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DRAINAGE REHAB. Motorcycle riders traversing along E. Quirino Avenue pass by huge culverts that will be used in the ongoing drainage rehabilitation project in the area. Lean Daval Jr.

‘NO TANIM-BALA HERE’ Duterte says he’ll burn airport if scam hits Davao

By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.

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AVAO City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte is confident there are no “tanim-bala” syndicate at the Francisco Bangoy International Airport in Davao City despite of the discovery of a bullet in the bag of an engineer last week.

In an interview last Wednesday, Duterte said the bullet that security personnel found in the bag of engineer Augusto D. Dagan was planted earlier at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) but was discovered only in Davao City.

“Dili na mahitabo sa Dabaw kay dauban ko ng airport kung kana ang buhaton (It will not happen in the city because I will burn the airport if someone will do that here),” he said.

Duterte warned all the employees of the airport not to get involved in syndicates that aim to victimize innocent people.

“I do not want to give them an order, they should not do any illegal there,” he said.

Duterte said he is hoping that the investigation being conducted by the National Bu-

reau of Investigation (NBI) on cases of bullets being found in passengers’ bags will come up with results so that the people behind the alleged scam can be arrested.

“Maayo unta’g naa sila’y makuha diha (I hope they can come up with something),” he said.

Duterte, however, said he believes the investigation will take a long time.

Earlier, Aviation Security Group (AVSEGROUP) 11 head Senior Superintendent John D. Esteban gave assurance that there is no “tanim-bala” syndi-

cate in the city’s airport.

Esteban said he has not received any reports that this modus exists in the Davao airport, although his personnel have recorded two arrests of people carrying bullets in their baggage this year, including an engineer last week.

He said the first incident happened last May 12 in which a foreign national, whom he did not identify, was arrested for possession of one 9mm bullet and a caliber .45 bullet.

Esteban said his office is still validating reports that Da-

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AUTHORIZED. Bureau of Customs (BOC) commissioner Alberto Lina awards the certificate as Authorized Customs Facility (ACF) to the Davao International Container Terminal (DICT) represented by company president Alex Viloria at Park Inn

by Radisson Davao yesterday. BOC officers and DICT executives witnessed the event. Lean Daval Jr.

Raps filed in ambush-slay of Zambo Sibugay mayor

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HE police have filed criminal charges against seven people tagged as responsible in the ambush-slay of a town mayor and injured six others in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay.

Chief Insp. Edwin Benzon, Zamboanga Sibugay police information officer, said the criminal charges were filed on Wednesday before the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office in the municipality of Ipil, the province’ capital.

Benzon said the charges they filed against the suspects included murder, multiple frustrated murders and multiple attempted murders.

Benzon did not release identities of the suspects since manhunt operations continue to arrest the suspects, who remain at large.

He disclosed the identities of the suspects were established through the assistance of witnesses.

Mayor Randy Climaco of Tungawan, Zamboanga Sibugay was killed on the spot when gunmen ambushed his convoy in the afternoon of October 12 in Purok 7, Barangay Cayamcam, Tungawan town.

The incident occurred hours Climaco and his party mates filed their certificates of candidacies (COCs) for the 2016 elections.

Climaco has filed COC for vice-mayor as he was on his last term of office.

Climaco’s six wounded companions included his cousin, who filed COC for mayor; his vice-mayor; a barangay official; a driver; a security escort; and, party mate. (PNA)

Comelec officer: Extension unlikely

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ESPITE mounting calls for extension of voters’ registration and validation of voters’ biometric records, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) unlikely to allow another round of voters’ list up, a Comelec lawyer today said.

“I don’t think the Comelec will hold another round of voters registration and validation of biometrics, the public had been given enough time to visit the Comelec office but they failed,” Lawyer Duque Kadat-

uan, North Cotabato election supervisor told DXND Radyo Bida.

“Matagal na ‘yan (It been a long time) since the registration and validation started,” Kadatuan said of the 17-month-long election event.

Thousands of registered voters in North Cotabato’s 17 towns and Kidapawan City failed to beat the deadline and lost the chance to participate in next year’s elections, Kadatuan said.

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Council finance committee adopts P6.3B 2016 budget

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HE Davao City council’s committee on finance, ways and means, and appropriations has already adopted the proposed P6.3-billion 2016 budget for the city submitted by the Local Finance Committee (LFC).

“We have done already the budget hearing and we will be recommending it without any changes,” committee chair councilor Danilo C. Dayanghirang said in an interview.

Dayanghirang, however,

said his committee will suggest the creation of a mechanism for the distribution of high value crops to coffee and cacaor farmers, which is part of the allocation.

“I was made to understand that the mortality rate of the crops given is high,” he said.

He said the committee wants an assurance that if there are defective seedlings it will be returned to the suppliers.

He said the mechanism

will still be worked out by the committee.

Dayanghirang said his committee is now gathering all the records for the 2016 budget which will be discussed on plenary for second reading.

He said the discussion is yet to be scheduled.

Of the total budget, the City Mayor’s Office (CMO) will get P1.9 billion of the P5 billion allotted for the general fund proper.

Dayanghirang had earlier

said the CMO has the biggest budget because of the operations of Central 911, Task Force Davao, and the Public Safety and Security Command Center (PSSCC).

Of the total budget, P84.3 million will go to the personal services (PS) for the salary of the employees, P1.7 billion will go to the maintenance and other operating expenses (MOOE), and P58.9 million will go to the capital outlay.

ors are Oscar Moreno of Cagayan de Oro City, Vicente Fernandez of Matanao in Davao del Sur, and Mamintal Adiong of Ditsa-an Ramain in Lanao del Sur. In a decision approved last October 6, Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales held Moreno liable for grave misconduct for violation of Republic Act 7160, also known as The Local Government Code, after he reportedly entered into an agreement with Ajinomoto Philippines without pri-

or authorization from the City Council.

Based on the agreement, Ajinomoto was supposed to pay a total of P2,924,428 as its local business tax deficiency.

But an agreement was reached with a settlement of only P300,000.

Along with Moreno, Glenn C. Bañez, officer-in-charge of the Treasurer’s Office, was also dismissed from service.

“The Office of the Ombudsman ruled that the approval of the agreement by the court

cannot, in any way, legitimize the acts of Moreno and Bañez,” the statement reads.

In a press conference in Cagayan de Oro Thursday afternoon, Moreno said the Ombudsman’s order was “a serious miscarriage of justice,” considering it did not take into account his counter affidavit denying the accusations.

Moreno’s camp uploaded his reply to the Ombudsman’s order in a two-minute and

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3 Mindanao mayors ordered dismissed by Ombudsman

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HE Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the dismissal from service three mayors in Mindanao, along with 27 other local officials, who are also perpetually barred from holding public office.

The Ombudsman ruled that these public officials were dismissed for violations of grave misconduct, serious dishonesty, gross neglect of duty, and conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service.

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Expelled INC worker faces libel charges

M APPRECIATION. Subdivision and Housing Developers Association (SHDA) president Architect Kristin Lu (leftmost) of Kisan Lu Land and Davao Investment Conference (ICON) 2015 chair Architect Daniel Lim (rightmost) award the certificates of appreciation to speakers Information Technology and Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP) executive director

for external affairs and membership Genny I. Marcial (center), HewletPackard Asia Pacific Hong Kong Limited chief technologist Allan de Jesus (second from right) and SAP Solutions advisor Andrew Romualdez (second from left) during the last day of the 3rd Davao Investment Conference at SMX Convention Center yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

EMBERS of the Society of Communicators and Networkers (SCAN) International filed on Thursday a libel and unjust vexation complaint against Lowell Menorca II, an expelled evangelical worker of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC), with the City Prosecutor’s Office here.

Alvin Cudia Abata, president of SCAN City of San Fernando Chapter, and several members of the group trooped to the prosecutor’s office at about 11:10 a.m. to file the said complaints against the former evangelical worker.

Lawyer Pepito Torres, legal counsel of Abata, said the libel complaint stemmed from the interview of the former evangelical worker on October 28, 6:30 to 8:00 in the evening on a national television

network, in which Menorca said the SCAN network was being used as “hit squad” of the INC against those who go against the Church.

“I and my client, including the communicator’s group, vehemently denied the allegation made by Menorca that the SCAN is a death or hit squad. I could vividly say that SCAN is a disaster response group of the Church,” he said.

Torres said Menorca’s malicious statement outrightly discredited the members of the SCAN City of San Fernando Chapter and put the civic organization in a bad light.

He said SCAN is an international communications network involved in socio-civic activities such as medical mission, rescue operations, tree planting, among others with

“(The IFJ) therefore believes that targeted financial sanctions can contribute to the fight against impunity for journalists’ killers,” the group explained.

