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‘UNCLE RODY’ BACKS KARLO

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RECYCLED FOR THE HOLIDAYS. A young boy inspects a Christmas house made from recycled materials built by students from the Sta. Ana National High School. More and more Christmas decorations are making themselves visible as the holidays approach. Lean Daval Jr.

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By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR. abf@edgedavao.net

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AVAO City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte on Monday gave his indirect support for incumbent first district Rep. Karlo Alexei Nograles, who is running for his third and last term.

“Ito namang si Karlo he is my, at least my blood line ako sa kanya kasi pinsan ko ang nanay niya (About Karlo, at

least I have a blood line with him because his mother is my cousin),” Duterte told reporters.

“Just go ahead and make yourself happy,” he added, addressing Nograles.

Duterte said no one from his party, the Hugpong sa Tawong Lungsod, is capable to run for the first district Congressional seat.

Nograles is the son of Duterte’s long-time political foe, former House Speaker Prospero Nograles.

The mayor said while he and the older Nograles are rivals, he has no problem with Karlo.

The older Nograles had himself earlier told EDGE Davao that he will support Duterte’s candidacy for

presidency if the latter decides to run.

In an interview after filing his certificate of candidacy last Monday, Karlo said it would be an honor to support a presidential candidate who is from Mindanao.

Duterte, however, announced in last Monday’s press conference that he will not pursue the presidency.

The Vote 2016

Bongbong, Leni files COC Army: Don’t pay permit to NPA

Pacquiao brod seeks House seat, faces disqualification

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SOLID SHELTER. A worker at a second-hand tire store takes refuge inside a huge culvert which will be used in the drainage system rehabilitation along E. Quirino Avenue to protect himself from the scorching heat while waiting for customers. Lean Daval Jr.

I’ll work with whoever is president-Bongbong

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F he wins as Vice President in the 2016 polls, Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos, Jr. sees no problem working with whoever is elected as the country’s new President in May next year.

“I don’t think I’ll have any problem working with any of the presidential candidates or prospective presidential candidates,” Marcos said today after filing his certificate of candidacy (COC) for the vice presidential post at the main office of the Commission on Elections in Intramuros, Manila.

Marcos acknowledged that there may be times when he and the new President would have different positions on certain policies or see things differently from each other.

“But in terms of a working relationship, I’m sure there’s no one that I cannot work with. That’s just not part of my

thinking,” he said.

As part of the Executive Department, Marcos said the Vice President must provide support and assistance to the President.

“But of course you can also try to influence policy in ways you see best,” Marcos said.

In formally declaring his vice presidential bid last Saturday, Marcos vowed to work for the country’s unity, which he said is essential if the nation is to move forward towards a better future.

He noted that years of adversarial politics has sown disunity and has destroyed the country’s sense of nationhood.

“Adversarial politics is fine until the elections are over.

Once the elections are over, we really must put all that aside and work for the national interest---- not partisan interest, not individual interest, but the national interest,”.

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HE Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Tuesday it is closely monitoring at least seven provinces in three Mindanao regions for possible inclusion in the list of Election Areas of Immediate Concern (EAIC) this coming May 2016 elections.

Chief Supt. Noel Vargas, the director of the PNP Directorate for Integrated Police Operation in Western Mindanao (DIPO-WM), said they already have an initial list of provinces in Mindanao to be included in the PNP list of EAIC.

Vargas said at least three provinces each in Regions 9 and 12 and one province in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) are being carefully assessed to be included in the list of EAIC of the PNP for the coming elections.

He said the seven provinces, which he declined to identify, are being closely monitored for possible inclusion in the police list of EAIC due to existing political rivalry, presence of threat groups and a history of Election Related Violent Incidents (ERVIS). (PNA)

Duterte: No list for Hugpong bets

By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.

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AVAO City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte did not reveal the list of candidates of the local party Hugpong sa Tawong Lungsod for next year’s election.

“Look, Hugpong is ruling the day. We do not have opponents, we do not have any opposition,” Duterte said in a press conference on Monday.

He said anyone who is a member of the party can file his or her certificate of candidacy (COC) before the office of Commission on Elec-

tion (Comlec) this week. The period for filing COCs is from October 12 to 16.

Duterte also did not say who the party will endorse for vice mayor but added he could still endorse his son, incumbent Vice Mayor Paolo Z. Duterte.

“Mapaalis mo yang nakaupo diyan? (Can you remove that person already sitting there?),” he said.

Duterte also did not say who the party be endorse to run for second district representative.

“Kung modagan si Vincent si Vincent ang akong supportahan (If Vincent Garcia will run I will support and endorse him),” he said.

Vincent Garcia is the brother of incumbent second district Rep. Mylene Garcia-Albano.

Councilor Bernard Al-ag confirmed yesterday that the mayor has already given the certificates of nomination and acceptance (CONA) to some candidates.

In an interview yesterday, Al-ag said some council-

ors who are members of the party received their CONA last Monday.

“I think kanya-kanya nami mag-file (I think we will file individually),” he said.

“I am running for my last term, hopefully, I will win,” he added.

Councilor Karlo S. Bello also received his CONA. He is running for the position of third district representative.

In a separate interview, Bello told EDGE Davao he was elated with the endorsement of the mayor.

AYOR Rodrigo Duterte is breaking all the rules in politics. Well, nearly all.

First, even his opponents grudgingly admit that there is a genuine clamor for him to run. There is a mass base out there that is the envy of every political party or organization, that is doing everything short of pointing a gun at his head to make him run.

Since the time a woman

knelt before him and practically begged him to run just before the culmination program of the nationwide caravan, tearful ladies have turned up not only on social media but in front of him in different events.

It is unusual, strange, even unheard of.

As Duterte spokesperson Peter Lavina points out, “he is out of the box”. There are few bases for comparison, if at all there are. If you doubt it, here

at least four political “rules” he has broken as far as a presidential run is concerned.

1. Put up a party, if not strengthen the one you are part of. Duterte has declared that if he will run, it will be under PDP-Laban. Although he is the titular head of his Davaobased Hugpong sa Tawong Lungsod, his declaration that he will run under PDP is not surprising because he became a party member a long time

ago. Nevertheless, Duterte has not been actively involved in the recruitment and consolidation of the PDP on a national level. Not because of reservations but because for one who hates bigotry, he also wants to reach out to other parties.

2. Prepare your organization a year ahead. This does not need much explanation. A week before the filing, there is none.

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Dalodo-Ortiz replaces Avila in committees

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AVAO City third district councilor Myrna Dalodo-Ortiz yesterday assumed the chairmanship of the committees headed by councilor Leonardo Avila III who suffered a stroke last month.

Ortiz took her oath in yesterday’s City Council regular session before Acting Vice Mayor Karlo S. Bello as chair of the committees on environment and natural resources and ethics and good governance.

Ortiz also took over the other committees of Avila such as the energy and power and appointments of which the latter was the vice chair.

In an interview after the session, City Council floor leader Bernard Al-ag said the members of Council decided

to nominate Ortiz because they know she can handle the positions.

Al-ag said Ortiz can also give her full attention to the committees since it is now her last term as councilor.

“This is the decision of the whole Council,” he said, adding replacing Avila was a matter of public interest.

Al-ag said Avila is still in the hospital after suffering a stroke last month.

“We decided to replace him in his committee while he is still recuperating,” he said.

He said the Council consulted the family of Avila before deciding to replace him in the committees.

Al-ag said Avila cannot function as city councilor. He said Avila is now conscious but still cannot respond.

Army promotes 1,641 personnel in ComVal

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HE 10th Infantry (Agila) Division promoted 1,641 enlisted personnel during its flag-raising ceremony on Monday in Camp Gen. Manuel T. Yan Sr., Barangay Tuboran, Mawab, Compostela Valley Province.

The number of the newly promoted enlisted personnel is broken down as follows: Master Sergeant - 22; Technical Sergeant - 45; Staff Sergeant - 351; Sergeant 590; and Corporal – 633.

The Headquarters of the Philippine Army issued the promotion orders of the deserving enlisted personnel who met the requirements for the next higher ranks.

The pinning of ranks was also in time for the celebration of the 25th AFP Code of Ethics Day and the 24th anniversary of the Army Office of Ethical Standard and Public Accountability (OESPA).

Major Gen. Rafael C. Valencia, 10th ID commander, led the pinning to the newly promoted soldiers.

“These soldiers definitely deserved their promotion.

This ceremony is a fitting reminder to them of the added responsibilities that come with their new ranks. These newly promoted personnel hold vital roles in our overall campaign,” Valencia said.

(PNA)

NEW CHAIR. Davao City third district councilor Myrna Dalodo-Ortiz takes oath as the new chair of the committees on environment and natural resources and ethic and good governance before Acting Vice Mayor Karlo S.

Bello. The post was formerly headed by Leonardo Avila III, who is still recuperating from a stroke. Armando B. Fenequito Jr.

Briton in child abuse, trafficking wanted But no hold departure order yet

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BRITISH national accused of child abuse and trafficking is still at large, according to a source in Regional Trial Court Branch 33 under Judge Lope Calio.

The source, who requested anonymity for lack of authority to speak on the topic, said the Briton, identified as Lenox James Ellis, is now want-

ed when he did not show up during his scheduled arraignment in court on September 29 and after the subpoena was returned to the court by the warrant officer as Ellis could not be found in his address in Woodridge Subdivision, this city.

Upon motion of State Prosecutor Gaye Canete, Judge

Calio issued a warrant of arrest against Ellis.

The RTC 33 presiding judge also ordered the cancellation the bailbond of Ellis.

Even the complainant in the case, Kenneth Monteramos, did not also show up in the arraignment.

Ellis is facing charges for violations of Republic Act

for the Davao City third district congressional post, received his Certificate of Nomination and Acceptance (CONA) from Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte in a meeting on Monday afternoon. Lean Daval Jr.

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Kidnapped mayor freed

T BETS. Councilor Karlo S. Bello (center) chats with councilors Al Ryan S. Alejandre (left) and Bernard E. Al-ag before the start of yesterday’s regular session at the Sangguniang Panlungsod session hall. Bello, who is gunning

9208, or “Anti-Trafficking of Persons Act of 2003” and Republic Act 7610 for “Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation and Discrimination Act.” He was arrested by a team of policemen on July 12, after a neighbor reported to be allegedly keeping six minors

HE extremist Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) has freed Naga, Zamboanga Sibugay Mayor Gemma Adana in Indanan town, Sulu Tuesday morning after being held captive for six months.

