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omegrown retail giant NCCC Supermarket and Helen’s Farm has partnered with Davao City’s Peace 911 program for the distribution of Barangay Paquibato District’s vegetable harvests.

Farmers under the highly-successful Peace 911 program has been supplying NCCC Supermarket with its vegetable harvests. However, due to logistics problems, the group is unable to supply regularly.

More than a year after the city government of Davao City piloted Peace 911 in Paquibato District, the once rebel-infested Paquibato community has since then been declared insurgen-

cy-free by the military.

Much of the program's success has been attributed to the framework, principles and mechanisms used to change the behavior of the residents in the community.

Toots Campomanes, Helen’s Farm Manager said Helen’s Farm will serve as the drop off point of Peace 911. He said this will also help local farmers in distributing their produce and elimi-

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FROM FARM TO SUPERMARKET. Vegetable farmer Jemar Isdang from Malabog in Paquibato District, Davao City arranges fresh pechay and his other farm produce at the vegetable section of NCCC Kanegosyo Congress 2019 held at the carpark of NCCC Victoria Plaza mall on Friday.

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President Rodrigo Duterte condoles with the family of Noli Ignacio as he visits the wake at the Cosmopolitan Funeral Homes in Davao City on Saturday. PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO

PRRD vows to protect 727 former rebels from communist threat

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resident Rodrigo R. Duterte has vowed to protect the 727 decommissioned members of the Rebolusyonaryong Partido ng Manggagawa-Pilipinas -- Revolutionary Proletarian Army -- Alex Boncayao Brigade – Tabara-Paduano Group or Kapatiran, saying the former rebels are now part of the government.

The President witnessed the historic disposition of �irearms of the group at Camp General Macario B. Peralta Jr. in Jamindan, Capiz on Thursday evening.

In his speech, Duterte assured that the former combatants would be protected against any threat from the communist rebels.

“You are part of government. Magkasama na tayo ngayon. Kung ipitin kayo ng komunista (We are now together. If the communists bother you), and they really want trouble, I will give you a new �irearm. Mas maganda pa dito (Better than this),” he said.

The former combatants surrendered to the government a total of 315 long and short �irearms from Regions 6 and 7 (Western and Central Visayas).

Duterte said the �irearms they surrendered were already old and dirty. “I’m going to arm you. Sira na ‘yan, wala na ‘yan. Bigyan ko ng armas kayo. Sumama na kayo sa gobyerno. (Those �irearms are no good. I will give you �irearms. Join the government now.) We are now duty-bound to protect you,” he said.

Veronica Tabara, current head of Kapatiran, expressed her gratitude to the government for its effort to reintegrate their group back into mainstream society.

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kasama ng pamahalaan para sa decommissioning ng lahat ng mga hinawakan naming mga armas at sandata ng karahaasan nang kami ay tumiwalag sa mali at kriminal na pamumuno ng CPP-NPA (We are here with the government for the decommissioning of all our �irearms and weapons for violence after we have left the wrong and criminal leadership of the CPP-NPA [Communist Party of the Philippines - New People’s Army]),” she said in her speech.

She assured that the group would be one with the government in moving forward peace and progress in the country.

“Mula rito, buo ang loob at mahigpit ang aming paninindigan na ipagpatuloy ang pagpupunyagi upang paunlarin ang matibay na cooperasyon sa pamahalaan sa paglutas ng ugat ng armadong tunggalian para sa kapayapaan at kaunlaran ng mamayan at ng buong bansa (From here, we are bent on continuing efforts to develop cooperation with the government in resolving the root of armed struggle for the peace and progress of the people and the country),” she said.

Meanwhile, Rep. Joseph Stephen Paduano, who represents Kapatiran in Congress, said the decommissioning of the former combatants was the “�irst step” towards the closure agreement with the group, expected to be signed by 2022.

Last July 19, the Clari�icatory Implementing Documents (CID), which lists down the commitments of the government and Kapatiran, was signed between the two groups.

The CID components include disposition of arms

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Mass registration for PH ID starts July

By MAYA M. PADILLO he mass registration for the Philippine national ID (PhilID) system is targeted to start in July 2020.

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Pepito D. Amoyen, of�icer -in -charge of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said the agency will establish �ixed registration areas and will also conduct mobile registration.

“We will be doing the ground works on the mobile registration. During the mobile and �ixed area registrations we will be having a registration kit including computer, camera as well as determining biometrics and iris scanning. You will be coordinating soon the Local Government Units (LGUs) to the barangays to register to be provided with Phil ID,” he said.

Amoyen said the pilot areas for the mass registration in Davao Region will

be identi�ied by the PSA national of�ice. “In Davao Region no areas for pilot identi�ied yet at ang registration kit hindi pa naka rating dito sa Davao Region.”

The pilot registration kicked off in Manila last September 2 participated by the regional heads of PSA. “Ang process �ill up registration form, biometric and iris scan,” Amoyen said.

Philippine National ID is a foundational identi�ication system to provide a valid proof of identity for all citizens and resident aliens as a means of simplifying public and private transactions; a social and economic platform which shall serve as the link in the promotion of seamless service deliv-

ery, enhancing administrative governance, reducing corruption, strengthening �inancial inclusion, and promoting ease of doing business.

According to Amoyen, the ID system aims to provide a valid proof of identity for all citizens and residents as a means of simplifying public and private transactions and to eliminate the need to present other forms of identi�ication when transacting with the government and private sector subject to the appropriate authentication measures based on biometric identi�ication.”

Although, this is not mandatory yet, government agencies will initially ask for PhilID before proceeding transactions.

“Though having the ID is not mandatory but when you’re going to seek ser-

he Supreme Court (SC) declared null and avoid the Comission on Elections (Comelec) resolution scrapping the elections in the �irst district of South Cotabato last May 13, and ordered the proclamation of former city vice mayor Shirlyn Banas-Nograles as the duly-elected representative of the district.

The en banc decision dated Sept. 10 but only released on Thursday granted the instant petition for status quo ante order sought

by Nograles’ camp after

Comelec suspended the polls on April 11 through Resolution 10524.

It directed Comelec to convene a special provincial board of canvassers to proclaim Nograles as the winning candidate in the �irst district and this city.

The poll suspension came a month after President Rodrigo R. Duterte signed Republic Act (RA) 11243, which reapportioned the �irst district of South Cotabato and created a separate legislative district for the city.

Resolution 10524 in-

stead scheduled the conduct of special elections for the two districts six months after the May 13 elections.

Comelec scheduled the special elections on Oct. 26 for the �irst district and the city’s new lone district, which was established as the third district of South Cotabato.

In their petition, Nograles and other party mates under local political party People’s Champ Movement, contested the validity of the resolution, citing that “elections for elective members of the

vices coming from the different government of�ices they will asked your Philippine ID. Kailangan ninyong ipa pakita ang inyong Philippine ID,” he said.

As to privacy inclusion, Amoyen assured that all information will be protected based on the Data Privacy Act. “Hindi ito basta basta maipalabas ang mga impormasyon unless meron court order. Protected na rin ang bawat Isa dahil sa data privacy act,” he said.

The ID will not also replace other IDs such as SSS and other government IDs. “It is like a normal ID. Added features are the biometrics of 10 �ingers and the iris scanning. It is a foundational ID that also refers to the identity of every person. Sana before the start of mass registration may alam na halos ang lahat about this PhilID,” he said.

House of Representatives shall be on the second Monday of May, every three years,” as provided for in RA 7166 or the Omnibus Election Code.

They noted that the scheduling of the �irst regular election “within six months from May 13, 2019” violated the provisions of R.A. 11243, which cited that reapportionment will commence in the “next national and local elections.”

Nograles’ camp also questioned Comelec’s directive to consider votes for the �irst district as stray.

SC voids scrapping of polls for GenSan, SouthCot House seat

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LGen. Noel Clement is next AFP chief of staff

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n Army general who has earned his stars �ighting the communist-led New People’s Army has been appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte as the next Armed Forces Chief of Staff.

LGen Noel Clement, commander of the AFP Central Command based in Cebu, bested several other contenders from various AFP area commands, according to Defense Secretary Del�in Lorenzana.

“I am honored with the designation and nagpasalamat tayo kay (and we’re thanking) President for giving me his trust and con�idence,” Clement told reporters in Cebu.

Clement is the sixth AFP chief of staff appointed by Duterte.

His previously served as commander of the 10th Infantry Division �ighting communist rebels in Northeastern and Southern Mindanao

He assumed command of the AFP Central Command on Nov. 16, 2018.

Prior to his stint with the 10th ID and AFP Central Command, Clement led joint AFP-MILF operations to �ind suspected terrorist Abdul Basit Usman in Pikit, North Cotabato in 2015.

Usman, who carried a US$1-million bounty, was reportedly killed by his comrades in the same year.

Clement is a member of PMA class 1985 and was born in Lipa City in Batangas on Jan. 5, 1964.

He was raised in Davao where his father worked at fruit giant Dole Philippines.

As AFP Central Command commander, Clement ordered operations against the New Peoples Army rebels around Guinhulgan town in Negros Oriental.

He was named as one of the respondents in the case related to the “disappearance” of activist-agricultur-

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BARMM issues haze alert due to Indonesia forest fire

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he Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources, and Energy of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MENREBARMM) issued a haze advisory on Friday, advising the region’s constituents to wear face masks due to the forest �ire in Indonesia.

The haze from Indonesia’s forest �ire has already affected portions of the Visayas, Palawan, and Mindanao.

