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Observing physical distancing, construction workers install streamers outside a construction site of a condominium building along J.P. Laurel Avenue in Davao City on Tuesday. Edge Davao

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he Office of the Davao City Planning and Development Coordinator is swarmed by applicants for locational clearance, zoning, building and other permits with at least 500 applications submitted on a weekly basis.

The increase in applications is an indication of Davao City’s booming construction industry and infrastructure development, the city noted.

Assistant City Planning and Development Coordinator Roy Ryan Rigor said the influx of permit applicants on a weekly basis is very high, causing delays in the issuances of permits.

Rigor said the issuance of some permits, such as for locational applications, needed actual surveys by their personnel and this contributed to the delay.

“There are really too

many applications that we receive and it is not only limited to the zoning permits, but there are also a lot more,” he said.

He also underscored submission of incomplete sets of requirements that further slows down the process of issuing the permits.

“There are some clients whose documents have discrepancies, and that causes the delay in the issuance of the permit. Another example is when the area needs to be reclassified and that needs the approval of the city council first,” Rigor said.

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he Office of the Davao City Planning and Development Coordinator is swarmed by applicants for locational clearance, zoning, building and other permits with at least 500 applications submitted on a weekly basis.

The increase in applications is an indication of Davao City’s booming construction industry and infrastructure development, the city noted.

Assistant City Planning and Development Coordinator Roy Ryan Rigor said the influx of permit applicants on a weekly basis is very high, causing delays in the issuances of permits.

Rigor said the issuance of some permits, such as for locational applications, needed actual surveys by their personnel and this contributed to the delay.

“There are really too

many applications that we receive and it is not only limited to the zoning permits, but there are also a lot more,” he said.

He also underscored submission of incomplete sets of requirements that further slows down the process of issuing the permits.

“There are some clients whose documents have discrepancies, and that causes the delay in the issuance of the permit. Another example is when the area needs to be reclassified and that needs the approval of the city council first,” Rigor said.

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TOURISM. President Rodrigo Duterte responds to the discussions during the meeting with the Japanese tourism partners at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, Japan on Wednesday night. PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO

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SPECULATIVE DepEd 11 slams talks schools won’t open unless Covid-19 vaccine is discovered

By MAYA M. PADILLO

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he Department of Education regional office (DepEd 11) asked the public to stop making speculations out of the recent pronouncements of President Rodrigo Duterte on the opening of the new school season.

nouncement has created confusion especially among parents as DepEd has already made announcement to start the classes on August 24, 2020.

Atillo said DepEd will be issuing an official statement soon.

“In the meantime, we urge all to wait for President Dute- una mag-speculate the official announcerte has made sev- sa ma-mahimong ments and never eral comment on epekto sa giluwatang speculate and spread not opening classes pamahayag ni Presi- fake news,” he said. unless a vaccine for dente Duterte kabaDepEd 11 is movCOVID-19 is already hin sa pagpahiula ug ing ahead in preavailable. klase karong pana- paring policies and In a televised ad- hona atubangan sa measures in line dress aired late Mon- COVID-19 pandemic,” with the mandate day night, Duterte DepEd 11 spokes- of the Inter-Agency said he would not risk person Jenielito Task Force (IATF) on the lives of students “Dodong” Atillo told Emerging Infectious without a vaccine.

Edge Davao in an on- Diseases to be imple“Gihangyo namo line interview. mented during enrolang tanan nga dili Duterte’s pro- ment from June 1 to

30, and the start of classes.

“DepEd 11 has come up with an online system for enrolment and with the simple use of your mobile phone you can avail of the enrolment procedures, katong walay gadgets, they can go to the schools but we will be implementing health protocols and we will not really cater you if you are not wearing face masks, not adhering to social distancing in lining up,” Atillo said.

Public school teachers are currently undergoing virtual training to equip themselves for the new school year.

Troops told to remain dedicated in manning Covid-19 facilities

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rmed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief-ofstaff Gen. Felimon Santos Jr. on Tuesday urged military personnel to remain dedicated in serving as front-liners in the battle against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.

“The Covid-19 pandemic is an enemy that requires a different form of sacrifice, commitment, and dedication. While our enemy is unseen and cannot be eliminated by anything in our armory, our greatest asset has and will always be our people.

Our duty to the nation transcends all threats and we in the Armed Forces of the Philippines are capable of fulfilling our mandate to protect the people from all kinds of threats,” Santos said in a statement.

The deployment of AFP personnel in facilities tasked to contain the Covid-19 came after the mil-

A female police officer explains the danger of COVID-19 and how to prevent it to several sex workers during a meeting along Tionko Avenue in Davao City on Tuesday. Edge

itary was named as one of the lead agencies in combatting the pandemic.

The AFP was tasked to provide manpower for clinical and operational support to mega temporary treatment and monitoring facilities and swabbing centers in the country.

A total of 382 military doctors, nurses, support and security personnel, and medical aides are currently deployed at facilities in World Trade Center (WTC), Ninoy Aquino Stadium (NAS), Rizal Memorial Coliseum (RMC) and Enderun Mega Swabbing Center (EMSC).

The 502-bed WTC facility located in Pasay City is being manned by Emergency Medical Teams (EMTs) composed of 87 medical personnel, which consists of 18 Medical Corps officers, 30 Nurse Corps Officers, and 39 medical assistants.

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Establishment of bike lanes being studied

By MAYA M. PADILLO

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avao City’s biking community expressed elation after Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio announced that establishment of bike lanes is now being studied.

“Gi-discuss na namo with City Transport and Traffic Management Office (CTTMO) to study ang bike lane na puwede i-implement,” she said in an interview with government-run Davao City Disaster Radio (DCDR) 87.5 on Tuesday.

Mary Ann Fuertes, a bike advocate, could not hide her happiness upon hearing the news.

“Finally! Ma-prioritize ug ma-realize na ang tanan,” she said.

Fuertes, who rides a bike when doing errands, said in a phone interview that a bike lane is very important amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Gamit kaayo karon ang bike kay dili kaayo safe kung magtaxi or musakay ta ug

jeep kay enclosed,” she said.

