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VOL. 9 ISSUE 79 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY, JUNE 17 - 18, 2016 CULINARY CUP UNDERWAY. A participant puts the final garnish on a dish during the opening day of the Davao Culinary Cup at the atrium of SM Lanang Premier yesterday.

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PEACE TALKS TO RESUME After 4 years, GPH, NDF return to negotiating table in July

By CHARLES RAYMOND A. MAXEY

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HE peace talks between the Philippine government and the National Democratic Front (NDF) are set to resume on the third week of July.

The breakthrough in luring the communist rebels back to the negotiating table was accomplished following the two-day informal talks in Oslo, Norway between the team of incoming presidential adviser on the peace process Jesus Dureza and that of the NDF side headed by Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founding chairman Jose Maria Sison.

Both the government and the NDF agreed to resume the peace negotiations during the third week of July also in Oslo, Norwway and now under the Duterte administration. Now, four years after the peace talks got stalled, the peace process will be rolling again.

Dureza announced the dramatic development by posting a copy of the Joint Statement on his Facebook account. Aside from Dureza and Sison, the signatories include the incoming labor secretary Silvestre Bello III and Hernani Braganza for the Philippine

government, and Luis Jalandoni and Fidel Agcaoili for the NDF side.

Ambassador Elisabeth Slattum, the Royal Norwegian Government’s Special Envoy to the Philippine Peace Process, signed as witness.

Both the GPH and NDF panels agreed on a five-point agenda for the July talks. These are the affirmation of previously signed agreements; accelerated process for negotiations, including the timeline for the completion of the remaining substantive agenda for the talks, socio-economic

reforms, political and constitutional reforms, and end of hostilities and disposition of forces; reconstitution of the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees (JASISG) list; Amnesty Proclamation for the release of all detained political prisoners, subject to concurrence by Congress; and mode of interim ceasefire.

It was also agreed that the government panel under Duterte will recommend to the President the “immediate release of NDFP consultants and other JASIG-protected persons

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BIG EVENT AT SM LANANG. Davao Tourism Association (DATA) president Sally San Jose (fifth from left), SM Supermalls Mindanao vice president for marketing Russel Alaba (left), Councilor Al Ryan Alejandre and some of the 15 celebrity chef judges propose a toast to formally open the Davao Culinary Cup 2016 at SM Lanang Premier yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

Separate inauguration ‘to be fair to Leni’, say

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HE inauguration of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte and Vice President-elect Leni Robreo will be separate instead of joint “to be fair to Leni,” a member of Duterte’s Inaugural Committee said.

In a statement issued late Wednesday night (June 15), Duterte’s Executive Assistant, Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, incoming Special Assistant and Presidential Management Staff chief, and member of the Inaugural Committee, said Duterte’s inauguration, which will be held at the Malacanan Palace on June 30, will be “simple yet meaningful,” consistent with his principles on austerity

and in ensuring there is least disruption to the public.

“This imposition will not be fair to Leni as the limited slots would restrict her prerogative to invite more guests and supporters as a good number of the slots (in the inauguration venue) are to be allotted for members of Congress, Judiciary and the Diplomatic Corps. Moreso, the remaining limited number of slots are likewise given to family and friends,” Go said.

Go earlier told MindaNews that Duterte will take his oath at the Rizal Ceremonial Hall, that no luncheon would be served but “pritong sag-

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Martin wants PCOO renamed to PCO

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NCOMING Communications Secretary Martin Andanar has announced that the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) will be changed to PCO by omitting the word “operations.”

Andanar made the announcement in an ambush media interview after President-elect Rodrigo Duterte met with his Cabinet appointees on Wednesday night at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) in Pasay City.

“I’m recommending to changing the name, bawasan ang ‘O’ so Presidential Com-

munications Office (PCO) na lang. Just ditch the ‘Operations’ para mas madaling matandaan,” Andanar, a broadcast personality, told the media.

Andanar will replace outgoing PCOO Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. who was named PCOO chief by President Benigno Aquino III in August 2010.

In July 2010, President Aquino signed Executive Order No. 293, renaming the Office of the Press Secretary (OPS) to PCOO and created the Presidential Communications and Development and Strate-

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Army says NPAs harass civilians, school children

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EMBERS of the New People’s Army (NPA) allegedly disrupted classes and caused fear among elementary school pupils in the area in a Surigao del Sur town.

In a report given to the media, the Philippine Army said around 15 heavily armed NPA rebels flagged down and burned a container van along the national highway in Barangay Amaga, Barobo town on Wednesday morning, June 15.

The harassment was done when elementary school children were passing in the area that caused trauma among them upon witnessing the incident.

“The lawless armed group also barricaded the highway and flagged down all vehicles that were leaving from and approaching Barobo town of the province. Pupils who happen to witness the violent activity were terrified which prompted them not to attend school

today,” the army report added.

Lt. Haron Akaz, commander of 75th Infantry (Marauder) Battalion vehemently condemned the atrocity committed by the NPAs, saying it constituted violations to the provisions of Republic Act 7610 otherwise known as the Anti Child Abuse Law. “We strongly condemn this lawless armed group for the abuse of the children. They also committed arson by burning a civilian vehicle,” Akaz

added, citing the provisions of Presidential Decree 1613 that amended the law on arson He also expressed alarm over the effects of the incident to the school children as civilians, especially those who were stranded in their vehicles reported that the NPAs threatened the school children to be chased down and tied up if they would run.

RA 7610, particularly section 10 states that committing

proval of the holding of the trainings for deputized officers,” said Yuri Lim of the law enforcement section of LTO during yesterday’s I-Speak media forum.

According to Republic Act 10586 or the Anti-drunk and Drugged Driving Act of 2013, the provisions of the legislation will be implemented by Law Enforcement Officers (LEO) or authorized officer trained and deputized by the LTO.

Lim said deputized officers should be properly trained to ensure that rights of individual private citizen will not be violated during the apprehension otherwise the case will be dismissed by the fiscal.

He said the DOH and the PDEA were lead partner agencies who have the experties on the confirmatory test using the urine of driver to establish probable cause.

Lim said 50 boxes and a

box containing 22 to 25 pieces of drug test kit were augmented to the region for the implementation of the law, whose implementing rules and regulations were out March last year.

“We have been implementing the law, but only limited to the anti-drunk driving component,” Lim said.

He said the region has more than 70 breath analyzers

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LTO eager to undergo training on drug test implementation

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ITH barely less than five months before expiration date of drug test kits, the Land Transportation Office (LTO) 11 is eager to acquire technical trainings for the administration of drug test among drivers.

“We have random meetings with officials of the Department of Health and Philippine Drug Enforcement last year for the coordination. We are now waiting for their ap-

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Abella: Rody warming up relationship with media

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HE new designated spokesperson of incoming President-elect Rodrigo R. Duterte, Ernesto C. Abella, believes that Duterte is starting to warm up on his relationship with the media.

Speaking to members of the media Tuesday afternoon, Abella said he sees his role as a conduit between Duterte and the people through the media.

He said that as a spokesperson of Duterte he will just simply elaborate on what Duterte will say.

“I am just simply elaborating. I am not adding more or

adding less,” Abella said.

Asked on what is his personal view on Duterte’s relationship with the media, Abella said that he believes that Duterte’s move to put someone to speak on his behalf is already a warming up to his relationship with the media.

Abella said that he has yet to meet the other presidential spokesperson of Duterte, lawyer Salvador Panelo.

Abella, a former columnist of a local paper in Davao, said he did not apply for the post.

He, however, admit that dthat uring the campaign period he has written several articles on

his Facebook to defend Duterte from black propaganda.

But, Abella clarified that he is not a member of the organized social media group of Duterte.

In 1996, he was kidnapped by captors who introduced themselves as members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.

Abella recalled that Duterte was instrumental in his release.

Abella is the founder and president of Southpoint School in Davao City. He is also a founding member of One Accord Credit Corp.

first,” he added.

Visaya said this could help the government in its campaign against the ASG menace those kidnapping attacks have skyrocketed in the past months.

“Martial law can be also an answer to prevent the ASG from continuing their kidnapping activities,” he added.

The incoming AFP chief stressed that they would complete staff studies on the mat-

ter before recommending the same to President-elect Rodrigo Duterte.

As of the moment, the AFP presence in Sulu is placed at 11 battalions but the force is having difficulty in trailing the bandits due to the difficult terrain.

Earlier, President Benigno S. Aquino III said he considered placing the entire province of Sulu in a bid to rescue

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NCOMING Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief-of-staff and incumbent Southern Luzon Command head Lt. Gen. Ricardo Visaya is open to the proposal of declaring martial law in Sulu and Basilan as part of efforts to eliminate threats from the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).

“Declaration of martial law is always an option to restore order (in Sulu and Basilan) but it should be studied

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Schools told: Observe proper waste disposal

By CHENEEN R. CAPON

T ON WASTE DISPOSAL. City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) information and education officer Lakandiwa Soliman Orcullo (left) urges administrators of all schools in Davao City to observe proper

waste disposal inside school premises as the school year starts. Orculio, together with Ecoteneo director Mylai Santos (right), were among the guests of I-speak media forum at City Hall. Lean Daval Jr.

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HE Davao City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) urged administrators of all schools in the city to observe proper waste disposal inside school premises as the school years starts.

Speaking in yesterday’s I-Speak Media Forum, information and education officer Lakandiwa Soliman Orculio said most schools in Davao City are compliant only during the start of the classes.

Segregation is part of City Ordinance No. 0371-10 or the Davao City Ecological Solid Waste Management Ordinance of 2009 which penalizes people who do not segregate their trash.

Even though most schools allocate budget for the provi-

sion of garbage bins for waste segregation, this allocation was not sustained.

“We need sustainability in the proper of segregation solid wastes inside schools,” Orculio said, adding CENRO lacks manpower to check the compliance of schools.

With only 23 in-charged officers, schools in Davao are usually visited once at most every year.

Orculio said the effectiveness of the city ordinance on solid waste management depends on school officials.

For this year, CENRO urged school officials and barangay leaders to attend seminars and activities during the Ecofest Week this month which will showcase best environmental

HE Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said Lake Sebu, one of the popular tourist destinations in South Cotabato has been declared labor law-compliant tourist destination, labor officials said.

Albert Gutib, DOLE-12 regional director, in a statement said the declaration will be formally announced on Friday.

Lake Sebu, an upland town in South Cotabato, hosts about 10 resorts situated beside the lake that made the town a local and international tourist destination.