“Areas of the BARMM that are reported to be affected by the haze are the provinces of Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur, portions of North Cotabato, and possibly the island-provinces of Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi,” read the advisory signed by MENRE-BARMM Minister Abdulraof Macacua.

The same advisory said the “habagat” (southwest monsoon) has pushed the haze from Indonesia’s forest �ire to the Visayas, Palawan, and Mindanao.

“Everyone is advised to wear masks when going out due to its health hazards like cough, asthma and other respiratory illnesses,” Macacua said.

He discouraged the public from engaging in all open-burning activities, such as the “dengue siga/ pausok” so as not to aggravate the situation.

Moreover, local government units have been encouraged to strictly monitor all open-burning activities and other particulate sources in their respective areas of jurisdiction and mobilize their local environment and health of�ices for monitoring and advocacies. (PNA)

ONCOLOGY LEADERSHIP MEETING. House of Hope Foundation for Kids With Cancer founding president and program director Dr. Mae Dolendo (rightmost), together with Amsterdam University Medical Center professor emeritus Dr. Anjo Veerman (2nd from right), St Jude Children’s Research Hospital executive vice president Dr. Carlos Galindo (center), St Jude Children’s Research Hospital Asia Pacific Region director Dr. Catherine Lam (2nd from left) and National University Hospital-Singapore

senior consultant Dr. Quah Thuan Chong, talks about the first-ever Asia Pediatric Oncology Leadership Meeting where the Davao City’s House of Hope will be featured during the Kapihan sa NCCC on Friday. The meeting will gather 27 doctors and multi-sectoral collaborators from 12 countries to Davao City from September 20 to 22 at the Waterfront Insular Davao. Lean Daval Jr

PH to vaccinate millions as polio virus resurfaces

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he Philippines recorded its second case of polio on Friday, as it prepared to vaccinate millions of children against a disease it believed to have been eradicated two decades ago.

A 5-year-old boy in Laguna, south of the capital Manila, tested positive for the polio virus, the health department said, the second case this week after a 3-yearold girl was con�irmed to be infected on Monday in a province about 1,400 km (870 miles) away.

Health of�icials appealed to parents and caregivers of children to take part in the government's polio vaccination program, which comes as the Philippines grapples

to tackle twin outbreaks of dengue and measles that have killed more than 1,000 people since January, most of them children.

"The polio vaccinations happen all year round, but our coverage dropped for the past 5 years," Rolando Enrique Domingo, an undersecretary of the Department of Health said.

"We've learned our lesson. It is time to move on and really start vaccinating all kids and make sure we

sustain this every year."

The polio virus was detected in the sewage systems of Davao in a nearby province two months ago, and in Tondo, a rundown area of Metro Manila notorious for slum communities, Domingo said.

Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan are the last 3 countries where the disease is endemic. The last known case in the Philippines had been in 1993, the World Health Organization says.

Immunization coverage in the Philippines is at 70 percent, below the recommended rate of 95 percent, Domingo said, as trust in vaccines declines.

The boy who tested positive in Laguna has been

registering for the Philippine ID System which the mass registration is scheduled to start on July 2020 and will end until 2022 during the Kapihan sa NCCC on Friday. Lean Daval Jr

discharged from hospital already, of�icials said on Friday. The other case was con�irmed on Monday and reported on Thursday in Lanao del Sur, one of the country's poorest provinces.

Vaccination teams will aim to administer polio drops to every child younger than �ive, he added.

There is no cure for polio, which invades the nervous system and can cause irreversible paralysis within hours, but it can be prevented with vaccines.

The virus spreads rapidly among children, especially in unsanitary conditions in underdeveloped or wartorn regions where healthcare access is limited.

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Residents discover APM in Maguindanao town

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PH ID SYSTEM. Philippine Statistic Authority 11 (PSA 11) officer in charge Pepito Amoyen (right) and Davao City statistical operation and coordination division chief Rosendo Aya-ay discuss the importance of

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lert civilians prevented what could have been a bloody Friday morning when they alerted authorities about the presence of a powerful anti-personnel mine (APM) in Datu Salibo town in this province.

The APM, fashioned from an 81-mm. mortar projectile with a mobile phone as a trigger mechanism, was recovered by military troops in Barangay Sambulawan, Datu Salibo at about 9 a.m. following the report from civilians.

Soldiers of the Butalo Patrol Base of the 38th Infantry Battalion (IB) were patrolling the vicinity of Barangay Sambulawan when they were informed of what appeared to be a bomb.

Personnel of the Army’s 57th Infantry Battalion (IB) stationed nearby immediately responded and cordoned off the area.

The APM was safely deactivated and was brought to the 38IB headquarters in Barangay Awang, Datu Odin Sinsuat for proper disposal.

“This is a commendable feat attributed to the diligence and vigilance of our forces. I laud our troops for their prompt actions that forestalled another bombing attempt of terrorists in the area,” said the Army’s 6th Infantry Division commander, Maj. Gen. Diosdado Carreon, also Joint Task Force Central chief.

“We take preemptive and decisive actions to counter attacks employed by terrorists to in�lict casualties on civilian and military objects,” Western Mindanao Commander Lt. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana said in a statement.

“These preventive measures are complemented by the sustained cooperation

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Chinese e-cigarette firm to invest in PH amid vaping ban worldwide

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COFFEE WEEKEND. The Davao Coffee Council board members Carlo Martinez and Joji Pantoja share their love for coffee in Coffee and Chill in SM Lanang Premier on Friday. SM Lanang Premier photo

House approves 2020 budget in record time

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he House of Representatives on Friday approved the proposed P4.1-trillion 2020 national budget bill on its third and �inal reading, a process that was expedited upon the President’s order.

After President Rodrigo Duterte certi�ied House Bill 4228as urgent on Thursday, legislators �inished the second and the third readings on the same day, waiving the 3-day wait period between votes on the two readings.

Lawmakers who voted yes numbered 257, while there were 6 nays. No one abstained.

The House committee

on rules said the speed at which the national budget was approved at this level is unprecedented. Duterte submitted the spending plan to Congress just last month.

Historically, budget bills are passed not earlier than October. This time, it took only 20 working days within a period of 30 days to get the job done in mid-Septem-

FB suspends 'tens of thousands' of apps

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acebook said Friday it suspended "tens of thousands" of apps on its platform as a result of a privacy practices review launched following a scandal involving Cambridge Analytica.

The review started in 2018 after revelations that the political consultancy hijacked personal data on millions of Facebook users, and it included attorneys, external investigators, data scientists, engineers, policy specialists and others, according to a Facebook statement.

The suspensions are "not necessarily an indication that these apps were posing a threat to people," said vice president of partnerships Ime Archibong, adding that some developers "did not respond to our request for information."

Archibong said the investigation "has addressed millions of apps. Of those, tens of thousands have been

suspended for a variety of reasons while we continue to investigate."

The suspected apps were associated with about 400 developers, and many of the software programs were still in testing phases, according to Facebook.

The huge social network became the subject of intense scrutiny after acknowledging in 2018 that Cambridge Analytica misappropriated personal data on tens of millions of Facebook users as part of its work for Donald Trump's presidential campaign.

Subsequently, Facebook said it would review all apps on the platform to determine how they used data and if they respect its privacy rules.

"In a few cases, we have banned apps completely," Archibong said.

Bans can be caused by violations including inappropriately sharing data

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The 16th Congress passed the 2016 budget on Oct. 9, 2015, during President Benigno Aquino III’s administration. Under President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, the 13th Congress greenlit the budget on Oct. 13, 2006.

The biggest chunk of the budget went to the Department of Education (DepEd) that stands to receive P673 billion, which is expected to fund state schools, among others.

The second highest appropriation went to the the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) (P534.3 billion), followed

by the departments of the interior and local government (P238 billion), social welfare and development (P195 billion) and national defense (P189 billion).

Next year’s spending priorities include Duterte’s �lagship program, “Build, Build, Build,” full implementation of the Universal Health Care Act, smooth transition of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) and institutionalization of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, also known as 4Ps. Duterte on Thursday certi�ied urgent House Bill

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PEACE ECONOMY. Benjie Lizada (rightmost) of Peace Economy, together with Helen’s Farms, Inc. manager Toots Campomanes (center) and Barangay captain Jessielito Areja of Brgy. Malabog, Paquibato District, Davao City, talks about Peace Economy’s Farm to Supermarket program,

eijing based e-cigarette company RELX is investing in the country with the goal of setting up its global customer services through a business process outsourcing (BPO) �irm in Manila.

Di Yang, RELX Director for Southeast Asia Business, said a deal with a Philippines-based BPO is imminent, and plans for setting up of�ices in the country are in the works.

He also said production in the Philippines is a possibility.

“It is still [in] an early stage. We want better insight, and also that is something for regulators to decide,” Yang said in a press conference in Makati City Friday.

Yang, however, declined to reveal how much RELX will be investing in the Philippines.

“That will require some calculations. We believe once the market is proved, we will de�initely (reveal it).”

Once they are up and running, RELX hopes to have its Philippine operations run by staff that is about 70 percent to 80 percent Filipino.

RELX’s most recent investments include $1.5 million for a research and development laboratory in China.

RELX has distributor partnerships with two local chains, Lighters Galore and Fuma. It is hoping to ink new deals with Philippine franchise holders of convenience store chains 7-Eleven and Family Mart soon.

Yang said they welcome opportunities to help the Philippine government adopt best practices to help develop the industry. However, they believe certain proposals would be detrimental.

“Some of the bills making their way through Congress even push for highly unloved taxations between different types of nicotine liquids that create highly unloved playing �ields not conducive for the industry at best, and at

worst may prove unenforceable due to the development of new hybrid e-liquids," he said.

