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NEDA CHIEF SAYS COST OF DECENT LIVING P42,000/MONTH By Vito Barcelo, Maricel V. Cruz and Macon Ramos-Araneta IT WILL entail at least P42,000 a month for a family of five to live decently, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary and National Economic and Development Authority Director General Ernesto Pernia said on Thursday. The Neda chief came up with his estimate after the agency drew criticisms from labor groups and lawmakers—who also asked President Duterte to fire the agency’s top officials for using P10,000 to illustrate the cost of living of a typical Filipino family of five. It was Neda Usec. Rosemarie Edillon who used the amount as a hypothetical figure, an example, in computing the impact of inflation—which in May reached 4.6 percent—on the consumption of a family of five. Next page

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Senate probe of TRAIN pushed By Macon Ramos-Araneta

ENATOR Nancy Binay is seeking a Senate inquiry into the status of social mitigating measures under the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Law.

SOUR PROSPECTS. Price of white sugar—as this commodity arranged Thursday in San Andres market in Manila—is on the increase with sellers blaming the hike on the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion or the TRAIN Law. Lino Santos

Davao newsman killed; Du30 vows ‘radical changes’ A JOURNALIST based in Davao del Norte was gunned down by unknown killers around 2 pm on Thursday in Panabo City in Davao del Sur, police said. The victim was Dennis Denora, 67, publisher of the community paper Trends and Times and a former columnist of the Sunstar newspaper. Denora was on board his white Hyundai vehicle en route to Tagum City when he was shot twice in the head and died instantly, police said. In other developments: • Police Chief Oscar Albayalde on

Durant delivers dagger vs Cavs GOLDEN State’s Kevin Durant sank a clutch three-pointer in the dying seconds of NBA Finals game three for the second consecutive year Wednesday, delivering a deja vu dagger into Cleveland’s title dreams. Next page

Palace justifies ‘recycling’ of Cabinet members By Vito Barcelo PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday gave his critics more ammunition for their charge that he condones “recycling corruption,” after he appointed the sacked urban poor commissioner to another government post. Among five commissioners of the Presidential Commission on the Urban Poor who were fired last year for going on foreign junkets, Manuel L. Serra Jr. was appointed Wednesday as a member of the governing board of the Philippine Coconut Authority. Another fired PCUP commissioner, Melissa Avanceña Aradanas, a cousin of the President’s partner, Honeylet Avanceña, was also appointed in March as deputy secretary general of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council. Next page

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Maute’s ‘medical jihad’, wife nabbed By Francisco Tuyay A SUPPOSED active supporter of the Islamic-Inspired Maute group tasked to hatch bomb attacks during the Ramadan including the Feast of the Black Nazarene last January along with his wife were arrested in a police operation in Cagayan de Oro city Wednesday. Initial reports from the ofﬁce of the Philippine National Police identiﬁed the suspects as Eyadzhemar Abdusalam, 26, also known as Medical Jihad; his wife Catherine Dianne Palmitos, alias Maryam Aisha, both nabbed at 4:50 p.m. The couple, authorities claimed, were based in General Santos City. Next page

These mitigating measures provided under the TRAIN Law, Binay said, are necessary to assure the protection of the poor as Filipinos feel the bite of high prices for goods and services as a result of the government’s tax reform program. “We need to know how effective the government is in implementing these measures because these were put in place speciﬁcally to mitigate the impact of TRAIN,” Binay said. During the Senate hearing held in Iloilo City, Binay said they were told that pump prices in the Panay region had

DRUG WAR. Laguna Provincial Director Sr. Supt. John Kirby and Santa Rosa police chief Supt. Eugene Orate are interviewed by a television news reporter following a buybust operation during a bloody encounter Thursday with alleged drug pushers and law enforcement authorities in Baranagay Tagapo in Santa Rosa City. One of two suspects, Donato Yambao Sarsaba, died on the spot. Roy Tomandao

THE Philippines slipped one notch to 137th out of 163 countries in the 2018 Global Peace Index, giving it the second worst score in the Asia Pacific, just ahead of North Korea, which placed 150th. The Institute for Economics and Peace, which does the yearly survey, said the Philippines “suffered particularly badly as President Duterte continued his assault on alleged drug dealers and from the fivemonth battle between government forces and Islamic militants who took over the city of Marawi.” Some 1,200 people were killed during the siege of Marawi, which ended five months after it started, but Mindanao remains under martial law. The institute also said the Philippines was among the countries that increased weapon imports last year, as China continued to exert itself “both militarily and politically in the region.” Next page

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8 Israelis nabbed for online scam By Francisco Tuyay and Othel V. Campos

IGHT Israelis allegedly linked to an online stocktrading scam were arrested by the police inside the Clark Freeport Zone in Pampanga on Thursday. The authorities also nabbed 474 Filipino employees of International Branding Development Marketing Inc. who were doing online trading with prospective clients from Europe, New Zealand,

Australia, South Africa and Russia, said Police Chief Oscar Albayalde said. Clark Development Corp. has canceled the Certificate of Registration and Tax Exemption of the business process outsourcing firm. The CRTE is the business registration allowing the firm to operate inside Clark. It was registered as a BPO firm and a sub lessor of CDC. The identities of the eight Israelis were not immediately available as the suspects are still being interrogated. Albayalde said IBDMI was in a three-building hub at the Freeport, and that it was earning more than $1 million

a day from its foreign clients. He said IBDMI had been operating at the Freeport without a business permit from the Clark Freeport Zones “that’s very questionable as to how they were able to establish a big call center with this number of employees.” Anti-cybercrime Group head Marni Marcos said the Israelis were arrested after four victims from Australia and South Africa sought police assistance. Marcos said IBDMI’s employees would ask clients details about their bank accounts and credit cards and then assess the information. They would then ask the clients to

download a team viewer from the victims’ computer to enable the transfer of money online. After downloading the team viewer, the company would be the one manipulating the client account. “They told their victims that they should invest in this because the graph was going up and they would be earning money. They would project that the stock company was operating in London but was actually operating in the Philippines,” Marcos said. Marcos said they were checking how the suspects were able to do business in the country without paying taxes.

Reds regaining turf on truce offer—DND DEFENSE Secretary Delfin Lorenza on Thursday sought clarification on the proposed stand-down agreement, saying the communists were working to regain control of the villages previously recovered by the military. The government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines are set to simultaneously announce such a deal on June 14 to pave the way for the resumption of formal peace talks two weeks later. “If there will be one, then good,” Lorenzana told reporters but warned that the rebels should also stop building up their forces. ”We heard that they had some orders to their people to continue recruiting, then they would recover their lost barangays.” The proposed agreement calls on the two sides to “stay where they are”