She said bike lanes keep the bikers safe on the road.

“Mahadlok ko sa kalsada ug makulbaan ko kung mu-cross ko sa highway nga gabike. Magpadaplin ra jud ko,” she said.

Fuertes said that amidst the pandemic, it is important to stay healthy and biking is another way to stay fit.

“Nalipay ko ug daghan nalipay ani na nga mga workers nga ga-bike padulong sa ilang workplaces,” she said.

The establishment of bike racks is also important to secure the bikes, she added.

E nv i ro n m e n t a l group Interface Development Interventions (IDIS) has been advocating for the establishment of bike lanes in Davao City saying that biking is safer to the environment.

Chinkee PeliñoGolle, executive director of IDIS, said in a ?ESTABLISHMENT, P9

Galvez orders probe on Maguindanao blast

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AGUINDANAO – Presidential Peace Adviser Carlito G. Galvez Jr. on Tuesday called for an impartial investigation of the explosion in Barangay Kitango, Datu Saudi Ampatuan (DSA), Maguindanao, which claimed the lives of two children and wounded several others on Sunday (May 24).

Galvez said he has already directed the government’s peace mechanisms to investigate the incident which happened during the celebration of Eid’l Fitr, the occasion which marked the conclusion of the holy month of Ramadan.

“We are saddened by what transpired on Sunday. We would like to assure our Moro brothers and sisters that we shall leave no stone unturned as we seek justice for the victims,” Galvez said.

He appealed to the residents who have been affected by the

ongoing armed conflict, as well as the leadership of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), “for calmness and sobriety as authorities conduct an investigation on the incident.”

According to reports prior to the incident, members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) carried out simultaneous acts of harassment against military detachments and killed soldiers manning quarantine control points.

Quarantine control points have been established in communities across the country to ensure the strict implementation of community quarantine protocols as part of the government’s measures to curb the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).

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President Rodrigo Duterte holds a meeting with members of the Inter-Agency Task Force on the Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) at the Malago Clubhouse in Malacañang on Monday night. PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO

54 D1 barangays get trikes, motorbikes from Cong. Pulong

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ll 54 barangays in the 1st Congressional District in Davao City are given additional mobility to enforce quarantine regulations during the Covid-19 crisis and beyond with the turnover last Friday of the vehicles last Friday to barangay captains.

The vehicles consisting mostly of tricycles, motorcycles fitted with sidecars, and a few motorcycles. The vehicles, all brand new, were donated by friends and supporters of Rep. Paolo “Pulong” Z. Duterte, who was unable to attend the

turnover administered by his chief of staff Jay Villarica and consultant James Vergara.

Congressman Duterte is still in Manila attending to his duties in the House of Representatives.

The motorcycles and tricycles are de-

signed to penetrate sidestreets, backstreets and footpaths too narrow they cannot be penetrated by four-wheel vehicles when enforcing quarantine protocols and other sundry duties of the barangay local governments, Villarica told Edge Davao.

Barangay Capt.

Rolando Trajera of the huge Barangay 76-A said the motorcycle that he received from the presidential son was very timely and useful.

“Please tell Rep. Duterte that our barangay is very grateful for the additional mobility, coming as it does that we have

so many puroks and communities to reach daily in our big barangay which straddles both sides of the Davao River mouth.

Captain Jessie Mar Culaste of Barangay Dumoy, another huge community with more than 30 housing subdivisions, said that with the tricycle, the barangay tanods (volunteer guards?

Can now penetrate the narrow alleys of the puroks to enforce lockdown protocols such as wearing face masks, social distancing and stay at home in the barangay. ANTONIO M. AJERO ( With a report from RG ALAMA/PIA)

to DCWD General Manager Edwin Regalado, the veteran city lawmaker asked the water district to immediately look into the complaints of residents of barangays Ubalde and Lapulapu about the water they’re getting

out of their faucets.

The complaints referred by Dayanghirang were posted by residents of the two barangays in their Facebook accounts.

The councilor included in his email to Regalado some screen shots

of the contaminated water being referred to by the complainants.

One photo shows very black liquid coming oit of faucets while the other image showed rust-colored water.ANTONIO M. AJERO

Danny to DCWD: Probe ‘dirty’ water in Agdao

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O U N C I L OR Danilo C. Dayanghirang asked Monday officials of the Davao City Water District to investigate why DCWD faucets in Agdao are gushing out obviously contaminated water.

In an email sent

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Wearing a face mask, a vendor sells bamboo coin banks on a sidewalk in Malaybalay City on Sunday. MindaNews photo by H. MARCOS C. MORDENO

House panel approves P1.3-T economic stimulus package

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he House Defeat Covid-19 Committee (DCC) approved on Tuesday an economic stimulus package worth around PHP1.3 trillion to help the economy recover from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

stimulus program is meant to ensure business operations and job retention in this time of Covid-19 pandemic,” Romualdez said.

The bill seeks to mandate immediate mass testing for Covid-19 with an allocation of PHP10 bilMajority Leader economic growth, lion for this year and Martin Romualdez, maintain employment another PHP10 billion the chairperson of levels, and expand the next year. the DCC, said the pro- productive capacity of Wage subsidies posed Philippine Eco- the country in the af- worth PHP110 bilnomic Stimulus Act termath of Covid-19. lion shall be granted (PESA) aims to restore “The economic to non-essential busi-

DTI pushes for urgent passage of Covid-19 stimulus package

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he Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is seeking the urgent passage of the proposed Philippine Economic Stimulus Act of 2020 (PESA), which aims to provide immediate assistance to workers and businesses and help the economy recover from the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.

“We affirm the need to help sustain the income of workers and businesses adversely impacted by the pandemic as we gradually reopen our economy,” Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez said in a statement

Monday.

Under the PESA bill, the government will earmark PHP1.3 trillion as a post-pandemic stimulus package, which includes a budget of PHP650 billion for an expanded infrastructure program on healthcare, education, and food security.

