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CREAM OF THE CROP

By NEILWIN JOSEPH L. BRAVO njb@edgedavao.net

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IKE typical teenagers, Darlene Ross Maramara and Julian Ambrose Ramirez are addicted to Clash of Clans.

When in their gaming element, these two young athletes raise their own army of Barbarians, Archers, Hog Riders, Wizards, and Dragons and built their own village into unbeatable fortress. But that is just it. A simple gaming addiction.

Their real addiction though is karatedo.

“When I tried it, I don;t want to stop anymore,” said 15-year old Darlene, a Grade 10 student of the Davao City National High School.

“When I learned karate, I knew I was going to be good at it so I practiced everyday,” added Julian Ambrose or Jam, 14, whose on 9th grade at the Precious International School of Davao.

The two karatekas were named Athlete of the Year in the 2015 So Kim Cheng Sports Awards given by

the Davao City Sports Council Inc. The conferment will be held on July 22 at the Royal Mandaya Hotel Ballroom.

“I am very thankful for this award,” said the bubbly Darlene whose lean frame conceals a ferocious persona when on the mat fighting (kumite) or performing a kata routine. Darlene credits her love for karatedo to her martial arts roots--an uncle and aunt who are both martial arts practitioner.

Darlene was a hands down choice for this year’s best female athlete after winning a gold medal in kata and a silver medal in kumite in the 34th IKGA Singapore Gojukai Annual Championships in Singapore last September 13, 2014. She also won a kata gold and a kumite silver in the 3rd Adidas International Karatedo Championships last January 15-17 in Manila and a gold in mixed synchronized kata and two bronzes in the individual kata and kumite in the 16th Malaysia Open Milo

Karatedo Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia last May 15-17.

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Darlene Ross Maramara shows her fine form in kata.

in the 3rd Adidas International Karatedo Championship and gold medal in mixed synchronized kata and bronze in individual kata in the 16th Malaysia Open.

While the two young While the two karatekas from the young karatekas from the AssoAssociation for the ciation for the Advancement of Karatedo Advancement (AAK Davao) had a fine year of Karatedo in sports, it did not deter (AAK Davao) them from doing good in had a fine year in sports, it did school. Jam is a consistent not deter them honor student while Darlene from doing good is also having impressive in school. Jam is a academic numbers. consistent honor student while Darlene is also having impressive academic wanted numbers. to win this award and now I Darlene’s routine consists finally achieved it,” said Jam of coming home from school whose selection was based in and taking a two-hour snooze his strong showing in the 34th before she hits the gym for a IKGA Singapore Gojukai where two-hour practice at Beefit. he won a bronze in kumite, Then she returns home and kata gold and kumite bronze studies her lessons or does as-

signments.

Jam sandwiches training with homework and studying.

“I make it a point that I don’t miss anything,” said Jam, who was lured to karate by his friends.

Keeping the two from competitions, however, was not that easy.

“Everyone knows we are not dependent on government support in competing overseas,” said Rommel Tan, branch head of AAK Davao. “We rely on the support of parents and some private sponsors.”

Tan admits it is sometimes frustrating that while they produce winners in international competitions, they never enjoy the same support extended to some sports associations.

“I have learned to accept it.

We will just work,” Said Tan. Darlene said she is always

thinking about her parents spending for her participation in competitions. “Iniisip ko palagi sana manalo para hindi sayang ang gastos nila.”

Jam said his father has told him not to mind the cost for as long as he is focused on fighting. “Sabi niya wag ko lang isipin ang gastos basta lumaban lang ako.”

Armed with a fighting heart and a discerning mind, Darlene and Jam have come of age as the city’s most promising athletes, taking the cudgels from the sport’s dominating forces and emerging as the new torch bearers.

While the two may get engrossed with gaming app Clash of Clans, little didn they know they too are building an army of supporters ready to defend a village and turn it onto an unbeatable fortress.

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Four soldiers, militiaman hurt in encounter with NPA

By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.

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WEIGH-IN. A Muslim elder weighs a native chicken peddled by a vendor from the Island Garden City of Samal (IGACOA) for P160 per kilo, P80 less than the current price in Davao City’s public markets. Lean Daval Jr.

LTFRB’s Go irks Rody

By CHARLES RAYMOND A. MAXEY

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AND Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) 11 director Benjamin Go has gotten the ire of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte over his failure to act on applications submitted to his office.

Duterte said he has received numerous complaints

about Go’s inaction on franchise applications, and that the LTFRB director himself has not been seen in his office for quite some time now.

“Do not delay it. I don’t like it,” a visibly irked Duterte warned Go, referring to his continued inaction on applications and other business trans-

actions at the LTFRB office.

“Huwag n’yang hintayin kaming dalawa ang magkasalubong (He should not wait our paths will cross),” Duterte told reporters.

Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremonies of Northtown’s public safety complex in Cabantian Friday, Duterte

even warned that he would confront Go if he has to.

“Sa opisina mo mismo sampalin kita (I will slap you right inside your office),” Duterte said.

The mayor said he has directed his executive assistant, Christopher “Bong” Go, to relay

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OUR soldiers and a militiaman were wounded in an encounter with the New People’s Army (NPA) in Pantukan, Compostela Valley Province on Friday morning.

The Eastern Mindanao Command (EastMinCom) said the soldiers were members of the 101st Division Reconnaissance Company (101 DRC), 10th Infantry Division.

In a statement, EastMinCom said the soldiers were on security patrol in Sitio Onor, Barangay Tagugpo at 10:15 a.m. on July 17 when

NPA members shot at them.

This resulted in a gunfight that lasted for 30 minutes.

The wounded personnel were immediately provided first aid care by the troops in the area. They are now in stable condition.

Pursuit operations are still ongoing.

The incident came a day after a member of 4th Scout Ranger Battalion was killed by unidentified gunmen near a school in Barangay San Antonio, Mabini, Compostela Valley Province.

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Palace pushes BBL anew

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RECENT survey, showing dismal improvement in the plight of Muslim Filipinos in the country, reinforces the government’s position of attaining enduring peace in Mindanao to bring genuine regional development, a Palace official said.

A new survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) showed 43 percent of Filipinos do not see "much real improvement" in the position of Muslims in the country.

“I think this only confirms the resolve of why we need to have a real, comprehensive

solution when it comes to peace and order and security in Mindanao,” Deputy presidential spokesperson Abigail Valte said in a radio interview over dzRB Radyo ng Bayan on Saturday.

“Tingin ko hindi naman natin maikakaila na talagang kailangan ng tulong ng mga kababayan natin doon at hindi lang ito ang tulong na iaabot natin, na mabibigyan ng programa, kailangan talaga komprehensibo ang peace solution para sa kanila.”

Valte said she believes that

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Zarate cries foul over kidnap case

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ROGRESSIVE party-list groups cried foul over the kidnapping case filed against them by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) for allegedly bringing Lumads to Davao City to be used in propaganda.

The CIDG filed the complaint before the City Prosecution Office on May 12, 2015 for alleged trafficking in person, kidnapping, and serious illegal detention based on statements

made by Indigenous People (IP) leaders.

But in an interview, Bayan Muna Party-list Rep. Carlos Isagani T. Zarate, who was one of those charged, called the complaint malicious because the Lumads came to Davao City voluntarily to seek refuge due to military harassments in their respective areas.

Zarate said aside from him, several mass leaders were also included in the complaint even

though they had no direct involvement in the matter.

“Even the dead people are included in the complaint.

Francis Morales already died and Crispin Beltran who also died many years ago,” he said.

Morales used to be the spokesperson of environment group Panalipdan while Beltran was a labor leader who became a member of Congress under the Anakpawis Party-list.

Zarate said it is clear that the case was simply “an order of battle” against the mass leaders and progressive groups.

“Practically, it is really malicious, they put (our) names... for the readers to tag us as rebels,” he said.

He said the government wants to show people that even members of the House of Representatives can be tagged as rebels.

“They have to answer for this,” he said.

Zarate said he will bring the matter up during the budget hearing since the Red-tagging has happened numerous times.

“It is recurring, it is just like a Déjà vu for us,” he said.

Zarate also said although it was the CIDG that filed the case, it was facilitated by the military.

The CIDG complaint had

Massacre victim’s daughter forgives Andal Ampatuan

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SAFETY COMPLEX. Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte delivers his message during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Cabantian Public Safety Complex in Cabantian, Buhangin District on Friday afternoon. Lean Daval Jr.