This year, advocates of freedom of expression throughout the world are focusing attention on Mexico, the Philippines, Yemen and

Ukraine owing to the gravity of the situation of impunity in these countries.

On Nov. 23, all eyes will be on the Philippines as the world commemorates the sixth year after the grisly Maguindanao massacre that killed 58 people, 32 of whom were journalists and media workers.

of Marcos’ father, former President Ferdinand Marcos, to actress Rosemarie Sonora.

Sonora is younger sister of Jesusa Sonora, better known as Susan Roces, wife of the late actor Fernando Poe Jr. who adopted Grace.

Both senators have denied the persistent rumor.

Last Wednesday, Poe revealed that the first two persons who volunteered to give DNA samples yielded negative results.

Poe said she was saddened

by the development but “remains hopeful” that she will find her biological relatives particularly in Iloilo where she was found as in a church in September 1968.

When asked to comment on Marcos statement, Poe said: “I really appreciate Senator Marcos’ offer.”

Poe, however, said there’s no need for Marcos to take DNA test because she do not want to drag the family of her aunt in her quest to find her

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Tie aid to media protection: int’l journ body

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HE International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has urged international development institutions and donor agencies to make respect for press freedom and media protection among key criteria in providing aid to countries with high levels of violence against journalists. “… We urge the United

Nations (UN), its agencies and other international institutions such as the World Bank and IMF (International Monetary Fund) to take all necessary measures, including financial sanctions, to bring to an end impunity for killings of journalists who play a public role,” said IFJ General Secretary Anthony Bellanger.

“Impunity is an attack on freedom of expression and, ultimately, denies fundamental human rights to the public.

Now is the time for everyone to take their responsibilities and act accordingly,” he added.

In a news release, the IFJ cited the suspension of a European aid to Sri Lanka in 2009 as one good case in “linking

development and economic aid to genuine commitment to respect journalists’ rights…”

It said that during that time, the press freedom organizations were able to make “a successful case for such measures by the European Union (EU), leading to the suspension of an economic partnership with Sri Lanka in 2009.”

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Marcos willing to take DNA test if it will help Poe

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ENATOR Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. on Thursday said that he is willing to undergo DNA test if it will help Senator Grace Poe in finding her real biological parents. ”I don’t see how will that help but if that will, why not?

Sure, I will take DNA test, there’s no problem,” Marcos said when asked by the media if he is willing to help Poe during the weekly Kapihan sa Senado media forum.

Poe is rumored as a child

PEZA TALK. Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) promotions and public relations group manager Elmer H. San Pascual discusses the opportunities and importance

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of PEZA zone in the manufacturing and industrial areas in Davao during the 3rd Davao Investment Conference at SMX Convention Center yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

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5 BPM firms eye Felcris Centrale

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IVE multinational business process management (BPM) companies are eyeing to locate at the newly opened 10-storey BPO tower and mall component of the homegrown Felcris Centrale in Davao City next year.

Felcris Centrale, which opened last February, is a mixed-use development nestled in a 5.7-hectare area located along Quimpo Boulevard here.

In an interview at the opening of the 3rd Davao Investment Conference (iCON) at the SMX Convention Center at SM Lanang Premier, Felcris Hotels and Resorts president Clark Yap told reporters that they are now in the final stage of discussion with the prospective investors, some of them are newcomers to the country while others will expand operations to the city.

“We want to cater to the best brand. We can accommodate them but we are looking for well-managed companies and with history also,” he said.

“It doesn’t have to be big but it has to have a good brand.”

If the push comes to shove, Yap said they will allocate seven to eight floors of the edifice to the BPM firms, with each having a maximum of 300 seats. Each floor measures a total of 1,354 square meters, he said.

The city has been classified as a premier destination for BPM companies, topping the list of next wave cities for information technology-BPM in the Philippines, only next to the established destinations Metro Manila and Cebu City.

During the Livelihood Exchange (Livex) 2015 on August 18 to 21 at the SMX Convention Center Davao, Information Communications Technology (ICT) Davao president Samuel Matunog said the IT and Business Process Association of the Philippines estimated the city has 33,000 workers, surpassing the 30,000 target for the 2015.

Based on Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) 11’s consolidated report on labor market JobsFit 2015, the city’s ICT industry’s most in-demand jobs are animator, back office processing/ accounting/ admin clerk, hardware technician, technical support, IT specialist, software developer, and customer service.

Among the hard-to-fill jobs include computer programmer/service developer, web developer in all platforms, web designer, graphics designer, animator, and technical support engineer.

Both the in-demand and hard-to-fill jobs require highly specialized skills or knowl-

File photo by Lean Daval Jr. edge on hardware/ software servicing, according to JobsFit 2015.

The report also found out that applicants lack effective marketing skills and communications skills as one of the reasons why some of them find hard to land opportunities in the industry.

The Felcris Centrale is one of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (Peza)-accredited developments in the city.

Others are Matina IT Park, Lanang Business Park, Felcris IT Park, Pink Walters IT Building,

Ambiente Teleservices, and HAI Global Services.

The Felcris Centrale was named the city’s top investor with P838.967 worth of investments in 2012, based on the records of the City Building Office (CBO), surpassing national player Accendo Commercial Corporation, a fully-owned subsidiary of one of the country’s biggest developers Ayala Land Inc. (ALI) with P489.496 million for its 26-storey highrise condominium Alveo, located along JP Laurel Avenue.

Although Ivy Tharyn Omo,

Felcris Hotels and Resorts Corp. sales marketing head, said that the firm shelled out some P1 billion at the completion of the 10-storey BPO and mall component of Felcris Centrale.

Yap added that the construction for the hotel and residential components of the Felcris Centrale will commence next year.

He added that they already have the design and they are just waiting for the funding to start the second and third phases of the mixed-use devel-

opment.

The company’s residential component will be comprised of three 38-storey high-rise condominiums, which are going to be the last in the city so far.

The entire development costs around P10 billion, including the BPO tower and mall, according to Yap. The Yap family also owns the Davao Central Warehouse Club, the Central Convenience Store chain, and the Chimes Specialty Store. Antonio L. Colina IV/MindaNews

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Groups to assess viability of WESM

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HE Mindanao Power Monitoring Committee (MPMC) and the Philippine Electricity Market Corporation (PEMC) will assess the viability of implementing the Wholesale Electric Spot Market (WESM) in Mindanao as an electricity glut is expected starting next year.

“The assessment to look the viability of establishing WESM for Mindanao is ongoing,” Mindanao Development Authority (MInDA) director for investment promotion and

public affairs Romeo Montenegro told reporters Thursday.

Montenegro said the power to be generated by coal-fired generation projects next year will be the start of a regime of oversupply that will be “a turning point” on the consideration of establishing WESM in Mindanao.

The Department of Energy (DOE) earlier announced that there will be enough power supply in the Mindanao grid by 2016 due to the entry of big

Modern milk processing center to rise in South Cotabato town

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HE provincial government of South Cotabato is pushing for the completion early next year of its modern milk processing center in Tantangan town.

Dr. Flora Bigot, acting head of the Provincial Veterinary Office, said Thursday construction of the facility is currently in full swing inside the Animal Production and Processing Center (APPC) in Barangay Tinongcop in Tantangan.

She said the establishment of the milk processing center, which is a priority project of the provincial government, is being supported by National Dairy Authority (NDA).

The local government earlier allotted an initial P500,000 for the implementation of the project, Bigot said.

She said the NDA released augmentation funds for the construction of the center’s main building and necessary facilities.

“The construction of the center is currently on schedule and we’re expecting it to be fully operational by the first quarter of 2016,” she said.

Bigot said they pushed for the construction of the milk processing center to complement its ongoing efforts to increase the area’s milk production.

She said South Cotabato Governor Daisy Avance-Fuentes endorsed the project to assist the roll-out of the local government’s nutrition program.

“This is a major breakthrough for our nutrition program as it will ensure a steady supply of milk to the beneficiaries,” she said.

Bigot said the project will initially benefit 48 priority barangays in the province that have high malnutrition prevalence rates.

In line with the construction of the milk processing center, Bigot said they have linked up with two farm cooperatives for the provision of milk supplies.

She said these will be augmented by dairy stocks of the APPC, which included five pregnant cattle that were recently acquired through a loan from the NDA. (PNA)

NEDA sees Yolanda rehab projects completed by 2016

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HE country is optimistic of completing rehabilitation works in super typhoon ‘Yolanda’-affected areas by end of the Aquino administration.

Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan noted that already 51 percent of projects under the government’s Yolanda rehabilitation program had been completed, while others were in various stages of procurement.