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Also this year, he appointed former Customs chief Nicanor Faeldon as deputy administrator of the Office of the Civil Defense, after he figured in a scandal in which P6.4 billion worth of shabu from China got past Customs inspectors. The term of Jose Gabriel La Viña, a board member of the Social Security System, was not renewed over allegations of corruption, but the official was later reappointed as Tourism undersecretary before being transferred to the Agriculture Department. Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque brushed aside as politics criticism of the President’s reappointments. “It’s political season. Expect more statements like these, especially for those seeking reelection,” Roque said of Duterte’s critics. “But as far as the President is concerned he has fired [at least] 20, all of whom were very close to him.” But Roque said the President had no intention of firing Communications Assistant Secretary Mocha Uson, even though she defied his order to apologize to actress Kris Aquino over a social media post. Roque said the former starlet and sexy dancer still enjoyed the trust and confidence

and “not commit any offensive action or operation against combatants and civilians.” Negotiators hope to turn the arrangement into a coordinated unilateral ceasefire, which would form part of an interim peace agreement to be signed on June 28. The proposed preliminary peace accord would also include an amnesty proclamation for political prisoners, initial agreements on agrarian reform and the nationalization of certain industries. Lorenzana said a previous ceasefire arrangement allowed the rebels to take control of villages. “We fell for that before. They took back what we got from them. so let’s see what they mean by stand down. We could be the only ones standing down and not them,” he said. of the President. “She hasn’t been fired. For as long as she hasn’t been fired, she enjoys trust and confidence because all presidential appointees serve at the pleasure of the President,” Roque said. President Duterte and Special Assistant to the President Christopher Go apologized to Aquino, who was offended by a post by Uson that put her late father, former senator Benigno Aquino Jr., and her late mother, former President Cory Aquino, in a bad light. But Uson ignored her boss’s order to apologize and instead responded to Aquino that the issue was not about her. In her post, Uson compared President Duterte’s kiss with a Filipino worker in South Korea to the laste senator who was kissed by two women on the last flight he took before his assassination in Manila in August 1983. Roque declined to say why Uson did not apologize to Aquino despite the order from the President, but advised reporters to direct the question at Go, who was privy to the issue. Also on Thursday, the President named Emilio Aquino the new chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commision, replacing Teresita Herbosa. Aquino previously served as one of the commissioners in the five-commissioner SEC. He was the only one appointed by Duterte.

ONLINE TRADE FRAUD. PNP chief Oscar Albayalde (right) along with PNP Anti-

Cybercrime Group head Chief Supt. Marni Marcos, presents to the media on Thursday, June 7, 2018, eight Israeli nationals and an Australian who were arrested for their alleged involvement in a multi-million dollar online trading scam. Manny Palmero

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already increased by 30 percent or at least P10 for diesel and gasoline since December last year. Consequently, she said the prices of rice, pork and fish in the region went up by P5, P15, and P20 per kilogram respectively. If safety nets under TRAIN are not rolled out soon, she said, the poverty gap will likely widen. A total of P28.8 billion had been allocated in the 2018 national budget to offset the effects of the new tax measure. Under Section 82 of the RA 10963, jeepney franchise holders are entitled to fuel vouchers; while minimum-wage earners and the poorest 50 percent of the population are qualified for fare discounts, discounted National Food Authority rice and free skills training. A total of 10-million low-income households will also each receive P200 per month this year under the DSWD’s unconditional cash transfer program. The think tank IBON Foundation said almost 18-million Filipino families are already

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Thursday vowed to help prosecutors get their licenses to carry firearms following the killing of Ombudsman assistant special prosecutor Madonna Joy Ednaco-Tanyag. After visiting Tanyag’s wake at the St. Peter Memorial Chapels in Quezon City on Wednesday, Albayalde told reporters he had earlier met with prosecutors from Metro, Region 4 and the Department of Justice last week to discuss how the PNP could help them with their permits to carry firearms. “This is not just about safefty of Ombudsman prosecutors,” Albayalde said. • “Not martial law, possibly a state of national emergency,” Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said when asked to explain the “radical changes” President Rodrigo Duterte mentioned during his arrival speech at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport from South Korea. He said Duterte was frustrated over the spate of killings and other crimes in the country, including corruption. The President vowed to introduce “radical changes in the days to come” because of rising criminality that he attributed to illegal drugs. “The President may have been alarmed by the recent killings of two prosecutors― Quezon City assistant prosecutor Rogelio Velasco and assistant special prosecutor Madonna Joy Tanyag of the Office of the Ombudsman,” Roque said. “If there are legal and factual bases, that’s in the Constitution. He mentioned state of national emergency, which is the least intrusive of the three powers of the President as commander-in-chief,” Roque said. He cited the case of a pregnant woman who was killed, saying there were reports that there is an increase in robbery incidents in Metro Manila and other schemes that victimized motorists. “That is one of the many reasons why the President wants to expand the fight against criminality,” Roque said. Roque believes there is more room for improvement in the fight against crime. “The President reiterated that while we have been combating crime and prohibited drugs since day 1 of this administration, apparently we can do more,” he said. Roque said police chief Oscar Albayalde was aware of the President’s concerns and had called for a meeting to address them. F. Pearl A. Gajunera and Vito Barcelo

Reports tagged the suspects as having supported the Maute group by sending medical supplies to its fighters at the height of the Marawi City siege last year. Intelligence reports disclosed the couple left Zamboanga City for Davao City and went to Cagayan de Oro City last Tuesday. The reports said the suspects were heading to Lanao del Sur to meet with remnants of the Maute group apparently to planned bombing operations in Cagayan de Oro City. “The bombing is part of the group’s long-standing plan to carry out an attack during Ramadan,” the reports claimed. “He came under the radar of the intelligence community during the Marawi siege when he was monitored sending medical supplies for the beleaguered Maute-ISIS group. At the time, he was also planning to travel to Syria to join ISIS,” the reports said. One of the bombing targets included the feast of the Black Nazarene in Quiapo in January last year. However, the supposed terror attack was not consummated due to the strict security measure enforced by security authorities. The couple were out to conduct similar attacks in other Catholic festivities in Zamboanga City. Intelligence information also said the Maute supporter had solicited funds for the manufacture of explosive devices to be utilized in the planned bombings, and had sent money to the widows and orphans of the local Maute terrorists. “He even instigated some foreigners to carry out lone wolf attacks in their respective countries, to include an individual in the United Kingdom who was apprehended in May 201 by British authorities for planning to carry out attack in London,” the reports said. Abdusalam is said to be a registered nurse and a licensed Emergency Medical Technician and was reported planning to travel to Syria to join ISIS. Abdusalam graduated with a degree of Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the Notre Dame of Dadiangas University in General Santo City, and former president of the Muslim Students Organizations.

“I think roughly P42,000 a month would be a more decent income, at least to live above the poverty line,” Pernia told GMA News Online. But the Partido Manggagawa said a family of five in the National Capital Region needs closer to P39,000 monthly to live decently as of May 2018. “Neda’s assessment is utterly erroneous. Just to cite one flaw. Neda alleges that P959 out of the P10,000 is allotted for rice. Such a budget can only buy 30 kilos of P32 NFA rice—which is hard to find in the market— for one month or 1 kilo per day to be shared by five people. This translates to just one cup [200g] per person per day or around 250 calories, far below the recommended daily calorie intake of 1,500-2,000. P10,000 means malnourished and stunted workers and children,” said Rene Magtubo, PM national chairman. In PM’s own study, P3,150 monthly is needed to buy daily 2.5 kilos of the cheapest commercial rice at P42. Of the P39,000 monthly budget, 44 percent is earmarked for food and 56 percent is for non-food items. Utilities like electricity, water and cooking gas make up 8 percent, house rent 15 percent, transportation expenses, 11 percent and education needs, 13 percent of the total budget. “Our cost of living study is in fact an underestimation as it does not provide for leisure and recreation, savings or social security which should comprise 10 percent as a standard or for a house help which is a necessity if the government insists that both parents must work to sustain the family,” Magtubo said. PM is calling for a substantial wage hike and national minimum wage as promised by President Duterte. The group is supporting

