABSCBN News Channel) that they have witnesses “at merong isang pinaka-major eyewitness” whom they identified in the report through an assigned code, “Marathon,” who is now under the government’s Witness Protection Program.

She said “Marathon” and several other witnesses identified the perpetrators in the cornfields, referring to Sitio Amilil in Barangay Tukanalipao where 35 of the 36-member team from the 55th SAC were killed.

De Lima said the report does not include who are responsible for the killing of the nine other members of the SAF – from the main assault team of the 84th SAC – in Barangay Pidsandawan, where Marwan was reported killed.

No witnesses “Wala pa kaming nakikitang (we haven’t found) third party eyewitness,” she said.

The report does not also include findings on the killing of the civilians or the MILF although she said probing further is “part of the recommendations.”

“Wala ho kasing na-access na witnesses” (we were not able to access witnesses) who could testify on the killing of the civilians, she said.

She noted the claim of the MILF about the possible liability of PO2 Christoper Lalan for the killing of civilians but “we made several requests to the MILF to allow us access to possible witnesses and families pero wala pa po silang response,” De Lima said.

Killing of civilians The MILF’s Special Investigative Commission (SIC) Report on the Mamasapano Incident said Lalan “killed the four MILF men when they were asleep inside the langgal who were in no position to defend themselves.”

“He should likewise be held accountable for killing Mohammad Ambilang, a civilian who has clearly shown no aggression as he in fact raised his hands and made known that he is a civilian. The injury sustained by Ambilang in the back indicated that the killing was attended by qualifying circumstances that aggravated the actions of PO2 Lalan,” the report added.

It also said the PNP-SAF must be held accountable “for the death of Badruddin Langalen whose dead body was found inside the position of the 55SAC blocking force in Sitio Amilil” and the same accountability be sought for the killing of 8-year old sarah Tot.

“We will pursue further investigation for the killing of the nine from the 84th SAC and also the killing of the civilians and possibly the MILF’s own casualties,” De Lima said, adding these are not included in the report “simply because wala pa kaming na-access (we haven’t gained access)” to third party eyewitnesses.

De Lima said the DOJ report is based on evidences found, eyewitnesses’ accounts and from the reports of the different bodies that investigated the Mamasapano tragedy: the PNP’s Board of Inquiry, the Senate House Committee on Public Order and Safety, the MILF’s Special Investigative Commission and the International Monitoring Team in the GPH-MILF peace process.

She said the previous reports are full of details but no eyewitnesses, “not even the survivor Lalan could identify” who killed his comrades.

“Avoid selective justice” “Sinuwerte po ang investigation na meron kaming nahanap na mga eyewitnesses kaya may na-identify na,” De Lima said.

She said the investigating bodies can file the complaint and will ask the families of the SAF 44 to be among the complainants as well.

De Lima said she gave the NBI and NPS “two months from today to pursue further investigation on those aspects na nire-recommend nila na i-pursue – pagpatay sa 84 and civilians and MILF, including the MILF’s claim to be Lalan’s crimes. Lalan was subjected to questioning but he basically invoked his rights,” she said.

Cardinal Quevedo, Archbishop of Cotabato and convenor of Friends of Peace, sent an SMS to MindaNews Thursday afternoon, offering his suggestions to the DOJ “so as to avoid selective justice.”

“Charge those who in the darkness first shot and killed at the bridge, who killed the hogtied civilian at close range, the other civilians, and the MILF who were sleeping, those who led the SAF to their death because of poor planning, no coordination, lack of it, those who deployed the blocking force in an open non-defendable cornfield, far away from their originally designated location, those who made reports without a sense of urgency regarding the actual situation and thus delay immediate appropriate response, etc etc,” Quevedo said. (Carolyn O. Arguillas/ MindaNews)

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said.

She said DSWD tapped LTO and TMC because these agencies can assist in promoting the program by asking the operators and drivers to post the Listahanan stickers in its jeepney or taxi units.

“The stickers of Listahanan will be posted in the vehicles, public and private. We can reach more if we have the support of the LTO and TMC,” she said.

Razon said the stickers will be distributed in all local government units (LGUs) and barangays in Davao region.