Regional police to continue checking for fake bihon

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HE Police Regional Office (PRO) 11 will not let its guard down on the possible proliferation of fake bihon (rice vermicelli) in Davao City despite the City Health Office (CHO)’s declaration that no fake bihon products are being sold in the city’s markets based on

its inspection.

In an interview, PRO11 deputy regional director for operations Senior Superintendent Aaron Aquino said he has not yet received the official report of the CHO. “I need to see the official statement of the CHO so that we will know what to do,” he

said.

In the meantime, the police will still continue their inspection on public markets and supermarkets.

“We will also monitor other areas where bihon is being sold,” Aquino said.

Aquino had earlier said a Special Investigation Task

Group (SITG) will be formed should the CHO find fake bihon being sold in the city.

The issue surfaced after a barangay captain turned over to the CHO last July 3 a sample of alleged fake bihon being sold in the public market in Calinan.

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said the Lumads were deceived into coming into Davao City on February 3 to February 25.

The complaint said the respondents forced the IPs into the UCCP compound to listen to their lectures that included “anti-government sentiments, alleged abuses of the military, and about joining rallies.”

It also stated that the IPs were forced to join rallies held in the city against their will.

URSE Reynafe Momay-Castillo heard the news at midnight, nine hours before boarding a plane back to the United States where her family now lives, that Andal Ampatuan Sr., three-term Maguindanao governor and one of the principal suspects in the massacre of 58 persons, including her father, has passed away.

Castillo, daughter of Midland Courier photographer Reynado Momay, whose remains were not found but for his dentures, said she had forgiven the Ampatuan clan’s patriarch upon learning of his condition.

Ampatuan, admitted at the National Kidney and Transplant Institute (NKTI) for “advanced liver cancer” on June 5, lapsed into a coma on Monday, July 13, after a massive heart attack, his lawyer Salvador Panelo announced late Tuesday night.

“I had forgiven him, but I also pray he also asked

forgiveness before he died,” Castillo said in a brief interview over the telephone.

“I am not happy for his death though we prayed for justice, I know the feeling of losing someone because I just lost my mother recently,” she said.

Castillo returned home for the burial of her mother, Femy, who succumbed to cancer on June 16.

Castillo acknowledged having felt “mixed emotions” when she heard the news.

“Nagising yung buong pagkatao ko, matutulog na sana ako,” (I was kept awake.

I was about to sleep then.”

Castillo admits she is frustrated over the slow pace of the justice system. It is nearly six years since the massacre.

She left at 9 a.m. Saturday for the US where she will continue to count days, to wait for justice for her father and the 57 other victims of the massacre. (Ferdinandh B. Cabrera / MindaNews)

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First batch of Filipinos repatriated from Iraq T

HE Philippine embassy has repatriated the first batch of Filipino workers who asked to be brought home after their families expressed fears for their safety due to the unstable security situation in Iraq.

In a statement from Baghdad, embassy Charge d’Affaires Elmer Cato said the first three of 19 Filipino employees of an upscale Baghdad restaurant were repatriated on Thursday and are scheduled to arrive in Manila Saturday.

The rest will be repatriated before the end of the month, he said, adding several other Filipinos working in other establishments in the Iraqi capital have also reached out to request the assistance of the Philippine government to help them go home.

Cato said the workers, who are among the estimated 1,500 Filipinos in Iraq, had asked to be covered by the mandatory

repatriation program being offered by the Philippine government after they nearly became casualties in two suicide car bomb explosions in Baghdad two months ago.

“A number of our fellow Filipinos here in Baghdad approached the embassy and said they want to go home because they no longer want to unnecessarily worry their families in the Philippines,” Cato said.

Most of those who asked to be repatriated are waiters of a prominent restaurant who were billeted at a hotel in Baghdad’s downtown Karrada District, where a suicide car bomber detonated his vehicle on May 5.

The vehicle exploded just five minutes after most of the Filipinos staying there and in an adjoining building have left for work. Several other Filipinos were inside the hotel when it was hit by the blast

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CELEBRATION. A man on a wheelchair joins other Muslims in Davao City as they celebrate the Eid’l Fitr through prayer to mark the end Ramadhan. Muslims all over the world ended the month-long fasting on July 17. KEITH BACONGCO

Duterte ratings seen to rise after TV gigs

By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.

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HE ratings of Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte are expected to increase after his series of guesting on national television.

This was the view of Ateneo de Davao University political science profes-

sor Ramon Beleno III. In an interview, Beleno told EDGE Davao that in particular, the mayor’s recent guesting in Gandang Gabi Vice hosted by comedian Vice Ganda, which aired last week, showed his other side.

“Duterte showed his humor and that he is not really all serious,” he said.

Duterte also gamely responded to the jokes of Vice Ganda and even danced the craze Nae Nae and Twerk It Like Miley.

Beleno said Duterte

He said a passenger initially noticed a device with an attached cellphone dropping from the seat when the bus made a stop at the terminal.

Fuerte said the concerned passenger immediately alerted the bus driver, conductor and other passengers regarding the suspicious device, which was planted at the fourth seat from the driver’s seat.

“The passengers and crew were able to disembark from the bus before it exploded,” he told reporters.

The police official said

they were still identifying the components of the explosive but initially noted that it was crudely-made.

He said the YBL bus unit sustained minimal damages as a result of the explosion.

Fuerte said their operatives are currently tracking down three suspects who were believed to have planted the explosive.

He said the suspects boarded the bus in Isulan town in Sultan Kudarat and disembarked before it reached the Sto. Nino town proper.

And like the T’nalak that started from a dream, let us pursue changes to our country through united aspirations to make it better and more progressive," she said in her keynote speech at the culmination of the province’s 49th foundation anniversary celebration and 16th T’nalak Festival.

The senator, who visited the province for the first time since topping the 2013 senatorial race, expressed gratitude to the province’s residents for supporting her bid.

Like in other areas, she landed in the top spot in South Cotabato among senatorial candidates in the 2013 polls.

She said the province has a special spot in Poe family as her father, the late actor Fernando Jr., also won in the area in his failed presidential bid in 2004.

Poe, who is currently leading in the presidential surveys for the 2016 elections, did not disclose her exact political plans but hinted that she is very much capable to run the country if fate would intervene.

She said she had valuable learning while growing up from her father and mother actress Susan Roces.

Poe acknowledged that the country’s next leader should have enough experience and

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N improvised bomb exploded inside a passenger bus in Sto. Nino town in South Cotabato Saturday morning but no casualties were reported because the bomb was immediately detected and passengers managed to disembark before explosion.

Chief Inspector Joel Fuerte, Sto. Nino police chief, said the bomb went off at around 10 a.m. inside a deluxe unit of Yellow Bus Line Inc. (YBL) that was parked at the town’s public terminal. The bus was bound for Koronadal.

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Poe urges SoCot folks to unite, dream big

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IKE the T’boli tribe’s famed T’nalak fabric, South Cotabato residents should continue to dream bigger things for the province and weave them into even greater undertakings that would eventually benefit the entire country.

Senator Grace Poe stressed such point on Saturday as she rallied the province’s leaders and residents to unite and join the efforts to pursue the greater good for the country in the wake of the challenges that it has been facing.

"Like the T’nalak that was a combination of different colors, designs and styles that made up a beautifully-crafted piece.

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also showed respect to human dignity during the interview with Vice Ganda.

“This will balance the human rights violations allegations he has,” he said.

When Vice Ganda asked Duterte about his view on same sex mar-

riage, the mayor replied that he is not against it because everyone deserves happiness.

Beleno said if Duterte’s ratings increase, it could be concluded that he is a viable presidential candidate in the 2016 national

election.

“By then, baka may makuha na syang running mate at may kukuha na sa kanya na stable party (he could get a running mate and a stable party will choose him as its standard bearer),” Beleno said.

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How to go

HIGH BROW

THE FIRST TIME I had my eyebrows threaded ten odd years ago, I fainted and went sprawling on the salon floor. This was my first legitimate “tiis-ganda” moment, the turning point of when my personal grooming started bumping heads with my threshold for pain.

Thankfully, there haven’t been any more embarrassing incidents. Not to say that the teeth-gritting nor wincing has stopped whenever I have to get threaded or waxed. This is the bane of facial hair – you need to make sure you have them in only the right places and amounts.