Adana was brought to the residence of Sulu Gov. Abdusakur Tan by concerned religious and community leaders who found her at 6:05 a.m., Joint Task Group Sulu public affairs office chief Capt. Antonio Bulao said.

Bulao said after receiving the report, Joint Task Group Sulu commander Brig. Gen. Alan Arrojado immediately deployed security and medical units to transport Adama to the Kutang Heneral Teodulfo Bautista Trauma Hospi-

tal in Jolo for medical examination prior her transport to Zamboanga City.

“Initial info revealed that her captors were exhausted of the intense military and police pressure brought by the relentless military operations. The group believed that by releasing any of the kidnap victims, military pressure will ease a little,” Bulao said.

ASG bandits wearing military uniforms abducted Adana from her home in Barangay Taytay Manubo, Naga, Zamboanga Sibugay, last April 6.

The gunmen were later seen fleeing, with the mayor in tow, on a motorized boat headed for seawaters of Basilan. (PNA)

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THE WAIT BEGINS. Members of the Davao City media wait patiently for candidates to their Certificates of Candidacy (COCs) for the 2016 election at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) 11 office yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

Bongbong, Leni file COCs

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IRST cousins Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., and Leyte 1st District Representative Martin Romualdez separately filed their respective Certificates of Candidacy (COC) on Tuesday at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) main office in Intramuros, Manila.

The local official of Leyte filed his COC for a senate seat in the May 2016 elections at about 9am.

“I am here today as part of my commitment to honor the Romualdez legacy of dedicated public service. Panahon na upang suklian natin ang malasakit na ibinahagi ng ating mga kababayan ng mas ibayo pang pagmamahal. I will use this as my personal mission not only for our hometown but for the whole nation,” he said.

Romualdez is on his 3rd and last term as congressman of Leyte.

On the other hand, Marcos, who was accompanied by his wife, Lisa Araneta Marcos, filed his COC Tuesday afternoon.

He is running for the Vice-Presidential seat.

Marcos is hoping that being the 7th candidate in the list would be a good sign as the number 7 is a good number for Marcoses.

“I was told that I am the seventh person to file for the VP post so nandyan pa din ‘yung aming lucky number na 7 para sa aming mga Marcos.

I think that’s a good omen,” he said in his short speech after filing his COC. The lawmaker also ex-

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Pacquiao’s brod seeks House seat; faces residency questions

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HE congressional bid in Sarangani of senatorial aspirant and incumbent Rep. Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao’s anointed replacement, younger brother Rogelio “Roel” Pacquiao, is facing initial setbacks due to questions on residency.

Lawyer Michael Mamukid, Commission on Elections (Comelec)-Sarangani supervisor, said Tuesday the younger Pacquiao is not a registered voter of the province when he filed his certificate of candidacy for its lone congressional seat on Monday afternoon.

He said Roel, the incumbent chair of Barangay Apopong here and representative of the Liga ng mga Barangay in the city council, remains a registered voter of the city based on their records.

“We still received his COC since it is our ministerial duty as per our rules but we properly explained to him and his legal counsel the status of his registration,” Mamukid said in an interview over radio station Brigada News.

Roel filed his COC as official candidate of the People’s Champ Movement (PCM), the

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AGR running for Gov ‘Dolfo’for Samal City mayor?

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EP. ANTHONY G. DEL ROSARIO of Davao del Norte’s First Congressional District will run for governor of the province, a position to be left vacant by his father, Gov. Rodolfo del Rosario, whose third and final term will end in 2016.

The lawmaker, who is more popularly known as “AGR,” will lead the provincial lineup of the Liberal Party.

It took a while for the second term congressman to decide to accept the offer to head the provincial slate as he was reportedly eyeing for chairmanship of a powerful committee during his third term in the House of Representatives.

“I don’t know if I am a worthy inheritor to my father’s legacy as governor, but I am indeed running for governor in the hope of continuing what he started in 1998,” AGR said in a text message to Edge Davao.

Dolfo for Samal mayor?

As this developed, per-

sistent unconfirmed reports coming from many quarters in the Island Garden City of Samal have it that outgoing Governor Dolfo del Rosario has been convinced to run for mayor of the island city.

“RDR is running for mayor of IGaCos. No lineup yet,” was the text message received by Edge Davao yesterday from a LGU (local government unit) leader who requested not to disclose his name.

The move to convince Governor Dolfo del Rosario to vie for IGaCoS mayor was started by numerous businessmen and community leaders who believe the outgoing governor could do a lot to solve the perennial problems of the area, and accomplish big projects in the island and its smaller island, Talikud.

Among those who openly advocated for del Rosario were Mario Reta, managing owner of the Isla Reta Beach Resort in Talikud and Talikud Island

Tourism Council president, Pastor Lozada Jr., president of the Samal Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. and Araceli Ayuste, president of the Davao del Norte Provincial Tourism Council.

Governor del Rosario has yet not issued an official statement on the clamor.

Suaybaguio for Congresss Running for 1st District congressman, the position to be vacated by AGR, is Victorio “Baby” Suaybaguio, now in his last term as vice governor.

Suaybaguio’s possible opponent is former congressman Arrel Olano, reports said.

Tonyboy’s comeback Earlier, last Sunday, former representative Antonio “Tonyboy” Floirendo Jr., officially announced his intention to run for congressman in the Second Congressional District in 2016 during a local party meeting where he also swore the group’s candidates for the

“permit to campaign” and “permit to win” scams.

AFP public affairs office chief Col. Noel Detoyato Tuesday said that giving in to the demands of the NPA will only give the faltering rebel move-

ment funds to buy ammunition and firearms which they will use to wreck havoc and mayhem on peaceful communities.

Rebel forces are still a threat in the Davao Region, Compostela Valley and some

three municipalities –Carmen, Sto. Tomas and Braulio Dujali- and Panabo City—for mayor, vice mayor and councilor.

Tonyboy is reportedly unopposed.

The lineup for the Island Garden City of Samal (IGaCoS), the second city in the Second District, was not yet known at the time the meeting was held in the Gambriel Inland Resort, owned by the family of Panabo City Mayor James Gamao.

Bet for vice governor Still unconfirmed reports indicated that Provincial Boardmember Janet Gavina will team up with AGR as candidate for vice governor.

This was in fulfillment to a formula followed by the group that if the candidate for governor is from the First District, the candidate for vice governor will be from the Second District and vice versa, Tonyboy told mediamen covering the political gathering.

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Candidates told: Do not pay ‘permit to campaign’

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ITH the election season about to heat up, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) advised candidates campaigning in the rural areas not to give in to the New People’s Army’s (NPA’s)

parts of Northern Luzon.

Detoyato also urged politicians, being extorted on by the rebels, to report these incidents to the military so that proper action can be taken against the NPA. (PNA)

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For the love of chocolate When life throws you lemons, make some pie.

TEXT and PHOTOS By HENRYLITO D. TACIO

Us, we change the game.

The only thing constant in this world is change.

That said, EDGE Davao is consistently pushing itself to ride the winds of change. With this young organization’s battlecry “Change the game”, we are again blazing the trail amidst the autobahn speeds of developing technology by going to the social media platform to advance our coverage.

Two weeks ago, we posted the “Crying Lady” photo on our Facebook page and it generated nearly 200,000 views in 24 hours. On Monday, as we took to the social media our coverage on the much-anticipated “Announcement II” of Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, a series of posts reached over 100,000 in a matter of minutes leading up to the press conference. In sum, over 200,000 were reached in those hours of “Announcement II” where Mayor Duterte reiterated he is not running for President and is considering reelection for Mayor if his daughter Sara Duterte-Carpio decide not to run.

The numbers speak for the reach of this coverage from our print copy to our online content and we intend to intensify our push towards the optimization of our news reach in the social media platform where the battle has shifted.

These days, most news organizations are taking their content to the social media which has proven to be the most accessible vehicle for news content.

Let’s face it, the game has shifted.

If one has to be in the thick of the fight, one’s presence in this platform would spell the difference. This is where the real demographics are measurable and tangible, not to mention relevant and not limited to a few respondents only of a particular segment.

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It’s a no-brainer. Hundred thousand views can’t be wrong.

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DA wants livelihood program for Bantay Dagat volunteers

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TRAIN SYSTEM. Inventor and chief Maglev architect Jose Guardo Jr. presents to the City Council his Hybrid Maglev Monotrail Train invention through an audio video presentation to solicit support for the realization of a train system in the city. Lean Daval Jr.

HE Department of Agriculture (DA) wants the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to craft a comprehensive livelihood program for the Bantay Dagat (sea patrol) volunteers.

This after Amelita Romana, a member of the Barangay Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management Council (BFARMC) of Barangay Bunawan in Davao City appealed to Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala for funding for the honorarium of sea patrol s.

Bantay Dagat is a group of community-based volunteer organizations under BFAR that work with local and national government officials to protect the marine environment within 15 kilometers of the shore.

They patrol against illegal fishing and provide assistance in rescue operations.

“We haven’t received any honorarium ever since (we were formed),” Romana told Alcala during the latter’s visit in Davao City last week for the turn-over ceremony of the bottom-up budgeting projects at the Waterfront Insular Hotel Davao.

Romana said the Bantay Dagat should receive an honorarium under the Philippine Fisheries Code of 1998.

Alcala, however, said the department can not immediately release funding for the sea patrols because the law does not clearly state what the source of the funding would be.

“We have already proposed to BFAR director Asis Perez for the giving of comprehensive livelihood to members of Bantay Dagat teams,” Alcala said during the event’s open forum.

Alcala said he proposed to BFAR the possibility of giving sea rangers the capital to start a small fish cage in the sea.

He also said sea patrols should be given proper training and insurance to ensure they will be able to do their duty while earning.

The national plan for the Bantay Dagat program was for every coastal municipality to have at least two patrol boats for a total of 1,600 patrol boats for the 800 coastal municipalities in the country. Cheneen R. Capon

Davao’s rice production Fishers want ban on active to decrease due to El Niño fishing gear in Davao Gulf

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ICE production in Davao Region is expected to drop by less than one percent by the third quarter of the year as an effect of the long-drought season that is seen to last until the first quarter of 2016.

