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WORSENING. This is how the city’s busy streets like C.M. Recto look like during rush hour. Traffic is made even worse with the diggings made in key arteries of Davao City. Neilwin Joseph Bravo

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HE Land Transportation Office (LTO) 11 admitted yesterday it did not conduct public consultations prior to its imposition of additional requirements for drivers to secure licenses.

“There was no public consultation and these are just additional requirements for those who want to apply or renew their licenses,” LTO 11 operations chief Eleanor Calderon said in yesterday’s Pulong-Pulong ni Pulong media forum

at the Councilor’s Lounge of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP).

The LTO 11 office earlier released an order requiring all applicants for driver’s license to submit clearances from National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and Philippine National Police (PNP) as additional requirements. The order took effect last November 9.

Calderon said the additional requirements stemmed from an office

memorandum signed

by Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) assistant secretary to LTO lawyer Alfonso Tan. “Well, since this is a democratic country they can always make an appeal if you are not amenable to the new require-

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ON ALERT. A Task Force Davao operative is stationed along R. Magsaysay Avenue where large numbers of people converges to buy cheap RTWs and Christmas decorations.

Davao City has been placed on red alert status after the series of bombings that rocked Kabacan in North Cotabato last Sunday. Lean Daval Jr.

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ON ALERT. Operatives of Task Force Davao are stationed along R. Magsaysay Avenue where large numbers of people converges to buy cheap RTWs and Christmas decorations. Davao City has been placed on red alert status after the series of bombings that rocked Kabacan in North Cotabato last Sunday. Lean Daval Jr.

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OTING 5-4, the Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) on Tuesday dismissed the petition seeking the disqualification of Senator Grace Poe as Senator of the Republic.

Those who voted to dismiss the petition against Poe were Senators Vicente “Tito” Sotto III, Loren Legarda, Bam

Aquino, Cynthia Villar and Pia Cayetano.

Those who voted to grant the petition were Senator Nancy Binay, Associate Justices Antonio T. Carpio, Teresita J. Leonardo-De Castro and Arturo D. Brion.

Carpio chairs the SET. (PNA)

City Council amends 2016 annual budget

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HE Davao City Council has passed the 2016 annual budget for the city but with an amendment from the previous appropriations submitted by the local finance committee.

In yesterday’s regular session, councilors approved the 2016 budget on second reading but reduced it from P6.319 billion to P6.315 billion.

The report from the committee on finance, ways and

means, and appropriations headed by councilor Danilo C. Dayanghirang stated that after the deliberation, some amendments were presented by various offices.

Some amendments were accepted such as the Vice Mayor’s Office maintenance operating and other expenses (MOOE) decreasing from P1.1 million to P799,469.

The MOOE requested by the councilors was also re-

duced from P51.6 million to P37.6 million as well as their capital outlay from P7.4 million to P5.09 million.

There are also amendments in the development fund, from the original P500,000 barangay enhancement program to social alleviation program for the non-infrastructure project. For the infrastructure project, the P1.5 million construction of two-story multi-purpose building with

two classrooms in the barangay hall in Daliao was also reallocated to the construction of two-story and multi-purpose building in Mintal and other one in Baguio proper.

Another amendment was made for the budget of fishery resource management program which was reduced from P4.5 million to P2.9 million, or an amount equivalent to P1.5 million intended for the

find a pipe leak in the area.

In yesterday’s Pulong-Pulong ni Pulong media briefing, Poliquit said DCWD’s excavation caused traffic congestion in the area yesterday.

He said the three-lane road was cut into a single lane because of the hole left behind by the operations group of DCWD. “Ikaw nga taga DCWD, bangagan nimo ang kalsada tapos biyaan nimo. Unya mag-suffer ang mga tao (Peo-

ple from DCWD, you dug up the road then you just left it open. You caused suffering on the people),” he said.

Poliquit said the DCWD just placed yellow tape on the hole. It placed steel plates to cover the hole only in the late morning yesterday, by which time it was too late because traffic in the area is heavy in the morning because of students entering AdDU as well as workers heading downtown.

Poliquit said he called the DCWD hotline yesterday but no one answered his call.

“Message ko ni sa tanan na dili magpataka’g bangag (My message to all is not to excavate without securing a permit),” he said, adding this is Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte’s standing order.

Poliquit said he already sent a letter of complaint to City Hal through lawyer Daniel

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CCTMO chief blasts DCWD for uncoordinated excavation

NO COORDINATION. City Traffic and Transport Management Office (CCTMO) head Rhodelio Poliquit hits the Davao City Water District (DCWD) for doing excavation work without coordinating with his office. Poliquit was a guest in yesterday’s Pulong-Pulong ni Pulong. Armando B. Fenequito Jr.

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AVAO City Traffic and Transport Management Office (CCTMO) head Rhodelio Poliquit yesterday hit the Davao City Water District (DCWD) for doing excavation work along MacArthur Highway in Matina on Monday night but leaving the hole open until early morning yesterday.

This after the DCWD allegedly conducted an operation in the area near Ateneo De Davao University (AdDU) to

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President Aquino appoints 4 new CA associate justices

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Q&A. Councilor Danilo C. Dayanghirang answers the questions of councilor Bernard Al-ag on the proposed P6.3 billion 2016 budget of the city in yesterday’s regular session. Armando B. Fenequito Jr.

RESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III has appointed four new Associate Justices of the Court of Appeals (CA).

This was contained in separate transmittal letters sent to Chief Justice Maria Lourdes P. Aranal Sereno by Executive Secretary Paquito N. Ochoa Jr. President Aquino has appointed Marikina City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Judge Geraldine Fiel-Macaraig, Makati City RTC Judge Perpetua Atal-Pano, Manila RTC Judge Ruben Reynaldo Roxas and Atty. Gabriel Robeniol as CA Associate Justices.

The new Justices will be assigned in the CA Mindanao, specifically in Cagayan de Oro City where the CA Mindanao Justices are sitting.

The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) has shortlisted 14 names for the four vacant justiceship positions in the CA

out of 52 applicants.

In the post vacated by CA Associate Justice Rebecca De Guia-Salvador, Macaraig garnered 6 votes from the JBC. In the post vacated by CA Associate Justice Abdulwahid Hakim, Atal-Pano earned 6 votes.

In the post left by the late CA Justice Michael Elbinias, Roxas also got 6 votes.

In the post left by retired CA Associate Justice Isaias Dicdican, Robeniol garnered 4 votes.

The JBC is constitutionally mandated to screen and vet nominees to the President for vacant posts in the Judiciary and the Office of the Ombudsman (Ombudsman).

It is chaired by Chief Justice Sereno, with ex-officio members, namely Senator Aquilino Pimentel III and Iloilo Rep. Niel Tupas and Justice

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HE Provincial Anti-Drug Abuse Council (PADAC) of South Cotabato has emerged as among the country’s top performers this year based on an assessment conducted by the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB).

South Cotabato Governor Daisy Avance-Fuentes said Tuesday the PADAC specifically topped the provincial category in the 2015 search for the country’s best anti-drug abuse councils which was spearheaded by the DDB. She said the local govern-

ment was officially informed late last week about such accomplishment in a letter from DDB executive director, Undersecretary Jose Marlowe Pedregosa.

The awarding ceremony, which will be joined by other top-performing anti-drug abuse councils in the country, is set on Nov. 24 in Quezon City.

“We will receive a plaque and a PHP50,000 cash incentive as part of the award,” said Fuentes, citing details of the letter from the DDB. The governor said the

award is considered as a major accomplishment for the province and a huge boost to their intensified anti-drug campaign.

“It only shows that were doing the right thing here in the province in terms of the fight against illegal drugs,” she said in a media forum.

She credited the award to the determined efforts of the PADAC and local law enforcement units to eventually free the province from the illegal drug problem.

Fuentes also cited the

cooperation extended by barangay councils, community leaders as well as concerned residents.

Board member Agustin Dema-ala Jr., PADAC action officer, said the award is a big inspiration to the council.

He said vowed to further strengthen their campaigns and expand their coverage to ensure wider reach and bigger impacts.

“I’m urging everyone to join us in our efforts to make South Cotabato a drug-free area,” he added. (PNA)

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Denga Mentol alias Tho Cario Opong was nabbed by a joint police team in an operation in Sitio Kabangkalan, Barangay Batotuling in Glan town at around 4:25 a.m.

He said Mentol is allegedly a member of the Civilian Volunteer Organization in

Maguindanao and directly figured in the massacre of 58 people, including 32 media workers, in Sitio Masalay, Barangay Salman in Ampatuan, Maguindanao on Nov. 23, 2009.

