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PRICE-OFF. A vendor sits behind a huge pile of fresh fruits in a public market in Davao City. The prices of fruits in the city has dropped dramatically as supplies flood the city’s public markets due to the abundant harvest caused by enough rainfall in the region. Lean Daval Jr.

ALAN RUNNING FOR VP Senator declares bid in Davao, hopes Mayor Duterte will run for President

By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR. and FUNNY PEARL A. GAJUNERA

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ENATOR Alan Peter Cayetano declared his candidacy for Vice President yesterday in Davao City, further fueling speculation of a Duterte-Cayetano team-

up in the 2016 election.

In a press briefing at The Grand Men Seng Hotel, Cayetano said he made his declaration in Davao City because just like his native Taguig

City, there have been many positive changes here.

“This will be qualified as true change or transformational

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RODY’S RUNNINGMATE? Whatever prompted Senator Alan Peter Cayetano to declare his bid for Vice President in Davao City yesterday, speculations are high that he could be the runningmate of Mayor Rodrigo Duterte if the latter makes his much-anticipated decision to run, which sources say, could be this Friday. Armando B. Fenequito Jr.

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IN THE RUNNING. Senator Alan Peter Cayetano reads his speech yesterday noon declaring his intention to run for vice president in 2016. The press conference was held at the Grand Men Seng Hotel in Davao City. Armando B. Fenequito Jr.

Army backs probe on lumad killings T HE Cagayan de Orobased 4th Infantry Division has announced that it welcomes and supports the move of the Department of Justice on the creation of a Special Investigation Team which will look into the killing of three indigenous people at Sitio Han-ayan, Barangay Diatagon, Surigao del Sur last Sept. 1.

This was disclosed by 4th Infantry Division public affairs office chief Capt. Joe Patrick Martinez on Tuesday.

The Special Investigation Team that will initiate a “thorough and in-depth investigation and case-build-up” will once and for all separate the

facts from propaganda.

“Also, it may look into the underlying currents that brought the conflict affecting our brother IPs living peacefully in their communities,” Martinez said.

It can be recalled that the 4th Infantry Division assisted the Local Government Unit of Surigao del Sur, specifically the Peace and Order Council, on its fact- finding mission to aid the investigation.

It resulted to the establishment of Task Force “Tejero,” a joint AFP-PNP law enforcement operation that is tasked to capture the perpetrators of the recent killing incidents in Surigao del Sur. (PNA)

Guests, students attending Lumad school fest stopped at checkpoint

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total of 116 people, 44 of them students from Salugpongan Ta Tanu Igkanugon Community Learning Center, were barred by the 68th Infantry Battalion and the Talaingod Tribal Municipal Council from going to the school for a four-day celebration that started on Monday.

The school, which caters to Lumads, is located in Sitio Km. 13, Barangay Dagohoy in Talaingod, Davao del Norte.

In a phone interview, Rius Valle, spokesperson of the Save Our Schools Network, said the group set out early on Monday to join in the school’s foundation day

and the Bwalawan Festival.

However, upon reaching sitio Daligdigan, Barangay Palma Gil in Talaingod at 4 a.m., members of the 68th IB and some Lumads prevented them from passing through the checkpoint, Valle said.

He said some of the children were frightened after some Lumads who were alleged as members of the paramilitary group Alamara threatened them by shouting and drawing weapons such as bows and arrows.

Those who approached members of the Talaingod Municipal Tribal Council were told they could not

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Laviña denies reports Rody to finally declare on Friday

By CHARLES RAYMOND A. MAXEY

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HE camp of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte yesterday afternoon dismissed reports that the local chief executive is finally going to declare his presidential bid on October 2.

“Not true,” spokesperson of Mayor Duterte said when sought by EDGE Davao for clarification on the report, which was posted on the social me-

dia also yesterday.

The report, citing an unnamed source, said Duterte was ready to declare on October 2 either in Davao or Manila and had reportedly picked Senator Alan Peter Cayetano as his vice presidential candidate.

Cayetano did declare his vice presidential bid in a press conference in the city Tuesday, but he

did not say if Duterte was already considering in seeking the presidency.

Duterte had earlier asked for more time from his supporters to do some “final soul searching with myself and my family” before making a decision.

He, however, assured his followers that he will never abandon them.

“Pangako ko sa inyo, hinding hindo ko kayo

pababayaan (I promise you, I will never abandon you),” Duterte said in a message read ny retired AFP chief of staff Hermogenes Esperon.

Thousands of Duterte supporters staged a huge rally at the Quirino Grandstand in Luneta last Saturday in their bid to convince Duterte to run for president in the 2016 elections.

nue-generating office.

He said he also wants to be updated on the collection of real property tax collection in the city after Vice Mayor Paolo Z. Duterte pressured the City Treasurer’s Office (CTO) due to low collection.

“We want to see how this collection is being made,” he said Dayanghirang said the committee also wants to check the internal revenue allotment (IRA) of the city for next year.

He said every year there is an increase of IRA of up to 7 percent but he has learned that there has been a reduction because of the newly created provinces and cities

in the country.

Dayanghirang said the discussion on the 2016 budget will be hastened because election season is already approaching.

He said he asked the City Accounting Office to give his committee an update on the latest budget guidelines from the Commission on Audit (COA) and Department of Budget and Management (DBM) which he said regularly issue a new administrative orders.

Dayanghirang said the budget that will be appropriated in 2016 will be at least 15 percent higher in 2016, which would push it to P6 billion.

Council meets city gov’t heads for budget reports

By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.

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HE Davao City Council will convene the department heads of the city government today for the reports on the status of their project implementation and expenditures.

Speaking in yesterday’s PulongPulongniPulong media briefing, CityCcouncil committee on finance, ways and means, and appropriations chair councilor Danilo C. Dayanghirang said he wants to see how the city’s money was spent for the year 2014 and 2015.

“From there, we will see how the head of offices performed,” he said.

Dayanghirang said some offices ask for more budget

even though the money for previous projects had not yet been used and implemented.

“We want to see how these offices perform,” he said.

Dayanghirang said he wants to conduct an inventory on the funds of every office in the city to see if they deserve the funds they are requesting.

He said he also want to know today the specifics on the different revenues of the city since it is difficult to discuss the budget if the items are too general.

Dayanghirangsaidhis committee needs to find out the revenue collection performance of every reve-

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GPH: Stay the course of peace as BBL passage deferred anew

T GRILLING. Davao City third district councilor Rachel Zozobrado interpellates second district councilor Danilo C. Dayanghirang on his proposal to amend

the present Zoning Ordinance of City even if it was just published last year.

Armando B. Fenequito Jr.

HE government peace panel in talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has appealed to Filipinos to stay the course of peace as the deadline for the passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law in the Senate and the House of Representatives was pushed anew to December 16.

“It’s disappointing, but we still hope (it will soon become a law),” said Prof.

Miriam Coronel-Ferrer, chair of the government peace panel.

Ferrer was speaking at ‘Women and Peace: Reflecting on Achievements and Challenges on Women’s Participation in Cel-

ebration of the 15th Anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 last September 24. The event was also attended

by Froilyn Mendoza of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission, Jurma Tikmasan of the Tarbilang Foundation, Jasmin Nario-Galace of WE Act 1325, and Kristian Herbolzheimer, member of the International Contact Group and Director of the Philippines and Colombia Programmes of Conciliation Resources.

“Our message is stay on track, stay the course, [have] patience and perseverance,” Ferrer said, but added that the public

HE House committee on Transportation on Tuesday approved a measure strengthening the Air Passengers Bill of Rights.

House committee on Transportation and Catanduanes Rep. Cesar Sarmiento said the committee report of the consolidated measure is now being prepared to be presented in the plenary for second reading.

The consolidated bill seeks to remedy the abuse of airlines of passengers who suffer delay and cancellation.

The bill provides for 20 percent discount on airfares to senior citizens, PWDs and students.

It requires airlines to reimburse 75 percent of the fare as long as the passenger cancels the flight at least 24 hours before departure.

The measure also requires airlines to provide refreshment for a 2 hour delay including free phone calls or internet

and hotel for cancelled flights.

The bill provides the right to receive the full value of the service purchased, right to mandatory fare discount, right to refund, right to cancel a flight, right to rebook a flight, right to be processed for check in, right to board aircraft for the purpose of the flight, right to equal protection, right to be respected, access to emergency measures, medical assistance, safety devices and essential services.

It provides the right to bring action, satisfaction or relief of a wrong or injury, rights of a passenger for delayed flights, rights of a passengers for cancelled flights or flights deemed cancelled, rights of passengers denied boarding, priority in filling up of empty seats in the air carrier's next flight, compensation for lost, damaged or delayed baggage and compensa-

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PERATIVES of Joint Task Group Sulu have not sighted yet the three foreigners and a Filipina who were kidnapped by still unidentified group of armed men in Samal Island last Sept.

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Brig. Gen. Alan Arrojado aired this Tuesday in response to claims by the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) that the three foreigners and one Filipina are already in

Sulu.

"There is no confirmed sighting of the victims in Sulu yet," he said in Filipino.

Searches are still ongoing, Arrojado said.

He also said that combat operations would continue against lawless elements, which includes the Abu Sayyaf Group, in Sulu.

"There will be no let up in combat operation, our mandate is to destroy the ASG and rescue the

kidnap victims," Arrojado said.

The abduction incident took place Sept. 21, 11: 30 p.m., Capt. Alberto Caber, Eastern Mindanao Command public affairs office chief, said.

He identified the victims as Canadians John Ridsel and Robert Hall, Norwegian Kjartan Sekkingstad, the resort manager, and a Filipina identified only as "Tess".

Reports said the sus-

pects were speaking in English and Filipino when they snatched the victims.

Two Japanese tourists tried to stop the bandits but failed.

At the time of the raid, 30 or more foreigners were at the resort.

Joint forces from Naval Forces Eastern Mindanao Philippine Coast Guard and the 10th Infantry Division are now conducting pursuit operations. (PNA)

implementation of the programs and project and that is what I call executive ability,” he added.