It is a blessing for the grooming-obsessed that places like Browhaus exist. This international chain of brow salons modernizes and simplifies the otherwise painful processes of maintaining a face that is worthy of any close-up. When I first

Well-shaped brows make for a more confident gaze. walked in Browhaus tucked in a quiet corner of Abreeza Mall Corporate Center, the blitz of available facial tune-ups is easily grasped within a minute or two. The proficiency that this brow and lash grooming salon promises is evident on the getgo, with their knowledgeable staff speedily and confidently explaining what they have to offer. Already, this takes off some of the sting of what is to come next whether you favor one of their signature treatments like the Brow Resurrection (a semi-

tattooing procedure done with a pen-like machine meant to even out misshapen brows) or just need a complete threading workout from brow to chin.

Browhaus rightly places a premium on their products and services. It is more expensive than your average salon because their entire operation is embedded with things that make your experience more hygienic, less painful and in keeping with the latest technology.

They use cotton thread instead of the department store-bought kind that you find in most salons. Vegetable-based dyes are used in all their dye jobs which

It is a blessing for the groomingobsessed that places like Browhaus exist. This international chain of brow salons modernizes and simplifies the otherwise painful processes of maintaining a face that is worthy of any close-up.

Lash in Bloom will have your peepers aflutter. are less harsh and less likely to cause allergies. Your threading specialist has a portion of thread clutched between her lips to regulate pressure during threading, a technique known as Indian threading. The cleverly named Ice Cream is a cooling ointment applied to the face after threading to reduce swelling and redness and is but one of the proprietary products that belong to their facial care and cosmetics line. Everything within sight in the store is sourced, formulated and imported from the mother base of Browhaus in Singapore.

The thing I appreciated is that their specialists are adamant about doing your brows and lashes right. And by right which I made sure of by grilling them as I didn’t want to end up looking like someone went on a rampage on them, it meant natural, fuller and thicker. Who hasn’t had nightmarish thoughts of leaving the salon looking thoroughly stretched and over-plucked? The changes are subtle but visible upon closer inspection and frame the face instead of massacring what should just be highlighted. There is more symmetry

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Chase away rainy day blues with free Facebook from Globe

WITH the monsoon season once again rearing up on the Philippines, the country’s leading mobile brand Globe Telecom offers an exciting way to chase the boredom and blues away by bringing to its customers more ways to connect to top social networking site Facebook for free.

Now, customers don’t have to worry about using up their data allocation or looking for a Wi-Fi spot when stuck in a rainy traffic jam or bored at home because of the stormy weather, as Globe offers three ways to access free Facebook: Facebook with Free Data, Facebook 7-day trial for TM customers, and free access to Facebook with a GoSURF subscription.

“We are committed to drive the country’s positioning as the Digital Life-

style Capital of the World as we bring a complete suite of free Facebook experiences to our customers and give them more ways to enjoy Facebook without data charges. Free Facebook from Globe will definitely be your favorite rainy day companion to enjoy Facebook all-day everyday – anytime, anywhere,” says Dan Horan, Globe Senior Advisor for Consumer Business.

SM City Davao Foodcourt gives away 10 Acer smartphones

Globe launched Facebook with Free Data, a zero-rated lightweight version of Facebook with limited access to photos and videos. It is a new feature that allows customers to choose the type of Facebook access they will enjoy via an in-app data control button that indicates which version of Facebook the customer is using and can be dismissed anytime so as not to disturb brows-

ing. Users will also be notified if they are leaving Facebook with Free Data and will receive an advisory of charge if they click a photo within Facebook, an external link, or any content that leads outside Facebook.

New customers of TM will also be able to enjoy free Facebook via purchase of a TM® ChooseYour-Number SIM. Available for only P30,

customers will receive the bonus of free access to the full Facebook experience for 7 days, be allowed to choose their own mobile number, and register to different call, text, and mobile internet promos.

Finally, hardcore Facebook users can enjoy full free access to Facebook with a GoSURF subscription complete with photo and video browsing. Aside from a complete Facebook browsing experience, access to the Messenger app, excluding calls, is also free.

Postpaid customers can access Facebook for free without any purchase requirement while Globe Prepaid and TM customers will automatically get access upon purchase of any GoSURF promo. The validity of the free access to Facebook is the same as the subscribed GoSURF promo. Free access to Facebook works on any mobile platform, including the Facebook Android app and browsers (via m.facebook.com), without any maintaining balance.

Aside from free Facebook, customers also get free access to premium content such as Spotify and top mobile games with GoSURF. With GoSURF50, customers get 300MB of data to access the internet and an additional free 400MB for music streaming and online mobile gaming for only P50 valid for 3 days. The games

include Clash of Clans, Candy Crush Saga, Candy Crush Soda Saga, Summoners War, Hay Day, Boom Beach, Soul Seeker, Dungeon Hunter 5, and Asphalt 8: Airborne – perfect for keeping entertained despite the dreary weather.

To get free access to Facebook on Globe Prepaid or TM via GoSURF, simply register to any GoSURF promo and wait for the Facebook activation notification which will be sent via text message. For customers who wish to avail of the bonus FB trial for TM SIMs, simply text BONUS FB to 8888. Facebook with Free Data launches once a customer has updated their FB app to its latest version and will automatically be available to those who are not on Postpaid or any GoSURF plan.

For Postpaid customers, opt-in to free Facebook by texting FREE FB ON to 8888. For more information, text FREE FB to 8888. To inquire about the promo, text FREE FB HELP to 8888. To check your status, text FREE FB STATUS to 8888.

What are you waiting for? Keep Facebook your rainy weather partner while at home, in the office, or in school and avoid hair-raising mobile data charges with Globe Free Facebook. Remember, you have 3 easy ways to get it, so post, comment and like away for free soon!

Latch on early to low rates for the Kadayawan celebration

DINE and win an Acer C1 phone from Sun MARK your calendars for Cellular at SM City Davao Foodcourt from the most anticipated and July 15 to October 31. grandest celebration of the year! Started as a tribal Every single festival in the 1970s, the receipt purKadayawan celebration chase worth showcases the indigenous P150, entitles peoples’ rituals of celebrathe customer tion after a bountiful harto join the raffle vest. promo.

Customers only need to present the receipt to the Beerstation to get a raffle coupon. Filled out coupon must be dropped to the designated box. A winner will be drawn every 10 days starting July 24 until November 1. Non-winning entries will be included in the succeeding draws.

Grab a scrumptious meal from Loring’s Lechon, Mr. Crab N. Prawn, Island Grill Express and Wokman.

Satisfy your cravings with delicious treats from Kamay Kainan, Pritong Manok, Smokin’ Toppings and Fiesta Dabaw. Tag the crew along and get a chance to win a new gadget!

SM Foodcourt is located at the second floor of the main mall. For more information and inquiries, interested parties may call SM City Davao at 297.6998.

Bursts of colors and festivities are seen, felt and heard all across Davao City. The festivities are highlighted with floral float parades, street-dancing competitions and exhibits that showcases the island’s tourism products and services. An array of fruits are displayed along the sidewalks which includes Lanzones, Mangosteen, Rambutan, Marang and the ever popular Durian.

What better way to enjoy the Festival of Festivals than staying at the Waterfront Insular Hotel Davao? From July 15 to 31, 2015, take advantage of extravagantly low room rates for the entire month of August. Choose between three room categories:

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ENTERTAINMENT

Dina Bonnevie portrays challenging role in GMA’s Beautiful Strangers SEASONED actress Dina Bonnevie finds her role in GMA Network’s upcoming primetime series Beautiful Strangers a challenging one.

Dina, who is back as a Kapuso, plays the role of Alejandra Castillo, wife of Ronaldo (Christopher de Leon) and a doting mother to Lawrence (Benjamin Alves).

Alejandra is a strong woman in the outside, but weak in the inside.

“I don’t want to do the typical kontrabida

na pasigaw-sigaw na nagtataray. I’m trying a different attack now.

No loud voices. Parang meek as a lamb. Parang for me, I always make what I do my truth. Every scene I do, iyon ang truth in Alejandra. If you make every scene your own truth which is not the truth the audience knows, then you are not the typical kontrabida, we are gonna make it a little different. Alejandra is just fighting what is hers,” explained Dina in an interview.