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hard-pressed to survive on incomes below the family living wage of P30,000 a month. Research group IBON said that higher prices as reflected in the accelerating May 2018 inflation, bears heavily on the poor, and that the recently passed TRAIN Law, which imposed new or higher taxes on oil and other prodcuts, is a significant reason for rising prices. IBON also warned that further price increases are certain in the coming years as TRAIN raises excise taxes on the whole range of oil products again in 2019 and 2020. This includes the socially sensitive items of diesel, kerosene and LPG. Also on Thursday, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said he is seeking the replacement of quantitative restrictions on rice imports with a 35 percent tariff that is expected to make the country’s foremost staple food more affordable for all. “The country’s protectionist policy on rice has become unsustainable. Rice consumers are spending more on rice products while domestic rice farmers remain poor, marginalized, and unprepared to compete in the global market,” said Gatchalian, the chairman of the Senate committee on economic affairs.

pending bills calling for a national minimum wage of P750 to P800. “The focus now is on worsening inflation that has eroded workers nominal wages,” Magtubo said. “But hardly noticed is growing inequality due to the stagnation of real wages while productivity is booming. From 2001 to 2016, labor productivity grew by at least 50 percent, yet the real wages did not grow at all. Workers have been denied their fair share in the fruits of production.” The Neda chief, however, said he was not endorsing a minimum wage of P42,000. “Note that a legislated minimum wage increase not well studied could only result in even higher inflation [wage-price spiral] layoffs, business closures,” he said. Senator Grace Poe also scored the Neda family budget, describing it as a “throwback estimate” that might have been good 15 years ago. “It is fake news,” said Poe, chairman of the Senate committee on public services. She said only an economist who has been living under a rock will believe that a family of five can live decently on P334 a day. That amount, she said, will perhaps be enough if the family will go on a forced diet, live off the grid in a lean-to, and forego schooling, among other deprivations. She said government officials who cling to the unrealistic estimate could prove their thesis by staging a reality show ala Survivor, where they would live on a budget of P10,000 a month. Two opposition lawmakers pushed for the proposed P750 legislated wage increase for private workers to help them cope with the rising cost of living. At the same time, Representatives Carlos Zarate of Bayan Muna and Ariel Casilao of Anakpawis also lamented the fact that employers at times not only pay low wages but also make life miserable for workers by delaying payment of their salaries. The institute says this covers 99.7 percent of the world’s population. Philippine National Police chief Oscar Albayalde disputed the Global Peace Index results, and invited members of the Institute of Economics and Peace to visit the Philippines to appreciate the real peace and order situation in the country. Albayalde said the institute’s findings were perceptions that might have been shaped by various groups, including human rights groups that have been critical of the Duterte administration.

BBL nearly cost Alvarez' post —solon By Maricel V. Cruz SPEAKER Pantaleon Alvarez was almost unseated over a provision in the bill creating a Bangsamoro autonomous region that would have allowed the proposed region to expand its territory within 25 years, Tawi-Tawi Rep. Ruby Sahali said Thursday. She made the statement even as a leader of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front on Thursday warned his group would not decommission its forces if no Bangsamoro Basic Law was passed. MILF vice chairman Ghazali Jaafar called on Congress to ensure that the BBL would comply with the 2014 peace accord between the rebels and the government. “If there is no BBL, there is no decommissioning for us,” Ghazali told a Makati forum in reference to the last stage of the peace process. Sahali, head of the House of Representatives’ committee on peace, unity and reconciliation, said almost 50 lawmakers from Mindanao threatened to withdraw their support for Alvarez if the provision that would have expanded the MILF’s territory had not been taken out of the House version of the BBL. “To tell you the truth, passing the BBL [bill] almost collapsed the leadership of our Speaker,” Sahali told reporters. “We nearly lost the speakership because of [the BBL bill].” Sahali was referring to the contested provision that would have allowed five plebiscites from the ratification of the BBL up to 25 years, after which the Bangsamoro territory would be considered “delineated and delimited.” The 25-year window was supposed to be an amendment to an earlier proposal that critics feared would have allowed a “creeping expansion” of the proposed Bangsamoro region. The contested provision moved the House to later on agree on a lone plebiscite for the BBL, whose core territories include the existing Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, six Lanao del Norte towns and several other areas.

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Durant’s jumper with 49 seconds remaining sealed a 110-102 victory for the defending champion Warriors, who now lead the best-of-seven series 3-0 and can sweep the Cavaliers for their third crown in four seasons by winning game four Sunday in Cleveland. “You definitely tip your hat,” said Cleveland star LeBron James. “He’s an assassin and that was one of those assassin plays right there.” It was also eerily similar to a shot Durant made last year in Cleveland to give Golden State a 3-0 series lead on the way to a title in five games. “This game was like deja vu of game three last year for him just all the way around,” said Golden State’s Draymond Green. “Just to put a dagger in them like that, it was a huge shot. Like, it was just high emotion.” For the Warriors, it revived memories of last year’s title run and came from five feet further behind the three-point arc than last year’s clutch hoop. “He hit that dagger three last year, except maybe five feet closer. He got to his spot a little bit further back and hit that thing. It was beautiful,” said Warriors forward JaVale McGee. Durant finished with a career playoff high 43 points plus 13 rebounds and seven assists on a night when guards Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson made a woeful seven-of-27 combined shots. AFP

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The news shows will be produced for Facebook by a variety of partners including CNN, Fox News, ABC News and Univision. The programs are producing the social network’s on-demand video service called Facebook Watch, which is part of an effort to compete with platforms such as Googleowned YouTube, and potentially develop a wider following. Facebook said the launch of news shows was also aimed at offering its members “trusted” content following concerns that the platform was used to spread misinformation. “Earlier this year we made a commitment to show news that is trustworthy, informative, and local on Facebook,” said a statement from Facebook news partnerships chief Campbell Brown. “As a part of that commitment, we are creating a dedicated section within Watch for news shows produced exclusively for Facebook by news publishers. With this effort, we are testing a destination for high quality and timely news content on the platform.” The first programs include ABC’s “On Location” featuring contribution from the network’s journalists from around the globe; CNN’s “Anderson Cooper Full Circle” featuring the popular CNN host; and “Fox News Update” hosted by chief news anchor Shepard Smith. Facebook last week said it was getting rid of a “trending” topics feature as it tests ways for publishers to deliver reliable breaking news. The Trending feature introduced four years ago listed stories buzzing on Facebook at any given time. AFP

News Comelec announces bid for lease of vote machines By Sara Susanne D. Fabunan WITH barely a year before the 2019 senatorial and local polls, the Commission on Elections announced that it is ready to procure and start the bidding process for the leasing of 97,350 vote counting machines. In its invitation to bid, the Comelec-BAC opened its window to prospective technology providers to join the public bid for the lease of external batteries or the VCMs and the supply of thermal papers to be used as voter receipts. The Comelec-BAC said the poll body has allocated P174,990,519 for the lease of 97,350 units of external batteries for the VCMs, or P1,797.54 per external battery.

Also, the Comelec-BAC said the approved budget for the contract for the supply of 1,168,200 rolls of thermal papers is set at P117,439,146, or P100.53 per roll. “Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening,” the Comelec-BAC noted. It said complete sets of Bidding Documents for either item may be acquired by interested bidders from June 5 to July 2 upon payment of a non-refundable fee of P50,000. The BAC is also set to hold a Pre-Bid Conferences for both items on June 18 at 10 am at the Comelec Session Hall located at the Palacio del Gobernador Bldg. in Intramuros, Manila, and shall be open to prospective bidders.