She said DSWD 11 also forged a partnership with other LGUs in the region to provide security to ensure the

safety of DSWD personnel who will conduct the listing of the indigent families in their places.

She said the DSWD is now targeting around 8000 families in the region to be listed in the database of Listahanan.

The program is a functional, objective and transparent targeting system that identifies who and where the poor are, thus reducing leakage of social services to non-poor and minimizing exclusion of the poor from said social services.

It serves as guide to national government agencies, NGOs and other stakeholders in identifying qualified beneficiaries of their social protection programs.

as a statement of protest and were barred from company premises the day after. Pressure from the mass action forced the management to allow the workers to return after three days. Months following this boycott, management threatened the union members with termination if another mass action was conducted. In between series of negotiations and a case filed with the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC), management did not cease threatening union members with mass dismissal for being a “headache” to the company.

Moreover, despite promises to pay workers their overtime pay, no such payment occurred.

Yesterday, April 16, the workers conducted another overtime boycott at the packing house. Immediately a day after, the workers were barred from entering the company premises. In response, field workers and harvesters stopped work to

vent their fury on company’s reprehensible act. At present, the company has declared work stoppage and is clearly guilty of illegal lockout.

Carlo Olalo, spokesperson of Kilusang Mayo Uno Southern Mindanao, condemned NEH and its labor agency MSIA, for depriving the workers of overtime pay and resorting to various tactics designed to bust the union.

“Paying workers overtime is a basic labor standard and the workers are justified in claiming it. NEH, like all greedy capitalists, expect to feed off workers’ fear and insecurity in order to squeeze more profits for their own benefit. They want an obedient workforce that will not complain. When the workers awaken and unionize, they will attempt to tear it down.

But with the strength of the union and the public’s support, the workers will emerge victorious from this strike,” Olalo said.

vices (EMS) items,” she said.

PHLPost’s express service will compete to the express services by other courier companies like LBC and 2Go. Aside from the express service, PHLPost also launched the ePOST (electronic Postal Money Order), “an instant, safe, reliable and convenient” way of money transfer service.

The state-owned firm has migrated from paper-based to electronic postal money order that can be sent and received real-time in nearly 400 post offices nationwide.

Dela Cruz also said the government-owned and controlled (GOCC) office has been improving its system since 2011.

The free services that they offer include consultation and assessment, application processing, visa assistance and documentation, pre-departure assistance, job search support, accommodation assistance, and airport pick-up and arrival assistance.

The company has ties with institutions from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, United Kingdom, USA, and Singapore. It works closely with the Australia and New Zealand Embassies among others, to provide its clients with accurate updates and information regarding each country’s respective student visa requirements.

Fortrust was also appointed as an Education New

Zealand Recognized Agency (ENZRA) in the Philippines.

Fortrust PH is an established company with distinguished awards such as Best International Agency Award 2010 for Indonesia from ERC Institute, Singapore (2010) and the TOP 5 Representative for Macquarie University (2004) among others.

Everyone can study overseas, regardless of age and qualification. To get accepted in any Fortrust partner college/ university, the student will need to provide their passport, academic documents, and proof of English proficiency. No entrance exams needed and no fees are involved in applying to a school.

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Getting on Dom Toretto’s car T

HE 1970 Dodge Charger R/T is the main car that Dominic Toretto drives in the series. It has been destroyed and rebuilt constantly. Dom’s Charger has the highest appearance count for the same exact car in multiple movies, having appeared in 4 movies.

Dom keeps the 1970 Classic Dodge Charger in his garage and tells Brian that it used to belong to his father.

Dom says that he and his father built it together when he was young. The car is famed for its incredible power at 900hp and holding a record 1/4 mile time at just nine seconds flat, set by Dom’s father, a stock car racer. Years ago Dom’s father was forced into a wall at 120mph and killed in an accident caused by a fellow racer named Kenny Linder during the last race of the season. Dom adds that

due to the sheer power the car possess as well as the fact that his father died in the car, he has never gotten the nerve to drive it, adding that “it scares the shit” out of him.