Aside from being

reunited with Heart Evangelista, Dina also revealed that she really wanted to work with Lovi Poe that’s why she accepted this project.

“I really wanted to work with Lovi because I haven’t worked with her. I like her. Nagagandahan ako sa kanya.

She is dusky, olive skin, na really beautiful, doe

eyes. Ang ganda ganda ng mata niya. And I really wanted to reunite with Heart.”

She is very excited for this show which she hopes will pique the interest of viewers since “there are a lot of scenes that imitate life. Very real yung mga eksena. The scenes are so real.”

Jovit goes ‘Juke Box’ in newest album under Star Music PINOY singing champ and multi-awarded artist Jovit Baldivino is back with new music with his fourth album under Star Music, “Juke Box (JB),” which is now available nationwide.

Bato,” as well as Himig Handog P-Pop Love Songs “Sana’y Magbalik” and “Dito.”

The first grand winner of “Pilipinas Got Talent,” Jovit earned

“Juke Box” features Jovit’s renditions of great original jukebox hits – Jeremiah’s “Nanghihinayang” and April Boy Regino’s “Honey my Love So Sweet.”

The track list also includes “Forbidden” and originals “Low Batt,” “Bumangon Tayo,” “Bangon Pilipino,” “Apoy,” “Itong Aking Mundo,” “Hanggang Mayroong Bukas,” and “Love na Love Kita,” most of which are compositions of Benigno ‘Ben’ Aquino, one of the album producers.

The album also contains bonus tracks – Filipino favorite “Pusong

multiple platinum record awards for his first three albums under Star Music, namely “Faithfully,” “I’d Do Anything For Love,” and “OPM Greatest: Volume 1.”

“Juke Box (JB)” is produced by Malou Santos, Roxy Liquigan, Reynaldo L. Gan, and Benigno ‘Ben’ Aquino, the uncle of President Benigno Aquino III. It is now available at all record bars nationwide for only P250. Digital tracks can also be downloaded via leading record stores all over the country and in online music stores such as iTunes, Mymusicstore.com.ph, Amazon.com, and Starmusic.ph.

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Veteran Chef Jonas ng debuts ‘sexy, geeky’ cooking show on Lifestyle VETERAN CHEF and restaurateur Jonas Ng joins Lifestyle this month as he debuts his first cooking show, “Chef Next Door” that is oozing with wit, science, humor, and sexiness this July 20. hich premieres at 10PM on July 20, will showcase the expertise of chef Jonas as a ten-year veteran of the restaurant industry by sharing the lessons he learned inside the high-pressure, solution-oriented professional kitchen to TV viewers.

Each week, chef Jonas shows viewers realistic cooking obstacles and how restaurant chefs win with a healthy dose of science and the right thought processes.

“Chef Next Door” will also feature recipes that will prove that restaurant-quality food can be prepared at home.

Chef Jonas is the head chef and owner of Huat Pot Hotpot Restaurant and Le Jardin in Bonifacio Global City. Prior to this, he

was the former executive chef of Mango Tree.

Recently named as one of Spot’s top 10 hottest chefs in Manila, chef Jonas’ “Chef Next Door” on Lifestyle is the newest TV show that will be a guilty pressure for those who are looking for an entertaining cooking show that is packed with the right amount of sexiness, science, and generous garnish of humor.

“Chef Next Door” will air regularly on Lifestyle every Mondays at 10PM, Tuesdays at 5:30AM, Wednesdays at 5:30PM, and Fridays at 12AM and 9:30PM. The show is a joint production venture by The Group Entertainment, Outpost Visual Frontier, and iSnap Creatives.

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Style Scribe A1 and balance, and much like the quirky wigged eyeballs that serve as the brand’s mascots, you see more of yourself without the unwanted fuzz. It is on this note that Browhaus is also introducing one of its newer services to Davao customers, the Eye Define and Lip Define which are also semi-permanent solutions to enhance the lash and lip lines.

Browhaus was highly inspired by the Bauhaus movement which sought to marry form and function to create something beautifully modern and new. After your walkthrough in this salon, you will know there is currently none like it locally.

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They continuously seek to interweave effectiveness and beauty and lay out the long-term plans (request to see their table of packaged services) to give your facial features the right tweaking and structure.

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Solon help sought on Islamic banking

By CHENEEN R. CAPON

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HE National Commission on Muslim Affair (NCMF) will tap Rep. Tupay Loong to sponsor a bill seeking to open the Banko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)’s legal framework to Islamic Banking.

“We already have the bill,” NCMF secretary Yasmin Busran-Lao said of the proposed bill they want Tupay to sponsor. Loong is the chair of the House committee on Muslim

affairs.

Lao said there’s a need for a legislation to allow Islamic banking in the country.

At present, the Al Amanah Bank is the only bank that that has a window for Islamic banking.

Lao, however, said that the charter of Al Amanah Bank is not yet compliant to Shariah law.

“Together with World Bank and other agencies of

Evaluation policy framework inked for government projects

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HE National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) and the Department of Budget and Management signed today the National Evaluation Policy Framework that calls for the purposive conduct of independent evaluation of government programs and projects.

“With numerous programs and projects being implemented, the government needs to determine whether and to what extent these benefit the people and the country,” Economic Planning Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan said during the signing of the joint memorandum circular with Secretary Florencio B. Abad of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) on July 15, 2015 at the NEDA Central Office, Pasig City.

“This evaluation policy framework is part of a comprehensive good governance agenda that complements reforms in planning and budgeting,” said Balisacan. “While we exert our best efforts to ensure that resources are efficiently allocated, we also need to make sure that what we spend on are actually delivering positive results,” he added.

“This joint memorandum circular is a significant step towards improving the evaluation practice in the country.

This and other monitoring and evaluation mechanisms are important in assessing the progress of our development goals, and in determining whether our initiatives are making significant impact on the lives of the Filipino people,” said Balisacan, who is also NEDA Director-General.

The said framework, developed by NEDA and DBM, with support from UNICEF, structures the purposive conduct of evaluations in the public sector. By the use of standardized evaluation procedure, projects and programs nationwide will be assessed in terms of their efficiency, outcomes and impacts based on national priorities.

Implementing agencies will use the evaluation findings for recommendations and appropriate management response, including follow through actions by concerned units. Results will also be utilized as inputs to planning, budgeting, and designing of subsequent similar projects.

the government, we are aiming to make the charter of Al Amanah to become fully Shariah Law-compliant,” she said.

Lao said opening a window for Islamic banking system in the Philippines will help in drawing more Muslim investors and tourists in the future.

Many non Muslim countries in Europe, she added, are already seeing the sustainability of Islamic Banking making

it a “lucrative alternative banking system.”

Lao said the Philippines can benchmark on the experience of Malaysian bank Maybank Islamic which 80 percent of clients are non-Muslims.

More and more are resorting to Islamic banking because they saw that is a more humane and just, according to her.

“I hope that the businessman here will also see the

TIME CAPSULE. Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte and Alsons Development and Investment Corporation (Alsons Dev) executive vice president Rosie A. Dominguez, together with Davao City Police Office (DCPO) director Senior Superintendent Vicente Danao Jr. (third from left), Central 911 chief Emmanuel Jaldon (second from left), Bureau of Fire Protection-Davao City district fire

same opportunity and support the move to transform Al Amanah bank into a full Islamic bank,” Lao said. “And help in lobbying to our legislators and BSP our move to have a change in the legal framework of the banking system in the Philippines.

She said the country’s banking framework should be more acceptable and open towards Islamic banking system to sustain economic growth.

She added that “not only our culture needs to be diverse but also the economic system should be also pluralistic.”

With the opening of the legal framework of the banking system in the country, Lao said foreign Islamic banks might as well enter into the industry as a player.

“I think other banks are waiting just waiting for the legal framework to be open,” Lao said.

marshal Dennis Duenas (leftmost), and Alsons Aqua president Alex Alcantara, lead the lowering of the time capsule during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Cabantian Public Safety Complex in Cabantian, Buhangin District on Friday afternoon. Alsons Development donated a 2,000-square meter land to the City of Davao for the project. Lean Daval Jr.

Construction starts for Northtown’s public safety complex in Cabantian

By CHARLES RAYMOND A. MAXEY

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ONSTRUCTION works are underway for the public safety complex of Northtown’s residential development in Cabantian, Buhangin District.