A total of 10 resorts will be given Certificate of Compliance (COCs) after undergoing the Labor Laws Compliance System (LLCS) evaluation and complied the requirements on the General Labor Standards (GLS) and the Occupational Safety and Health Standards (OSHS).

Gutib said this is part of the labor department’s compliance-enabling approach to rec-

ognize voluntary compliance of establishments in the tourist zone under LLCS. The unveiling of the Labor Laws Compliant Tourist Destination Marker erected at the Lake Sebu Welcome Arc will be done too herald their status as labor laws-compliant tourism destination, he added.

During a simple ceremony, stakeholders and members of the Industry Tripartite Council (ITC) – Tourism sector of Lake Sebu are also set to sign a “Pledge of Commitment” which will ensure their promise to remain compliant with Labor Laws and seek opportunities to improve the work condition of their employees, foster productivity and sound employer-employee relations.

Lake Sebu resorts owners who are committed to adhere to Labor Laws include Dolores Lake Resort, Punta Isla Lake Resort, Mountain Eco Lake Resort, Merl Garden Spring

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DOLE-12: Lake Sebu now labor compliant tourist destination

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HE provincial office of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Compostela Valley province reported the decrease of crime volume in the area from the period of January to June of this year.

In a report he presented

during the regular Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) meeting this week, PNP Compostela Valley director Senior Supt. Albert Ignatius Ferro reported of a 73 percent decline of crime volume in the province for the last five months in 2015.

Governor Arturo Uy who presided over the meeting as PPOC chair lauded the efforts of the PNP in maintaining the peace and order situation in Compostela Valley.

In his summary report, Ferro said cases of physical injury decreased by 46.1 per-

cent; 58.33 percent in robbery; and 81.89 percent in crime of thief.

Index crime in the province is also down by 43.2 percent while the number of non-index crimes dropped to 27.56 percent during the peri-

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nearby South Cotabato, about 300 persons believed to be engaged in illegal drug activities and listed in the police order of battle have surrendered voluntarily afraid of massive operations once the Duterte administration come to power on June 30.

Senior Supt. Raul Supiter,

Sultan Kudarat police director, told reporters that Kamin Angolin traded shots with arresting officers here on Wednesday afternoon.

Angolin, a resident of Barangay Pagatin, Datu Salibo, Maguindanao, using a homemade 12 gauge shot gun opened fire on arresting offi-

cers following an illegal drug buy bust operation, according to Supiter.

Angolin who was in the police list of persons engaged in illegal drug trade has in his possession a fragmentation grenade, three sachets of shabu and shotgun ammunition.

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Suspected drug pusher resists arrest, shot by cops HILE other suspected illegal drug pushers and peddlers opted to voluntarily ‘surrender,’ a 26-year-old suspected drug pusher traded shots with lawmen which led to his death in an intensified police drive versus prohibited drugs.

Across the province and in

Aquino assesses military campaign vs Abu Sayyaf

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RESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III visited Jolo, Sulu on Wednesday to assess the ongoing military operations against the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), a few days after the bandits beheaded their Canadian hostage.

The President arrived at Camp Teodulfo Bautista at about noon and was immediately briefed by Western Mindanao Command (Wesmincom) officials on the military campaign against the Abu Sayyaf.

“Nandito ako ngayon para ma-review nga lahat ng operations na nangyayari puwera dun sa nire-report sa atin pagkatagal-tagal na,” the President said in an interview with the media.

“Gusto kong makapanayam dito ang ating mga ground commanders para makuha ang mas kumpletong

larawan nang mga kaganapan dito. At ‘yun nga napagkasunduan ngayong hapon kung paano ire-refine, mula kaninang umaga, paano ire-refine ang ating operations para successfully nating ma-rescue lahat ng natitirang hostages.”

Aside from assessing the ongoing efforts in Sulu, which began several months ago, the President was also updated regarding the military operations in Central Mindanao, as well as in Basilan.

Asked to comment on the killing of the Canadian hostage, the second Canadian to be beheaded by the ASG since April, the President pointed out that the security concern in Sulu is complicated and difficult to address.

He said he has spoken with the respective prime ministers

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I-SPEAK FORUM. Land Transportation Office (LTO) 11 law enforcement section’s Yuri Lim discusses the agency’s plan to acquire technical trainings for the administration of drug test among drivers. Lim graced yesterday’s I-speak media forum at City Hall. Lean Daval Jr.

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Traders to air concerns in confab

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INDANAO-BASED business leaders from different industries will lobby their concerns during the two-day consultative meeting on June 21-22 at the SMX Lanang Convention Center, a week before President-elect Rodrigo R. Duterte take his oath on June 30.

Requested by the incoming finance secretary Carlos Dominguez and the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), the event will be graced by around 300 businessmen, with 50 of them coming from Mindanao.

Mindanao Business Council (MinBC) chair Vicente T. Lao told Edge Davao that issues confronting entrepreneurs here will present industry-based problems.

“We will come up with position paper responding to identified problems,” Lao said, adding it will be submitted to incoming president-elect Rodrigo Duterte who confirmed his attendance to the event.

Lao said among the possible general problems which hold industries here from growing that couls be taken during the workshop on the first day were ease on doing business and high transportation cost.

The centralized system

of permit issuance in Manila discouraged businesses from expanding, he said.

Dominguez will also present the expanded version of the 8-point economic agenda presented by the economic team last month.

An earlier report said the 10-point socioeconomic agenda will contain specifics on the plan of the next administration in the next six years, including the retention of sound fiscal and monetary policies and trade relations maintained by the outgoing president.

The agenda is aimed to address challenges in attaining inclusive growth.

Items in the agenda include institution of progressive tax reform and more effective tax collection, increase of competitiveness and ease of doing business as well as relaxation of the constitutional restriction on foreign ownership, acceleration of foreign investments, acceleration of infrastructure spending to account five percent of the gross domestic product and promotion of rural and value chain development.

The MinBC, aside from the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc., is co-organizing the event.

HE SM Group of billionaire Henry Sy is investing Php7 billion over the next five years to roll out more hotels across the country, riding on good prospects in the tourism industry.

The expansion plan was bared by Peggy Angeles, Senior Vice President-Operations of the SM Hotel and Conventions Corp., during the opening on Wednesday of its first luxury Conrad Manila in the country which is managed by Hilton Worldwide.

SM Group spent Php6.5 billion for the completion of the 347-room Conrad Manila located at the forefront of the Mall of Asia complex at the 42-hectare Bay City development.

“I think we’re looking at five hotels plus a convention center. If you average 200, then we’re adding another 1,000 (rooms) to our existing portfolio of 1,500,” Angeles told reporters.

Angeles said the company aims to build more hotels with about 200 rooms in areas where there are already SM malls, such as in Quezon City, Pampanga, Cebu, Iloilo City and Naga City.

“In SM North Edsa, we should be starting ground breaking for carpark by the third quarter of this year. It’s a very big development program of the SM Group which also involves BPO (business process outsourcing) towers and also a lot of other expansion of the mall,” she added.

Angeles said they target to spend about Php1 billion for the completion of the 200-room business hotel in SM North Edsa in 30 months.

Moreover, Angeles said the Group’s five-year investments also involve the construction of a convention center possibly in SM Seaside City Cebu and an event center in San Fernando, Pampanga.

“Exciting times after opening Conrad, hopefully, it would be easier for the Hotel group to open much more hotels in the country,” she said. “…(The) availability of flights and fares are competitive especially with so many low-cost airlines, I think that drives the demand (for hotels), not just internationally but domestically. So I think the local or domestic market is also fast-growing,” she added. (PNA)

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BAKING LESSON. An exhibitor offers free baking lesson at its booth during the first day of World Food Expo 2016 at SM Lanang Premier’s SMX Convention Center yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

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Badjaos eyed as gov’t workers

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NCOMING agriculture secretary Emmanuel “Manny” Piñol plans to uplift the living conditions of Badjaos or sea gypsies by hiring them as government employees.

Piñol said he will make the Badjaos as “bantay dagat” under the cash for work program he plans to implement

when he assumes office.

The Badjaos, he said, will play vital role as watchers of the sea and to help maintain its cleanliness in exchange for salary.

Piñol said they will provide boats for the tribe’s usage.

“Their job is to make sure

DILG turns over P2-M water system project

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HE Department of Interior and Local Government in Region XI (DILG XI) turned over the Php2-million Potable Water System Level II in Barangay San Isidro here Wednesday morning.

DILG XI regional director Ananias Villacorta led the turn-over ceremony along with Mayor Arthur Davin, San Isidro barangay captain Saturnino Juguilon, water system association president Gorgonio Ibacitas, municipal councilors and recipients of the project.

Villacorta said the project was implemented through the Bottoms-Up Budgeting (BUB) program of the national government where the need of the project came from the grassroots with the recommendations of civil society organizations and people’s organizations.

He said he was very impressed by the initiatives of the local government in responding to the needs of the people,

an indication that the municipality can easily access various projects from funding institutions like national agencies.

“From reports in the field and based on my personal experience today because this is my first time in coming here in your municipality, I am now fully convinced that because of the leadership of the present municipal administration projects keep on pouring in here,” Villacorta said.

He cited the shared responsibility among stakeholders played a vital role in the implementation of projects in the municipality.

Aside from the potable water system project, the local government also turned over two other projects – solar drier and concreting of road – in sitio Sta. Ana and sitio Asinan, both in San Isidro.

The activity was the third day of the weeklong turn-over of projects in line with the celebration of the 49th town anniversary. (PNA)

The government’s bid to establish a financial system that is equitable to all Filipinos gained further traction through the issuance of Executive Order (EO) No. 208, which institutionalizes the Financial Inclusion Steering Committee (FISC).

FISC, institutionalized after President Benigno Aquino III signed EO No. 208 on June 2, 2016, is the governing body and overnight group in the implementation of the National Strategy for Financial Inclusion (NSFI). ”The issuance of the EO represents another milestone in the country’s efforts to establish a financial system that benefits all Filipinos, regardless of socio-economic status, and thereby contribute to inclusive growth and development,” the central bank said in a statement.

The Philippines’ financial inclusion program is among the best in the world, but monetary officials said there was a need to further improve this to enable more Filipinos identify gains and benefits of economic developments.

“We can achieve this through financial inclusion where there is a wide range

of financial products and services that are responsive to the needs of Filipinos and supports broad-based and inclusive growth,” BSP Governor Amando Tetangco Jr. earlier said.

NSFI was launched in July 2015 during the visit to the Philippines of Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development (UNSGSA) since 2009. It was crafted by 13 government agencies.