“The intention is to complete at least the Php150 billion by the end of 2016 and by that time, we should be reaching most what has been planned.

The reconstruction and rehabilitation is really up to 2017 particularly the housing resettlement,” he said.

The government estimated total funding requirement for typhoon Yolanda Recovery and Reconstruction Program (RRP) reaching Php150.03 billion.

Of the total funding requirement, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) released a total of Php93.87 billion as of October 31.

“From the point of government, we should be able to complete this mostly by the end of the (Aquino) administration, and for the housing and other large infrastructure (projects) towards the end of 2017,” Balisacan added.

He said the private sector was likewise undertaking various rehabilitation works in Yolanda-affected areas.

“The bulk of the damage and losses is from the private sector. That’s where a lot of this continuing recovery will have to come from,” Balisacan, also the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) director general, further said.

Typhoon Yolanda, considered the most powerful storm to make landfall in recorded history, struck the Philippines on Nov. 8, 2013.

“We are now transitioning into the medium-term phase of recovery and rehabilitation efforts after surmounting the immense challenge of providing for the immediate needs of millions of affected people,” he said. (PNA)

coal-fired power plants. It projected that Mindanao will have a total of 1,700 megawatts supply by next year with a demand of only 1,500 MW. In the next two years, more renewable and non-renewable energy projects will start to be commissioned. Among these projects that will be online by June next year are the first 100 MW unit of the Saranggani Energy Corp., the first 150 MW of San Miguel Corporation-Global Power Holdings Inc. in March, and the first 105MW of the

three units of the Filinivest Development Corporation.

Between this year and 2018, the DOE expects that almost 4,000 MW of committed and indicative power projects will come in the grid.

Montenegro said oversupply in electricity in the grid is necessary for the operation of WESM, compared with the Interim Mindanao Electricity Market (IMEM) that operate in the regime of power supply deficiency.

He said the WESM as well

as the IMEM share the same objective where electric cooperatives can tap an electricity market at any time of the day without being tied to multiyear power contracts with generation companies.

Montenegro said it had been a qualification for the implementation of IMEM the interconnectivity of the Visayas and Mindanao grid. He, however, added that making sure that the island has a surplus power will make the wholesale electricity market more viable.

The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) has already conducting study on the possible routes where the submarine cable will be established for the interconnectivity, according to Montenegro.

The grid inter-connectivity, he added, will allow power generation utilities here to sell their surplus power to electric cooperative and distribution utilities in Luzon and Visayas which are expected to face power deficiency.

ROASTING COFFEE. A worker at the Kera coffee shop in Kidapawan City roasts coffee beans from the farmers of the Mt. Apo highlands, from whom they source excelsa, robusta, and arabica varieties. Kera supports and provides opportunity for livelihood for the coffee farmers of Kidapawan. MindaNews photo

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DA turns over P1.3-B farm assistance to Northern Mindanao farmers, LGUs T HE Department of Agriculture on Thursday said that it has turned over more than P1.3 billion worth of projects and interventions to local government units and farmers in Region 10 to further mechanize and upgrade the region’s agriculture sector towards global competitiveness.

Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala said “the turnover of machineries, equipment, projects, livestock and seeds aims to enrich Northern Mindanao farmers’ knowledge and abilities on agricultural technologies to increase their production and income and equip them to compete in the ASEAN market.”

The turnover was part of the 22nd Farmers’ Field Days and Techno-Forum, held at the Northern Mindanao Agricultural Crops and Livestock Research Complex on Oct. 2729, 2015.

“The P1.34 billion that we gave to Northern Mindanao is quite huge. It is in line with this year’s farmers’ field day theme - More than Two Decades of Technology Development, Transfer and Adoption: Bridging a Progressive Northern Mindanao towards ASEAN Competitiveness,” Alcala said.

The machineries and equipment turned over during the said event included six mini four-wheel drive trac-

tors; two combined harvesters and 16 turtle type power tillers for rice beneficiaries; seven hand tractors for high value crops development program beneficiaries; and nine farm tractors, four cassava diggers, five cassava graters and two grain dryers for corn beneficiaries.

Three multi-purpose drying pavements worth Php 34.9 million were also awarded to the Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (PAMANA) project.

Farm-to-market road (FMR) projects were also turned over to Camiguin amounting to Php 40 million; Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) sub-projects

worth Php 1.2 billion; and initiatives under the Bottom-up Budgeting (BUB) project with an amount of Php 12.9 million.

Indemnity checks worth Php 1.7 million from the Philippine Crops Insurance Corp.

(PCIC) were also distributed.

Besides these, five carabaos, five heads of cattle and three packets of goats, as well as 100 bags of rice seeds and 100 bags of open-pollinated variety corn seeds were also awarded to farmers.

A groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of 2 FMRs for the municipalities of Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon and Calamba, Misamis Occidental, totaling to Php 1.3 million, was also conducted. (PNA)

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A SPOOKY KIND OF LAUNCH

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Motorcade, Halloween Night spice up The Residences 3 launching

THE BRAINS at Escandor Development Corporation (Esdevco) were at work and the result is just amazing—a spooky way to launch another condominium project.

Esdevco’s men and women, led by project director Gerald Kent Garces, whipped up a party intertwined with the theme of the season—Halloween—and what a way indeed it was to officially launch The Residences 3 of Matina Enclaves last October 30.

The launch got off to a rousing start with a long queue of cars snaking through the city’s main thoroughfares for the morning motorcade which began and ended at the Clubhouse at Matina Enclaves (CAME).

The following realty firms joined the motorcade: Ablas Realty, Apolonio Realty, Asoy Or RJBA Realty, Balio Realty, Corro Realty, Denaga Realty, Fullworth Realty, Hornijas Realty, Leuterio Realty, Romero Realty, Torefiel and RCJH Realty.

At night, Matina En-

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EVENT

Blue Posts Boiling Crabs and Shrimps holds first Hallow Party kid event THE Blue Posts Boiling Crabs and Shrimps organized its very first kiddie “Hallow Party” last October 31, 2015 at its J.P. Laurel Avenue branch.

52 eager kids came in at 2 pm for registration wearing the prescribed fantasy or spooky-themed costumes. For only 250 pesos per head, the kids got to enjoy kiddie meals, snacks & drinks, Halloween loot bags, games, prizes and gift certs up to 1000 pesos in worth, a magic show and more fun and exciting activities.

“We decided to organize this Hallow Party for kids since we noticed a lot of our loyal customers are large families with kids” says Dave Alvarez, Marketing Head. “What better way to establish and strengthen our relationship with our loyal customers than

Above: The kids were entranced by the 30-minute magic show.

Left: The kids in their cute Halloween costumes with their families.

by celebrating this spooky season with them?”

The jam-packed Hallow party ended at 5 pm and in

true Blue Posts spirit, the kids were all in agreement that “It’s Fun to be Messy”.

Blue Posts Boiling Crabs

and Shrimps is nearing its 2nd anniversary and Mr. Alvarez says “they’re cooking something up to end the year with

a bang”. This is a well-deserved celebration as the restaurant is currently gearing up for its national expansion with its very first franchise in Manila this coming 2016.

If you want to find out what the buzz is all about Davao’s best-kept “messy, finger-licking seafood dining” secret, you can visit Blue Posts Boiling Crabs and Shrimps at JP Laurel Ave Bajada (221-8360) or at their 2nd branch at Lanang Business Park (295-9022).

UP AND ABOUT

Travel Weekly Asia readers name Airasia as best LCC AIRASIA took home the coveted title of Best Low Cost Carrier (LCC) at the inaugural 2015 Travel Weekly Asia Reader’s Choice Awards as voted by the leading travel trade magazine’s strong base of readers comprising of seasoned travellers and industry players.

Readers of Travel Weekly Asia magazine casted their votes from 14 August to 25 September 2015 on www.travelweekly-asia.com to choose their favourite travel and hospitality establishments out of 31 award categories ranging from airlines, cruise lines to travel agencies and hotel chains.

Mr Logan Velaitham, CEO of AirAsia Singapore received the award on behalf of the AirAsia Group at the award ceremony held yesterday in Singapore.

“On behalf of AirAsia Group, we are both delighted and proud to be recognized as the Best Low Cost Carrier among the readers of Travel Weekly Asia. Each award received is a testament to the hard work and determination of 17,000 AirAsia Allstars around the globe and it drives us to develop even better products and services for our guests. We would like to thank everyone for voting for us,” said Logan.