“He was among the original 189 suspects who were

charged in connection with the killings,” he said.

Galgo said their operatives got wind of Mentol’s whereabouts based on a tip from a local informant.

He said a tracker team from PRO-12’s intelligence

Another Ampatuan massacre suspect arrested OLICE operatives arrested on Tuesday another suspect in the Ampatuan massacre after nearly six years in hiding in nearby Sarangani Province.

Supt. Romeo Galgo, Police Regional Office 12 public information officer, said suspect

US President Obama arrives for APEC 2015

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S President Barack Obama arrived in the Philippines Tuesday to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ meeting.

Obama was flown in by Air Force One which landed at 11:45 a.m. at the Villamor Airbase.

He was welcomed by Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin and US Ambassador to the Philippines Philip Goldberg.

He was secured by members of the US Secret Service who hurriedly transported him to a waiting V-22 “Osprey” tilt-rotor aircraft to the US Em-

bassy in Manila.

The United States joined APEC on Nov. 6-7, 1989.

The Philippines is the host of APEC Summit this year, which aims to promote inclusive growth in domestic/national, regional and macro levels in the Asia-Pacific region.

Aside from the United States, the other member economies are: China, Japan, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Korea, Chile, Peru, Singapore, Hong Kong-China, Chinese Taipei, Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Papua New Guinea, Mexico and the Philippines. (PNA)

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WO independent women artists in Davao City will collaborate for a back-to-back art exhibition from November 19 to 22 at the Casa Muda Inn and Event Place in Juna Subdivision.

The four-day event will showcase a total of 33 combined artworks of Rita Bustamante and Dadai Joaquin.

“As of now I have 18 paintings that will be exhibited,” Bustamante said during the Kapehan sa Dabaw at SM City Annex last Monday.

Joaquin, on the other hand, will exhibit 15 of her artworks mostly paintings on wood.

Dubbed as “Duet,” the event will be Bustamante’s seventh exhibition and first to be in collaboration of another painter. Her first six exhibitions were held in Negros and Manila, of which two were solo exhibition.

Bustamante said she’s been having art exhibition since 1980’s long before she retired from being a member of the academe.

“I decided to collaborate with Dadai because she’s very good,” Bustamante said, adding the latter was even a master in using one of the most difficult medium which is water color.

Joaquin, meanwhile, said it will also be her first backto-back art exhibition with another female artist.

“I already have two solo exhibitions and quite collaboration with other artist here,” Joaquin said.

In 2013, Joquin joined other 10 artists in an art exhibit in Cagayan de Oro which explored the multiplicity of contemporary arts.

Joaquin has been known for her paintings on wood

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PAPER CHECK. City Treasurer Rodrigo Riola checks his documents while councilor Danilo Dayanghirang (foreground) discusses the proposed Annual Investment Plan (AIP) of the city government of Davao for calendar year 2016 during yesterday’s regular session at Sangguniang Panlungsod. Lean Daval Jr.

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More talents needed for BPM sector

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HE business process management (BPM) industry in Davao Region should work more in producing talents that are industry-ready as it positions itself as an investment destination in Mindanao, an official of the Information Technology and Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP) said.

“The industry has to exert more efforts in positivizing the public perception on the industry,” said Genny I. Marcial, IBPAP director for external affair and membership.

Marcial said the ICT-BPM industry in Davao still has negative connotation despite its evident role in driving the growth of the economy.

In Davao City alone, BPM is among the sectors that employ a lot of Dabawenyos.

Davao has the most number of investments for the ICT-BPM last year, according to Marcial.

“There’s so much opportunity in this industry,” Marcial said, adding that more teachers, parents, and students should be informed of the benefit of being in the industry.

But, the negative public perception on the ICT-Industry also affected the enthusiasm of new graduates to enter as employees of BPM firms.

“Of the 50,000 graduates, only 25 to 30 percent are interested in entering the BPM industry,” Marcial said. “But the success rate is very low only 10 percent.”

She added that the industry in partnership with different universities and colleges should tie a partnership that would allow the development of a curriculum that

would make fresh graduates more competitive and industry-ready.

At present, the organization has a partnership with 17 state colleges and universities (SUCs) all over the country in a bid to produce industry-ready graduates by capacitating teachers and professors.

“The Commission on Higer Education has allocated P125 million funding for the partnership and we are expecting more than 600 teachers that will be trained before the year ends,” Marcial said.

Meanwhile, she said an expected of 20,000 students from partner schools will graduate under the Service Management Porgram (SMP) by the end of the year.

“It’s a 21 unit program that students can take for two years,” Marcial said.

The region, she said, should invest on development of skilled worker which are qualified for the industry since it is one of the main concerns of BPM locators.

“Setting a BPO firm entails a huge investment on facility and workers,” Marcial said, adding that locators need “predictability” when expanding its operation in other areas.

The academes here can develop curriculums for the six sectors of the ICT-BPM, including voice, IT outsourcing, digital animation, game development, health care information management, according to her.

“There are so many areas for growth and the Davao Region has a huge potential,” Marcial said, adding that the city has not reached its saturation point compared to Cebu and Manila.

Fund releases for SPES SC rollout now P22.7M

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HE provincial government of South Cotabato and its partner agencies have released around PHP22.7 million this year for the implementation of the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES).

Alex Basco, South Cotabato chief administrative officer, said Monday they have so far enlisted some 3,000 “poor but deserving students” from various parts of the province for the SPES, which started in April.

He said the funds came from the provincial government, Kabugwason Paglaum Scholarship Program-Grant in Aid (KPSP-GIA), the second congressional district office and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Region 12.

He said the local government has already released some PHP2.09 million as counterpart to accommodate for the salaries of 646 beneficiaries under the regular SPES

program.

The beneficiaries were absorbed by provincial government offices for 20 days of work assignments each from April to December.

Under the KPSP-GIA, Basco said around PHP2.9 million has been released for the 600 scholar-students who were given 30-day work assignments from September 1 to November 30.

He said the second congressional district office has also allocated PHP8.5 million for the 1,760 scholars who were enlisted for 30-day assignments from October to December.

SPES is a flagship program implemented by DOLE to assist poor but deserving students and out-of-school youths intending to pursue their education to gain employment during summer, Christmas vacation or any time of the year.

The initiative mainly caters to students in the tertiary,

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WAITING FOR THEIR TURN. Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries form a queue at a bank’s automated teller machine along San Pedro Street yesterday to claim their monthly cash grants from the government. Lean Daval Jr.

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Flights cancelled due to APEC

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ORE than 60 flights to and from Davao City have been cancelled by three major local airlines following the implementation of a no fly-zone at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) for the

on-going Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Manila.

In a list released by the ABS-CBN News.com, the Philippine Airlines (PAL), Cebu Pacific, and Air Asia cancelled flights going and

Philippine Airlines (PAL) 15 November 2015 (Sunday) PR 1823/1824 MANILA - DAVAO – MANILA 16 November 2015 (Monday) PR 1814 Davao-Manila PR 1817 Manila-Davao PR 1815 Manila-Davao PR 1816 Davao-Manila

17 November 2015 (Tuesday) PR 1814 Davao-Manila PR 1817 Manila-Davao PR 1813 Manila-Davao PR 1818 Davao-Manila PR 1809 Manila-Davao PR 1810 Davao-Manila PR 1811/1812 MANILA - DAVAO

from Davao to give way to the arrival and departure of the world leaders and other participants of the five-day summit which started last Monday.

Based on the list, the PAL cancelled a total of 31 flights

- MANILA PR 1815/1816 MANILA - DAVAO - MANILA PR 1819/1820 MANILA - DAVAO – MANILA

18 November 2015 (Wednesday) PR 1813/1814 MANILA - DAVAO - MANILA

19 November 2015 (Thursday) PR 1815 Manila-Davao PR 1816 Davao-Manila PR 1810 Davao-Manila PR 1813 Manila-Davao PR 1814 Davao-Manila PR 1817 Manila-Davao PR 1811 Manila-Davao

2 15-minute power interruptions slated T HE Davao Light and Power Co. (DLPC) will conduct two 15-minute power interruptions affecting customers in the southern part of its franchise to facilitate the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCPs)’ annual preventive maintenance and servicing on its Davao transformer unit.

“This will affect Davao Light’s Matina, Bangkal, Tugbok and Calinan Substations,” Rossano C. Luga, DLPC assistant vice president for reputation enhancement division, said.

Luga said loads from the affected substations will be

temporarily transferred to nearby lines on November 20, Friday, from 12:01 a.m. to 12:15 a.m. to avoid longer duration of service disruptions.