When Johnny Tran does a drive by and kills Jesse, a pursuit starts with Brian and Dom chasing after him, Brian driving the Supra and Dom driving the only car left - the Charger. Dom uses it to knock Lance Nguyen off his bike and down a hill. When Johnny is killed by Brian, he and Dom meet up at a red light ready to race. As the light turns green, Dom does a wheelie which shows the raw power of the R/T. Brian must use his nitrous oxide to simply keep up with the Charger.

They approach an oncoming train but both drive through the barrier and narrowly miss hitting the train. After landing, both he and Brian

are seen smiling as the race is over, but Dom hits the end of a semi-truck. This sends him 1970 Dodge Charger R/T MAKE

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and the Charger airborne and then rolling over numerous times. Although Dom

survives with minor injuries, the Charger is rendered inoperable, at which point Bri-

an hands over the Supra to Dom, leaving the Charger on the road.

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Dominic Toretto’s father, Dominic Toretto, Brian O’Conner (briefly)

Crashed into a semi truck (first film), crashed into explosives in a tunnel (fourth film), rammed by Hobbs’ armored truck (fifth film), totaled after falling multiple feet and rolling through the debris of a fallen building (seventh film) The Fast and The Furious, Fast & Furious, Fast Five, Furious 7

Stock Car Racing (Dom’s father) Hunting down Johnny Tran and Lance Nguyen (first film), driving to Mexico to capture Arturo Braga (fourth film), driving to and around Rio (fifth film), driving through Los Angeles to lure Deckard Shaw into a secluded location, ramming Shaw’s car, and escaping bullets and missiles while simultaneously hooking a bag of grenades to a helicopter (seventh film)

Meet the 2015 BMW 420d Gran Coupe

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T’S hard to say what a coupe is anymore. Is it merely a car with two doors? Does it have an arching roofline? Do frameless windows count for anything? Can a hatchback or an SUV be a coupe? At some point in the past few years, nearly everything you thought made a coupe, a coupe has been challenged by something that calls itself a coupe, but to most people isn’t. And BMW has led most of this line of questioning.

The 2015 BMW 4 Series Gran Coupe is the latest one to challenge the moniker, and unlike some of its other “coupe” variations, this one is dropdead gorgeous. Let’s back track a bit: the 4 Series Gran Coupe is essentially a four-door version of the 4 Series, which is itself a two-door version of the 3 Series. You follow? Wouldn’t that simply make it another 3 Series then? Perhaps, but this one’s prettier, as it uses the 4’s sexier styling, with its lower nose, wider stance, and edgier details. It’s also technically a fivedoor hatchback, not a sedan per se, and it utilizes frameless doors, which counts for something in BMW coupe-land.

Regardless of the naming, there’s no denying that this is a thing of beauty. The front is dominated by the trademark double-kidney grille and dual round headlights set inside an angular housing. The lower

air intake, located in the front apron, has been visually unified into one piece to give it that extra flair. At the profile, the short overhangs, long hood, set-back passenger compartment, and 19-inch alloy wheels all impart a commanding presence. This particular model wears BMW’s Sport line and features highgloss black finished elements found in the bumpers, kidney grille, and side air breather. It works very well, contrasting with the sporty red color to partake a sporty vibe.

Inside, the 4 Series Gran Coupe is pure 3 Series with a slightly lower seating position for both front and rear occupants. Sitting upfront, it gives you a feeling of intimacy not found in any of the 3 Series models while keeping the available legroom roomy enough to make it comfortable. Meanwhile, those sitting in the back would be glad to know that the rear doors open wide making getting in and out easy despite the door’s short length. You won’t bump your head on the roof as you get in either since the roofline doesn’t slope until aft of the door. This also means less impact in rear-seat headroom; indeed, the longer roofline allows adults to ride in the backseats much more comfortably compared to the regular 4 Series (non Gran) Coupe. The Gran Coupe’s hatchback body

also

makes for a wide and deep cargo area and the rear seats now fold in a three-way split: 40/20/40. A power lift gate with programmable opening height is standard and is extremely useful.

