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No endgame for Labor Day jobseekers as 8,000 jobs await By ADAM B. MORRELL

obseekers and entrepreneurs are expected to troop to the Labor Day 2019 Trabaho, Negosyo, Kabuhayan Job and Business Fair on May 1 to 2 at the Gaisano Mall of Davao.

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) XI said it is anticipating high volume of applicants from the city and neighboring cities. In an email furbished by DOLE XI, the agency's Regional Focal on Em-

ployment Marlito D. Ayala informed the public that the job fair will offer almost 8,000 job vacancies from local and overseas employees. The job market is expected to impact the outstanding employment rate

of the region seeing an increase as more doors will be opened for this year's fresh graduates. Davao Region currently has a 95.5 percent employment rate as far as the member of the DOLE X1 is concerned. DOLE XI of�ice-incharge assistant regional director Jason Balais recently shared that a total

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LABOR DAY JOB FAIR. A jobseeker fills up a pre-registration form for the Department of Labor and Employment 11's (DOLE 11's) May 1 Labor Day Job Fair dubbed "Trabaho, Negosyo, Kabuhayan job and business fair" at a DOLE 11 pre-registration area inside a mall along J.P. Laurel Avenue in Davao City on Tuesday. Some 200,000 local and overseas jobs will be offered during this year's nationwide business and job opportunities fair. Lean Daval Jr

JAPANESE COMPANY PACKWELL JOINS ANFLO INDUSTRIAL ESTATE

PRAYER MOUNTAIN SOON TO BE THEME PARK: ACQ

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No conﬂict of interest in Dante Ang's matrix story

A group of students performs cheerdance routine prior to the opening of Palarong Pambansa 2019 at the University of Philippines Mindanao Sports Complex in Mintal, Davao City on Sunday. Lean Daval Jr

alacañang on Monday said it does not see a con�lict of interest on the decision of Manila Times chairman Dante Ang to publish a story claiming journalists and lawyers' groups are part of a plot to oust President Rodrigo Duterte. Ang, who is also President Rodrigo Duterte's special envoy for international public relations, has claimed that the ouster plot is a "legitimate story". Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said he sees nothing wrong with the running of the story since he has no control over the paper's editorial. "Mukhang wala naman akong makita. Publisher lang naman siya eh. Hindi naman siya nag-aano ng editorial. (I don't see anything wrong. He's only a publisher. He's not involved

in the editorial)," Panelo said in a Palace brie�ing. On April 22, Panelo bared the same matrix, con�irming that the Manila Times, which was �irst to publish it, beat him to it. He said the President himself ordered him to release the matrix in a Malacañang press conference but denied that the Of�ice of the President gave Manila Times a copy. Among the names mentioned in the matrix are members of the National Union of People's Lawyers, the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ), Vera Files, and Rappler. In a speech in Tuguegarao City on April 16, Duterte said intelligence reports have been fed to him from "foreign" sources about the supposed coordinated media plot to discredit him.

everal plastic bottles and other wastes were left on the bleachers of the newly-opened football stadium of the Davao CityUP Mindanao Sports Complex after the opening ceremony of the 62nd Palarong Pambansa (National Games) here on Sunday. The stadium was �illed with thousands of visitors cheering for the student athletes from the country’s 17 regions during the twohour parade but an unpleasant sight of waste sitting on the bleachers was revealed when the crowd left. Garbage – mostly plastic bottles, plastic bags, empty packs of junk foods, food packs, and even Palarong Pambansa �laglets – had been scattered even as trash bins were provided around the sports complex for proper waste disposal.

The City Government of Davao has an existing Ecological Solid Waste Management Ordinance, which “prohibits littering, scattering, throwing, and dumping of wastes in public places.” The ordinance, approved on February 10, 2010 when President Rodrigo R. Duterte was still mayor of Davao City, also prohibits open burning of solid waste, non-segregation of solid waste, and open dumping and burying of solid waste in �lood prone areas. The Palarong Pambansa, the country’s the biggest local sporting event, was expected to draw a crowd of 20,000. This was the second time that the City of Davao hosted the annual multisport event, the �irst being in 1950, or 69 years ago. In

22 high-powered NPA S firearms surrendered

After Palaro opening, sports complex littered with trash

community effort led to the retrieval of twenty-two high-powered Fire Arms from a CPP-NPA Terrorist Group (CNTG) Pulang Bagani Company that is being monitored in the tri-boundary of Davao City, Davao Del Norte, and Bukidnon by the personnel of the Philippine Army Intelligence and 1003rd Infantry Brigade under Col. Nolasco Mempin. This result came after the surrender of three of its members on April 26, 2019, at Naval Station Felix Apolinario Panacan, Davao City. Twelve (11 M16 and one M14 ri�le) of the total twenty-two �irearms were retrieved dawn of April 29, 2019, after the government

troops acted on the revelation of the community in a Sitio on the northern boundary of Davao City and Davao del Norte, which the CPP-NPA Terrorist Group entrusted the �irearms. Initially, three �irearms which were safely kept in an arms cache in a Sitio on the boundary of Davao City

PH, China are open to resolve WPS ‘irritants’

resident Rodrigo Duterte brought up the presence of “irritants” in the disputed West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) during his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping last week, Malacañang bared on Monday. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said “irritants” refer to the presence of the Chinese vessels surrounding Pag-asa Island and the alleged harassment of Filipino �ishermen, among others. “They repeated their previous stand. But what is more important is that, kasi sabi ni Presidente (the President said), there have been irritants because of that ruling,” Panelo said in a Palace brie�ing. Duterte and Xi met during their bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the 2nd Belt and Road Forum

in Beijing, China from April 25 to 27 where both leaders reiterated their respective stands on the sea row. Panelo said the two leaders also agreed to use a bilateral consultation mechanism to resolve the con�lict. “The fact na sinabi niya na (that Chinese President Xi said) ‘we will resolve that in the bilateral negotiations.’ So, di ibig sabihin open sila(that means they are open),” Panelo said. “When you open yourself to negotiation relative to whatever irritants or challenges that are raised in relation to the ruling, then ibig sabihin, malambot sila pareho; so pag-uusapan nila (that means both countries are amenable; so they’ll talk about it),” he added. Panelo said China’s guarantee to withdraw their

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and Bukidnon were also retrieved in the afternoon of April 27, 2019, following the revelation of the community there at. The afternoon of April 28, 2019, a follow-up operation led to the retrieval of another seven �irearms in an arms cache in the same Sitio on the boundary of Davao City and Davao del Norte. These successive retrieval efforts led to the retrieval of 15 M16 ri�les, three M14 ri�les, two Garand ri�le, one M2 Carbine, and one Ultimax Light Machine Gun. Meanwhile, Lt. General Felimon T. Santos Jr., Commander of Eastern Mind-

anao Command attributed the retrieval to the continuing snowball of surrender brought about by the peace initiatives of the Local Government Units, the Enhanced Local Integration Program, and the pressure of the communities as more and more are declaring the CNTG as persona non grata. “The peace initiatives of our Local Government Units send a goodwill message to our lost brothers that indeed, the government is still the best ally. This is further being bolstered by the successful implementation of E-CLIP which allows the reforma-

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FLIGHTS CANCELLATIONS. A Cebu Pacific aircraft is about to take off at the Davao International Airport in Davao City on Tuesday. The airline company has announced that it is cancelling a total of 116 flights of CebPac and Cebgo starting May 1 (today)

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to 10 as part of its effort to improve on time performance and reduce passengers' inconvenience. Lean Daval Jr

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Prayer Mountain soon to be theme park: ACQ

he famous Prayer Mountain in Tamayong, Davao City is being developed into a theme park, one that designed to attract convention participants and tourists from all over the world. This was learned from Rev. Pastor C. Quiboloy, executive pastor of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, the Name Above Every Name, who celebrated his birthday recently. The Prayer Mountain, which has impressed hundreds of thousands of domestic and foreign visitors for years now, is now home of a Christmas Village, which was launched by Pastor Quiboloy last December. Being built at present is a four-story hotel to cater to convention participants and vacationists, to be followed by a taller hotel very

soon. Pastor Quiboloy will likewise feature soon a tribal village inspired by one such very popular tourist attraction in Hawaii. The Prayer Mountain is now paired with the Glory Mountain wherein thousands of hectares of logged over areas in the fastnesses of Calinan and around the foot of Mt. Apo are being planted with pine trees and other tree species as part of a massive greening program launched by the government with Pastor Quiboloy’s congregation. Several episodes of the Pastor Quiboloy’s television programs have been �ilmed in the two mountains. The Prayer Mountain’s convention facilities are currently used by groups of the congregation and students of the Jose Maria College. AMA

BIRTHDAY CAKE FROM PRRD. Rev. Apollo C. Quiboloy, executive pastor of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ, the Name Above Every Name, is photographed with a huge birthday cake gifted by President Rodrigo R. Duterte during the religious leader’s birth anniversary last week at the Kingdom’s cathedral in Catitipan, Davao City. EDITH T. ISIDRO

More drought-aﬀected areas get aid from Davao City Gov’t

ore areas hit by the long dry spell will get �inancial assistance from the Davao City government after the City Council approved on Tuesday the P7.8 million aid to three provinces, 20 municipalities, and one city. Each recipient-province will receive P1 million while each town will get P300,000 and P500,000 for the city. Alfredo Baloran, the chief of the Disaster Risk Reduction Management Of�ice (DRRMO), said the city will give the �inancial assistance to the Philippine National Red Cross and not to the local government units because of the election ban. “We do not give the money to the Local Government Unit, because there is an election ban, we course it through the Red Cross,” Baloran said.