Sitting on an area of 2,000 meters, the complex boasts of three buildings being donated

by Northtown’s developer— Alsons Development and Investment Corporation—to the city government of Davao as its modest contribution to the

peace and order and health programs of Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte.

The Davao City Central Communication and Emergency Response Center or the Central 911, a police station and fire station will occupy each of the three buildings composing the complex.

The public safety complex is part of the 10-hectare town center for commercial establishments and educational in-

stitutions which will be built just outside the residential project.

Aside from donating the land and constructing the buildings, Alsons will also give a one unit ambulance to the city government.

“Alsons is committed to supporting the communities in which we build our residential developments,” Alsons Development and Investment Corporation executive vice

president Rosie A. Dominguez said during the groundbreaking of the complex Friday afternoon.

No less than the mayor himself graced the groundbreaking together with Davao City Police Office (DCPO) director Sr. Supt. Vicente Danao, Central 911 chief Emmanuel Jaldon and Bureau of Fire Protection-Davao City district fire marshal Dennis Duenas.

ernment agencies in the four countries to seat together to discuss the issues and programs in the ICT sector.

Last year’s cluster meeting was held in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam last November 17 to 20.

According to BIMP-EAGA’s website, last year’s cluster meeting became a venue to discuss the progress of three

BIMP-EAGA ICT Infrastructure Cluster projects under the BIMP-EAGA implementation Blueprint or IB which are BIMP-EAGA Rink-BIMP-EAGA Submarine and Terrestrial (BEST) Cable Project, Intelligent Clearance Identification System (ICLID) and the ICT Outreach Program (IROP).”

Meanwhile, about 350 to 500 chief executive officers of

different ICT companies in the will also convene in Davao City for the one-day BIMP-EAGA ICT CEO forum on August 19.

Aside from the exhibition, there will be also a developers’ forum on the 18th.

Villanueva said the cluster meeting as well as the CEO and developers’ forum will be just one of the events of the four-

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AVAO City will host this year’s Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines- East Asean Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) ICT Infrastructure cluster meeting on August 21.

Heidi Villanueva of the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) said the cluster meeting will be a venue for officials of concerned gov-

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EDITORIAL Clear and present danger?

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ORMER Senator Rene Saguisag has hit the nail right on the head when he said Buhay Party-list Rep. Lito Atienza and ABAKADA Party-list Rep. Jonathan dela Cruz have no business filing treason and inciting to sedition cases against the government’s peace negotiators as well as members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) because their job is legislate, not to prosecute. “Lawmakers are in the business of crafting laws and policies, not in jailing people,” Saguisag said in a complaint he filed before the House of Representatives Ethics Committee. To recall, Atienza and dela Cruz had filed cases of treason and inciting to sedition against Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Secretary Teresita Quintos Deles and Government of the Philippines (GPH) Chief Peace Negotiator Professor Miriam Coronel-Ferrer and other members of the peace panel on May 28. Also included in the complaint-affidavit by the two solons were all the members of the negotiating panel of the MILF, members of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC), and Supreme Court Justice and former government chief peace negotiator Marvic Leonen.

Saguisag, a veteran human rights lawyer who serves as the legal counsel of Ferrer and others and who fought against the Marcos regime along with Atienza and dela Cruz, said the cases were a form of “prosecutorial terrorism” against proponents of the Bangsamoro peace process. “The two congressmen… have to be probed by their peers as a guide to future

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action and prevent a repeat of premature ejaculation, as it (was), causing needless departmental tension… Atienza and dela Cruz being at war most needlessly with Malacañang and the Supreme Court is not in the national interest.”

That the two lawmakers are from Luzon also speaks loudly of their bias against the people of Mindanao whom they obviously do not know are care little about. The case of treason, in fact, exposes their prejudice against the south: by definition, treason is the offense of acting to overthrow one’s government or to harm or kill its sovereign; a violation of allegiance to one’s sovereign or to one’s state; the betrayal of a trust or confidence; breach of faith. None of these is true in the case of Deles, Ferrer, and the others, but it is how many non-Mindanaoans view the situation in this island. In truth, as Deles and Ferrer have pointed out in their defense, there is no enemy here, and the existence of a state of war has not been established.

Instead of filing charges against the peace panel members, members of Congress ought to play in the level field of ideas and words. In Saguisag’s own words, Atienza and dela Cruz “should have learned to be tolerant of ideas they may disagree with, and even despise. This may well be the first time one is sought to be jailed peacefully inciting with ideas, posing no clear and present danger.”

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Forgive and forget

ONATHAN (not his real name) came from a very poor family. There were seven of them in the family and he was the eldest. His father was a farmer while his mother used to wash clothes of their neighbors. He wanted to finish his studies, get a course, and find a good job.

Mario (again, a fictitious name) was the only son of a wealthy family. Whatever he wanted, he could have. He had a nanny who took care of him.

He didn’t worry about his future since his father owned a big business.

The two crossed paths when they were in high school. It was an exclusive school where Jonathan was a working student. He worked as janitor and was a student at night. Oftentimes, he went home famished. But despite this, he still managed to be one of the top students.

Mario, on the other hand, was very popular among ladies because he was very handsome.

However, he was always defeated by Jonathan when it came to academics. Mario didn’t like the idea of not graduating as class valedictorian so he told his father about it. The father went to the administration and talked with the faculty.

As expected, Mario was chosen as class valedictorian although their classmates knew that it should have been Jonathan. It was not the honor that Jonathan was after but the scholarship that went along with being a valedictorian.

But life went on. Jonathan attended a not-so-popular college where he met Alice, the woman who loved him despite his being poor. As fate would have it, Mario courted Alice but her heart already belonged to Jonathan. When Mario learned that she had chosen Jonathan over him, he fumed.

In retaliation, he kidnapped Alice. At their beach house, he raped her several times. She was stabbed but survived. Despite what had happened to her, Jonathan still married Alice. Today, the happily married couple is blessed with three children.

When asked if he has already forgiven Mario of what he and his family had done to him, Jonathan replied, “Yes, a long time ago. The hatred I had for him was buried when I married Alice.”

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Had some- THINK ON THESE! one not asked him, he would have not remembered it at all.

Henry W. Beecher was right when he said, “ Fo r g i v e n e s s ought to be like a cancelled note, torn in two and Henrylito D. Tacio burned up, so henrytacio@gmail.com that it never can be shown against the man.”

If we forgive someone, should it be quick and fast? Or should it take time to heal all wounds?

“Forgiveness is not act – it is a process,” explained David Augsburger, author of The Freedom of Forgiveness. “It is not a single transaction – it is a series of steps. Beware of any view of instant, complete, once-for-all forgiveness. Instant solutions tend to be the ways of escape, of avoidance, or of denial, not of forgiveness.

“Forgiveness takes time – time to be aware of one’s feelings, alert to one’s pain and anger, open to understand the other’s perspective, willing to resolve the pain and reopen the future,” he added.

It is not easy to forgive, much less to forget the wrongs the other person had done to you.

Our tendency is to revenge: an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. “We are most like beasts when we kill,” someone reminded. “We are most like men when we judge. We are most like God when we forgive.”

In some instances, we can forgive someone but not totally forget. “Forgiving and forgetting are related,” pointed out American theologian Frank Stagg, “but forgiving precedes forgetting.

To forgive, one must first remember the injury, the impact, the injustice done.

“To forget ignores the needs of the offender and injures the offended by driving the sense of being wronged deep into one’s own being where resentment does its slow destructive work. Forgetting is negative, passive; forgiving is positive

and creative.”

According to Stagg, both the offended and the offender must work together if total forgiveness can be attained. “Before one forgive and forget, both offender and offended must remember together, recall the wrongdoing together, finish the feelings together, reconstruct the relationship together and then they may forget together. In the remembering, reconstructing, forgiving and forgetting each regains the other.”

Oftentimes, if someone has done wrong to us, our first line of defense is anger. Gandhi, the great Indian leader and teacher of nonviolence, had this motto on his wall at Sevagram: “When you are in the right, you can afford to keep your temper. When you are in the wrong, you cannot afford to lose it.”

Seneca, the ancient Greek philosopher, wrote: “He is a fool who cannot get angry, but he is a wise man who will not!” After all, anger can be harmful to us – physically, emotionally, socially and medically.