“Normalization or return of loads back to its normal set up will be from 5:00 a.m. to 5:15 a.m. on November 21, Saturday,” Luga said He said customers affected by these power interruptions are those from Matina Memorial Park going to the entire areas of Bangkal, Ulas, Mintal, Tugbok, Calinan proper up to the last barangay served by Davao Light in southwestern area which is in Brgy. Buda in

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P39-M cassava project in SC gears for operations

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REPARATIONS are now underway for the projected start early next year of the commercial operations of the PHP39 million cassava granules production and marketing project under the World Bank-supported Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) in Polomolok town in South Cotabato.

JustinaNavarrete, acting of the South Cotabato Office of the Provincial Agriculturist, said Monday the project is currently on track towards its full operations as earlier set by its lead proponent Polo SamahangNayon Multi-Purpose Cooperative (SNMPC).

She said Polo SNMPC and the project’s cluster members -- Pobusilla MPC, Self –Reliant MPC, San Jose MPC and Topland MPC -- received earlier this month the first wave of facilities and equipment that

were acquired through the grant from the PRDP. It comprised five units of cassava granulators worth PHP750,000 and five units of cassava chippers worth PHP150,000 she said.

“The cooperatives have started the test runs for equipment in preparation for their commercial operations,” Navarrete said.

The official lauded the PRDP, World Bank and the Department of Agriculture (DA) for fast tracking the release of the project’s funding.

The PRDP and DA Region 12 earlier released an initial PHP20 million representing the first two fund tranches to jumpstart the implementation of the cassava project.

Polo SNMPC acquired the cassava granulators and chippers through a PHP4.8 million

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Davao-Manila or vice versa since November 15 until November 20, Friday.

The Cebu Pacific also cancelled a total of 35 flights here since Monday until Friday, while AirAsia cancelled only four flights starting yes-

PR 1812 Davao-Manila PR 1819/1820 MANILA - DAVAO – MANILA 20 November 2015 (Friday) PR 1812 Manila-Davao PR 1815 Manila-Davao PR 1816 Davao-Manila PR 1819 Manila-Davao PR 1814 Davao-Manila PR 1817 Manila-Davao PR 1859 Manila-Cebu

Cebu Pacific 16 November 2015 (Monday) 5J977/978 Manila - Davao - Manila 5J969/972 Manila - Davao – Manila 5J982 Davao – Manila

terday until Friday.

Aside from Davao flights, other domestic and international were also cancelled due to APEC. The three carriers are now working on the re-accommodation of affected

passengers. The passengers have the options to opt for a full refund or travel fund or rebook their flights within 30 days from original departure date.

Here are the lists of cancelled flights:

5J973 Manila - Davao 5J979 Manila - Davao 5J982 Davao - Manila 5J960 Davao - Manila 5J966 Davao – Manila

17 November 2015 (Tuesday) 5J955/960 Manila - Davao - Manila 5J969/972 Manila - Davao - Manila 5J973/974 Manila - Davao - Manila 5J975/966 Manila - Davao - Manila 5J961 Manila - Davao 5J971 Manila - Davao 5J982 Davao - Manila 5J956 Davao – Manila

20 November 2015 (Friday) 5J951/952 Manila - Davao - Manila 5J955/960 Manila - Davao - Manila 5J977/978 Manila - Davao - Manila

19 November 2015 (Thursday) 5J969/972 Manila - Davao - Manila 5J951/952 Manila - Davao - Manila 5J955/956 Manila - Davao - Manila

19 November 2015 (Thursday) Z2 614 and Z2 615 Davao-ManilaDavao

18 November 2015 (Wednesday) 5J961 Manila – Davao

AIR ASIA 17 November 2015 (Tuesday) Z2 612 and Z2 613 Davao-ManilaDavao

CACAO PRODUCTION. Director Remelyn Recoterl(fourth from left) leads the ceremonial turnover of cacao seedlings to the School-on-the-Air (SOA) graduates with HVCDP regional coordinator Melani Provido (second from left) and Farmcaster Jun Arquio (left). As an incentive, each SOA graduates will be receiving 50 cacao seedlings to be delivered on site for establishment or expansion of their cacao production areas. Photo by Ronell Tangonan/ DA 11.

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HE Department of Agriculture (DA) in Region XI urged farmers to continuously seek adequate knowledge to further boost local cacao production.

“Apart from providing inputs and infrastructure to cacao farmers, we are also generating technical information on cacao production and processing,” DA 11 regional director Remelyn Recoter said.

Recoter emphasized this during the graduation of 454 School-on-the-Air (SOA) on Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) on Cacao Production held recently in Davao City.

“Utilizing the power of radio, SOA had been one of the effective platforms in dissem-

inating technical information in agriculture especially to those farmers in remote areas who could hardly attend formal training,” she said.

Recoter also urged the farmer-graduates to apply their acquired knowledge from planting, fertilization, pruning, harvesting, drying, and fermentation in their respective farms and share it to other farmers as well.

“The SOA has enabled us to learn various techniques in cacao production such as the pruning techniques for sunlight to penetrate. We have also learned the proper time to harvest cacao pods and bean fermentation to produce quality cacao beans,” said Sal-

vador Balmes, who delivered a message on behalf of the SOA graduates.

DA-High Value Crops Development Program (HVCDP) regional coordinator Melani Provido said the SOA on cacao production is very timely as cacao production is given more focused interventions.

These include provision of quality cacao seedlings, solar dryers, and processing and fermentation facilities to sustain the region as the country’s leading cacao producer.

“We want to increase the productivity of cacao trees in the region from 700 grams to at least 2 kilos per tree per harvest,” she said.

Provido added that farm-

ers who participated in the SOA are now active players in the cacao industry’s goal of addressing the Cacao 2020 Challenge, a campaign that aims to increase the country’s cacao production by planting at least 50 million cacao trees in the year 2020. It will also expand areas planted to cacao from the existing 12,000 hectares to 100,000 hectares and take advantage for the increasing global demand for cacao beans.

Each SOA graduates will be receiving 50 cacao seedlings to be delivered on site where they can use either in establishing or expanding their cacao farms. Two hun-

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Maglana in defense of Sabah

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By ANTONIO FIGUEROA

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North was to originalwerehydropower conducting plant a full-scale short-cut way ainstead of the andinto asked do something Maglana did not allow this vitriol ly known as Sabah, territory inquiry the to “Corregidor in- to road going to the place. save thedebunked bird. cededusual by the sultan of Borneo to cident” (the Jabidah pass without retort by hurling his blunt commentary, saying: the sultanate Sulu for helping massacre), the wick Malaysia The ofarea was covered Hedcor immediately the former’s used brought in accusing Philippines with treeskingdom as it wasagainst located in thethe bird -- which was “Malaysia is again resorting to psychological warfare. This European threat, specifically the the before the United the foothills of Mount Apo, identified laterNations on as for a Pintime it has become presumptuDutchcountry’s aggression,highest in 1704.peak. The “committing inimical acts to sker’s hawk-eagle -- to the ous to use the Philippines as a Under the 1960 UN while Gener-walktheir Malagos interests”.Garden As a result, Filipithree were talking Resort, where al Assembly Resolution 1541 nos were persecuted, prompting tool in making the world believe when Apal a bird that Dr. Roberto “Bo” Puentespina that there is some form of de(XV),ing Principle 9 of saw the Annex, the Davao lawmaker to lambaste was entangled in tree-roots Jr. has a sanctuary for rescued mocracy in that oppressed colowhich set the referendum in Malaysia: was wrapped with as peren- “[O]ur birds. nationals in Sabah nial state by putting words in our Northand Borneo and Sarawak Even though” the bird Dr. Bo sawtothe mouths conveying the meaning “free nial and vine. without coercion, are now When being subjected in- bird, was that in arightfully cliff, Apalbelongs decided to he was at first. that there is an opposition in territory dignities.

Theyhesitant are arrested for The Sabah. The accusation is most to therescue Philippines, by legal right alleged violations their im- bird it. survival was of slim at the welcomed because it gives us the and title, was ‘given’ to Malaysia. migration laws by considering Apal, a Bagobo-Tagabawa was suffering from dehydraopportunity to announce to the Three years later, from June was themtion as transient newcomers farmer, thought the bird and starvation.

“People world that there is no such thing 7-13,dying 1963, as in itorder resolve whenwho they themselves admitmust wastounresponsive want to rescue birds as an opposition I Sabah, neither the issues affecting the Sabah that these compatriots of ours and scrawny. The bird’s left eye give them water every now claim, the Manila Accord was have been long-time residents in Brunei or Sarawak, hence the was result of and then, ” he had suggested. signed onalso July injured 31, 1963asbya Maof Sabah.