Earlier, the city government extended P3.4 million in �inancial aid to eight municipalities in the Visayas and Luzon which were also hit by the drought. “Mayor Inday Sara Duterte once told me that we should not worry if we keep on extending help to calamity-affected municipalities. The city has enough money for our disaster operations and we should keep on helping those who are in need,” Baloran said. Unlike other cities, Baloran said Davao is fortunate for it is not seriously affected by the drought. Baloran assured city residents the DRRMO is monitoring the situation in the city, particularly in the agricultural areas, to help farmers in case they will be affected by the extreme weather disturbance like the El Niño. CIO

Local absentee votes to be counted on poll day: Comelec

otes cast in the threeday Local Absentee Voting (LAV) will not be immediately counted, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Monday. "The results of LAV will be made known on election day just the like rest of the country,” Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said in an interview. With this, Jimenez warned voters not to believe news or information claiming the victory of a certain candidate. “Again, paalala sa publiko (a reminder to the public), maglilipana na naman ‘yung mga balita na manalo sa ganitong kampo or nanalo sa ganitong opisina. Huwag tayong maniniwala (news about somebody from this camp already won will circulate. Let's not believe it), because that information of course will be false,” he added. Comelec data showed only 29,321 out of 35,604 applications for LAV have

been approved. AFP personnel represent bulk of the voters with 20,064, while PNP employees are 7,576 and 460 members of the media. “For the rest of LAV, medyo mataas naman (there is a quite high) voter turnout at around 60 to 70 percent. This is expected kasi nga nag-effort sila na mapasali sa (because they made an effort to be included in the) LAV,” he added. Aside from police of�icers, soldiers, media workers, government employees who will be on duty during election day are eligible for the LAV. The three-day voting period started on Monday and will be until Wednesday in the camp or of�ice where the voters �ile their applications for LAV. Voting will be during of�ice hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. They will be selecting candidates for national positions only, which includes 12 senators and one party-list group. (PNA)

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DOLE announces 29 job fair venues on Labor Day

OIL PRICE HIKE. A fuel tanker unlaods petroleum products at a depot in Sasa, Davao City on Tuesday. Oil firms will implement another round of fuel price hike as petroleum producing countries continue to withhold supply. Gasoline prices

will be increased by P0.75 per liter while diesel will be hiked by P0.80 per liter. Lean Daval Jr

Security Bank cites sustainable growth of core businesses D uring the annual stockholders’ meeting of Security Bank Corporation (PSE: SECB) on Tuesday, 30 April 2019, the following were elected to the Security Bank Board: incumbent directors Diana P. Aguilar, Philip T. Ang (independent), Anastasia Y. Dy, Frederick Y. Dy, Joseph R. Higdon (independent), James J. K. Hung (independent), Jikyeong Kang (independent), Napoleon L. Nazareno (independent), Cirilo P. Noel, Takahiro Onishi, Alfonso L. Salcedo, Jr., Rafael F. Simpao, Jr., Masaaki Suzuki and Alberto S. Villarosa, and new independent director Gerard H. Brimo. During the organizational Board meeting, key appointments were for Frederick Y. Dy as Chairman Emeritus,

Alberto S. Villarosa as Chairman, Anastasia Y. Dy as Vice Chairman, and Alfonso L. Salcedo, Jr. as President and Chief Executive Of�icer. In his report on 2018 operations, President and CEO Alfonso L. Salcedo, Jr. pointed to 2018 as a milestone year. After �ive years, Security Bank has built the retail banking business as a strong third business pillar of the Bank. Security Bank is now a full-�ledged universal bank with wholesale banking, �inancial markets and retail banking as its three business pillars. Importantly, Security Bank is well-positioned for sustainable growth. 2018 net income was Php 8.6 billion, lower by 16% versus 2017 primarily due to a decrease in trading

gains and an increase in provision for income taxes. 2018 showed continued strong growth in Security Bank’s core businesses. Net interest income from customer loans and deposits increased 30% compared to 13% for the top ten private domestic universal banks. Fee income increased 26% versus industry’s 11%. Bancassurance, which commenced in 2015, has now become the largest fee income contributor. Security Bank’s retail loan portfolio continued its strong growth momentum, increasing by 47% in 2018. Its compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) for the �ive-year 2014-2018 period was 53% versus the Philippine banking system’s 17%. This growth was driven by

all �ive retail loan products of the Bank, namely, home, auto, credit card, small business and personal loans. Retail loans now account for 20% of the Bank’s total loans, versus 7% in 2014. Security Bank’s total loan portfolio has grown by a CAGR of 21% versus industry’s 17%. Asset quality remained healthy, with gross non-performing loan ratio at 0.7%, lower than industry’s 1.3%. Deposits grew 18%, faster than industry’s 9%. Security Bank’s deposit growth has consistently outperformed industry in the last �ive years, growing at a CAGR of 19% versus industry’s 11%. Security Bank is the best capitalized bank among the top ten private domestic

President Brian Cu said in a statement on Monday. Starting Monday, a PHP 50 cancellation fee will be charged to passengers who cancel the ride after 5 minutes of getting assigned a driver and a PHP 50 no show-up fee if a passenger did not show up at the pick-up point within 5 minutes for GrabCar and 3 minutes for GrabShare upon the driver’s arrival. The cancellation fee will be applied on the next ride booking of a passenger if they paid in cash and will be paid to the driver to reimburse fuel costs and time spent for traveling to the destination point of the rider. A passenger’s account could be suspended for 24 hours if they cancel rides twice in an hour, thrice in a day or a total of 5 cancellations per week. Drivers will also be locked out of the platform

for a temporary period of time if they forced passengers to cancel ride bookings without any reason and for being selective of passenger destinations. Grab clari�ied that fees will not be imposed for the following situations: - Passenger cancels within 5 minutes of getting an assigned driver. - The driver is not moving towards the pickup point or going to the wrong direction. - Driver takes 15 minutes longer than the �irst estimated time of arrival. - The driver indicates that he/she has arrived when he/she has not. The �irm assured that it will refund any fees that were charged wrongly within 48 hours, when reported via their in-app Help Centre. The new policy will be implemented on a staggered basis for both riders and passengers and is

expected to be completed by the end of May. “We will be implementing this initially to the �irst 10 percent of the riders and drivers with its full implementation set by end May. We will be rolling out of�icial communications for passengers and drivers starting this Monday,” Grab public relations manager Krhizzy Pasigan said in an interview with the Philippine News Agency. The company has noti�ied the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board on the new policy. Ride-hailing �irm Uber used to impose a PHP 100 cancellation fee to passengers that cancel rides more than �ive minutes after a booking is made before its ride-hailing operations in the country were halted in April last year due to its acquisition by Grab. (PNA)

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Grab starts implementing cancellation, no-show fees

rab Philippines will be imposing a PHP 50 fee to passengers who will cancel their rides after �ive minutes of getting assigned a driver or those who did not show up at pick-up points within minutes of a driver’s arrival. The ridesharing �irm explained that the new policy aims to reduce unreasonable cancellations by both drivers and passengers. “Grab is mindful that cancellations are frustrating for both the passengers and our drivers. At the same time, we are cognizant of the fact that sometimes, cancellations are necessary during special situations. Our intention in implementing this new policy is to create a better ride-hailing ecosystem, where both passengers and drivers practice the responsible use of the Grab platform,” Grab

he Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is inviting job seekers to a nationwide job fair on May 1. In a post shared online, DOLE has announced some 29 venues for the job-hunters on Labor Day. In Central Luzon alone, it said more than 12,000 jobs are open for application. In partnership with other government agencies, the one-day Trabaho Negosyo Kabuhayan (TNK) and Business Opportunities will be held at the Kingsborough International Convention Center in the City of San Fernando, Pampanga. Other locations are set at the Ayala Mall South Park, Muntinlupa City; Vista Mall, Tuktukan, Taguig City; and City Social Hall and Sports Complex of Paranaque City. There are more areas prepared in Northern Luzon at Baguio City High School - Main Campus; Magic Hall, Urdaneta City, Pangasinan; Robinsons Ilocos Norte Activity Center, San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte; Pangasinan PESO Compound, Lingayen, Pangasinan; and Cagayan Coliseum, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan. In Southern Luzon, the venues are the Paci�ic Mall in Lucena City, Quezon; Robinson’s Mall, City of Gen. Trias, Cavite (May 2);