A girl was being treated for several months for anemia but without any success. So her doctor decided to send her to a sanatorium faraway. The first she got there, she underwent a thorough physical examination.

The examining doctor found her blood count to be completely normal. The referring doctor double-checked it and could not believe his eyes. So he called in the girl and asked her, “Has anything out of the ordinary happened in your life since your last visit?”

“Yes,” she admitted. “Suddenly, I was able to forgive someone against whom I had borne a nasty grudge all my life. At that moment, my anger disappeared and I felt completely changed inside.”

Right there and then, the doctor knew the answer. Her mental attitude had changed, and the very state of her blood had changed with it. Being angry at someone can be stupid because the other person might not even be aware of it. So, the only one being harmed is the person who has hatred to other fellow.

Just remember this: Forgiveness from others is charity; from God, grace; from oneself, wisdom.

of Christs’ Youth MY TWO CENTS’ in Action. Both report a sense of stability and hope beyond the corrupted system they saw in the jails.

St. Augustine in his Letter 211 (c. 424) stated John Tria the phrase Cum ecisouth@gmail.com dilectione hominum et odio vitiorum, which roughly means, “With love for mankind and hatred of sins.” Mahatma Gandhi made this phrase more famous as “love the sinner but hate the sin” or “hate the sin and not the sinner.” In both instances, it requires a maturity within us not to judge nor condemn the person doing the behavior, but find ways to understand the behavior to that it may cease.

The examples of Jim and Raymund reveal two realities with their own challenges: the repentance of the guilty in the case of Jim and the transformation of the wrongly accused to overcome the bitterness and resentment in the case of

Narag. Jim acknowledged his failure and paid for it, while Raymund, rather than be bitter, found the strength to overcome the resentment against the system that jailed him to find how these can be reformed to serve its intended outcome. Both could have become recidivists or done more wrong after jail, but both CHOSE to do good as a response to their experience.

Focusing on the sin and not the sinner is therefore a strong call for many of us who profess to be religious, spiritual, or secular humanist, even those who advocate for certain rights to be given to those who express a certain behavior considered sinful and/or criminal. It simply means acknowledging that people DO change, and that people CAN change. Sin is therefore behavior, and not fate. Many psychologists study the predisposing factors that seem to prevail in human decisions to commit crime or exhibit deviant behavior. The hard reality many seem to forget is that behavior can change, as a response to stimulus outside the body, or because of certain new behaviors within the self to supplant the old. The more thorough behavioral change takes place as a result of deep realizations and personal self-forgiveness and, with it, the inner strength and conscience not to do it again, and do better things instead.

It’s the sin, not the sinner

ISITING the city jail brings one to hear many stories like that of Jimmy. A former contractor, he was jailed for violations of Batas Pambansa 22. Things being what they are, he braved the several years of incarceration, first for the duration of his trial, and for the serving of his sentence. He is now a contractor again, at home with his family.

The same can be said of Raymund Narag.

Three days shy of graduating with a degree in Public Administration from the University of the Philippines, he was arrested and jailed in Quezon City for his involvement in the death of UP fratman Dennis Venturina. He was acquitted in 2002 and went on to obtain higher studies in criminal justice in the United States and regularly visits the correction system to lecture and facilitate activities to institute reforms.

By and large, you can say that both are changed men, with a deeper perspective in life and a joy that transcends mere enjoyment of material pleasures. You can even say that both received a sense of mission after being incarcerated.

Definitely, both were not hopeless cases meant to rot in prison. Both found a deeper sense of spirituality, with Jim in the prison ministry of Couples for Christ and Raymund through a prison outreach

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Why are we involved in trade fairs?

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TA F F EUROPE BIZ of the E u ropean Chamber is often asked why ECCP is involved in trade fairs, why we are in- Henry J. Schumacher volved in industry sector support or why ECCP plays a major role in solving the Manila Port accessibility / port congestion.

The answers are easy: a. ECCP is a bilateral chamber of commerce with 50% of its membership being Philippine companies. This makes sense because ECCP offers the same support and services to European companies that wish to enter the Philippine market and to Philippine companies that wish to enter the European market. b. ECCP is a chamber of commerce but – at the same time – a professional service provider. With this in mind, it was easy for us to decide that we could help Philippine exporters best if we represented trade fairs in Europe, in the Middle-East, in Asia and in the Americas. The expansion into non-European markets necessitated the creation of a subsidiary called Fairs&More. ECCP and Fairs&More prepared missions from the Philippines to new markets, like Russia and Brazil. We have looked at exhibition opportunities in Shanghai and in Tokyo and have our eyes on new markets that are developing well. c. We have always understood that selling visitor tickets to trade fairs and selling square-meters to exporters is not enough. We were and are aware that export sectors and export companies have to be supported in product development and in trade fair presentations.

We demonstrated that in European events where ASEAN FUSION was presented as a new concept and in Bijorhca in Paris when the Philippines was the only Asian country that was allowed to exhibit in a designed pavilion environment for years. d. This engagement over the last two decades has led to a close cooperation with CITEM, with the Design Center of the Philippines, with the Dept. of Trade and Industry in Manila and Cebu, and with the Dept. of Science and Technology mainly in Cebu. These activities have created endeavors like • ‘Shop-Floor R+D’ where three groups work together: academe / senior students, companies, DOST, industry sectors like furniture, fashion accessories and gift, toys, housewares, and ECCP; • Materials R+D / Materials Library where new materials are presented, • Raffia-weaving in Tubigon, Bohol; and • Sustainable production and consumption’; under that project new products made of ‘green’ materials were presented by Cebu exporters in Cologne, Germany, and were very well received.

ECCP is continuously looking for opportunities to serve our members and clients better; creating a level playing field for all is the main driver.

If you feel that ECCP is an interesting business organization to partner with, we invite you to join us and become part of the work we are doing, driven by our battle cry: stop complaining, be part of the solution!!!

For more information, visit www.eccp. com and www.fairsandmore.com or contact ECCP’s Davao Office (082) 273-3801 or email at frances.garcia@eccp.com.

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EastMinCom did not reveal the name of the soldier.

Initial investigation showed that the soldier was about to return home after bringing his son to school when he was shot dead by two unidentified people.

Witnesses said the perpetrators immediately escaped using two motorcycles without plate numbers after the incident.

Mabini Police Station per-

sonnel are still investigating the incident while the 71st Infantry Battalion is conducting hot pursuit operations.

An Army reservist in Cagayan de Oro City was wounded after he was shot by an unidentified gunman on Thursday.

The victim was identified as Edwin Respecio, deputy commander of the 10th Regional Community Defense Group (10th RCDG), Army

Reserve Command.

The EastMinCom said Respecio was on his way to Camp Evangelista at around 8 a. m. on July 16 when the gunman shot him.

The perpetrator fled after the incident on board a motorcycle driven by another man The victim suffered a gunshot wound in the face and is now in stable condition at a medical facility in the city.

his message to the LTFRB 11 director that he was unhappy of his performance.

Go had been previously

implicated in the murder of transport leader Emilio de Jesus Rivera in Davao City in 2013.

He denied any involvement in the killing and his name was subsequently cleared by police authorities.

the best solution is the passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law to address not only the physical needs of Muslim Filipinos but also the concerns on peace and security.

The survey, conducted from June 5 to 8, showed that 43 percent agreed and 25 percent disagreed that there has not been much real improve-

ment in the position of Muslims in the past few years, for a "moderate" net agreement of +18.

The survey also showed that nearly half, or 47 percent of the 1,200 adult respondents, agreed to make an effort in improving the situation of Muslims even by giving them preferential treatment. (PNA)

The barangay official told the CHO the noodles could not be chewed even after being cooked.

CHO head Josephine Vil-

lafuerte, however, said the barangay captain may have not cooked the noodles properly. Armando B. Fenequito Jr.

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that killed four persons and wounded several others.

Later that month, another suicide bomb explosion hit two five-star hotels in Baghdad, including one that employed 21 Filipinos, killing six persons and wounding several more. A bomb that detonated near one of the two hotels a few weeks earlier also resulted in several

casualties.

The attacks prompted the Embassy to reiterate its call for Filipinos in Baghdad and other parts of Iraq to seriously consider returning to the Philippines and offered to facilitate their repatriation. A total of 42 Filipinos have now been repatriated under this program.