“By providing working capital assistance, technical and entrepreneurial education, and financial management, among others, we will be able to protect Filipinos by ensuring businesses will continue operating post-lockdown and help turn the tide ?DTI, P9

nesses, freelancers, the self-employed, and repatriated overseas Filipino workers.

PHP30 billion shall be allocated for the cash for work program of the Department of Labor and Employment.

The bill shall also provide allocations for loans for various sectors, which include: - loans for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) worth P50 billion for ?HOUSE, P10 ?HIRNA, P10

ON THE WAY HOME. Personnel from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) assist overseas Filipino workers heading home to their respective provinces during a send-off at the Parañaque Integrated Terminal Exchange on Monday (May 25, 2020). The Department of Labor

he Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has released the new schedule and procedure for the submission of annual financial statements and the general information sheet (GIS) after the enhanced community quarantine.

The Commission has issued SEC Memorandum Circular No. 18 Series of 2020 requiring corporations to file their annual financial statements for fiscal years ending November 30, 2019 and December 31, 2019 according to the last numerical digit of their registration or license numbers.

Corporations with 1 and 2 as the last numerical digits of their registration or license numbers need to file their annual financial statements on June 29, 30, and July 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.

Those with registration or license numbers ending 3 and 4 should submit their financial statements on July 13, 14, 15, 16, 17; ending 5 and 6 on July 20, 21, 22, 23, 24; ending 7 and 8 on July 27, 28, 29, 30; and ending 9 and 0 on August 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.

The coding schedule does not apply to publicly listed companies, issuers of registered securities, investment companies, issuers of proprietary and non-proprietary

shares/ timeshares and public companies, which shall file their 2019 financial statements by June 30 or, if applicable, within 60 days from the lifting of travel restrictions, pursuant to SEC Memorandum Circular No. 5 Series of 2020.

To maintain an organized and orderly filing of annual reports, the SEC encourages corporations to observe the prescribed schedule.

The Commission, however, shall allow companies to file their annual reports ahead of schedule to ensure compliance.

Late filings shall be accepted starting August 10, 2020 and shall be subject to the prescribed penalties which shall be computed from the date of the last day of filing schedule.

The SEC shall require all corporations to submit the hard copies of their annual reports through mail or courier under the SEC Express Nationwide Submission (SENS) facility to provide adequate protection to its frontline service personnel from undue exposure to the risk of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).

All reports shall be delivered to the SEC Head Office located on the ground floor of the Secretariat Building in ?NEW, P10 ?DTI, P10

and Employment (DOLE) vowed to send home around 24,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) stuck in quarantine centers in Metro Manila within the next three days upon the instructions of President Rodrigo Duterte. (PNA photo by Avito C. Dalan)

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Vegetable gardening in the cities

By HENRYLITO D. TACIO

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n these days of the dreaded coronavirus diseases 2019 (COVID-19), people are staying at home. Aside from doing exercises, watching television, playing videogames, and checking their social media accounts, people are eating more – and cooking.

As a result, prices of luscious fruits and fresh vegetables have gone up. To ensure that there would be continued supply of adequate food at reasonable prices to Filipino consumers throughout the country, the Department of Agriculture has launched the Plant, Plant, Plant Program or Ahon, Pagkaing Sapat (ALPAS) Laban sa COVID-19.

“The threat of hunger is as real as the threat of COVID-19,” said Agriculture Secretary William Dar in a press statement. Aside from adequately addressing food security, the initiative also tackles on efficient food processing, marketing and distribution to major consumption centers.

Most of those who are deeply affected with the scarcity of supply and higher prices of vegetables are people from the cities. After all, most of the farmers are living in the rural areas. But still, urbanites can still grow vegetables.

It’s not a new thing that people in the urban areas are growing vegetables. In the 1990s, the Beijing government decided that urban agriculture was an important way to meet the city’s food needs. Today, farming in, around, and near Beijing not only provides residents with safer, healthier food, it also keeps farmers in business.

“Urban agriculture refers not merely to the growing of food crops and fruit trees but that it also encompasses the raising of animals, poultry, fish, bees, rabbits, guinea pigs, or other livestock considered edible locally,” explains Dr. Irene Tinker, an Amer-

ican professor in the department of city and regional planning at the University of California.

In the Philippines, there is a presidential decree which obliged owners – or entitled others with owners’ permission – to cultivate unused private lands and some public lands adjoining streets or highways in Metro Manila. In Davao City, the “Gulayan sa Barangay” pushes for the growth and propagation of organically-grown vegetables.

Early this month, the regional office of the agriculture department has established 384 “gulayan sa barangay” in Davao City, particularly in Anggalan, Balingaeng, Manuel Guinga, New Valencia, Tacunan, and Talandang all in Tugbok District.

The New York-based United Nations Development Program estimates that 800 million people are involved in urban farming around the world, with the majority in Asian cities. Of these, 200 million produce food primarily for the market, but the great majority raise food for their own families.

“Urban agriculture can be one of the most important factors in improving childhood nutrition, by increasing both access to food and nutrition,” wrote Brian Halweil and Danielle Nierenberg in their collaborative report published by Washington, D.C.-based Worldwatch Institute.

Another advantage: farms in the city can often supply markets on a more regular basis than distant rural farms can, particularly when refrigeration is scarce or during a rainy season

when roads are bad.

Beyond providing jobs and good nutrition, urban farming can have a whole range of other health benefits. Research has connected gardening to reducing risks of obesity, heart disease, diabetes, and occupational injuries. For urban folks especially, working with plants and being in the outdoors can both prevent illness and help with healing.

Wayne Roberts of the Toronto Food Policy Council sees urban agriculture as the “new frontier in public health,” benefiting health twice: first, by supplying urbanites with more foods and, second, by affording them the exercise involved in raising food.

You don’t need a bigger area to plant vegetables. In fact, all you need to have is a space of 100 square meters and you can have vegetables throughout the year. The Mindanao Baptist Rural Life Center (MBRLC) Foundation, Inc. in Kinuskusan, Bansalan, Davao del Sur has been promoting a sustainable vegetable gardening scheme since the 1970s.