As a Sport line variant, this 4 Series Gran Coupe features an all-black interior that’s exquisitely finished with top level materials throughout. It imparts a more serious, “drive me hard” tone with its body hugging sport seats and thickrimmed three-spoke steering wheel. The seats are certainly welcome and are very comfortable even during long distance drives. The tiller though is somewhat small and blocks some parts of the gauge cluster. Nonetheless, it’s a joy to use whether you’re flicking it through switchbacks or caress-

ing its supple leather in traffic. The only whimsical touch to the interior is the high-gloss black trim with coral red highlights. It’s a slightly light-hearted nod to yuppie tastes without going overboard.

With a trunk badge that reads ‘420d’, this 4 Series Gran Coupe comes loaded with BMW’s 2.0-liter four-cylinder diesel that tops out at 184 horsepower at 4,000 rpm and 380 Nm of torque from 1,750 to 2,750 rpm. The horsepower figure may not be something to write home about, but its performance is sufficiently sporty.

Response is immediate and there’s plenty of power at every part of the engine rev range.

Zero to 100 km/h comes in just 7.5 seconds and it can reach up to 236 km/h, figures which are

impressive. The note though is unmistakably an oil burner, but at least it’s smooth and unobtrusive. At higher speeds, it’s quiet, with the only audible sound being the tire noise from the low-profile Bridgestones. That said, there’s still a disconnect with the 420’d sporty looks and rather unsporty sounding powertrain; diesels normally don’t fuel sexy coupes after all. The locomotive-like engine with its wide power band is nicely mated to the 8-speed automatic, which in itself is magical. The paddle shifters also give a satisfyingly solid action.

Equipped with BMW’s TwinPower Turbo and EfficientDynamics package, the 420d sips diesel at a surprisingly low rate. With the idle start/stop on the entire time, it pushes 13.69 km/L in the city and 25.21 km/L on the

highway.

A week’s worth of mixed use driving returns 16.13 km/L. Together with its large fuel tank, fill ups can be realistically done every 800 kilometers or so.

High-speed stability is and always has been a 3 and 4 Series forte, and it’s no less so in this case. Despite adding some 100 kilograms or so of weight versus the non-Gran Coupe, BMW has done their homework and keeps the Gran Coupe sharp through corners.

The added weight is due to structural reinforcements and, of course, the power tailgate, but it nonetheless mimics the sporty feeling of driving a twodoor coupe. Grip levels are high during cornering and steering is delightfully neutral enabling you to point it to your desired direction with ease. In terms of shock absorption, it achieves the perfect balance of taking the edge off bumps without floating over them.

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BFP boots out CMO in ACQ hoopfest T DEEP FOCUS. Manny Pacquiao is so intense at training camp as the megafights is juts two weeks to go.

Manny: Power of a middleweight, speed of a featherweight F ilipino boxing hero Manny Pacquiao, a welterweight, will be as strong and powerful as a middleweight and as speedy and quick as a featherweight when he fights undefeated American Floyd Mayweather on May 2 (May 3 in Manila) at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas.

Thus assessed the WBO 147-pound title holder’s conditioning coach Justin Fortune Thursday, 15 days before his duel with the World Boxing Council/World Boxing Association counterpart.

“Yeah, Manny’s only a welterweight, but come fight night, he’ll be like a 156-pound campaigner because of his newly-acquired power in both his hands, “ Fortune told this writer in an interview at the parking lot of the Wild Card Gym. “Fans will also be amazed with the quickness and speed only a 130-pound demon can deliver,” Fortune projected, following a nine-round sparring

session that day.

Manny, I might say, is the most powerful, strongest and fastest welterweight nowadays and he will show it on May 2 to the delight of the fans, Fortune promised.

“When the fight is over, Manny will be the undisputed world welterweight champion and Mayweather a 47-1 win loss record-holder,” Fortune predicted.

The conditioning guru clarified that Pacquiao won’t be as heavy as a middleweight and as light as a featherweight.

“What I mean is, Manny will be pounding Mayweather shots he won’t know where they are coming,, “he said.”

They will be so strong, no one in his fighting career, had hit him,” he assured.

“Remember Oscar (DeLa Hoya)? After losing to Manny seven years ago, he told everybody who cared to listen, he didn’t know where Manny’s punches were coming,” Fortune recalled.”And they were

so powerful, he wouldn’t know how to defend himself.”