(PNA)

capability but it is also important for them to have heart and integrity.

“Knowledge and intelligence are nothing if a leader’s intentions are not right,” she

stressed.

For his part, Senator Francis Escudero urged residents and leaders not to forget the province’s rich and colorful history and culture. (PNA)

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“The three suspects were identified by the conductor and some passengers as the ones who were seated at the spot where the explosive was planted,” he said.

YBL had been the subject of bomb attacks these past months that were believed perpetrated by an extortion

group operating in the area.

The YBL bus unit was en route to Koronadal City when the explosion happened.

The city is currently hosting the culmination of South Cotabato province’s 49thfoundation anniversary celebration and 16th T’nalak Festival.

(MindaNews)

Duterte thanked Alsons for the donation.

The company eyes to finish construction of the public safety complex and have this turned over to the city government by March of 2016.

“Residents in Cabantian and the rest of the Buhangin District will feel even more secure as construction work begins for the Cabantian Public Safety Complex, which includes a 911 satellite station, a fire station and police station.

It is located along Cabantian Road, making it accessible to the public and providing faster response to emergencies in the area,” Alsons said in a statement.

The city government, as donee, will provide the required equipment and manpower for medical, rescue, K-9 and police personnel on a 24hour basis.

Once erected, Northtown will become the first residen-

tial project in Davao City that has a public safety component.

Northtown is a 116-hectare sustainable residential development in the highlands of Buhangin, comprising 2,000 lots.

To be established in partnership with the country’s most illustrious master planner, architects and engineers, Northtown is envisioned to be a comprehensively planned community that provides a well-balanced lifestyle in a vibrant and safe suburban community.

The project boasts of a complete residential neighborhood that features sports facilities, walking and cycling paths, community spaces, and tree-lined sidewalks.

Nolrthtown also becomes the eight residential project of Alsons. Previous Alsons developments include Ladislawa, Woodridge, Las Terrazas and Northcrest.

day first Livelihood Exchange (LIBEX) Philippines in Davao City that is organized by the ICT-Davao in partnership with the National Telecommunication Commission and MinDA. The two-day exhibition on the 19th and 20th will be participated by local start-ups and ICT companies in the city as well as those from three other countries.

Organizers of the event targeted 40 exhibitors from all

over BIMP-EAGA. There’s also plan to conduct a BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) Fiesta for the employees of the ICT-BPO sector nationwide which is expected to be participated by more than 2,000 employees of different companies.

Organizers of the event expected that the four-day event will be joined by more than 2,000 participants. CHENEEN R. CAPON

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The unseen world of

By CARLOS MUNDA The Beauty Within Few things can match, and none can surpass the thrill of scuba diving. The sensation of slipping into a world where the constraints of gravity are loosed and one is free to fly, gliding with the unseen currents like an eagle soaring in the wind, is an indescribable experience that never gets old no matter how many times you do it. Every time is always the first time, and every dive is unique from all the rest. The vastness and diversity of our oceans practically guarantees that you will see something new each time you put on that wet suit.

When the water is crystal clear and the visibility is unlimited, you can survey the underwater world like you would from an airplane – looking down on the many-colored and oddly shaped corals.

The multitude of fishes too numerous to count. And the unbelievable array of the strangest, weirdest, most interesting creatures you would ever find – from an eight armed octopus that can change colors at the drop of a hat, to shrimp with a thousand eyes and a kick so fast it creates its own sonic boom. Old Mr. Ripley can write a whole volume on these wonderful animals and it still won’t even scratch the surface.

Once in a while the lucky diver may also catch a glimpse of a shark, the undisputed king of this watery world, cruising among lesser mortals with all the surety and menace of Mike Tyson entering the ring during his prime. Seeing these apex predators for the first time, looking into the unblinking blackness of their eyes, you get a distinct feeling that it is only through their sufferance that you continue to remain healthy while in their realm. It is a humbling encounter where the wise depart with a sense of awe and a big question mark on the true place of humans in the hierarchy of nature. And the foolish do not leave at all.

The treasures of the past But for all the beauty that it holds, much of our seas and oceans remain a mystery. An unexplored world just outside our doorsteps, and whose murky depths have proven all but impenetrable to our quest to see and understand what lies beneath the waves. Far from the prying eyes of men, a large part of human history lies hidden and undisturbed in the silent darkness of the ocean floor.

Buried beneath thousands of feet of water is a chronicle of man’s earliest attempts to answer the siren’s call beyond the waves. From the meanest dugouts to the grandest galleons, crossing the vast distances between continents meant venturing far beyond the sight of land and into the heart of the unknown. It was an adventure for the ages and countless brave souls answered the call. Tragically not all of them made it to the journey’s end. Stored away in Davy Jones’ mythical locker are the stories of man’s persistent itch to explore, to discover what lies beyond the horizon.

Aside from fueling our curiosity, the oceans have time and again been used as a tool to extend man’s capacity to inflict violence on other men beyond the borders of their own nations. Throughout history, and even up to the present time, warlords, conquerors, and despots have played their games of brinksmanship on the high seas, with the fate of millions on the line. And while those who have succeeded are written into the history books, the failures of those whose efforts have yielded nothing but

scuba diving

Every time is always the first time, and every dive is unique from all the rest. a watery grave can be read only from the battered and broken wrecks they left behind.

Killing the goose that lays the golden egg In descending these depths, the intrepid diver journeys into a world of unending possibilities and new discoveries, a world of wonder and sudden, violent danger. A world filled with relics of the past and the promise of a bright future. And, sadly, a world that is slowly dying from neglect and misuse.

Because its bounty is hidden beneath the surface, it is easy for people to turn a blind eye to the rapidly

deteriorating conditions of our oceans. Despite the increasingly dire warning and doomsday predictions from scientists and conservationists, the dumping of millions of tons of garbage into our waters remains unabated.

According to a report

by Ocean Conservancy (oceanconservancy.org), the amount of plastic going into the ocean from land “is estimated between 5 and 14 million tons annually. This study demonstrates that the sheer volume of plastic in the ocean is orders of magnitude greater than what has been previously estimated. In the next decade

our ocean could hold one pound of plastic for every three pounds of fish.

“We know that plastic is bad for ocean wildlife and habitats – animals ingest it and can get entangled in it; it litters our beaches and waterways.

Volunteers with Ocean Conservancy’s International Cleanup have collected over 190 million pounds of trash, including plastic waste, since the event began 30 years ago.

And plastic waste is not just an environmental concern. For countries where plastic consumption has outpaced waste management, there are real concerns around public health, job creation, tourism, and quality of life.”

And as far as it being an endless supply of food for our growing cities, man’s greed and inexhaustible appetite has beggared the once seem-

ingly limitless riches of Neptune. Every year, as the fish stocks grow smaller, it becomes harder and harder for fishermen to meet the demands of the market. This has led many to resort to more desperate and environmentally destructive methods in order to increase their haul of the ever more precious fishes. Soon this vicious cycle of exploitation and extermination will come to a dead stop as the oceans are finally depleted of all that it has to give. Which, if the current studies hold true, may come sooner rather later.

Hoping for a better future But until that time comes we continue to hope that something will change. Something drastic that will make people realize that we should do all we can to preserve and

protect the oceans and all the creatures that live in it. Not just because we rely on it for food or that it is useful for whatever purpose it might serve us, but because it is simply the right thing to do. The late Jacques Cousteau, a scuba diving legend and one of the earliest advocates for marine conservation, said it best when he declared: “If we go on the way we have, then fault is our greed. If we are not willing to change, then we will disappear from the face of the globe. If we are just logical, then the future would be bleak, indeed. But we are more than logical. We are human beings, and we have faith, and we have hope, and we can work.”

---For more of my ramblings, please visit my site at www.mindanation.com and www.infinitemonkees. com

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IMPRESSIVE. Bobby Parks Jr. scored 10 points in 21 minutes of action as the Mavericks won in the quartefinal stage of the NBA Summer League.