“Rice, aside from the corn and other high value crops, is the most affected crop of the long dry spell season,” Department of Agriculture (DA) 11 assistant regional director Maria Febe T. Orbe told reporters in an interview.

Orbe said the forecast was made by the Philippine Statistic Authority (PSA) which said the long drought season caused a delay in planting activities in rice production areas.

PSA said in its rice and corn outlook that palay (unmilled rice) production in 2015 could decline by 0.6

percent to 18.86 million metric tons, down from 18.97 million MT in 2014.

PSA said in an earlier report that the prolonged dry spell would likely reduce the harvest area to 4.68 million hectares this year from last year’s 4.74 million hectares.

It also said rice production in the first semester in the country fell 0.7 percent to 8.32 million metric tons (MT) from the 8.38 million MT in 2014 because of reduced harvest area.

“Yield slightly improved from 4 MT per hectare in 2014 to 4.04 MT per hectare this year. Production in the second quarter alone went down by 2.9 percent,” the PSA report said.

Orbe said although the region is not a major producer of rice, production areas here will suffer a slight decrease

in its yield because of El Niño that is expected to peak this months.

The production areas here are located in Compostela Valley, Davao Oriental, Davao del Norte, and some municipalities in Davao del Sur. Orbe said the DA has already distributed drought-tolerant rice varieties under its regular program to aid rice farmers here in Davao Region.

The National Food Authority (NFA) in Davao City earlier expressed its confidence that the city has more than enough rice supply if the drought season worsens.

NFA-Davao City assistant manager Maria Ellaine Respecia said last week that the NFA office here has 400,000 sacks of 50 kilogram NFA rice that can last until the second quarter of next year.

“There will be ample supply of rice in the city even with the advent of the long drought season,” she said.

In fact, the city might receive another batch of NFA rice imported from either Thailand or Vietnam, she added.

“We are expecting about 200,000 bags of 50 kg NFA rice by November,” Respecia said. However, the information was not yet official, she added.

“That information is still a general information that reached our office. We are still waiting for the official communication from the central office,” she added.

If delivered, this would increase the city’s buffer stock until next year. The NFA-Davao City is disposing of around 2,500 bags of NFA rice daily.

IL companies will hike their crude products on Tuesday, as it reflects the high prices during the market closing last week.

In separate advisories, Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, Seaoil Philippines, Inc (SPI), Petron Corp, PTT Philippines and Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp (PSPC) said they will hike their diesel prices by 65 centavos per liter.

According to the latest oil monitor of the Department of

Energy (DOE), service stations around Metro Manila offered diesel on Monday at around Php 24.55-28.00 per liter. It has a common price of Php 26.70 per liter.

Eastern Petroleum, on the other hand, will hike its diesel prices by 70 centavos per liter.

Petron, Phoenix and PTT Philippines will also hike their gasoline products by 10 centavos per liter.

However, Eastern Petroleum and PSPC said the price

of their gasoline products would remain unchanged.

On Monday, gasoline amounted to Php 35.85-43.35 per liter. Its common price amounts to Php 42.25 per liter.

Petron, Seaoil and PSPC would also raise prices of kerosene by 70 centavos per liter.

All price changes will take effect at 6:00 a.m. on Tuesday.

Eastern Petroleum said the hike would “reflect the uptrend in world oil prices at the close of last week’s trading.”

The firm also said that the oil market was still experiencing an oil glut, adding industry experts see that it would take some time for supply and demand to rebalance.

With the forecast, Eastern Petroleum noted global energy demand is expected to increase by a third over the next 20 years.

The downtrend of crude prices started last year during shale oil’s full-blast entry into the oil market. (PNA)

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FISHERFOLK organization from Governor Generoso in Davao Oriental has asked Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala to strengthen the implementation of Fisheries Administrative Order (FAO) No. 201 or the banning of fishing activities that use active fishing gear after the three-month Davao Gulf Closed Season.

“This would ensure the continuity of the spawning season of small pelagic fishes in the region’s main source of its fish production,” Barug Katawhan Multipurpose Cooperative manager Jerry Dela Cerna said during the open forum at the turn-over ceremony of the Department of Agriculture and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Re-

sources (BFAR) at the Waterfront Insular Hotel Davao last week.

The three-month closed season is mandated by Joint Administrative Order (JAO) No. 02-2014 issued jointly by the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).

It prohibits the fishing from June to August of every year of species of fishes in Davao gulf like big-eyed scad, skipjack tuna, species of tuna, scad, mackerel, and moonfish.

The JAO 02-14 also bans the use of bagnets, locally known as basnig, and ringnets for fishing activities in the Davao Gulf.

The JAO further states

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Peter Wallace speaks in Davao Icon 2015

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eter Wallace of the Wallace Business Forum, a renowned business and chief executive consultant, is set to give a talk on the 3rd Davao Investment Conference at SMX Convention Center, SM Lanang Premiere, Davao City on November 4 to 6, 2015.

As Davao ICon 2015 highlights the Real Estate Investment Industry as its main focused industry abreast with ICT, Tourism and Manufacturing industries, it projects to ignite the active and vibrant development of Davao City throughout the region. Along this promising growth, it necessitates that businesses con-

tinuously improve and keep up on the latest trends of the market.

Wallace has a goal of helping Chief executives and corporations formulate and implement effective strategies to strengthen their respective businesses.

Being an expert on business consultancy, Wallace will give a talk on “Medium-Term Global and Philippine Economic Outlook and Impact on the Davao Region.”

His discussion will give a heads up for executives, business owners, and participants on what to anticipate and how

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It’s a blast the Camella way!

Text and photos by Lean Daval Jr.

Camella Southern Mindanao general manager Marlon Niño Escalicas leads participants in the zumba party.

CAMELLA TAGUM celebrated its four years of strong presence in the Palm City with a bang as it treated Tagumeños with a night of fun-filled activities.

It was Camella’s way of giving back to the people who trusted and believed on the lifestyle it offers which helpedenmesh the country’s leading real estate company to lives of Tagumeños.

As the debonair Marlon Niño Escalicas, Camella Southern Mindanao general manager, said there’s really a reason to celebrate as 85 percent of CamellaTagum’s 847 horizontal units were already soldout and a planned expansion will be unveiled soon.

“It’s a fitting treat to everyone who made CamellaTagum the yardstick for home building in this part of the coun-

try,” said Escalicas.

The celebration kicked off with a fourkilometer night run dubbed as “Color Blast” with some 300 runners composed mostly of CamellaTagum residents, prospective buyers, brokers and Camella employees taking part in the exciting footrace.

A zumba and foam party immediately followed where participants took part in intimate interactions and, of course, burn some calories at the same time.

The party was capped with a 10-minute fireworks display which signaled the beginning of another successful year for CamellaTagum.

Runners sprint away from the starting gate in the fourkilometer night run.

Tagumeños enjoy the zumba and foam party.

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EVENT

Good vibes in a box

By Kenneth Irving Ong WITH the season of gift-giving just around the corner, the opening of Purple Box at the ground level of The Apo View Hotel last October 8 is truly timely.

The brainchild of Davao’s premier jeweller Emilia Sitjar, Purple Box is a premium gift shop that is stocked with various unique baubles, trinkets, and accessories that are perfect for giving away or to keep at home.

“The pieces we carry at Purple box are truly unique and these are properly curated much like pieces of jewellery,” says Eileen Sitjar who runs the shop “Some of the items were purchased during our many travels around Asia and are truly one-of-a-kind.”

Far from mass-produced items. Curios at the Purple Shop include fashionable accessories such as silver minaudieres, necklaces made of agates, blown murano glass baubles, and even artful tapestries inlaid with semi-precious stones. Each item is like a waor of art in itself.

“A lot of our items are hand-crafted and are limited in number. This is so that people who want to give unique gifts have a place to go to and be excited about,” added Eileen.

The Purple Box is open daily at the ground floor of The Apo View Hotel.

Marco Polo Davao adopts Philippine Eagle “Marikit”

MARCO POLO DAVAO adopts Philippine Eagle Marikit, a 15-year old female eagle rescued last 2002 from Siocon, Zamboanga del Norte.

Marikit was initially named after her origin, Zamboanga. She was caught by a Subanon tribesman and was sold to a buyer who turned her over to the Philippine Eagle center through the assistance of the Philippine Air Force. She was examined and was diagnosed to have three pellets embedded to her body.

She was rehabilitated and later paired with a male eagle, Phoenix, and lives at the breeding enclosure at the eagle center. Their eight years of pairing produced eggs but were infertile.

After 13 years of stay at the eagle center, Marikit is showing a healthy condition based on her annual physical checkup. Marco Polo Davao’s adoption of Marikit is part of its commitment to save our national bird from extinction through the Philippine Eagle Foundation.

Guests and individuals can show support for the Philippine Eagles by adopting an eagle stuffed toy available at the Marco Polo Davao Business Center for only Php565.00.

All proceeds will be donated to support the research, conservation and rehabilitation programs of the Philippine Eagle Foundation.

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GMA airs ‘Princess in the Palace’ in the vernacular in all VisMin stations MORNINGS will never be this prime as GMA Network airs Princess in the Palace, dubbed in the vernacular, in all of its regional stations in Visayas and Mindanao.

Catering especially to the regional audiences, the Cinderella story-soap starring child wonder Ryzza Mae Dizon as the happy and loving Princess is dubbed in Ilonggo in Iloilo and Bacolod; Cebuano in Cebu; and Bisaya in Cagayan de Oro, Davao and General Santos.

Aling Maliit invades VisMin on Sunday, October 11, at 10:00 am, via a recap special titled “Princess in

the Palace: The Beginning,” also dubbed in local dialect.

Then, starting Oct o ber 12, Monday, re gu lar epi-

sodes of “The Ryzza Mae Show Presents Princess in the Palace” air from 11:30am to 12:00pm, right before Eat Bulaga.

This “little child in a big world” themed soap is a fish-out-of-water role for Ryzza, who is set to prove her craft in the acting arena.

Further strengthening the main cast, Ryzza is joined by another successful child star of her generation, Aiza Seguerra, and by drama t h e s pian, Ms. Eula Valdez .