After Binay, Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. took his turn to address the NUP delegates. ”Thank you very much for this invitation because I would be able to say that I have enjoyed the support in my political career from many individuals in this room here and also from the NUP. And for that I am very grateful, and for that I would like to thank you,” Marcos said.

Marcos, however, clarified that “I would not be making any earth-shaking announcements today.” ”As you know, this upcoming election is so complicated because we don’t know the stand of every political party,” Marcos, a member of the Nacionalista Party (NP), said.

In media interview, Marcos admitted that he has been talking to different groups, including Binay who is still looking for his vice presidential

candidate.

Binay, in a separate media interview, admitted also that Marcos is one of the possible vice presidential candidates being considered by his camp.

Liberal Party’s standard-bearer Manuel ‘Mar’ Roxas II came last and like Binay, wooed the support of the NUP which was formed by former Lakas Kampi CMD members

NUP wooed by presidential aspirants

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WO presidential aspirants and a senator eyeing higher office showed up in the national convention of the 500-member National Unity Party (NUP) on Monday at the Sofitel Hotel in Pasay City.

United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) presidential candidate Vice President Jejomar Binay arrived first and presented what he has achieved as former mayor of Makati City and as chairman of the National Housing Authority (NHA) and presidential adviser on overseas Filipino workers’ concerns.

In his speech, Binay vowed to have constant consultation with the local government units (LGUs) to address problems in the countryside. ”There will be a regular meeting, among others,” Binay told the NUP members. ”I have a lot of things to say to you but overall, my government, if you will vote me, I have a lot of good projects, but the most important is the

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NAP TIME. A scavenger takes a nap on the shoulder of the road after moving around the city under the scorching afternoon heat yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

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Oil companies hike prices

By CHENEEN R. CAPON

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IL companies in Mindanao implemented an increase in the prices of fuel products yesterday following the movement of oil price in the international market.

“Major companies like Caltex, Petron, Shell implemented an oil price in Mindanao,” Engr. Delfred Laman, Department of Energy- Mindanao Field Office (DOEMFO) Energy Industry Management Division science research specialist, told EDGE Davao in a phone interview

yesterday.

Laman said independent oil companies in Mindanao like Phoenix, StarOil, Flying V, and SeaOil also implemented an oil price increase.

In Davao alone, Laman said their monitoring revealed that firms implemented a 50 centavos- increase for per liter of gasoline, 10 centavos for both diesel and kerosene.

For regular unleaded gasoline, lowest price for Davao Region was at P43.05 per liter, while the highest

P19.5B in BUB projects to develop Mindanao

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HE Aquino Administration’s Bottom-up Budgeting (BUB) Summit launches in Davao this week to highlight and track the progress of various BUB projects in the Mindanao Cluster, altogether amounting to P19.5 billion from 2013 to 2016.

Running from September 29 to October 1 at the Apo View Hotel in Davao City, the BuB Summit will be attended by an estimated 450-500 representatives from civil society organizations (CSOs), national government agencies (NGAs), and local government units (LGUs).

The Mindanao Cluster is composed of six administrative regions involved in the BuB program since the initiative was first established in 2013. The cluster is represented by, among others, Zamboanga Peninsula, Northern Mindanao, Davao, SOCCSKSARGEN, and the CARAGA regions. To date, this cluster has received a total budget allocation of P19.5 billion for 15,539 projects. These include those proposed for in the 2016 National Expenditure Program (NEP) amounting to P5.98 billion for 3,532 BUB projects.

“The BUB program was developed to give grassroots communities a greater voice and stake in the national budget process. For Mindanao, this program is crucial in delivering much-needed government services to farflung communities. At the same time, BUB allows us to improve governance in vulnerable and risk-prone areas,” Budget Secretary Florencio “Butch” Abad said.

“With the establishment of peace and the rule of law in Mindanao, we trust that prosperity will follow as Filipinos in Mindanao benefit from

real and inclusive development,” Abad said.

The following is the breakdown of the BUB budget allocation and number of projects for the Mindanao Cluster*: Convened by the National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC), the workshop is supported by the departments of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Budget and Management (DBM), Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), and the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA).

This event is preceded by other BUB summits recently held in Manila and Subic. The Davao workshop will focus on improving the BUB planning process and speeding up its implementation. At the same time, the workshop will provide a venue for discussions on how to enhance the partnerships between LGUs and CSOs, boost local government capacity to implement BUB programs, and consider appropriate ways to communicate the goals of BUB to the public.

“Through BUB, LGUs and CSOs can help identify poverty-reduction projects for implementation in their localities. More importantly, Filipinos in Mindanao are now part of the decision-making process for local projects that have an impact on their lives.

BUB is really an exercise in citizen empowerment,” Abad said.

The BUB program in the 2015 current budget covers 1,590 municipalities and cities across the country, with a budget of P20.9 billion. For 2016, the Aquino Administration is pushing for a budget of P24.7 billion to support the implementation of more than 14,300 BUB projects nationwide.

was P47.02 per liter. The price of premium unleaded gasoline also increased at P43.64 per liter as the lowest and 43.83 as the highest. The lowest recorded price of premium gas was recorded in Cagayan de Oro City at only P40.59 while the highest was P47.59 per liter in Zamboanga City.

The lowest price of diesel products in Davao region was pegged at P29.60, while the highest was at P29.85.

For Mindanao, DOE monitored that the highest price

was at P35.66 per liter and P29.60 per liter as the lowest.

Oil firms also implemented increase in the price of kerosene. In Davao Region, the highest price monitored was at P43.00 and P34.27 as the lowest.

“This price also reflected for the whole of Mindanao,” Laman said.

“This is the 18th time that the DOE monitored a price increase from January to September 29 this year,” Laman added.

NATIONAL DIGITAL ARTS 2015. Globaltronics Inc. vice president for external affairs and partnerships Nato Agabayani said more than 200 IT students from different universities in Davao City will join the National Digital Arts Awards 2015 which was launched yesterday. Agbayani said the

The total adjustment this year is now at net increase in gasoline by P1.61/liter and net decrease in diesel of P3.04/liter. LPG remained with net decrease of P10.60/ kg.

Division chief Nilo J. Geroche said the movement in oil price was caused by the movement of price of oil in the international market.

Report from the DOE revealed that the the “Asian gasoline market sentiment was supported by fresh spot demand and continuing tight

supply brought by refinery turnarounds, which will be felt through October.”

“Similarly, scheduled refinery turnarounds and small pockets of demand in West Africa, Vietnam and Myanmar offered support to the Asian gasoil market over the week,” it said.

Overall, Dubai crude decreased week-on-week by US$0.23/bbl. It is contrary to MOPS gasoline and diesel that both increased by around US$1.50 and US$0.20 a barrel, the DOE added.

awards event will showcase the best talents of the digital industry. He also said the Manila-based advertising firm is also planning to expand here in two years. Cheneen R. Capon

DOT 12 wants more flights for GenSan T HE Department of Tourism (DOT) in Region 12 is pushing for the opening of more flights to and from this city to go with the continuing expansion of the city airport.

Nelly Nita Dillera, DOT Region 12 director, said they are currently working with various airline companies, especially those serving international routes, to include the city airport in their oper-

ations.

The airport is currently undergoing major improvements through a P34.6-million funding from the corporate funds of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP).

Around P25 million was allotted for rehabilitation of the airport’s terminal building and P9.6 million for the improvement of the vehicular parking area.

The national government approved last year a P959-million budget under the Department of Transportation and Communication for the expansion of the airport.

“Alongside with these improvements, there’s an urgent need to embark into air routes development and encourage airline companies to include the city airport as among their port of entries, especially those serving international

routes,” Dillera said in a statement.

The official said these moves should be done simultaneously “to maximize the use of the soon to be expanded airport.”

Dillera said the agency is currently working with tour operators for the promotion of the region to more countries and facilitate exchanges for local and foreign tourists.

Concurrent Officer-in-Charge of the Lending and Asset Management Division, said the earnings were mainly derived from leasing SSS investment properties with a combined value of P12.7 billion, which accounted for majority of the P17.9-billion total.

The SSS expects to generate additional earnings of P289 million in the remaining months of 2015 from the continuing lease

of these assets, and P696.5 million more from the sale of SSS investment properties scheduled in the second half of this year, for a year-end total income of at least P1.2 billion.

“Contrary to recent news reports, SSS assets for the most part have not remained idle, for about 70 percent of our P17.9-billion investment properties have been on lease and are bringing in regular income for the SSS.

The rest of SSS assets are either for sale, or are retained as SSS property due to their expected increase in value,” Ciriaco said.

SSS real estate properties scheduled for bidding before the end of 2015 include condominium units and parking lots in Bella Villa and Pioneer Highlands, as well as SSS-acquired lots in Marilao, Villa Josefina, Zamboanga and Manila Harbour.

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SSS earns P274.5-M from real estate properties

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HE Social Security System (SSS) has generated an income of P274.5 million during the first six months this year from the lease and sale of SSS-owned real estate properties such as residential and commercial lots, condominium units, buildings and parking lots, with year-end earnings seen to surpass P1.2 billion.

May Catherine Ciriaco, SSS Senior Vice President and

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APCT seen to catalyze development Groundbreaking for P70-M food terminal set today

By CHENEEN R. CAPON and CHARLES RAYMOND A. MAXEY

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ARMERS from Davao City as well as nearby areas will benefit most from the construction of the P70-million Agri-Pinoy Trading Center (APTC) in Daliao, Toril, Councilor Marissa Salvador-Abella said.

Abella, chair of the Sangguniang Panlungsod committee on agriculture, said the establishment of the food terminal complex will

“reduce the presence of middlemen.”

“It will help in increasing the sales of farmers by easy access to market,” Abella told EDGE Davao.

The facility will also help in lowering food prices while increasing food sufficiency, she added.

Meanwhile, the groundbreaking ceremony for the APCT will be held this after-

AboitizPower signs second deal with Indon developers

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BOITIZPOWER Corp. is steadily setting its footprints in Indonesia, with its sealing of a second deal with developers in that country this month.