With more playing time, Parks getting solid numbers

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NO MERCY Ateneo whallops Precious 88-23, UIC stops Christian

By NEILWIN JOSEPH L. BRAVO

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njb@edgedavao.net

OT even with the lights out can the Ateneo de Davao University be stopped from unleashing its might over a hapless Precious International School of Davao on Saturday morning, hacking out an 88-23 massacre in the Matina Enclaves Inter-School Basketball Tournament at the Genesis Gym. Lanky forward Lex Blanco attacked the hoop with impunity while teammates Dariel Manliguez and Ion Angeles came through with breakaway points as the unbeatean Blue Knights improved to 2-0 in the junior division of the 10-team tournament sanctioned by the Samahang Basketball ng Pilipinas (SBP) 11.

Blanco was at the forefront

of Ateneo’s firepower with 16 points, 7 of them in the final period when the game’s outcome was beyond doubt. Angeles and Manliguez added a combined 20 while Dom Cane had 9.

Francis Gabriel Escandor hit a free throw in the fourth period and then coach Miggy Solitaria recalled his starters to the bench when the score was insurmountable.

The game was interrupted by a power outage in the second period just as the Blue Knights were starting to put the game away. Precious was led by Agbisit with 10 markers.

In the first game, University of the Immaculate Conception beat Davao Christian High School 78-74.

BLOCK. Francis Gabriel Escandor of Ateneo blocks a shiot by a Precious International School cager in this bit of action during the Matina Enclaves Inter-School Basketball Tournment at the Genesis Gym. Teammate Dom Cane looks on as Ateneo won this one by a mile 88-23. Lean Daval Jr.

OBBY Ray Parks’ longer exposure is one of the reasons why the Dallas Mavericks have started playing well in the tournament play of the NBA Summer League.

Kirk Henderson of Mavs Moneyball cited Parks’ increase in playing minutes as among the factors that enabled the Mavs to win two straight games in the win-or-go-home phase of the meet in Las Vegas after going 0-3 (win-loss) during the preliminary round.

The Mavs had beaten No. 11 seed Los Angeles Lakers the other day, and then turned back sixthranked NBA D-League select on Thursday (Friday morning, Manila time).

In his article ‘4 Take Aways From the Rise of Justin Anderson,’ Henderson wrote four things he

learned from Dallas’ stint in the Summer League in which he mentioned how the Mavericks’ form turned around as soon as the coach started playing Parks more than starter Jordan Crawford.

“This may be overstating things, but Parks played a combined 13 minutes in the first three Dallas losses. In the past two victories, he’s played 15 and 21 minutes,” noted Hederson in the team’s community website.

“There has to be something to this as the Mavericks have moved away from Jordan Craw- ford and towards a lineup of Kevin Pangos, Parks, a n d Anderson.”

Hend e r son was also im-

pressed with the 22-yearold Parks’ play on Thursday (Friday Manila time) against NBA D-League select where the Mavs won, 104-88.

“10 points, 5 rebounds and 4 steals is pretty good for a guy who wasn’t sniffing anything other than garbage time six days ago,” Henderson wrote.

While admitting Parks may not have ‘major skill’ to excel in the ‘next level,’ Henderson, nevertheless was impressed that the son of former PBA import Bobby Sr. has tireless energy and does what his coaches want him to do.

“He doesn’t have one major skill for the next level, but right now his motor and willingness to do what’s asked of him is really important for the Mavericks,” Henderson wrote.

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GOLFER OF THE WEEK

BOY ARRIBA: It’s the arrive that matters

By NEILWIN JOSEPH L. BRAVO njb@edgedavao.net

WHAT’S IN HIS BAG?

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HERE is a saying among golfers that goes: It’s not the drive, it’s the arrive.

Loosely translated, that means it’s not how long you hit your drive off the tee, but it is how you arrive and sink the ball into the hole that matters. This golfing jargon emphasizes the importance of a good short game anchored on a accurate approach shot and precise putting.

That’s what the game of Boy Arriba is all about. As his name suggests in Spanish “arribar” meaning “to arrive”, so does his golf.

Elias “Boy” Arriba started playing golf in 1986.

He has polished his game to high standards reaching handicap 12 in 2010 to 2012 before settling to a 15 for his current handicap.

He is a member of the three golf clubs of Davao--Davao City Golf Club, Apo Golf and

Woods: TaylorMade Irons: TaylorMade Gloves: Srixon Ball: Titleist Red Current Handicap: 15 Club Membership: Apo Golf and Country Club Davao City Golf Club Rancho Palos Verdes

Country Club and Rancho Palos Verdes.

His favorite get up is a combo of Nike shirts, pants and shoes. His bag carries Taylormade clubs, wears Srix-

on gloves and goes for a Titleist Red ball.

Arriba is the committee chairman of the Pro-Am tournament in Davao City for 5 years sponsored by Emcor

and Samsung. He is the president of the University of Mindanao Alumni Golfers Association (Umaga) and currently works as vice president for marketing at Emcor Davao.

CMO suffers second loss

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OWERHOUSE Team Tin 24 turned back City Mayors Office, 108 – 82, in their elimination clash in the ongoing Apollo C. Quiboloy Cup Commercial B League at the Davao City Recreation Center Almendras Gym on Tuesday night.

Jan Lumogda, the versatile forward from BFP, churned out 24 points as Team Tin 24 bounced back from a stunning loss.

Alvin Calatayud and Chris Jatico added 18 and 13 baskets respectively to help the Christopher Jatico-owned Team Tin 24 back on the winning track and improve its standing in the league.

Christopher “Bong” Go put up a big game but could not get much-needed support from the rest of the City

Hall dribblers.

Go, the sweet-shooting executive assistant of Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, banked in 37 points, including seven shots from behind the arc.

But it was not good enough to propel the CMO to victory.

Rodel Bantilan had 20 for the City Hall dribblers who absorbed their second straight defeat after winning the first outings.

John Laging contributed 10 points for the Team Tin 24 that bowed down to the youthful Jose Maria College Kings few weeks back.

CMO, a team majority composed of City Hall employees, held to an 83-all draw with Team Tin 24 in their tune up game before the tournament formally started.

Fajardo wins second MVP award SOLID NUMBERS. Kobe Paras averaged 11.8 points, 3.2 rebounds and two assists to become the third leading scorer for Team Teague.

Paras impressive at adidas camp in NY

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ILIPINO teenage sensation Kobe Paras posted up solid numbers during his stint in the adidas Uprising All-American Camp that ended Friday in New York.

In five games, the 17-year-old Paras averaged 11.8 points, 3.2 rebounds and two assists to become the third leading scorer for Team Teague.

Paras’ biggest game

came against Team Barnes where he scored 18 points, three rebounds and two assists in an 80-65 win.

His performance caught the fancy of popular US recruiting website rivals.com which regarded Paras as one of the competition’s top performers in Day One. “Rivals.com has not had the opportunity to complete many good first-

hand evaluations of 2016 UCLA commit Kobe Paras but we got a good one on Wednesday night. A wing athlete with good size and some bounce, Paras has a clean and quick release and looks like he should be very dangerous curling off of screens to bury jumpers in the Pac-12,” recruiting analyst Eric Bossi wrote.

Paras, currently suit-

ing up for his high school team LA Cathedral, will be playing NCAA Division One basketball with the UCLA Bruins in 2016.

The adidas Uprising All-American Camp is a three-day event where some of the top prospects gathered in New York to undergo training from renowned coaches as well as showcase their skills to observers.

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AN Miguel Beermen star June Mar Fajardo capped off a huge night that culminated his dominant season after being named as the Finals MVP of the PBA Governors’ Cup on Friday night.

Fajardo averaged 16.7 points, 17.2 rebounds and 2.0 blocks in the finals, leading the Beermen to a dominant sweep of the Alaska Aces in the championship series.

“Kumpleto na ang gabi ko.

Sobrang blessed lang namin,” Fajardo said in an exclusive interview.

The prized big man from Cebu copped the award just a few hours after winning his second straight season MVP, making him only the fourth player in league history to achieve the feat.

He was also named to the

Mythical Team and the All-Defensive Team as well as won the Sportsmanship Award during the Leo Awards earlier in the evening.

The Governors’ Cup crown is also the second championship for Fajardo after also winning the Philippine Cup. Now that San Miguel Beer’s fruitful season is over, the 6-foot-10 slotman can now shift his focus on his next challenge -– a return trip to Gilas Pilipinas where he is expected to anchor the team in its bid to lock up an Olympic berth during the FIBA Asia Championship this September.

For now, Fajardo just wants to rest and savor his victorious season.

“Pahinga muna,” added Fajardo.

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