Reports been re- administration, even if it is the to escape from the vine. for the last thing it will do on earth, will laysia,trying Indonesia and the Philipceived in In thisorder Chamber thatbirds our not It was assumed the bird was be restless during the travel, not waste one centavo for an oppines, and this included a joint nationals, when arrested by [the hunting food when Dr. Puentespina suggested that position that does not exist.” statement by for all three parties.it got Malaysians], are quarantined itself strapped in the perennial the places eyes be This statement came just Throughout the negotiation, in dark andcovered allowedperhaps to few days before the UN-spontension wasthat high between theroots thrivewith on very littlesock. food Also, and the vines grow near the a clean sored electoral exercise was successor state (Malaysia) and treated likeF ordinary criminals. 10 of trees.

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ritory. The Davao congressman continued: “All this talk about general ‘elections’ in Malaysia… is all a mock and simulated suffrage tofool the entire world that Malaysia is not a colonial aggrupation led by the former country of Malaya or Federation of Malaya as puppet head nation.”

Unchanged Forty years later, the issue about Sabah remained unchanged. On August 20, 2008, during the Arroyo administration, Malacañang issued Memorandum Circular 162 entitled “Guidelines on Matters Pertaining to North Borneo (SABAH)” to government departments as

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regards any act or statement expressing or implying, directly or indirectly, any recognition of a foreign state’s sovereignty over Sabah, a Philippine territory.

In part, the circular provides that “No department, agency, or instrumentality of the Philippine Government shall make any act or statement expressing or implying, directly or indirectly, any recognition of a foreign state’s sovereignty over North Borneo (Sabah) or non-recognition of Philippine title or historical and legal rights to the same.”

In 2013, after the bloody confrontation between the Malaysian forces and heirs to Sabah sultanate ended, the government considered bringing the territo-

rial claim of the Sultanate of Sulu over Sabah before an international tribunal for resolution.

Despite claiming territorial rights over Sabah, Malaysia, as a result of the lease of Sabah signed on January 22, 1878, between the sultan of Sulu and the British North Borneo Company represented by Baron Gustavos von de Overbeck and Alfred Dent, Malaysia continues to pay to this day a token annual rent of 5,300 ringgit (P77,000) to the sultanate of Sulu as “cession fee.”

As a footnote, Rep. Maglana, it must be remembered, authored Republic Act 5747, signed on June 21, 1969, which created the town of Banaybanay, Davao Oriental.

Birds raised in a cage Rep. Constancio B. Maglana and the Sultan Kiram II of Sulu (from www.mb.com.ph)

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NE of the issues being raised about the universal outrage at the terrorist attacks in Paris is the perception that it is being expressed while equally appalling incidents are happening throughout the world without anyone apparently taking notice. The Western media, in particular, are said to be focusing on Paris while completely ignoring the plight of other people in other place who are being subject to attacks, displacement, kidnapping, and many other forms of abuse. Millions are going hungry, are left homeless, and are forced into prostitution and other indignities just to keep body and soul together. Even Filipinos are being criticized for jumping on the bandwagon while not raising a whimper while the indigenous people in their own backyard are being murdered and forced out of their land.

But is it really true that media, in particular, have not reported on these other atrocities? This perception is equally unfair because it lumps the media together into one gigantic behemoth that couldn’t care less about the plight of the common people in its quest for profit.

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In other words, the media actually do report on all forms of human suffering, but it is the people’s responsibility to read or view these.

The fact that one can actually Google such cases as the kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls in Nigeria by the Boko Haram, or the massacre of 147 students at a university in Kenya, or the displacement of thousands of Lumads in Mindanao means these were reported — but perhaps few took notice. It’s a two-way street. In the age of social networks, the people need to engage their media so that reports are more well-rounded. Media, after all, also need to feel the pulse of their readers and viewers. The focus on Paris may be hogging the headlines now, but we have to be able to count on each other that we will give the same kind of attention to other pressing matters.

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OT long after the Paris terror attacks, the hashtag #PrayForParis began trending worldwide as people expressed their sympathies online. That was not surprising because it was a raw expression of humanity over the unjust and senseless deaths of other human beings. But what is worth thinking about is why other senseless killings happening around us do not elicit the same kind of reaction.

There is a dire refugee crisis caused by the Syrian civil war; what seems to be a genocide of Rohingyan Muslims in Myanmar; and a territorial conflict that kills not just hundreds but hundreds of thousands of people every day in Israel and Palestine. Even more apparent is the unknown extent of deaths of indigenous peoples allegedly perpetrated by the military and insurgents in our own country. But these events do not receive the same attention. Facebook doesn’t make an alert for people in crossfire in Syria or give people the option to change their profile pictures to have

the Beirut MY MILLENNIAL MIND flag in it and opinion leaders don’t spread a hashtag to pray for Lumads.

T h i s is actualVanessa Kate Madrazo ly quite a common phenomenon seeing how the 9/11 attacks in US was a big deal, as was the Boston bombing, but we didn’t see how it was a big deal when the same kind of attacks happened in the Middle East and Asian countries.

It’s a big deal when First World States are attacked because the world is not used to seeing them suffer, but for countries like Syria, Israel, and Palestine, and the Philippines, the world has seen them as places where gunfire and bombs are common, where

deaths are common. So when people hear that another thousand refugees sank in the ocean because no state would accept them after being displaced from their own country, it’s just another number added to the trend of deaths in “that area.”

They are reduced to statistics and their suffering is diluted as numbers instead of being portrayed as human beings whose experiences matter.

People are so used to hearing news about tragedies in these states that it barely provokes the humanity in them to make a big deal out of it, to make it important enough to end their suffering because we are accustomed to think that it has always been this way.

States have had to debate on allowing refugees within their borders instead of giving an instinctive response to save their lives.

And that’s frightening because it dehumanizes the victims—those whose families were lost because terrorists actually occupy their

homeland and torture them, those whose children have had to eat dirt and rocks to survive because food is so scarce when there has been a war that’s been dragging on for years.

There seems to exist a classification of victims because the world is generally selective of the people whom they want to support in dire situations.

That’s tragic because this desensitization discourages people from collectively clamoring for a solution to end the tragedy. They are comfortable with the idea that it’s always been that way.

It doesn’t make sense that people are bothered by the death of a hundred people but not by the continuous deaths of thousands of people living in terror. Suffering is abhorrent wherever it happens, and it’s more abhorrent when it’s an existing reality that you have to live with.

It’s nice for the world to pray for Paris, but it’s sad that it seems to be the only city that the world cares a whole about right now.

“Scientists have calculated that the chances of something so patently absurd actually existing are millions to one. But magicians have calculated that million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten.” ― Terry Pratchett

ter, but it was THINK ON THESE! all a problem in arithmetic, or an experiment in chemistry.”

Luck can be defined as the necessity of an additional power which may be spiritual, ra- Henrylito D. Tacio tional or social, henrytacio@gmail.com so as to provide success to one in his life. In other words, you need 5 percent of the destiny power in addition to the 95 percent of hard work to attain success. “Luck is a dividend of sweat,” said Ray A. Kroc. “The more you sweat, the luckier you get.”

In The Coincidence of Callie & Kayden, Jessica Sorensen wrote: “Life is full of luck, like getting dealt a good hand, or simply by being in the right place at the right time. Some people get luck handed to them, a second chance, a save. It can happen heroically, or by a simple coincidence, but there are those who don’t get luck on a shiny platter, who end up in the wrong place at the wrong time, who don’t get saved.”

Indeed, there are two types of luck, either good or bad. Someone once said, “Good luck is when opportunity meets preparation.”

Robert Collier pointed out, “The man who persists through the bad luck -- who keeps right on going -- is the man who is there when the good luck comes -- and is ready to receive it.”

Don’t just wait for good luck. Work for it.

Alan Bond reminded, “I’ve always worked very, very hard, and the harder I worked, the luckier I got.” American President Thomas Jefferson himself admitted, “I’m a great be-

liever in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.”

Can luck be scientifically proven? “For centuries, people have recognized the power of luck and have done whatever they could to try seizing it. Take knocking on wood, thought to date back to pagan ritual aimed at eliciting help from powerful tree gods.” wrote Richard Wiseman in an article which appeared in Reader’s Digest.

Is being lucky really real? Wiseman conducted a study why some people are lucky while others are not. He interviewed 400 men and women from all walks of life – ages 18 to 84. Scientifically, he found three things on how a person can make his own breaks.

“How can you say luck and chance are the same?” asked Amy Tan. “Chance is the first step you take, luck is what comes afterwards.”