In a disclosure from the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) Tuesday, Aboitiz Power bared it has signed an agreement with Indonesian firms SN Power AS and PT Energi Infranusantara to “participate in the feasibility studies for the exploration and development of a potential 127-MW hydropower generation project along the Lariang River in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.”

Antonio Moraza, president and chief operating officer (COO) of Aboitiz Power Corp., told the Philippines News Agency that the feasibility study will likely be developed in three years.

”More like three years,” he said in a text message.

Moraza also stressed that Aboitiz has joined the consortium with the deal.

The company noted that PT Auriga Energi was awarded the license to develop the project.

Aboitiz Power Corp. said it has signed the deal and not through its Singapore-based subsidiary Aboitiz Power International Pte. Ltd. Over a week ago, Aboitiz Power International Pte. Ltd also signed with PT Medco Power Indonesia to explore and develop a potential 110-MW greenfield geothermal power plant in East Java Province, Indonesia.

Aboitiz Power International Pte. Ltd is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aboitiz Power Corp. (PNA)

noon with Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte leading government officials in gracing the important occasion.

City Administrator Atty.

Jesus Melchor V. Quitain and other department heads are also expected to witness the activity which signals the start of construction of the P70-million food terminal facility.

The groundbreaking was

set after Duterte and Agriculture Sec. Proceso Alcala signed the memorandum of agreement (MOA) in August to pave the way for the establishment of the APTC. Davao City Rep. Isidro T. Ungab said the facility is a big boost to the farmers and the agriculture industry in the Davao Region.

“We hope that this project will catalyze develop-

INITIATIVE FOR IMPACT EVALUATION. Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan (left) signs a memorandum of understanding with International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie) Executive Director Dr. Em-

ment not only in the third district, but also in Southern Mindanao. When we sat down with the National Development Corporation sometime in 2012, they were willing to support the project and incorporate in the plans of NDC and DTI,” Ungab told EDGE Davao.

“Farmers can benefit as this will provide a venue for processing and trading of

agri-products, as well as provide employment opportunities for the local residents.

We laud the city government and the Department of Agriculture for taking the tasks as front liners and active implementors of this Agri-Pinoy Trading Center,” he added.

The food terminal will help give direction to the

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manuel Jimenez granting the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) membership in the 3ie last September 15 at the NEDA, Pasig City.

Public, private sectors Ad firm eyes Davao expansion address food wastage

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EMBER-economies of the Asia Pacific economic region forged a stronger partnership to build a stronger public-private partnership, which seeks to reduce if not eliminate food losses in the supply chain of fishery and livestock during one of the meetings of the APEC Food Security Week.

During a seminar organized by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Chinese Taipei and the Ministry for Primary Industries of New Zealand with the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) on September 27, 2015, stakeholders from both the public and the private sectors exchanged ideas and experiences to generate policy recommendations, action plans and effective methodologies in order to provide solutions to the global problem on food losses.

With the growing concern for food loss, the Phil-

ippines along with other economies deem it necessary to address the issues which contributes to food loss and come up with policies and measures that will address wastage in the agriculture sector, specifically within the livestock and fishing industries.

According to PhilMech Director Rex L. Bingabing there is a need to ensure sufficient supply of affordable, safe and good quality food.

“With the additional new challenges in food production such as climate change, decreasing production area and depletion of natural resources, food loss and food waste must be given serious attention,” he stressed.

Bingabing added that APEC economies have a big role in addressing these challenges since majority of the total global food production comes from the APEC region. “Cooperation of different economies is important,” he said. (DA)

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anila-based advertising firm Globaltronics, Inc. plans to expand its operation in Davao in the next two years.

“We’re already talking to a local firm here to be our partner in Davao,” Globaltronics, Inc. vice president for external affairs and partnerships Nato R. Agbayani told EDGE Davao yesterday.

Agbayani said the 11year old company which brought the first.LED billboard technology from US is eyeing to put LED bill-

boards to five sites year.

“That would entail more than P30 million in investments,” Agbayani said.

He said each LED billboard that will be installed in five different sites here will have a size of six meter width and nine meter length.

With LED billboard technology, “almost everything is possible in advertising,” he said. “It will be more dynamic.”

Advertisement will be no longer limited to still images but can be turn

into motion graphics or videos.

Davao City is already an emerging market for the advertising industry.

“The fast growth of the Davao economy will continue to draw in advertising firms,” Abayani said. “Many Manila-based advertising companies have already expanded here in Davao in the past few years.”

Agbayani said there’s so much potential for the advertising industry in Davao.

“This is the best time

to invest in providing digital advertising services in Davao City,” he said.

However, Agbayani said the city government should formulate as early as now policies that will regulate the booming advertising industry of Davao City.

“For example, the industry in Manila is aesthetically cluttered because billboards are installed anywhere,” he said. “There’s no regulation.”

Davao City has still a

partment of Agriculture’s Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHilMech) Rex Bingabing said on the margins of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) High Level Policy Dialogue on Food Security and the Blue Economy and Related Meetings in Iloilo City on Monday (Sept. 28).

Food losses vary from

one economy to another, Bingabing said, noting that 20 percent to 30 percent of food losses in developed economies take place after the harvest.

“For developed economies, the losses come from mostly on what they term food waste. These are the wasted food, leftovers, and spoilages,” he said, adding that developed economies

have better purchasing power to buy food than developing economies.

“Developed economies are buying more than they can consume,” he said, acknowledging that developed economies have efficient technologies to reduce food losses from production to post-harvest. (PNA/PCOO News Release)

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Technology lack behind food losses in APEC region

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HE lack of access to modern technology has caused food losses during the course of production among developing economies in the Asia-Pacific region, a Philippine agriculture official has said.

“For developing countries like the Philippines, the loss comes from the post-harvest side,” Executive Director of the De-

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An OFW’s journey

LEAVING the country for work is not a choice that’s easy to make and live through. For some, it is because of a dream, a rare opportunity or, simply put, a way to help the family. While embarking on this journey gives one a sense of fulfillment and independence, the bittersweet realities of living abroad also entail a great amount of willpower, courage and drive to get one through the big adjustment as well as the challenges it brings, both emotional and physical.

Young Dabawenya, Vea Panturas, a surgical ICU nurse who has been working in Singapore for six years, encapsulates the journey of an OFW in her book entitled, “Home Away From Home.” The book is published under Kerygma books and was first launched in Singapore during the 2015 Philippine Independence Day Celebration.

“The idea of writing this book came from a managing editor of a magazine,” reveals Vea. “I was stunned when it was suggested to me. I hesitated at first because it wasn’t easy to go back and remember all the details of my journey. I didn’t know where to start. Dur-

“The idea of writing this book came from a managing editor of a magazine,” reveals Vea. “I was stunned when it was suggested to me. I hesitated at first because it wasn’t easy to go back and remember all the details of my journey. ing the course of my discussions with the publishing company, I felt God speaking to me, telling me that there is a purpose to everything. In a way, I would say it was GOD who guided me through this writing experience.”

“My book mainly talks about my experiences and reflections, and the lessons I learned as an OFW. It also includes stories of Filipinos abroad like Rico Hizon of BBC News, Timothy Go of Channel News Asia Singapore, Ricky Carranza owner of Style Dance Industry of Finland. I chose to push through with this project with the goal of reaching

out Filipinos across the globe, to inspire them to push forth with their purpose and passion amidst the challenges. We all have to realize that we have a big room for success and happiness.”

“Perhaps this project came just in time,” she adds. “Given the problems that we Filipinos encounter, reading this, hopefully, would make us all realize that behind every trial and experience, there is a lesson and success story waiting to unfold.

This book aims to bring the messages of optimism and faith, knowing that we are not alone in this journey and discover the

many who have managed to make their journey a beautiful and colorful one.”

Earlier this year, the book was launched in different parts of the Philippines, which gave Vea the opportunity to meet other OFW’s and share significant encounters and learnings. “I became a Bida Guest for the TFC Connect program, interviewed by Ms. Dimples Romana. This was shown around the world through The Filipino Channel. It felt great to have that channel to speak to the great population of OFWs, to

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BABY FASHION A classic cardigan and ladylike dress in grey and red.

at the SM Store MOMS can’t miss the smbabies sale now ongoing until October 4 at all SM Stores!

It’s the best time to shop for the little ones with up to 50% off on great clothes selections from 0 months to 4 years old.

Whatever mood your little girl is in you’ll never go wrong with a perfect tee.

Go sporty – with this shirt and short set for boys.

Enjoy great bargains and fun gifts.

There are free backpacks for every P1, 000 purchase on regular items; as well as medicine droppers for every P1, 000 purchase of sesame toddler items, and free nappy clamps for every P500 purchase of sesame newborn items until September 30 2015.

Catch smbabies sale at the Infants Wear Department of all SM Stores nationwide.

Your little bud statement tee.

There are lots of fashion finds – like rompers – at the smbabies sale.

Seda Abreeza housekeeping team takes on certified guestroom attendant training FIFTEEN MEMBERS of the Seda Hotel chain went through the Certified Guestroom Attendant Training last September 7-10, 2015 held at Seda Abreeza, with 2 coming from Seda BGC (Bonifacio Global City, Taguig), 1 from Seda Nuvali (Laguna), 1 from Seda Centrio (CDO), and the rest from its Davao property.

The Certified Guestroom Attendant (CGA) training is still under the American Hotel and Lodging Educational Institute or AHLEI, which also conducts the training for Certified Guest Service Professional or CGSP. This training distinguishes the abili-

ties and information needed to keep guest rooms sanitary, safe and maintained in a property.

Ms. Alma Ponce De Leon, Executive Housekeeper of Seda BGC, facilitated the training alongside representatives of AHLEI. Ponce De Leon is a Certified Hospitality Housekeeping Executive, the most prestigious certification obtainable by a housekeeping executive, and is under AHLEI and Asia World Hospitality (AWH). As defined by AHLEI, “it identifies the recipient as being part of an elite group of hospitality professionals who by combining education and experience with dedication to the industry have achieved a high level of

expertise.” Those who have obtained this global recognition are allowed to conduct trainings in the said field of expertise.