Bulwagang Panlalawigan, Provincial Capitol Complex, Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro; Puerto Princesa City, Palawan; and Paci�ic Mall in Legazpi City, Albay. In a press brie�ing, DOLE 7 Director Salome Siaton said over 18,000 local and overseas jobs are up for grabs for applicants. Seven key areas in Visayas will be venues for the fair including Robinson’s Place, Jaro, Ilo-ilo City; Trade Hall, SM City Cebu; North Reclamation Area, Cebu City; Mandaue City Hall, Cebu; Social Hall, Cebu Provincial Capitol; Main Atrium, Robinsons Place, Calindagan, Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental; Tacloban Convention Center, Tacloban City; and Ormoc City Superdome, Ormoc City. DOLE 10 meanwhile disclosed some 16,798 jobs available in Mindanao. The job hunters may set their clocks early and go to KCC Mall de Zamboanga in Zamboanga City; The Atrium, Limketkai, Cagayan de Oro City; Gaisanao Mall, Davao City; KCC Convention and Events Center, General Santos City; and Balanghai Hotel in Butuan City. The project is in line with the celebration of the 117th Labor Day nationwide with the theme, “Pagpupugay sa Manggagawang Pilipino”.(PNA)

Gov’t eyeing targeted NFA rice distribution

ranking National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) of�icial said the government is currently evaluating a proposal to offer subsidized rice only in areas where it is badly needed. This, after Republic Act (RA) 11203, or the Rice Liberalization Act, removed the regulatory and import licensing functions of the National Food Authority (NFA) and instead mandated the agency to maintain the country’s emergency buffer stock that will solely be sourced from local farmers. NEDA Assistant Secretary Mercedita Sombilla, in a brie�ing Monday, said NFA rice could be released on a targeted basis instead of being made available nationwide, as is currently the case. She explained that although price of NFA rice may likely go up by around PHP2 or PHP3 per kilo from the current PHP27 a kilo “I don’t think we will allow NFA to put it at a price wherein they would cover their pro�its.” “What we are trying to do is for NFA to really sell it at a price that they will not be shortchanged. But for households and bene�iciaries that really

need the rice for a very low price then the government will keep on subsidizing the rice,” she said. Sombilla said they have not determined what areas will be covered by this policy, noting that this depends on several factors like vulnerability to calamities, population and proportion of households in those areas. Before RA 11203 was signed into law, the country was using the maximum access volume (MAV) as system for importing rice. Now, businessmen are allowed to import rice freely but the imports will be subjected to tariff and a Sanitary and Phytosanitory Import Clearance must �irst be secured from the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Plant Industry (DA-BPI). Determining how much rice buffer is needed is still under study but authorities have said that the optimal level is for an inventory enough to accommodate the country’s requirements for 15 to 30 days. The buffer will be primarily distributed during disaster relief programs but the rice supply can also be sold to the public before the grain’s quality deteriorates. (PNA)

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DLI's first vice president Ricardo Lagdameo joins the team of Packwell, from left, Chairman Masahito Hoshino, Sales Officer Chang Anqi, COO Yuichi Yamagishi, General Manager Song Hongxia, and CEO Keiji Ogawa.

Japanese company Packwell joins Anflo Industrial Estate A

Fun-ﬁlled summer for 2,000 DavNor kids

avao del Norte – Over 2000 children joined this year’s free Summer Sports and Arts Camp at the Davao del Norte Sports and Tourism Complex in Tagum City. The sports camp, which run from April 22-May 1, 2019, was open to all 8-12 year olds, who wish to learn the basics of arnis, athletics, basketball, chess, football, karatedo, sepak takraw, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, volleyball and futsal. While the arts camp, which is set from May 1-10, 2019 is intended for 1015 year olds interested in learning basic lessons on music (voice, guitar, keyboard, drums, bass), dance (contemporary, pop/ hiphop, cultural, theater), painting (acrylic, oil pastel, sketching, doodle). The camp also offered Math and English tutori-

als for grade 9 and 10 students. Governor Anthony del Rosario stressed the importance of sports and arts in developing the character, as well as both the physical and mental abilities of the children. “Sports is a great way (to) teach children valuable life skills as they play. Many of the skills necessary to be successful in sports are the same skills needed to be successful in life,” the governor said. He also granted the budding young athletes, who bear AGR Kids ID cards, free use of the facilities of the sports complex. The sports summer camp, which is now on its 8th year, has already produced top-notched Dabaonon athletes, who represented the province to regional and national athletic competitions.

n�lo Industrial Estate (AIE), the Philippines’ premier agro-industrial hub spearheaded and operated by Damosa Land Inc. (DLI), has signed an agreement to bring leading Japan-based packaging company Packwell Inc. to Davao del Norte. The recently closed deal took place in Tokyo, Japan and signed by Mr. Masahito Hoshino, Chairman of Packwell Inc. and Mr. Ricardo Lagdameo, First Vice President of DLI. Founded in 1957, Packwell Inc. is one of the global industry leaders in the design, manufacturing and sale of quality paper packaging containers. Their product portfolio includes lidded boxes, cardboard-lined jackets, paper-lined jackets, and other quality packaging material for luxury pieces and collectors’ items. The company focuses on cre-

ating containers that are sturdy, stable and designed for mid- to long-term storage of precious products. Two of their prominent clients include Godiva (Belgian chocolatier with over 600 stores across the globe) and IQOS (designer and maker of sophisticated electronic tobacco heat sticks). This recent signing is considered a major deal for both parties. Packwell already has four production facilities – three in Japan (one in Tokyo and two in Yashio City) and one in China (Shanghai). The manufacturer will thus be establishing its �ifth manufacturing site on a 1.6-hectare lot in the AIE premises in Davao del Norte. This brand new factory will serve as one of Packwell’s most recent milestones for major operational expansion. From Japan to China,

and now to the Philippines, Packwell is building its next production facility in Davao del Norte to take advantage of AIE’s support facilities for manufacturing, warehousing, processing and exporting. Complete with world-class water and power systems, ample space, wide roads and logistical networks, AIE is also only 300 meters away from Mindanao’s most modern port facility, the Davao International Container Terminal and located in Panabo City, which sits between two major Philippine economic hubs, Davao City and Tagum City. Packwell is AIE’s �irst Japan-based locator, bringing the total number of nations that are represented in Damosa’s agro-industrial hub to �ive (the �irst four are the US, China, Netherlands and Philippines). It is also an addition to the 10 locators, including Del

Monte Fresh Produce Philippines and Phildutch Polymer Inc.,that are already fully operational in AIE. The Packwell factory construction is set to be commenced within the year. Once fully operational, DLI will have succeeded in bringing in a world-class manufacturer from Japan to Mindanao, Philippines. This is expected to add job opportunities as well as to peripheral business opportunities in Panabo City and neighboring cities, constituting a big win for Davao del Norte and Mindanao. The An�lo Industrial Estate is a 63 hectare, PEZA accredited, industrial park focusing on agro-industrial processing as well as light manufacturing. The project commenced construction in 2016 and brought in its �irst locator that same year. To date, AIE’s �irst phase is 85% occupied bv various international locators.

Gov. Anthony del Rosario and Provincial Sports andYouth Development Officer Giovanni Gulanes pose with some participants of the AGR Kids Summer Sports and Arts Camp for posterity.

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EDITORIAL LGU investment in sports The heroics of young athletes displayed in the ongoing Palarong Pambansa is awe inspiring. That’s the beauty of sports. Not only that it unites everyone under one sky, it also produce the most unlikely of heroes. It’s probably not as emphasized as it is now, but the exploits of young athletes in the Palaro is a learning experience for local government units to invest heavily on sports programs--both infrastructure and institutional--as one of its main weapons against the lure of illegal drugs on young people. These athletes have used sports as a vehicle not only to develop character but also to safeguard them in a way against the temptations of illegal drugs and petty crimes. These heroes emerging before us coming from different parts of the country deserve our applause no matter which region they play for. It does not matter now that they are not from Davao or they are the opponents of our home teams and players. The more

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compelling reason to appreciate the spectacle unfolding before us in this Palarong Pambansa is seeing these young people rise from all the challenges in life to achieve what they worked so hard for. The winners will wear proudly the gold, silver and bronze medals on their necks. However, those who missed out on the medals still are winners in their own right--winners in the battle against illegal drugs and other vices that have ruined and are still wrecking the lives of many young Filipino children. Thus, local government units should look at the effects of sports among our children and consider making a good investment in their own localities. Legendary track star Elma Muros herself stressed the importance of the support mechanism coming from the LGUs to encourage participation in sports. Not everyone would become excellent athletes but if most children are lured out there in the gyms, fields, tracks and courts of various sports disciplines, then we can be assured of a drug-free future generation.