FISC is chaired by Tetangco and its members include the heads of the Department of Finance (DOF), Department of Education (DepEd), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), Department of Budget and Management (DBM), National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Insurance Commission (IC), Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC), and Co-

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that the sea is clean. We will provide them with boats; they will pick up garbage from the sea. We will pay them,” Piñol said.

Piñol, however, said the Badjaos must send their children to school as “condition for their employment.”

The special program will

be headed by Ruben Abdella, a member of the Badjao tribe who recently graduated as magna cum laude at Mindanao State University in Tawi-Tawi.

Piñol recently asked Abdella to join his team to lead the special project to improve the kind of living conditions of

his fellow Badjaos.

Meanwhile, Piñol saidi President-elect Rodrigo R. Duterte approved his plan of launching a search for the “most outstanding coastal community.”

Piñol said at the end of the year they will look into the most outstanding coastal

community which do not have any illegal fishing, observes a marine sanctuary, no garbage on the coastal water and has an effective mangrove rehabilitation protection.

“The winner for this will receive P10 million in funds to be used for the community’s livelihood,” Piñol said.

CHOCO GALORE. A cacao grower from Davao City showcases different flavors of chocolates such as durian chocolate, mango chocolate and mint chocolate during World Food Expo 2016 at SM Lanang Premier’s SMX Convention Center yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

DA, partner agencies host seminar on biotechnology

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HE Department of Agriculture in region 11 (DA-11) through its Biotechnology Program Office, in partnership with other line agencies and the J. Burgos Media Services Incorporated will facilitated the conduct of a seminar that will help farmers and other stakeholders in agriculture enhance their agricultural production through biotechnology.

The activity will kick-off today, Friday, June 17 at the Apo View Hotel in Davao City.

Organizers said the event aims to enhance understanding of farmers and stakeholders on biotechnology as a means to increase agricultural production.

The seminar will also provide the participants the facilitating environment where they may interact with each other and equipped with knowledge in communicating biotechnology breakthroughs, trends and applications, as well as deepen their understanding on biotechnology.

When reached by EDGE Davao on Thursday, Noel Provido, information officer of DA-11 said the seminar will also help participants understand the Joint Department Circular on Rules and Regulations for the Research and Development, Handling and Use, Transboundary Movement, Release into the Environment, and Management of Genetically-Modified Plant and Plant Products Derived from the Use of Modern Biotechnology.

The joint circular, Provido

added was issued by the DA, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Department of Health (DOH), Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).

It was signed in March 7 of this year in response to the nullification of the DA Administrative Order No. 8 by the Supreme Court (SC) in December 8, 2015.

es in increasing productivity, while reducing production costs.

As such, DA will undertake a review of all programs that are non-essential to food production,” Piñol said stressing that he will continue the rice self-sufficiency target.

“I cannot tell you when it is going to happen but the next administration will exert all efforts and utilize all

resources for the country to attain rice self sufficiency,” he said during the Transition Briefing held at the DA Central Office on June 8, 2016.

Outgoing Secretary Proceso J. Alcala, during his stint as DA chief, was able to increase production from 81% in 2010 to the current level of 97%.

“I was not able to achieve 100% rice-sufficiency level but it was a big increase,” Al-

cala said.

During Alcala’s term, he was also able to reverse the negative corn production to more than 100% sufficiency level.

For his part, Piñol said that he would not give a deadline on his rice-sufficiency target.

“It could be during President Duterte’s term or maybe

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N FULFILLMENT of the Rodrigo Duterte administration’s promise of providing available and affordable food for Filipinos during his campaign, incoming Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol announced that he is targeting an additional one million hectares for rice production.

In addition, the incoming Agriculture management will focus its efforts and resourc-

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The 36 Buttons roadshow and traveling photo exhibit at Abreeza Mall

The photo exhibit displays some of the photography in 36 Buttons

PCSupt. Cedrick Train, incoming presidential special assistant Bong Go, Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano, and Ayala Malls Vice President Rowena Tomeldan

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HE Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) has recently launched the coffee table book 36 Buttons: 36 Classes of Public Safety Leaders Produced Since 1978, an impressive project through which the PNPA aims to reveal the hard work, bravery, and heroism it entails to become an officer to the very public it seeks to serve. In support of this endeavor, Ayala Malls has partnered with the PNPA to host the 36 Buttons roadshow and traveling photo exhibit in different Ayala Malls in Metro Manila, Davao, Cagayan de Oro, and Cebu.

The Davao leg of the 36 Buttons exhibit was held on June 12—also the Philippine Independence Day—at the Abreeza Mall Activity Center.

Gracing the exhibit opening were esteemed guests Senator Alan Peter Cayetano and incoming presidential special assistant Christopher “Bong” Go. They joined Police Super-

intendent Arnold Ardiente, Chapter President of Police Regional Office 11; Police Chief Superintendent Cedrick Train, Regional Director for Region 12; and Ayala Land Malls, Inc. President Rowena Tomeldan in the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

In his speech, Senator Cayetano praised the PNPA for conceptualizing such a project, which would open the eyes of the Filipino people to the hard work and determination becoming a police officer involves.

The book, spearheaded by Police Chief Inspector Richie Yatar, Public Information Officer of the PNPA and OIC of Corps Publications, takes its name from the 36 classes of public safety leaders produced by the law enforcement academy since its founding in 1978.

It reveals the past, present, and future of the PNPA; illustrates an ordinary day in the life of a cadet in Silang, Cavite;

highlights the academy’s milestones and achievements, and emphasizes the social responsibility of the institution through stark, breathtaking photography.

Mall-goers may view the 36 Buttons exhibit, as well as buy copies and other PNPA merchandise, at the Second Floor Hallway near Bambu until June 17. Proceeds of 36 Buttons, which costs P4,500 apiece, will go to the families of the SAF 44, the Special Action

The photos illustrate a day in the life of a PNPA cadet

Forces officers killed in Mamasapano on January 25, 2015, as well as to the PNPAAAI Development Fund for the PNPA and the LAKAN Foundation.

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ILIPINOS have countless reasons to thank their dads on Father’s Day – for going the extra mile to make everyone laugh, for nights spent working on school assignments, and for the secret fries and sundae treat when mom was away. For all their hard work, dads deserve this one day in a year to take it easy and just relax.

On Father’s Day, June 19, from 3-5 PM, McDonald’s will treat dads to free 1pc Chicken McDo for every Happy Meal purchase. This promo will be offered exclusively in all McDonald’s stores in SM branches and is valid for front counter transactions only. For complete mechanics, visit www.mcdonalds.com.ph.

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HEN you celebrate Father’s Day this June, surprise him with an entire month’s access to a special selection of awesome and action-packed channels available via SKY’s value added service, Select.

SKY Select gives you the power to choose more channels from a wide range of options to add to your basic SKYcable digital subscription plan – whether it’s movies, sports, kiddie shows, learning, lifestyle, music, news, and even Asian programming.

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Guaranteed to give dad a thrilling time are sports channels in his selection. Subscribe to Fox Sports Pack, the world’s biggest sports network and get a chance to catch the opening games of the Wimbledon starting June 28 and the US Open USGA from June 17 to

20. A must-have in your selection is NBA Premium TV to get access to the much-awaited 7-game showdown between the Golden State warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers! Get access to Setanta Sports if you want to catch a variety of other sports tournaments from around the world, including The National Rugby League (NRL), the top league of professional rugby league clubs in Australasia.

But of course, a cable lineup for dad isn’t complete without movie channels. But if its non-stop action that appeals to dad, Fox Action Movies is your go-to channel, what with its showcase of the biggest, most popular, and most iconic action features from around the world. Must catch movies include Nicolas Cage starrers “National Treasure,” its sequel “National Treasure Book of Secrets,” “The Rover” starring Guy Peirce and Robert Pattinson, and “Meeting Evil” starring Luke Wilson and Samuel

L. Jackson.

Adventures come in different packages via SKY Select’s action-packed channels. With KIX, dad gets his fix of high-octane programs including blockbuster action movies, hit action series, cutting-edge reality shows and sports, shows such as first & exclusive fights Bellator MMA, WSOF, ROAD FC every Monday night!

DMAX “brings” dad to wild adventures, such as turbo-charged rides, the great outdoors, even the kind that technology, culture, or treasure-hunting brings. “Railroad Alaska” takes him on a treacherous Alaskan railroad trip while “Iron Resurrection” gives him ideas for restorations whether it’s motorcycles, cars or boats.

There’s absolutely no going wrong when you include RTL CBS Extreme with its selection of top-rating entertainment that include Kingdom and the Terry Crews-hosted

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HINA and the ten-member ASEAN countries are back on the discussion table in Kunming, in south-west China, yesterday.

Their minds, as ever, will be on the disputed South China Sea, where the Asian superpower continues to turn disputed features into man-made islands.

The meeting follows a rare public row: China claimed a “consensus” with three of ASEAN’s smaller members—Brunei, Cambodia and Laos—on handling the sea’s many territorial wrangles without ASEAN’s help.

On the other side, diplomats from Singapore, ASEAN’s current China “co-ordinator”, accused Beijing of seeking to divide the organization by undermining the hallowed principle of its own (full) consensus.

China says the Singaporeans simply have the wrong end of the stick, but shows little real interest in what has interested ASEAN for years: a binding code of conduct, including, for example, a building

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ban, to avoid conflict in the sea. That is, once again, on the agenda; it will be for years to come.

Whatever happens on the table with China foreign ministers expected to push their agenda, the Philippines will have to prepare for another direction it intends to take in its continuing assertion over the disputed territory.

While a decision is set to be had on the arbitration court where the fate of the two countries’ claims are placed for resolution, the Philippines also prepares to go back to the table for bilateral talks with China under the incoming administration of President Rodrigo Duterte.

Before that could happen, however, it is interesting to note what will transpire from the meeting in Kunming. From there, the country’s negotiators should deeply strategize their next move over the seas of trouble.

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Ancient scourge still undefeated

ESPITE advance knowledge in science and recent discovery of sophisticated drug regimes, the disease has continued its deadly progression.

“Tuberculosis is perhaps the greatest killer of all time,” wrote Dr. Frank Ryan, author of Tuberculosis: The Greatest Story Never Told. “Tuberculosis rose slowly, silently, seeping into the homes of millions, like an ageless miasma. Once arrived, TB stayed (and become) a stealthy predator.”

The “predator” is still out of control in many parts of the world. “The disease, preventable and treatable, has been grossly neglected, and no country is immune to it,” deplores the Geneva-based World Health Organization (WHO).