The 3-day training involved a thorough, detailed, and handson exercise, using a program called START or Skills, Tasks, and Results Training). Gener-

ally, the module included topics as employee responsibilities, safety regulations specially on rooms, safe work habits, quality guest service, reputation management, communication with guest, handling and resolving guest complaints, and a housekeeper’s duties and responsibili-

ties at the beginning, during, and end of shift.

The CGA training aims to package the Housekeeping Team not only as efficient in room sanitation and maintenance, but as a hotel associate and asset in general as well. The training concludes with an NCII Assessment.

This is the second training under the grant provided by the Asian Development Bank, Department of Tourism, and the Canadian Government. The Certified Restaurant Server Training will commence this October.

The second batch of Certified Guest Service Professional is also set this September 29-October 1, 2015.

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Alden Richards EVER SINCE the Philippines’ National Bae Alden Richards starred in Eat Bulaga!, everybody went gaga over his charm. The guys over at FHM however find this not an exception for what they call, The Trial or The FHM Man Test. The FHM Man Test asks the celebrity featured for the month 15 questions to see how “manly” he is. Here’s what FHM found out about the Pambansang Bae:

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. He is a romantic Just like his kilig-filled Kalyeserye, he enjoys the romantic movie “50 First Dates” because he finds Adam Sandler’s character sweet for making an effort to let Drew Barrymore’s character remember their relationship. He said, “Effort pa more, kilig pa more!” He also believes that chivalry is not dead since he will definitely hold his girlfriend’s purse at the mall if she asked him to, “Baka kasi may gagawin siya or kung magsusukat siya ng damit.” . He is a sweetheart with a sweet tooth Alden is a sucker for sweets, “I love sweets! I’d kill myself with desserts!” He will finish one whole brazo de mercedes cake if the world were to end tomorrow. . He knows his way around the kitchen Not only is he handy in Sunday PinaSaya’s kitchen as “Chef Boy Next Door,” he also cooks in real life. Alden once helped his grandmother cut a catfish. . He has a silly and fun side When it comes to guy things, the actor-host revealed that he has worn briefs on top of his pants and pretended as a superhero when he was a kid, takes secret selfies to check on his face, drops fart bombs, doesn’t mind having to wear shirts up to two days during tapings, and wishes to blow up his bank account. . He was teased as a kid Alden had his share of annoying name calling. He was teased as being gay when he was young because of his fair complexion. . He has a pet duck The Kapuso artist also admitted he has a duck named Bibe, “I think it’s pretty cool.” . He is scared of... Freddy Kruger. “Siya ang nagbigay sa akin ng takot sa pagtulog,” Alden reveals to FHM. So did Alden pass the test? Find out in the September 2015 issue of FHM.

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‘Nathaniel’ finale ends on a high note ABS-CBN’s consistent toprating primetime series “Nathaniel” became the most watched program in the Philippines last Friday (Sep 25) as its highly anticipated finale scored an all-time high national TV rating of 42%, almost triple the rating of its rival program “Marimar” (17.4%), according to data from Kantar Media.

ABS-CBN continued to rule the next day with “MMK” claiming the number one spot on the list of most watched programs in the country last Saturday as it featured the life story of banana cue vendor turned “The Voice Kids” season 2 champ Elha Nympha.

The inspiring “MMK” episode captured the hearts of TV viewers and earned a national TV rating

of 31.9% versus “Magpakailanman” with only 24.3%.

“It’s Showtime,” meanwhile, significantly increased its viewership last Saturday (Sep 26) during its “Showtime Kapamilya Day: The ANIMversary Kick Off” at the Araneta Coliseum. It scored a national TV rating of 22.5%, up from 17.3% last Thursday (Sep 24) and 18.8% last Friday (Sep 25).

ABS-CBN’s newest weekend game show, “Celebrity Playtime” hosted by Billy Crawford, also impressed viewers as it debuted strongly with a national TV rating of 28.7%, almost a 10-point lead over its rival program “24 Oras Weekend” (19.9%).

Kantar Media uses a nationwide panel size of 2,609 urban and rural homes that represent 100% of the total Philippine TV viewing population, while the

other ratings data supplier AGB Nielsen reportedly has only 1,980 homes based solely in urban areas that represent only 57% of the Philippine TV viewing population.

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METRO MOM A4 connect with them through my own experiences. The book tour also led me to my home, Davao City, to fulfill my childhood dream of going back to alma mater. Last August 7 and 8, I was able to give a special talk to the students of San Pedro College of Davao, as well as The Philippine Women’s College of Davao.”

Asked to share her biggest takeaway from this project, she says, “My life, my book, is a testimony of how God

can turn your mess into a message --- that God allows detours to bring us to our destination. I would always tell my friends and myself that we are limitless and everyone is bound to do great things. God has prepared victories for us. All we need is to open our eyes, follow our hearts, stay grounded, be optimistic, and bring along courage and faith in God all the time.”

Home Away From Home is still available in all lead-

ing branches of National Bookstore, Fully Booked and Powerbooks, as well as Pandayan Bookshop and St. Pauls Libreria. Davao residents may purchase a copy at the San Pedro College of Davao Bookstore, The Philippine Women’s College of Davao and Solomon’s Den (2nd level, Davao International Airport). eBooks and printed copies may also be ordered through through www. kerygmabooks.com.

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For the love of chocolate TEXT and PHOTOS By HENRYLITO D. TACIO

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LIFE is like a box of chocolates,” said the character portrayed by Tom Hanks in the Oscar-winning Forrest Gump. “You never know what you’re gonna get.”

But during the recent Second Davao Chocolate Festival held at SM City Annex in Ecoland, we found out that there’s more to chocolates than just being a favorite food preparation we all love to eat.

It can be made into a candy, a bar, a healthy drink, a morning perk-upper, a part of beauty regimen and even a medicine. And for those who are business-minded, it can be a good source of income not only for a season for throughout the year.

Chocolate consumption worldwide has been growing at 3 percent annually, recent studies have shown. “Though the majority of cacao is consumed in North America and Europe, demand is growing more rapidly in Asia where strong economic growth, particularly in India and China, is resulting in more people being able to afford luxury foodstuffs such as chocolate,” according to a position paper written by Adam Keatts and Christopher Root.

Chocolates come from the seeds of cacao (called cocoa), which was first cultivated by the Mayas around

the 7th century A.D. They carried the seed north from the tropical Amazon forests to what is now Mexico. In the 16th century, the Spanish planted cacao across South America, into Central America, and onto the Caribbean Islands. In the 17th century, the Dutch transported the cacao to other places around the globe like Java, Sumatra, Sri Lanka, New Guinea, and the Philippines.

“In 1670, Spanish mariner Pedro Bravo de Lagunas planted the first cacao in San Jose, Batangas,” reports The Philippines Recommends for Cacao. After that, cacao growing flourished in various parts of the country – until pod rot wiped out plantations of it.

In the 1950s, the imposition of Import Control Law resulted in efforts to revive the industry by inter-governmental agencies and by private sector for self-sufficiency and export.

By the time the industry was blooming, pod borer infestation surfaced. Control of the disease was quite expensive.

As a result, established plantations were again wiped out; others were abandoned.

This particularly happened in Mindanao, where most of the cacao crops were grown. In 1990, about 18,388 hectares were planted to cacao, according to the

Department of Agriculture.

By 2006, the area declined to less than 10,000 hectares. During this period, production fell from 9,900 tons to about 5,400 tons, with two-thirds of the production coming from Davao region alone.

As production plummeted in the Philippines, demand for cocoa beans in the international continued to grow. In 2010, the annual world market needs was 3.6 million tons of cocoa beans.

The demand was growing annually by 90,000 tons.

Since cacao is considered an equatorial crop (crops that thrive well in regions occupying the equator), the Philippines has a great potential growing cacao. “I really could not believe why we cannot export cacao beans when the Philippines is ideal for cacao growing,” Roy C. Alimoane, director of Mindanao Baptist Rural Life Center (MBRLC). “Mindanao, for instance, is best for cacao production.”

Although cacao can be grown anywhere in the country, Mindanao has two advantages: good rainfall and good soil. Studies have shown that the potential expansion for cacao growing is huge: about 2,000,000 hectares of coconut lands are “highly suited” to be interplanted with cacao.

Most of the cacao beans produced in the country come from the five provinces of Davao region (Davao del Sur, Davao del Norte, Davao Oriental, Davao Occidental and Compostela Valley).

Only about 20,000 hectares are planted to cacao in the region, which contributes 70 percent of the total cacao production in the country.

Davao’s reputation as a source of quality cacao beans is growing, not just domestically but overseas. Lester V. Ledesma, in an article which appeared in Smile, the inflight magazine of Cebu Pacific, wrote: “Today, select beans from Davao reach customers in the United States and Europe through huge, high-end chocolatiers like Switzerland’s Barry Callebaut and commodity brokers like London’s Armajaro.”

“Dry, like a full-bodied well-aged red wine.” That was how Shawn Askinosie, founder of the world-famous Zingerman’s Deli, described a Philippine dark chocolate bar, 77 percent made from Davao cocoa.

Earlier this year, the Academy of Chocolate, Britain’s leading chocolate professionals gave “Malagos Premium 100 percent Unsweetened Chocolate,” a Davao product, a bronze award for the Best Unflavoured Drinking Chocolate category.

“This goes to show that our base chocolate (cocoa liquor) can compete side by side with other chocolates around the world. As far as I know, this is a first for the Philippines,” Rex Puentespina, the marketing director at Malagos Agri-Ventures Corporation, was quoted as saying.

Chemically speaking, “chocolate really is the world’s perfect food,” to quote the words of Michael Levine, the author of The Emperors of Chocolate. As Geronimo Piperni puts it: “Chocolate is a divine, celestial drink, the sweat of the stars, the vital seed, divine nectar, the drink of the gods,

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panacea and universal medicine.”