The Ryzza-Aiza-Eula ensemble renders a unique TV drama triumvirate on weekday late-mornings.

In a rare moment in local TV history, the soap delves into

the personal life of a Philippine president, including the conflicts within her family. Princess surprisingly meets President Leona, played

by Valdez, and from that random meeting, a friendship between them blooms proving that true family is not only measured by blood. Princess also captures the hearts of the people in the Presidential Palace, including Presidential Security Group member Joey, played by Seguerra.

Princess in the Palace is a feel-good drama of a morning show featuring seasoned actors of dif-

ferent generations. Starring as well are Ms. Boots Anson Roa, Ms. Ces Quesada, Ciara Sotto, Mark Abaya, Lianne Valentin, Miggy Jimenez, Neil Perez, Vince De Jesus, Rocky Salumbides, and Mr. Dante Rivero. It is written by Robert Raz and is directed by Michael Tuviera.

To know more about the Network’s regional specials and events, follow GMA on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ gmanetwork and GMA Regional TV at www. facebook.com/GMARegionalTV and on Twitter and Instagram via @ GMARegionalTV.

Kris, Kim, Claudine, and Iza grace ‘Etiquette for Mistresses’ book launch THE powerhouse cast of the Star Cinema blockbuster film “Etiquette for Mistresses” joined forces once more for a special book launch and meet and greet for the best selling book that inspired their hit movie last Sunday at SM Megamall Cinema 2.

300 early birds got a chance to purchase a pre-signed copy of the special edition film tie-in of “Etiquette for Mistresses” book and have a photo opportunity with Claudine Barretto, Iza Calzado, Kim Chiu and Kris Aquino.

The movie adaptation was generally well-received by audiences and immediately breached the P15 million mark on its opening day.

Though they may be decades apart, both the book and the movie show audiences that methods and technology may change but mistresses, like love and insanity, stay the same. Readers get a glimpse of the surreal world of real-life mistresses.

ABS-CBN’S “ONE KAPAMILYA GO” DRAWS 4,000 FANS IN AMSTERDAM. Four thousand people flocked to the Amsterdam Arena for the “One Kapamilya Go” festivities held recently featuring Kapamilya stars Bea Alonzo, Paulo Avelino, Enchong Dee, Maja Salvador, and comedian Pooh. Bea, Paulo, and Pooh serenaded the fans, who came from the Benelux economic region, which consists of neighbor countries Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg.

Enchong and Maja, meanwhile, made the dance floor sizzle with their amazing dance moves, wowing the crowd inside the arena. Aside from the performance of the Kapamilya stars, the fans who filled the arena were treated to a special screening of the pilot week of “FPJ’s Ang Probinsyano.” “One Kapamilya Go!” is a program of ABS-CBN Regional that aims to bring the ABS-CBN talents closer to Filipinos who are abroad.

October 14 – 20, 2015

THE PRENUP Jennylyn Mercado, Sam Milby PG

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

BRIDGE OF SPIES Tom Hanks, Alan Alda PG

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

PAN Hugh Jackman, Levi Miller PG

R-16

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

CRIMSON PEAK Tom Hiddleton, Jessica Chastain R16

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‘The Iring’ cat health event a success

By Kenneth Irving Ong

CAT LOVERS and friends gathered together at the Pet’s First Veterinary Clinic last October 4 for The Kat Closet’s first Halloween event, The Iring.

The Iring is part of The Kat Closet’s cat awareness and health campaign that encourages owners of native cats to come out and have their pets checked, vaccinated and spayed or neutered all at a discounted price.

The event was spearheaded by The Kat Closet’s Katrina “Kat” Carriedo together with a team of Davao’s highly skilled veterinarians Dr. Bayani Vandenbroeck and

Dr. Clarence Cocjin of DBAWC, Dr. Hyacinth Pugoy of Paws Palace, and Dr. Joanna Mercader of Pets First. The capable staff of Pets First were also onhand to assist.

“We are glad that we were able to help our native cat owners to look after the health and well-being of their pets,” beamed Kat “we home this will encourage more pet owners to become more responsible and have their pet cats spayed or neutered.”

This years The Iring was also supported by Cat Care cat food.

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Climate change threatens food security Text and Photos by HENRYLITO D. TACIO from reservoirs and rivers and flooded fields grow.

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E are poised on the brink of a climate change unlike any witnessed during the past two millenniums,” said a statement read during the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro.“ The greenhouse effect and the depletion of the earth’s protective ozone layer have assumed dangerous proportions and present an inestimable challenge to mankind.”

“Ten thousand years have passed since the current pleasantly temperate period began, so another sudden shift is overdue. The notion that greenhouse gases could trigger such a rapid change keeps serious scientists up at night… And since scientists today have little understanding of past climate flips, it’s impossible to say when the next one will start,” wrote Gregg Easterbrook in “A Skeptical Guide to Doomsday,” a 2003 Wired article said.

Climate change is, indeed, already here and everyone is affected. No one is spared from its wrath. “Climate change is ... here and it can only get worse. We believe that climate change is going to be more intense. The Philippines will be most vulnerable if the people are least prepared,” said Amelie Obusan, climate and energy campaigner of Greenpeace Philippines.

The World Bank lists the Philippines as one of the top 12 countries “at highest risk to climate change.” Droughts, floods, storms, rising sea levels, and greater uncertainty in agriculture were the reasons cited why the country was among included in the top list.

The 2013 Global Climate Risk Index ranked the Philippines fourth among more than 190 countries around the world that have suffered the most extreme weather events such as flooding and storms over the past 20 years.

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) has already warned the public of extreme weather condition characterized by significant increase in hot days and warm nights, extreme rainfall activity, and significant increase in annual mean temperature.

While the frequency remains the same at about 20 typhoons a year, there are now about five to six of these that are stronger with wind speeds of about 220 kilometers per hour compared to about two or three previously. And they bring a lot of rains.

Food shortage More importantly, climate change will greatly affect food production. It has been estimated by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) that up to 25 per cent of world food production could be lost by 2050 as a result of climate change, water scarcity and land degradation.

“Despite the technological advances in the second half of the 20th century, agriculture remains to be one of the most vulnerable sectors to climate change,” notes Apple Jean C. Martin in a policy advocacy.

“Climate change is more disastrous to the agricultural industry of the Philippines and its neighboring countries than in other parts of the world,” warned Dr. David Street of the US Argonne National Laboratory.

The Laguna-based International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) reported that climate change could reduce rice yields. Although its study showed that rice could benefit from higher levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, an increase in temperature would “nullify any yield increase.”

According to the Philip-

pine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development, about 5-7 percent decline in yield of major crops in the Philippines is attributed to climate change. “The yield reduction is caused by heat stress, decrease in sink formation (number of spikelet per unit ground area), shortening of growing period, and increased maintenance for respiration,” said the line agency of the Department of Science and Technology.

Drying world Water resources are especially vulnerable to climate change. “In a warmer world, we will need more water – to drink and to irrigate crops,” said the London-based Panos Institute. “Water for agriculture is critical for food security,” points out Mark W. Rosegrant, a senior research fellow at the Washington-based International Food Policy Research Institute.

“The link between water and food is strong,” says Lester R. Brown, president of Earth Policy Institute, also based in Washington, D.C. “We drink, in one form or another, nearly 4 liters of water per day. But the food we consume each day requires at least 2,000 liters to produce, 500 times as much.”

This explains why 70 percent of all water use is for irrigation. An estimated 40 percent of agricultural products and 60 percent of the world’s grain are grown on irrigated land. “Agriculture is by far the biggest consumer of water worldwide,” IRRI said. For instance, to raise a ton of rice, you need a thousand gallons of water.

But there could be less water to go round, as underground water reserves in coastal areas are flooded by sea water, as sea levels rise and as evaporation losses

Dwindling fish catch Not too many know that emissions from burning oil, coal and gas are both heating up the oceans and making them more acidic. That is combining to reduce the amount of seafood that can be caught, according to Ocean-Based Food Security Threatened in a High CO2 World.

Seafood is a primary source of protein for more than a billion of the poorest people in the world, said Matthew Huelsenbeck, author of the report and marine scientist at Oceana, an environmental non-government organization.

“Seafood is the only source of protein in large parts of the world,” Huelsenbeck said.

“And for many local fishers, if they don’t catch fish, they go hungry.”

Filipinos are one of the world’s biggest fish consumers as more than half of their protein requirement come from fish. Each year, a Filipino consumes almost 30 kilograms of seafood.

Rising sea levels are seen by many scientists as the most serious likely consequence of

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global warming. The IPCC predicted in 2007 that sea levels will rise by up to 59 centimeters (23 inches) before 2100 due simply to the expansion of warmer ocean waters. The Philippines ranks fourth in the Global Climate Risk Index.

Fifteen of the 16 regions of the country are vulnerable to sea level rise.

“Many fish stocks will suffer because their spawning and nursery grounds in coastal mangroves and lagoons will be engulfed by rising sea levels,” the Panos Institute reported. The IPCC said that climate change may become a more important threat to ocean fisheries than overfishing.

Food unrest “The world price of food, which has already doubled over the last decade, is slated to climb higher, ushering in a new wave of food unrest,” wrote Brown, author of Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity. “As food prices climb, the worldwide competition for control of land and water resources is intensifying.”

Extreme Weather, Extreme Prices, published by Oxfam, found that extreme weather in less than 20 years

could push up prices 120% to 140% above the average food price in 2030, that will already be double today’s prices.

Already, millions of households now routinely experience days when they will not eat each and every week.

A survey conducted by Save the Children shows that 24% of families in India now have foodless days. For Peru, it is 14% while it’s 27% in Nigeria.

The world’s poorest spend up to 75% of their income on food. “The huge potential impact of extreme weather events on future food prices is missing from today’s climate-change debate,” noted Tim Gore, Oxfam’s Climate Change Policy Adviser. “The world needs to wake up to the drastic consequences facing our food system of climate inaction.”

Meanwhile, the climate gone crazy continues. “Climate change is taking place before our eyes and will continue to do so as a result of the concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, which have risen constantly and again reached new records,” deplored Michel Jarraud, secretary-general of the World Meteorological Organization.