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VANTAGE POINTS

DENNIS R. GORECHO PINOY MARINO RIGHTS

THE PARTY-LIST SYSTEM AND THE SEAFARERS’ VOTES The votes of the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs), both landbased and seabased, are now being courted by groups aiming political seats through the party-list representation. Around 134 groups will vie for 59 seats allotted for the party list in the House of Representatives – trimmed from the 185 organizations that sought to enter the 2019 party-list race during the �iling of candidacies in October 2018. Party-list representation utilize the tendency for proportional representation systems to favor single-issue parties, and applies that tendency to allow underrepresented sectors to represent themselves in the law-making process. The party-lists system was introduced in the 1987 Constitution and Republic Act 7941 (the Party-List Law) to provide a balance for locality-based lawmakers, who are almost always elected on the basis of their popularity and the money that they release. The party-list system is designed for parties to be voted

according to their program of government and track record. It is also meant to open doors to more quali�ied individuals, enlisted by the parties, who do not have the money and the personal connections to make them win in locality-based elections, but whose platform may appeal to voters nationwide. The Overseas Absentee Voting Act was passed in 2003, allowing Filipinos overseas to vote for who they want to be president, vice-president, senators, and party-list representatives. POEA 2017 data shows that out of the 1,992,746 deployed OFWs, 1,614,674 are landbased while 378,072 are seabased. In terms of remittances, the seabased sector sent home US$6,139,512.00 while the land based sector gave US$22,803,603,000.00. 6,139,512 Due to their absence during the election period, there is a specialized mode of voting by which ship of�icers and ratings manning ships, including offshore workers, service providers and �ishermen, who are

registered overseas voters, may cast their ballots 60 days before the day of elections Under a COMELEC resolution, seafarers may vote at any post, speci�ically Philippine embassies, consulates, foreign service establishments and other Philippine government agencies maintaining of�ices abroad, e.g., the Philippine Overseas Labor Of�ices (POLO). During the voting period, seafarers may vote through two modes: adopting personal voting or, in case of postal voting, in any post with international seaports as identi�ied and recommended by the Department of Foreign Affairs. In posts adopting personal voting, seafarers voting shall be conducted by one of the election inspectors. In posts adopting postal voting, ballots for seafarers shall be distributed proportionately among posts with identi�ied international seaports. These ballots shall be in the custody of the post for the entire voting period. The seafarer shall personally claim the mailing packet

at the post, accomplish the of�icial ballot contained in a mailing packet; and submit the accomplished ballot which shall then be disposed in accordance with the procedures on postal voting. COMELEC records show that seafarers who have registered to be OAVs number 43,033 as of 2019. This is less than 2016’s 49,339. The most seafaring OAVs are from Europe (22,433), followed by North and Latin America (10,468), Asia Paci�ic (7,662), and the Middle East and Africa (2,470). But the strength of the seafarers’ votes are essentially felt through their families residing in the Philippines. For the seafaring sector, two party-list groups are campaigning for this year’s mid-term election. MARINO Partylist was formed in 2014 by seafarers and stakeholders from the maritime community mostly in Mindanao. They are pursuing advocacies that aims to make signi�icant and meaningful changes and reforms in the maritime industry. On the other hand, ANGKLA

was founded in 2011 and run for congressional seat in 2013 under Partylist name, ANGKLA and won for 2 consecutive terms. Several groups have called for the repeal or the amendment of the party-list law as political dynasties have “hijacked” the system, supposed to be a platform for representation of marginalized sectors. The rosters of party-list representatives in previous Congresses had been hit for being recycled lists of people already in power. A study noted that at least 49 party-list nominees in the upcoming midterm elections are part of a political dynasty or families that have more than one member elected to a public post. If their parties garner enough votes, the nominees could occupy 83 percent of the 59 party-list seats in the House of Representatives (Atty. Gorecho heads the seafarers’ division of the Sapalo Velez Bundang Bulilan law of�ices. For comments, email info@sapalovelez. com, or call 09175025808 or 09088665786)

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A MATTER OF TRUST “The best way to �ind out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.” – Ernest Hemingway If you are going to the American Embassy for an interview, don’t bring any gadgets with you. Leave them at home or at the hotel where you are staying. It is speci�ically stated that those gadgets are not allowed inside the embassy. The banning of electronic gadgets inside the US Embassy, I was told, started in 2007 yet because the embassy feared those gadgets could be used as “bombs.” Another reason was due to the death threats some US of�icials received. Recently, a friend went for an interview at the US Embassy. She was not informed that bringing those gadgets are not allowed, although I presumed she failed to read the application form where the directive was speci�ied. In her social media account, she posted a lengthy discussion on the availability of lockers for non-Americans. “My sister and I went to the American Embassy today, and we were told on the spot that gadgets like cellphones, USBs, power banks, earphones and calculators were not allowed inside,” she wrote. “I asked if there were lockers where we cut put our belongings in. The embassy guard said there were lockers, but they were only for US

citizens. “That is quite odd,” she went on. “In Hong Kong, there are lockers for everyone to use, according to a trusted source.” She had really no idea. She had two alternatives: either leave all those gadgets in her car or leave them with the ladies carrying big bags outside the embassy. But then, leaving them in the car “is quite unsafe.” As for those ladies, they charge with corresponding amount. “Those ladies carry your gadgets for safekeeping while you are inside the embassy – for a fee. The fees range from P100 (per USB, power bank and calculator) to P200 (per phone),” she wrote. “Very pricey and it is unreceipted.” She talked with the ladies, whom she found as “quite friendly, helpful and accommodating.” She also had a conversation with the two guards manning the embassy outside. She asked about lockers but both didn’t answer the question. She was told to do something about her gadgets because it was not the concern of the embassy. Or “you can leave your gadgets with the safekeeping ladies who have been operating here for a very long time.” In the end, she and her sister left their gadgets at one of the ladies and paid P1,000. But still, she was not happy with it. “But

I cannot help but think about the lack of lockers for locals and Filipino citizens in the US Embassy,” she pointed out. Reading between lines, I assumed the issue here is trust. She seemed not to trust the safekeeping ladies. In her conversation with the guards, she told them: “What if our gadgets get lost?” Despite the fact she found the ladies “friendly and helpful.” She still didn’t trust them enough. She also didn’t want to leave her gadgets at her car because it was not safe. Again, she didn’t trust Filipinos; she believed someone would steal their gadgets when they are left at the car. I didn’t ask her though why she won’t leave her gadgets to the safekeeping ladies but I can sense that she won’t trust them. If she can’t trust her fellow Filipinos who are strangers, how can the US Embassy trust her, too, being a Filipino? I don’t want to degrade Filipinos here but I think we have to trust everyone if we want foreigners to trust us also. It takes time to trust everyone but we have to start somewhere. Trust me, it is never easy. But at the end of her lamentation, she gave a very thought-provoking suggestion: “If we pursue the alternative (leave our gadgets with safekeeping ladies), I would like to recommend that the em-

bassy should issue them ID’s that they’re authorized to keep embassy goers’ gadgets. In the long run, this will help the embassy and the ‘safekeeping’ ladies’ operations.” Trust is one of the 15 things money can’t buy, according to Roy T. Bennett, author of The Light in the Heart. The other 14 are time, happiness, inner peace, integrity, love, character, manners, health, respect, morals, patience, class, common sense and dignity. “Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable,” American TV personality Fred Rogers once said. “When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary. The people we trust with that important talk can help us know that we are not alone.” A fragile thing is trust. It’s easy to break, easy to lose and one of the hardest things to ever get back. Oscar nominated singer Lady Gaga made mention of trust that once it is broken, it stays forever. “Trust is like a mirror,” she said. “You can �ix it if it’s broken, but you can still see the crack in that mother fucker’s re�lection.” This brings us to a conversation between Frodo and Sam in J.R.R. Tolkein’s The Fellowship of the Ring. It goes this way: “But it does not seem that I can trust

anyone,” said Frodo. Sam looked at him unhappily. “It all depends on what you want. You can trust us to stick you through thick and thin – to the bitter end. And you can trust us to keep any secret of yours – closer than you keep it yourself. But you cannot trust us to let you face trouble alone, and go off without a word.” Do not trust just anyone. American actress and comedian Shelley Long pointed this out: “Not everyone can be trusted. I think we all have to be very selective about the people we trust.” As English author Sophie Kinsella puts it: “In the end, you have to choose whether or not to trust someone.” Who are the people you can trust? An unknown author shared this thought: “Only trust someone who can see these three things in you: The sorrow behind your smile, the love behind your anger, and the reason behind your silence.” Now, this reminds me of the words of American singer Selena Gomez: “If you have three people in your life that you can trust, you can consider yourself the luckiest person in the whole world.” To end, allow me to share this statement from an unknown author: “Trust takes years to build, seconds to break, and forever to repair.” Remember that!