In Asia and the Pacific region, TB is still taking its toll. “Sadly, tuberculosis continues to be an agonizing chapter in the public health history of the region,” said Dr. Shin Young-soo, WHO regional director. “We must strengthen efforts to close the book on TB…” TB remains a leading killer. It claimed more than 100,000 lives every year in the region. In 2013, 1.6 million people fell ill with TB, shattering lives and livelihoods.

The disease particularly affects low-income and disadvantaged groups.

The United Nations health agency lists as the Philippines as among the four countries that account for 93 percent of the tuberculosis cases and deaths in the Western Pacific region. TB afflicts 712 Filipino every day.

“The Philippines, Cambodia, China and Vietnam account for 93 percent of the esti-

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OR several decades, this country has been ruled by political bigwigs from the Luzon Island and many had felt that nothing really had changed much for the better except that the change of national leadership was just like a spinning wheel. *** One could remember Marcos, Cory Aquino, Fidel Ramos, Erap Estrada, Gloria Arroyo and Benigno Aquino, all having been presidents of this country but one could not recall what legacy they have left behind except for Marcos who declared martial law with Enrile as one of his architects to this trade.

*** After Apo Ferdie, not one of the national leaders passionately committed to end or minimize corruption; not one looked at illegal drugs as a menace to society; not one really thought of giving more love and

mated regional THINK ON THESE! TB burden of 1.6 million cases and 110,000 deaths each year.

These four countries are among the 22 high-burden countries Henrylito D. Tacio w o r l d w i d e ,” henrytacio@gmail.com said the WHO in a statement.

Although the incidence of TB in the country had declined in the last 21 years, many patients still die daily due to failure to seek medical treatment, according to Dr. Eric Tayag of the Department of Health.

Of the 712 Filipinos afflicted with TB every day, only 632 seek treatment (of which only 577 are able to complete the entire sixmonth treatment).

With less than two weeks left, President Benigno Aquino III has yet to sign the law aiming to eradicate TB in the country. Senate Bill 2653, which passed the third and final reading last January 18, is said to increase state investments prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care and support in addressing TB in the country.

Under the Comprehensive Tuberculosis Elimination Plan Act, as it is known, the regional health centers can provide free laboratory services to patients nationwide and ensure enough supply of free drugs. That is, if it is enacted into law.

“Another provision of the bill is the regulation on the sale and use of TB drugs

wherein the Food and Drugs Administration will be tasked to strengthen its implementation of ‘No Prescription, No Anti-TB Drugs’ to ensure the quality of TB drugs distributed in the market,” explained Senator Teofisto L. Guingona, author of the bill.

The tenacious TB bacillus has preyed on people since antiquity. TB-induced skeletal deformities point to the disease’s existence as early as 8000 BC. Unmistakable signs of tubercular bone decay were found in the skeletons of Egyptian mummies as long ago as 2400 BC. “Year after year, century after century, it tightened its relentless grip, worsening with wars and famines that reduced people’s resistance, infecting virtually everyone but inexplicably sparing some while destroying others,” wrote Dr. Frank in his book.

Tuberculosis infection is transmitted almost entirely by the aerial route. “TB is transmitted from person to person, usually by inhaling bacteria-carrying air droplets,” writes Maria Luisa Padilla in Encarta Encyclopedia. “When a person sick with TB coughs, sneezes, or speaks, small particles that carry two or three viable bacteria surrounded by a layer of moisture and released in the air. When these particles are inhaled, bacteria lodge in the lungs and multiply.”

A less common route of transmission is through the skin. Pathologists and laboratory technicians who handle TB specimens may contract the disease through skin wounds. TB has also been reported in people who have received tattoos and people who have been circumcised. A person may become infected with TB bacteria and

not develop the disease. His or her immune system may destroy the bacteria completely.

In fact, only 5-10 percent of those infected with TB actually become sick.

The four most familiar signs of TB, according to health experts, are chronic cough, mild fever in the afternoon and sweating at night, chest and back pain, and progressive weight loss. In more serious or advanced cases, the symptoms are spitting blood, pale and waxy skin, and a hoarse voice.

In the past, TB was considered the world’s deadliest disease. Then, in 1944, 21-year-old “Patricia” with progressive, far-advanced pulmonary TB received the first injection of streptomycin. She improved dramatically during the ensuing five months and was discharged in 1947.

She was evaluated in 1954 and found to be healthy and the happy mother of three children. “This injection began the age of modern anti-TB treatment and led - until recently - to dramatic reductions in TB in industrialized countries,” the WHO says.

Other anti-TB drugs are thioacetazone (first introduced in 1946), isoniazid and pyrazinamide (both first tried in 1952), and ethambutol (used for the first time in 1961).

The most recent one, rifampicin, was released in 1966.

The success of drug therapy and the declining rates of disease incidence in the middle part of the 19th century instilled a sense of confidence in public health officials that TB could be conquered.

But like phoenix that rises from ashes, TB has staged a comeback -- in a deadlier and more complicated form.

support to Mindanao and the Visayas.

of votes. Simply said will those presidential faces get the votes they got if the suspected envelopes and bills were not spread to the voters? Ask yourself then.

Negros Occidental was declared by the political bigwigs as a Mar country but many sugar planters believed that Mar could not help much the province even if his mother came from Bago City, south of Bacolod. Duterte should not feel bad he did not land first in this province but his die-hard supporters turned the tables against his rivals in this province. Only in the town of Pulupandan did Duterte got the first ranking.

school someday. We know he was a strong supporter of the president-elect and Tony Boy made sense in helping the man who is our leader today.

It’s Mindanao’s Time The Visayan Edge

*** Yes, there were senators who come from Mindanao and the Visayas but nothing significant have they CELSO “TOOTS” B. JIMENEZ JR. did for their own regions. That is how the Mindanaoans and Visayans felt about the political climate from the past presidents.

*** One could not imagine how many votes could Mar, Grace, and Binay sincerely get had their circles adapted the way Dabawenyo Rody Duterte won without alleged buying

*** All of us though fought hard for Mayor Rody with myself a Dabawenyo by heart having schooled elementary and high school at Ateneo de Davao. I hope to meet by closest of friends Banana King Tony Boy Floirendo Jr in

*** I hope to attend the annual homecoming of the graduates of Ateneo de Davao this year. It will be my first time to attend and meet my schoolmates and batch mates.

Let me know guys when will be the homecoming. My email address is tootsjimenez@ yahoo.com and facebook toots jimenez jr. In school they always call me by my real name.

Email me for your comments. *** This column greets Meloy Mercado, Rey Golingan, Junjun Rivera, Butch Jocom, Tito Sorongon, Leo Villareal, Jessi Boga, Sarah Dayrit, Cindy Cruz, Chito Fuentes, Peter Lavina and Bong Go.*

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cruelty or child abuse or having responsible for conditions prejudicial to a child’s development are punishable under the law.

Joint forces of the army and the Philippine National Police (PNP) in the area are now conducing pursuit operations against the fleeing rebels.

distributed to different district offices of LTO and offices of Traffic Management Center and Traffic Management Group.

Confiscated license of apprehended drivers will be turned over to LTO for safekeeping and shall be only released by LTO only after final disposition or lawful order of the courts.

Following the countless incidents on the road involving drivers under the influencenof drugs, Lim supported the call

for a random drug testing among drivers.

According to the law, the LTO can conduct random drugs testing but only to drivers of public utility vehicles.

The law said “a driver of a motor vehicle who refuses to undergo quick random drug tests as required shall be penalized by the confiscation and automatic revocation of his or her driver’s license, in addition to other penalties provided herein and/or other pertinent laws.”

gic Planning Office (PCDSPO).

Andanar said he intends to abolish the PCDSPO, currently headed by Undersecretary Manolo Quezon, an adopted grandson of former President Manuel L. Quezon.

“We are subsuming the function of Manolo Quezon right now so parang ang lalabas dito bumabalik yung dating organization para hindi magulo,” Andanar said.

The bureaus and offices under the PCOO include: Bureau of Communications Services, Philippine Broadcast Service or Radyo ng Bayan, Radio-Television Malacanang, National Printing Office, APO Production Unit, People’s Television Network Inc. (PTV-4), Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC-13), Philippine Information Agency, and News and Information Bureau (NIB).

The NIB has four divisions, including the Philippines News Agency (PNA), the lone wire news agency of the government. Its other units are the Presidential Press Staff (PPS), Media Accreditation and Relations Division/International Press Center (MARD/ IPC), and Finance and Administrative Division (FAD).

Meanwhile, Andanar introduced to the media the newly-designated spokesman, Ernie Abella, of incoming President Duterte.

Abella replaced Duterte’s first spokesman Salvador Panelo who will now serve as Chief Legal Counsel of the incoming President.

Andanar told the media that during the meeting, the new Cabinet secretaries presented to President Duterte their plans and programs for the next six years. (PNA)

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Incoming... FROM 3 the remaining Samal Island hostages being held by the ASG. He added considered he considered this option when the ASG gave June 13 deadline where they threatened to behead Canadian hostage Robert Hall if ransom will not be paid for latter’s release.

Hall was beheaded last Monday while fellow Canadian John Ridsel was killed in April 25.

However, President Aquino said he did not push through his plan as he fear that it might draw sympathizers for the ASG in the area.

(PNA)

Supiter assured the victim’s rights were not violated and that he was armed with hand grenade when he resisted arrest.

He sustained multiple gunshot wounds and died on the spot.

In South Cotabato, about 320 persons have showed up to police offices and vowed to reform.

Police said more and more are coming out based on statements forwarded by village officials to the local police. (PNA)

practices.

Orculio said local government units have a huge role in the implementation of the ordinance which gives teeth to the national law on solid waste management.

He said each barangay should have solid waste plan program which contain specific provisions on the exact collection point.

“The CENRO is only mandated on the garbage collection, while the rest are dependent to local officials,” Orculio said.

In Davao City, there are policies on waste segregation, but not all are being followed.

In 2011, the city government implement a “No segragation, no collection”policy for stricter implementation of the ordinance.

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in accordance with the JASIG to enable them to participate in the peace negotiatons;” and the “immediate release of prisoners/detainees based on humanitarian grounds.”

President-elect Rodrigo R. Duterte had sent Dureza and Co. to Europe to begin the informal talks with the NDF. He had vowed to resume the peace process with the Reds

during the campaign period.

Duterte will take his oath on June 30 as the 16th President of the Philippines.

The two-day informal talks were held at the the Leysebu Hotel at the outskirts of Oslo. Dureza had also photos of the initial meeting showing members of both panel discussing the mechanics of the peace talks.

ing” (fried bananas) will be served. (see other story). The Rizal Hall is the largest room in Malacanan Palace.