MBRLC calls it Food Always In The Home, or FAITH for short. The recommended garden size is only 6 x 16 meters. “With that miniscule space, you can harvest pesticide-free fresh vegetables throughout 365 days,” assures Jethro P. Adang, the center’s director.

“We want people to know the importance of consuming vegetables to protect them from malnutrition,” explains Adang of why the center came up with such kind of vegetable gardening.

“With minimum capital and lots of native enterprise, a family can be assured of a steady supply of nutritious food – and even extra income.”

The most fertile area in the backyard should be selected for this type of garden, Adang says. It should contain humus, a form of plant food. The types of soil needed for vegetable gardening are loam, silt-loam, or clay loam.

“Establish the garden on a light slope to

provide drainage, especially during rainy season,” Adang suggests. “If the area is flat, dig drainage channels or ditches around the planting site.

The garden site must also receive sunshine throughout the day as growing plants need sunshine to manufacture food.”

In addition, the garden site should be located near water sources.

“Water is very important particularly during the dry season,” Adang adds.

“During rainy season, however, canals must be built to drain the water out from the garden plots.”

The garden is divided equally into three sections, with half of each section held in reserve for replanting. One section is planted with short-term vegetables that will be ready for use in two to four months such as soybeans, tomatoes, pechay, cowpeas, string beans, radish, and sweet corn.

The second section is for crops which can produce vegetables for six to nine months such as ampalaya, okra, onions, garlic, eggplant, winged beans, golden squash, alugbati, and ginger. Vegetables that will produce for 11 to 12 months are grown on the third section like patani, kulitis, sayote, kangkong,

sweet potato, gabi, and kadios.

Aside from vegetables, you can also have a supply of fresh fruits.

Along the boundary of the garden, Adang suggests planting of permanent and semi-permanent crops. Among these are malunggay, papaya, pineapple, calamansi, and guava.

For fencing purposes, nitrogen-fixing species like Flemingia macrophylla, Desmodium rensonii, Gliricidia sepium (kakawate), and Indigofera anil are planted; these can also be used as sources of fertilizer as green manure.

FAITH garden has what other vegetable gardens don’t have: basket composts. It is a series of raised garden beds set with bamboo baskets, about one foot in diameter and depth.

The baskets are filled with little animal manure and some decomposed organic garbage and packed with leaves of leguminous trees and shrubs. If basket composts are too laborious to do, you can also make trench composts.

If animal manure is not available, the leaves of leguminous trees and shrubs that are planted as fence may do the trick. These are stuffed into the basket or trench composts to provide ni-

trogen and other nutrients needed by growing crops. “You can immediately use the composts without waiting for the usual three- to fourmonth period as is necessary in the old method of composting,” Adang says.

However, the time to plant seeds or seedlings around the basket or trench composts depends on the state of decomposition of materials inside the compost. “If the materials at the bottom part are nearly decomposed, seeds and/or seedlings can be planted right away,” Adang says.

“But if most of the materials are still fresh, planting may be done two to three weeks later."

Like most gardening, good management is necessary. The reserved areas should be planted in time so that there would be continuous supply of vegetables throughout the year. Since sweet potato, alugbati, and kangkong are crawling plants, these should be planted in separate beds one meter wide and 6 meters long with a distance of 50 centimeters between beds. The plants should be set 20 centimeters apart.

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PRESIDENTIAL PEACE ADVISER Be significant

With the situation the Philippines is facing amidst the coronavirus threat, it takes everyone’s utmost patience, understanding and compassion to get the country through the hill.

Hence, businesses must first take consideration of their workers rather than their profits or losses. The reason why the community quarantine is not working 100 percent is that the lowly workers are forced to report to work under fear of losing their jobs and not earning their keep. The spectre of having no mey to feed their families is a far bigger threat than dying because of the virus.

In the minds of the ordinary folks: “We will die just the same.”

Only those who have enough food in their pantry, those who can afford to panic shop, and those who can afford to order online for deliveries will survive. But for the bigger chunk of the society, the equation remains “no work, no food.”

Thus, it is a welcome relief that there are initially 10 companies made the supreme sacrifice of to compensate their workers during the Luzon-wide enhanced community quarantine period. This will greatly help those in Metro Manila where people still go to work

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despite the order.

The 10 firms reported by the Department of Labor to have made the compensation package are Aboitiz, Asian Terminal/Solaire Resort Hotel, Ayala Group of Companies, JG Summit, Jollibee, Lucio Tan Group, Manny V. Pangilinan Group, San Miguel Corporation, SM and Udenna Group.These firms answered the call of President Rodrigo Duterte to take care of their workers and employees during this time of national emergency.

DOLE Secretary Silvestre Bello III lauded the companies and said their compassion and good example should inspire other enterprises whose source of wealth is the labor of their workforce.

While big companies can take some hit, it is a different story for smaller firms and this is where the government should come in. For sure, there are already some formulation to this effect being done.

For now, the best thing to do for everyone is to try to be significantly helpful instead of adding up to the problem and it all starts with following orders.

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PLANDEMIC? The Wuhan virus is gripping the world in total fear and fright.

It has rendered even the world economy in shambles and is obviously on its knees.

The US, UK, even China where the Wuhan corona virus originated, Singapore, European Union, Japan, North and South America, Africa, Australia-Oceania are reeling from the unmitigated global health hazard.

The Philippines is not excluded from the list of victims.

Here, the President was forced to declare recently that until a vaccine for the CoVid19 is found soon, there will be no opening of classes on Aug. 24 as Dep-Ed Sec. Leonila Briones announced.

Filipinos are in total disarray as even the local government units cannot make heads or tails on what to do with returning OFWs in their respective hometowns.

The nation continues its reliance on the World Health Organization as the DOH parrots the former’s lines that a second wave of the dreadful menace is forthcoming if stricter protocols are not observed and maintained.

Yet, there is another school of thought that is not being seriously entertained hereabouts concerning a looming plot to expand the pandemic into a “PLANDEMIC” leading to the eventual formation of a One World Government (or

New World Order, New World Economy).