But one wonders: Why do lucky people always get those chance opportunities? The answer: lucky people open their minds. “Unlucky people miss chance opportunities because they’re too busy looking for something else. Lucky people see what is there rather than just what they’re looking for,” Wiseman explained.

Brian Tracy has the same idea: “I’ve found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.” Ovid agrees, “Luck affects everything; let your hook always be cast. In the stream where you least expect it, there will be fish.”

What about misfortunes? How do lucky people deal with them? Wiseman asked his subjects being in a situation: “Imagine you are in a bank. Suddenly, an armed robber enters and fires a shot that hits you in the arm.”

Unlucky people responded that it’s their bad luck to be in the bank when the robbery happened. Lucky people, on the other hand,

said it could be worse; that is, being shot in the head. “This kind of thinking makes people feel better about themselves, keep expectations high and increases the likelihood of continuing to live a lucky life,” Wiseman said.

Mark Cuban shares this statement: “It doesn’t matter how many times you fail. It doesn’t matter how many times you almost get it right. No one is going to know or care about your failures, and neither should you.

All you have to do is learn from them and those around you because all that matters in business is that you get it right once. Then everyone can tell you how lucky you are.”

Good behavior can enhance good fortune, according to Wiseman. Always look at the brighter side of life. Don’t delve on the negatives; think positively. Learn from the past; history repeats itself. “The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck,” Channing Pollock said.

To explain his theory, Wiseman relates this story: “One unlucky subject said that after adjusting her attitude – expecting good fortune, not dwelling on the negative – her bad luck had vanished. One day, she went shopping and found a dress she liked. But she didn’t buy it, and when she returned to the store in a week, it was gone. Instead of slinking away disappointed, she looked around and found a better dress – for less.”

Finally, here’s a word of wisdom from Nathaniel Mayer Victor Rothschild: “Never have anything to do with an unlucky place, or an unlucky man. I have seen many clever men, very clever men, who had not shoes to their feet. I never act with them. Their advice sounds very well, but they cannot get on themselves; and if they cannot do good to themselves, how can they do good to me?”

Good question.

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WAS reading Maggie Stiefvater’s The Scorpio Races recently and one particular segment of the story was this: Sean reaches between us and slides a thin bracelet of red ribbons over my free hand. Lifting my arm, he presses his lips against the inside of my wrist. I’m utterly still; I feel my pulse tap several times against his lips, and then he releases my hand.

“For luck,” he says. He takes Dove’s lead from me.

“Sean,” I say, and he turns. I take his chin and kiss his lips, hard. I’m reminded, all of a sudden, of that first day on the beach, when I pulled his head from the water.

“For luck,” I say to his startled face.

I usually don’t use the greeting, “Good luck.” Instead, I utter the words, “God bless you.” You see, I believe that it’s not a luck that you win something or being into this world.

It’s God’s plan. The famed Albert Einstein himself said, “I do not believe that the Good Lord plays dice.”

But some people do. In fact, most people do. “Shallow men believe in luck, believe in circumstances: It was somebody’s name, or he happened to be there at the time, or it was so then, and another day it would have been otherwise,” commented American author Ralph Waldo Emerson. “Strong men believe in cause and effect. The man was born to do it, and his father was born to be the father of him and of this deed, and, by looking narrowly, you shall see there was no luck in the mat-

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ments,” Calderon stressed.

She said any person or concerned citizen can address his or her appeal or opposition to the office of Tan. It was not stated in the order why the additional requirements for the applicants of driver’s license have been imposed, according to Calderon.

“But, personally, maybe (this is) just to properly identify the applicants,” she said,

adding that the new requirements will determine if the applicant has a criminal record or not.

She, however, made it clear that the clearances are just required to the professional and non-professional driver’s license applicants.

Any person who will apply for student’s permit, Calderon said, also need to submit a medical certificate as additional requirements.

Dalumpines regarding the incident in order to reprimand the DCWD. Poliquit said there was an order before from Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte to all contractors that before having road works they should secure permit first from Dalumpines.

In response, DCWD spokesperson Bernardo Delima said the agency will respond and address the complaint of Poliquit appropriately.

In a text message to EDGE Davao, Delima admitted that DCWD did not coordinate with CTTMO because they thought its office was already closed at night.

“Lapse in communication lang to kay gabii na (It was just a communication lapse since it was nighttime). The crew may

have thought that CTTMO was closed. Our protocol is to coordinate with CTTMO,” he said.

Delima said the pipe leak repair needed immediate repair because water would be wasted.

“Our apologies to Sir Poliquit,” he said.

Delima said the repair works were done immediately, with the operation lasting until dawn. The source of the leak, however, was not found.

“Mao nang gi-barricade for the meantime (That is why we put barricade for the meantime). Work will resume at 9 p.m. tonight when ther is no longer traffic... Gibutangan na ug steel plate para maagian (we already placed steel plates so vehicles can pass),” he said.

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Secretary Benjamin Caguioa.

The other regular members of the JBC are retired SC Associate Justice Angelina Sandoval-Gutierrez, who heads the Executive Committee and represents the Retired SC Justice Sector; Atty. Jose

V. Mejia represents the Academe, retired CA Associate Justice Aurora Santiago-Lagman represents the private sector and Atty. Milagros Fernan-Cayosa from the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP). (PNA)

and her patience on teaching enthusiasts with the art of creating artworks through the use of paint brush and paint.

She’s conducting a regular art workshop called “Art Kamp” every Saturday at the Kangaroo Coffee Co., located at Tionko Avenue, Davao City.

technical or vocational level.

DOLE provides for the 40 percent of the beneficiaries’ salaries, which is based on an area’s prevailing minimum daily wage rate, while the employing offices or establishments shoulder the remaining 60 percent.

Basco said each beneficiary receives a salary of PHP270 per day based on the prevailing minimum daily wage rate

in the region.

He said that based on their assessment, the investments from sponsoring agencies this year reach around PHP13.5 million and the DOLE counterpart at PHP9.2 million.

In 2014, the provincial government has enlisted a total of 516 students while the congressional district office has accommodated 1,045 more for the SPES. (PNA)

dred farmers also receive pruning sheers while 10 got power sprayers during the raffle draw.

The SOA on GAP on cacao production was aired for one

month (September-October) through DA’s AgriPinoy radio program aired over DXRD-AM KHz 711 from 4:00 -5:00 in the morning daily except Sunday. (Noel T. Provido/DA 11)

Marilog District, Davao City.

“Davao Light apologizes for the inconvenience of these scheduled power interruptions,” Luga said. ”But it will exert all efforts to restore electric service as scheduled or

earlier.”

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purchase of vehicle for the city agriculture.

“The amount of P1.5 million will be part of the unappropriated balance under the development fund,” the report said.

The extra P1.5 million from the development fund and P2.6 million from the economic enterprise will be part of the unappropriated balance.

Dayanghirang said the extra funds will serve as standby funds and it could be a source of fund if ever the city will need it.

Of the total budget, the CMO will get P1.9 billion of the P5 billion allotted for the general fund proper.

Dayanghirang 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.

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.

branch and regional intelligence unit left for Glan town at around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday to serve the warrant of arrest against the suspect.

The operation was joined by elements from the Sarangani Police Public Safety Company and the Glan municipal police station.

Galgo said Mentol is currently detained at the Alabel municipal police station while awaiting transfer to Camp Bagong Diwa in Bicutan, Taguig

City.

Mentol was nabbed based on a warrant of arrest issued

by Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 221 Judge Jocelyn A Solis-Reyes in connection with the massacre.

The Department of Interior and Local Government had placed a P250,000 reward for the arrest of the suspect, who is listed as a resident of Barangay Iganagampong, Datu Unsay town in Maguindanao.

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allocation.

The cassava project was the first project approved by the PRDP under its enterprise development or the Investments in Rural Enterprises and Agriculture and Fisheries Productivity component.

Part of the project package includes the upgrading of farm-to-market roads through PRDP’s infrastructure component to enhance the efficiency of transporting their products.

Navarrete said the project is expected to benefit around

1,600 farmers and farm laborers in Polomolok town and other cassava production areas in parts of South Cotabato.

The province is considered as a top producer of cassava and posted the highest average yield per hectare in the country at 34.51 metric tons.

She said feed mills based in the Region 12 will serve as the main market for the cassava chips and granules that will be produced by the cooperatives. (PNA)

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Dr. Bo nursed the hawk-eagle back to health and provided vitamins and medication.

When it was brought in for treatment, the eagle’s weight was only 500 grams. A month later, it gained 300 grams more. “The only thing I did to help the eagle was to give it my tender loving care,” he said.

After 37 days of intensive care, the hawk-eagle -- which was given the name “Mabikker,” a Bagobo-Tagabawa term for “strength and power” -was released in the area where it was rescued.