This was in reference to proposed measures raising taxes on vaping products, beer and liquor.

There are more than 1 billion smokers in the world today, and studies say there will be more than a billion smokers by 2025.

"Vape as a product category has the potential to switch smokers from burning traditional cigarettes, which generate tar and a host of harmful chemicals, to a much better alternative,” Yang said.

He said he is against a total ban on multiple �lavors, which was proposed by the Department of Health (DOH). Along with groups Youth for Sin Tax and Action for Economic Reforms, the DOH wants to limit e-liquids to just tobacco and mint �lavors, arguing that fruit and candy �lavors play a key role in getting young people into vaping.

Yang, however, said they are also against youth vaping. As a compromise, he suggested RELX and other players in the vaping industry collaborate with the government to �igure out the �lavors that may be allowed.

Vaping's obstacles: US ban, diseases, deaths Despite vaping being a trend among millenials, more than 500 people have been sickened in an outbreak of vaping-related illness in the United States, health authorities had said.

The states of New York and Michigan have also banned �lavored e-cigarettes.

The World Health Organization earlier said vaping is "undoubtedly harmful."

Yang explained the situation in the US can be attributed to street-sold vaping products, not large manufacturers such as RELX. “What’s going on in the US, that can be regulated.

That is why we welcome

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a project aims to uplift the lives of the farmers through the help of the private sector and the government during the Kapihan sa NCCC on Friday. Lean Daval Jr

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Popular Pinoy rock band Rocksteddy performed live at the Perx VXI Pasiklaband Davao leg on September 15 at the Arcadia Event Center.

Arcadia hosts XVI Pasiklaband A rcadia Events Center hosted the country's biggest rick band competition Perx XVI Pasiklaband on September 15.

Bannering the performances for the night was popular Pinoy rock band Rocksteddy who thrilled the capacity crowd with its repertoire of hits that have been a staple among rock music purists.

Pasiklaband is a series

of competitions culminating with a grand �inals to determine this year's champion.

Meantime, Arcadia Active Lifestyle Center's newly-created division Arcadia Events can help you take care of your business. You’ll

be impressed with Arcadia’s utmost versatility, creating the ultimate space for your conference, sales presentation, product launch or even a small management meeting. Plus, given its excellent location within the Davao's CBD, Arcadia is tailor-made for whatever function and occasion.

Arcadia, located at Escandor Street in Quimpo Boulevard, Ecoland, is perfect venue for weddings,

Chat away with Phoenix SUPER LPG stickers on Viber

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opstar royalty Sarah Geronimo shares a rarely seen side of her private persona as an avid foodie with her latest stint as brand ambassador of Phoenix SUPER LPG—the newest partner in the kitchen of Filipino families that makes preparing delicious meals every day safe, sigurado, simple.

This is the heart of the ‘Sarap Pala Magluto’ campaign that seeks to introduce the joys of cooking especially to millennials like her, who are today’s generation of emerging homemakers, foodies, and cooking experts.

Now, through a collaboration with popular messaging app Viber, Phoenix SUPER LPG extends the joys of cooking to digital conversations as it launches a unique line of #SarahSUPERStickers that helps chatters express how they feel through specially designed stickers. Every download of this Viber sticker pack on https://stickers.viber.com/ pages/phoenix_ph also au-

tomatically enters the user into the exclusive Phoenix SUPER LPG Viber community of fellow foodies where special treats, recipes, and kitchen hacks can be found.

These fun features are a welcome addition to the experience of having a reliable partner in the kitchen when whipping up delectable home-cooked meals.

Phoenix SUPER LPG comes with a German-made SRG regulator that boasts of unprecedented safety features such as an inlet safety valve that stops gas �low in case of leakage, and a reserve indicator that can conveniently tell when the gas level is already low. Moreover, the regulator’s snap-on mechanism makes it easy to operate.

With the introduction of cool and hip Sarah G. stickers on Viber, it’s not only cooking that becomes a pleasure but chatting with like-minded culinary enthusiasts, as well. Express the joy, fun, and excitement of daily cooking with Phoenix SUPER LPG.

engagements, christenings, birthdays, corporate functions and Christmas parties. Whether organising an intimate party or a large one, its function facilities provide the �lexibility to cater to one's diverse requirements.

The �irst thing guests are sure to notice about Arcadia is the impeccably appointed rooms. Most importantly, Arcadia's professional service and the

warm and friendly atmosphere of the facility is sure to impress.

Arcadia features �ive function rooms--Windsor (259 sqm), Bellagio (133.03 sqm), Giverny (78.98 sqm), Amal�i and the enclosed basketball center which converts to a mega function area. Altogether, these rooms can accommodate a wide range of of needs from small meetings and seminars, to

specially appointed rooms for smaller exhibitions and cocktail events, to conferences and large parties. At max setting, Arcadia can hold 400 or more people.

Rooms can be tailored to suit one's requirements and colour scheme and with amenities like catering service, audio system, two passenger elevators, wi-�i ready function rooms, and a spacious open parking lot.

to sell our products," Freah Ramos Suemitsu said.

Freah operates an online merchandising company specialising in locally made products (bayong, native products). "It's always a learning process -- you need to update and be updated to keep up with the trend and of course, your competitors," she added.

"Davao is a big market to cover and to conquer," CJ Salas shared. CJ is a baker who sells his pastries and cakes online. "You need to be consistent and dapat may bago ka to offer to your clients. It's not enough that you've posted pictures of your pastries, you also need to show na may bumibili tlaga," Salas said.

Like traditional marketing, online marketing also is a double edged sword that needs thorough understanding. It takes more than just textbook knowledge to 'play the game'.

And more than a handful of business owners in the city can attest to that.

For L (not the source's real name), "Social Media helped us reach a bigger market. It was overwhelming -- the attention, the inquiries and of course, the conversion into pesos was surprising. However, it was also because of the immense online presence that had us thinking if kaya pa ba or hindi na." Eventually, L and her partners had to close their online business.

The online marketing scene in the city is a major economic concern. Why? With the in�lux of investors and local entrepreneurs wanting to establish their businesses in the city, many seek online to do the (hard) work for them.

And that is why more and more online marketing and branding companies opt to operate in the city. Also, the increase in digital seminars and online camps to aid those who seek �inancial gain online.

But the question remains, are Dabawenyo’s

Dabawenyos' online marketing behavior: Are we ready?

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merican award-winning print and broadcast journalist Germany Kent said, "If you are on social media and you are not learning, then you are using it wrong."

For one, social media should not be abused in order to see results. The many readily available social media platforms should be a guide - a tool - to help any analog user live at par within the digital sphere.

With Davao's booming economy, digital or online marketing has become a prevalent feature across all forms of businesses in the city. And that involves selling products and services and one's brand (identity).

For one, it makes up a big chunk of their marketing campaign. Second, for many businesses, it is their end all and be all in satisfying their �inancial goals.

And third, it's way cheaper than traditional marketing.

"I depend heavily on social media (Facebook)

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Reaping the fruits of Peace 911

Over a year ago, Paquibato folks were battling with life constantly under threat of insurgency. These days, they are trying to cope with the ‘problem’ of delivering farm produce on a regular basis to meet the demands of their buyers.

From arms to farms, is where the journey of the people of Paquibato has gone.

Launched in May last year in Paquibato District, Peace 911 is an offshoot to the city’s Emergency Response Center 911 designed by Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio as an initiative to change the pattern of development by using a human-centered approach based on cultural diversity, social justice and participatory decision-making. The community has since then been declared insurgency-free by the military.

On Friday, vegetable farmer Jemar Isdang who hails from Malabog in Paquibato District proudly displayed his fresh pechay and other farm produce at the vegetable section of NCCC Kanegosyo Congress 2019 held at the NCCC Victoria Plaza. Isdang is one of many Paquibato farmers now producing vegetables and sold to supermarkets in the city.

Indeed, hope for Paquibato’s �lourishing agriculture has replaced fear in the hills of the once con�lict area. Signs that the Peace 911 program is working. In a report by the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) 11, Irene

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Santiago, Peace Adviser to the Davao City Mayor, has attributed much of Peace 911’s success to the framework, principles and mechanisms used to change the behavior of the residents in the community. Because of its monumental success, Peace 911 is now being studied as a possible model for Executive Order 70 or the Whole of Nation Approach in attaining inclusive and sustainable peace.

Peace 911 started grassroots work through series of consultations. The program is basically an offshoot to the successful Emergency Response Center 911 using the same framework which means the program initially identi�ied the cause of the community’s fear and hunger and offered solutions to the problems. It is rolled out through consultations in the community itself while half of the work is done in meetings at the city government.

With the livelihood component in place and working, the next step now is how to aid the farmers in making sure that they meet the supply requirements of the market in a regular basis. Putting in place a viable transport system to ferry their produce from their farms to the supermarkets or through a third party is necessary. The Peace 911 program is starting to bear fruits.

With more components in place like enhancing the productivity side of their newfound livelihood, the fruits will now become a steady �low of income for the community that once shivered in fear.

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ANTONIO V. FIGUEROA FAST BACKWARD

HUMAN SACRIFICE AT CIBOLAN The grandson of Taopan, the ruler of Cibolan (Sibulan), a village of Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur, Tongkaling, before he converted to Protestantism, was the leader of the Bagobo land. His ascent followed the death of Pangilan, his father, was viewed as just and �irm.

As datu, he was not as a great warrior. A testament to his weakness was the discord that erupted between the people of Talun and Cibolan due to his unfair verdicts.