“Oscar wasn’t alone though. Asked David Diaz before him, Ricky Hatton, Miguel Cotto, Joshua Clottey and Antonio Margarito whom Manny, likewise, forced into submission, “ the cancer surviving conditioning trainer reminisced.

Fortune added that even Shane Mosley, Juan Manuel Marquez, Timothy Bradley, Brandon Rios and Chris Algieri, who also, in one way or another, fell victims to Pacquiao’s speed and power would attest to that.

“They said Manny’s career is on a slide citing his failure to stop his next opponents after Hatton. But did they have not seen how Manny sent Margarito into retirement almost blind? he asked. “And Clottey and Mosley almost hang their gloves after losing, too, to Manny.”

“Okay, he lost to Bradley, but he was robbed of a sure

win due to a mistake in judgement by one of the judges. He more than made up for that though by beating him to a pulp the next time they met,” Fortune, again, recalled.

“He was knocked out cold

by Marquez in their fourth meeting, but that, too, was caused by a mistake on the part of Manny, “ he said.

“Manny has learned his lessons from those losses that ‘s why in this, the biggest fight in his career, he started preparing early to the point that he was able to regain the quickness, power and strength of old,” Fortune said. “In this camp, he really put his heart in his preparations. He helped in charting his training regimen,” he disclosed. “He often conferred with Freddie and the rest of the training staff.

He listens and heeded all of Freddie’s and everybody’s instructions.” “If he continues listening to Freddie, especially on fight night, I have no doubt that he will win,” Fortune said.

DEPED 11: Football issue is resolved

By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.

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he conflict between the Ateneo de Davao University (ADDU) football team and the Department of Education (DepEd) 11 on the 70-30 selection policy has been resolved, according to DepEd 11 PalarongPambansa 2015 coordinator BasilioManaay.

In an interview at Waterfront Insular Hotel on Friday, Manaay told Edge Davao that the policy prevailed in their talk last month.

“It is already settled, we have already talked with the coaches of Ateneo,” he said.

Manaay said the DepEd took the concerns of ADDU football team seriously but they really need to implement the policy.

“We already have the of-

ficial list of athletes who are already practicing now at Tagum City,” he said.

He said 11 players who will represent the region are from ADDU football team while the four are from the teams of Compostela Valley, Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur and Davao Oriental.

Last month, the parents and coaches of the football team asked the city council for the rejection of the policy on the selection of athletes.

The city council even passed a resolution supporting such move and endorsing the matter to Deped 11 and Local School Board (LSB) for their consideration.

The Deped 11 had issued a memorandum dated February 27, 2015 to all school

division superintendents and Regional Palaro Task Force stating its guidelines which call for a 70-30 selection of players to compose a team.

This policy means that for all team events, 70 percent of players will come from the winning team and that the remaining 30 percent will come from the losing team.

Davao City Vice Mayor Paolo Z. Duterte said he and majority of the councilors opposed this policy since a team cannot perform well if players from other divisions will be added to it.

The counil was acting on the complaints of the parents and coaches of the Ateneo de Davao University (ADDU) teams which won the gold medals for Davao City in

both the elementary and secondary boys football, and the girls futsal in the recent Davao Regional Athletic Association (DAVRAA) Meet in Mati City.

Based on the Deped 11 guideline, the tournament manager, winning coach, losing coaches, team managers of the sports event and Palaro Task Force in charge of the sports event will compose the selection committee.

“The selection guideline is, with due respect, discriminatory, arbitrary, punitive and whimsical which is susceptible of being abused by the members of the selection committee,” the parents said in the position paper read for them by Vincent Marie N. Rendon.

HE City Mayors Office bowed out of title contention in the 1st Apollo C. Quiboloy Invitational Basketball Tournament after losing to Bureau of Fire Protection, 95 – 82, in their semifinal encounter on Tuesday at the Davao City Recreation Center Almendras Gym. The City Hall dribblers put up a gallant stand before conceding to the Firemen who are undefeated entering the championship round.

Jan Lumogda came through with game-high 27 points to lead the charge for the Firemen, the reigning AFP-PNP basketball tournament titlist.