This is the first Travel Weekly

Logan Velaitham (centre), CEO of AirAsia Singapore accepting the award from Arnie Weissmann (left) , Editor-in-chief of Travel Weekly and Senior VP and Editorial Director of Travel Group, Northstar Travel Media and Mr Ian Jarrett (right), Editorat-large of Travel Weekly Asia.

Reader’s Choice Awards that is held in the Asia region as the spinoff of its American version which has been running for over a decade now in the United States. The Travel Weekly Asia Reader’s Choice Award will be presented annually to industry leaders as recognition for their service and product excellence, voted by the magazine’s pool of discerning readers.

Irene Chua, Group Publisher for Northstar Travel Media (Asia) said, “The awards are a confirmation of the travel industry’s most outstanding companies and lauds their achievements. Congratulations to all our winners, who truly deserve this recognition in the in-

dustry. Travel Weekly Asia heralds the travel professionals who have truly made a difference!”

This year alone, AirAsia has been recognised as the best in the industry multiple times when it received the World’s Best Low Cost Airline recognition by Skytrax for seven consecutive years, Best Low-Cost Airline at the Business Traveller Asia-Pacific Travel Awards 2015 for four years in a row, and very recently the airline group also clinched the Excellence Award under the Airlines category at Expatriate Lifestyle’s Best of Malaysia Awards. In this same week, AirAsia also received SimpliFlying Awards’ Top 3 Best Overall Airline in Asia

Pacific while a special individual award was given to Tan Sri Tony Fernandes, Group CEO of AirAsia for Leadership in Social Media, recognising AirAsia’s creative and effective integration of social media into overall marketing and business strategy.

Keep updated with AirAsia’s latest promotions and activities via Twitter (twitter.com/AirAsia) and Facebook (facebook.com/AirAsia).

CHANGE YOUR FOREGN CURRENCIES AT THE SM STORE. For your Foreign Exchange needs please proceed to The SM Store Davao’s Forex Counter or Global Pinoy Center at SM Lanang Premier, SM City Davao and SM City General Santos. Safe, reliable and convenient, The SM Store Davao Currency Exchange Service accepts 15 Foreign currencies.

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Over 70 OPM artists perform at MYX Mo! OVER 70 of the biggest and brightest OPM stars gathered for a night in celebration of MYX’s 15 years in showcasing the best of Pinoy music at MYX Mo, the biggest and longest running OPM festival in the country.

As early as 4PM, the crowd partied nonstop as they enjoyed the best OPM hits from MYX’s star-studded impressive roster of local artists across all genres to date –from jamming along with rock hits of Pupil to singing their hearts out to Kyla’s soulful songs.

The MYX Mo! 2015 stage also became a platform for young rising OPM artists to wow the crowd with their incredible talent. Performances from “The Voice Kids” alumni Lyca Gairanod, Elha Nympha,

and Darren Espanto had the MYX Mo! crowd shrieking and singing along to their renditions of hit songs.

OPM artists who partied at MYX Mo! also took to Twitter to share their great experience at the biggest gathering of OPM artists this year.

RnB prince Jay-R remarked, “I’m still hung over from MYX Mo 2015.

Always a great experience performing on the MYX stage.”

DJ Tom Taus also said he was honored to be part of the biggest lineup of OPM artists for MYX Mo. He tweeted, “what a great gathering of artists and music lovers. It was an honor to close out MYX Mo 2015.”

Fans on social media also said that MYX! Mo was a nostalgic music concert as it featured the best OPM hits throughout the years, while a

MYX is a youth-oriented music channel in the Philippines that aims to showcase music from OPM artists across

first time MYX! Mo concertgoer described it as “the best OPM concert.”

MYX VJs Nikki, Chino, Robi, Ai, Erika, Tippy, and Diego also excitedly announced at MYX Mo! the music channel’s first ever vlogger search for MYXph.com which will be launched soon for MYX’s 15th year. The vlogger search will scour for the newest face and online sensation who will star in MYXclusive web vid-

all genres. It belongs to the family of cable channels under Creative Programs, Inc., a subsidiary of ABS-CBN.

eos and other creative content on MYXph.com.

The newest search is part of MYX’s effort to welcome changes to stay relevant and fresh to its young viewers in the years to come. MYX is currently one of the most followed youthoriented social media account in the country with 5.7 million likes on Facebook and a whopping 5 million followers on Twitter.

T.O.P. serenades fans with their first single

TOP ONE PROJECT or T.O.P. celebrated their first monthsary as GMA’s newest boy band sensation. They posted a video message on their official Facebook page and serenaded their fans by singing their first and upcoming single, ‘Paggising.’

“Thank you guys sa lahat ng supporters, especially sa mga unsTOPpables. Maraming maraming salamat,” Miko Manguba began.

“Stay solid guys and don’t stop believing,” Mico Cruz added, while Adrian Pascual concurred, “Nandito lang kami palagi sa tabi niyo.

November 6 – 10, 2015

THE LAST WITCH HUNTER Vin Diesel, Rose Leslie, Elijah Wood R13

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

SPECTRE Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Ralph Fiennes PG

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

EVERYDAY I LOVE YOU Liza Soberano, Enrique Gil, Gerald Anderson G

Hindi kami mawawala.”

T.O.P. was formed via the first multi-platform boy band competition

in the Philippines, To The Top (http://www. gmanetwork.com/gma/ tothetop/). The group is

composed of Miko M., Mico C., Adrian Pascual, Joshua Jacobe and Louie Pedroso.

12:20 | 2:45 | 5:10 | 7:35 | 10:00 LFS

GOOSEBUMPS Halston Sage, Jack Black, Amy Ryan PG

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

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claves treated its investors to a “Freaky Friday” Investors Night. Attendees took the theme seriously and came with their were their spooky halloween costumes. The Freaky Friday event offered discounts and special payment terms for Building 3.

Garces said the freaky party signaled the start of their sales campaign for Building 3. The event was also part of the launching and the first formal activity for the sellers and prospects of Building 3.

“We will still be having one 32 sqm Studio and 57 sqm 2 Bedroom units.

But offering 2 BR units at 45 sqm is our response to market demand for more compact dwellings for the family. Essentially we are trying to expand our market base by pro-

viding an opportunity to other families who want to invest in Matina Enclaves through smaller 2 BR units. These units still promise functionality and convenience of Enclaves’ bigger units. Building 3 is also designed with the same lifestyle-ish finishes carried by other models of

Matina Enclaves.” Garces said.

With The Residences 3 now officially in the market, expect sales to jumpstart with the unique features and payment schemes offered for this new concept otherwise called “The Crossover Condo.”

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URING the 36th National Conference on Local and National History held recently in Casa Real de Iloilo, Dr. Bernardita R. Churchill, president of the Philippine National Historical Society, Inc. (PNHS) and event convenor, reacted to a paper and shared a yet to be researched tale of a dayanghirang as having links to the Muslims and Borneo.

Of course, the word—at least in Davao region—refers to a political clan whose surname is Dayanghirang. However, a Facebook browse would show that the Dayanghirangs could have actually originated from Batangas.

Dayanghirang is a compound word that fuses dayang, a Bahasa term, and hirang, of Tagalog provenance. Dayang, a single-term cognate of dayan, is ‘a lady-in-waiting, a handmaid’; if repeated and hyphenated to form dayang-dayang, it becomes a royal title.

Moreover, dayang-dayang refers also to a Muslim dance, roughly translated as ‘princess of the first degree,’ and an honorific given only to the daughters of the sultanate of Sulu. An example was Hadji Dayang Dayang Piandao, born in 1884 and the daughter of Sultan Baddaruddin, one of the sons of Sultan Jamalul Alam and Pangian (Sultana) Lana, and Hadji Amina.

Both the dayang and the dayang-dayang are exclusive female appellations. In William

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T all started when Sylvester Stallone saw the Muhammad Ali-Chuck Wepner fight on March 24, 1975. After the fight was over, Stallone immediately went home. After three days -- and 20 straight hours! -- he had written the script.

Stallone went to several film studios to sell the script, with the intention of playing the lead role himself. Among those who were interested with the script were Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff; they offered him US$350,000 for the rights but had their own ideas for the lead role, including big names like Robert Redford and Burt Reynolds.

Stallone refused to sell the script. Unless he will be given the role himself, he will not accept any offer for the script. In the end, a compromise was made and he was given the role.

The black-and-white movie was shot in 28 days and with a budget of just over US$1.

When it was released, Rocky became a sleeper hit earning US$225 million in global box office receipts and became the highest grossing film of 1976.

Stallone became a star. In 1977, he became the third man in Oscar history to receive two nominations for the same film; before him were Charles Chaplin and Orson Welles. He was nominated for Best Actor (which he lost) and Best Original Screenplay (for which he won).