Duterte had migraine attack but is now okay—Palace MALACAÑANG assured the public that President Rodrigo Duterte’s health is good and that he had just suffered from “migraine” while onboard the plane back from Seoul, South Korea this week. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the chief executive threw up on a ﬂight back to Manila but is now in good health. Roque said that Duterte’s “migraine” is related to an earlier motorcycle accident that he suffered, saying “it comes and goes.” “And I know many people with problems with migraine, that is the nature of the problem of migraine,” Roque told reporters. Duterte himself said on Tuesday night that he had a migraine attack that prevented him from greeting Filipino passengers on the plane. Out of the several trips he had been with the President, Roque said it was the ﬁrst time that Duterte had a migraine attack in the plane. Vito Barcelo

Garin hits back at Ejercito, says senator is misinformed FORMER Health secretary Janette Garin said on Thursday Ejercito was misinformed when he accused her and two other officials of mismanaging the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. Garin vented her ire against the senator, who had said that Garin, along with dimissed PhilHealth interim chief Celestina Dela Serna and former PhilHealth president Alexander Padilla, should be charged for allegedly mismanaging the agency’s funds, resulting in its current financial state. “Very much misinformed si Senator JV Ejercito. Ako’y nagugulat na tila hindi niya alam ang nangyayari sa PhilHealth,” she said. But Ejercito said that it is up to Garin to prove that she is innocent with regards to the alleged mismanagement of PhilHealth. “Burden of proof is now with her. Those issues came from PhilHealth and DoH officials, not from me,” he said in a television interview. “There were documentary evidence that were confirmed by CoA [Commission on Audit] as well. It’s not my problem to disprove the allegations, it’s hers and Padilla’s,” he added.

Grab taking advantage of driver-partners—solon A PARTY-LIST lawmaker on Thursday accused Grab Philippines of forcing their so-called driver-partners to slave-like working conditions by giving them unfair sharing mechanism and humanly impossible quotas to get incentives. Puwersa ng Bayaning Atleta Party-list Rep. Jericho Nograles said the sad stories related by Grab driver-partners in their day-to-day struggle to make ends meet has revealed how Grab has been manipulating their drivers to work beyond humanly possible work period to rake for proﬁt. “Grab is incentivizing modern-day slavery. While Grab executives like Brian Cu are splurging on things like joining a P35 million per share golf country club, their driver-partners hardly earn enough to be able to afford three square meals a day and keep up with the amortization cost of their vehicles,” Nograles, a House deputy majority leader, said. “With no ﬁnancial and health risk, Grab is making a lot of money while the drivers who are working in slave-like conditions are left without any protection. To me, this is immoral and this is utterly wrong. This has to stop now and put Grab to the place where it really belongs,” Nograles said. Grab drivers who attended Nograles’ consultation meeting at the House of Representatives last Tuesday revealed that out of their estimated fare collection of P18,000 per week, they end up getting P3930 per week after expenses on amortization, gas, food, internet and other expenses. Maricel V. Cruz

Peter Lim wants SC to stop probe on drug charges THE Supreme Court has been asked to stop the Department of Justice from proceeding with its reinvestigation of the drug charges ﬁled against Cebu-based businessman Peter Lim on ground that it “smacks of persecution, harassment and oppression.” In a 48-page petition, Lim pleaded the SC to issue temporary restraining order and subsequently to nullify the order of then Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre to conduct a reinvestigation of the complaint ﬁled against him and several others despite a resolution dismissing it for lack of evidence. “The State cannot be allowed to resort to improper methods calculated to produce a wrongful conviction,” Lim’s petition lamented. In a controversial resolution, a DoJ’s panel of prosecutors had dismissed the case against Lim, self-confessed drug distributor Kerwin Espinosa, convicted drug lord Peter Co and several other personalities for lack of evidence. Rey E. Requejo

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Con-Com to submit proposed federal Charter to Du30 in July By Macon Ramos-Araneta

HE consultative committee created by no less than President Rodrigo Duterte proposing changes to the 1987 Constitution said it would submit a draft federal Charter to the chief executive on July 9, or barely two weeks before Duterte delivers his 2018 State of the Nation Address on July 23. According to Con-Com spokesman Ding Generoso, their panel will hold regional presentations and consultations in at least ﬁve cities, namely Dumaguete, Butuan, Legazpi, Baguio, and Tacloban, before

turning in the proposed new Constitution to Duterte. The Con-Com hopes to vote on the entire draft Constitution in an en banc session next week before the end of Ramadan.

But it has yet to ﬁnalize the articles on federated regions, transitory provisions, and further amendments, Generoso explained. He added that the completed articles are now undergoing reﬁnement on style and consistency. “We are not rushing into this, mahaba pa ’yung proseso na dadaanan,” he said. As this developed, Senator Grace Poe is pushing for amendments to the 81-year-old Public Services Act to allow foreign entities to come in and invest. Poe said easing up restrictions on foreign investments in some sectors will attract more investors and generate much needed jobs for Filipinos.

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What it takes to be democratic folk and other supposedly really want to take part directly in the legislative process. That they should be allowed FR. RANHILIO if they want to is not the issue here, beCALLANGAN cause they should. But do they want to? AQUINO The pragmatist legal philosopher and appellate judge Richard Posner does WE HAVE a fundamental belief in the not think so. The belief, he thinks, is virtues of democracy—and nowhere fundamental to a discursive theory of has this belief found expression in democracy that he is not too keen on. varied but unmistakable ways than in He is convinced that most of the people the deliberations of the Consultative are wiling to entrust fairly elected repCommittee tasked by the President to resentatives to do the drafting, debatprepare a draft of a constitution for a ing and compromising for them. federal republic. I am persuaded by the discourse theOne of the first provisions that trig- ory of democracy that identifies legitigered the entire polemic on democracy mation with a discursive process that is and everything undemocratic was the inclusive, one in which the fundamendiscussion on the flawed and man- tal human right is the right to particigled party-list system introduced by pate in law-generating discourse. With the 1987 Constitution. I did not want the discourse theory of democracy, I to see any more of a system that had am convinced that ultimately the test been hijacked by of legitimacy is individuals who whether or not desperately wantthe norm is able ed seats in Conto confront obgress without the jections raised As long as the endorsement of a members of a against it, and constituency, the that a rational decommunity are wherewithal for a fense can be connational campaign free to choose their vincingly put up or the charisma to representatives, there is for it. But while lead a party. Some no requirement of direct inclusiveness reof the commitquires the theoparticipation. tee members were retical openness convinced that of the parliamensome seats had to tary floor to all be “reserved” for who wish to prounderprivileged, underrepresented sec- pose, to oppose, and to question, and tors: fisherfolk, peasants, urban poor the concept of human rights rejects the among them. But that of course begged a priori exclusion of any person from the question whether it was require- the exchange, the question is not yet ment of a democracy that members of answered whether democracy is comthe sector themselves sat in the Legisla- promised when those for whom the law ture and took part in its deliberations? is enacted must participate in the disOf course, a lot of that turns on the course. concept of “representation.” Can one My take on this issue is that as long who is not a peasant represent peas- as the members of a community are ants? Can a lawyer fairly represent free to choose their representatives fisherfolk? The prevailing contempo- (under “ideal” circumstances that leave rary myth is that both questions must the voter free of any influence other receive firm, negative answers. Only than rational conviction), there is no rea peasant can represent peasants. Only quirement of direct participation. That, a laborer can represent laborers. I am I think, is what triggered the evolution convinced that the fundamental ques- of the entire republican concept and the tion, insofar as the praxis of democracy gradual obsolescence of direct democis concerned, is whether or not peas- racies. Of course, one has to be careful Turn to A5 ants, OFWs, the urban poor, fisher-

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Nuclear power plant is divisive

NUCLEAR power plant may be one of the cheapest sources of electricity that a country like the Philippines should operate. Japan, South Korea and Taiwan generate electricity from nuclear power plants, along with the United States and 27 other nations in Europe and East Asia.