Aldrin Manguhig made 15 as Earl Angsinco had 11 for the BFP which touted as the title favorite

even before the start of the league.

Christopher “Bong” Go paced CMO with 18 points, way below his usual numbers.

The 10th Infantry Agila Division will take on Regional Public Safety Battalion in the other semifinal clash.

Army enjoy a twice to beat privilige.

Box scores: BFP – 95 LUMOGDA 27, MANGUHIG 15, ANGSINCO 11, BAYON-ON 11, CONCEPTION 10, SANCHEZ 6, NAMUAG 5, AGUSTIN 5, ALVAR 3, WEIL 1, DALISAY 1 CMO – 82 GO 18, BONLEON 11, DE GUZMAN 10, LOMOTOS 9, PASTOR 8, BANTILAN 7, FAROCHILLEN 7, MONDIGO 4, BARSALOTE 3, CAMPO 0, BASTE 0, LABOR 0, PELOTON 0

HEART SURGERY. NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Jabbar undergoes heart surgery N BA Hall of Fame center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the league’s all-time leading scorer, is recovering from quadruple coronary bypass surgery, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center said on Friday.

Dr. Richard Shemin, who performed the operation on Thursday, said Abdul-Jabbar was expected to make a full recovery.

Abdul-Jabbar, who marked his 68th birthday on Thursday, was diagnosed with cardiovascular disease earlier in the week.

The 7-foot-2 New York native was one of the most potent offensive players in the game.

He won 71 consecutive basketball games on his Power Memorial high school team in New York City, and won three consecutive national collegiate championships and was a three-time NCAA Tournament most valuable player with UCLA. Abdul-Jabbar won six NBA championships, five with the Los Angeles Lakers and one with the Milwaukee Bucks.

He battled successfully through leukemia in 2009.

Tweeted Lakers’ owner and executive Jeanie Buss: “Dear #Lakers Family: Please send all your positive energy to our Captain-Kareem Abdul-Jabbar @kaj33. Get well soon.”

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DAVRAA Eagles aim to finish strong in 2015 Palaro

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

MEDIA 3 ON 3. The SCOOP-Matina Enclaves 3 om 3 media basketball team (l-r) Marlon Gayog, Neil Bravo, Jon Develos and Jeff Sepulveda with Holiday Gym and Spa’s Din Mari Jopia during the Holiday Gym and Spa Media 3 on 3 basketball tournament last Saturday. Boy Lim

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HE Davao Eagles are aiming to improve on their performance last year with a fifth place finish in this year’s edition of the Palarong Pambansa which fires off May 3 to 9 in Tagum City, Davao del Norte.

“If we finish in the top five, I would be very, very happy,” Gov. Rodolfo R. del Rosario of the host province said in last Friday’s Hermes Club media forum at Waterfront Insular Hotel Davao.

The Eagles placed eight in last year’s Palaro in Laguna to rebound from a dismal showing the previous year where they finished only 11th from out of the 17 regions competing.

They hope to come up with a much better performance this year while playing on home turf, but the Department of Education (Deped) 11 said the athletes must give it their best performance if they are to achieve their goal.

“We are moving heaven and earth just to reach that (fifth place finish),” Deped 11 spokesperson Jenielito Atillo told Edge Davao. “But, we really have to push hard.”

Atillo said the Davao athletes are already in Tagum as early as April 6 to prepare for this year’s sporting battle.

By the time the Palaro opens in May 3, they have already completed a 27-day rigid training session under the watchful eyes of their coaches, according to Atillo.

Del Rosario assured the province is now more than ready to stage the Palaro, the country’s biggest sporting competition for elementary and secondary athletes.

“We, in Davao del Norte, are ready for the Palarong Pambansa,” he said.

The governor said the security plan is already in place for the event, which is expected to draw more than 10,000 athletes, coaches, officials and spectators.

The grand opening ceremony will be held on May 4, but advance games will commence on May 3.

Davao won the overall title in the 2003 Palaro in Tubod, Lanao del Norte but the heavyweights like the National Capital Region and Western Visayas begged off from the event because of security reasons.