Chocolate has recently been included in the A-list of antioxidants – up there with soybeans and green tea.

Antioxidants, or flavanols, help protect the body from damage caused by pollution, pesticides, smoking, and processed foods.

“Chocolate and health do not seem to fit together but it is a very interesting proposition: if I can eat something I like and it is good for me, that is great,” said Hans Vriens, chief innovation officer of Barry Callebaut, which conducted a study.

“Chocolate is probably at the bottom of the list when you think about making food healthier.”

But eating dark chocolate every day for 10 years could reduce the likelihood of heart attacks and strokes in some high-risk patients.

A team of researchers from Australia used a mathematical model to predict the long-term health impact of daily dark chocolate consumption in 2,013 people with a condition known as

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metabolic syndrome, which puts them at high risk of heart disease.

The team found that in the best case scenario – with no patient missing any daily portions – the treatment could potentially avert 70 non-fatal and 15 fatal heart attacks or strokes per 10,000 people over 10 years.

The study was published in the British Medical Journal. The researchers, however, stressed the protective effects have only been shown for dark chocolate containing at least 60 to 70 percent cocoa—not for milk or white chocolate. This is probably due to higher levels of flavonoids in dark chocolate.

But experts not involved in the study urged caution.

“Recommendations for daily consumption of dark chocolate ... will certainly get people with metabolic syndrome excited, but at this point these findings are more hypothetical than proven, and the results need real-life data to confirm,” said Dr. Kenneth Ong at the Brooklyn Hospital Center in the United States.

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EYOND the more media sensational news of Senator Alan Peter Cayetano declaring his intention to run for the vice presidency yesterday, we find that the gentleman from Taguig has made some very valid points that go beyond the 2016 election. In his announcement, which he made in Davao City, Cayetano points to the advocacy that this city’s leader has been championing for more than a year now: federalism. He had gotten flak some months ago as he tried to tear the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) to shreds, but he has since given his reason for doing so. This he repeated yesterday: “For the record,” he said, “I believe that the whole Mindanao should get a BBL like law, not only the MILF. That is why calls by Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Koko Pimentel for Federalism are growing louder. That is why calls for decongesting Metro Manila and decentralizing power are gaining ground.”

This statement gains much significance as it comes from someone who grew up in and has been identified with Taguig City in National Capital Region. The regions have long complained of “Imperial Manila” and how the over-centralization it fosters has meant progress for Metro Manila at the expense of the entire country. For Cayetano,

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the time has come to end this state of affairs and begin the process of distributing power and wealth to the rest of the country. For starters, he said the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) should be moved to Clark in Pampanga, the Department of Tourism (DOT) to Cebu, and the Department of Agriculture (DA) to Davao. He has also officially filed his alternative to the BBL, the Mindanao Peace and Development Act of 2015, which he has said will include the entire Mindanao in gaining greater autonomy and getting a firmer grip on its future.

Cayetano may have lost a lot of fans in Mindanao during the Senate hearings on the BBL, but his decision to announce his vice presidential run in Davao City is perhaps his way of gaining back the lost trust and confidence. There are currently two candidates for the post, and time -- and the people -- will tell who will ultimately serve in the second highest office in the land. Whatever we may decide, and however Cayetano may handle his candidacy, we can at least take comfort in the fact that at least one candidate chose to honor Mindanao and bring the advocacy of real change to the national stage.

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Change for the better

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N a ‘Peanuts’ cartoon, Charlie Brown asked Linus: “Perhaps you can give me an answer.

What would you do if you felt that no one liked you?” Linus replied, “I’d try to look at myself objectively, and see what I could do to improve. That’s my answer, Charlie Brown.”

Hearing the answer, Charlie answered, “I hate that answer!”

There are a number of reasons why many of us, like Charlie Brown, resist change. After all, resistance to change is universal. Remember the story of Galileo? With his telescope, he proved the theory of Copernicus that the earth was not the center of the universe. The earth and the planets revolve around the sun. Yet, when he tried to change people’s beliefs, he was thrown into prison and spent the rest of his life under house arrest.

King Whitney Jr. surmised: “Change has a considerable psychological impact on the human mind. To the fearful, it is threatening because it means that things may get worse. To the hopeful, it is encouraging because things may get better. To the confident, it is inspiring because the challenge exists to make things better.”

During one of the lectures of my science teacher when I was still in high school, our teacher told us: “The permanent thing in this world is change.” Those words stuck into my mind.

I was a neophyte and never knew anything about the world. Today, I have been to countries I could not think of visiting when I was younger.

Those travels have completely changed my way

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HE runaway hit of the year is undoubtedly “Heneral Luna,” the historical biopic directed by the young and talented Jerrold Tarog. It’s hard to describe in words how well-made it is especially when one considers that it was made with a relatively small budget of P70 million. The tight budget actually showed in how the battle scenes were filmed. They were not expansive in the way big-budget war movies are made but showed only little pockets of fighting. But instead of looking cheap, those scenes give the feeling of actually being in the trenches with the soldiers. I felt a kind of claustrophobia as I watched, and I had the urge to stand up and run away — no doubt what the real soldiers felt as they fought the better-equipped Americans.

One unfortunate thing about the movie, however, is that the makers chose a 49-year-old actor to portray Heneral Antonio Luna. Don’t get me wrong: John Arcilla is a great actor and he gave a wonderful performance. I last saw him in the 2013 indy film “Metro Manila” where he played a security officer with a dark and ultimately tragic plan, and before that he was a security guard in the Hollywood movie “The Bourne Legacy.” (He was also the guy in the

of thinking.

THINK ON THESE! How true were the words of Philip Crosby.

He said, “If anything is certain, it is that change is certain. The world we are planning for today will not exist in this form Henrylito D. Tacio tomorrow.” The henrytacio@gmail.com beautiful flower you see today will wilt tomorrow. It may be sunny in the morning but sudden rain may pour in the afternoon.

If you’re a teenager today, you may be thirtysomething years later. “We did not change as we grew older; we just became more clearly ourselves,” penned Lynn Hall in ‘Where Have All the Tigers Gone?’ Marcus Aurelius Antoninus was even more apt: “The universe is change; our life is what our thoughts make it.”

There is only one thing that never changes: your picture. Listen to the explanation of Albert Einstein: “A photograph never grows old. You and I change, people change all through the months and years, but a photograph always remains the same. How nice to look at a photograph of mother or father taken many years ago.

You see them as you remember them. But as people live on, they change completely.”

“In a progressive country change is con-

stant, change is inevitable,” said British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli.

In Holland, two large windmills stood on the same dike and ground grain into flour. They had become a standard part of the scenery and their operation was a normal part of everyday life. But then, electricity came into the neighborhood and it could grind grain finer and cheaper and faster.

Modern ways threatened to put the two windmills out of business. But each of them reacted to the threat in a different way. The first one was completely rebuilt. An electric motor took the place of the large waterwheel which had supplied the power for the mill. The latest models of grinding machinery were installed.

That mill kept on grinding grain and fulfilling its purpose.

The second windmill was left as it had always been. It gave up grinding grain as unprofitable, but it left the large windmill keeps turning around in order to attract paying tourists.

The owner of the first windmill swallowed hard when he had to swap his venerable machinery for efficient modern technology. However, he had one consolation: his mill was still serving the purpose for which it had been built.

The second windmill went on turning for nothing: for it had given up its job of grinding grain. It seemed to be working at its age-old task, but actually all it was doing was satisfying tourist curiosity.

“Any institution which cannot adjust, cannot change appropriately with the changing

times, is going to end up as a tourist attraction,” Lutz Hoffman concluded the anecdote.

Are you thinking of not changing anything about yourself? You might end up as a tourist attraction. “If you don’t like something, change it,” Maya Angelou urges. “If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Don’t complain.”

Again, in a ‘Peanuts’ cartoon, Lucy told Charlie Brown as both were leaning against a fence: “I would like to change the world.” Charlie Brown asked, “Where would you start?” Her reply was: “I would start with you.”

“Only I can change my life,” says Hollywood comedian Carol Burnett. “No one can change it for me.” Emma Bunton has a different view: “You can’t change who you are, but you can surely make the best of it. And if you’ve got a thought, act on it.”

In other words, if you have to change, be sure to change for the better. Remember what Joel Barker says before: “Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.”

Want to change the world? “Change your thoughts and you change the world,” suggests Norman Vincent Peale. “You must be the change you with to see in the world,” Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi believes.

But American singer Anita Bryant said it all when she declared: “The only way to change the world is to change people; the only way to change people is to change their hearts, and only Christ can change hearts.”

Purefoods THIRD WORLD H o n e y cured Bacon commercial who kept telling his wife, “Coffee na lang dear,” a phrase that has stuck Jon Joaquin with us up to now.) He has been awarded numerous times for his acting, and in a very real sense only he could have pulled off the role of Heneral Luna.

Unfortunately, casting Arcilla gives the viewers, especially those who don’t know Philippine history that well, the impression that the real Heneral Antonio Luna was a middle-aged man when he led the Philippine Army against the Americans. In reality, Luna was in his early 30s during the time. When he was assassinated, he was only 32. In fact, most of those who were leading the country at the time were young: President Emilio Aguinaldo was also in his early 30s, and his Prime Minister Apolinario Mabini was in his mid-30s. The revolutionary government was

standing on the shoulders of men and women who, if they had been living today, would be dismissed as young upstarts.

A lot of people express surprise when I tell them this. Many of us lose sight of the fact that our national heroes were mostly young people, those who were not only idealistic but also still had the fire and energy to act on them. Of course the life expectancy at the time was probably a little short (I couldn’t find data on the Philippines, but in the US, according to the US Department of Health and Human Services’ National Institute on Aging, “most babies born in 1900 did not live past age 50,” and we can infer that it was at least the same for the Philippines, although it was probably lower) and so few people would have been older than Luna and the others to boss them around. But that is immaterial; the fact is that young as they were, they — not just Luna but all the other Filipinos who fought foreign aggression — committed themselves to a cause that was much bigger and would ultimately take their lives.

And then I look at our generation and I begin to wonder if we really are our forefathers’ children.