Still, with the support of the Americans, especially during the governorship of Edward Bolton, he was of�icially named head of the Bagobos, a recognition that eventually gained the support of all the chiefs from other districts with the exclusion of those in Santa Cruz.

American anthropologist Fay-Cooper Cole, in his article ‘The Bagobos of Davao Gulf’ (1911), which came out in The Philippine Journal of Science, described in detail the village of Cibolan when Tongkaling took over the leadership:

“Cibolan is not a compact village but consists of many dwellings scattered along the mountain sides close to the clearings in which the people raise rice, corn, camotes, and hemp. The houses of generally one room with the �loor raised high above the ground.

The sides are of �lattened bamboos, in which small, rectangular openings or peep holes are cut. The sides of the roof rise to a steep peak which, at the top, overhands the ends. Entrance to the house is gained by a adder or notch pole.

Stones, sunk in a bed of ashes, form the stove which stands near the door. A raised platform, about one and one-half meters wide, at the far end of the room serves as a bed for part of the family.”

But before the assumption of the new leader, Cole noted that it was customary for the tribe to have a big festivity to honor the soon to assume ruler. To make the event grandiose, over 700 hundred visitors attended and the six days of partying included the usual

activities that come with any great celebration.

On the seventh day, following long-established tradition, nearly all those who joined convoyed Tongkaling in the forest where an old B’laan slave, paid three copper agongs (roughly P80) to acquire, was tied to a tree, hands secured above the head, to become a human offering.

Abhorred by the American colonists, the tradition was later outlawed.

Cole descriptively portrayed the cold and grossly juddering ceremony as follows: “When all was ready one of the chief warriors addressed the spirits, asking them to witness that the people followed the old custom, and to let the reign of the new datu to be one of continued prosperity without defeat in battle. The prayer �inished, the datu placed his spear just in front of, and below the right armpit, and plunged it with full strength into the body of the slave. As soon as he had withdrawn his

weapon the warriors cut the body in two, across the chest, with their �ighting knives, and the heaving loosened the parts from the tree threw them into a shallow grave which had been ug nearby.”

While the Moros were a rich source of slaves used as offering to the gods and spirits, the Bagobos and the Guiangans, the most idolatrous, were the ones who observed human sacri�ice. Fr. Saturnino Urios, SJ, parish priest of Davao, wrote about this in his June 24, 1894, letter to the Mission Superior: “Human sacri�ice is offered by all [tribes] except the Samaleños or the Moros.

The occasions for offering the unfortunate victim, child or adult, young or old, for all races are usually the bacchanalia after the rice harvest, or on the death of a prominent �igure in the ranch. In Agusan, along the Paci�ic, and here, all these races all the act of killing the victim huaga.

“The method [with slight variations] is extremely cru-

el and the most savage ever thought of. The poor victim is tied, wounded little by little, the most respected of the group initiating it. They drown the victim’s cries with their frenzied howls.

“Overcoming the natural repugnance to commit such an inhuman act, they admit, demands great effort, and this they consider valor. Furthermore, no matter how often the act is repeated, they always feel the need to overcome the natural repugnance to do what nature forbids.”

Interestingly, early Spanish preachers who had the occasion to help intercept children headed for the altar of sacri�ice, the buisan, persuasively convinced the Bagobo leaders to release the wouldbe victim in exchange for some rewards or favor.

Given the in�luence the missionaries had among the natives, many tribal chiefs, upon conversion, eventually yielded the tradition of human sacri�ice to the tenets of Catholicism.

MUJAHID NAVARRA UNDERSTANDING ISLAM

IS RELIGION IMPORTANT? The word ‘religion’ came from the Latin word religare which means to bind. And practicing a religion is binding one’s belief and actions in a particular teaching that promises you success in this world and the Hereafter. There are many different religions that exist today which led to much debate, argument or even wars between their followers.

Religious debates and discussions have pervaded the society and we never grow tired of it. Religion is a central part of the Filipino psyche that even the obviously not religiously educated try to argue their way in social media, parks, local gatherings or just plain anywhere. Some religious issues are just as silly and shallow as the people who argue about them but some issues are as important that our lives literally depend on it like the issue of the importance of religion.

If there are people who want to play the part of the zealot defender of his or her own faith, there are people who simply do not want to be bothered about religion. Since Filipinos are courteous enough not to walk away or turn their back on anyone who is presenting or talking about religion, they simply dismiss the importance of the topic by say-

ing that religion is not important. There are many different ways people say that religion is not important. But all of these are ways of saying, ‘just leave me alone’, ‘I’m not interested in your religion’, ‘I really don’t want to talk about religion’ but some say it because they do not really care about religion.

Many people are also quick to dismiss this fact because of the rise of the ideology of materialism, atheism and agnosticism. People are thinking that they always know better let alone believe in God. Nowadays, the belief in a Supreme Being that is all-powerful to create life on Earth is dismissed as a form of superstition and is ultimately denied by the godless. They deny the existence of God because of the apparent lack of scienti�ic fact as they say when they are in fact surrounded by undeniable facts that science, the new religion, as they claim could only observe but could not replicate.

They could observe, study, and quantify the development of the human embryo in the womb but they would not be able to replicate it ever. This insolence and pride is somehow adapted by people who may not necessarily deny the existence of God and are in fact

practicing a religion. And they usually those who say that religion is not important.

In Islam, religion is important because it is the message that God sent His prophets and messengers. It is through practicing the correct religion that we worship God properly. Yes, being a member of the correct religion does not mean that one is worshipping God correctly, just look at those bad Muslims, but practicing an incorrect religion would de�initely mean that we are worshipping God the wrong way.

Even if you already believe in God, following a religion is important. Allah said in the Quran, “I did not create the jinn and mankind except to worship Me.” Religion is important for spiritual reasons that we worship God the way He wanted us to worship Him and that we do not invent our own acts of worship. It is God who will tell us how to worship Him. A good example is how God taught us to worship Him through prayers while bowing or prostrating but never by clapping, singing or dancing just like what many religions do today.

Religion is important as it is a way that we learn about morality because it is God who is the primary imposer of

morality. God knows what is good or bad for humans most of all. Allah has prohibited the consumption of alcohol, drugs and many form of vices such as gambling and illicit sex because they are harmful while allowing wholesome food and good speech and actions because they bene�it the people.

The proliferation of sins does not only threaten the individual but the society as a whole. Religion is important in the prosperity of any nation.

For the socialists, communists and other godless authoritarian regime, they blame religion for every form of human weakness and lack of productivity in the society. And because of this, they abolish religion, they say, but in fact, they do not abolish any religion so that the people will not have any religion. They are simply abolishing religion to impose their own religion called socialism, communism or any name that they could come up with to make it sound grand and more important than the religion of God. Religion is important in the establishment, maintenance and progress of the basic structure of any society, the family. Men and women are bound in an oath that is made before God – the ultimate wit-

ness to rear a god-fearing family. Rampant divorce, domestic violence, same-sex marriage and others which are common nowadays are all brought about by belittling religion.

Lastly, religion is important for the individual. In 2015, Duke University professor of psychiatry Harold Koenig reviewed more than 3,000 studies and concluded that a total of 79 percent of relevant studies showed a link between religion and spirituality to psychological well-being.

An unwavering belief in a God that creates, sustains and manages all affairs make us peaceful in our inner selves by having a positive outlook in our future. Believing in a God that is just, remove from us the pain of any frustration of today. Believing in a God that is forgiving removes from us any guilt or regret of past actions. Believing in a religion is important even if you do not understand the doctrine of salvation.

Now that we have established the importance of religion as absolute and undeniable, you’re ready to undertake the next phase of your journey to look for the correct religion as there could only be one true religion as there is only one true God.

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By HENRYLITO D. TACIO

Like phoenix that rises froLike phoenix that rises from the ashes, the highly-contagious polio has staged a comeback in the country.

Four environmental samples taken between July 1 and August 27 this year were found to be positive for poliovirus from the sewage in Tondo, Manila. In between those dates also, two environmental samples sourced from the Davao River near the Bolton Bridge area were tested positive for the virus too.

According to a joint report of the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Emergency Fund (UNICEF), all samples were “laboratory con�irmed” by the Global Specialized Laboratory for enteroviruses at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases in Japan.

On September 19, the Department of Health (DOH) con�irmed the re-emergence of polio in the country and declared a national outbreak. It announced that a three-year girl from Lanao del Sur has contracted a rare strain of poliovirus. The health de-

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partment raised the status to epidemic level on September 20 when a �ive-yearold immuno-compromised boy who suffers from multiple pediatric diseases from Laguna, has also been found to have contracted the poliovirus.

As a result, the Philippines was delisted as a polio-free nation, a status the country earned in 2000.

“Not only do we lose it, but we have an epidemic,” said Health Secretary Francisco Duque III. Oyon Dendevnorov, UNICEF Philippines Representative said: “It is deeply disconcerting that poliovirus has re-emerged in the Philippines after nearly two decades.”

It is not only disconcerting but alarming, too. “The poliovirus can easily be imported into a polio-free country and can spread rapidly amongst unimmunized populations,” the United Nations health agency warned.

“Failure to eradicate polio could result in as many as 200,000 new cases every year, within 10 years, all over the world.”

Polio could have been

“extinct last year,” the Philippine Star bannered. “Experts had hoped that polio would be a distant memory by now with the dis�iguring and potentially deadly disease only to be seen in the pages of history books or depicted in stone carvings of ancient Egypt,” it said.

But what was soon to be extinct, “the Philippines resurrected it,” headlined Esquire Philippines. “The Philippines is starting to look like a sanctuary for nearly extinct diseases,” it explained.

The re-emergence of polio could potentially trigger a national health crisis.