Indeed, he had gone a long way from 1970 when he appeared in the soft core pornography feature film called The Party at Kitty and Stud’s.

In this film, for which he was paid US$200 for two days’ work, he appeared nude all the way.

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BY ANTONIO V. FIGUEROA Gwee Thian Hock’s ‘A Baba Malay Dictionary, The First Comprehensive Compendium of Straits Chinese Terms and Expressions’ (2006), ‘dayang’ is defined as ‘maid at court’ while ‘dayangdayang’ are ‘female attendants of Malay court ladies.’

Bornean link The so-called ‘Borneo connection’ is richly embedded in local histories. In Panay, the legend of the 10 Bornean datus have found space in textbooks, in the same way that Manila and Pangasinan, oral tradition says, were ruled by rulers with Bornean roots.

In the Batangas legend, the Dayang was Bornean and a royalty. Ivor H.N. Evans, in his ‘Notes on the Bajaus and other Coastal Tribes of North Borneo,’ corroborated this local legend by presenting Dayang Bulan who went to Brunei to marry a local resident there. From their Islamic union descended the Brunei rajas.

One of the couple’s sons Dato Amid Bahad, migrated to Sulu and became the ruler of the place, while Dato Amiril Mukminin, another offspring, established permanent residence in North Borneo and carved out a kingdom for

himself as rajah.

Queen regnant From being a ‘handmaid,’ dayang evolved to mean as queen regnant, “a female monarch who reigns in her own right, in contrast to a queen consort, who is the wife of a reigning king, or a queen regent, who is the guardian of a child monarch reigning temporarily in their stead.”

Historians identify a certain Dayang Kalangitan, who ruled the kingdom of Tondo from 1450 to 1515 A.D., as queen regnant. She was the eldest daughter of Rajah Gambang, a former king of Tondo, and was co-ruler with her spouse Rajah Lontok. Her son, Salalila, who was said to adopt the Muslim name Sulaiman upon his conversion to Islam, succeeded her as king of Tondo.

Later, Dayang Kalangitan carved out her own kingdom at Parian Creek, in Pasig City, then known as ‘Bitukang Manok,’ which means ‘chicken intestines.’

Another oral tradition is that of Sama-Bajau of Borneo who trace their roots to the royal guards of Johore, now a Malaysian state, who escorted Dayang Ayesha, a princess betrothed to marry the sultan of Sulu. But the marriage failed because the sultan of Brunei, who was in love with the princess, attacked the Bruneians

Rocky Balboa is back!

According THINK ON THESE! to Stallone, had done the film (which was rereleased later on as Italian Stallion) out of desperation after being evicted from his apartment and Henrylito D. Tacio finding himself henrytacio@gmail.com homeless for several days. In fact, he had been sleeping for three weeks in the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City prior to seeing a casting notice for the film.

“It was either do that movie or rob someone, because I was at the end – the very end – of my rope,” he said.

That’s one thing most people don’t know about Stallone. If you’re wondering why he talks as if he were eating marble, it is due to the complications his mother suffered during labor. It was said that her obstetricians forced to use two pairs of forceps during his birth. The misuse of these accidentally severed a nerve and caused paralysis in parts of Stallone’s face. As a result, the lower left side of his face is paralyzed – including parts of his lip, tongue, and chin.

Perhaps Stallone is one of the very few Hollywood actors who is very famous for two roles in movies. Aside from Rocky Balboa, he is also known for his role as Vietnam veteran John

Rambo in four movies.

As for Rocky, it spawned five sequels: Rocky II, III, IV, V, and Rocky Balboa. He wrote all the scripts aside from starring in them. He also directed all sequels except for Rocky V (which was directed again by the original director, John Avildsen). Creed, another sequel, is due to be released this month.

Just recently, Stallone talked with Josh Rottenberg of Los Angeles Times about his latest film.

“That movie was the toughest sell of all,” the actor said Rocky Balboa. “Rocky V was considered a failure financially and critically.

Now 15 years have passed. ‘You want to play a boxer who’s 60 years old—you’re joking, right?’”

But it’s no joke. He’s reprising the role that made him a box office actor. Creed is said to be a spinoff of the Rocky franchise directed

by Ryan Coogler. In the movie, “the aging Balboa reluctantly agrees to train an up-andcoming fighter named Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan), the son of his former rival Apollo Creed,” Rottenberg wrote.

So what else is new? “This time, Rocky doesn’t personally get in the ring; instead, his biggest fight is with his own mortality as he faces a battle with cancer.”

With a role like that, he may receive another Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

But he dismisses such talk. “Can you imagine?

That would be really funny, wouldn’t it?” he asked.

According to Rottenberg, the film’s director,

in the high seas, held her captive, and forced her to marry the sultan.

More meanings Dayang also takes similar meanings in other languages. In Tagalog, it is defined as a noble woman; in Malay, a court maiden; in Tausug, a princess; and in Woiworung, an indigenous Australian dialect, a water rat. In recent times, it has evolved so much so that dayang ku (from the local term ‘ko’) is translated as ‘my dearest.’

Hirang, meanwhile, is a Tagalog term with Malay provenance; locally, it means chosen or selected (i.e., hinirang na hari) or beloved (i.e., dungawin mo, hirang). If used in Malay Bahasa as a compound word, hirang takes on different meanings so alien from the Filipino term, i.e. lakatan hirang (a banana variety), hirang utan (a regional name for the orangutan), or babi hirang, a wild black boar species.

Dayanghirang, over time, has evolved to mean ‘much-loved lady’ with significant social status. Its acceptance as one of the more popular Filipinized surnames carries with it historical and royal roots.

In the Catalogo Alfabetico de Apellidos issued by Governor General Narciso Claveria y Zaldua on November 21, 1849, dayanghirang, translated as ‘chosen lady,’ is one of the surnames recommended for use by Filipinos.

Coogler, is only 29 years old. He reportedly “grew up with a deep love for the Rocky movies that had been instilled by his father.”

Coogler admitted that it was not until he met Stallone in person -- to pitch him the idea for Creed, which he co-wrote with Aaron Covington -- he didn’t fully appreciate the depth of his talent.

“I watched all these Stallone movies growing up in the 1990s like Demolition Man and Cliffhanger, but he was still Rocky to me, so I went into his office expecting him to be that character,” Coogler was quoted as saying.

“As soon as I met him, I realized he’s the exact opposite. He doesn’t walk like Rocky, he doesn’t move like Rocky, his personality is totally different—the only thing that’s recognizable is the voice. I remember thinking, ‘This dude is a phenomenal actor to pull off that character and have it be so natural.’ I feel he’s been underused.”

Here’s another thing you need to know about Stallone: He was raised a strict Catholic by his parents but stopped going to church as his acting career progressed. When his daughter was born ill in 1996, he rediscovered his childhood faith and became again an active Catholic.

In the late 2006, the actor was interviewed

by Pat Robertson from the CBN’s 700 Club.

He admitted that he had “lost his way” as temptation abounded in Hollywood. However, he added that he put things later “in God’s hands.”

Welcome back, Rocky!

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gan’s case was a diversionary tactic of a syndicated group at the NAIA to show that people anywhere carry bullets with them.

He said security measures are being tightened at the airport to preempt any “tanim-bala” activity.

He said he also coordinated the Regional Public Safety Battalion (RPSB) 11 and Task Force Davao to increase their security measures outside the airport building.

Esteban said his unit doubling its effort “to remove the negative perception.”

57-second video on YouTube.

“The [Ombudsman’s] order was very clear that I did not file my counter affidavit.

Obviously the Ombudsman’s investigators did not take a look into my counter affidavit.

They missed out my counter affidavit,” Moreno stressed.

“I have no knowledge of it.

I have not approve it and have not taken part of it,” he added.

Moreno said he has filed his counter affidavit asserting his innocence to the transaction contrary to the claims of the Ombudsman.

He said the Ombudsman’s decision cleared him of charges of grave abuse of discretion but held him liable for grave misconduct.

“The penalty of dismissal and disqualification from holding public office is too harsh, cruel and excessive considering my reply to the charges was not even read,” Moreno said.

He told his detractors that they will not succeed because the “rule of law will succeed.”

The mayor said that they will seek a temporary restraining order from the Court of Appeals, along with the motion for reconsideration which has to be filed before the Office of the Deputy Ombudsman Mindanao.

On October 5, the Ombudsman held Mayor Fernandez liable for grave misconduct. He was reportedly continuously discharging his duties – such as issuing office orders, business permits and appointments – and signing documents while he was detained for allegedly masterminding the killing of a journalist.