Luna was a doctor and military ge-

nius by the time he was 30; many of today’s young people don’t even know basic history. For example, the actor who portrayed Mabini, Epy Quizon, said he has been asked several times by college students why he never stood up in the movie.

Of course we could look at this two ways. On the one hand, our youth are probably just displaying the current “politically correct” mentality that tells them that Mabini’s being a “paralytic” (a word that has fallen out of PC fashion) did not define him. Perhaps this is why the fact that he couldn’t walk is inconsequential to them and therefore slipped their minds during their Philippine history classes. On the other hand, there should also be an appreciation of the fact that Mabini excelled and fought despite his disability because he knew that fighting for the country was everybody’s task, no matter what his or her condition is.

And that’s the bottom line. In this day and age when we are bombarded with messages to “be yourself,” “love yourself,” and “don’t mind what the others are thinking,” where does love and sacrifice for country fit in? Can we still sing, “Ang mamatay nang dahil sa ‘yo” and actually mean it?

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change and that is an honor for me to declare here,” he said.

“Dito sa Davao City, sa Taguig City, at sa buong bansa, nakikita natin ang pagbabago at progreso kapag ipinaglalaban ang tama, ipinagbabawal ang korapsyon. Malinaw ang polisiya at nagpatupad ng disiplina (Here in Davao City, in Taguig, and in the entire country, we see the changes and progress if we fight for what is right and prohibit corruption. The policies are clear and discipline was imposed),” he said.

“All the money, all the power, all the focus are in Metro Manila, so why are

all the announcements (for candidacy) done in Metro Manila? I took my oath for senator in Cebu and it’s a privilege for me to make my announcement here in Davao,” he said.

Cayetano said making his announcement here will complement his advocacy for “true and real transformation” for the country.

As for his running mate, Cayetano would not give a name but said he will team up with someone he believes can bring genuine change to the country.

He also said he will support a candidate who has “tapang at malasakit (courage and compassion)” – the

tagline identified with Duterte.

“Like you, I am still waiting, praying, and hoping that this person will run and that I may be able to support him one way or the other,” he said.

The mayor has already said he has decided not seek the presidency, but after last Friday’s rally at the Quirino Grandstand attended by thousands of people, he asked for a little more time to make his decision.

Asked what he would do if Duterte does not run or does not choose him as running mate, Cayetano said: “Let us cross the bridge when we get there.”

Cayetano said he decided to run for the vice presidency so that he could be “part of the solution” to the many problems the country is facing.

A critic of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), Cayetano said he believes “the whole Mindanao should get a BBL like law, not only the MILF (Moro Islamic Liberation Front).”

“That is why calls by Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Koko Pimentel for Federalism are growing louder. That is why calls for decongesting Metro Manila and decentralizing power are gaining grounds,” he added.

enter the ancestral domain where the school is located because they did not coordinate with the council, he said.

Valle said they coordinated with Bae Pilar Libayao, who heads the tribal council, only to be told that they should secure a free and prior informed consent from the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples.

He said they insisted that the consent is only issued for projects or businesses to be implemented within the ancestral domain but to no avail.

“That impedes our right to travel safely,” he said.

Valle said they even tried to coordinate with Talaingod Mayor Basilio Libayao, Pilar’s son, but the official was not around at the time and only his secretary faced them.

They were only told it is the municipal tribal council that has direct jurisdiction when it comes to matters concerning ancestral domain, he said.

“I don’t know where did they get that it is municipal tribal council gives the permission and not the mayor,”

he said.

He added they have been invited several times by the Salugpongan Tribal Council to their place for the past 11 years but it was the first time such incident happened.

Salugpongan has six campuses in Davao del Norte, three in Davao Oriental, 14 in Compostela Valley, and one in Davao City with a total of 1,800 students.

In a phone interview, Lt. Col. Vicente de Ocambo, commander of the 68th IB, said they assisted the municipal tribal council in preventing the contingent from

passing through.

“Hindi sila nagpaalam sa tribal council. We are just assisting them,” he said.

Last August, the House committee on human rights held a public hearing in Davao City where the teachers of the Salugpongan and Mindanao Interfaith Services Foundation Inc. Academy renewed their calls for a total pullout of the military and disbandment of Alamara for the alleged human rights abuses committed against the Lumads.

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farmers where to sell their products.

The MOA states that both the City Government of Davao and the Department of Agriculture will be working closely for the establishment of the center and to ensure its viability.

“Parties recognize that establishing the APTC-Davao located in Daliao, Toril as the preferred strategic site to capture products coming from agricultural production areas of the city and the nearby provinces is vital in providing market support to the farmers,” the MOA said.

Alcala had earlier said the food terminal will “revolutionize” the agricultural sector in the city and could

change the lives of the farmers because they can sell the products without the intervention of middlemen.

The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) of Davao earlier approved an ordinance granting Duterte authority to sign in behalf of the city government the MOA with the Department of Agriculture (DA) for the establishment of the food terminal.

To rise inside the National Development Council (NDC) property in Daliao, the food terminal will serve as the market for agriculture products and will benefit even the smallholder farmers not only in the city but in the Davao Region.

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must speak up for peace to ensure that the process will be successful.

“There are many ways and means that we can still see this through,” Ferrer assured. “But we need to get our voices heard.

We need that push coming from everyone.”

The House of Representatives through House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. earlier announced that the BBL would be put to a vote and can be passed on third and final reading by end of September, before Congress adjourns on October 9.

However, last week both the Senate and the House announced the new December 16 deadline for the passage of the proposed measure, citing the need to prioritize the 2016 General Appropriations Act.

Despite this, the government peace panel is not giving up, noting that there is still enough time and that adjustments may be made in the proposed measure to mitigate the possible adverse effects that delays in passage would cause in terms of the transition from the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao to the envisioned Bangsamoro region.

“We should not give up,” Ferrer said. “We have to just keep on pushing.”

“There’s still time and there are many flexibilities. We can adjust, say, the transitory provisions in the draft law. There can be room for adjustments there, [for instance in] how exactly the transition will play out given the delay in the passage of the law,” Ferrer pointed out.

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She said they have engaged with agencies involved in customs, immigration, quarantine and security as well as the concerned institutions to help enhance the airport experience of passengers.

DOT-12 recorded around 2.38 million in tourist arrivals in the region last year as the local tourism industry continued to gain momentum with the area’s enhanced tourism development, promotion and marketing initiatives.

Such figure is 22 percent more than the agency’s target of 1.9 million tourist arrivals for the period.

From 2012 to 2014, DOT12 said the region’s average growth rate for foreign tourist arrivals has reached 67 percent.

The city airport, which is classified by CAAP as an alternate international airport, mainly serves the air transport requirements of the greater part of Region 12.

(MindaNews)

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NOTICE OF AUCTION SALE All unredeemed items pawned during the month of May 2015,if not redeemed/renewed on September 30, 2015 will be put on Auction Sale October 1, 2015 at 9:00 A. M. to 5:00 P.M. Pahibalo nga ang tanang wala malukat nga prenda sa bulan Mayo 2015,kung dili malukat sa Setyembre 30, 2015 isubasta sa bulan sa Octobre 1, 2015 sa alas 9:00 sa buntag hangtud sa alas 5:00 sa hapon.

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Roxas said the economic gains and reforms that have been achieved by the administration of President Benigno Aquino III under the “Daang Matuwid” (straight path) governance were the product of hardwork. ”The future requires hardwork by those who believe that progressive future is necessary for 100 million Filipinos who wanted to live a decent life,” Roxas said. ”That’s the road of Daang Matuwid that everybody dreamed of five years ago. That’s the way we want to achieve a better future for everybody,” he added.

Roxas said he came “to

ask for your support to continue the Daang Matuwid in the coming 2016.”

Roxas is set to announce his running mate on Wednesday at his residence in Balay, Cubao, Quezon City.

Senator Grace Poe, who already declared her intention to run for president, has been invited but was not able to make it due to previous commitment. ”I already met with a few leaders of the NUP a few weeks ago and I’ve presented our platform of government to the public last September 16,” Poe said in a press statement.

Poe has named Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero as her running mate in the 2016 elections. (PNA)

chance to make policies that will designate advertising zones in the area to avoid the problem faced now by Manila, according to him.

Despite the lack of policies and ordinance, Agbayani said members of the Outdoor Advertising Association of the Philippines are now policing its members.

“We are also talking to government agencies like

the Department of Public Works and Highways as well as the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) for Manila in regulating the installation of billboards,” he said.

Meanwhile, Globaltronics, Inc. was established in 2004. Among its clients are Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT), Hapee toothpaste, and Resorts World. CRC

tion for death and bodily injuries.

The bill also mandates the right, duties and obligations of the air carriers such as prevention of harm to passengers and maintenance of aircrafts; designation of an "all flight" or "per route" counters; special accommodations of PWDs, persons with special needs, senior citizens, pregnant women and unaccompanied children; responsibility of the air carrier when the number of passengers is beyond the capacity of the aircraft; duty of the carrier in the vent of flight deviation; provision of assistance desk, operational spare; and immediate reporting of off-loaded checked baggage; availability of check-in counters; assignment of technical personnel in airports; and complaint desk.

It said that the passenger and air carrier shall exhaust all efforts toward setting their disputes amicably in accordance to the provisions set forth in this act and if no amicable settlement reached the government, through the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) may take cognizance of the case.

Any violation of this act shall be penalized in accordance with the

pertinent provisions of the Civil Aeronautics Act of the Philippines, and the Consumer Act of the Philippines.

"Failure on the part of air carrier to comply with any of the obligations stated in this act upon the order of CAB shall, after due hearing, be a ground for suspension of its franchise or license to operate. Grave and repetitive violations after the lifting of the suspension of franchise or license to operate shall be a ground for revocation of such franchise or license to operate," the bill said.

On his part, Magdalo party-list Rep. Francisco Ashley Acedillo, one of the authors of the bill, admitted that the panel approved the measure following the series of complaints against inconveniences by airline passengers to their clients.