The Philippines built but never operated a nuclear power station in Bataan province. The late President Corazon Aquino mothballed the 620-megawatt Bataan plant on safety concerns following the scare that followed the Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine in April 1986. Operating a nuclear power plant in the Philippines, however, remains an option, with the Duterte administration either open to reviving the Bataan plant or building a smaller one to broaden the country’s power mix. Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi himself seems to favor the operation of this type of power plant.

Cusi, accompanying President Rodrigo Duterte in a state visit to South Korea last week, agreed with officials of Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power to study the possibility of putting up a 100-megawatt modular nuclear reactor at the free port run by the Cagayan Economic Zone Authority in Sta. Ana, Cagayan province. The agreement is purely exploratory in nature, although Cusi seems to be pushing for nuclear energy as a part of the country’s power mix. The energy secretary earlier also advocated for the use of a smallscale nuclear capacity. But the initial agreement

with the Korean company may be premature. The Department of Energy under the helm of Cusi has submitted a proposed nuclear policy to Malacañang, which so far has not given its go-signal. Unless President Duterte supports a nuclear energy policy in clear terms, the agreement with the Korean company won’t hold water. The government perhaps should pursue other energy options because of the controversy usually generated by nuclear power plants. It can continue to tap other renewable energy sources that can provide the same amount of electricity volume to power homes and factories. Building another nuclear power plant is also a divisive issue, like what the Philippines experienced in the years leading to the completion of the Bataan facility in the mid ’80s.

A permit in three days is not fully computerized. To be fair, the red tape problem is not limited to the government. Business corporations like banks are iconic in the way they invent requirements for businesses, especially if you ON MAY 28, 2018, President Duterte are an SME. When seeking a bank signed into law a landmark piece of loan, you are interviewed by two or business legislation, Republic Act RA three sets of bank loan officers. They 11032 or the Ease of Doing Business ask who you are—your name (surname and Efficient Government Service first, first name and mother’s surname). Delivery Act. It is supposed to cut red They ask who your mother is and what tape. her name is (this is a form of discrimiHave you ever applied for a business nation, if you ask me). permit? If you did, you would know They ask you to list down your bank how difficult, time-consuming, and ex- accounts and state their balances (certipensive it is. fied); your credit cards (and their credit In the entire Asia, the Philippines is limits), where have you lived in the one of the worst countries to do busi- past 30 or 50 years; who are the peoness and get a permit—113th out of 190 ple whom they can contact to check countries. The best are Canada and your character (if you are an SME, you S i n g a p o r e —10 won’t be able to minutes. In Maanswer this quesnila, Jesus probtion, so you give ably had a much the name of your easier time climbteacher, if you In the region, the ing Golgotha. At went to school, or least after His or- Philippines is one of the your parish priest, deal, He went to worst countries to do if you attend Heaven. For us, it business in. mass). could be hell. They ask how Especially at much income you the local governmake and from ment and even nawhat source. Of tional level—the mayors, the Securities course, you don’t have much income; and Exchange Commission (it takes at that is why you are borrowing a loan. least two months to form a corpora- They ask for a collateral (of course, you tion), the Fire Department (they force don’t have any, that is why you are boryou to buy overpriced fire extinguish- rowing a loan). ers, which the law by the way now The banks ask who your wife is. If prohibits), and generally at the level you are married, you must produce a of government employees—they look marriage certificate and get her consmiling and happy while giving you sent for you to get the loan. If you are a runaround until you come to the re- separated and divorced, you must proalization that indeed, you must grease duce the document, like an annulment their palm. If you want to register your (did you know how tedious and expencorporate name or brand with the De- sive it is to obtain an annulment?). If partment of Trade, you cannot do it. you divorced abroad, you are counted Turn to A5 You have to wait for days because DTI

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Turks look to alternative media as news landscape shrinks By Fulya Ozerkan and Stuart Williams IT’S not an obvious location for a media organization. A gritty area dominated by car repair workshops in the backstreets of Istanbul. There’s no sign outside—just a photocopied sheet of paper pinned to the door requesting silence: “Broadcast in Progress.” Welcome to the headquarters of Turkish broadcaster Medyascope, an almost three-year-old alternative voice in an increasingly constricted media landscape in Turkey and an example of what new media can offer even in tough circumstances. The door swings open to reveal a

surprisingly standard television studio with a desk and colored background. A team of young editors are glued to their laptops around a large table, whispering excitedly, preparing the next broadcast. Medyascope, which was founded in 2015 by leading Turkish journalist Rusen Cakir, does not broadcast through satellite let alone terrestrial TV, but rather via new media like Facebook, YouTube and Periscope. Every weekday it presents several hours of live debate from voices across the political spectrum with a freedom increasingly absent from the major news channels in Turkey under the rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

No other channels left Awarded the Free Media Pioneer Award by the International Press Institute in 2016, its importance has grown as ownership changes and increasingly adverse conditions for reporters have limited the media spectrum, encouraging prominent Turkish journalists to join the channel and frustrated viewers to watch it. And with Turkey heading for presidential and parliamentary elections on June 24 at a time when journalists complain of a lack of pluralism in traditional media dominated by coverage of Erdogan, its voice is ever more important. Turn to A5

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JONATHAN DE LA CRUZ AS REPORTED, here’s what happened during President Duterte’s meeting with the Filipino community in Seoul last Sunday: “After greeting and thanking the audience and informing them about recent developments in the Philippines as is his usual style, the President told those in attendance that he had a book (Altar of Secrets: Sex, Politics and Money in the Philippine Catholic Church) some copies of which he would give for free in exchange for a kiss. That excited the audience specially when he asked for volunteers. Two ladies in the crowd raised their hands and rushed to the stage. One of them he hugged, kissed on the cheek and gave a book. The second, Bea Kim, was beside herself, giggling and visibly flustered beside the President. He asked if she was single and Bea answered no she was married with two children. Then he asked would she be willing to be kissed pointing to his lips. Nervously giggling as the President leaned over for the kiss, Bea herself leaned over for the split second light touch of lips to the uproar and cheers of the crowd of