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The worst years

T is expected of former First Lady Imelda Marcos to sing the praises of her husband, Ferdinand Marcos, under whose administration, she said, the Philippines had “the best time.” After all, she was part of the “conjugal dictatorship” and is widely credited — or blamed — for many of the things that happened during that two-decade period.

From her and her family’s perspective, living in Malacañang as they did, everything must have been rosy, with no trace of the poverty that was gripping the country outside of the walls of the Palace. Her son, Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, expressed it well in a recent interview in which he was asked if he was going to apologize for the sins of his father: “Will I say sorry for the thousands and thousands of kilometers that were built? Will I say sorry for the agricultural policy that brought us to self-sufficiency in rice? Will I say sorry for the power generation? Will I say sorry for the highest literacy rate in Asia?

What am I to say sorry for?”

To say that those claims are not true is an understatement, and many of those who lived through those days are still alive today to attest to this. The infrastructure that was put up was built at a gross overprice, with kickbacks lining the pockets of those in power. Rice self sufficiency was an illusion especially as millions of Filipinos were going hungry. And people may have been literate, but of what use was

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it when there were no jobs available for them? Remember that the OFW phenomenon started during the Marcos era as Filipinos left the country precisely to escape the festering problems martial law was causing.

But while the Marcoses may be forgiven for not believing that those were the best years of our nation’s life, today’s generation may not.

Many of today’s youth, those who were born after the Marcoses were booted out in 1986, apparently believe that either the truth is not being told or that it is time to move on and forget the past. The first one can be addressed simply by directing them to talk to their elders and ask them what happened during the Marcos years. They can also check Republic Act 10368 in which the state formally acknowledges the human rights violations committed during the martial law period.

It is not a myth, kids; the martial law abuses were real, and they victimized real people.

As for those who believe the country should move on, they should try looking up the 50,000 victims of martial law who filed claims for reparation last year. They are still with us, those who suffered the worst of the dictatorship, and they still bear the scars of the horrors that befell them. For them, the Marcos years were certainly the worst years of our lives.

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Cheap power, not cheap labor

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IME and again we are fed with the possibility of power shortages.

Government always prepares us for a situation of scarcity that, in classical economic terms, pushes prices of a given commodity up. To quote a 2014 Wall Street Journal blog: “At a cost of more than 22 U.S. cents per kilowatt hour for residential supply, according to 2011 figures from USAID, the Philippines charges some of the highest prices in Southeast Asia for power that is among the region’s patchiest.”

The blog goes on to explain that a cause of such an outcome is that the government is unable to subsidize or assist in lowering power production costs.

Malaysia and Thailand and even Singapore have power rates that 100 percent cheaper than ours. The availability of affordable electricity was cited as a major driver in making investment decisions.

Accounting for a range of about 5-15 percent of total production costs, it ranks almost the same as labor costs in some

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DON’T know if the story is true or it’s another urban legend. But the anecdote below is a good way to start today’s column: After watching Hollywood actor Cary Grant (Archibald Leach in real life) on a television broadcast, his mother, then in her nineties, reprimanded him for letting his hair get so grey.

“It doesn’t bother me,” the actor replied carelessly. Rebuffed the mother: “Maybe not, but it bothers me. It makes me seem so old.”

This brings us to the subject of age.

“Age is not a particularly interesting subject,” Hollywood comedian Groucho Marx averred. “Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.”

“Age to me means nothing,” said film actor George Burns, the oldest actor to receive an Academy Award for his performance in ‘The Sunshine Boys.’ “I can’t get old; I’m working. I was old when I was twenty-one and out of work. As long as you’re working, you stay young. When I’m in front of an audience, all that love and vitality sweeps over me and I forget my age.”

Fashion model Linda Evangelista agrees: “I don’t think age is an ugly process. I think age is a beautiful thing. I love wrinkles. I don’t like falling down.

If I just wrinkle, I may not touch. If I fall down, I’ll lift up.”

Old age consists of ages nearing the average life span of human beings, and thus the end of the human life cycle. Euphemisms and terms for older people

cases. Little MY TWO CENTS’ wonder why we are only 5th in Foreign Direct Investment Generation in ASEAN, competing with Vietnam by generating John Tria about $3-4 ecisouth@gmail.com billion dollars per year. Take note: affordable and available. Sadly, these are two vital adjectives that can never be read in one sentence in this country. Often we are faced with having available yet expensive electricity, or cheap but unavailable power. Must it always be this way?

The effect of high power rates on the workforce is the pressure to seek higher wages to deal with high costs of living.

While inflation may remain benign over the last few years, it is only so through

sound fiscal management that has proven to be tough in balancing an economy and creating stability. We have yet to see the real lowering of electricity and food prices. While some new power projects are set for commissioning within the next few years, there is still the fear that this will not result in enough scale to lower rates and meet the levels in Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia.

At the same time, high costs of other inputs such as electricity exert a pressure on the part of industry to keep wages low.

What happens therefore is that personnel salaries are kept low, while the cost of living is allowed to remain high, or at least beyond what a single breadwinner can afford. Why bother asking why urban blight and slum areas exist in urban areas or near industrial zones with poor sanitation? It’s because that is what they can afford when faced with a mix of low salaries and high living costs.

With the recent revelation of power subsidies given to the Philippine Eco-

nomic Zone Authority in 2009, it is an admission that indeed, power rates are high, and that they are a major factor in compelling investors to set up shop in a given location. What makes this issue dicey is that while subsidies are given to foreign direct economic zone locators, the rest of the country has to suffer with the high electricity cost. The companies enjoying the subsidy already receive hefty tax breaks, apart from retaining foreign ownership. Is it really all that bad?

What many experts are trying to say is that we need to produce more power to mitigate scarcity and balance the price of power, and do so without the negative externalities of pollution and increased safety and health risks. It’s a good thing that renewable energy systems are being commissioned to create a more reliable mix between renewable and non-renewable energy sources. But the end in mind is to please, once and for all, lower the cost of power.

include adTHINK ON THESE! vanced adult, elderly, and senior citizen and pensioner. Older people have limited regenerative abilities and are more prone to Henrylito D. Tacio disease, synhenrytacio@gmail.com dromes, and sickness than other adults.

Life, they say, begins at forty. And at this time, people tend not to discuss age.

Someone explained: “Old age is a mental attitude as well as a physical problem. People shudder when you discuss old age.” Oliver Wendell Holmes points out: “ A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called an old man for the first time.”

“Many people think old age is a disease, something to be thwarted if possible,” said T.C. Myers. “But someone has said that if any period is a disease, it is youth. Age is recovering from it.”

Since time immemorial, people – particularly women – want to hide their true age. Hollywood comedian Lucille Ball quipped: “The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.”

If you can’t lie your age, you can try various products to keep on looking and feeling young. Ellen Glasgow once said:

“ Though it sounds absurd, it is true to say I felt younger at sixty than I felt at twenty.”

The search for the Fountain of Youth continues. According to legends, the spring reputedly restores the youth of anyone who drinks of its waters. Florida in the United States is said to be its location, and stories of the fountain are some of the most persistent myths associated with the state.

In fact, there is a long standing myth is that Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon was searching for the Fountain of Youth when he travelled to present-day Florida in 1513. (He reportedly found it in the mysterious Wakulla Springs, a favorite setting of Hollywood movies including the Tarzan series.)

And who has not heard of Peter Pan, a fictional character created by Scottish novelist and playwright, J.M. Barrie. This mischievous little boy refuses to grow up and thus he remains as such on the small island of Neverland.

Don’t ask women about their age.

Hollywood actress Jane Fonda explains: “Women are not forgiven for aging. Robert Redford’s lines of distinction are my old-age wrinkles.”

Husbands and lovers, listen to the advice of Robert Frost: “ A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman’s birthday but never remembers her age.”

Yes, women hate men asking them their age. That’s the reason why, British novelist Agatha Christie once said: “ An archaeologist is the best husband a

woman can have. The older she gets, the more interested he is in her. “ But there are always two sides of a coin. Look at the brighter side, so they say. T. Kinnes said: “On the bright side of life you will probably save a lot on shampoo when getting old and bald, and no longer have to suffer from thwarted and long gone ambitions.”

If you ask Clint Eastwood, his answer would be: “ The best part of aging in this business is losing that obsession about work and being able to spend a little more time with family.”

C.S. Lewis reveals: “When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am 50, I read them openly.

When I became a man, I put away childish things - including the fear of childishness and the desire to be grown-up.”

“Live your life and forget your age,” Norman Vincent Peale suggests. The French Marshall Lyautey once asked his gardener to plant a tree. The gardener objected that the tree was slow growing and would not reach maturity for 100 years. The Marshall replied, “In that case there is no time to lose. Plant it this afternoon!”

Sir Francis Bacon states: “Age appears best in four things: old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.”

And if you’re old enough, here’s an advice from Cyril Connolly: “Be nice to those younger than you, they are the ones who will be writing about you.”

Who says age matters?

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3. Plan ahead. A spin-off of no. 2, Duterte has no comprehensive schedule of activities.

Proof of that is the supposed proclamation today. There has been no date set for that much anticipated proclamation.

4. Choose your team. Two presidential contenders have so far announced that they will support him if he runs for president. Several potential senatorial candidates have pretty much indicated the same thing although not yet in official pronouncements. Beyond that, no more.

There are some who accuse Duterte of flip-flopping.

False. He never said he will run. He only gave a hint of what he will do if he is president.

There is a whale of a difference between the two. Unfortunately, a lot of people cannot tell the difference.

Some people fault him for raising the people’s hopes. It was not in the plan. He merely agreed to go around to promote federalism out of his genuine concern over a potential disaster in Mindanao if the BBL fails. In the course of his advocacy campaign, he was instead became a viable presidential candidate. It is not difficult to see why.

Others say he is playing hard to get. You can say that if you already have everything in place. A week before the deadline in the filing, everything is up in the air. He has not chosen his vice-president, no senatorial line-up except the eight names floated and definitely no nationwide political

network.

If you call this flip-flopping and playing hard to get, I call it political suicide. It has never been done before. Only God knows if it can be done.

If ever Duterte runs, it is not because he wants to be president. It is because many people want him to. But unlike PNoy in 2010 and his mother in 1986, Duterte is the most qualified and most prepared bet.

If ever Duterte runs, he will not have to rely on his political party but a nationwide group of gritty volunteers who will not take no for an answer.