“We simply could not ignore the mounting complaints of our airline passengers. Otherwise, we, in Congress, would be called deaf to their clamor,” said Acedillo.

The Air Passenger Bill of Rights is being jointly pursued by the Departments of Transportation and Communication and Trade and Industry under the joint administrative order. (PNA)

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ACEBOOK crashed again on Monday, the second time in less than a week and the third time in three weeks.

Reports said the social network went down for nearly three-quarters of an hour between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. ET (3 a.m. in the Philippines). Users were unable to access their Facebook pages or struggled with extremely long load times or pages that would only partially load.

Instead of seeing their news feeds or friends’ pages, uses received the message: “Sorry, something went wrong. We’re working on it and we’ll get it fixed as soon as we can.”

The website DownDetector.com reported a major spike in problems on Facebook that then fluc-

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tuated up and down for a few hours.

Another website, D o w n R i g h t N o w. c o m , also showed a disruption in service for Facebook in the same time frame, though it also reported another service problem around 5 p.m. ET. On Thursday, Facebook was down for about 10 minutes and then fluctuated until service was fully restored within an hour.

On September 17, Facebook also went down for several minutes.

The company has not given information about what was causing the crashes.

About five hours after Facebook crashed, the hashtag #facebookdown was still trending on Twitter.

Republic of the Philippines City of Davao Office of the Sangguniang Panlungsod

Vice Mayor Paolo Z. Duterte - Presiding Officer Councilor Nilo M. Abellera, Jr. Councilor Ma.Belen S. Acosta Councilor Victorio U. Advincula Jr. Councilor Benard E. Al-ag Councilor Al Ryan S. Alejandre Councilor Leonardo R. Avila III Councilor Karlo S. Bello Councilor Joanne M. Bonguyan-Quilos Councilor Danilo C. Dayanghirang Councilor April Marie C. Dayap

ON OFFICIAL BUSINESS: Councilor January N. Duterte Absent: Councilor Louie John J. Bonguyan Councilor Jimmy G. Dureza Councilor Bonifacio E. Militar Councilor Tomas J. Monteverde de IV

Councilor Edgar R. Ibuyan Sr. Councilor Leah A. Librado-Yap Councilor Rene Elias C. Lopez Councilor Diosdado Angelo A. Mahipus Sr. Councilor Myrna G. L’ Dalodo-Ortiz Councilor Antoinette G. Principe-Castrodes Councilor Marissa P. Salvador-Abella Councilor Halila Y. Sudagar Councilor Mary Joselle D. Villafuerte Councilor Rachel P. Zozobrado

- Caravan in Barangay Waan, Buhangin District

- On Vacation Leave - On Domestic Emergency Leave - On Domestic Emergency Leave - On Sick Leave

ORDINANCE NO. 0334-15 Series of 2015 AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING/APPROVING THE DAVAO CITY DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT FUND INVESTMENT PLAN (DCDRRMFIP) FOR CY 2015, AS PREPARED AND APPROVED BY THE DAVAOCITY DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT COUNCIL IN THE AMOUNT OF FIVE HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR MILLION NINE HUNDRED THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED FORTY-THREE PESOS AND 69/100 (544,935,343.69)

OPPO: Painting the country green

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PPO launched its newest set of smartphones, the R7 Series, last September 15 at the EDSA Shangri-La Hotel in Mandaluyong City amidst a push to “paint the country green.”

“It’s only been a year and a half since we started in the Philippines, and we’re already painting the country green,” OPPO’s National Sales Manager Mark Andrew del Mundo said during the launch.

“We already have more than 3,000 stores selling our products along with more than 150 of our

concept stores,” delMundo said. “OPPO’s a global brand that integrates research, design, engineering, production, sales, marketing, and after sales,” he added.

Garrick Hung, OPPO’s operations manager, spoke during the event regarding the success of the company globally and how it pushes itself to bring out the best it can offer. He also talked about partnering with only the best, such as FC Barcelona and America’s Next Top Model, when it comes to endorsements.

OPPO’s global com-

munity manager Marton Barcza was also present during the event and later introduced the R7 Series’ features and functions to the guests during his talk.

“OPPO is consistently developing and providing advanced products.

We have diversified in the smartphone market,” Barcza said. “We pride ourselves to be the first to offer the full HD camera display, the first with the modernized camera, and the VOOC fast charging.

This has made OPPO a strong contender in the smartphone market.”

Be it ordained by the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Davao City in session assembled that:

SECTION 1. TITLE: This Ordinance shall be known as “ AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING/APPROVING THE DAVAO CITY DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT FUND INVESTMENT PLAN ( DCDRRMFIP) FOR CY 2015, AS PREPARED AND APPROVED BY THE DAVAO CITY DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT COUNCIL. IN THE AMOUNT OF FIVE HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR MILLION NINE HUNDRED THIRTY – FIVE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED FORTY-THREE PESOS AND 69/100 (P 544,935,343.69);” SECTION 2. DECLARATION OF POLICY –Section 2, paragraph (d) of Republic Act. No. 1012 1 provides, to wit:

(d) Adopt a disaster risk reduction and management approach that is holistic, comprehensive, integrated and proactive in lessening the socio-economic and environmental impact of disaster including climate and promote the involvement and participation of all sectors and all stakeholders concerned, at all levels, especially the local community;

SECTION 3. APPROVAL – THE DAVAO CITY DISASTER RISK REDUCTION AND MANAGEMENT FUND INVESTMENT PLAN (DCDRRMFIP) FOR CY 2015, as prepared by the Davao City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council shall be approved for the purpose of developing an all hazards planning approach that will be used for all threats to and/or emergencies or disasters and funding identified projects proposed by various concerned departments to establish responsiveness of the City Government to lessen the impact of disasters in Davao City.

SECTION 4. BUDGETARY REQUIREMENT – The total amount of Five Hundred Forty-Four Million Nine Hundred Thirty-Five Thousand Three Hundred Forty-Three pesos and 69/100 (P 544,935.343.69) is hereby appropriated to fund the Davao City Risk Reduction and Management Fund investment Plan (DCDRRMFIP) for CY 2015; (herein attached as “Annex A”); SECTION 5. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE – If for any reason, any section or provision of this Ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional or invalid, no other section or provision shall be affected hereby; SECTION 6. EFFECTIVITY – This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon approval; ENACTED, May 12, 2015, by a majority vote of all the Memebers of the Sanggunian.

CERTIFIED CORRECT:

ATTESTED:

PAOLO Z. DUTERTE Vice mayor Presiding Officer Cns/mvbm

ATTESTED:

ATTY. JESUS MELCHOR V. QUITAIN City Administrator

CHARITO N. SANTOS Secretary to the Sangguniang Panlungsod (City Government Department Head II)

PHONE FEATURES. OPPO global community manager Marton Barcza introduces the R7 Series’ features and functions.

Meet ASUS’newest ZenFone A compact, stylish and high-value smartphone for today’s savvy and socially-connected consumers, with a vivid 5-inch IPS HD (1280 x 720) display and a feature-rich 8MP PixelMaster main camera with industry-leading low-light performance. The newest member of the original ZenFone generation keeps the fun rolling with a high-capacity battery that provides almost 30 hours of 3G talk time and over 10 days on standby.

ZenFone Go packs a powerful 1.3GHz quad core processor for superior everyday performance, and includes intelligent dual SIM, dual-active technology that lets users both deal with and switch seamlessly between business and personal needs.

This lightweight marvel also has exclusive ASUS SonicMaster audio technology, controlled by the intuitive ASUS AudioWizard with ICEpower® technology for mobile-audio experiences that sound great in any surround-

ings.

ZenFone Go is equipped for superb everyday photography and fun selfies, with two built-in cameras. The main PixelMaster camera has a 8MP, f/2.0 lens to capture stunning photos. PixelMaster’s industry-leading Low Light mode employs pixel-merging technology to capture up to 400%-brighter photos at night, or in lowlight scenes, without the need for a flash — something not previously possible with a 5MP camera.

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DEED OF EXTRA JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT Notice is hereby given that the estate of the late ALFONSA M. CELIS has been the subject of an EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT SALE executed among her heirs per Doc. No.20; Page No.4; Book No. XXV; Series of 2014, of the NOTARY PUBLIC FELIPE E. PAREJA 9/16.23.30

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“I don’t spend much time to think about it — there is so much to think about, this season, this group.”

Bryant admitted that having to field questions about his retirement date “can be a pain in the ass.”

“But when I sit back and think about it, it’s cool, because it means that I had a very good career, people respect my career.”

The Lakers’ fortunes have nosedived in recent years, with the team failing to make the playoffs last year.

Bryant’s fortunes have also fluctuated, with shoulder, Achilles and knee injuries all limiting his ability to help inspire the team as the elder statesman.

He acknowledged that prospects for the upcoming season were uncertain, but said he was excited by the mix of experience and youth on the roster.

“There are big question marks on that team, but I am excited, there are young guys, veterans who have played together in the past, it’s an interesting mix, we have done the work, now it’s the time to put the pieces of the puzzle together,” Bryant said.

“It’s interesting to be around these young guys, it’s the beginning of their career, of their journey. I am as excited as I have been for a long time. They are bringing energy, it’s fun to be part of that — it makes you feel younger.”

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Aeon Towers to open new showroom

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ITH the construction already moving on the third level of the 33-story Aeon Towers, its sales and administration team is getting ready to transfer to a permanent office.

“Yes, we are transferring soon to the building where the office and showroom will be located,” said Aeon Towers marketing manager Gen Marchan.

The Aeon Towers showroom is currently located at an adjacent property but will be relocated in January.

Aeon Towers is the signature project of local developer FTC Group of Compa-

nies and is seen as the next iconic building in Davao City. It features 33 stories that will house high-end condominium units, shopping center, BPO center, luxury hotel, multi-level basement parking, skydeck infinity pool, fitness center and jogging track.

At the moment, the project is now moving towards the completion of concrete pouring of the first three levels from ground. It has four levels underground.