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as married locally and thus must obtain a waiver from your ex-spouse that she will not help herself to the loan proceeds. You ask your bank officer why he asks so many vexing questions and require so many papers. He does not trust you, of course, although SMEs have a 98-percent paying record for their obligations. It is the big companies who are difficult to collect from. Why so much paperwork in obtaining a loan? The banks blame the Bangko Sentral. Back to RA 11032. There are signs of red tape in the text of the law itself. The title is very long—10 words, when four words, East of Doing Business Act, or three words, Business Permit Law, would have been sufficient. So right away, the law is guilty of making false promises. The law mandates the setting up of an Anti-Red Tape Authority. Ordinarily, per the spirit of the law, all government agencies and government corporations must cut processing time for business permits, licenses, and clearances and all other kinds of authorizations to just three days for simple transactions, seven days for complex transactions, and 10 working days for highly technical transactions. But the Anti-Red Tape Authority is given the longest time to manifest itself —six months. Why six months when there is already a law that created it, its composition is fixed by the law, and its budget is allotted, P300 million. Under the new law, all government agencies including LGUs shall adopt a “zero-contact policy.” That means you do everything online. Says the law: “No government officer or employee shall have any contact, in any manner, unless strictly necessary with any applicant or requesting party concerning an application or request. Once the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has completed a web-based software enabled business registration system that is acceptable to the public as mandated under Section 26 of this Act, all transactions shall

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“There are no other channels left in Turkey, where journalists like myself, with a mainstream media background, could work today,” said presenter Isin Elicin, formerly a prominent anchor on the NTV news channel. “The mainstream media are not broadcasting news in the way that people need to be informed. They look for sources that do alternative but independent, objective journalism. And they find us,” she said. Elicin, once a familiar face on mainstream Turkish TV, insisted it was essential that alternative media did not become identified as pro-opposition. “The main goal of Medyascope is to do journalism. It’s not the journalists’ job to do opposition. It’s our guests

about 3,000 Filipinos, men and women, who were obviously delighted with what happened.” That’s it. Yet, that lighthearted gimmick of somebody known to have been doing such for years on end, on the campaign trail or in other public engagements, has been used as a handle by people and groups who should know better including members of the foreign media to excoriate President Duterte as unpresidential, a misogynist, sexist and power tripper. Wait. Not even Bea and the audience saw

Take Bea’s word for it.

any kind of malice or sexism in that split-second “encounter.” Unlike the contrived prudishness of those who have gone to town cursing the President with all kinds of harsh words, those who were at the scene never for a moment saw anything dirty, reckless or even unpresidential about it. It was done in good, healthy fun. “There was no malice in it. For me, for him it did not mean anything. It was just a simple kiss.” This was how Bea felt about the whole thing. She even said

that she treasured that moment with the President and what happened “made her day.” She said meeting with the President face-to-face was a once-in-alifetime experience. “It’s rare to have the chance to meet the President up close. It’s true, it was just a twist and there was no malice. The President even asked me if I was single. I told him I was married to a Korean.” These were her parting words to the reporters, some of whom were apparently waiting for word, even just a simple one which could even so slightly suggest otherwise—that indeed President Duterte was the sexist, misogynist power-tripper of an official that they imagined him to be. Well, tough luck. Nothing of that sort happened. So, all the anti-Duterte guys, go ahead and pound the President to your hearts’ content. But nothing will change the narrative: It was a simple, straightforward, split-second touch of the lips of two people who were lightheartedly playing along as in a community of kindred souls enjoying the night of camaraderie and good vibes. Those who are thinking otherwise and making a big, super big fuss about it should probably lighten up and get their bearings back. Take Bea’s word for it and stop insinuating evil intent or some such contrivance where there was really none.

coursed through such system. “If the application or request for license, clearance, permit, certification or authorization shall require the approval of the local Sangguniang Bayan, Sangguniang Panlungsod, or the Sangguniang Panlalawigan as the case may be, the Sanggunian concerned shall be given a period of forty-five (45) working days to act on the application or request, which can be extended for another twenty (20) working days. If the local Sanggunian concerned has denied the application or request, the reason for the denial, as well as the remedial measures that may be taken by the applicant shall be cited by the concerned Sanggunian. The number of signatories in any document shall be limited to a maximum of three (3) signatures which shall represent officers directly supervising the office or agency concerned: Provided, That in case the authorized signatory is on official business or official leave, an alternate shall be designated as signatory. Electronic signatures or pre-signed license, clearance, permit, certification or authorization with adequate security and control mechanism may be used. All government agencies covered shall, when applicable, develop electronic versions of licenses, clearances, permits, certifications or authorizations with the same level of authority as that of the signed hard copy, which may be printed by the applicants or requesting parties in the convenience of their offices. A single or unified business application form shall be used in processing new applications for business permits and business renewals which consolidates all the information of the applicant or requesting party by various local government departments, such as, but not limited to, the local taxes and clearances, building clearance, sanitary permit, zoning clearance, and other specific LGU requirements, as the case may be, including the fire clearance from the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP). The unified form shall be made available online using technology-neutral platforms such as, but not limited to, the central business portal of the city/municipality’s website and various channels

for dissemination. Hard copies of the unified forms shall likewise be made available at all times in designated areas of the concerned office and/or agency. A one-stop business facilitation service, called the business one stop shop, (BOSS) for the city/municipality’s business permitting and licensing system to receive and process manual and/or electronic submission of application for license, clearance, permit, certification or authorization shall be established within the cities/municipalities’ Negosyo Center as provided for under Republic Act No. 10644, otherwise known as the ‘Go Negosyo Act.’ There shall be a queuing mechanism in the BOSS to better manage the flow of applications among the LGUs’ departments receiving and processing applications. LGUs shall implement colocation of the offices of the treasury, business permits and licensing office, zoning office, including the BFP, and other relevant city/municipality offices/ departments, among others, engaged in starting a business, dealing with construction permits. Cities/Municipalities are mandated to automate their business permitting and licensing system or set up an electronic BOSS within a period of three (3) years upon the effectivity of this Act for a more efficient business registration processes. Cities/Municipalities with electronic BOSS shall develop electronic versions of licenses, clearances, permits, certifications or authorizations with the same level of authority, which may be printed by businesses in the convenience of their offices. The DICT shall make available to LGUs the software for the computerization of the business permit and licensing system. The DICT, DTI, and DILG, shall provide technical assistance in the planning and implementation of a computerized or software-enabled business permitting and licensing system. To lessen the transaction requirements, other local clearances such as, but not limited to, sanitary permits, environmental and agricultural clearances shall be issued together with the business permit.”

who make the comments,” she said. Extending government grip Just ahead of the snap elections announcement, Turkey’s media world was struck in April by the thunderbolt-like announcement that the largest media group, Dogan Media Group, was being sold by Dogan Holding to its rival, Demiroren Group. The Dogan Media Group owns some of the country’s biggest media brands like the Hurriyet daily and CNN Turk news channel. While not seen as outright opposition media, they were regarded as bastions of independent journalism. But analysts have seen the takeover as a clear attempt by the government to exercise control over these media. Demiroren Group’s chairman Erdogan Demiroren is considered close to the president, while his son, Yildirim, runs the Turkish Football Federation.

With the sale approved by Turkey’s competition authority, the changes have come fast at Hurriyet and CNN Turk, which have seen an exodus of talent, with prominent CNN Turk anchor Ahu Ozyurt the latest to go. In an op-ed in Hurriyet, Erdogan Demiroren appeared to indicate change was needed, saying media should “stay away from destructiveness and return to its stance of constructive criticism.” Marc Pierini, a visiting scholar at Carnegie Europe, said increasing control over the media was one of several instruments used by the government to ensure victory in the elections seen as a watershed for Turkey. “Favourable sales of media groups to government-friendly businesses is extending the government’s grip on the press,” he said. The furor over the acquisition of Dogan Media is nothing new.