This is a far more potent army of campaigners than any gathering of politicians, some of whom were merely coerced to join.

If ever Duterte runs, his opponents will have to think twice because they will not only have to deal with him.

They will have to deal with the millions who cast their lot on him enough to give their lives for him.

There are those who say EDSA was a miracle. If ever Duterte wins, it will be another miracle. Making him decide is already miracle in itself. Making him win is going to be the bigger miracle. The biggest miracle, however, is making him succeed as president. He can never do it on his own. No one else can.

Some call it destiny. Others call it fate.

If Duterte indeed runs, wins and succeeds, I call it God’s will.

that the use of fine mesh net for ringnets and bagnets and similar fishing gears or operation throughout the year is prohibited.

But dela Cerna told Alcala that the spawning of the small pelagic fishing during the three-month closed season in the Davao Gulf could be extended by banning the operation of active gears in municipal waters covering areas 15 kilometers from the coast.

FAO No. 201 covers the banning of fishing “by means of active gear in municipal waters, bays and fishery management areas.”

“Active fishing gear refers to fishing devices characterized by gear movements and pursuit of the fish by towing, lifting and pushing the gear, surrounding, covering, dredging and scaring it to impoundments,” the order says.

Active fishing gear operated either by municipal of commercial fishing vessels include trawl, purse seine or pangulong, Danish seine or hulbot-hulbot, ringnet, drivein net, round haul seine, motorized push net, and bagnet.

FAO No. 201 does not cover the use of non-active gear like cast nets, spear, crab or

shrimp lift net, hook and line, pole and line, multiple handline, troll line, jig, man pushnet, cover pot, scoop net or seine, bottom and drift gillnet, drift filter net, kitang longline and beach seine.

Violators of the order will be penalized with two to six years of imprisonment of the boat captain and masterfisherman, while the owner operator will be fined of P2,000 to P20,000 in discretion of the court.

Alcala agreed with dela Cerna, adding that the public has misunderstood the order.

“Our (fisherfolk) can still continue their fishing activities even with the implementation of the order,” he said.

This year’s implementation of Davao Gulf Closed Season is the second year of the implementation of the Joint Administrative Order (JAO) No. 02-2014 that was issued jointly by DA and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) which prohibits the fishing from June to August of every year of species of fishes in Davao gulf that includes the big-eyed scad, skipjack tuna, species of tuna, scad, mackerel, and moonfish. Cheneen R. Capon

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in his residence. The law enforcers reportedly rescued the minors kept by Ellis who allegedly took of pictures of the children and touched their private parts.

However, despite the status of Ellis as a wanted person, no hold departure order has

been issued against him so far.

The source said the prosecution has to apply for the order before it is issued.

The local office of Bureau of Immigration confirmed that there is no hold-departure order against Ellis. Armando Fenequito Jr.

Rep. del Rosario however said that as of the moment (yesterday) “we’re still waiting for the Vice Gubernatorial bet from District 2. No word yet as of today.”

Another persona interested to run for IGaCoS city mayor is Al David Uy, incumbent vice mayor of the island city but his

group is reportedly still waiting for the clear decision of Governor del Rosario.

Whoever will run for Samal mayor from the Floirendo-del Rosario group, is pitted against comebacking Rogelio P. Antalan, who is running for mayor, with his last termer brother Aniano as his vice mayor. AMA

local political party founded

by Rep. Pacquiao.

The PCM earlier chose Roel to seek the province’s congressional seat after Manny declared to run to join the senatorial race in the 2016 general elections.

Citing information received by the Comelec provincial office, Mamukid said the younger Pacquiao reportedly has a house in Alabel town in Sarangani but they have yet to verify it.

He said Roel applied last month for the transfer of his registration records to Alabel but stressed that the process is “not automatic.”

He said the application for transfer will still undergo hearings by the Election Registration Board as provided for in Republic Act 8189 or the Voter’s Registration Act of 1996.

Under RA 8189, the ERB will be composed of Alabel’s election officer as chair, and the most senior public school official and the local civil registrar or municipal treasurer as members.

Mamukid said the first ERB hearing on Rogelio’s case is set on Monday, Oct. 19, at the Alabel election office.

He said Roel and his legal counsel have signified to attend the hearing.

“The ERB will scrutinize the records that he filed and determine whether he is really a resident of the area,” he said.

He said any registered voter in Alabel may file an opposition to Roel’s application and would be properly considered by the ERB during the hearing.

Mamukid said they expect the ERB to issue its decision, which will be subject to appeal, within three to four days after the last hearing.

He refused to discuss the merits of the younger Pacquiao’s case but said the latter’s residency status poses some questions.

“When you say residency, ang official sa usa ka lugar like official sa General Santos City, ang imong residency dira is a continuing requirement (When you say residency, if you’re an official of a locality like General Santos City, your residency there is a continuing requirement),” he said.

Rep. Pacquiao earlier said Roel is qualified to run in Sarangani Province since he was born there.

Before moving to this city years ago, the Pacquiao family resided in Barangay Tango in Glan, Sarangani.

City Councilor Franklin Gacal Jr., a PCM stalwart here, said Roel is qualified to seek an elective post in Sarangani by virtue of his domicile.

In the 2013 elections, Roel ran but lost to incumbent Rep. Pedro Acharon Jr. of the Achievers with Integrity Movement-Liberal Party in the race for South Cotabato’s first congressional district seat.

Another brother of Rep. Pacquiao, Labangal barangay councilor Alberto or “Bobby,” filed his COC for city councilor on Monday under the PCM slate here.

Bobby’s wife Lorelei is on her second term as chair of Barangay Labangal. (MindaNews)

to manage external changes effectively as for Davao’s growing business landscape.

Around 300 foreign and local participants from the four identified clusters are expect-

ed to attend the conference.

Through Wallace’s talk, the event aims to further promote new business outlooks and strategies to flourish among Davao region’s businesses.

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pressed gratitude to the public for being there while filing his COC. “Maraming maraming salamat sa inyong interest, nagpafile pa lang ako e nandito na kayong lahat kaya I am hoping this is a good sign,” he added.

Former First Lady Imelda Marcos, mother of the senator and aunt of the Leyte legislator was there to support the two politicians.

However, she did not go inside the Comelec office as she just waited for them outside the building. (PNA)

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ERRATUM In the September 30, 2015 edition of Edge Davao, Ordinance No. 0334-15, Series of 2015 of the Office of the Sangguniang Panlungsod had certain errors inadvertently printed. In the name of Councilor Tomas Monteverde IV “Monteverde” was misspelled as “Monteverdede”, “Members” was also misspelled as “Memebers”. On the other hand, under paragraph 1 Peso sign was missing , under section 4, the first letter of “Pesos” was not capitalized. First letter of Mayor, in “Vice Mayor” was not capitalized.

Section 2, DECLARATION OF POLICY was not underlined and Section 6, EFFECTIVITY was also not underlined.

In the October 1, 2015 edition of Edge Davao, Ordinance No. 0333-15, Series of 2015 of the Office of the Sangguniang Panlungsod had certain errors inadvertently printed.

In the name of Councilor Rene Elias C. Lopez, “Elias” was misspelled as “Elis”. On the other hand, the first letter of “Mary” in the name of Councilor Mary Joselle D. Villafuerte, the first letter of “Sudagar” in the name Councilor Halila Y. Sudagar, and the first letter of “Bello” in the name of Councilor Karlo S. Bello, were not capitalized.

Our sincere apologies.

The Editors

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

17th City Council 17th Regular Session Series of 2015

PRESENT: Councilor Rene Elias C. Lopez Councilor Nilo M. Abellera Jr. Councilor Victorio U. Advincula Jr. Councilor Bernard E. Al-ag Councilor Al Ryan S. Alejandre Councilor Leonardo R. Avila III Councilor Joanne M. Bonguyan-Quilos Councilor Danilo C. Dayanghirang Councilor April Marie C. Dayap Councilor Jimmy G. Dureza Councilor Leah A. Librado-Yap Councilor Diosdado Angelo A. Mahipus Sr. Councilor Bonifacio E. Militar 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 ON OFFICIAL BUSINESS:

- Temporary Presiding Officer

Councilor Ma. Belen S. Acosta Councilor Karlo S. Bello

- Palarong Pambansa, Tagum City - Manila

Vice Mayor Paolo Z. Duterte Councilor Louie John J. Bonguyan Councilor January N. Duterte Councilor Edgar R. Ibuyan Sr. Councilor Tomas J. Monteverde IV

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

ABSENT:

ORDINANCE NO. O325-15 Series of 2015 AN ORDINANCE CLOSING OFF THE CITY OF DAVAO TO MINING OPERATIONS

Be it ordained by the Sanggunian Panlungsod of Davao City in session assembled that: SECTION 1. TITLE – This Ordinance shall be known as “AN ORDINANCE CLOSING OFF THE CITY OF DAVAO TO MINING OPERATIONS”; SECTION 2. DECLARATION OF POLICY - The City of Davao hereby declares as its policies, the following, to wit:

a.) The right of the people to a balanced and healthful ecology in accord with the rhythm and harmony of nature shall be protected and advanced by the City, consistent with the policy enshrined in Article II, Section 16 of the Constitution:

b.) Under the provisions of the Local Government Code of 1991, in Section 458 (a) (1) (vi) and its implementing Rules and Regulations, the SangguniangPanlungsod has the power, the duty and function to protect the environment and impose appropriate penalties for such acts which endanger it; c.) The Local Government of Davao City ,pursuant to Section 16 of the same code, shall exercise the powers expressly granted, those necessarily implied therefrom, as well as, powers necessary, appropriate or incidental to its efficient and effective governance, and those which are essential to the promotion of the general welfare;

d.) While mining has been identified as a highly-important economic program of the national government, the city recognizes the irreversibility of the destructive effects of mining on the earth’s fragile ecosystem, especialyy to an island ecosystem such as Mindanao, and in worsening the magnitude of hunger and conflict as mining competes with the remaining available land, water and food resources; e.) The ravaging effects of extreme climatic events and other natural disasters which had visited the country with more frequency and worsening magnitude, demand that government policies and programs must integrate biodiversity protection in order to ensure that future generations will be able to enjoy a healthy and balanced ecology;

f.) The local Government of Davao City is mindful of the fact that the city is endowed with vast natural resources, of which the people are very protective of; g.) With the view of protecting the city’s people and its rich biodiversity, the local government has enacted and passed legislations, notably among them Ordinance No. 03197-07, otherwise known as the “Watershed Code of Davao City”;

h.) Pursuant to the Watershed Code, a closer view of the terrain analysis of the territorial jurisdiction of Davao City reveals that the city is comprised with areas which are already declared watershed areas, protected areas, prime agricultural areas and the areas inhabited by the people, such that mining in any form or stage poses a most detrimental impact on the ecological balance and the very lives of the people;

i.) The Local Government of Davao City has taken upon itself the duty and responsibility to protect and preserve the environment for the generations to come under the context of “inter-generational responsibility” enunciated by the Supreme Court in the case of Oposa vs. Factoran; and j.) Within the same context of “inter-generational responsibility”, it is hereby declared that no approval shall ever be issued to any mining project within the territorial jurisdiction of Davao City;