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THERE’S MORE TO COCONUT THAN JUST COPRA (Second of Two Parts)

oconut has been touted as a “lazy man’s crop.” According to an old legend, coconut is God’s gift to the lazy man. “He sleeps in the shade of the tree, is awakened when a nut falls, drinks the milk, and eat some of the meat. He then feeds the rest of the meant to the chickens and cattle, which produce eggs and milk and meat, respectively. The leaves provide thatch for the roof and walls of his coconut hut, and are also woven into hats, baskets and mats.” With multifarious uses, coconut is indeed a “tree of life.” In the Philippines, the coconut industry is a pillar of the country’s agriculture. But while most Filipinos know of coconut’s economic importance, not too many are aware of the health bene�its coconut gives. Let’s start with coconut milk, which is made from water and grated coconut meat. Coconut milk is said to be high in saturated fat but mostly in the form of medium-chain fatty acids, which are not metabolized the same as the long-chain fatty acids found in animal products. As such, the fats found in coconut milk are not bad for your health, according to a 2006 article published in The Ceylon Medical Journal. As a matter of fact, it has been known that people with diets high in coconut milk have lower cholesterol levels and lower rates of heart disease. Jill Corleone in an article which www.livestrong.com published, however, cautioned: “While there is some promising research about the bene�its of coconut milk for your heart, the evidence is preliminary and more research is needed before formal recommendations for its use can be made.” So, what about the fats from coconut oil? Pina LoGiudice, Siobhan Bleakney, and Peter Bongiorno, co-medical directors of the New Yorkbased Inner Source Health, wrote: “Conventional thought used to consider fats like coconut oil to be unhealthy and contribute to heart disease. We now know that this isn’t true. In fact, coconut oil is actually a heart-healthy food that can keep your body running smoother in a few different ways.” Virgin coconut oil Coconut oil is most potent when it’s virgin – that is, extracted through pressing without the use of heat. Thanks to the pioneering work of the late Dr. Julian Banzon and his protégé, Dr. Teresita Espino, the chemistry of virgin coconut oil (VCO) has been known and its bene�icial effects on the human body have been con�irmed. Lauric acid is the key element in the VCO that is causing a lot of interest among scientists. The late Dr. Dayrit was touted to be the Father of VCO. Thanks to his untiring and courageous effort in research on coconut oil, it was found that VCO is sort of a drug “that regulates the body’s functions and defense mechanism. It restores the normal balance of tissues or cells that have become dysfunctional.” However, much research still has to be done on the bene�its of VCO but preliminary �indings and anecdotal reports are very promising. It reportedly removes toxins, manages diabetes, controls

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allergy, strengthens digestive system, and enhances immune system and body metabolism. In the United States, for instance, VCO has increasingly become popular in natural food circles and with vegans. It was described in a New York Times article as having a “haunting, nutty, vanilla �lavor” that also has a touch of sweetness that works well in baked goods, pastries, and sautés. Records show that export of VCO has been increasing. An upsurge in the export volume was observed particularly in 2007. Export earnings of VCO increased by 235% from US$1.49 million in 2006 to almost US$5 million in the following year. “The rapid growth rate can be attributed to the increasing cost of health care, aging population, growing evidence of health bene�its of good ingredients, the food industry’s search for new opportunities, among others,” reports the Laguna-based Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD). “The VCO industry also bene�itted on the increasing popularity of function food products both in local and the world market.” Coconut vinegar When it comes to vinegar, these names seem to be the most popular: apple cider vinegar, red wine vinegar, and balsamic vinegar. Most people, particularly those living in the Western countries, may never heard of coconut vinegar. Although coconut vinegar is quite new in the United States market, it has been touted as the “new apple cider vinegar,” according to Andra Picincu in a Livestrong article. What most Americans don’t know that it has been sold already in most Asian stores. But due to its being natural and chemical-free, coconut vinegar is priced higher than ordinary ones. It doesn’t take so much time to come up with vinegar out of coconut sap or tuba. The white liquid is placed in a tight container (although some would leave it uncovered to encourage yeast growth), and it would naturally ferment in several months. As a type of fermented vinegar, coconut vinegar shares a common trait with the others. It’s also raw – ensuring that it contains all sorts of bene�icial enzymes. The coconut sap, nutritionists claim, contains potassium (an impressive 192 milligrams per tablespoon), phosphorus, iron, magnesium, sulfur, boron, zinc, manganese and copper. Coconut vinegar has some health bene�its. Food and Nutrition Research, in a study published in 2017, reported that coconut water vinegar can decrease in�lammation, body weight and blood lipids in obese mice. Naturally fermented foods are rich in probiotics, according to Harvard Medical School. Coconut vinegar is no exception. “The live microorganisms that form in these foods through fermentation help restore the gut �lora and may improve digestive health,” Picincu wrote. Bukayo and Buko Pie Who hasn’t tried bukayo, the very sweet Filipino dessert which is made by sim-

mering strips of young, gelatinous coconut in water and then mixing with white or brown sugar? It can be used as garnishing and �illings for other desserts. Buko pie, on the other hand, is a popular traditional pastry made of coconut-�illed pie. It is almost like a coconut cream pie, only it is made of young 9-month-old-coconut and sweetened condensed milk mixed with skimmed milk and other ingredients. Both are saleable but bukayo lasts longer. On the latter, the PCAARRD has this to say: “This product does not lose its appeal in the market because it is part of the Filipino culture. In fact, demand has been increasing due to the Filipino overseas workers, who like to bring the product along, thus expanding its market horizon.” Carbon sequestration The PCA and other government agencies are urging Filipinos to plant more coconuts in their farms. And by planting more coconuts, the Philippines can also help stave off the effects of climate change. “These coconut lands could be developed for income generating carbon sequestration projects and carbon credit market,” pointed out PCA’s Severino S. Magat. Carbon sequestration describes long-term storage of carbon dioxide or other forms of carbon to either mitigate or defer global warming and avoid dangerous climate change. Carbon dioxide, in the form of gas, can be sequestered out of the atmosphere through photosynthesis. The carbon dioxide is converted into sugar by the plant or emitted back to the air through perspiration. Carbon stored in plant parts other than the stem wood or trunk are generally decomposable biomass which eventually becomes a part of the soil organic matter (SOM) of which the more

stable component is the 50 percent soil organic carbon (SOC). In his paper presentation entitled, “Productive and Sustainable Coconut Farming Ecosystems as Potential Carbon Sinks in Climate Change Minimization: A Review and Advisory Notes,” Magat explained the important role of the coconut lands against the negative impacts of climate change. In coconut, as in most tree crops, carbon is stored or sequestered both by the biomass and the soil of the ecosystem, indicating that the biomass and the soil are the main carbon sinks of atmospheric carbon dioxide. These “carbon sinks” could be regulated and managed to a great extent by following proper cropping practices, according to Magat. A two-year study conducted by PCA showed the annual rate of carbon sequestration in local tall variety coconut crop is 4.78 tons carbon per hectare. That is equivalent to 17.54 tons of carbon dioxide per hectare, Magat claimed. Unknowingly, coconut (scienti�ic name: Cocos nucifera) is not a nut but a fruit. One of the oldest references to coconut is that of an Egyptian traveler who, in 545 A.D., wrote about a “nut of India” and sometimes as the “Indian nut.” Both the Spanish and Portuguese reported coconut in normal use as food in the Caribbean area previous to 1526. Later, in 1577 during a visit to Cape Verde Island, Sir Francis Drake frequently referred to the vast quantities available of “nargil,” the prevailing name of coconut. It was not until 1775 that nargil was dropped and the word coconut became general in use. The name coco means “bugbear” or “hobgoblin” because of the grotesque face or mask of the shell. – ###

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 11TH JUDICIAL REGION OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT-SHERIFF Davao City

HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND OR PAG-IBIG FUND (HDMF) Mortgagee, - versus DAISY A. DUMALAG, married to JUANITO M. DUMALAG, JR., Mortgagor/s.

EJF-REM CASE NO. 17,213-19

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NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE OF REAL PROPERTY Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135, as amended, ﬁled by HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND OR PAG-IBIG FUND against DAISY A. DUMALAG, married to JUANITO M. DUMALAG JR., with postal address at LOT 08, BLK. 48, DECA HOMES, BARANGAY INDANGAN, BUHANGIN, DAVAO CITY, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness in the total amount of Php=1,000,433.52, Philippine Currency, inclusive of interest and penalty charges as of January 31, 2019, plus attorney’s fees equivalent to 10% of the total indebtedness and other legal expenses incident to foreclosure and sale; the undersigned Sheriff IV of the Regional Trial Court, Davao City, will sell at public auction on May 30, 2019 at 10:00 A.M., or soon thereafter, at the main entrance of Hall of Justice, Ecoland, Davao City, to the highest bidder for CASH and/or MANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following real property mentioned and described below with all the improvements found thereon, to wit; TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 146-2017009103 “A PARCEL OF LAND XXX (LOT 8, BLK. 48, XXX PCS112402-005669, XXX), SITUATED AT BARANGAY OF INDANGAN, CITY OF DAVAO, ISLAND OF MINDANAO. XXX CONTAINING AN AREA OF NINETY (90) SQUARE METERS, MORE OR LESS XXX.” All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the abovestated time and date. In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on June 20, 2019 without further notice. Prospective buyers are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the title of the above-described real property/ies and encumbrances thereon, if any there be. Davao City, Philippines, April 07, 2019.