Among the criteria identified before the hawk-eagle was release were good body condition and the ability to fly.

In addition, the injured eye had already fully recovered. When all these considerations were met, the hawk-eagle soared back again to its original habitat.

“I am very happy that the bird will go back to the forest again,” said Apal, adding that other people must do the same to protect the remaining natural species which God has given to Filipinos.

as threatened species are Bagobo babbler, black-faced spoonbill, blue-breasted flycatcher, blue-caped kingfisher, Cebu black shama, celestial blue monarch, Chinese egret, grey imperial pigeon, Japanese bittern, Japanese yellow bunting, long-billed creeper, Luzon wren-babbler, Mindanao parrotfinch, Mindoro bleeding heart pigeon, Negros fruit dove, Negros bleeding heart pigeon, Negros tree babbler, nicobar pigeon, Philippine water redstart, short-crested monarch, spot-billed Pelican, Sulu bleeding heart pigeon, Sulu hornbill and white-throated jungle flycatcher.

In Benguet, a news report said two rare forest birds in the country’s second highest peak, Mount Pulag, are facing extinction. These are whiskered pitta (Pitta koctri) and Luzon water-redstart (Rhyacomis bicolor).

Philippine cockatoo (Cacatua haematuropygia) is another bird that is on the verge of extinction. Most of the remaining birds of this kind can be found on Rasa, a tiny island just off Palawan where a coal power plant is soon to be built.

A species is considered ex-

Endangered Philippine eagle Threatened birds Birdlife International has identified 604 bird species found in the country -- that’s 6% of the world’s total number of known birds. A third of the bird species are endemic or can only be found in the Philippines.

In its latest State of the World’s Birds report, Birdlife International singled out the Philippines as one of the four countries in Asia as with the highest numbers of globally threatened birds (the other three are Indonesia, China and India).

The State of Philippine Birds, published by Haribon Foundation, estimated some 50% of the country’s bird species are experiencing decreasing population trend, compared to 35% that had stable populations.

Aside from Philippine eagle (Pithecophaga jeffreyi), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) also listed these two Philippine birds as endangered species: Blue-naped parrot (Tanygnathus lucionesis) and Rufous hornbill (Buceros hydrocorax).

The Pinsker’s hawk-eagle is considered a threatened species. Also listed by IUCN

tinct when it is no longer found in the past 50 years. Endangered species are those that have been reduced in number to a critical level or whose habitats have been damaged or altered or reduced.

Rare species have small world populations. Usually, they are restricted to very few habitats. A present, rare species are not considered but at risk. Threatened is a general term used to describe bird species which could be in the status of “endangered” and “insufficiently unknown.”

“About 260 Philippine cockatoos live on Rasa Island, making it the largest population in the wild,” said the Rainforest Rescue Organization.

“Only 30 years ago, the birds inhabited virtually the entire Philippines. Today, the IUCN categorizes them as critically endangered. Only an estimated 1,000 birds still live in the wild.”

Birds, whatever species, must be saved from oblivion.

“Once these species are gone, they are gone forever, leaving behind an imbalance in ecology and beauty difficult to determine and restore,” said a Filipino environmentalist. (TO BE CONTINUED)

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Fashion: Marks & Spencer 2015 Autumn/Holiday Collection.

Photography: Kenneth Hao, Licentiate Wedding Photographer of Asia/2015 Tanglaw ng Inspirasyon Photography Specialist of the Year Awardee Make-up: Otoy Mercado M&S Christmas gift baskets are now available at SM Lanang Premier & Abreeza Mall.

NIKKI GOTIANSE-TAN is not your regular kind of mom. Aside from being a wife and mom, she’s also managing her family’s businesses, including her own line of homemade epicurean delights. In between tasks at work and at home, she allots time for friends and indulges herself in wellness and fitness activities to stay attuned to her personal goals and happiness. Just when you’d think she has too much on her plate, Nikki manages to pull an early Christmas planning for her family and friends, starting off with her gift list.

“The thought process on what to give every Christmas starts around September or early October for me so I can work my way through my list leisurely. I love browsing online for trending brands and take advantage of go-to brands that go on sale. I try to avoid panic buying because I usually end up settling for things that are just so-so and sometimes, even more expensive,” said Nikki, as she puts on the seasonal Santa hat at midday in between the other daily hats she wears as wife, mother, businesswoman, lifestyle writer and yogini.

“Christmas is always a special time for me because growing up, my parents always pulled out all the stops to make it memorable. I enjoy all the old-fashioned things about Christmas and I have them to thank – the tree, the stockings, traditional food “It is not often that you get to show your gratitude and spoil your loved ones and other people for noche buena and opening in your life so I always like to make my presents count.” Nikki’s Scuba KS Print top from M&S presents at the stroke of 12 Collection. midnight. I’m passing on the

tradition to my kids,” Nikki shared.

Although the Christmas tree comes up mid-November at her home, the presents to surround it are prepared, each meticulously selected and personally wrapped. She confessed that she always look forward to seeing her kids’ faces lighting up at the sight of beautifully wrapped presents (and plenty of them!) and finding sweet treats in their Christmas socks.

As for the presents for family, friends and everyone else she holds dear, these are ready to be personally delivered

even before the first day of the Christmas month comes.

“I love giving gifts because it is a gesture of appreciation.

Well thought-out gifts are the best ones. Through your present, you are telling the person you are giving that you took considerable time and effort to give him or her something that they can use and enjoy. Christmas shopping is something I have to say I unabashedly enjoy. It is not often that you get to show your gratitude and spoil your loved ones and other people in your life so I always like to make it count.”

Nikki has elevated gift giving into an art form. Everything is done with a personal touch, from choosing the appropriate present, wrapping, adorning and completing it with a handwritten personal note.

“Just like with any other endeavor, I believe gift giv-

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Together with Marga Norgales and Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf Associate brand manager Nella Lomotan (rightmost).

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Dabawenya graphic artist April San Pedro demonstrates how to use watercolor for letterting.

THE SEASON for giving is finally here and the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf is rolling out their 2016 edition of their famous Giving Journal which this year comes in four colour variants.

More than just an ordinary planner, the Giving Journal is designed to inspire each individual to pursue their passions and find meaning and fulfilment in everyday moments, while at the same time provide opportunities to give back by helping others. A tradition created by Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, The Giving Journal, has already helped many of the less fortunate in the Philippines achieve their educational goals and dreams.

The Giving Journals were launched here in Davao with the coffee shop’s first art activity featuring watercolour lettering with Dabawenyo

crafter and artist April San Pedro and Fujifilm Instax at the Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf outlet at SM Lanang Premier.

Guests who were present were able to learn how to write using watercolour brushes with simple guides provided by April. After a

Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf ‘s marketing manager for Visayas and Mindanao, Allen Tan.

short practice session, guests were encouraged to write their power word which will serve as their inspiration for the coming new year.

Instant photographs of guests holding their power words were also taken and given away by Instax while the best posts on Instagram during the event were given prizes courtesy of Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf.

“We always have events which feature arts and crafts in Manila and this is the first time we are bringing it to Davao,” says Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf’s Associate Brand Manager Nella Lomotan “You can expect more events that tap a person’s creativity and inspiration to be held in Davao in the near future.”

Aside from The Giving Journal, Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf launched two special holiday flavours that make the perfect companions for celebrating the holidays.

Fans with a sweet tooth will be happy to try the Toffee Nut flavour. Buttery with a hint of nut, paired with espresso and toffee bits Toffee Nut is inspired by traditional holiday confections.

The second holiday drink is CBTL’s much-loved Winter Dream Tea, a blend of rooibos and black tea with hits of sweet spices and vanilla, the drink is truly what dreams are made of.

The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf Giving Journals are now available at Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf Abreeza and SM Lanang Premier.

Rochelle del Rosario, Jennifer Cosculluela, and Marga Nograles try their hands at watercolor lettering.

The staff of Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf at SM Lanang Premier show off the new Giving Journals which come in four new colors.

Showing off their power word inspiration for the new year.

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Jose Mari Chan brings the Christmas spirit to Abreeza Mall

FOR this year’s holiday season, Abreeza Mall highlights the beauty of Christmas traditions and the values of peace, hope, and love inherent in them. At a time when communities around the world suffer from strife, it is even more important to spread these values, which Abreeza Mall emphasized as it lit up its Christmas tree for the first time at its Christmas Launch on November 14.