The world’s richest and royal dynasties – the Rothschilds, Rockefellers, Bill Gates, George Soros and their ilk – are reportedly members of the legendary Illuminati, a not so secret society that con-

rus until it became necessary to do so in March, more than 2 months after the virus erupted in December 31, 2019.

Gates, whose Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is spearheading the scientific search for the corona vaccine and has already sunk $10B in

Gates has already suggested the implanting of a microchip alongside the vaccination scheme to accelerate the use of cashless transactions and digitalized system to lighten the burden of manual accounting work.

What this means is that

trols the world economy as a shadow government and is now bent on de-populating the world so that it will be easier to domesticate.

The Ethiopian Tedros, WHO Director General, appears to be in an uncanny closer than friendly terms with China and initially downplayed the outbreak of the Wuhan vi-

this endeavor, estimates that the cure could be released in 18 months.

Which means, the timetable is sometime between June – August 2021. Gates insists that all 7 billion citizens of the world must be vaccinated – old and young, babies and adults, men and women, senior citizens, PWDs, etc.

no one can buy or sell or make any transaction without a microchip implanted either in his right hand or tattooed in any part of his body.

Bible scholars and theologians say this is the objective of the anti-Christ as prophesied in Rev. 13:16-17 that reads: “He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and

When the ‘pastillas scheme’ in the Bureau of Immigration was exposed on February 17, 2020 in the Senate, one of the issues raised up is the need to review and amend the prewar Commonwealth Act No. 613, or the Philippine Immigration Act of 1940, enacted on January 22, 1940.

Twenty-eight years ago, i.e., 1992, Zafiro L. Respicio, then immigration commissioner and former Batasan assemblyman, lobbied lawmakers in Congress to update and amend the law; his pleas fell on deaf ears. Politicians then were more preoccupied with seeking favors from the new national dispensation following the collapse the much-criticized Marcos administration.

Immigration was an issue debated when the clamor for Philippine independence from the United States was debated. Vicente G. Bunuan, director of the Philippine press bureau in the Washington Office of the Philippine Commission of Independence, in The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science on Aviation (May 1927), wrote about it.

“To a Philippine nation the problem of international security would be of the gravest character. This embraces the disturbing questions of imperialism, militarization, extraterritoriality, mass immigration, economic penetration, and

involvement in the imponderable and turbulent Asian militarized politics.”

Sad to say, Respicio, due to the betrayal of a bosom friend, was embroiled in a controversy that involved the escape of 11 Indian drug traffickers, which was not his own doing.

Bureau of Investigation for drug-related issues, should have been prosecuted and litigated in domestic courts before they were deported.

Had they been found guilty they should have been required to serve sentence before they could leave Philippine shores.

years of imprisonment and a fine of P5,000.

The immigration agency was previously under the Bureau of Customs in 1899 by virtue of Act No. 702 of the Philippine Commission.

In 1937, it became a division of the Bureau of Labor.

Interestingly, this transfer

Although his signature appeared on the document, it was a presidential sister who convinced a Davao politician to persuade the commissioner to sign documents while the former was celebrating his birthday.

Trusting that the insistence of a fellow street parliamentarian was not to his downfall, Respicio confidently signed the release papers.

Under Philippine laws, the Indians, arrested by operatives of the National

Curiously, erstwhile acting justice and now labor secretary Silvestre Bello III was also linked to Respicio’s appointment as immigration commissioner and his name tied up to the snafu.

The case led to the filing in court of graft and falsification charges, which led to Respicio’s conviction.

After finding him guilty in the Sandiganbayan, the Supreme Court, in 2011, upheld the anti-graft court’s ruling meting six years to 12

of supervision “was mainly to respond to the arrival of Chinese nationals who owned and operated trade houses, stores and restaurants in the country,” which resonates strongly today in the ‘pastillas scheme.’

Under the Immigration Act of 1940, the bureau was placed under the directorial supervision of the Office of the President and later became an attached agency of the justice department before it was returned to the

poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name.”

Gates, American infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci, Soros, Tedros and movers of the Deep State group that include ex-president Barack Obama and ex-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton – are rumored to be in cahoots with the Illuminati in pushing for the New World Order using the UN as its platform.

Gates and his Microsoft company are employing sophisticated media and communication technologies spreading subliminal messages that the Wuhan virus is here to stay even if a vaccine is eventually discovered and released – and the scarred-to-death citizens and governments of the world are biting it hook, line and sinker.

Lucifer’s agents are almost everywhere. Has the anti-Christ arrived?

Anyway, from where I sit, the government is more inclined to follow the WHO directives – unless Duque is replaced promptly by somebody whose perspective is more extensive and more capable. ##### (Email your feedback to fredlumba@yahoo.com.) Heb. 11:6: “And without faith, it is impossible to please God.”

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control of the President.

After the war, the bureau was again placed under the supervision and control of the labor department. Not too long thereafter, it was moved again to the justice department where it has remained ever since. In 1972, it was renamed as Commission on Immigration and Deportation (BID). Under Executive Order No. 292, or the Administrative Code of 1987, signed by President Corazon C. Aquino on July 25, 1987, it was renamed as Bureau of Immigration.

The bureau’s three major functions are: (i) to act as key enforcement arm in ensuring foreigners within the country’s territorial jurisdiction comply with existing laws; (ii) assist domestic and international law enforcement agencies in securing the State against foreigners whose presence or stay may be considered threats to national security, public safety, public morals and public health; and (ii) to act as chief repository of all immigration records related to entry, temporary sojourn, admission, residence and departure of all foreigners in the country.

Despite his predicament, Respicio, now deceased, should be consoled to know that finally the prewar immigration law he fought for to be reviewed, updated, and amended is finally getting the attention of the Senate.

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An immersive opportunity: Malayan Colleges Mindanao launches Digital Learning Bootcamp 2020

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alayan Colleges Mindanao, a Mapúa School announced its first Digital Learning Bootcamp 2020, inviting all SHS and College students in Mindanao to experience the first fully integrated online learning system in the region — MCM Digital — and get the opportunity to use MCM’s powerful online learning tools for FREE! This Digital Learning Bootcamp will be held on June 1 to 13, 2020 and is described as an immersive experience inside MCM’s Online Learning System, aiming to demonstrate and give participants an opportunity to immerse them-

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learning tools such as Blackboard Learn, Blackboard Collaborate, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Panopto, Wiley Plus, and Cengage Learning to complete learning tasks designed for incoming Grade 11 and 1st Year College students.