SECTION 3. PURPOSE - This Ordinance is enacted in order to protect and conserve the city’s rich biodiversity, under the principle that the environment should not be degraded in the name of economy and development, to ensure that future generations will still be able to enjoy a healthy and balanced ecology; SECTION 4. DEFINITION OF TERMS - As used in this Ordinance, the following terms shall mean as follows:

a.) “Minerals” refers to all naturally occurring inorganic substance in solid, gas, liquid, or any intermediate state, excluding energy materials such as coal, petroleum, natural gas, radioactive materials and geothermal energy; b.) “Mining operation” means mining activities involving exploration, feasibility, development, utilization and processing;

c.) “Quarrying” means the process of extracting, removing and disposing quarry resources found on or underneath the surface of public or private lands;

d.) “Quarry resources” refers to any common rock or other mineral substance as the Director of Mines and Geosciences Bureau may declare to be quarry resources such as, but not limited to, andesite,, basalt, conglomerate, coral sand, diatomaceous earth, diorite, decorative stones, gabbro, granite, limestone, marble, marl, red burning clays for potteries and bricks, rhyolite, rock phosphate, sandstone, serpentine, shale, tuff, volcanic cinders, and volcanic glass: Provided, that such quarry resources do not contain metals or metallic constituents and/or other valuable minerals in economically workable quantities: Provided, further, that non-metallic minerals such as kaolin, feldspar, bull quartz, quartz or silica, sand and pebbles, bentonite, talc, asbestos, barite, gypsum, bauxite, magnesite, dolomite, mica, precious and semi-precious stones, and other non-metallic minerals that may later be discovered and which the Director declares the same to be of economically workable quantities, shall not be classified under the category of quarry resources; e.) “Biodiversity” refers to the variety of life formed and found on earth; comprises all living things and the genes they contain, the ecosystem they build and the way they live and interact together;

SECTION 5. NO APPROVAL OF MINING OPERATIONS – No approval shall be granted or issued by the city through its Sangguniang Panlungsod to any person, natural or juridical, to undertake any and all forms of mining operation in any area within the territorial of Davao City, except rocks and mineral substances classified under the category of quarry resources.

Pursuant thereto, no permit shall be issued by the local government and/or any of its offices, allowing any entity, natural or juridical, to engage in any business involving, whether directly or indirectly, mining activities or operations of any kind or stage, within the territorial jurisdiction of Davao City.

SECTION 6. INFORMATION, EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY – The City Government, in cooperation with the academe, civil society and the business community, shall implement a continuing information and education campaign to encourage awareness and vigilance among the citizenry on biodiversity protection. In particular, this information campaign shall be given to schools in order to educate the young citizens of the importance in protecting the environment. For this purpose, the City Environment and Natural Resources (CENRO) shall take the lead in the campaigns; SECTION 7. PENALTIES – Any person found guilty of violating any provision of this Ordinance shall be punished with imprisonment of not exceeding one (1) year or a fine of not more than Five Thousand Pesos (Php 5,000.00) only or both at the discretion of the court, without prejudice to the filing of the appropriate administrative, civil or criminal action;

SECTION 8. ADMINISTRATIVE SANCTIONS – Government officials and employees who fail to comply with and enforce the provisions of this Ordinance shall be charged administratively in accordance with existing laws, rules and regulations;

SECTION 9. REPEALING CLAUSE – All Ordinance, Executive Orders, resolutions and regulations inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed or modified accordingly; SECTION 10. EFFECTIVITY – This Ordinance shall be posted in all government offices, including barangay halls and shall also be published in full text once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation within the jurisdiction of Davao City. This Ordinance shall take effect fifteen (15) days from the date of the last publication thereof; ENACTED, May 5, 2015, by a majority vote of all the Members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod present, there being a quorum.

CERTIFIED CORRECT:

ATTESTED:

ATTESTED:

CHARITO N. SANTOS Secretary to the Sangguniang Panlungsod (City Government Department Head II) RENE ELIAS C. LOPEZ City Councilor Temporary Presiding officer Cns/mvbm ATTY. JESUS MELCHOR V. QUITAIN City Administrator

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DAVAO CITY MAIN OFFICE JOCELYN S. PANES Director of Sales Door 14 ALCREJ Bldg., Quirino Ave., Davao City Tel: (082) 224-1413 Telefax: (082) 221-3601 GENERAL SANTOS CITY MARKETING OFFICE EDMUND D. RENDON Marketing Specialist Mobile: (Smart) 0909-424-7990 MANILA MARKETING OFFICE ANGELICA R. GARCIA Marketing Manager 97-1 Bayanbayanan Ave., Marikina Heights, Marikina City Tel: (02) 654-3509

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IED found in Cotabato City EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE / TRANSFER OF RIGHTS

Notice are hereby given that the estate of the late ABDUL UY SR. and ALICIA B. UY has been the subject of an EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE / TRANSFER OF RIGHTS executed among their heirs per Doc. No.301; Page No.61; Book No. 108; Series of 2015, of the NOTARY PUBLIC FATIMA IRENE T. ADIN 10/07.14.21

NOTICE OF LOSS Notice is hereby given by LOYOLA PLANS CONSOLIDATED INC. That CERTIFICATE OF FULL PAYMENT No.(s) MRO21020962 under LOYOLA PLAN Contract No.(s) 10162944 issued to MA. ILOWA KRISTINE B. DARANTINAO was lost. Any transaction entered into shall be null and void.

10/7/14/21

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OLICE authorities here said the first day of filing of certificates of candidacy for next year’s elections last Monday was generally peaceful and the discovery of an improvised bomb had nothing to do with the political event.

Senior Superintendent Rex Anongos, city police director, said the discovery of IED in Barangay Rosary Heights Mother did not disrupt the orderly and peaceful filing of candidacy in at least three ma-

jor political areas.

The Cotabato City Police Office, with back up forces from PNP in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (PNP-ARMM), Police Regional Office 12 (PNP-12) and Army Special Forces Battalion were tasked to secure the Cotabato City Comelec Office, the Maguindanao provincial Comelec office and the Comelec-ARMM regional office here.

“Our assessment was that we have a very peaceful and orderly filing of COCs and

traffic flow is well managed,” Anongos said.

“I appeal to candidates or future leaders to inform us of your schedule of filing so we can provide you ample security. Control your supporters and help us maintain law and order,” Anongos appealed to politicians and their parties.

“We assure you that we are in control of the situation, the IED discovery was isolated,” Anongos added.

At past 12 noon Monday, the first day of filing of COCs,

a woman, identified as Kabaylan Midsakal was gathering firewood in a bush near Batialong River in Barangay Rosary Heights Mother when she stumbled upon something hard.

After clearing the metal object with grass and huge leaves, he found a large metal with wirings. She tried to lift it but could not move.

So she returned home and told her neighbours, including Datukan Abinosa, a retired policeman. The ex-cop went to the site, a dried up rice field, and found the 60 mm mortar charge.

He then rushed back and alerted the police.

Anongos said to ensure the safety of residents and bomb experts, they decided to detonate the IED. The detonation process lasted for about an hour.

“It is difficult to determine to whom this IED was intended for, and who owned it and why it was there in the dried up rice field,” Anongos said.

“It has nothing to do with the filing of candidacy Monday,” Anongos said. “It could be left by its courier in secluded area due to tight security measures imposed by PNP. He said the police remained on alert until the duration of the filing of candidacy is over. (PNA)

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ALA BOXERS

ALL RIPPED AND READY

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ALA FIGHTERS. WBO light flyweight champion Donnie Nietes (left), the Pagara brothers (right) Jason and undefeated IBF Intercontinental super bantamweight champion Prince Albert Pagara.

ALA boxers ripped and ready to go

HE roster of boxers from the famed ALA Gym are ripped and ready to go in the Philippines vs The World encounter on “Pinoy Pride 33” at the StubHub Center in Carson City in California on Sunday, October 18, Manila Time, in a fight card to be telecast by the giant broadcast network ABS-CBN over Channel 2, the widely watched TFC, the Filipino Channel and on Sky Cable payper-view.

ALA Gym head trainer Edito “Ala” Villamor said that

WBO light flyweight champion Donnie Nietes, the Pagara brothers Jason and undefeated IBF Intercontinental super bantamweight champion Prince Albert Pagara and unbeaten IBF featherweight Youth champion Mark “Magnifico” Magsayao’s spirits were buoyed by the warm welcome they received from Filipinos and Fil-Americans in a meet-and-greet affair over the weekend.

Villamor said the fighters sparring was over and they were “now working on strategy and mental toughness” in preparation for what are expected to be tough fights against a roster of a talented opponents.

Villamor who himself twice fought for a world title, expressed confidence in the ability of the Filipino fighters to prevail although he stressed they were not taking anything for granted.

Nietes who had two excellent sparring sessions with former two division world champion Brian Viloria who himself faces the toughest test of his career against undefeated WBC flyweight champion and newly-installed pound for pound No. 1 Roman “Chocolatito” Gonzalez of Nicaragua, is in devastating form showing tremendous hand-speed, good movement and awesome power.

T is the time of the year for women footballers of Davao City to meet on the field.

Now on its 12th year, Acosta Cup continues to promote the sport of football among the women, especially the young girls, and to provide a venue for these players to develop a love for the sport and offer them a healthful a n d

wholesome pursuit.