“Polio is a highly infectious disease caused by a virus,” WHO explains of the disease that mainly affects children under 5 years of age. “It invades the nervous system and can cause total paralysis in a matter of hours.”

In the early part of the 20th century, few diseases frightened parents more than polio did. “Polio struck in the warm summer months, sweeping through towns in epidemic every few years,” the History of Vaccines website explained.

“Though most people recovered quickly from polio, some suffered temporary or permanent paralysis and even death. Many polio survivors were disabled for life. They were a visible, painful reminder to society of the enormous toll this disease took on young lives.

Poliovirus enters the body through the mouth, multiplying along the way to the digestive tract, where it further multiplies. In about 98% of cases, polio is a mild illness, with no symptoms or with viral-like symptoms.

In paralytic polio, the virus leaves the digestive tract, enters the bloodstream, and then attacks nerve cells.

Fewer than one percent to two percent of people who contract polio become paralyzed. In severe cases, the throat and chest may be paralyzed. Death may result if the patient does not receive arti�icial breathing support.”

In most cases, polio doesn’t have fatal consequence, but it physically handicaps a person, preventing him or her from leading a normal life. American President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Oscar-winning �ilm director Francis Ford Coppola were among those who had to deal with the disease.

Other famous personalities who have/had polio include Scottish novelist Walter Scott, American golfer Jack Nicklaus, British writer Arthur Charles Clarke, American singer Judy Collins, Italian opera singer Renata Tebaldi, French mathematician Laurent Schwartz, and German singer Hildegard Knef.

In the Philippines, the late Senator Ernesto Herrera comes to mind. Like Apolinario Mabini before him, the overcame a physical handicap caused by polio during his childhood to become one of the country’s outstanding leaders.

Then, there’s Grace Padaca, a Ramon Magsaysay laureate. Born in 1963, she

was crippled early in childhood by polio. “Having been physically handicapped since I was 3, I have learned that life is not worth living if you are dependent on others. I have learned that despite tremendous limitations, physical or otherwise, no one is ever too inadequate to cope, to adjust and even to shine,” she said.

Until now, there is still no cure for polio but it can be prevented through a safe and effective vaccine. “Vaccination is the only and best protection against polio,” Dendevnorov pointed out.

The oral polio vaccine (OPV), which has been introduced in 1988, is a safe and effective vaccine that has saved millions of lives over the years. “More than 18 million people are able to walk today who would otherwise have been paralyzed, and 1.5 million childhood deaths have been averted thanks to the polio vaccine,” the WHO says.

OPV actually contains an attenuated (weakened) form of the virus, activating an immune response in the body. “When a child is immunized with OPV,” the WHO explains, “the weakened virus replicates in the intestine for a limited period, thereby developing immunity by building up antibodies. During this time, the virus is also excreted in their feces. In areas where there is inadequate sanitation and hygiene, the excreted weakened virus can spread in the immediate community before eventu-

ally dying out.”

Now, if a population is not suf�iciently immunized, the weakened virus can continue to circulate. “The longer it is allowed to survive, the more changes it undergoes,” the WHO says.

“In rare instances, the virus can change to a vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV), a form that has regained the ability to cause paralysis.”

The polio outbreak in the country is con�irmed to be from a circulating VPDV type 2. “This is of particular concern, as wild poliovirus type 2 was certi�ied as globally eradicated in 2015,” the WHO says. “Poorly conducted immunization activities, when too few children have received the required three doses of polio vaccine, leave them susceptible to poliovirus, either from vaccine-derived or wild polioviruses.

Full immunization protects them from both forms of the virus.”

The sad thing is that vaccination coverage in the country has been steadily declining over the past few years. Estimated polio vaccination coverage for children aged below one year with required three doses of bivalent OPV for 2018 was only 66%, according to the joint report of WHO and UNICEF. For inactivated polio vaccine, coverage has been below 50% since its introduction in 2016 and is at 23% for 2019, the joint re-

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SPURRING ILOILO’S

ECONOMIC GROWTH

THERE is reason to believe in this economic equation: more real estate developments equals sustained economic growth.

The equation could stretch further: more real estate developments equals better quality of life equals booming city.

Yes, this is the same phenomenon that’s sweeping some cities far from the urban jungle of Metropolitan Manila.

Iloilo City in the Visayas is one.

The booming real estate industry in Iloilo City can be traced back to the city government’s lucrative opportunities for industry players to come and invest as the city seeks to address a growing demand for Business Process Management (BPM) buildings and office spaces.

Francis T. Cruz, Iloilo City Government Local Government and Investment Promotion Officer disclosed in an interview that the city’s biggest industry is BPM, which already has a capacity of

50,000 seats.

Presently, there are more than 70 BPM companies locating in Iloilo providing jobs to about 26,800 full time employees. Cruz said they are looking at an additional of 10,000 by the end of the year.

THE BPM INDUSTRY ALSO HAS CREATED MORE THAN 100,000 INDIRECT JOBS. With that, Iloilo City’s growth would inevitably not escape the eyes of the country’s property empires. It’s not surprising that property giant Megaworld Corporation saw the potential of Iloilo City as property hotspot by developing a 72-hectare Iloilo Business Park which aims to transform the city into a bustling metropolis that ideally caters to locals, businesses, and leisure travelers.

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Office Towers at Iloilo Business Park.

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Iloilo Business Park has been awarded as the “Best Township Development in Asia” at the 2018 Asia Property Awards and as the Philippines’ “Best Township Development” at the 2018 Philippines Property Awards.

Iloilo Business Park carries the company’s signature live-work-play lifestyle concept imbued in its structures.

Currently, it is selling its seventh residential tower from five developments, namely One Madison Place, Lafayette Park Square, The Palladium, Saint Honore, and Saint Dominique.

Aside from these iconic residential condominium projects, it also features an expansive Megaworld Lifestyle Mall, office buildings, a huge convention center that sits right beside two world-class hotels, and a transport hub that serves as a jump-off point to other exciting destinations just a few minutes off Panay Island.

A 24/7 TOWNSHIP Iloilo Business Park hosts nearly 10,000 BPO workers spread across the seven office towers inside the township. While the rest of Panay Island sleeps, the township remains active and continues to propel economic growth in the city and beyond.

The latest addition to the township’s portfolio of first-class office towers is the 19-storey International Corporate Plaza.

This new Megaworld Premier Office development offers premium office spaces for sale that are designed for regional businesses, start-up companies, and established enterprises aiming to establish their presence in Iloilo.

“We want to promote Iloilo as a city where Davao, Cebu, Bacolod businessmen and entrepreneurs can put up their operations because Iloilo has its own central business district which is Iloilo Business Park,” said Jennifer Palmares-Fong, vice president for sales and marketing of Iloilo Business Park in an interview.

International Corporate Plaza is envisioned to be Western Visayas’ most

The parao-inspired Iloilo Convention Center.

GLOBAL MICE Conferences, its that are set in home at the Iloi (ICC), which is center in Wester a 1.7-hectare lot Park. Over the y grown to becom choice for local ferences, foremo series of APEC m that were hosted

state-of-the-art, facility-packed ‘green’ office development with 301 prime office units for sale to businesses, start-up companies, and established enterprises that want to set up operations in Iloilo’s newest ‘central business district.’

“We saw potential entrepreneurs coming from Cebu, Davao and Bacolod who were able to set up here because Iloilo is already booming.

There are those companies and entrepreneurs who came from nearby provinces who bought units. Around 35 percent of the buyers come from outside Iloilo,” said Fong.

Fong said the tower, which will rise within the township’s 9-hectare Com-

Iloilo Business Park’s famous Bambikes. mercial and Boutique Hotel District, is expected for completion in 2024.

She said the company will generate P2-billion in sales from this new office development.

A ‘FESTIVE’ LEISURE AND ENTERTAINMENT HUB From pasalubongs to delicious cuisines, guests visiting the township will surely be enamored by Festive Walk Mall, which is dubbed as the “most beautiful mall” in Western Visayas. Awarded as the “Best Retail Development” at the 2019 Philippines Property Awards by Property Guru and the 2019 Property and Real Estate Excellence Awards by FIABCI Philip-

Outside ILOMOCA, the first contemporary art museum in VISMIN.

WORLD-CLAS ACCOMMODA With the ICC class hotels are n catering to busin Richmonde Hotel Iloilo. ers: Richmonde pines, Festive Walk Mall offers 90,000 was awarded the Design” award a square meters of gross floor area of Property Award shopping, dining, leisure, and enterMarriott, the fir tainment.

People will also surely enjoy a stroll the Philippines along Festive Walk Parade just across tions in May thi To address th the main mall. Once completed, it more accommo will stretch for about 1.1-kilomeworld will soon ter, making it the longest retail and Belmont Hotel I dining strip in the whole Western fourth developm Visayas. Here, people can have their grown hotel bra choice of fine restaurants and retail outlets. This area has also become the THE FIRST CO center of nightlife and entertainment ART MUSEUM in Iloilo via a series of weekend night Art enthusias street parties featuring a dynamic fusion of food, music, arts, and enter- quick visit to the Contemporary A tainment.

Megaworld’s Harold Geronimo at the IBP visitor’s center.

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Richmonde Hotel Iloilo’s spacious guest room. where they can feed their love for the arts with various paintings, sculptures, and installations from local and international artists.

The first and only contemporary art museum in Visayas and Mindanao, ILOMOCA is housed inside the iconic Casa de Emperador building, which is also adorned by the bronze statue of legendary Ilonggo hero, General Martin Delgado.