Aside from grave misconduct, a case for violation of Article 177 of the Revised Penal Code (Usurpation of Official Functions) was filed against Fernandez.

Last Sept. 17, the Ombudsman ruled that Mayor Adiong committed grave abuse of authority, grave misconduct and oppression “for ordering the burning of a truck” owned by JERA General Construction, which was hired by Lanao del Sur Electric Cooperative, Inc. (LASURECO) “to install concrete electric posts and distribution lines in the municipality.”

There had been witnesses identifying Adiong as the one who ordered the burning of the truck.

Aside from the three dismissed mayors, the Ombudsman also indicted former Cagayan de Oro Mayor Vicente Emano, Tandag City Mayor Alexander Pimentel and Mayor Diosdado Pallasigue of Isulan, Sultan Kudarat.

Along with them are four vice mayors and 30 other local officials in Mindanao for vari-

ous charges ranging from RA 3019, malversation, failure to liquidate cash advances and irregularities in the procurement process.

Emano allegedly refused to implement the final and executory decision issued by the Civil Service Commission (CSC) that ordered to reinstate Leonor Esparcia to the post of Administrative Assistant III. “On September 22, the Office of the Ombudsman found probable cause to indict former Mayor Emano for his willful refusal to implement a final and executory decision of the Civil Service Commission, in violation of the Revised Administrative Code of 1987,” the statement reads.

Pimentel, meanwhile, violated Section 3(e) of RA 3019, also known as the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, for refusing to pay Mario Cuartero, member of the City Council, an amount of P485,369 “representing the latter’s salaries, allowances and bonuses for the period July 2010 to June 2011.”

The Ombudsman also ruled that Pallasigue violated Sections 3(e) and 3(f) of RA 3019 “for willfully and deliberately refusing to implement the return to work order, issued by the [Civil Service Commission] in favor of the Municipal Planning and Development Coordinator Elias Segura, Jr. in March 2014.”

“He was found to have acted with manifest partiality and evident bad faith in refusing to implement lawful orders from competent authorities without justifiable cause,” the statement reads.

In an interview on Thursday, Deputy Ombudsman for Mindanao Rodolfo Elman said the aggrieved parties can still file for a motion for reconsideration to his office.

“The aggrieved party who has been dismissed from the service has the remedy of filing a motion for reconsideration or filing before the Court of Appeals an appeal, and of course, until such time this appeal is resolved by the proper authority, it means the decision has not yet attained finality,” he said.

“The provision of law does not yet apply. What the law prohibits is the person who has been perpetually disqualified, meaning a decision that has already become final and executory,” he said.

He added that the Ombudsman is impartial with her decision whether it is election season or not, for as long as there is sufficient evidence to criminally charge public officials. Antonio L. Colina IV with reports from Froilan Gallardo/MindaNews

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COOPERATION. Bureau of Customs (BOC) commissioner Alberto Lina (left) and Governor Mujiv Hataman of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) sign an agreement outlining cooperation in revitalizing

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After the list up ended on Oct. 31, North Cotabato has 671,876 total registered voters with biometrics.

But Kadatuan said the number may still increase when all the municipal election officers shall have submitted their reports to the provincial Comelec office.

In the 2010 polls, North Cotabato has 605,065 registered voters.

Kadatuan reiterated a Comelec memorandum disallowing registered voters who have incomplete or no biometric records at all from voting in 2016.

Kadatuan said the voter registration started May 2014 but most of the registrants only found time to visit Comelec offices at the “last minute” that resulted to long lines. (PNA)

The City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) follows with P456 million (P41 million for PS, P414 million for MOOE and P561,000 for capital outlay).

The Sangguniang Panlungsod will get P406 million (P148 million for PS, P248 million for MOOE, and P8.7 million for capital outlay).

City Engineer’s Office (CEO) has an allocation of P359.5 million (P61 million for PS, P295 million for MOOE and P2.3 million for capital outlay).

City Health Office (CHO) will get P275.2 million allocation (P192.3 million for PS, P81.3 million for MOOE and P1.5 million for capital outlay).

City Treasurer’s Office (CTO) will get a budget of P168.2 million (P124.9 million for PS, P39.6 million for MOOE and P3.6 million for capital outlay).

City Social Services and Development Office (CSSDO) will get P161 million, (P79.7 million for PS, P80.6 for MOOE and P733,823 for capital outlay).

City Administrator’s Office will get P66.9 million (P53.1 million for PS, P12.8 for MOOE and P898,884 for

capital outlay).

City Agriculturist’s Office will get P66.2 million (P60.1 million for PS, P5.9 million for MOOE and P124,000 for capital outlay).

City General Services Office (GSO) will get P51.5 million (P39.1 million for PS and P12.3 million for MOOE).

City Veterinarian’s Office will get P41.8 million (P31.2 million for PS, P10.3 million for MOOE and P287,171 for capital outlay).

City Accountant’s Office will get will get P33.7 million (P27.8 million for PS, P5.4 million for MOOE and P500,000 for capital outlay).

City Planning and Development Office will get P31.5 million (P24.7 million for PS, P6.7 million for MOOE and P100,000 for capital outlay).

City Legal Office will get P25.2 million (P21.8 million for PS, P2.9 million for MOOE and P526,395 for capital outlay).

City Civil Registrar’s Office will also get P24.3 million (P17 million for PS, P7.3 million for PS and P43,000 for capital outlay).

P1.1 billion will also be allocated for development fund and P128 million for economic enterprise.

biological parents.

The lady senator said another person has offered to give DNA sample. She also refused to reveal the person’s identity.

Poe’s lawyer George Garcia, in an interview with radio dzBB, said the persons who tested negative are “more or

less” relatives of those who found Poe in a church in Jaro, Iloilo.

At the Kapihan sa Senado media forum, Marcos was asked what he would tell to Grace if she is really his half sister. ”Welcome to the family!”

Marcos told the media. (PNA)

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the operations of the Polloc International Port in Maguindanao. The signing was held at Park Inn by Radisson Davao yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

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It was the worst single attack on the press. Not one has been convicted yet for the crime and some of the principal suspects are out on bail.

‘Do more’ against impunity UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has urged governments to “do more” to combat the trend of impunity on violence against journalists.

“Such impunity deepens fears among journalists and enables Governments to get away with censorship,” Ban said in a statement.

According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco), more than 700 journalists have been killed in the line of duty from 2006 to 2015.

That is, one journalist is killed every five days.

Of these, only seven percent of total cases were resolved and less than one in every 10 are fully investigated.

“Many perish in the conflicts they cover so fearlessly.

But all too many have been deliberately silenced for trying to report the truth,” Ban noted.

“Together we must end the cycle of impunity and safeguard the right of journalists to speak truth to power,” he added.

Judicial cooperation Apart from leveraging aid, the IFJ proposes “judicial cooperation” among UN member-states.

“We are urging them to cooperate through sharing technical expertise and know-how, training as well as best practices in investigating killings of journalists in order to make a difference to a situation which has become a safety crisis in media,” said IFJ President Jim Boumelha.

Boumelha lamented that “there is very little use made of capacity, experience and skills which many UN member states can share among themselves to solve journalists’ murders.”

The IFJ has urged for a

“special focus on the promotion of close collaboration between governments’ laws enforcement agencies and specialized international institutions such as the UN Office of Drugs and Crime to investigate violence on journalists.”

The UN Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity laid out assistance to member states in, among others, developing legislation and mechanisms guaranteeing freedom of expression and information, and safeguarding journalists and media professionals.

The Plan of Action also encourages member states “to take an active role in the prevention of attacks against journalists, and take prompt action in response to attacks…”

Get tough on gov’ts Amid the gravity of the impunity situation, Bellanger urged the UN to “get tough on unwilling and corrupt governments” in a bid to increase the chances the available international instruments to address the problem are implemented.

In May this year, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2222 on the protection of journalists, its second resolution on media safety following its 2006 resolution dealing on the protection of journalists working in war zones.

In 1997, the Unesco General Conference adopted a resolution urging member states “to adopt the principle that there should be no statute of limitations on persons guilty of crimes against freedom of expression” and ensure that defamation or libel is reclassified as a civil, not a criminal offense.

According to the UN Plan of Action, “the safety of journalists and the struggle against impunity for their killers are essential to preserve the fundamental right to freedom of expression, guaranteed by Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.” (Ryan D. Rosauro / MindaNews contributor)

various chapters across the country and other parts of the world.

SCAN is a communications network operating for about 25 years as a first aid and recue network with thou-

sands of volunteer-members, a Church official said.