“We believe that Leni Robredo’s family and supporters who worked hard for her deserve also to be present to celebrate her victory. And this can only be possible through a separate inauguration,” Go said.

Duterte’s critics as well as supporters were surprised at the announcement of a separate inauguration. A number asked if Duterte does not want to offend Senator Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., who lost to Robredo by about 260,000 votes and who is filing an electoral protest by June 28.

In the May 9 elections, Duterte was the standard bearer of the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino (PDP-Laban) while Robredo was the running mate of administration bet Mar Roxas of the Liberal Party.

1986, when Ferdinand Marcos, Sr. had his inauguration in Malacanan Palace without Arturo Tolentino, his Vice President.

On the same day, however, Corazon Aquino and Salvador Laurel also took their oath of office at Club Filipino. By nightfall, the Marcoses were fetched by helicopters of the United States and were flown to Clark Air Base en route to Hawaii.

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Won’t offend Duterte told a press conference on May 31 in Davao City that he did not name Robredo to a Cabinet post because he did not want to offend his friend, Marcos, Jr. Duterte’s father once worked as a Cabinet member under then President Feredinand Marcos, Sr. Duterte said there was “no compelling reason for me to accommodate the VP.” Undersecretary Manuel L. Quezon III, officer in charge of the Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office (PCDSPO) said there was one instance when the President-elect had his inauguration without the Vice President.

This was on February 25,

Space constraints?

The ABS-CBN news website reported early Wednesday evening that incoming Presidential Communications and Operations Office Secretary Martin Andanar said the inauguration plans have yet to be finalized but said space constraint could be a reason for the reported separate inauguration.

ABS-CBN quoted him as saying “Gusto niya (Duterte) kasi simple lang. Kung titingnan mo ang space, imposible na more than 500 (invited guests). It is impossible to add more than 500, so just imagine ‘pag magkasama or sabay ‘yung inauguraiton ng president at vice president, saan mo ilalagay bisita ng vice president?” Andanar said.

The Rizal Ceremonial Hall was the venue of the signing of the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) on October 15, 2012.

The Palace had a guest list of 800, Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos-Deles told MindaNews a day before the signing.

(Carolyn O. Arguillas / MindaNews)

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of Canada and Norway and discussed the hostage-taking issue.

According to President Aquino, he apologized to the Canadian prime minister for the death of the two Canadians.

He also expressed his gratitude to the Canadian government for sticking to the no-ransom policy, the same stance taken by the Philippine government.

Paying ransom would only encourage more people to join the Abu Sayyaf, the Chief Executive explained.

On the ongoing military campaign against the Abu Sayyaf, he said he understands the difficulty of fighting the bandits, especially due to the help of local communities, the Abu Sayyaf’s mastery of the terrain, and Sulu’s thick forest cover.

The support of the local population has made it more difficult for the military to gain intelligence from the ground, he said.

And despite the huge

bounty for the Abu Sayyaf leaders, until now no informant has come forward, he added.

Noting that he could not divulge the military’s plan to rescue the remaining hostages, the President made an assurance, saying, “We hope we are more focused and therefore increase the chances of resolving the situation successfully.”

Wesmincom officials said a total of seven hostages are still being held hostage by the Abu Sayyaf — five locals and two foreigners.

The military on Monday confirmed that the Abu Sayyaf had beheaded Canadian Robert Hall after ransom demands were not met.

In late April, John Ridsdel, another Canadian, was killed by the Abu Sayyaf. His severed head was found in Sulu province.

The two Canadians, Hall’s Filipina girlfriend Marites Flor, and Norwegian Kjartan Sekkingstad were abducted by the Abu Sayyaf on September 21 last year from a resort on Samal Island. (PNA)

Resort, Sunrise Garden Lake Resort, Mountain Log Resort, Monte Cielo Resort, Nadines Resort, El Galong Water Park, and Supreme Investigative and Security Agency (Punta Isla Lake Resort and Sunrise Garden Lake Resort).

The Department of Tourism and the local government unit of Lake Sebu have promoted the lake as one of the prime eco-tourism destinations in

South Cotabato and in Region 12.

The Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) is closely coordinating with the Department of Tourism (DOT) in the development and enhancement of Lake Sebu, as it is also identified as one of the priority sites under the Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines-East Asian Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA).

od, the PNP added.

Ferro pointed out that the decrease of crime volume and index in Compostela Valley were due to the intensified Lambat Bitag Operations of the PNP that were supported by other law enforcement

agencies.

He also expressed gratitude to the continued support of the provincial leadership to the PNP and the cooperation showed by the civilians during their regular operations and activities.

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ORUHA’S ‘BIYAYA’

By Katrina Carriedo

LAST JUNE 3, 2016 WAS THE ART EXHIBIT OPENING OF JAPANESE MANDALA ARTIST, ORUHA, AND THE SHOW IS RIGHTLY ENTITLED “BIYAYA” AS IT IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE STEINER/WALDORF-INSPIRED SCHOOL: TUBURAN INSTITUTE, INC.—a non-stock, non-profit community school in Davao City that began with no land, no money and no buildings. It is a non-traditional school wherein the students learn about the world through art, music and movement using the Steiner/Waldorf approach.

Located in a mini-forest where it can fully engage children’s heads hearts and hands, the school aims to draw out their inner creativity and re-

sourcefulness by changing their consciousness for a better tomorrow. Tuburan advocates for a sustainable

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Spa day for Dad: Spa of the World French Lavender Massage Oil infused with lavender essential oil from the south of France and silky sesame seed oil cultivated in Achuapa; Polynesian Monoi Radiance Oil made with the tiare flower from French Polynesia that leaves skin and hair silky soft; and the stimulating Thai Lemongrass Massage Oil infused with lemongrass from Thailand and Community Trade organic soya oil from Gebana Brazil.

A Father’s Day treat at The Body Shop

Kistna Hair & Body Wash is a head-totoe body wash for men that has a fresh green scent, leaving skin and hair clean and fresh. With 100% organic aloe vera from the Body Shop’s Community Fair Trade.

GIVE DAD A GIFT OF GREAT GROOMING ON FATHER’S DAY with body and skin pampering products from The Body Shop. These are not only they are made from natural ingredients, but products that support Community Trade principles globally.

Shop for Dad at The Body Shop and enjoy 30% off on its Men’s category from June 2 to June 29, 2016.

Introduce him with The Body Shop’s Spa of The World range for an at-home spa experience. There is the Hawaiian Kukui Cream with kukui oil that helps restore skin’s natural suppleness. Help him relax after a hectic day at work with Spa of The World’s French Lavender Massage Oil with lavender essential oil from the south of France that has a natural relaxing scent which promotes a sense of well-being; or the invigorating Thai Lemongrass Massage Oil, which boosts vitality, awakes senses and revitalizes the skin. The Polynesian Monoi Radiance Oil, on the other hand, leaves skin and hair silky soft, and can be used as a hair treatment, massage oil, or bath soak.

Other great ways to pamper Dad from The Body Shop: Maca Root Shave Cream, Kistna Hair & Body Wash, Activist Shower Gel, White Musk Sport Antiperspirant Deodorant, and Red Musk Eau De Parfum, all made with organic and cruelty-free ingredients.

The best part is that The Body Shop offers 30% off on its Men’s category from June 2 to June 29, 2016.

The Body Shop now accepts SM Advantage Card for points earning and redemption, SM and Sodexo premium pass in all their stores nationwide.

Spa of the World Hawaiian Kukui Cream is a moisturizing and nourishing body cream with Community Trade cocoa beans from the Kuapa Kokoo Farmer’s Union in Ghana. Bursting with luscious moisture, kukui oil helps restore skin’s natural suppleness, leaving it feeling nourished and soft.

Defy conventions with Red Musk Eau de Toilette.

Spiced musk with hot notes of cinnamon and intense tobacco for a distinctly different fragrance. No flowers – just a bold blend of musk and spice. Contains cruelty-free musk.

BPI Lifestyle Madness returns to Davao BPI Lifestyle Madness returns to Davao City this June 17 to 19 at the Activity Center of the Abreeza Mall.

A one-stop-shop event, BPI Lifestyle Madness offers financial solutions and exclusive automotive, real estate, franchising, and electronic deals that cater to the various needs of its clients Now on its third year, BPI is making it more exciting as lifestyle talks and consultations are scheduled throughout the event. The bank’s financial advisers will also be on hand to

explain how its products and services can help improve the lives of their clients and help them achieve their financial

aspirations.

Apart from BPI’s deposit and investment products, the bank’s Auto Loan, Housing

Loan, Ka-Negosyo Loan, Personal Loans, and BPIPhilam Life Insurance will also be present during the event.

Changing currencies just became more convenient. For your Foreign Exchange needs, go to THE SM STORE’s Forex Counter or Global Pinoy Centers. With 15 Foreign currencies accepted, THE SM STORE’s ForEx Counter is the place to visit for safe, easy, and fast Forex transactions.

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Powerhouse comedians collide in ‘Hay Bahay!’

HOME TO THE BEST FAMILY SITCOMS IN THE COUNTRY, GMA Network launches its newest comedy series Hay Bahay! which will air this June 19.

Hay Bahay! reflects the daily life of a typical Filipino family and topbilled by Philippine Showbiz’s biggest names in comedy and 47th Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation (GMMSF) Box Office King and Queen Bossing Vic Sotto and Ms. Aiai delas Alas.

The series also marks Kristine Hermosa’s much-awaited TV comeback as she takes the role of Batch, the loving wife of Yoyo, played by her real-life beau Oyo Sotto. In the story, the newlyweds Batch and Yoyo purchase a wellfurnished house with three huge bedrooms and a spacious living room situated in a prime location at a very low price. However, the house was sold relatively cheap because the people who built it mistakenly put in one toilet.

The couple did not regret their impulsive decision of purchasing the house since it is near transportation facilities and nested in a safe neighbourhood.

They plan to renovate their property and realizes the need to rent out the two vacant rooms to save up, finish paying their loan,

and proceed with the renovation.

First to move in as a tenant is food-blogger and bachelor Vio (Vic Sotto) who is excessively obsessed with cleanliness, followed by the painfully sloppy and untidy events coordinator Lav (Ai-Ai delas Alas).

With their opposite personalities, the two develop an unfriendly relationship and they eventually plot strategies to throw each other out of the house.