A MODEL FOR ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABILITY Iloilo Business Park is a bikefriendly township where bike lanes are as important as its wide roads and quirky pedestrian crosswalks. In fact, the township is now known as a “bike-cation destination” as it is the official host venue of the yearly Iloilo Bike Festival.

INCREASING THE VALUE OF LAND Real estate also defines the increase in property value. According to Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas the presence of Megaworld also helped increase the value of land in Iloilo City.

“Unfortunate for the city because it is now difficult for us to look for sites for relocation. I used to buy relocation sites at P150 per square meter by installments but now the lowest offering that we received which we are still processing is P1,008 per square meters,” Treñas said in an interview.

Known as “The City of Love”, Iloilo is a small city boasting of essential amenities including the more than 100 hotels and accommodations.

“Yung sa Megaworld hindi pa tapos ang building itatayo pa lang, nakareserve na lahat yan. I have worked with this company since we started in Iloilo and thankfully we have Megaworld started in 2010 after we have addressed the problems in power.

We had garbage problems noon, now we don’t see it on the road. Noon, we don’t have streetlights, we had very few about less than 500 but now we have more than 5,000 streetlights,” Cruz said.

The many beautiful facets of Iloilo Business Park complement the already magnificent city of Iloilo, further strengthening its reputation as an outstanding and one-of-a-kind township that continue to captivate the hearts and fancy of travelers and entrepreneurs from all corners of the world.

GMA Network added more awards to its growing list of honors as it recently received accolades from Gawad Midya 2019, Yaehademic Awards, and Best Choice Achievement Awards 2019.

At this year’s Gawad Midya, GMA News Pillar Mel Tiangco was conferred the “Outstanding Lasallian Media Practitioner for Public Service” by the De La Salle University’s Student Media Office. Tiangco co-anchors the Network’s flagship newscast “24 Oras” and hosts the award-winning drama anthology “Magpakailanman”. She is also the founder and ambassador of GMA Kapuso Foundation.

Atom Araullo, on the other hand, won as “Outstanding Media Personality”. Araullo anchors GMA Network’s digital newscast “Stand for Truth” and hosts the award-winning documentary program “The Atom Araullo Specials”. He is also one of the hosts of the longest-running docu program “I-Witness”. Gawad Midya recognizes outstanding media practitioners who serve as role models to DLSU student media practitioners and align with the University’s Vision-Mission.

At the Yaehademic Awards of the The Lovelife Project for Health and Environment, Inc. held last August 23, Araullo was also named as the “Exemplar Innovative Digital Influencer / Digital Show” awardee for his commendable performance and courage as a news anchor who presents various scams and ploys on

digital media to educate and protect the viewers.

Senior News reporter Marisol Abdurahman, meanwhile, was hailed as the “Exemplar Digital Content Reporter/Host” for her stories on crimes captured by digital cameras, highlighting the importance of using technology in avoiding, as well as reporting crimes and catching perpetrators.

“Biyahe ni Drew” host Drew Arellano was also recognized as the “Exemplar Digital Influencer/Content Sports (Sports and Adventure Blog)” for his stories and presentations about Filipino culture and tourism spots, enabling others to appreciate and take interest in the country’s natural resources through digital content.

The LoveLife Project for Health and Environment Inc., is a non-profit independent media organization

composed of multi-media professionals and whose members and leaders are persons with lived experiences, LGBTQAI+, former children in conflict with the law, persons living with HIV, persons with disability and out of school youth. Their mission is to use their expertise to help schools and communities in their information, communication, and technology education of their students and constituents to be mindful of their use of technology.

Meanwhile, Kapuso actors were also recognized at the Best Choice Achievement Awards 2019 last September 14. Bubble Gang mainstay and The Gift actor Betong Sumaya received his first-ever award as the “Best Performer in the Field of Comedy and Arts”. His The Gift co-star, Mikee Quintos, was named as this year’s “Best New Female Concert Performer” while The Clash alumnus Anthony Rosaldo won as the “Best New Male Concert Performer”.

ABS-CBN’S “WILDFLOWER” VIES FOR BEST ASIAN DRAMA IN 1ST ASIA CONTENTS AWARDS THE phenomenal hit series “Wildflower” is the only Philippine drama series that has been nominated as Best Asian Drama in the 1st Asia Contents Awards, which will be held in Busan, South Korea on October 6.

The Maja Salvador-starrer will compete with outstanding Asian TV series from South Korea, China, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, and Cambodia.

The 1st Asia Contents Awards aims to reward the finest TV dramas produced across Asia in the last five years. It is organized by the renowned film festival Busan International Film Festival and Asian Film Market, an annual film market in South Korea.

“Wildflower” also continues to make waves worldwide now that it airs in three French-speaking countries New Caledonia, Polynesia, and Reunion with the recent partnership of ABS-CBN with Ampersand fiction, a French content distributor.

It is also currently shown in several French-speaking African countries and will soon air in Madagascar this October with the Kapamilya network’s deal with Startimes.

“Wildflower” aired on ABS-CBN in 2017 and reigned in primetime TV for a year. Its main protagonist Ivy Aguas/Lily Cruz was noted for her embodiment of women empowerment and fighting against oppression as she took down the vicious clan of Ardiente.

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GALLERY OWNER, ART PUBLISHER JACK TEOTICO IN MINDANAOART HE’S not regarded as the Master in Art Marketing for nothing. Jack Teotico, group managing director of Galerie Joaquin, which has earned its stripes as the gallery that features top-notch masters and contemporary visual artists who are creating waves with their masterpieces.

From Galerie Joaquin’s website, it reads: “The galerie has been responsible for launching the career of the master of neo-genre painting Dominic Rubio. It has also conceptualized a series of exhibits of works from important modernists in its specially focused series of shows titled Masters of Modernism. Featured artists have included Justin Nuyda, Angelito Antonio, Mario Parial and Lydia Velasco. Recently, the galerie has agreed to collaborate with renowned sculptor Eduardo Castrillo as well as internationally renowned surrealist Raul Lebajo for special one-man exhibitions as part of it’s The Masters series. The

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WHAT’S better than coffee? Coffee and good company, of course! has worked extensively with the Find these and more country’s first investment bank, the Bancom Group. A graduate of Busi- in SM Lanang Premier ness Economics from the University Coffee and Chill popup in the mall’s atrium of the Philippines Diliman, Teotico on Sept 20 to 22. is also the publisher of Art+ MagaEnjoy coffee in any zine. way you like as Davao’s Aspiring gallery owners and best coffee brands artists can learn a lot from Teotico and makers bring you the best offerings: Park Inn by as he discusses the business of art Radisson Davao, The Davao Coffee Council, Milky in the MindanaoArtTalks session Cakes and Sweets, Paul’s Milk Bar, Glass House Coffee,VOL.12 entitled “Artist Selling Self” in the VOL.12 IS Paramount Coffee and Breville. conference portion of Mindanao“We are glad that through this event in partnership Arts slated on October 5, 2019 at with the private sector like SM Lanang Premier, we can the Philippine Women’s College of make coffee appreciation more popular among people,” Davao RSM Event Center in Masaid Joji Pantoja who sits as one of the board members tina, Davao City. of the Davao Coffee Council along with Carlo MartiTeotico shares the stage with nez.

Riel Hilario who will talk on ArtTheISSUE event will also highlight the wonderful process ist residency, Pope Dalisay on Art VOL.12 VOL.12 ISSUE 94 84 • FRIDAY-SATURDAY, • FRIDAY-SATURDAY, JULY JULY 19-20, 5-6, 2019 every up of coffee goes through--from collaboration Competitions, and Melissa Yeungwith farmers to careful brewing customers.

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galerie has also presented works of exciting contemporary artists such as Eufemio Rasco IV, Jerry Morada, Vincent de Pio, Aileen Lanuza and Jomar Delluba as well as genre artists Aljo Pingol, Richard Arimado, Jovan Benito and Glenn Cagandahan.”

Established in 2002 in the City of San Juan, Teotico’s gallery now has several branches in posh addresses as well as sister galleries as can only be expected from someone who

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nate the use of middlemen.

"Our role is to connect the farmers. Before we were trying to connect the farmers direct to supermarket but the problem is the logistics. Right now Helens Farm is in Calinan they all drop their produce there. we pay them in cash then kami na bahala in other stores," Campomanes said.

Tjader Regis, Senior Vice President of NCCC Supermarket, said the company has always been an advocate of farm to market initiatives since they are able to assist and help farmers market their products.

"Helens Farm is a middleman but is a controlled layer because between Helens Farm and NCCC we already know we want to make sure that the farmers get the produce. The farmers we're quite surprise when we gave our price since its a lot higher that they are offering. We know the farmers need the margin to increase their pro-

ductivity," he said.

Based on the tri-party arrangement, Helens Farm will distribute the products to the �ive branches initially identi�ied by NCCC Supermarket including Buhangin, Centerpoint, and Main Magsaysay.

"To start off we identi�ied �ive stores to really smoothen the �low. We will be able to tap more stores of NCCC and we are talking about another 40 NCCC stores total in Davao City," Campomanes said.

Roger Baay, focal person of Peace 911 is hopeful that this will become sustainable for Paquibato District as this will have a great impact in Paquibato such as answering the economic aspect of the project.

"This will capacitate our constitutents in Paquibato and improve their livelihood," Baay said.

Launched in May last year in Paquibato District, Peace 911 is an offshoot to the city’s Emergency

Response Center 911 designed by Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio as an initiative to change the pattern of development by using a human-centered approach based on cultural diversity, social justice and participatory decision-making.

"Hopefully we can buy everything they can produce. If other stores start buying directly and apply the same we'll be more than happy," Regis said.