Acosta Cup 2015 is scheduled every Saturdays and Sundays from October 12-November 22, 2015 bringing atleast 6 participating teams namely: PCT Khanj, UP Mindanao Football Club, SOYA Football Club, Punta-DDS, Nakamata Kickers, Aguilas Dabaw Football Club.

Football matches will be at the Tionko Field, Quezon Blvd, Davao City.

The 12th Acosta Cup Ladies’ Open Tournament opened through a Ceremonial Kick Off last October 10, 2015 (Saturday), 1pm at the Tinko Field, Davao City. It was led

by Juan Rodolfo Rey V. Sarenas III, from the Davao Football Association, Charles Maxey, Kag. Ruthy

Germentiza from Bucana, King Quimpan of Mindanao Journal and 1st District City Councilor and Kaya Natin Champion Mabel Sunga Acosta.

Right after the kick off, the first match between PCT Khanj against the Lady Knights with the PCT Khanj emerging as winner by default. The second game was played between UP Mindanao Football Club and SOYA Football Club with the latter emerging as winner with the score of 10-0.

Acosta Cup Day 2 was set for Punta-DDS and Nakamata Kickers to battle against one another for Game 1. Punta DDS won with the score 11-0. Game 2 was between Aguilas Dabaw and PCT-Khanj with the former scoring a 3-0 win.

12th Acosta Cup underway I

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Kobe leads Lakers rout over Maccabi K

OBE Bryant scored 21 points in 19 minutes to lead the Los Angeles Lakers to 126-83 rout over Maccabi Haifa of Israel on Sunday night at Staples Center.

The 37-year old Bryant, who is about to enter his 20th NBA season, made 6-of-10 field goals and 4-of-6 triples as the Lakers notched their first preseason victory in four tries. Bryant, a 5-time champion, also sank all of his five free throws.

Six other players scored in double-figures for Los Angeles,

which led from start to finish.

Nick Young had 16 while Julius Randle, who played just 14 minutes in his rookie campaign last season due to a broken leg, added 14 points and nine rebounds.

The Lakers also got eight points and 16 rebounds from center Roy Hibbert while point guard D’Angelo Russell, the 2nd overall pick in this year’s draft, dropped 11 assists and 5 points after sitting out a game because of a bruised glue.

Reginald Buckner led Maccabi paced Maccabi with 20

points and seven boards while Oz Blayzer pumped in 17. Former UCLA Bruin and Los Angeles born Dijon Thompson missed 9-of-11 shots for eight points. Thompson, who has played for the Phoenix Suns and Atlanta Hawks, was the only Maccabi player with NBA experience.

The Lakers resume their exhibition season on Tuesday night (Wednesday morning, October 14 in Manila) when they play the Sacramento Kings at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

ERRICK Williams scored 21 points and Carmelo Anthony added 18 to help the New York Knicks remain unbeaten in the preseason with a 94-88 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday night (Tuesday, Manila time).

Isaiah Canaan had 18 points and Christian Wood had 13 points and 10 rebounds for the 76ers. Wood is an undrafted rookie out of UNLV. 76ERS: Robert Covington finished with 11 points and five rebounds.

KNICKS: Langston Galloway finished with 11 points and six rebounds.

SIDELINED: Joel Embiid, Pierre Jackson, Carl Landry, Nerlens Noel, Jahlil Okafor, Nik Stauskas and Tony Wroten all did not dress for Philadelphia.

Arron Afflalo (sore left hamstring), Kristaps Porzingis (strained left quad) and Kevin Seraphin (sore right knee) all did not dress for New York.

KRISTAPS PORZINGIS ON THE MEND: New York hopes to have Porzingis back in the lineup on Friday.

“He strained his left quad similar to the quad injury he had in the summer in predraft, but just not as severe,” Fisher said. “We’re not nearly as concerned as we were at that time.”

OKAFOR DRAWS STOUDEMIRE COMPARISON: Philadelphia head coach Brett Brown sees flashed of Amar’e Stoudemire in Jahlil Okafor’s game.

At times he reminds me of Amar’e who was a big spin guy and Jahlil likes that move,” Brown said.

President of a nation to stop .... “ Jokingly, the President advice both to “keep your distance from each other and reserve your trouble inside the ring.”

Ali told the President he learned Marcos used to box in his college days, drawing response from the Chief Executive,”I used to practice the sport as an amateur when I still weighed 112 pounds. But that was how many years ago? “ Ali introduced his father, Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr. to the President, who he said, “is very great President.”

Frazier, for his part greeted everybody in the champ’s entourage, including Veronica, who Ali introduced to the President as his wife. Thereupon, Ali stood up and pretended to go after the smiling challenger.

When the First Lady, wearing a gorgeous pink-channel length dress and a multi-colored scarf, entered the room. The President introduced the visitors amid warning from Ali to guard his wife with Frazier around.

Upon seeing Imelda, Ali told

the President: “I respect you now more so than I did at first. Looking at your wife, I can say that you are not a dumb man. You know how to pick ‘em.”

“I can say that you are not far behind. Although I am told that actually, it’s the ladies who make the choice, not the men,” the President retorted, glancing at Veronica.

“That’s right,” Ali remarked.

“We’re kinda nice-looking ourselves. Then the champion, ever the chauvinist, added, while looking at Frazier: “but a woman is what her husband makes her. A man is what he makes himself.”

“Well, you’ve got two more weeks to be the champion’s wife,” Frazier said, addressing Veronica.

The Presidential visit ended with Ali saying he considered the occasion a “great honor to meet a well-loved man.”

“We’re all athletes and I hope you’ll be watching the fight. I want you be early so you won’t miss it, “ Ali said drawing concurrence from Frazier.

The challenger gave the President a copy of his press kit,

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GETTING BACK TO FORM. Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant, top, passes the ball as Maccabi Haifa’s Rene Rougeau looks on during the first half of an NBA preseason basketball game on Monday in Los Angeles. Jae C. Hong AP Photo

Pacquiao’s shoulder Thrilla In Manila (Second of a Series): almost healed Ali and Frazier in Malacanang P T

HILIPPINE boxing legend Manny Pacquiao announced in New York that he was “80 to 90 percent healed” from a shoulder operation and expected to return to training within weeks.

Pacquiao had surgery on May 7 to repair a tear to his right rotator cuff sustained in a unanimous points defeat against American Floyd Mayweather in Las Vegas just a few days earlier.

Pacquiao announced last week he would likely retire next year after one last fight to focus on his career in politics, and is in talks with Mayweather and Britain’s Amir Khan on who will be his last opponent.

“My shoulder is 80 to 90 percent healed and I believe I can start training in November or December. I can fight early next year. I can fight by March,” he told the Asia Society in New

York, whose Asia Game Changer award he is to receive at the United Nations on Tuesday.

Pacquiao, a congressman since 2010, announced this week his bid for a senate seat in national elections to be held in May next year.

Asked about the possibility of one day running for president, the 36-year-old boxer said, “Right now, I don’t have that in my mind.”

Under Philippine law, presidential candidates must be at least 40.

“Becoming a president is not the plan of the man. It’s the plan of god. Who knows if he will become a president?” said the boxer, a born-again Christian.

Pacquiao turned professional when he was 16 years old and has won an unprecedented eight world titles in as many weight divisions.

FTER a quick trip to Doha, Qatar to give support to Filipino boxers who are competing in the AIBA games for the 2016 Olympic qualifiers, Filipino boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao flew to New York Sunday evening to receive an award from the Asia Society.

Pacquiao is one of the honorees in the “2015 Game Changer of the Year” awards by the Asia Society to be held at the United Nations in New York on Oct. 13.

“The Asia Game Changer Awards address the lack of recognition for Asians who are transforming ideas into action and improving lives,”

said Asia Society President Josette Sheeran “This year’s honorees could not be more different from one another. They include a group of scientists, a comedian, a dancer, a fighter pilot and a boxer. What they share in common is that they all fight for a better today and inspire the world to do things differently,” Sheeran added.

While in the US, Pacquiao will confer with his promoter Bob Arum about his comeback fight following his shoulder injury during his training for his fight against Floyd Mayweather last May 2 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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HE government left no stone unturned in an effort to make the Thrilla in Manila, the world heavyweight championship confrontation between titlist Muhammad “The Greatest” Ali and countryman challenger “Smokin” Joe Frazier hosted by the country on Ocober 1, 1975, a resounding success.

No less than then President Marcos and First Lady Imelda Marcos led in ensuring that the protagonists, their parties, international boxing officials, media men and other guests will enjoy their stay in the country.

Several days after setting foot in Manila, the First Couple invited both fighters to a dinner in Malacanang with the Chief Executive himself acting as “referee” in a battle of words between the duo, which turned out to be a prelude to what will happen when they eventually squared off atop the ring.

The President was still presiding over a meeting with a group from Mindanao at he study room when the challenger, with his entourage in tow, arrived past 10 in the morning.

Ali came in 10 minutes later and both, nattily dressed in Barong Pilipino gifted them by Games and Amusement Board chair Luis Tabuena sat on opposite sides of the reception hall.

Inside the study room with the President, Ali. in his usual loquacious way readily grabbed the opportunity to resume his seemingly endless tirades against Frazier, saying: “I don’t know Frazier was comin’. It surprised me. I can’t stand trouble here. You see, Mr. President, everywhere we meet, in the ring, there’s violence.”

He added though, “this is the first time we ever met on peaceful terms and that is because you’re in the middle. It takes a

an autographed colored photo of himself and a “Smokin” Joe t-shirt.

“I’m not sure this will fit me,” the President said. “But I have a son (Bongbong) who’s about 18. He’s in Oxford and he’s also learning how to fly ....”

Ali, once more, grabbed the opportunity at repartee and asked “you gonna’ let your son wear that?”

Ali said it was an honor to be in Manila -- both for him and Joe -- “two black boys who have reached the height among great men.”

“I can tell you it is both an honor and a pleasure for me to referee to two champions,” Marcos told the duo. I gather that you’ve been tining quiet well.

Do you find the facilities to your liking?”

“Very good, no problem at all,” Frazier answered.”

“We also saw that the people are loving. the people are peaceful and kind and he’s (Frazier) got many friends, just as many as I have, “Ali, for his part said. Eddie Alinea, PhilBoxing.com

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