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Human progress has made our environment better —all of it in humanity’s incredibly successful effort to create a safer, cleaner, more habitable world. And we did most of this using machines running on ERIC cheap, plentiful, reliable energy from JURADO fossil fuels. EVERY year on World Environment To be sure, using that energy has Day, we’re supposed to reflect on all carried risks and created negative bythe ways we’ve made the planet worse. products. But thanks to technology, But what if we try something differ- we get better and better at minimizing ent? What if we reflect on all the ways and neutralizing those risks. Los Angewe’ve made the planet better? les was once smog city. Now its air is Try this thought experiment: cleaner than it’s been in decades. LonImagine that we transported some- don’s Thames River was once clogged one from 300 years ago, at the very with sewage; now it’s clean. start of the Industrial Revolution, to So, if you want to live in an environtoday’s world. What would he think ment that is safe, healthy, and clean, about our environment? Without ques- highly industrialized countries are tion, his reaction would be one of dis- the places to be. Where previous genbelief; not that we had destroyed his erations faced the risk of disease from pristine, natural world, but that such a simply drinking water, which was ofclean, healthy environment was possi- ten contaminated, we have clean wable. ter—thanks to man-made reservoirs, “The air is so clean,” our time trave- treatment plants, underground pipes, ler might say. “Where I come from, and indoor plumbing. Where previous we’re breathing in smoke all day from generations walked streets contamithe fire we need to burn in our furnaces nated by large quantities of human and and stoves.” animal waste, we can conveniently and “And the water. Everywhere I go, safely dispose of it thanks to sewer systhe water tastes so tems and the waste fresh, and it’s all management insafe to drink. On dustry. Where my farm, we get previous generaour water from a tions faced largeWhat would scale death whenbrook we share ever there was a with animals, someone from 300 severe freeze or and my kids are years ago think about heat wave, we can always getting our environment? live in a comfortsick.” able climate year“And then the round, thanks to weather. I mean, insulated homes the weather isn’t that much different, but you’re so much and modern, high-energy heating and safer in it; you can move a knob and air-conditioning. And the list of such make it cool when it’s hot, and warm life-improving positives goes on. when it’s cold.” Thanks to industrial agriculture “And what happened to all the dis- and transportation, we have grocery ease? In my time, we had insects eve- stores full of healthy food year-round. rywhere giving us disease—my neigh- Thanks to modern transportation, we bor’s son died of malaria—and you have unprecedented access to the rich don’t seem to have any of that here. cultural experiences and natural beauty that the world has to offer. Many of What’s your secret?” I’d tell him that the secret was energy, the benefits of today’s environment specifically energy derived from fossil are reflected in life-expectancy and fuels—oil, coal, and natural gas. These population statistics: the average perfuels power machines that allow us to son lives longer, in better health, than transform our naturally hazardous en- ever before. In sum, human beings have made vironment into a far healthier environment. Most of the natural world is too the Earth a far, far better place to live hot or too cold, has too much rainfall for ourselves. Yet even though life is or not enough. Then there’s bacteria- better than ever, we are wracked with filled water, disease carrying insects, guilt over our industrial development. typhoons, earthquakes, and tsunamis, We hear endlessly that our “footprint” to name just few of nature’s other un- —meaning our impact on nature—is too big, and that we must “go green” by pleasant features. As our time traveler noted, 300 years making a smaller one. We are made to ago, human beings spent a lot of time feel bad for the impact that we have on breathing polluted air from indoor land, on water, on plants, on animals. fires. As unhealthy as it was, it was But mastering nature is precisely how worth the warmth. But we’ve been able human beings survive and flourish. to conquer all these environmental hazIt’s time to stop thinking about how ards. We’ve drained swamps, reclaimed to save the planet from human beings land, cleared forests, built roads, con- and resume thinking about how to imstructed glass and steel skyscrapers. prove the planet for human beings. We’ve irrigated deserts, developed fertilizers and pesticides, linked oceans eric.jurado@gmail.com FROM WHERE I STAND

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lest the “ideal circumstances” become an unattainable counter-factual. There will be several influences: the personal charisma of the candidate, his or her perceived competence or, by contrast, ineptitude, the candidate’s sincerity— which, in itself is one of the “implied claims” of any speech act, according to Habermas. None of these is inimical to free choice. It becomes quite a different thing when interrogation is stifled and when the attraction of the visceral overcomes the persuasive force of the rational. I write therefore in support of the The Milliyet and Vatan dailies had already been sold to Demiroren by Dogan in 2011, while the Sabah daily, once an independently-minded newspaper, is now an unashamedly progovernment title following ownership changes in 2007. Emerged out of a necessity Some independent titles do remain, such as the anti-Erdogan Cumhuriyet and the leftist BirGun. But the price can be high and 13 staff of Cumhuriyet were convicted on terror offences in April although they remain free pending appeal. In a sign of the thirst for news from such sources, top Turkish journalists have amassed colossal numbers of social media followers who enjoy their sometimes piquant views—the popular host of Fox TV’s evening news show, Fatih Portakal, has more than 5.95-million Twitter followers.

proposition that for the marginalized and underrepresented to be effectively represented, it is not required that a peasant, or a fisherman or an OFW take a seat in Congress—although there should be nothing to prevent that possibility. And if we thus think of representation less romantically and more akin to what Posner calls the “Schumpeterian model,” then it will do to elect thoughtful, fair and just representatives, rather than singling out representatives for particular sectors or, worse, reserving seats for them! rannie_aquino@csu.edu.ph rannie_aquino@sanbeda.edu.ph rannie_aquino@outlook.com While private and state networks tend to broadcast every word of Erdogan’s speeches from greetings to farewells, those of main opposition candidate Muharrem Ince are usually cut, while opposition nationalist Meral Aksener is barely shown at all. Burak Tatari, another anchor at Medyascope and formerly of weekly magazine Tempo, said that audiences in Turkey were failing to find access to the information they needed in mainstream media, with interview subjects and material filtered. He said that the main limit on Medyascope’s growth was financing, with advertising difficult to attract and the bulk of its revenues coming from grants from international foundations. “Medyascope has emerged out of a necessity,” he said. “We are trying to do here what the mainstream media should do.” AFP

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‘Top prosecutor should be out of $10-m cases’ By Rey E. Requejo

USTICE Secretary Menardo Guevarra has been prodded to make true his vow to restore the public trust in the justice system by replacing key ofﬁcials of the Department of Justice believed to have committed questionable acts.

Okada Manila conveyed this message to Guevarra in seeking the expulsion of his top prosecutor from the $10-million estafa cases against Japanese gaming mogul Kazuo Okada, the jurisdiction of which is being taken over by the DoJ. In an eight-page motion, Tiger Resorts Leisure & Entertainment Inc. has asked acting Prosecutor General Jorge Catalan, who heads the National Prosecution Service, to recuse himself from handling or assigning the prosecutor who would take over the investigation of the estafa cases against Okada and Takahiro Usui. On Tuesday, Guevarra said the department was taking over jurisdiction of the estafa cases from the City Prosecutor of Parañaque where they have been pending since last year. He had also tasked the National Bureau of Investigation to look into the leak of Parañaque City Prosecutor Amerhassan Paudac’s resolutions to the social media accounts of Okada’s Korean girlfriend, Chloe Kim, even before it was ofﬁcially released to the parties. As head of the NPS, TRLEI said Catalan, as concurrent City Prosecutor of Makati City, should inhibit himself from handling or assigning prosecutors to handle the estafa cases to avoid sus-

picion of partiality and bias against the complainant. It was Catalan who approved the dismissal of the illegal drugs charges against businessman Peter Lim, Kerwin Espinosa and 20 other suspects. Reports said the dismissal of the illegal charges caught the ire of President Rodrigo Duterte. The same reports said it was the main reason for the replacement of Vitaliano Aguirre II as DoJ secretary. On Catalan’s inhibition, TRLEI said that as Makati City prosecutor, he had previously and “erroneously” dismissed a criminal complaint for three counts of perjury against Okada and Usui, who are also the same respondents in the estafa cases lodged before Parañaque prosecutors’ ofﬁce. “TRLEI seriously doubts Catalan, if made to act in the [estafa] cases likewise involving the same parties and related issues, can act with the required objectivity and impartiality. As such, Catalan must inhibit himself from resolving the [estafa] cases or designating the prosecutor who would take over the cases,” the motion stated. Last year, TRLEI ﬁled a complaint for three counts of perjury against Okada and Usui before the City Prosecutor of Makati City.