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 an PUJ DUAL Ordinary Regular Service.

CANDIES DESIREE S. SIBAG,

MARIANNE AMIGO-ABELLA,

Petitioner.

Case No. R11-EV-PJ-2019-4-1474 (2016-XI-01474)

Petitioner.

Case No. R11-EV-PJ-2019-4-937 (99-XI-00937)

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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 PUJ Dual Ordinary Regular service on the route: EL RIO VISTA VILLAGE – ROXAS AVENUE and for cargoes as dual service from said route to any point in Region XI with the use of ONE (1) unit, which Certificate will expire on April 22, 2019. In the petition filed on April 22, 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.

Petitioner is a grantee of a Certificate of Public Convenience issued in this case authorizing the operation of a PUJ Dual Ordinary Regular service on the route: MARILOG and for cargoes as dual service from said route to any point in Region XI with the use of ONE (1) unit, which Certificate will expire on October 1, 2019. In the petition filed on April 17, 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 MAY 14, 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. Davao City, Philippines, April 23, 2019.

Atty. CATTLEYA B. ACAYLAR OIC-Regional Director

For ATTY. FRANCISCO M. CAMPANER – The OIC Clerk of Court & Ex-Ofﬁcio Prov’l Sheriff (sgd.) JOSEPH T. CASTRO Sheriff IV May 1, 8 & 15, 2019

Petitioner, Candies Desiree S. Sibag Counsel, Atty. Placido A. Garde, Jr.

Petitioner, Marianne Amigo-Abella Counsel, Atty. Placido A. Garde, Jr.

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THREADING PLACES

CULTURAL IMMERSION is Maizy Colleen Tan’s passport to the world of fashion. Shortly after finishing design school, she set her foot on new territories to learn the ropes of the industry and find creative inspiration. “My experience in Dubai, as a junior fashion designer, taught me how to manage and maximize resources available,” shared the young designer. “Ma-

terials like Swarovski stones, fabrics, and laser cut patterns are at your disposal. It gave me the luxury for creative play. Most important of all, it taught me how to adapt to different style preferences of each nationality, and find balance between classic pieces and trends.” “After two years in the Middle East, I decided to come home to Davao City and open my own atelier. I’ve been making custom made bridal and evening gowns for two years

now.” Maizy’s career continues to flourish, but she makes sure to find time for her two other passions: travel and photography. “As an artist, I am inspired mostly by people and places. I love photography, and, when I feel I lack inspiration, I revisit old travel photos or go peoplewatching. It helps because it opens my eyes to appreciate different style aesthetics and see culture celebrated in colors and textures.”

Her recent travels led her to venture into creating ready-towear pieces under her new line called “Hey Colleen”, taking abstract and literal cues from scenic panoramas, offbeat places and tourist hotspots. This passion project is a design story of her love for travel and fashion. “I gather fabric from different destinations and create readyto-wear pieces out of them. My first collection is inspired by India - a country that celebrates

intricate beading and bright colors!” “The silhouettes are simple, but I experimented on using Indian Tapestry and handstamped cotton fabric. My goal is to keep the styles as authentic as possible - so it can tell the stories of the people and places.” Maizy is planning a trunk show to feature other styles she is working on, and her current designs are now available for pre-order through @heycolleen on Facebook and Instagram.

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Say it with FLOWERS! WHATEVER THE OCCASION, a singlestemmed rose or a lavish bouquet never fails to seal the deal. Red, white, pink or whatever pleases the eyes, flowers can instantly change and set anyone’s mood.

With the abundance of fresh flowers within and around the country, it’s no wonder that many businesses cater to the flower niche. And one thing that isn’t of a shortage in Davao City? Flower shops! Davao City is flooded with flower stalls, window shops and even sellers on the sidewalk. However, if you are celebrating a special occasion, you’ll need to visit the pros to do the job. And one of them is Fleur Du Jour. Fleur Du Jour literally translates to flowers of the day. Established in May 2015, it is the first flower delivery shop to use all premium imported flowers in the city. “We introduced fresh and preserved Ecuadorian Roses to the local market”, said Gerald San, the man behind Fleur Du Jour. San also added that the Ecuadorian Roses are flown [in] directly from Ecuador. San is an architecture graduate turned event stylist

Established in May 2015, it is the first flower delivery shop to use all premium imported flowers in the city.

and now, a businessman. Fleur Du Jour flowers, bouquets and arrangements are undeniably aesthetically pleasing. In an interview, San explained that as the supplier and retailer of imported flowers, they only have the best high quality flowers to offer to their clients. “We take care of their orders and pay attention to every detail”, he added. Fresh, aesthetically pleasing

and yes, customised to fit one’s preference – with this three, one could expect nothing but the best every single time. Since the beginning, Fleur Du Jour has luxury signature boxed roses, stunning bouquets and arrangements that comes in colours, textures and smell

in their repertoire of offerings. “Fleur Du Jour has this outstanding reputation [for] having the most beautiful flowers and arrangements in the city. And we want to be at par with how we are perceived”, San explained. And Fleur Du Jour never fails to deliver.

UP AND ABOUT

Unilever Food Solutions Philippines opens the search for Certified Funlasang THERE HAS BEEN much debate among Filipinos over which local dish best represents the country. Is it adobo, a vinegar-based dish that is undoubtedly a table staple in every Filipino household and restaurant? Is it sinigang, the classic sour stew—a quintessential Filipino comfort food? Or is it perhaps sisig, the crispy pork dish which Anthony Bourdain once trumpeted as his favorite Filipino dish? One might even say lechon, kare-kare, or bulalo! The list goes on and, arriving at a consensus, is almost next to impossible. In the Filipinos’ quest for that one “national” dish, Unilever Food Solutions (UFS) Philippines hopes to continuously recognize and celebrate the immense diversity of Philippine cuisine. On the 3rd year of the much-

awaited Funlasang Pinoy, UFS Philippines reintroduces the culinary competition as Certified Funlasang Pinoy, a certification program in search for classic Filipino and Filipino-inspired dishes nationwide that continue to define the local cuisine. “While there may not be a single dish that is representative of Philippine cuisine, we at UFS believe that the country is blessed with an abundance of inspiration. Filipino food is a complex, multi-faceted one, with its roots from Malay to Spanish cuisines. You can even say that the Philippine culinary world has been offering and championing ‘fusion cuisine’ long before it became a trend,” says James Benedict Carreon, Managing Director of UFS Philippines. “Whether it’s cooking a traditional Pinoy recipe or

a remaking of a classic favorite with a twist, we want to recognize talented and dedicated chefs and cooks who continue to serve only the best of what this diverse Filipino cuisine can offer.”

The Nationwide Search is On The certification is open to all chefs and cooks from dining establishments across the country. To qualify for submission, the existing dish from

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GoWiFi expands coverage to over 2,000 sites nationwide

IN SUPPORT of national development by providing access to user-friendly and cost-effective internet connectivity to more Filipinos, Globe Telecom announced the expansion of its GoWiFi services to more sites around the country. As of March 2019, GoWiFi is now accessible in 2,000 sites nationwide, up by 500 sites from the previous year. This translates to 20,000 access points from 15,000 in 2018, and to about 18 million sessions per month. Among the expansion areas that will be covered by GoWiFi within the year range from health and educational institutions to some of the biggest retail establishments. These include the ff: CLINICS/HOSPITALS • VRP Medical Center along EDSA in Manda-

COLLEGES/ UNIVERSITIES: • Emilio Aguinaldo College • St. Paul University • Cebu Doctors University MALLS/ SUPERMARKETS/ CONVENIENCE STORES: • Araneta Center in Cubao • All branches of Robinsons Supermarket • Robinsons Department Store (select branches) • Puregold (select branches) • Shopwise (select branches) Part of the existing areas already covered by

GoWiFi are Ayala Malls, Megaworld Malls, SM Supermalls, Robinsons Malls, Ortigas and Co., and Starbucks. GoWiFi services are also available at major transport points such as the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), Metro Rail Transit (MRT) and Light Rail Transit (LRT) stations. Currently, GoWiFi users can choose between GoWiFi ( free service) and GoWiFi Auto (paid service). These two services are available to all users with any WiFi-enabled device (smartphones, tablets and laptops) and select international numbers regardless of network service provider and even international numbers. By subscribing to GoWiFi, users get to enjoy connection speeds as high as 100Mbps depending on location. To connect to GoW-

iFi, just open the device’s WiFi settings, connect to the SSID “@FreeGoWiFi” or <partner’s name>_ FreeGoWiFi, register and wait for the SMS verification code, then simply choose from the WiFi offers and start surfing. You can also extend your browsing time beyond the free allocation provided by GoWiFi by subscribing to GoWiFi Auto. Just click on a @ GoWiFi_Auto hotspot and enter your mobile number. You will then receive an SMS containing a code in order to verify your identity, input the code and click “GO” and then select the WiFi package depending on your mobile network, confirm the GoWiFi Auto package purchase, and you’re ready to browse the internet. For more details, visit https://www.globe.com. ph/gowifi.html.