It was learned that other members and officers of SCAN Pampanga Chapter have also filed a separate libel complaint against Menorca. (PNA)

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ISSAN’S flagship large SUV, the Patrol Royale is getting a price adjustment for the 2016 model year. Meticulously honed for over five decades, the Patrol (now known as the Patrol Royale) is the first four-wheel drive vehicle, according to Nissan, designed to take on the climatically demanding Middle East region. It packs a 5.6-liter V8 gasoline engine mated to a 5-speed auto-

matic with a 4WD system with a rear locking differential.

Engineers went through more than 200 prototypes for evaluation before coming up with the vehicle that eventually became the Patrol Royale.

The Patrol Royale packs a 5.6-liter V8 engine with 371 horsepower at 5,200 rpm and 526 Nm of torque at 3,400 rpm.

Designed

for maximum performance and smooth response, this engine is mated to a 5-speed automatic with manual shift mode and cruise control.

Keeping all that power in check is the Hydraulic Body Motion Control System or HBMC. It keeps the Patrol Royale flatter with less body roll during lane-changing and cornering while delivering a comfortable ride in city driving and superb stability on rugged and sandy tracks.

It also

employs independent suspension on both ends along with 275/60R20 tires.

Outside, the Patrol Royale features LED headlights with LED Daytime Running Lights (DRLs) with an automatic on/ off function. Inside, it has generous amounts of leather, polished aluminum, and wood grain paneling with ample seating for 8 adults. It also has a powered driver’s seat and tilt/telescopic steering with memory, tri-zone climate control, a 13-speaker Bose sound system with a DVD system with two 7-inch headrest monitors,

and a moon roof.

Helping maneuver the 5.16-meter long SUV, the 2016 Patrol Royale has front and rear clearance sensors with an Around View 360-degree camera. It also features 6 airbags, ABS with EBD, Brake Assist, Limited Slip Differential, and Vehicle Dynamics Control with Hill Descent Control and Hill Start Assist.

The 2016 Nissan Patrol Royale is available in two colors: Pearl White and Black Obsidian for a retail price of P 3,990,000.

Key Specifications Engine: 5.6-liter DOHC V8, CVTCS (371 horsepower @ 5,200 rpm; 526 Nm @ 3,400 rpm) Fuel: Petrol, ECCS, EFI Transmission: 5-speed AT with Manual Shift Mode Suspension: Hydraulic

Body Motion Control (HBMC) Transfer Select Switch: 4L, 4H, Auto, with Variable 4x4 Mode Select Tires: 275/60R20, Alloy 20 x 8.0J Dimensions (L x W x H, in mm): 5,165 x 1,995 x 3,075 Wheelbase: 3,075 mm Minimum Ground Clearance: 273 mm Seating: 8 Exterior Features: LED headlights with LED DRLs; front fog lamps; roof rails Interior Features: Tilt/ telescopic steering wheel (powered with memory); powered driver’s seat (with memory); push engine start with Intelligent Key; tri-zone auto A/C; moon roof; Bose Premium sound system with 13 speakers; 7-inch LCD with MP3/DVD/Tuner/iPod; 2 x 7-inch front headrest mounted WVGA monitors.

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Caltex with Techron now Euro 4 in Metro Manila, major Cities

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URO 4 Caltex with Techron gasoline is now available in Caltex stations in Metro Manila and select major cities with full availability nationwide by the end of the year.

Marketed by Chevron Philippines Inc. (CPI), Caltex with Techron is proven to keep vital engine parts clean

so vehicles can perform at their best. Combined with the introduction of cleaner fuel standards such as Euro 4, motorists can be assured that their engines will be equipped with specially-formulated ingredients which would not only keep engines clean but also offer maximized of power, better fuel

CARMUDI PH PARTNERS WITH CAR AWARDS GROUP, INC. Carmudi Philippines, the country’s premier online vehicle marketplace, recently forged a partnership with the Car Awards Group, Inc. (CAGI) that will culminate with Carmudi’s role as presenter of the 2015 Car of the Year – Philippines (COTY-P) and 2015 Truck of the Year – Philippines (TOTY-P) awards.The awarding

economy, smoother drive, lower emissions and reliable performance.

This is in compliance with the Philippine Clean Air Act and Department of Energy Circular No. DC2015-060004 mandating the use of environmentally clean fuels that meet specified emission standards. The main objective

of the emission and fuel standard upgrade is to improve vehicle emissions for better air quality. This has to be done in unison with the availability of Euro 4 compliant vehicles.

CPI expects that Euro 4 Caltex diesel and gasoline fuels will be available in all Caltex stations in the Philippines

by January 1, 2016.

ceremonies are set to be held on November 13, 2015 at the Fontana Golden Pavillion as part of the Fontana Clark Auto Motorama 2015. (From left to right): Kris Lim, Head of PR and Marketing, Carmudi Philippines; Subir Lohani, Managing Director, Carmudi Philippines; Robby Consunji, President, CAGI; and Ronnie Trinidad, Corporate Secretary, CAGI.

Messi is Tata Motor’s new global brand ambassador for passenger vehicles

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FTER an exciting year of aggressive and highly engaging marketing campaigns for its new generation products like Zest, Bolt and GenX Nano, Tata Motors is all set to make huge strides in marketing its new product line-up, inspired by its Horizonext strategy. The Company has signed-up the football player star, 4 consecutive times Best Player of the World, Lionel Messi, in a long-term association as it global brand ambassador to promote and endorse its passenger vehicles, globally.

To start with, Tata Motors will first roll-out the association campaign, #madeofgreat, starring Lionel Messi.

This is the first time ever that the Passenger Vehicle Business will be undertaking an overall brand association campaign with a brand ambassador. The campaign is based on consumer insight and rides on a strong consumer motivation of ‘Seeking Excellence’ & ‘Self Belief’ which is epitomized by the confluence of two global brands- Tata Motors and Lionel Messi. The core idea of this campaign - Made of Great emerges from the inspiring thought of ‘What drives us from

within is what makes us great’.

Announcing the association, Mr. Mayank Pareek, President, Passenger Vehicle Business Unit, said, “We are very excited to have Lionel Messi on board. He is talent galore with conviction & is an icon for today’s youth. Watching him play football is magical.

His determination on the field is awe-inspiring. He is a winner who is trustworthy, reliable, pioneering, simple and driven by self-belief, which is the core idea of this campaign - ‘What drives us from within is what makes us great.’ Tata Motors is driven by design, technology and strives towards excellence. Through this powerful campaign we will communicate the values & ethos of the passenger vehicle business.

As we look to expand our footprint across the globe, Messi’s unique ability to appeal globally, transcending geographies, makes him ideal person to represent our brand, internationally. This is the first campaign in the series and many more will unfold as we move on in this long-term association. We hope our customers like this new campaign and we look forward to their continued support.”

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SM malls kick off Christmas celebrations with Hello Kitty, Ballet Manila U SHER in the holiday spirit this weekend as SM malls across Mindanao hold Christmas celebrations with fun-loving Sanrio icon Hello Kitty, premier dance company Ballet Manila, and various musical performers.

On Friday, November 6, 6pm, delight in Hello Kitty as she lights up SM City Davao’s Christmas

centerpiece with Badtz-Maru, My Melody, Kerokerokeroppi and Purin. Enjoy a grand Christmas production starring magical fairies, elves, and other characters kids will surely love.

Witness the Hello Kitty holiday set light up with hundreds of plush Hello Kitty toys on display!

The joyous celebrations continue on Saturday, November 7

at SM malls. In SM Lanang Premier, be part of the festivities as the mall unveils the Hello Kitty Christmas Street at the Atrium at 6pm. Watch the metro’s adorable little girls and most endearing mother-and-daughter duos walk the runway at the Hello Kitty fun fashion show. Marvel at the mall’s 58-foot Christmas tree as Hello Kitty with her

friends lights it up at 6:30 pm.

TV personality and singer Tippy Dos Santos will host the occasion.

At SM City Cagayan de Oro, rejoice in the splendor of the season as the mall celebrates a Royal Christmas at 5pm on Saturday. Be filled with the holiday spirit as the grand tree lighting happens at the Event Center.

Be captivated by classical and contemporary performances of Ballet Manila, a group founded by the country’s prima ballerina, Lisa Macuja-Elizalde.

Meanwhile, dazzling entertainment awaits shoppers at SM City General Santos at 5pm this Saturday. Bask in the music of the Dominican Choir, SM Little Stars, and HTC Marching Band and performances of the Poinsettia Ballerinas, Teatro Ambahanon and Royeca School of Ballet. Gaze in awe at the mall’s giant Christmas tree as it lights up with the sweetest cupcakes and candy canes and indoor magical fireworks.