These tasks will be delivered in either synchronous or asynchronous learning sessions to allow for participants to get a feel for the different modalities of remote learning provided by MCM. In order for participants to maximize the online learning experience, they will need a device such as a computer unit, laptop or a tablet; and internet connectivity of at least 1 Mbps for asynchronous sessions and at least 2 Mbps for synchronous sessions.

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ESTABLISHMENT from 3 phone interview that the group’s efforts have slowly gaining positive results.

“Ang Sustainable Davao Movement, nagsulat mi kay mayor last week or the other week requesting mayor Inday to study the establishment of bike lane sa Davao or establish an alternative bike route or mag-declare ang LGU nga kini nga area is safe para sa mga naga-bike padulong sa ilang workplaces,” Pelino said.

The group believes that the city is prioritizing the implementation of the bus system first before the bike lane.

“So amo gi-request kay mayor is to designate bike routes and temporary bike lane to secure the bikers,” she said.

Pelino cited the “Bicycle Ordinance of Davao City” which was filed by the late Councilor Leonardo Avila

III in 2002, but did not reach full implementation.

“Sa provision sa ordinance it was stated nga naay bike lanes ug i-promote ang biking and cycling in Davao as alternative mode of transportation as it is safer to environment kay walay emission,” she said.

Last year, the group advocated for the approval of the proposed Bike Hours and Days ordinance to promote cycling as a sustainable means of transport in Davao City.

In the proposed draft, the group lobbied for no-car zones in some parts of the city from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. during Saturdays and Sundays.

The group vowed to make adjustments in the proposal in consideration of the city government’s bus transport system planned for initial implementation.

Acting on Galvez’s directive, the Coordinating Committee on the Cessation of Hostilities (CCCH) together with the International Monitoring Team (IMT), has already started its investigation on the incident.

Based on the Implementing Operational and Administrative Guidelines and Ground Rules of the Agreement of General Cessation of Hostilities (AGCH), “the CCCH shall promptly conduct motu proprio or as directed by the GRP-MILF Peace Panels, conduct an inquiry on alleged violations of the cessation of hostilities pursuant to the Implementing Guidelines and Ground Rules.” “(The CCCH shall) conduct an inquiry, prepare a report and recommend appropriate action on matters pertaining the alleged violations/infractions of the provisions of the implementing Guidelines and Ground Rules of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines-Moro Islamic Liberation Front (GRP-MILF) AGCH,” the AGCH added.

The IMT shall then release the results of the investigation after coordinating with the CCCH of both the government and the MILF

through Joint Field Verification Mission.

BARRM, AFP to conduct parallel investigation On Monday, Western Mindanao Command chief Lt. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana met with the officials of the BARMM to address the incident.

Sobejana said the security forces, the local government leaders of the BARMM, and other stakeholders have agreed to collectively work to hasten resolution of the case through the conduct an "honest and parallel investigation."

"We will let the Bayanihan spirit work to give justice to the victims and ensure the protection of the people from harm," Sobejana said.

Among those who attended the meeting are Datu Saudi Ampatuan town Mayor Resty Sindatok; Minister of the Interior and Local Government-BARMM lawyer Naguib Sinarimbo; Joint Task Force Central Commander Maj. Gen. Diosdado Carreon; 1st Mechanized Brigade Commander Brig. Gen. Efren Baluyot; 601st IBde officer in-charge Col. Joel Mamon; and other military officers.

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for businesses and workers affected by the health crisis,” Lopez said.

The proposed law will also allot PHP300 billion for the National Emergency and Investment Corp., which seeks to “minimize the damage” wrought by Covid-19 to the economy; PHP200 billion for wage subsidies and the grant of interest-free loans to assist micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), including businesses labeled “non-essential” during the lockdown; as well as PHP128 billion for the Credit Mediation and Restructuring

Guarantee Fund, an expanded loan program that will cover all “critically-impacted businesses” nationwide, among others.

The bill is aimed at restoring business confidence and operations, as well as preventing business closure prior to the imposition of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ).

It has also been the subject of many consultations and hearings under the Committees on Economic Affairs under Chairperson Sharon Garin and Trade and Industry under Chairman Wes Gatchalian,

which consolidates the proposals of Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Salceda and Marikina Rep. Stella Luz Quimbo.

Lopez thanked the House of Representatives led by Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano and Majority Leader Martin Romualdez for their strong support to revive the economy.

“Businesses have already lost a significant amount of income due to the challenges in logistics brought about by the ECQ,” Lopez said.

He said more businesses will be able to operate as the country works towards

the gradual lifting of the quarantine, but at lower capacities due to limited capital resources that dwindled during the quarantine period.

“There are also strict health measures that are being imposed and the firms would need working capital loans,” he added. “At a very critical time such as this, we must not only ensure a safe working environment for our citizens, but also continue to find means to support, and more importantly save the jobs of those adversely affected to facilitate faster economic recovery.” (PR)

composts. These two legumes are the main providers of proteins.

Other plants which are good sources of protein are soybeans and string beans.

Some crawling vegetables like cucumber, ampalaya, and patola (should be provided with trellis; otherwise the vines will become a problem later on.

In Silang, Cavite, the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction (IIRR) has also come-up with bio-intensive gardening (BIG). Bio-intensive is an umbrella term

used to describe several methods of growing vegetables in a small space.

“The BIG intensive approach to smallscale household level food production differs considerably from the conventional gardening systems because of its stress on deep bed preparation, nutrient recycling, building up of the soil’s biological base, diversified cropping, use of indigenous cultivars or locally adapted varieties and its emphasis on a balanced and integrated ecosystem,” explains Julian F. Gonsalves, who

promoted the scheme in the 1980s yet.