Helping Vio to piss off Lav is his cousin Mael (Jose Manalo), a deported TNT who also assists him in cooking for his food blog while Lav’s counter attack is her halfbrother and aspiring comedian, Sikat (Wally Bayola). Meanwhile

offering more problems rather than solutions is Nenuca (Ruby Rodriguez), Batch’s meddling mother who comes to join the riot once she learns that her daughter is pregnant.

What will happen in a house full of clashing personalities?

Who wins among the tenants?

Will Yoyo and Batch achieve peace and order in their warm and accommodating, but lacking house?

Written and directed by the award-winning TV personality Ms. Bibeth Orteza, watch out for the wackiest sitcom on GMA, Hay Bahay! this June 19 after 24 Oras Weekend only on GMA

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Miggs Cuaderno in Alamat season finale AWARD-WINNING KAPUSO CHILD STAR MIGGS CUADERNO topbills the final episode of Alamat this Sunday.

In “Alamat ng Matsing”, Miggs lends his voice to the character Atoy. Atoy and his brothers Buboy and Cocoy would spend the whole day playing games, hanging from one tree to another, and pestering other people. The three brothers are very naughty that their father, Tatay Paden, is at the brink of giving up on disciplining them.

How bad is their prank this time that the Forest Fairy would punish them?

Through his movies and shows such as Destiny Rose and Poor Señorita, Miggs has proven his expertise on acting. This is not the first time he is lending his voice to animated series as he is also the voice behind Keita on Yo-Kai Watch anime series on GMA. Miggs will be joined by comedian John Feir who will be this week’s “Narrator”. John will also have a song and dance number directed at the mischievous kids.

Alamat’s “Alamat ng Matsing” is written by Danzen Santos-Katanyag. Catch it this Sunday 5:15 p.m. on GMA.

UP AND ABOUT

TNT embraces the ‘Tropa Thing’ with launch of new ambassadors TNT, THE COUNTRY’S LARGEST PREPAID MAINSTREAM MOBILE BRAND UNDER SMART COMMU NICATIONS, is celebrating its growing number of subscribers with a refreshed brand by donning a younger app-inspired look and by welcoming new set of ambassadors into its fold – the TNT Tropa!

Composed of April, Brent, Kelly, Ian and Renzo, the TNT Tropa represents the classic Pinoy barkada with different personalities and quirks – but just blend with each other effortlessly and are a bunch of fun when they come together.

Through a series of engaging videos, the TNT Tropa is set to show how young Pinoys can make their bonding more enjoyable and memorable with TNT at the center of their connections.

TNT is poised to grow even bigger with a refreshed brand that appeals and relates to the youth, the largest chunk of our population today,” said Smart Wireless Consumer Operations Head Kat Luna-Abelarde.

“TNT specifically wants to cater to the needs of the Pinoy Generation Z, an age group that identifies with their own tropa that share their aspirations, give them inspiration and just help them get through the day. With TNT’s most affordable offers and exciting treats, they can easily stay connected with their tropa and enjoy more fun-filled moments with each other.”

The brand is reinforcing its new message with ‘It’s a Tropa Thing!,’ a catchy song written and performed by award-winning duo Thyro and Yumi along with hit Pinoy rapper Quest – who all join the expanding list of TNT ambassadors.

Poised to grow even bigger “With the country’s largest tropa of over 30 million subscribers,

It’s a Tropa Thing!

“You know how every tropa speaks its own language, sports

its own character and has its own standing jokes? - It’s a Tropa Thing!

TNT embodies all these things that make the tropa click, embracing its role as the glue that binds every tropa together,” said Miriam Choa, TNT Brand Head.

“TNT made a huge impact as a People’s brand that put the many benefits of mobile communication within reach by many Filipinos.

The new TNT stays in the same course, this time in the context of providing affordable happy connections for every tropa.”

Following the launch of the TNT Tropa, the brand is gearing up for tropa-perfect offers that will give loyal and new TNT subscribers more reasons to bond and celebrate moments together through budget-friendly calls, texts, their favorite apps or over treats.

To stay updated with TNT’s offers and treats that suit every tropa, follow the TNT Tropa on TNT official accounts on Facebook (www. facebook.com/TalkNText) and Twitter (@TalkNText).

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ORUHA A1 society and by giving children of all walks of life an equal opportunity to receive a healthy education because the most practical gift is investing for your children’s future. The “Biyaya” exhibit will run until the end of this month at Marco Polo Davao and people have the option to purchase framed or unframed original works in a variety of sizes.

Oruha held her first overseas exhibit here in the Philippines in 2013 and have created over 2,000 one-of-a-kind pieces to date. She has joined group exhibitions in New York, Milan, Germany, and, of course, Japan.

For people who have visited Japan, they would

say that the Japanese really value their time and are very strict when keeping track of it, as well as a people who really put huge attention to detail. And I think that the audience can clearly get those aspects from Oruha’s art—it is a combination of serenity or patience and detailed meditation. Making these pieces, Oruha have said that it doesn’t matter if she will be working in an active or solemn environment, creating mandalas give her great happiness and peace ever since she first encountered them in 2011.

And as an abstract and/ or surrealist painter, looking at all her exquisite and extremely detailed works bring a bit of dread and exhaustion to my chest— I simply do not have the practice and patience for such fractal-like art. Everywhere I looked, there would be no line unmade, distorted, and no dot neglected. And aside from the pretty Swarovski crystals that accent the works, that kind of level in perfectionism is a great feat in itself.

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First Petron-DOE Euro 4 Fuel Economy Run results bared R

ECENTLY, the Department of Energy (DOE) together with the country’s biggest oil company, Petron, held the first Euro 4 fuel economy run. Used as dry run to come up with a standardized measure of fuel economy, under the Philippine Energy Standards and Labeling Program or PESLP (the same group that determines the efficiency of your electric fan or refrigerator), 70 cars from 22 brands participated.

Starting from Petron Clark station in Angeles City, Pampanga, the convoy snaked through SCTEX (Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway), TPLEX (Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway) and back in the middle of the night.

The methodology was far from scientific, but it was real-world relatable.

It required each car to be filled up to the brim, driven through the course, and fueled again. The results were determined by dividing the kilometers traveled by the fuel consumed (the full tank method). And to eliminate unfamiliarity with the cars, each manufacturer brought their own driver and co-driver tandem, who along with a media observer, drove through the 280-kilometer course with a maximum speed of 80 km/h with their air conditioner at full blast.

And while enjoying the frigid recycled air in the cabin, the observer had to make sure that the car was following a three-second gap to the car ahead and that no overtaking took place.

After collating all the results from the run, the DOE and Petron presented their

official findings. Given the nature of the course and the time of the run, it was unsurprising that 71 percent or 27 of 38 vehicles powered by Petron XCS (95-octane gasoline) achieved a figure above 20 km/L. Meanwhile, 66 percent or 21 of 32 participants using Petron Turbo Diesel achieved the same figure.

The most fuel efficient gasoline-fed car remained the Suzuki Celerio CVT that registered 29.14 km/L. On the other hand, the Isuzu D-Max 3.0 LS M/T barely sipped diesel, doing 38.46 km/L. Here are other interesting tidbits gathered from the results: The average fuel economy of all participants was 22.32 km/L. The average fuel economy of all diesel participants was 22.13 km/L while for gasoline, it was surprisingly higher at 22.48 km/L. It’s clear that for variants that ran both automatic and manual transmission, it was the former that fared better.

For instance the Mitsubishi Mirage (27.05 km/L vs.

25.64 km/L) and the Suzuki Celerio (29.14 km/L vs.

27.70 km/L).

Not counting brands that ran with just one entry or multiple variants of the same car with the same drivetrain, Isuzu Philippines had the highest corporate fuel economy average at 27.6 km/L. The best among a full gasoline line-up? Suzuki at 25.3 km/L. The worst was Foton at 15.4 km/L. The Honda Jazz 1.5 CVT with its 28.60 km/L fared better than any other hatchback even compared to the diesel-fed Hyundai Accent’s 25.64 km/L. It’s even better

than its sedan twin, the City 1.5 and even the much-vaulted Mazda2 Skyactiv.

Comparing the two 1.5-liter compact turbos, the Ford Focus 1.5 EcoBoost did an abysmal 19.20 km/L (the lowest for a hatchback) while the Honda Civic RS did 27.56 km/L—beating even the Fiesta 1.0 EcoBoost (23.59 km/L).

The Isuzu D-Max’s win in the pickup category was substantial. The next best entry was the Toyota Hilux 2.4 running at 21.59 km/L and the Nissan NP300 Navara at 17.85 km/L. And on that subject, the Ford Ranger, Mitsubishi Strada, and Chevrolet Colorado didn’t participate.

Among the Pickup-based Passenger Vehicles or PPVs, the Isuzu mu-X 3.0 won the war with a 23.53 km/L figure. Among the automatic transmission variants that ran, the Toyota Fortuner 2.4 was the best at 18.91 km/L. This figure beat the Mitsubishi Montero Sport running in both manual (18.48 km/L) and automatic (17.79 km/L) transmission. Both versions of the Foton Toplander did pretty low: 16.07 km/L for the manual and 14.81 km/L for the automatic. These figures are even worse than the Subaru Forester XT’s 16.71 km/L run. Again, the Chevrolet Traiblazer and Ford Everest did not run.

Pegging diesel at P 30 per liter and gasoline at P 40 per liter, the Isuzu D-Max is the cheapest to run every 1,000 kilometers with a tank cost of just P 780.00. The remaining Top Five were all diesels: Hyundai Accent (P 1,020.00), Peugeot 301 TDI (P 1,022.14), Audi A3 2.0 TDI

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2003 Toyota Revo 1.8 SR Engine: 1.8 7K EFI 4-cylinder

labeling for passenger cars and light commercial vehicles in the future. Petron has pledged its full support to future runs. █

How much do you save driving the 2016 Toyota Innova?

Fuel: Gasoline Maximum Output: 80 horsepower @ 4,600 rpm Maximum Torque: 139 Nm @ 2,800 rpm Transmission: 5-speed M/T Average Fuel Economy: 6.61 km/L (city, as tested)

ECHNOLOGY has gone a long way, improving cars in every aspect from design, comfort, safety, and efficiency. With the increased awareness of issues like global warming and the push to conserve natural resources, carmakers have begun improving their vehicles in the aspects of emissions and fuel efficiency.

In the Philippines, one of the best-selling segments is the Entry-Level MPV. Known in the previous decades as the Asian Utility Vehicle or AUVs, they’re the de facto choice of increasingly mobile Filipino families. It also serves as the backbone of the industry, providing transportation solutions to businesses and entrepreneurs.