Benjie Lizada, president of the Davao Restaurant Association lauded NCCC and Helens Farm for being social entrepreneurs that do not focus on pro�it.

"Helens Farm is a middleman but what we need is social entrepenrues like Helens Farm kasi ang social enterprise does not have pro�it in mind but its the social concience. That is why we are very lucky to have Helens Farm. The role that Helens Farm is playing is very important in this engagement," Lizada said.

obtained from Facebook or making data publicly available without protecting people's identities, according to the social network.

APP CRACKDOWN "One app banned was called myPersonality, which shared information with researchers and companies with only limited protections in place, and then refused our request to participate in an audit," Archibong said.

A year ago, Facebook said it had banned some 400 apps including one called myPersonality, which according to Archibong "shared information with researchers and companies with only limited protections in place," and refused to accept an audit.

Facebook said a recent agreement on privacy with the US Federal Trade Commission, which included a

record $5 billion �ine, calls for additional oversight on app developers.

It "requires developers to annually certify compliance with our policies," Archibong said. "Any developer that doesn't go along with these requirements will be held accountable."

Facebook earlier this year �iled a lawsuit against South Korean data analytics �irm Rankwave in California to make sure it isn't breaking the leading social network's rules.

REVAMPING CONTROLS Along with slapping Facebook with a record �ine for data protection violations, the settlement in July called for Facebook to create a privacy committee within its board of directors to be appointed by an independent nominating committee.

This would end "unfet-

tered control" of decisions on privacy by Facebook's chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, the FTC statement said.

Facebook also will be required to conduct privacy reviews of every new or modi�ied product, service or practice before it is implemented, including for its WhatsApp and Instagram services.

"We have a responsibility to protect people's privacy," Zuckerberg said at the time.

"We're going to set a completely new standard for our industry."

As the news was announced by Facebook, Zuckerberg was in Washington meeting with policymakers on questions about privacy and antitrust issues, and held talks at the White House with President Donald Trump.

4228 or the proposed 2020 national budget and called for its immediate passage to “maintain continuous government operations.”

The government operated on a reenacted budget from January this year until the 2019 budget was signed last April, which slowed gross domestic product growth in the �irst half.

‘RIDDLED WITH PORK’ The swift passage of the proposed budget, 2 weeks ahead of its October 4 deadline, was met with a few criticism.

Deputy minority leader and Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Carlos Zarate slammed the chamber’s hasty approval of the budget, which was dominated by pro-administration lawmakers.

“Kami ay tutol sa budget na para sa pagpatay, sa pagsikil sa karapatan ng mamamayan at ang budget na batbat ng pondong pork barrel,” he said.

(We are against a budget that is intended to kill people, threatened human rights and riddled with pork barrel.)

Among those who opposed the budget’s approval were Bayan Muna party-list

Reps. Eufemia Cullamat and Ferdinand Gaite; Gabriela party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas; ACT Teachers party-list Rep. France Castro and Kabataan party-list Sarah Elago.

Albay 2nd District Rep. Joey Salceda earlier said lawmakers were entitled to a P100-million allocation under the proposed 2020 national budget.

He said P70 million would be allotted for “hard” or infrastructure projects, while P30 million would be for “soft” projects such as medical and educational assistance.

Salceda denied the allocations are “pork” since the P100 million cannot be considered as a lump-sum amount.

House Appropriations Chairman and Davao City 3rd District Rep. Isidro Ungab, however, thanked his colleagues for passing the budget in record time.

“We were geared towards one goal and objective, that is the early passage of the 2020 national budget in order to ensure the completion of the existing programs, as well as the ef�icient implementation

of new projects by the government departments and agencies, which will eventually translate to effective delivery of services by the government,” he said.

‘QUALITY BUDGET’ Despite criticisms, House Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano believed a quality budget was passed.

“Today the 18th Congress is very much alive. Our action and our faith in our country, democratic process, in the House of Representatives, and in our God All Mighty, led us to this day where we are able to pass a quality people’s budget in record time,” he said in a speech.

Cayetano also called on lawmakers to continue to review and scrutinize the budget or even amend, if need be.

“So that we will have a 2020 budget that will �it the perfect vision of a safe and comfortable life for all Filipinos,” he said.

Part of the budget will be used to buy palay or unhusked rice from farmers, make reforms in law enforcement and solve the worsening traf�ic, among others, Cayetano said.

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and forces and security arrangements, social and economic reintegration of Kapatiran, release of the remaining alleged political offenders, transformation of the group into a civilian

organization engaged in socio-economic and political activities, and community peace dividends.

“With the painstaking work of the OPAPP (Of�ice of the Presidential Adviser

on the Peace Process), we saw the decommissioning of the former RPA-ABB troops and as you saw, most of the political leaders are of old-age already,” Paduano said.

ist Jonas Burgos when he was still the commander of the 56th Infantry Battalion in Bataan.

The general denied any involvement in the Burgos case saying it is an old issue.

“That’s a very old issue and I will not honor them

by answering that. They did not even have any iota of evidence against me,” he said.

Clement said he will pursue the AFP campaign against the NPA but this time with the involvement of the entire Filipino people.

“Hindi puwedeng yung

armed forces lang or yung local government units lang (The armed forces and the local government cannot do it alone). This is a national problem so we have to address as a people,” he said.

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Children nationwide are at risk as long as a single child remains infected, the United Nations agency for children, UNICEF, has said.

The Philippines has faced a challenge recently in convincing parents to vaccinate children after it scrapped a dengue immunisation programme using

Sano�i's Dengvaxia in late 2017, following its linkage to child deaths.

More than 800,000 children received the vaccine.

The records of 119 dead children are being examined to determine if Dengvaxia was to blame, a panel of medical experts said in March.

The inquiry continues

and Sano�i has repeatedly said its vaccine is safe.

A vaccine campaign started in August in the historic heart of Manila will be expanded to cover more than 5 million children and go nationwide next year, Health Secretary Francisco Duque said in a speech on Friday.

of communities and the deliberate and mounting counter-operations and intelligence buildup of our

forces in terrorist-infested areas,” he added.

Datu Salibo is one of the towns in Maguindanao

where the Islamic Statelinked Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) mainly operates. (PNA)

regulation,” he said.

Yang is also against banning the advertising of vaping.

“A total ad ban is stopping us from convincing

smokers to convert to e-cigarette, which we believe is the better solution. We should work with the government on this."

RELX was founded in

Beijing in January 2018 by its CEO, Kate Wang.

The �irm claims to be the top-selling closed system e-cigarette in China, and the top e-cigarette brand in Asia.

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10 EDGEDAVAO Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Regional Franchising and Regulatory Office No. XI Balusong Ave., McArthur Highway, Matina, Davao City Petition for Extension of Validity of a Certificate of Public Convenience to operate a FILCAB Ordinary Regular Service.

Case No. R11-EV-FC-2019-9-1306 (2016-XI-01306) WARREN L. PATAC, Petitioner.

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NOTICE OF HEARING Petitioner is a grantee of a Certificate of Public Convenience issued in this case authorizing the operation of a FILCAB Ordinary Regular service on the route: SASA VIA CABAGUIO AVENUE with the use of ONE (1) unit, which Certificate will expire on August 6, 2020. In the petition filed on September 16, 2019, petitioner requests authority to extend the validity of said Certificate to operate along the same route with the use of the same unit previously authorized.

NOTICE is hereby given that this petition will be heard by this Board on OCTOBER 15, 2019 at 8:30 a.m. at this office at the above address.

At least TEN (10) days prior to the above date petitioner shall publish this Notice once in a newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao.

Parties opposed to the granting of the petition must file their written opposition supported by documentary evidence on or before the above date furnishing a copy of the same to the petitioner, and may if they so, desire appear on said date and time.

This petition will be acted upon by this Board on the basis of its records and the documentary evidence submitted by the parties, unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence.

Witness Atty. ARMAND B. DIOSO, Regional Director, this 17th day of August 2019 at Davao City, Philippines.

Atty. CATTLEYA B. ACAYLAR OIC-Regional Director Petitioner, Warren L. Patac Counsel, Atty. Placido A. Garde, Jr.

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were lost. Any transaction entered into shall be null and void.

Sept. 9, 16 & 23, 2019

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE AMONG HEIRS Notice is hereby given that the estate of the late RAFAELA RETEDYES ALCONTIN who died on June 11, 1995 in Davao City has been the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT executed among her heirs, per Doc. No.395; PageNo.80; Book No.XX Series of 2018, of the NOTARY PUBLIC MARIANO L. APAO, JR., CPA 9/9,16,23

NOTICE OF ADJUDICATION OF SOLE HEIR OF DECEASED MARY ANN P. FRIAS Notice is hereby given that the estate of the late MARY ANN P. FRIAS who died intestate on November 12, 2008 at Davao City ,leaving a parcel of land with Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-315008 was adjudicated to her only heir and son, MARCVIC PEREZ FRIAS per Doc. No.385; PageNo.78; Book No.XII, Series of 2019, of the NOTARY PUBLIC ATTY. RYAN ERIK C. SANTIAGO 9/23,30,10/7, 2019

waukee's Kyle Korver.

Carter was the 1999 NBA Rookie of the Year with the Toronto Raptors after being the �ifth

pick overall in the 1998 NBA Draft. He made eight consecutive NBA All-Star squads from 2000-2007.

Dubbed "Air Canada"

in his early days for his high-leaping acrobatic dunks, he helped the 2000 US Olympic capture gold at the Sydney Olympics.

port stated.

“To stop the spread of polio in the Philippines,” the WHO recommends, “at least 95% of children under 5 years of age need to be vaccinated.”