When BIG was introduced in Negros Occidental in 1986, the rate of malnutrition dropped from 40% to 25% two years later.

Like FAITH, BIG requires a small lot – 200 to 500 square feet. “A variety of vegetables and crops can be grown in a surprisingly small area, allowing for year-round harvests,” Gonsalves says.

Meanwhile, the number of hungry people living in cities is growing at alarming

rate, according to a recent report released by the UN Food and Agriculture. While malnutrition in rural areas is still a big problem in terms of actual numbers of people – of the 852 million people worldwide who are undernourished, 75% live in rural areas – urban residents, particularly children, also suffer from food shortages as well as micronutrient deficiencies.

With COVID-19 still rampaging around the world, it is high time for urban residents to grow their own vegetables.

But Porter, who is known for his aggressive fighting style, liked that Pacquiao had a similar mindset.

"You know me -- I like the war," said Porter. "I like the battle, and I like the excitement. For those reasons, I would pick Manny."

"Even me as the boxer, because just like when I get in the ring

and I get people up on their feet, that's what Manny Pacquiao did," he also said. "Floyd's been able to do it, but not as much."

"It was a different level to the excitement.

They're two different fighters."

Moreover, Porter noted that Pacquiao is more beloved by fans than Mayweather.

"If you look around

the world, more people appreciate Manny.

More people respect and adore Manny than dislike him [than] Floyd Mayweather," he said.

"When Manny Pacquiao goes out and he walks up and down the street, more people are willing to shake his hand and say hi to him than make a mean mug or wanna con-

front him or anything like that."

The 32-year-old Porter (30-3-1) is ranked fifth in the welterweight division by The RING Magazine.

His father and trainer, Kenny Porter, has said in a May 2020 interview that they are hoping for a fight against Pacquiao, the current WBA "super" welterweight champion.

from his bosses at Turner Sports. “(The NBA is) gonna make a decision in the next week,” Barkley told Finebaum, according to thescore. com. “I’m 100 percent sure we’re going to play. I know my friends in Major League Baseball are going to play. I know that the hockey league is going to play.

I think the pro football and the college football, they have to sit back and see how it goes for us. ...

“I do know this, talking to my bosses

at Turner: We’re going to play basketball. It’s gonna be in Florida and (Las) Vegas, or just Florida.”

Finebaum asked Barkley about the upcoming college football season, with the fate of play uncertain as different states deal with different realities within the pandemic.

“One thing I hope they don’t do is separate the teams and play the haves and the have-nots. I think that would be awful for the game,” Barkley said.

“They are going to

have a month or two of (hockey, baseball and basketball) to see how it goes before they have to make a really big decision -- either play, delay or not play.

“College football and pro football, obviously they are the two King Kongs of the sports world, but they’ve got the longest leeway before they have to make a decision.”

The Monday interview came a day after Barkley made headlines for his work Sunday as a commentator

on the charity golf match featuring Tiger Woods, Peyton Manning, Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady. Barkley mocked Brady’s poor play until Brady fired back after sinking a chip shot from the fairway.

“I was just really glad the guys had some fun,” Barkley told Finebaum. “You know, when you do events like that, if the guys are not having fun, it’s really boring. ... It was awesome, and it gave us something to do on a Sunday afternoon.”

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A hauler loaded with sugar cane traverses along a road in Brgy. Dologon, Maramag, Bukidnon on its way to the sugar factory of Busco Sugar Milling Corp. on Tuesday. Edge Davao

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officers and seven enlisted personnel (EP) are tasked to man the Command and Administrative Section.

The Task Group WTC CARE who leads the operation, in coordination with the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) and external linkages with other agencies has been able to conduct admission, transfer, and discharge of 385 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).

Of this number, 62 OFWs came from the United Arab Emirates and 323 from the Maldives.

Meanwhile, the 112-bed NAS facility in Manila is being managed by 65 medical personnel from AFP Health Service Command.

Augmenting the EMTs are six medical service officers and seven enlisted per-

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of masks and maintenance of physical distancing protocols and no sharing of equipment when applicable are observed."

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sonnel as the Command Group. The teams in NAS properly administered the admission of 132 Covid-19 positive patients.

The NAS facility also conducted swabbing to test RT-PCR of the admitted patients and forwarded the same to proper medical research authorities, as well as managed radiology services to patients.

The facility has so far treated 108 Covid-19 recovered patients.

Meanwhile, the RMC facility in Manila which has 97 beds has a unique workforce composition.

It is run by 41 emergency medical technicians comprised of four medical officers; three dental officers; 11 Nurse Corps Officers; three regular ensigns from the Philippine Navy who are also stated that facilities which cater to the said sports can reopen but they will be "limited to basic operation."

Despite Davao

professional nurses; four newly recruited EP nurses from the Philippine Army; and 16 EP serving as medical assistants.

It is on its sixth day of operation and is presently catering and managing 13 Covid-19 positive patients.

Meanwhile, the EMSC in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City has a total of 54 swabbing booths that can accommodate a minimum of 900 clients in a day.

The AFP deployed 50 personnel from the Philippine Army, Philippine Air Force, and Philippine Navy to operate the facility with complementary manpower from the Bases Conversion Development Authority, Department of Health, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, Department of Labor and City's Covid-19 status going down gradually to General Community Quarantine beginning May 16, Mayor Sara kept the courses closed to avoid the

Employment, Department of Public Works and Highways and the National Security Council.

The facility opened on May 24 with the unique mission of arranging, collecting, and transporting oral and nasopharyngeal swab specimens for Covid-19 testing. It has administered the initial swabbing of 101 patients coming from Taguig City.

“The AFP takes pride in our military doctors, nurses, medical aid, support, and security personnel who continue to operate and stand their ground in the battle against the Covid-19 pandemic. They remain dedicated to their duties, risking their own well-being to ensure the safety of Filipinos affected by the dreaded disease,” he said. (PNA)

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2020 and PHP45 billion for 2021 under the Small Business Corporation; interest-free loans worth PHP50 billion under the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) and the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP); - and loan guarantee amounting to PHP40 billion by the Philippine Guarantee Corporation.