With fuel efficiency records dating back to the early 2000s, here’s a small snapshot on how much the Innova has improved over the past 15 years, starting from its predecessor, the Revo. However, it’s worth noting that traffic conditions have substantially worsened in the past years.

(1,054.29), and Volkswagen Jetta TDI (P 1,068.21).

The cheapest gasoline to run to 1,000 kilometers?

The Suzuki Celerio CVT (P 1,372.86) followed by the Honda Jazz 1.5 (P 1,398.57), Suzuki Ciaz 1.4 M/T (P 1,431.43), Hyundai Elantra (P 1,437.14), and Suzuki Celerio M/T (P 1,444.29).

The most expensive to run to 1,000 kilometers?

For the gasoline-fed entries, it was the BAIC MZ40 (P 2,751.43) and for the diesel, it’s Foton Toplander 4x4 (P 2,026.07).

The DOE Euro 4 Fuel Economy Run, the first in the country, forms part of DOE’s efforts to promote judicious utilization of energy.

In addition, the DOE also wishes to promote the use of Euro 4 fuels, which it mandated in January this year.

Euro 4 fuels are more environment-friendly, as they contain significantly lesser amount of sulfur and benzene.

Both the Department of Energy and Petron understand that the data presented here still do not capture real-world driving conditions.

It is for this reason that they’ll be conducting more fuel economy runs in the future.

With the help of the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers (CAMPI) and the Association of Vehicle Importers and Distributors (AVID), they’ll drum up more scientific measures which will help standardize fuel efficiency

2005 Toyota Innova 2.5 G Engine: 2.5 2KD-FTV 4-cylinder Fuel: Diesel Maximum Output: 102 horsepower @ 3,600

rpm Maximum Torque: 260 Nm @ 1,600-2,400 rpm Transmission: 4-speed A/T Average Fuel Economy: 11.28 km/L (mixed, as tested) 2007 Toyota Innova 2.0 G Engine: 2.0 1TR-FE 4-cylinder Fuel: Gasoline Maximum Output: 136 horsepower @ 5,600 rpm Maximum Torque: 182 Nm @ 4,000 rpm Transmission: 4-speed A/T Average Fuel Economy: 8.12 km/L (city, as tested) 2014 Toyota Innova 2.5 V Engine: 2.5 2KD-FTV 4-cylinder Fuel: Diesel Maximum Output: 102 horsepower @ 3,600 rpm Maximum Torque: 260 Nm @ 1,600-2,400 rpm

Transmission: 4-speed A/T Average Fuel Economy: 9.09 km/L (city, as tested)

2016 Toyota Innova 2.8 V Engine: 2.8 1GD-FTV 4-cylinder Fuel: Diesel Maximum Output: 171 horsepower @ 3,600 rpm Maximum Torque: 360 Nm @ 1,200-3,400 rpm Transmission: 6-speed A/T Average Fuel Economy: 9.09 km/L (city, as tested), 13.33 km/L (mixed, as tested)

2KD-FTV in the 2014 Toyota Innova 2.5 V Looking at the figures, the first-generation Innova saw a huge jump in power and efficiency over the Revo.

The Innova, equipped with a larger 2.0-liter gasoline engine and a 4-speed automatic, did 18.5 percent better than the Revo with a 1.8-liter motor and 5-speed manual. It’s worth noting that the Revo is down some 56 horses and 121 Nm of torque to the Innova.

During the same period, the Department of Energy (DOE) revealed that the Revo 2.4 diesel 5 M/T achieved 16.50 km/L in a fuel efficiency run done in 2002. It was beaten six years later by the Innova 2.5 5 M/T with 18.41 km/L or a 10.35 percent improvement during another DOE sanctioned fuel eco run.

1GD-FTV in the 2016 Toyota Innova 2.8 V Moving to the first and second generation Innova this time, it’s clear that fuel efficiency remained the same in the urban setting when both are equipped with a diesel engine and an automatic

gearbox. Of course, the new Innova wins big with 69 more horsepower and 100 Nm more of torque.

While fuel efficiency in the city remained the same, the new Innova scored a big win in the mixed urban/highway setting where the new drivetrain enabled the 2.8 V to gain an additional 15.37 percent compared to the previous 2.5 V. This figure approaches the levels achieved by the Revo and first-generation Innova in a fuel eco run setting!

It’s also worth saying that in a pure highway setting, the 2016 Innova did 19.61 km/L—the best ever for Toyota’s MPV. This figure was reiterated by the latest DOE Euro 4 fuel economy run where it did 25.25 km/L. Now what does all this mean for you? More savings and less trips to the pump, of course.

Focusing on mixed city/highway usage, the first-generation Innova dries its tank at 620.4 kilometers while the new one does it in 733.1 kilometers. That additional distance traveled is more than enough for an additional one-way trip from Manila to Clark.

In peso sense, pegging diesel at P 27.90, the first-generation Innova runs at P 2.47 per kilometers while the new one does it at just P 2.09—that’s a saving of P 0.38 per kilometer. Running 20,000 kilometers annually, that’s a savings of P 7,600!

In short, when Toyota opted to give the allnew Innova a larger 2.8-liter motor as opposed to a 2.4-liter one, they were doing their homework.

Not only is the new 1GD-FTV more powerful than ever before, it is also more fuel efficient. Do take note that the figures above are based on personal records kept since 2003 mixed with some figures from the DOE. As always, fuel efficiency is affected by a lot of factors such as driving conditions, traffic, etc.

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Provido said that the new joint circular is the product of five multi-sectoral public consultations facilitated by the National Committee on Biosafety of the Philippines (NCBP) held last January to February of this year in the areas of Cagayan De Oro City, Cebu City and Quezon City.

Wrong information led to unfounded fear that farmers and other stakeholders hold to until today on biotechnology, Provido added.

He emphasized that through the activity farmers and even the members of the media will be able to understand biotechnology and it role in achieving increased agricultural production in the country.

The issuance of the new joint circular is expected to lift the temporary ban on the research, field testing, commercialization, and importation of genetically-modified crops and biotech products in the Philip-

pines.

SC’s decision in 2015 also stopped the field trials and testing of the insect resistant Bt Talong (eggplant) in the country.

Aside from representatives of the media, today’s activity will also be joined by leaders and members of farmers’ organizations, civil society organizations and other concerned groups from Davao region and the nearby provinces, Provido said.

the next, but we will lay the foundation of a sustained and well-planned agriculture to attain rice self-sufficiency,” he added.

The incoming Secretary announced that he already got a GO signal from President-elect Rodrigo Duterte about his plans, and have already informed the incoming Budget and Finance secretaries on an additional P30 bil-

lion budget request.

Piñol also announced a major shift in irrigation, stressing that his administration will focus on constructing smaller irrigation systems which can operate in 6-12 months time.

“We can even copy Vietnam, Cambodia, and Myanmar’s experience, where they use small water pumps to irrigate five-hectare farms to increase the productivity of

upland and rain-fed areas for rice production,” he said.

Piñol is a practicing farmer, born to a farm family.

“I know how to plow the field using a carabao, how to plant rice, I breed chicken and goats, and most of all in all the years I’ve been a local government official, I’ve been aware of the dreams and aspirations of the Filipino farmer,” he saidl.

(AFID)

operative Development Authority (CDA).

The central bank said officials of other government agencies “may be invited as FISC members as necessary.”

FISC’s mandates include aligning various financial inclusion-related policies and programs, ensure effective monitoring of the progress of these programs, and collaborate with public and private stakeholders on NSFI areas

and regulation.

Central bank data show that access to financial services among Filipinos remain low since, for one, although 43.2 percent of adult have savings, 68 percent of them keep their savings at home instead of the banking system or other formal sources.

It also disclosed that 72 percent of adult Filipinos who borrow, or about 47.1 percent of total adult population,

source funding from informal sector and only 30.5 percent of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) source funds from banks or formal lines of credits. ”With the effective implementation of the NSFI thru the oversight of the FISC, it is hoped that more people will benefit from having access to financial services and contribute to broad-based growth,” the central bank said. (PNA)

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Davao Region ranks 6th; higher than national growth rate

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HILE the country’s population growth rate (PGR) has decreased to 1.72 as of August 2015, Davao Region ranks 6th overall in surpassing the national data with a PGR of 1.74.

This brings the region’s population to 4,893,318 from a previous 4,468,563, reflecting an increase of 9.5% over five years.

Various factors have been shown to contribute to the state of the current population. According to the 2013 National Demographic and Research Survey (NDHS), 53.8% of married women in the region are using some form of contraception, 14.6% of which employ these methods to postpone the next birth or space while 39.1% do so to stop childbearing altogether or limit their number of children.

This is lower than the national contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) of 55.1%.

Regionwide, only 39.3% are using any modern method of family planning. The most popular method of choice among currently married women aged 15-49 years old is the pill with 22.1%, followed by female sterilization or bilateral tubal ligation at 8.6%.

A staggering 46.2% do not use any form of contraception, higher than the national average of 45%.

The region’s unmet need for family planning has been identified to be 17.5%, divid-

ed between married women who want to space (7.5% ) or limit their family size (10%).

This coincides with the national average for unmet need at 17.5%.

This data takes on more significance when looking at the situation of sexually active women. Davao Region has the highest percentage in the country of women aged 15-24 years old who had sexual intercourse before age 15 (5.2%) and women aged 18-24 years old who had sex before 18 (27.1%). This translates further into 26.2% of women aged 15-24 years old having had a live birth. 30.2% have also began childbearing, putting the region at third on a national scale.

Davao Region’s total demand for unmet need, defined as the sum of unmet need plus total contraceptive use is 71.3%, (22.1% for spacing and 49.1% for limiting), lower than the national demand at 72.6%.

A look at the most recent population census reveals that among the provinces, Davao del Norte tops the list (1,016,332), followed by Compostela Valley (736,107); the least populated province is Davao Occidental, with 316,342 inhabitants. Among the cities, Davao City still ranks first (1,632,991), followed by Tagum City (259,444); the least populated city is Samal (104,123). Santo Tomas in Davao del Norte ranks first as

the most populated municipality (118,750), followed by Malita in Davao Occidental (117,746); the least populated municipality can be found in Boston, Davao Oriental, coming in at 13,535.

Despite the increase in Davao region’s population, the 2015 Population Census has shown continuing and slowing growth rates nationwide, resulting in a population that is lower by half a million this 2015 compared to the projected population generated by the 2010 census.

Commission on Population Executive Director Dr. Juan Antonio A. Perez III has emphasized the need to exert greater efforts to reduce unmet need for family planning and reproductive health services by providing services to those who wish to limit or space their children in their reproductive years, equivalent to some four to five million Filipino couples and individuals around the country.