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Tan of Eatsplorations. Dishes that will qualify based on its authenticity and the use of UFS products will automatically be Certified Funlasang Pinoy dishes and will receive a Certified Funlasang Pinoy pack that includes a certificate, plaque, and window decal. All certified dishes will then be qualified for the online voting period for diners from June 1 to 30. The chefs and cooks of the top 25 Certified Funlasang Pinoy favorites from the voting will showcase their culinary talent at an on-ground cook-off in July 2019 where the top 5 winners will receive PHP 20,000 in cash and a trophy on top of free publicity features. Submit your entries now or know more about Certified Funlasang Pinoy at https://s.ufs.com/certifiedfunlasangpinoy.

THE FILIPINOS’ world-class singing talent will once again take centerstage as the country’s biggest singing competition “Search for the Idol Philippines” begins its search for the country next singing idol this Sunday (April 21). The idol hopefuls from all over the world are now ready to impress viewers nationwide with their immense vocal talent and inspire everyone with their unique stories of perseverance. bringing laughter, tears, and inspiration to audiences every week. Viewers are also up for more surprises as four of the country’s most prominent OPM stars —Regine Velasquez-Alcasid, Moira Dela Torre, James Reid, and Vice Ganda — join forces for the first time in finding the next vocal superstar. They will also be joined by the international RnB sensation Billy Crawford, who will highlight the inspiring stories of the idol hopefuls that will touch the hearts of viewers. Tune in to the idol hopefuls’ journey on “Search for the Idol Philippines” starting every Sunday on ABS-CBN.

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of 7,983 job vacancies will be up for grabs during the two-day job fair that serves as one of the highlights of this year’s National Labor Day which will be marked with the theme–“Pagpupugay sa Manggagawang Pilipino.” Speci�ically, a total of 1,452 carpenter, 192 mason, 173 production crew, 140 customer service representative, 135 service crew, 117 drivers, 100 �ield collection of�icers, 86 mechanic and 62 electricians will be possibly hired locally during the event. Job opportunity overseas, however, includes 1,276 nurses, 591 cleaners, 267 teacher assistants, 266 waiter and waitress, 200 female on-call cleaners, 125 welders, 120 service crews, 80 household workers and 77 manicurists and pedicurists also during the fair. Aside from the job fair, Department of Trade and Industry will conduct livelihood trainings aspiring

entrepreneurs and businessman while the DOLEDavao would release livelihood grants to quali�ied bene�iciaries. The One-Stop Service Center for Overseas Filipino Workers, located on the �ifth �loor of the mall, will be opened to process the requirements of the job applicants. Participating government agencies include Commission on Higher Education, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, Philippine Overseas Employment Administration, Department of Foreign Affairs, Overseas Workers’ Welfare Administration, Professional Regulatory Commission, Home Development Mutual Fund (PAG-IBIG), Philippine Health Insurance Company, Social Security System, Philippine Statistics Authority, Bureau of Immigration, National Bureau of Investigation, Philippine National Police, and Bureau of Internal Revenue.

tion of Former Rebels and their eventual integration to the mainstream society,” he said. “With all these concerted efforts of the different peace stakeholders, the declaration of communities to the CNTG as persona non grata, which restricted them to recruit, made the NPA’s strength going down to the point of equilibrium

where there is a signi�icant decline in the numbers of CNTG members and that their �irearms are more than their manpower. This makes them resort on arms stashing to secure it,” Lt. Gen. Santos added. Lt. Gen. Santos Jr. further called those who are still in the armed group to surrender and avail the government’s programs.

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2015, neighboring Tagum City in Davao del Norte hosted the 58th edition of the national games. The P8-billion 20-hectare sports complex – which has a training gym, multipurpose building, football �ield, track oval equipped with FIFA-tested and certi�ied arti�icial turf, and aquatics center – was inaugurated during the opening

of the Davao Regional Athletic Association (DAVRAA) Meet 2019 last January 27. The sports complex broke ground in 2015 when the local government struck a deal with the University of the Philippines for the donation of a 20-hectare lot for the sports facilities. (Antonio L. Colina IV / MindaNews)

universal banks. The Bank’s Core Equity Tier 1 and Total Capital Adequacy ratios were at 16.4% and 18.7%, respectively. Return on shareholders’ equity (ROE) was 8.1%. Cost-to-income ratio was 53.9% versus industry’s 63.6%. Total assets grew 10% to Php 767 billion in 2018. 2014-2018 CAGR was 18% versus industry’s 11%. The Bank paid cash dividends of Php 3.00 per share in 2018, same as in 2017. Also highlighted were the major awards received by the Bank. Security Bank was named Bank of the Year– Philippines 2018 by The Banker. Known as the “Oscars of the banking industry,”Security Bank has won this award four years (2018, 2016, 2015, 2012) out of the last seven years. Security Bank was also named Best Bank in the Philippines for 2018 by Global Finance. Security Bank was awarded The Best Retail Bank in the Philippines for 2018

and, most recently, for 2019 by The Asian Banker. The Asian Banker’s International Excellence in Retail Financial Services Awards is the most coveted awards program that recognizes excellence among the world’s leading retail �inancial institutions. Mr. Salcedo stated that Security Bank is focused on three medium-term strategic goals: (1) grow all three business pillars of the Bank, namely, wholesale banking, �inancial markets and retail banking; (2) transform the Bank’s infrastructure, processes and culture to support its growth aspirations and deliver its BetterBanking promise. This transformation has two major components: (a) further improve the Bank’s digital platform to become a strong distribution, sales and service channel; and, (b) improve operations processes with digital optimization initiatives; and, (3) regain industry-leading ROE.

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vessels in the contested waters was not brought up in detail. He, however, said Duterte was “respectful” in raising the issue on irritants in the contested waters but will continue to assert Philippine sovereignty. “The President is always respectful,” Panelo said. “What is important, the President is very assertive on our principled stand that that territory is ours,” he added. Panelo said the two leaders also agreed that as “allies”, Philippines and China should “strengthen each other” and “not destroy each other.”

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No need for consent Panelo, meanwhile, said the Philippines does not need consent from China before declaring some parts of the West Philippine Sea, including Pag-asa Island, as marine protected areas (MPAs). “That’s ours. You don’t have to ask any consent from anyone,” Panelo said, stressing that despite China’s claim, the Philippines had its own claim. He emphasized that it is only through bilateral negotiations where disagreements can be resolved, warning declaring the area as MPA could become another “irritant.” (PNA)

In the April 29, 2019 issues of Edge Davao, in the Notice of Extra-Judicial Sale ﬁled by Home Development Mutual Fund (HDMF) against Arman Jose A. Tampos, with EJF-REM Case No. 17,231-19, both the name and Case No. was erroneously printed as Arman Josel A. Tampos and EJF-REM Case No. 17,231-18. Our apologies. – The Editors

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PALARONG PAMBANSA STARS OF THE DAY Day 2 April 30, 2019

ALEXI CABAYARAN (WVRAA) Alexi Cabayaran of Western Visayas clocked 2:15 to set a new record and cop the gold in the 200m freestyle elementary girls.

HAZEL DOMOCUM (SOCCSKSARGEN) Hazel C. Domocum of SOCCSKSARGEN shattered the Palarong Pambansa record girls long jump with 5.08 meters erasing the previous high of 5.07 Meters set in 2010 inTarlac City.