Other forms of assistance shall receive funding under the bill, including PHP10 billion as additional assistance for MSMEs this year; PHP58 billion for the tourism industry; PHP75 billion for the transporta-

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PICC Complex, Pasay City by the Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) or the courier service chosen by the filer.

Prior to the Covid-19 outbreak in the country, the Comscheduled spread of the dreaded mission virus through shar- the filing of annual fiing of equipment, nancial statements for carts and interaction April 20 to May 22 unamong players, cad- der SEC Memorandum dies, and club em- Circular No. 2 Series of 2020. ployees.

tion industry; PHP44 billion for the manufacturers, importers, exporters, and service sectors; and PHP66 billion for the agri-fishery sector.

PHP25 billion shall be allotted this year and another P25 billion next year to the National Development Company (NDC) in order to minimize permanent damage to the economy and enable faster recovery of certain critically-impacted businesses.

The proposed bill will also include an enhanced "Build, Build, Build" program worth PHP650 billion in three years starting 2021. (PNA) Meanwhile, the GIS should have been submitted within 30 calendar days from the actual annual stockholders’ or members’ meeting for stock and nonstock corporations.

In the case of foreign corporations, the GIS was due 30 calendar days from the anniversary of the issuance of their SEC licenses. (PR)

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The NBA plans to return to action in July at Disney World's ESPN Wide World of Sports complex.

Barkley: Forfeit series if player gets virus

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harles Barkley laid out a possible ugly scenario for the NBA postseason if it is played this summer amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The Hall of Famer believes teams should be eliminated from the playoffs if one of their players tests positive for COVID-19.

“I think the one thing we’ve to go do is, how are we going

ing to have to forfeit a series if any of their players, not even their best player, gets the virus.

“You’re going to have to sequester the entire team, and they to handle if one of our are going to have to players gets infected,” forfeit a round of the Barkley said Monday playoffs. They are goon ESPN’s “The Paul ing to be gone for the Finebaum Show.” playoffs.

“That to me is the “It would be devtricky part. You can’t astating for us in the stop the playoffs. I NBA if the Milwaukee think a team is just go- Bucks got taken out,

even if it’s a guy who just is sitting on the bench, you would have to take the whole Milwaukee Bucks team, and the great player Giannis (Antetokounmpo), they would lose in the first round of the playoffs.

“This stuff is just uncharted waters.

We’re going to have to learn as we go.”

Barkley added that both the nature of the game and the prospec-

tive living quarters for the players could put them at risk of infection.

“Big basketball players pushing on each other in the lane, fighting for rebounds and post position, there’s no way they can social-distance,” Barkley said. “They say they’re going to put ‘em in a hotel for two or three months.

Are the maids going to be in the hotel for two

On the positive side, Barkley does believe the suspended NBA season will come to a conclusion, citing knowledge obtained ?BARKLEY, P9

EuroLeague basketball season canceled

A Anadolu Efes Istanbul’s Bryant Dunston dunks on CSKA Moscow’s Daniel Hackett during the EuroLeague Final Four. File Photo.

or three months? The maids are going to go home every day.

“What about the people in room service? They’re going to go home every day. So it’s just a lot of unanswered questions.

former welterweight champion said he would much rather have Manny Pacquiao's boxing career than Floyd Mayweather's, even though the American superstar retired with a spotless record of 50 wins and no loss.

American Shawn Porter, who used to hold the WBC welterweight championship, cited Pacquiao's fighting style, his catalogue of exciting bouts, and the respect he draws from fans as the reasons that he would much rather have the

Filipino boxer's career.

"I'm actually gonna go with Manny," Porter said in an interview with Dan Rafael, as quoted by Boxing Scene.

This, even though Porter acknowledges that Pacquiao "has taken a lot of punishment" and has been through many wars during his long professional career. Unlike Mayweather, Pacquiao has experienced defea.

Indeed, the American beat the "Pacman" when they finally fought in May 2015. ?EUROLEAGUE, P9

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A maintenance staff mows the apron of the famous island green at the Rancho Palos Verdes Golf and Country Club in Cabantian, Davao City in this file photo. RPV photo

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It’s back to the fairways for Davao golfers on Thursday D

By NEILWIN JOSEPH BRAVO

avao's golfers will be back to the fairways as early as Thursday, 28 May 2020.

Leo Abellera Magno, president of Eaglemasters Golf Club, told Edge Davao on Tuesday that Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio has agreed to re-open the golf courses in Davao City following the submission of safety protocols through City Sports Development Office o f f i c e r - i n - c h a rg e Mikey Aportadera.

Magno said he has discussed the matter with Mayor Sara who has reportedly ordered an inspection of the city's three golf courses--Rancho Palos Verdes Golf and Country Club, South Pacific Golf and the Apo Golf and Country Club. The inspecting team is composed of the City Sports Development

Office, City Health Office and the Department of Health.

The inspections began Tuesday (26 May) and will wind up today (Wednesday, 27 May).

"They will conduct the inspection first and we will go from there," said Magno.

The three clubs are optimistic they will resume operations by Thursday.

Tommy Iñigo, general manager of Rancho Palos Verdes, said in a separate online conversation

that they are ready to re-open once the city government gives the green light. Among the protocols submitted were the limited role of caddies to mere golf course maintenance and repair, social distancing, wearing of face masks, shutdown of lockers, one-playerone-cart policy and limiting of the number of players per day.

Golf clubs have ceased operations since early March during the onslaught of the coronavirus pandemic. Golf club

managements have lamented the shutdown as maintenance of the courses continue even if no one is using the course.

Golf maintenance includes trimming the fairway grass, manicuring the greens, and constant watering and cleaning.

The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Disease (IATF) has given the green light for the resumption of non-contact sporting activities in areas under a general

community quarantine (GCQ) due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).

In the IATF Resolution 38 passed on Friday and was made public on Saturday, athletes and enthusiasts of running, biking, golf, swimming, tennis, badminton, equestrian and skateboarding among others in GCQ regions can now play the sports they love again "provided that the minimum public health standards such as the wearing ?GREEN, P10