In 2010, Region XI had a PGR of 1.97. Comparing it to the current PGR, the decline is notable. However, it still eclipses the country’s past PGR of 1.90.

Topping the list of regions exceeding the national PGR in 2015 are ARMM (2.89), Central Luzon (1.95), SOCSARGEN (1.94) and Central Visayas (1.76). By Kelly Marie T. Conlon, Information Officer I, Commission on Population XI

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MISSING LOVE. Kevin Love is averaging only 8.8 points per game in the finals.

Where is the Love?

N UMBERS may not necessarily lie, though they can deceive.

On one hand, Cleveland’s “Big Three” of LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love combined for 84 points in Game Five of the NBA Finals — the triumvirate’s highest such total this postseason.

Of course, Love scored two of them. Irving and James, they each had 41.

If Cleveland is to complete an NBA Finals comeback unlike any other — the Cavaliers pushed the series to Game Six with a win at Golden State — then getting something out of Love might be a huge help. For as great as James and Irving usually are, to expect more Game Five-type performances from them again is asking a ton.

So if Love lightens their load, as he often has in their two seasons together, Cleveland’s less-than-great odds in this series figure to markedly improve.

“We still have life,” Love said.

Game Six on Thursday (Friday, Manila time) is the last game in Cleveland this season. It wouldn’t surprise many if it was Love’s last home game with the Cavaliers as well, with his name sure to

come up during this rapidly approaching summer in trade rumors even if Cleveland pulls off this comeback and gets its long-elusive championship.

The Cavaliers sent Andrew Wiggins, now a star-in-waiting, to Minnesota in the deal that landed Love two summers ago that seemed one-sided toward Cleveland when it was first executed and now appears like it could be a huge boost to the Timberwolves going forward.

And Love’s two postseasons with the Cavaliers could be best described as snakebitten, too.

Last year his shoulder was pulled from its socket in the first round, ending his playoffs right there. This year, he avoided serious playoff trouble until the finals. The Cavs lost the first three games in which he appeared, won by 30 in the game he missed with a concussion — sparking questions about whether they were better without Love — and staved off elimination by pulling away from Golden State in the second half of Game Five on Monday night in a game where Love was a total non-factor offensively.

Out of the nearly 400 NBA games in which he’s logged 30 minutes or more, Love has scored no more than two

points now twice. As if that could get made to look worse, it seemed on Tuesday that the most-replayed “highlight” involving Love from Game Five was when he appeared to try to give James a high-five and got no reciprocation.

“He’s an important player for them,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said earlier in the series, which his team still leads, 3-2. “He’s a guy who you have to account for in a lot of ways. So when he’s on the floor, we’ll be well aware of his presence.”

For lack of a better term, Love is the third wheel in this Big Three setup.

It’s a role that Chris Bosh struggled with at times in Miami when James was there with Dwyane Wade and the Heat went to four consecutive NBA Finals. To outsiders, it could have seemed like a demotion. Bosh was the star in Toronto like Love was in Minnesota, then had to accept what looked like an ego hit in order to fit alongside fellow elite players.

But throughout those four years in Miami, it was James who often referred to Bosh as the “most important player” on the Heat. And when Bosh went scoreless in Miami’s Game Seven win over San An-

Alyssa leads Bali Pure to 4th win

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ALI Pure continued to cruise on Wednesday by dispatching Laoag, 28-26, 25-23, 25-17, in the Shakey’s V-League Season 13 Open Conference at The Arena in San Juan.

After losing to Air Force in their league debut, the Purest Water Defenders have now won four successive games and have secured at least a playoff for a semifinal spot.

Alyssa Valdez scored 20 points with 10 digs and five excellent receptions, while Grethcel Soltones Soltones had 11 markers and 11 digs.

Dzi Gervacio and

Mae Tajima each had eight points, while Amy Ahomiro chipped in seven for Bali Pure, which is just a notch below Pocari Sweat (4-0) in the standings.

“I’m just very, very happy that the team is getting better and better, that’s good kasi now talaga kumpleto na kami,” said Bali Pure playing coach Charo Soriano.

Jem Ferrer registered 43 of Bali Pure’s 44 excellent sets.

Laoag coach Nes Pamilar pulled his starters in what seemed to be a sign of protest after a controversial end to the second set, when the

referee awarded a point to the Power Smashers after Jovielyn Prado’s attack that made tied the score at 24, only to overturn the call.

“Coach Nes knows his team better so for us regardless if it’s the first stringers or the second stringers, we’re just gonna focus talaga on our team, although it did came as a surprise that he changed his whole line up,” said Soriano.

Prado had eight points for Laoag, while Adamson’s Jessica Galanza and Mylene Paat added six points apiece for the Power Smashers, who now hold a 2-3 winloss card.

tonio in the 2013 NBA Finals, hardly anyone noticed.

“I ain’t scored no points,” Bosh said as he walked into the locker room champagne-spraying party that night, “but I’m still happy, though.”

There’s still a chance for Love to get one of those same moments.

He’s had 55 games of 20 or more points in his two Cleveland seasons, and the Cavs are 40-15 in those games. They’d surely take a couple more of those efforts right about now.

“We get to go back home, and we’ve played well there all year,” Love said. “We love playing there in front of the home fans, so this is a good opportunity for us.”

A good opportunity for him, too.

OLDEN State center Andrew Bogut will need six to eight weeks to recover from a left knee injury, ruling him out for the remainder of the NBA Finals and almost certainly affecting his Olympic plans as well.

The Warriors are calling it an “impaction injury” that resulted in serious bone bruises. Bogut will not need surgery, the team said.

Bogut was hurt Sunday night about 90 seconds into the third quarter when he blocked a shot by the Cleveland Cavaliers’ J.R. Smith, then landed awkwardly.

“It’s bad news for our team,” coach Steve Kerr said.

It’s a major blow to Golden State’s defensive scheme.

Bogut blocked five shots in Game 2 of the finals, and the Warriors’ defensive numbers are typically much better when he is on the floor.

Without Bogut, it’s likely that Draymond Green — who missed Game Five of the finals because of a suspension for accruing too many flagrant foul points during the playoffs — could spend a significant amount of time in Game Six at center. Green has played there regularly during the playoffs.

“It’s not like a loss where you say, ‘Aw, it doesn’t matter.’ It definitely matters,” Green said. “We’re going to miss him. But one thing we always

talk about is our depth. So it’s an opportunity for someone else to step up. One guy goes down, another guy has to step up. I’m not sure what the rotations or none of that stuff will be, but whoever touches the floor, it’s an opportunity to step up.

“No one will be Bogut,” Green added. “But give to this team what you can give.”

The six-to-eight-week timetable means Bogut will likely be sidelined through July at a minimum. He was expected to play for Australia in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, with that team’s first game scheduled for Aug. 6.

Smith’s momentum in Game 5 carried him into Bogut, and the Warriors center’s left knee appeared to buckle as he landed. The Cavaliers outscored Golden State 45-33 after Bogut’s injury, winning the game by 15 and forcing the series to a Game 6.

Bogut started each of the first five games of the finals, though hasn’t logged big minutes. He averaged 3.2 points and 3 rebounds in 12 minutes per game in the series.

“Even with Bogut out, they still have so much firepower that it doesn’t take any of the focus out of our mind going into Game 6,” Cavaliers star LeBron James said.

Golden State leads the series 3-2. Game 6 is Thursday in Cleveland, and if necessary, Game 7 is Sunday on the Wa r -

home floor Oakland, California.

OUT OF THE SERIES. Andrew Bogut will need six to eight weeks to recover from a left knee injury, ruling him out for the remainder of the NBA Finals.

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SLAMMER. Bali Pure star Alyssa Valdez slams a spike past the Laoag defense. Spin. ph photo

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FUTURECSTARS Gilas cadets to get 3-year ‘PBA-like’deals

FUTURE GILAS. Bobby Ray Parks and Kiefer Ravena will most likely be the stars of the future for the national team.

URRENT standouts from the collegiate ranks are being eyed to join Kiefer Ravena and Co. in the new Gilas Pilipinas cadet pool that will fly the flag beginning next year Fiba shifts to a home-and-away qualifying format for the 2019 World Cup of Basketball in China.

According to SPIN.ph sources, Ravena, Mac Belo, Mike Tolomia, Roger Pogoy, and Russel Escoto are being offered three-year contracts ‘comparable to PBA deals’ to skip the coming rookie draft of the pro league and form the core in a new era for the Gilas program.

All five have already played out their college eligibility, although Belo and Escoto have the option to play one more season with the Far Eastern University

Tamaraws after the UAAP junked its ‘seven-year window’ for players.

They will be joined by current stars of the collegiate scene who will likewise be offered three-year deals significantly lower than those offered to Ravena and Co., the source added.

“Halos PBA na ang rate nung inaalok sa kanila. Malalaki kontrata ng mga ‘yun, three years ang binibigay,” said the source. “Yung mga current college players, three years din ang alok sa iba, kaso hindi kasing laki nung sa mga inoffer kila Kiefer.”

Among the college stars being lured to the Gilas program are Arellano top gun Jio Jalalon, La Salle’s Prince Rivero, Letran’s Rey Nambatac, Jom Sollano and JV Mocon of San Beda and FEU’s Raymar Jose.

Jose and Jalalon already played for the Gilas cadet team that ruled the Seaba Cup. The Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP), through Gilas team manager Butch Antonio, is still negotiating with Bobby Ray Parks, who is being eyed to be the captain and leader of the new Gilas pool.

However, Parks’ commitment with the SBP is only with the Gilas team currently preparing for the Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Ma-

nila next month, with sources saying the son of seven-time PBA best import Bobby Parks may likely opt for a short contract to pursue his dream of making it to the NBA. Former Ateneo prospect CJ Perez, who has moved to Lyceum after failing to meet the academic requirements of the Katipunan school, and Seaba Cup veteran Ken Holqvist are also on the shortlist along with top PBA rookie draft prospect Arnold Van Opstal.

However, the status of the three are still uncertain.

Meanwhile here is the shortlist of possible members of the Gilas Cadets: Kiefer Ravena Bobby Ray Parks* Kevin Ferrer Mac Belo Mike Tolomia Roger Pogoy Russelle Escoto Jiovanni Jalalon Prince Rivero Rey Nambatac Jom Sollano JV Mocon Raymar Jose CJ Perez** Ken Holqvist** Arnold Van Opstal***

* reportedly asking for a short contract ** among of the prospects *** no offer yet