In keeping with its traditional theme this year, Abreeza Mall also brought in one of the country’s musical icons whose timeless songs have served as the soundtrack to countless Filipino Christmas celebrations for the last few decades. After opening numbers by Davaobased winners of the World Championship of Performing Arts and after Santa Claus and his elves delighted the audience by handing out goodies, Jose Mari Chan performed classic holiday hits such as “Christmas in Our Hearts” and sang tracks from his album Going Home to Christmas. A Jose Mari Chan concert wouldn’t be complete without the ballads “Beauti-

ful Girl” and “Please Be Careful with My Heart,” and he sang both, much to everyone’s glee.

After the concert, festive balloons rained down on the audience.

As customers lined up to meet the OPM icon onstage, the Ateneo Glee Club launched into a set of carols to keep the Christmas spirit going.

Besides witnessing the grand Christmas Launch, shoppers who visited Abreeza Mall from November 13 to 15 also got to kick off their holiday shopping at the mall-wide Amore PreHoliday Sale in partnership with BPI. On November 22, Abreeza Mall further heightens the holiday mood with Frankly Speaking, a free pre-Christmas jazz musical featuring the songs of “Ol’ Blue Eyes” Frank Sinatra. Frankly Speaking boasts performances by New Yo r k- b a s e d dancer and musician Omar Edwards, guest singer JC Santos, and Steps Dance Project, with director James Laforteza at the helm. A free tap dancing

workshop with Omar Edwards for the first 30 participants takes place at 4pm, while the show proper starts at 6pm.

Guests interested to take part in the workshop may sign up at the Main Concierge at the Ground Floor beginning November 16.

Abreeza Mall encourages everyone to spread the holiday cheer by sharing what they love at the mall— from shopping treats to delicious feasts, from live holiday entertainment to unforgettable bonding moments—by posting photos on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram with the

hashtags #lovemall and #AbreezaMall.

For inquiries and updates on Abreeza Mall news and events, please visit the Main Concierge at the ground floor or call (082) 321-9332. Stay updated by liking www. facebook.com/AbreezaMall and following @ abreezatweets on Twitter and @iloveabreezamall on Instagram.

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Jose Mari Chan poses with audience members

Davaoena Julia Mica Serad sings a duet with Jose Mari Chan

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WOMEN METRO MOM A1 ing can be an art when you put enough ingenuity and imagination into it,” said Nikki, “The goal I have when turning a purchased item into a gift is making sure that the recipient will delight in receiving it, opening it and ultimately owning it.”

Here, she shares her tips on Christmas gift shopping.

Expectations are always good. Through the years, the anticipation will build for

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the people you gift if you have consistently made the effort to give them great ones and knowing that they look forward to another of your gifts is already gratifying.

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It’s never too early to start storing gifts.

Your Christmas list tends to vary very little each year and it is always great to reach December already 80-90% done with your gift shopping. Work

“When thinking of a gift, sometimes the most commonly used things are still the best and most appreciated.” Nikki wearing Digital Rose tee, 5-pocket jeggings & Pear Shape Tonal necklace from M&S Collection with Classic Cashmillion Cardigan in pink. through your list thoughtfully and label what you buy to avoid confusion when wrapping time comes.

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List at least two options for each person’s present and weigh them in terms of your budget and which one you think they will like more.

Always look around. Some of the best gifts are found purely by chance, like in an obscure shop you’ve “I believe that gifts should be decked out in red, green, gold and silver.” Nikki’s never visited before or a street corlong-sleeved striped shirt from M&S Collection.” ner you just stumbled upon while

on a trip.

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When thinking of a gift, sometimes the most commonly used things are still the best and most appreciated. Just look for it in a unique design or personalize it especially for the person you’re giving.

Wrapping matters. I believe gifts should be pretty inside out so invest in good quality wrapping material in fun and intricate designs. Order a set of personalized gift cards and gift tags. Let good wrapping

be your signature.

Try wrapping all your presents yourself. The entire process can infuse the object with your feeling of joy and excitement and it will surely pass along to the recipient.

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There is valuable truth in making a list and checking it twice. You don’t want to miss out on anyone who matters to you or has been nice to you. Take time to remember acquaintances, colleagues and people you have encountered at work and even people at your doctor’s clinic or salon.

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OGETHER Everyone Achieves More (TEAM) is the official theme for DASIA’s Management Committee (Mancom) Team Building held last November 7 and 8 at Costa Marina Brgy. Limao, IGACOS. The main goal for teambuilding is to build a strong foundation for the coming years of the company.

The teambuilding was participated by the Management Committee of Davao Security and Investigation Agency (DASIA) main branch and they were divided into two groups.

There were series of lectures followed by group dynamics through games to evaluate the learning of each group.

One activity for the team building was to build a prototype on-the-spot DASIA house for a limited period of time which the group of Col. Santiago V. Menor, the newly appointed DASIA General Manager, had aced.

“This is the first time in the 43 years of existence of DASIA to conduct a team building for the managers. Our team made a DASIA model house with a strong foundation because this is what we are also hoping for DASIA to have,” Menor said.

Each team really put their efforts in all activities and

internalized every lecture.

Federico B. Lagazo, System & Internal Audit Consultant, was honest to say that it was unexpected for each of them to blend well easily especially for those who are still new in the company.

“I have been grouped with employees who spent years in the company and I thought there would be a problem. But I guess it’s all in my mind,” Lagazo said.

Christine D. Avillon, the new Chief Finance Officer of DASIA also shared her opinion regarding the activities they had. “the activities were set to exercise cooperation, understanding, judgment and leadership. I am positive that after the team building we had, there will be a bright future for the company especially for we are blessed to have a supportive and open-minded management,” Avillon said.

Arthur Jun C. Paciente, the newly appointed KADSIA General Manager for Armored Cars Division, also shared the same outlook with Avillon.

“We are all motivated to achieve one goal, to make DASIA the top Security Agency in the Philippines. I have been in DASIA for 10 years and the

TEAM. Members of the Davao Allied Security and Intelligence Agency (DASIA) Inc. Management Committee during their recent team building. new department heads were a good addition to us. In DASIA, we have one heart and one goal like we are one family. I am positive that in 2 years’ time, DASIA will be more known for its quality service,” Paciente said.

Estelita B. Cabigquis who have been in DASIA for 36 years also shared her favorite experience in the team building. “The Welded Ankle game

was my favorite because it needs unity among the group to reach the end. Same in what I hope for DASIA, that everyone will cooperate for the company to be successful,” Cabigquis said.

On the other hand, Human Resource and Development Manager Gerardo Sebastian R. Nucum added that the event was successful because everyone cooperated and the activi-

ties seem to be true-to-life.

“I want to be like a jeep’s accelerator. I want to be that part that will push the company to move forward and this will only be possible if everyone will cooperate,” Nucum said.

All the participants said that the event was successful and fun at the same time. It awakened them to be an improved individual who can

DCWD to inaugurate Mandug Water Supply System Nov. 19

T THE GRADUATES. Davao Light and Power Co. Community Relations Manager Fermin P. Edillon (5th from right) together with Customer Retail Services Department Engineers Alexis Venturado (3rd from right); and Jeffrey Jomer Madolora (leftmost); and

Revenue Protection Department Supervisor Engr.

Juanito Laguitao (5th from left) give their snappy pose with the graduates (back) during the Project B.E.S.T (Basic Electrician Skills Training) graduation last November 6, 2015 at Malabog National High

School, Paquibato District, Davao City. Also in the photo are Davao City 2nd District Representative Hon. Mylene J. Garcia-Albano (6th from right), Punong Barangay Jossielito C. Areja (6th from left) and TESDA Trainer Maribel B. Tero.

Project B.E.S.T beneficiaries completes electrician skills training D

AVAO Light and Power Co. held a graduation ceremony last November 6 for the 18 electricians who completed and passed the 10-day skills training in Brgy. Malabog, Paquibato District Davao City.

These electricians are the beneficiaries of Davao Light’s Project B.E.S.T. or Basic Electricians Skills Training which is in partnership with the Aboitiz Foundation, TESDA Davao City/Sur Office, and

the 2nd district congressional office.

After completing and passing the training, the beneficiaries will be issued a National Certificate II (NC) in electrical installation and maintenance and they will become full-pledged electricians.

Davao Light’s Project B.E.S.T. emanated from the idea of creating skilled electricians in the far-flung areas within its franchise. This way, those applying for a new elec-

tric service will no longer have to travel far going to the city proper to look for an accredited electrician. This will also give the residents an opportunity to earn extra income by becoming a skilled electrician.

“The demand for electricians in our franchise is growing even in the rural areas – hence, the birth of Project B.E.S.T.. Through this, we were able to help residents become equipped and skilled electricians and at the same

time earn a living. We are also grateful of the partnership we have with TESDA and the support we got from Congressman Mylene Garcia in this program. We hope to see a lot more graduates from this endeavor.” said Fermin Edillon, Davao Light’s Community Relations Manager.