Hello Kitty meet-and-greet sessions will also be taking place this Christmas season at the said malls. Cuddle up to well-loved

Sanrio characters for a minimum purchase of P500 worth of Hello Kitty items from The SM Store or Toy Kingdom. Check each mall’s respective Facebook accounts and in-mall posters for the schedules.

Christmas is also a time for giving back. To spread the joy of giving, SM City Davao, SM Lanang Premier, SM City General Santos and SM City Cagayan de Oro have chosen 200 kids to receive their early Christmas presents from Santa Claus on the launch dates.

SM Supermalls also invites you to share your blessings through the SM Cares Bears of Joy campaign. For only 200 pesos, get a pair of cuddly bears from Toy Kingdom, one is yours to keep while the other will be donated to a chosen charity.

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NEW CHALLENGE New route presents tough challenge in Milo race

39th MILO NATIONAL MARATHON. Milo sports executive Andrew Neri (second from right) walks Davao City media through the details of the 39th Milo National Marathon Mindanao leg which will be held at SM Lanang Premier tomorrow. Neri was joined by Milo Marathon 2015 regional organizer Kenneth Sai (leftmost), Run Rio’s Aby Aranda (rightmost) and last year’s national winner Rafael Poliquit. Lean Daval Jr.

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EFENDING national champion Rafael Poliquit is seriously looking at breaking his personal best on Sunday other than winning the premier 21-kilometer race of the 39th Milo Marathon Davao Leg. The 26-year old Poliquit, a native of Tagum City and a member of the national team, is already seeded to the National Finals in December but still chose to come home and run on Sunday as his tune-up race.

“Seseryosohin ko pa rin ito. Gusto kong manalo dito,” said Poliquit in yesterday’s press conference during the FAST Fridays media forum at the Archipelago 7107 by Barrio Fiesta at the SM Lanang Premier.

Poliquit is expected to run away in the race that will also have defending champion Sonny Wagdos of the University of Mindanao. Poliquit’s aim is to win the National Finals setting a personal goal of 2 hours and 25 minutes in the 42.195 kilometer race.

Sunday’s footrace will be staged in a new course which

will begin and end at the SM Lanang Premier. It will feature some uphill and downhill stages unlike the previous years when it was relatively flat.

Milo sports executive Andrew Neri said the race on Sunday is a different challenge for all participants and that is the thrust of Milo this year to make races more exciting.

All finishers breaching the 1:15 barrier for men and 1:35 for women will earn an all-expense paid ticket to the National Finals.

Neri also added that the Milo race’s advocacy dubbed as “Help Give Shoes” program which started in 2010 “ has already distributed 50,000 pairs of shoes to indigent students nationwide. In Davao City this year, 500 pairs will be given to Bago Elementary School and Inawayan Elementary School.

The program is in partnership with the Department of Education (Deped).

Local race organizer Kenneth Sai said they expect a field of 10,000. The race will be managed by Runrio which was represented by Aby Aranda.

Japan ends Batang Gilas’title hopes

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ATANG GILAS fell into a deep hole early and failed to pull itself out, bowing to a hot-shooting Japan, 73-66, on Thursday in the quarterfinals of the Fiba Asia Under-16 Championship in at the Arena Britama in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Thrust into the limelight with a stunning win over China in the second round, the Batang Gilas couldn’t live up to expectations, starting flat as the Japanese rained treys on them for an early 15-0 lead on the way to a 23-9 advantage after 10 minutes of play.

Batang Gilas bowed out of the race for a berth in the 2016 Fiba Under 17 World Championship in Spain. The team falls way short of the 2013 squad’s second place finish that earned it a stint in the 2014 worlds.

The Philippines side of the

scoreboard stayed blank until the 5:02 mark, when Samjosef Belangel split his charities off a Keisuke Mimori foul. By then Japan was 15 points clear.

The Filipinos somehow found their range in the second, but the Japanese still made their shots and outscored Batang Gilas 23-21 for a 46-30 halftime count.

The Philippines was relegated to the classification round, where it would try and salvage fifth place starting with a match against Thailand, which was beaten in the quarterfinals by Chinese Taipei, 88-39.

Japan and Chinese Taipei face off in the semifinals. Korea also earlier advanced with a 10579 victory over Lebanon and await the winner of the quarterfinal match between China and Kuwait.

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SEMIS BOUND. Petron blazes trail to Super Liga semifinals after emphatic win over Meralco. The Petron Blaze Spikers are back in top form after a patchy start.

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Petron blazes trail to Super Liga semis Black sees bright future for Davao boy Baser Amer D M ERALCO coach Norman Black played down Baser Amer’s inauspicious debut on Wednesday, saying he believes the rookie playmaker is still the team’s point guard of the future.

Amer went scoreless after missing all his four shots, adding just one assist and one board against two turnovers in 14 minutes of action in the Bolts’ 92-90 loss to Blackwater.

“He doesn’t really know the system yet,” Black said of the San Beda star, who has attended only four practices with his pro team.

“He forced a few shots today, a couple of turnovers, so it’s not a good start for him in the PBA.” “It’s gonna take a while for him to learn the system and get used to his teammates, but he’ll be okay,” he added.

But Black still envisions this year’s seventh overall pick to eventually take over veteran starter Jimmy Alapag in the future.

“Baser is a really good player,” the American coach said. “He has good vision, he can push the basketball, and he can score the basketball.”

“We’re hoping he will be the point guard for this team eventually.”

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EFENDING champion Petron made short work of a listless Meralco, 27-25, 25-20, 25-21, to become the first team to secure a semifinal berth in the Philippine Super Liga Grand Prix at The Arena in San Juan on Thursday.

Brazilian reinforcement Rupia Inck led the way with 17 points while Dindin Santiago-Manabat added 12 as the Blaze Spikers completed its rise from a slow start to claim solo top spot with a 6-2 (winloss) record.

Petron coach George Pascua, however, warned the team against lowering its guard.

“Although pasok na kami sa semis, magsa-strive pa rin kami para manalo pa

Baser Amer

Green declared ‘safe and healthy’

IAMI Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said reserve guard Gerald Green “is safe and is healthy,” one day after he was hospitalized for a still-undisclosed reason.

Spoelstra declined to offer any further specifics on Green’s condition after the team’s morning shootaround in preparation for a game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday night (Friday, Manila time), but teammates Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade said they have reached out to Green to let him

know they are there to support him.

“Obviously our minds are on Gerald right now,” Spoelstra said. “We’re grateful that he’s safe and he’s healthy right now.

Our thoughts are with him and his family.”

Green did not play Tuesday night in Miami’s loss to Atlanta because of what the team called an illness. He was taken to the hospital the following morning, and the reasons for that are still unclear.

Wade said he spoke to

Green on Thursday morning and was told “he was doing better.”

“Whenever a teammate is sick or there’s an illness, we all reach out,” Wade said. “That’s just what we do. Whenever something happens in one of our teammates or family’s lives we all reach out. That’s a part of this basketball family that we’re all in.”

Green was a pivotal part of the Heat rotation during Miami’s first three regular-season games, averaging 10.3 points. He missed Tuesday’s game against

Atlanta unexpectedly with what the team only described as an illness. His signing helped Miami achieve a top priority over the summer, that being improving a second unit that was inconsistent last season when the Heat went 37-45 and missed the playoffs.

Bosh said he has reached out to Green but had yet to speak to him directly. Guard Mario Chalmers accompanied Green to the hospital on Wednesday.

“We always say we’re a family-first organization and we

prove that by making sure guys are OK,” Bosh said. “I think even yesterday, (Chalmers) being with him and making sure he was OK was a huge thing.”

Players said they have not been told the specifics surrounding Green’s hospitalization and it remains unclear how long he will be out. Miami authorities have said there are no on-going investigations involving Green.

“Knowing that our brother is OK, we can go out and play with an eased mind,” Heat captain Udonis Haslem said.

sa remaining games,” said the veteran mentor. “Sinasabi ko sa kanila, mahina o malakas ang kalaban kailangan pang-championship ang game namin.”

Pascua said the turning point of the match came in the first set, when the Blaze Spikers overcame a 23-19 deficit.

“Possible ‘yun ang (turning point) pero ‘yung mga ganoong situation kasi ina-apply namin sa practice ‘yun,” said Pascua. “Sa training ‘yung mga crucial points ineensayo namin.”

American import Christina Alessi made 11 points for Meralco, which, after losing its sixth straight game, will need to sweep its remaining four games to have a chance at a semifinal appearance.

OUT OF DANGER. Gerald Green did not play in Miami’s loss to Atlanta on Wednesday because of what the team called an illness.

He was taken to the hospital the following morning, and the reasons for that are still unclear. AP

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