Aside from its showroom, Aeon Towers also has exhibit areas in SM Lanang Premier and SM City Davao.

Winners of 4th Globe media awards in Visayas announced O

UTSTANDING media professionals and social media practitioners were honored at the 4th Globe Media Excellence Awards for their exemplary work in bringing most relevant social issues to the fore through the different channels of print, broadcast and digital media.

The most anticipated premier award-giving body that gives recognition to excellence in journalism in central Philippines, the Globe Media Excellence Awards event was held at the Grand Convention Center of Cebu, coinciding with celebrations of the Cebu Press Freedom Week.

“As Globe strives to be at the forefront of the Fil-

ipino digital lifestyle and as we ensure that our customers are ready to face the future, we hope that together with media professionals and social media practitioners, who take on relevant social issues, that we can all contribute in effecting meaningful transformation in our society for a more wonderful Philippines,” Globe Senior Vice President for Corporate Communications Yoly Crisanto said.

Named as Reporter of the Year for Print award was Ador Vincent Mayol of Cebu Daily News for his article “Prodigal father returns to serve” while Atty. Gloria Ramos, also from Cebu Daily News, was declared as

MEDIA EXCELLENCE. Globe Senior Vice President for Corporate Communications Yoly Crisanto (extreme left) poses with the winners of the 2015 Globe Media Excellence Awards. They are from left, Eileen Mangubat, Editor-in-Chief Cebu Daily News; Isolde Amante, Editor-in-Chief of Sunstar Cebu; Cherry Ann Lim, Managing Editor of SunStar Cebu; Patricia Andrea Patena of

Columnist of the Year for her article “Waste pollution in our midst”. Recognized as Explanatory or Investigative Story of the Year for Print/Online were are Cherry Ann Lim and Liberty Pinili from Sunstar Cebu for their report “Fish in the troubled waters” while named as Photojournalist of the Year was Alex Badayos for his photo “Out of reach”. Badayos is also from Sunstar.

For broadcast, the top recognition of Reporter of the Year for Television was given to Patricia Andrea Patena from TV5 for her feature “Tusok-tusok”.

Patena also bagged the Explanatory or Investigative Story of the Year for TV, also

for Tusok-tusok”. Named as Reporter of the Year for Radio was Rowena Capistrano, from DYRF, for “kangitngit sa kinabuhi, dili babag aron makab-ot ang matam-is nga kabag-ohan.

Recognized as Blogger of the Year was Glady Reyes for her blog entitled “Vanishing Treasures of Negros”. Reyes was also named as Social Media Advocate of the Year. “According to DENR, Negros Or is losing 2,400 hectares of forest a year.”

There were a total of 688 entries this year compared with 522 last year. Entries were from various media organizations in Cebu, Bacolod and Iloilo.

TV 5; Ador Vincent Mayol of Cebu Daily News; Rowena Capistrano of DYRF; Glady Reyes, a blogger from Bacolod; Jasmine Garrido, Globe Regional Marketing head for VisMin; Globe Legal Counsel Atty. Manuel Gordon, Ayala Corp.

Corporate Communications Associate Gale Launio.

Smart president and chief executive officer Napoleon L. Nazareno

Smart’s Nazareno among world’s top telco CEOs

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MART president and chief executive officer Napoleon L. Nazareno made it to the finals for the CEO of the Year distinction of the World Communication Awards (WCA), considered one of the most prestigious awards programs in the global telecom industry which recognizes innovation and outstanding performance in the field.

Out of several nominations, WCA narrowed the choices to only 12 CEOs, including Timotheus Hoettges of Deutsche Telekom, Johan Dennelind of TeliaSonera, and Nasser Marafih of Ooredoo Qatar. Nazareno is the only CEO from Southeast Asia who made it to the final list of contenders.

The WCA is organized annually by London-based industry publication Total Telecom.

WCA’s CEO of the Year will be named during an awarding ceremony to be held in London on December 1.

Nazareno has been CEO of Smart since 2000, and assumed the same position in

parent company PLDT in 2004.

Under his leadership, Smart continues to be the number one mobile service provider in the Philippines. Smart and Sun Cellular, another wireless unit of PLDT, had 68.9 million subscribers by the end of the first half of 2015.

The PLDT Group under Nazareno estimates capital expenditures to hit a record P43 billion this year. Capex will beef up its access networks, expand fiber reach and capacity, and enhance coverage.

It will also fund initiatives to optimize the mobile network, augment network resiliency and redundancy, increase data center capacity, and integrate the Smart and Sun networks for operational efficiency.

These network initiatives will further strengthen the group’s capabilities of growing its digital services. Smart is offering a wide and growing array of music, video, and other digital content and services to enable its subscribers to live the “Smart Life.”

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Iran coach praises Gilas after loss

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HARD TO BEAT F ORMER Olympic coach Dirk Bauermann believes Gilas Pilipinas will be a very dangerous team especially if it continues to flash the same deadly form it did in beating Iran on Monday in the Fiba-Asia Championship here.

In the wake of the Filipinos’ shocking 87-73 trouncing of the Iranians, the German national stressed their conquerors would be very hard to beat should they keep playing the way they did against them.

“When they share the ball the way they did today, they’re very difficult

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to beat,” said the 57-yearold mentor, who guided Dirk Nowitzki and the German national team to the 2008 Olympics in London.

[See Baldwin on Iran win: ‘This game was won by individuals playing as a team’] In particular, Bauermann stressed the complexion of the Philippine team’s play changes owing to the presence of versatile big man Andray Blatche in the middle.

“Obviously, Blatche gives them a dimension that pretty much nobody else does,” said Bauermann, who’s in his first

year as coach of the Iran team that is seeking to defend its title in the tournament in a bid to make it back to the Summer Games slated in Rio De Janeiro next year.

“Most teams are happy if they have a ‘stretch 4’, but when you have a ‘stretch 5’ and you can put him on the floor with a great shooter as No. 33 in (Ranidel) de Ocampo and you have super quick guards that have great athletic ability, it makes it very difficult defensively.”

[See Vengeful win over Iran so sweet for Jayson Castro] Initially, Bauermann

admitted he thought the Iranians were ready to book win no. 5 especially when the team posted a double digit lead early in the second half.

“We thought it’s gonna be smooth sailing for that point on,” said the native of Oberhausen, Germany. “But It’s not.

The Philippines is too good of a team,” Losing a game now however, would be better than falling and getting beaten in the latter part of the Olympic qualifying tournament.

“Like I said, it’s a tournament. It’s not about one game,” he said.

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Kobe disses retirement talks Esdevco-Genesis drops PPC 87-72

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OS Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant said Monday he has not made any decision over his looming retirement as he prepares to embark on his 20th season with the franchise.

Bryant’s future has been the subject of intense speculation in recent months as the 37-year-old enters the second year of a two-year contract deal signed in 2013 that will see him earn $25 million this season.

Former Lakers coach Phil Jackson said Friday he believed Bryant could

elect to extend his career with another team after this season, doubting he would choose to retire.

But Bryant kept reporters guessing on Monday as he wearily brushed off questions about his plans, saying he didn’t know when the time would come.

“I don’t know what will be the decisive factor,” Bryant said.

“How do we know when it’s time? Derek Jeter, Michael Jordan, it was different for all of them. Will I wake up one morning and say ‘That’s it’? Is it a gradual thing?”

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SDEVCO-Genesis notched its third straight win in as many outings for a share of the lead with White House at the resumption of the 2015 Escandor Group of Companies Basketball Tournament at the Genesis Gym over the weekend.

Esdevco-Genesis once again leaned on the prolific Francis Gabriel Escandor who scored a game-high 25 points to lead

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the Enclaves past Premia Packaging 87-72. Gio Bonoya added 12 markers while Glenn Escandor scored two triples. White House kept abreast with the Enclaves with a 3-0 win-loss slate after trampling DASIA 8679.

The Royal Mandaya Hotel edged Globe GMI 56-54 for its first win in two outings. Globe dropped to a 1-2 card.

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Gilas tramples India 99-65, moves to knockout stage T HE Philippine national men’s basketball team needed to overcome a slow start to dispatch India, 99-65, as Gilas Pilipinas clinched the No.1 seed in Group E of the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship Tuesday at CSWC Dayun in Changsha, China.

Terrence Romeo poured in 20 points, three assists and three steals off the bench, while Andray Blatche made 15 markers.

Ranidel De Ocampo added 13 points as Gilas Pilipinas got 12 points apiece from Jayson Castro, Calvin Abueva and Marc Pingris.

The victory propelled Gilas Pilipinas (4-1) to the top spot in Group E as the squad now will face the last-placed qualifier from the other group which could either be Lebanon or Jordan.

But before pulling

away with the blowout win, Gilas Pilipinas had to shake off India that put up a tough fight early in the game.

The Filipinos, fresh from a massive upset of defending champion Iran on Monday, started the game flat as India had an answer to every Gilas Pilipinas basket early.

Vishesh Bhriguvanshi and Amjyot Singh were India’s main men in the first half, scoring 13 and 11, respectively, in the first two quarters as they kept India just within striking distance all first half long.

Romeo and De Ocampo, both coming off the bench, powered the Filipinos as they made 11 points apiece in the first half. Behind them, Gilas Pilipinas grabbed a 42-36 halftime lead, with De Ocampo burying a triple at the second quarter buzzer.

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got some separation in the third quarter, raising its defense a notch higher with a full-court press to slow India down.

Pingris, who suffered early foul trouble, gave the Filipinos a huge scoring boost with his patented one-handers as he made eight third quarter points to help Gilas Pilipinas finally open up a double-digit spread, 65-50, entering the final frame.

India had one last run, threatening to stay close after trimming the deficit to eight points, 66-58, early in the fourth period following an 8-1 run.

But the Filipinos flexed their muscles, countering with a 25-2 run highlighted by fastbreak plays to grab a 91-60 lead and take the fight out of India.

Gilas Pilipinas will take a break on Wednesday before resuming play in the quarterfinals on Thursday.

TOP SCORER. Terrence Romeo poured in 20 points, three assists and three steals off the bench.

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