Meanwhile, the 2nd batch of training in Malabog has already started with 22 participants composed of both men and women.

work in teams.

As the speaker and facilitator for the team building, Cristelito T. Abadilla said that he was amazed by the outcome of the activity. “All of them really worked hard. I believe that it is just the first step. Hopefully in the near future, these people have attained the goals they had for the company,” said Abadilla. (Mary Grace S. Laput)

HE Mandug Water Supply System (MWSS) of Davao City Water District will be blessed and inaugurated on November 19. Second district representative Mylene Garcia-Albano, Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte, and city and barangay officials are expected to grace the event with DCWD’s board of directors, management team and project staff.

DCWD general manager Edwin V. Regalado said that MWSS will be supplied water by Dumoy Water Supply System, thus customers are assured of good quality of water. The water utility can initially serve around 2,000 service connections in DDF Village and its immediate environs along Mandug Road.

Regalado also explained that once the DCWD Bulk Water Supply Project tapping Tamugan River becomes fully operational, it will boost operation of the MWSS to serve 10,000 connections in areas along Tigatto-Mandug Road and immediate environs by 2019.

The Mandug water facility is a component of the Tigatto-Mandug Expansion Project which was implemented in four phases starting in 2009. Pipelaying activities were undertaken during the first three phases.

Pipelaying works also ex-

tended in the fourth phase together with the construction of 400cu.m. elevated tank and 100cu.m. concrete cistern tank, piping system, control and pump house and site development. Total project cost is PhP92.2 million.

DCWD’s Commercial Services Department is now conducting orientation for new service connection applicants under MWSS. (Jamae G. Dela Cruz)

DCWD’S Mandug Water Supply Facility to be inaugurated on November 19. The completion of this new facility allows for the initial accommodation of around 2,000 new service connections in DDF Village and its immediate environs along Mandug Road.

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HE Car Awards Group, Inc. (CAGI) has finally unveiled the much-awaited winners of the 2015 Car of the Year – Philippines and 2015 Truck of the Year – Philippines at a formal awards ceremony held at the Fontana Leisure Parks & Casino in Clark Field, Pampanga.

Besting a field of more than 63 cars, the Mazda2 Skyactiv emerged as this year’s 2015 Car of the Year – Philippines. Meanwhile, the 2015 Truck of the Year – Philippines honors went to the Nissan NP300 Navara.

The Mazda2 Skyactiv’s win comes as no surprise as the sub-compact sedan/ hatchback has already won the accolade in its home market of Japan where it scooped up the 2014-2015 Car of the Year honors.

Meanwhile, it’s indication for the NP300 Navara who declared an all-out “pickup wars” at its launch early this year.

With results audited by R.G. Manabat & Co., the Philippine partnership and a part of the KPMG network, the Car Awards Group, Inc.

Sports Car – Mazda MX-5 M/T Sports Hatchback – Volkswagen Golf GTI Sports Sedan – Subaru WRX 2.0 M/T Subcompact Car – Mazda2 Skyactiv R 4DR Subcompact Crossover SUV – Nissan Juke Ultraluxury Car – RollsRoyce Wraith Ultraluxury Sports Car – Ferrari California T 4x2 Pickup – Nissan NP300 Navara 2.5L 4x2 EL 7AT 4x4 Pickup – Ford Ranger Wildtrak 3.2 4x4 A/T

also released the 22 category winners, namely: 4x2 SUV – Ford Everest Trend 2.2L 4x2 A/T 4x4 SUV – Ford Everest Titanium 3.2L 4x4 A/T Basic Subcompact – Suzuki Celerio GL 1.0 M/T Compact Car – Kia Forte Koup 2-door Compact Crossover SUV – Honda HR-V 1.8 EL CVT Compact MPV – Honda Mobilio 1.5V CVT Crossover SUV – Mazda

CX-5 AWD Sport Luxury Crossover SUV – Lexus NX 200t F-Sport Luxury MPV – Honda Odyssey 2.4L EX-V Navi Luxury Sedan – Jaguar XE 2.0 High-Performance Sports Car – Lexus RC-F Midsized Car – Mazda6 Sports Wagon Premium Sedan – Volvo S60 D4 Polestar Premium Sports Car – Ford Mustang 5.0L V8 GT Premium

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Ateneo halts Holy Child winning run 77-72, but Reds still on top

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BIG GAME. Francis Escandor plucks the rebound in this bit of action in the JS Gaisano Grand Cup. Lean Daval Jr.

By NEILWIN JOSEPH L. BRAVO njb@edgedavao.net

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TENEO de Davao University leaned on shifty forward Francis Escandor down the stretch to turn back league-leading Holy Child College of Davao, 77 – 72, for its fourth win in the 13th Gaisano Grand Cup at the Gaisano Sky Gym on Sunday.

The six-foot-one Escan-

dor, who joined the San Beda Red Lions in training camp in Las Vegas during the NCAA offseason, came through with another big game for the Blue Knights firing 20 points including 11 in the crucial stretches of the fourth period.

Ateneo’s cerebral guard Lawrence Angeles scored a game-high 22 points for the

Blue Knights which improved to four wins against a loss.

The win also put an end to Holy Child’s five game winning run and kept Ateneo’s aspiration of twice to beat incentive in the Final Four alive of the Junior Division 1 class.

Joshua Reyes and Arnold Heje paced the defending champion Holy Child with 15

points each.

The Blue Knights will face winless Agro Industrial Foundation College on November 21 and wrap up its elimination round assignment against Ford Academy on November 22 in this biggest school-based league in Davao.

Despite the loss, Holy Child remained on top of the

Rose leaves game injured but Bulls still get the win J

IMMY Butler scored 17 points for Chicago and played tough defense on Paul George on Indiana’s final possession, helping the Bulls hold on for a 96-95 victory over the Pacers on

Monday night (Tuesday, Manila time).

Butler stayed right with George in the final seconds and contested his difficult fadeaway shot that was well short as time expired, giving

the Bulls their third straight win and fourth in five games.

Derrick Rose had 23 points on 9-for-18 shooting for Chicago, but departed with about six minutes remaining after he sprained

Parks still scoreless in NBA D-League T

HE Texas Legends bounced back huge and downed Oklahoma City Blue, 105-95, on Sunday (Monday, Manila time) at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma City even as Fil-Am Ray Parks continued to struggle in the NBA D-League.

Jamil Wilson and Tu Holloway led the way as the Legends evened their record in the new season of the De-

velopment League at 1-1 after a heartbreaking opening-day loss to the Austin Spurs.

Wilson, who played college ball at Marquette, had 12 points in the first half and finished with 29 points.

Holloway, from Xavier University, added 26, with 16 coming in the first half.

Wilson and Holloway had 11 each in the third quarter when the Legends outscored

his left ankle. Doug McDermott scored 11 points.

George had 26 points for Indiana, and Monta Ellis finished with 20 points. C.J. Miles made five 3-pointers on his way to 19 points,

standings in a tie with Jose Maria College with identical 5-1 records. Ateneo climbed to third going into the final weekend of eliminations.

JMC shared the top spot with Holy Child after besting Assumption College of Davao, 65 - 58.

and Jordan Hill and Ian Mahinmi each grabbed 12 rebounds.

D- LEAGUE. Texas Legends’ Bobby Ray Parks (right) is still looking for his first badket in the NBA D League.

the Blue, 35-18.

Parks again went scoreless, missing two field goal attempts in 11 minutes of action, but made an assist and pulled down two rebounds.

More participants in ‘Laro’t Saya sa Parke’

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ABAWENYOS continue to flock to the People’s Park on weekends for the Laro’t Saya sa Parke program, a weekly physical fitness and wellness program of the city government and the Philippine Sports Commission.

This weekend’s participants tallied 1,315 for November 14 and 1,511 for November 15.

Zumba continue to LARO’T SAYA SA PARKE. Young footballers train with coaches in the Laro’t Saya sa Parke program at the People’s Park every draw more enthusiasts ever weekend with 1,003 and weekends.

1,200 for this weekend. The turnout for senior citizens was also relatively good at 40 and 33.

Volleyball and badminton also drew in huge participation during the weekend. Volleyball lured 60 and

66 while badminton had 57 and 63. Rugby had 26 and 29, futsal 28 and 26, sepak takraw 31 and 35, karatedo 30 and 29 and taekwondo 40 and 30.

“We are happy with the big participation here in Davao and with this turnout, we are confident to recommend the retention of the program here for next year’s implementation,” said regional project coordinator Alona Quintos of the Philippine Sports Commission. (NJB)

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