DAVRAA tankers bag 2 silvers, 2 bronzes By ADAM B. MORRELL

he Davao Region Athletic Association (Davraa) tankers hauled two silver and two bronze medals as competitions in medal-rich swimming reeled off on Tuesday in the 2019 Palarong Pambansa at the Davao City Sports Complex in University of the Philippines Mindanao. Eirron Seth Vibar delivered the �irst silver not only for the region’s swimming team but also for the entire

Davraa delegation clocking 4 minutes and 17.18 seconds in the secondary boys 400m freestyle that was ruled by the fancied National Capital Region swimmer Miguel Barreto who won the gold in a breeze at 4:08.68. Palarong Pambansa 2018 secondary girls 800m freestyle defending champion and record holder Juliana Marien Villanueva handed the region’s second silver medal after placing second

in the secondary girls 400m freestyle event with 4:43.29, losing the gold to Janelle Alisa France Lin of Ilocos Region who registered 4:40.97. Liaa Margarette Amoguis, a Palarong Pambansa 2018 silver medalist, found herself in third spot after clocking a total of 2:22.58 in the elementary 200m freestyle event. The �irst two �inishers in her category were Alexis Kouzenye Cabayaran of Western

Visayas (2:15.76) and Central Luzon’s Trizia Haileyana Tabamo (2:20.54), who captured the gold and silver, respectively. Rain Andrei Tumulac, meanwhile, pocketed also a bronze medal in the elementary boys 200m freestyle event by logging in at 2:17.99, following gold and silver medal earners Nimrod Montera of Northern Mindanao (2:14.18) and Isidore Warain of Soccksargen Region (2:16.63).

mission and Standard Insurance. Zoe Marie Hilario won two gold medals Monday including the women’s 15 to 16 year old 200m backstroke when she recorded a new Arafura Games record of two minutes, 30.63 seconds, breaking the 2:47.69 she set during the heats. Hilario also ruled the 200m individual medley with a time of 2:28.76. Ivo Nikolai Enot tallied his second gold medal when he bagged the men’s 13 to 14 year old 200m backstroke in record time after clock-

ing two minutes, 21.42 seconds, surpassing the Games record of 2:24.70 he set in the heats. Ray Martin Yarra and John Martin Yarra also smashed Arafura Games records after winning the men’s 13 to 14 year old 200m butter�ly (2:25.59), men’s 17 and over 200m butter�ly (2:15.05) respectively. John Paul Elises and Samuel Alcos also broke Arafura Games records in ruling the men’s 15 to 16 year old men’s butter�ly (2:14.47), and the men’s 17 and over 50m

backstroke (29.77) respectively. Romel Bautista won the men’s 400m hurdles, while the men’s and women’s 4x400m relay captured the gold in athletics. In muay, Phillip Delarmino and Ryan Jakiri lost in their preliminary bouts. Boxing starts Wednesday at the Darwin Convention Centre while the basketball team goes up against New Caledonia at the Marrara Indoor Stadium. Ariel Lampacan will also compete in muay at the Darwin Convention Centre.

PH scoops 28 golds, surpasses record

ARWIN, Australia – The Philippines scooped 10 gold medals Monday in the 2019 Arafura Games, surpassing its haul eight years ago when the multisports competition was previously held. The Filipino athletes �inished the third day of competitions with 28 gold medals, exceeding the 27 the country tallied in 2011, the last time the Arafura Games was staged. The Philippines also has 41 silvers and 24 medals in its campaign here supported by the Philippine Sports Com-

RAFAEL DELA TORRE (BRAA) Rafael Dela Torre Siso of Bicol Region bagged 3 golds in Arnis.

Sixers even series 1-1 T

ORONTO (AP) — Jimmy Butler had 30 points and 11 rebounds, James Ennis scored 13 points and the Philadelphia 76ers held on to beat the Toronto Raptors 94-89 on Monday night (Tuesday, PHL time), evening their Eastern Conference semi�inal series 1-1. Game 3 is Thursday night (Friday, PHL time) in Philadelphia. Down 19 in the �irst half, Toronto cut the de�icit to one late in the third, then went cold to start the fourth, missing six of its �irst seven shots. The Raptors kept coming, however. Kyle Lowry made three-pointers on both sides of a pair of foul shots by Butler cutting it to 90-87 with 1:36 to go. Toronto got the ball back, and Pascal Siakam scored on a layup to make it a one-point game, but Joel Embiid answered with a driving shot at the other end, restoring the threepoint advantage with 24 seconds left. After Lowry nearly turned the ball over, Danny Green missed a potential tying triple, and Philadelphia’s Tobias Harris came up with the rebound, his 11th. Harris was fouled and sealed it by making a pair with 3.9 seconds left. Embiid scored 12 points in 32 minutes despite missing the morning shootaround because of �lu-like symptoms. Kawhi Leonard scored 35 points, Siakam had 21 and Lowry 20. Toronto shot 10-for-37 from three-point range

and 33-for-91 overall as its franchise-record �ive game postseason winning streak came to an end. Toronto missed six of its �irst eight shots, matching the number of misses it had in the �irst quarter of Game 1, when the Raptors made 16-of22. Toronto shot 7-for24 in the �irst and missed its �irst seven from threepoint range before Norm Powell connected. Butler scored six points for Philadelphia, who led 26-17 after one. Toronto got 17 from both Leoonard and Siakam in the �irst quarter of Game 1, when they scored 39 points. Ennis and Butler each scored seven points in the second and Philadelphia led 51-38 at the half. Four of Butler’s came on a �ive-point possession for the 76ers that saw Green called for a technical after fouling Butler on a made three-pointer, and JJ Redick making the technical foul shot. Leonard scored seven more as Toronto used a 13-4 run out of the break to cut the gap to 55-51. Leonard had 11 points in the third and Siakam had seven. Toronto trailed 61-60 with 2:50 left in the quarter but Embiid made four free throws before the quarter ended and the 76ers took a 69-63 lead to the fourth. Philadelphia shot 0-for-11 from threepoint range in the third, but Jonah Bolden stopped the drought with a three to begin the fourth.

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The Davao Eagles scored a rout of BARMM in their first outing in the boys secondary basketball competitions of the 2019 Palarong Pambansa at the USEP Gym. The Eagles play Cordillera Administrative Region late Tesday evening gunning for their second win.

THAT ELUSIVE GOLD

Davao Region still gold-less in 2 days By ADAM B. MORRELL

ith two days of competition now a history, the Eagles of Davao are still searching for that elusive �irst gold. The Eagles have been stymied in the hunt with three silver and seven bronze medals in its basket by far. As the gilts are slipping away one after the other with three days left, Davraa’s bid to be at least �ifth overall in the 2019 Palarong Pambansa is somewhat virtually over. Out of 17 participating regions, Davraa and the Zamboanga Peninsula Region Athletic Association (ZPRAA) were the only ones left with baskets empty of gold medals going into the third day of competition. If it weren’t because of the swimming team who delivered two silver medals and two bronzes on Day 1, it could have been worst. Eirron Seth Vibar delivered the �irst silver not only for the region’s swimming team but also for the entire Davraa delegation. Vibar’s silver �inish came after checking at 4 minutes and 17.18 seconds in the secondary boys 400m freestyle won by top favorite National Capital Region’s Miguel Barreto who timed at 4:08.68. Palarong Pambansa 2018 secondary girls 800m freestyle defending champion and record holder Juliana Marien Villanueva gave the region’s second silver medal after placing second in the secondary girls 400m freestyle event with 4:43.29, trailing behind Janelle Alisa France Lin of Ilocos Region who registered 4:40.97 to capture the gold. Two lads from the athletics also contributed bronze medals during the second day. If miracles do happen, how can Davraa catch up against the initial board leader and perennial overall champion Western Visayas Region Athletic Association (WVRAA) which has 11 gold medals, six silver and three bronzes as of 4:25pm on Tuesday, April 30?

Or even Southern Tagalog Calabarzon Region Athletic Association (STCAA) which sits second with 7-5-7 (gold-silver-bronze)? The neighboring Soccsksargen Regional Athletic Association (SRAA) is also performing a lot better to place third by far with 7-5-2, just �ive bronze short of STCAA for the second spot. The Cordillera Administrative Region Athletic Association (CARAA), on the other hand, is at the fourth spot with 6-2-7, followed by the National Capital Region Athletic Association (NCRAA) with 5-8-6 at �ifth, Bicol Region Athletic Association (BRAA) with 5-6-3 at sixth, Central Luzon Region Athletic Association (CLRAA) with 3-5-2 at seventh, Cagayan Valley Region Athletic Association (CAVRAA) with 3-1-1 at eighth, Northern Mindanao Region Athletic Association (NMRAA) with 2-5-5 at ninth, and Eastern Visayas Region Athletic Association (EVRAA) with 2-1-2 at 10th. Going to the 11th placer onwards and yet Davraa is nowhere to be found. The Region 1 Athletic Association (R1AA) had 2-1-0 to grip the 11th spot while the newly-formed Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao Athletic Association (BARMAA) is even ahead at 1-5-2 to sit at the 12th place. The Central Visayas Regional Athletic Association (CVIRAA) landed at the13th spot with 1-3-4, closely followed by Caraga Region Athletic Association (CRAA) at 14th with 1-1-0, and Mimaropa Region Athletic Association (MRAA) at 15th with 1-0-1. The host region unfortunately slumped to the 16th spot while ZPRAA remains at the bottom with 0-0-1. With three days left, Davraa hopes to shrug off its sluggish start and move a little closer to the top �ive. Admittedly weak in individual events, Davraa could cash in on the team events where they are expected to produce medals and points.