In Davao City, the regional of�ice of DOH appealed to all parents to have their children vaccinated.

“We reiterate to all parents and guardians to review the immunization status of their children and ensure that they are completely immunized,” it said in a statement. “This is the only way to protect a child from the fatal poliovirus.”

The WHO, along with UNICEF, also remind Fili-

pinos to wash their hands regularly with soap and water, use a toilet, consume food that is fully cooked, and drink safe water. “If the safety of your water is in doubt,” the WHO states, “boil it, ensuring it is bubbling vigorously for a least one minute before allowing it to cool.”

ready?

"Social media in Davao City is still thriving. Maraming misconception -- just because maraming likers and followers ang page mo does not mean na magiging okay na ang business mo," Mark, an online marketer and SEO manager said.

"We’ve dealt with local clients asking for help. Still,

even after planning, they fail to realise their goals.

Bakit? Kasi bumabalik parin sila sa notion ng ‘quantity over quality’,” he emphasized.

Even for the author, who was once a MarCom head of an outsourcing company, everyday is a learning process. It’s not enough that you depend on

numbers, you need to see beyond the numbers. Why? At the end of every cycle, your bank account is what matters – not the number of likes on your page.

Is Davao City ready to go online? Of course.

Are the entrepreneurs ready? This we have to see.

All sources use/d Facebook to sell their products.

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Carter signs with Hawks to become first 4-decade player

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ince Carter is set to make NBA history this season after signing with the Atlanta Hawks on Friday, the 42-year-old swingman set for his record 22nd league campaign.

Carter, who turns 43 in January, will become the �irst NBA player to compete in 22 seasons when he takes the court for the �irst time for the Hawks and his �irst appearance in a game in 2020 will make him the �irst player to compete in four different decades.

Among active NBA

players, Carter leads with 1,481 games played.

That's �ifth on the all-time list, 130 shy of matching Robert Parish's career record and 79 behind second-place Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Only Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James has more baskets or minutes played among active NBA players than Carter's 9,186 hoops and 45,491 minutes. He also ranks third among active players in 3-point baskets with 2,229 after Golden State's Stephen Curry and Mil-

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Didal moves to semis of Global Qualifers A

fter her golden performance in the 2018 Asian Games, Margielyn Didal continues to roll as she placed eighth in the quarter�inals to qualify to the semis of the Street League Skateboarding Global Quali�iers in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

The Philippine Sports Commission announced Saturday on its Facebook page the result of the

competition where Didal tallied for 11.1 points.

Japanese skateboarder Aori Nishimura led the contest with 18.6 markers.

Meanwhile, Filipino Daniel Ledermann settled for the 56th spot of the 110 male skaters in the competition.

Last July, the Filipina skateboarding sensation boosted her chances of making it to the 2020 To-

kyo Olympics by claiming �ifth place in the 2019 Street League Skateboarding World Tour at CA Skateparks Training Facility in Los Angeles.

Didal �inished with 21.2 points to beat former world champion Leticia Bufoni of Brazil (21.0).

Her output was a less than a point away from a podium �inish but it was still the highest �inish

ever by a Filipino in the prestigious tournament. “(It’s) such a big achievement skating,” Didal said in an Instagram post.

Didal rose to fame when she competed in the X Games Minneapolis 2018 and claimed gold in the 2018 Asian Games.

Eleven-year-old Brazilian Rayssa Leal won the LA competition by garnering 23.3 points.

CHARLY HOLGANZA THE ATHLETE’S FOOT

MY TAKE-AWAYS FROM THE FIBA WORLD CUP Congratulations to Spain for winning the recently-concluded 2019 FIBA World Cup. After being dominated by US teams in the past 2 offerings, the emergence of new powers in the World Cup is a refreshing development.

Spain and Argentina came out as proud survivors in a grueling race to reach the Finals. From an initial group of 32 countries, the top 8 would advance to a knockout system quarter�inal round. Tourney favorites USA and Serbia would both be eliminated in the quarters, making the semis a mad scramble for the top. Spain would end up outlasting their Latino rivals 75-55 to win the crown as the world’s best. It was a wide open race, with Australia, France, Serbia, Poland - aside from perennial winner US of A - seriously contending for the crown.

The games gave us a glimpse of how the game is played all over the world. It put on display different tactics and techniques, different philosophies, even training methodologies.

Here are some general observations: Spain, as well as other solid cage giants, used a blend of veterans and rookies in their campaign for the

crown. Spanish players’ familiarity, their team philosophy and identity - all these were clearly established.

There was continuity in Spain’s program, and there was a clear sense of pride in being able to represent the country.

Spain’s team this year was de�initely not their strongest. Other editions of the Spanish national team were far more illustrious and had more popular stars. But sometimes, less is actually more. With only 2 to 3 stars, one doesn’t have to �ight over playing times, or ball touches. Plus the team had an established hierarchy, with no one trying to upstage the other. Thus, the coach’s task of motivating players, of mixing and matching combinations, and of getting the players to buy-in on the game plan and the entire tournament plan - was made relatively easier.

Spain came well prepared for the Finals. They made sure to take away Argentina’s much-vaunted outside sniping. They made sure to take away Luis Scola’s scoring. They showed versatility in playing beautiful �loating zone defense.

The zone was clearly the defensive weapon of choice for European

teams. This answered the popular notion that ‘white men can’t jump’.

Spain and Argentina did not have any high-leaping black players on their team. But they were quick to provide help and could switch at the snap of a �inger.

Team USA’s unfamiliarity with euroball, complimented with non-American NBA players’ familiarity with NBA ball, worked to the disadvantage of Team USA. The results of the tournament seem to show that Euroball has now become more superior to USA ball - using international rules and standards.

The pick-and-roll was in every team’s offensive staple. Different variations of how to attack with or defend against the pick-and-roll were in motion. Spain’s Rubio/Gasol tag team at the pick-and-roll was a joy to watch.

On the other hand, it was intriguing to know which defender the offensive teams would hit with the pick.

Here are some recommendations as well: The need for more preparation time. The PBA’s year-round sked is clearly the biggest problem in creating more together-time for the national team to gain better chem-

istry. If the PBA will insist on simply squeezing in the country’s international obligations around PBA’s 3 year-long conferences, it might as well be the core of SMB (say 7-9 players) plus some add-ons from other teams to represent the country. That way, there is better cohesion for the team.

The need for more exposure. Euroball seems to be the better option for a size-disadvantaged Philippine side. Send the team to Europe to get used to the speed, the physicality, the size of the European side. Or to lower costs, make arrangements with Team Australia and New Zealand. Get used to their physicality and size. (Australia will be the next big power in basketball. Let us cozy up on our southern neighbors and learn from them.)

The present campaign in Macau augurs well for the PBA teams entered there. This provides our players more exposure to the international game.

Finally, the need to change mindsets. With the advent of positionless ball, players and coaches must be ready to develop new skillsets, try out new positions. Some 20 years ago, I questioned why we were focusing on teaching our kids to play

center. Instead of teaching kids to play ‘big’, we should teach our tall players to play small. Today, even big men have new roles to play. Players familiar with the 2-3 spots have become hybrid players assuming all the different positions. And even beyond the individual skillsets, we need to inculcate the team play mindset among our players. Cut the dependence on isolation plays, work on movement without the ball, work on pick-androll offensive variations, work on pick-and-roll defense. And cut the superstar mentality where you can’t go back to relearn the basics of the pick-and-roll.

Be that as it may, SBP head architect Manny Pangilinan has to be commended for his courageous effort in developing Philippine basketball. He was magnanimous in his apologies over the results of the Gilas campaign. He was man enough to take the heat from the team. His noble actions are worth emulating.

Perhaps, it is time for the coaching staff and players to take his cue.

Man up, be humble, be open to constructive criticism, be glad for the opportunity to learn. In the end, we will all prosper from that.

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io Olympics silver medalist Hidilyn Diaz won the bronze medal in the women's 55kg division at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships in Pattaya, Thailand.

After lifting only 93 kgs in the snatch, enough for 8th place, Diaz registered 121 kg in the clean and jerk to put herself in the podium race for an overall total of 214 kg.

Two Chinese weightlifters dominated the competition with Liao Qiuyun scoring 98 kg and 129 kg en route to a gold-medal worthy 227 kg.

Zhang Wanqiong, on the other hand, topped the snatch with 99 kg but tallied 126 kg only in

the clean and jerk to settle for silver.

In a Twitter post, Diaz bared she almost lost focus after the snatch category.

The Zamboanga native then thanked her parents and other groups for the support and prayers she received.

“That was all your, Lord. I was having a mental block, I thought 93 kgs gone over but you guided me. Thank you for what you did, Lord.

I’m so blessed,” said Diaz in a tweet in Filipino.

Liao Quiyun of China took home the overall gold medal with a combined lift of 227kg and the top prize in snatch while compatriot Zhang Wanqiong settled for sil-

ver despite a golden lift in clean and jerk.

The tournament serves a quali�ier for the Tokyo Olympics, where the Zamboanga native is looking to qualify for her fourth straight stint in the Summer Games.

In the 2017 weightlifting worlds held in California, Diaz �inished with a bronze and a silver medal (clean and jerk) in the 53kg event.

This will be Diaz's third bronze in the world championships after clinching the same ranking in the 2015 and 2017 edition of the Games.

Diaz, who captured the gold medal in the 2018 Asian Games, is trying to book a ticket to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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Hidilyn Diaz of the Philippines at the bronze tier of the podium of the women’s 55kg division at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships in Pattaya, Thailand.