MOBILIZATION RALLY. Sectoral representatives, faith-based organizations, human rights advocates and civil libertarians announce Thursday at a forum at the Institute for Women’s Studies in Manila there would be a mobilization on June 12 dubbed ‘HINDIpendence Day: Ipaglaban ang Inang Bayan,’ a march/rally to mark Araw ng Kalayaan. Norman Cruz

Ombudsman indicts ex-mayor from Lanao Sur By Rio N. Araja THE Ofﬁce of the Ombudsman has indicted a former mayor from Lanao del Sur for failure to declare some of his assets in his Statement of Assets and Liabilities Net worth for ﬁve years. Former Marantao municipal mayor Mohammadali Abboh Abinal is facing six counts of violation of Section 8 of the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and

Employees or Republic Act No. 6713 and Article 183 of the Revised Penal Code for the misrepresentation in his SALNs. The Ombudsman said Abinal failed to declare five firearms and a vehicle in his SALNs from 2007 to 2012. “Respondent made a willful and deliberate assertion of a falsehood when he failed to declare the mentioned assets in his SALNs. It must be stressed that he certified in his SALNs that the

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Notice is hereby given that on 15 December 2017, Cotabato Light and Power Company (CLPC) filed an Application seeking the Commission’s approval of its Capital Expenditure Projects for Calendar Year 2017, with prayer for provisional authority.

n. Computer Software

CLPC is a corporation duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the Republic of the Philippines, with office address at Sinsuat Avenue, Cotabato City. CLPC is duly authorized distribution utility of electric power to the end-users in the City of Cotabato, and portions of the Municipalities of Sultan Kudarat and Datu Odin Sinsuat, province of Maguindanao pursuant to its franchise under Republic Act No. 10637. It may be served with orders and other processes of the Honorable Commission through its undersigned counsel at the address indicated below.

Republic Act No. 9136, or the Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 (“EPlRA”), under Section 23 thereof, obligates a distribution utility, such as CLPC, to provide distribution services and connections to its system for any end-user within its franchise area consistent with the distribution code. Further, distribution utilities share in the objective of the EPlRA to ensure the quality, reliability, security and affordability of the supply of electric power.1

For CLPC to pursue its mandate under its franchise and the EPlRA, it is necessary for CLPC to continuously invest in the improvement of its people, system and services to better serve its customers.

As such, CLPC, in pursuit of its duty to better serve its customers, and in accordance with Section 20 (b) of Commonwealth Act No. 1462 , hereby applies for the approval of the Honorable Commission to implement its Capital Expenditure Projects (CAPEX) for Calendar Year (“CY”) 2017·

CLPC’s 2017 CAPEX program is categorized as follows: a. Network; i. Substation Rehabilitation; b. Other Networks; and i. Line Rehabilitation and Maintenance ii. Residuals c. Non-Network Projects.

7,090,929.79 1,859,762.72 4,623,886.00

Total 2017 CAPEX

CLPC alleged the following in its Application: 1.

NON-NETWORK

x - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - x

82,759,739.43

10.

The detailed justifications, technical analysis, economic analysis and alternatives considered, as applicable, for CLPC’s CAPEX for CY 2017 are discussed in detail in Annex “A” in support of this Application.

11.

The proposed CAPEX for CY 2017 will not have a direct impact on the current rates of CLPC until approved by the Honorable Commission as part of CLPC’s Regulatory Asset Base in the next applicable Regulatory Period. ALLEGATIONS IN SUPPORT OF THE PRAYER FOR PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY

12.

Public interest and necessity requires the immediate implementation, without delay, of the subject CAPEX projects. The loading and reliability constraints of the current substations are reaching critical levels, necessitating the purchase and upgrade of the relevant substations. Aside from these, in the event that the CAPEX projects are not immediately implemented, certain facilities of CLPC will be rendered obsolete which may then lead to power interruptions, furthermore, the additional load coming from existing and new customers may likewise not be accommodated. These negative consequences, which are detrimental to the livelihood and everyday lives of consumers may be tempered by the immediate approval of the 2017 CAPEX projects.

13.

Thus, pending final approval, there is an urgent need for a provisional authority for CLPC to immediately implement its proposed 2017 CAPEX Projects. In support of the prayer for the grant of the provisional authority, attached as Annex “B” is the Judicial Affidavit of Mr. Mark Sam Banluta, Engineering Group Manager of CLPC.

14.

The foregoing CAPEX for CY 2017 are indispensable for the systematic and economic expansion and rehabilitation of CLPC’s distribution facilities and ensuring compliance with safety, performance and regulatory requirements. The benefit arising from these CAPEX projects will ultimately redound to the endconsumers of CLPC in terms of continuous, reliable and efficient power supply. PRAYER

The major CAPEX project under the “Network” category is the “Upgrading of Salimbao Substation 69/13.8kV 15MVA to 20/25MVA” project. The project will involve the purchase and installation of a new outdoor type (OA/FA) 20/25 MVA, 69/13.8 kV three phase power transformer and the transfer of existing 15MVA power transformer to the proposed Tamontaka Substation. Also, the defective 10MVA power transformer which has a service life of 40 years this year will be permanently retired and removed from the system. This project aims to ensure compliance with N-1 requirements and to meet the demand of the incoming additional capacity in CLPC’s distribution system.

WHEREFORE, in view of the foregoing, CLPC respectfully prays that this Honorable Commission:

The “Other Networks” category is subdivided into the Line Rehabilitation/ Maintenance and Residuals. These projects are to be undertaken in order for CLPC to strengthen and improve the reliability of its distribution system, maintain voltage quality and to minimize transient tripping as consumer demand continues to grow and expand. There will likewise be projects that will be undertaken in support of government directives and to further minimize safety concerns.

The Commission has set the Application for determination of compliance with the jurisdictional requirements, expository presentation, Pre-trial Conference, and presentation of evidence on 28 June 2018 (Thursday) at ten o’clock in the morning (10:00 A.M.), at ERC Mindanao Field Office, Mintrade Building, Monteverde Avenue cor. Sales St. Davao City.

The “Non-network” category on the other hand is subdivided into the following projects, “Telecommunications”, “Tools and Work Equipment”, “Unmanned Malagpas Substation” and “Computer Software”. These projects are driven by the necessity of updating vital facilities of CLPC that have become obsolete, of equipping CLPC’s workforce with the required tools to perform their tasks safely and efficiently, strengthening the monitoring and security of CLPC’s unmanned substation and the integration of the existing CLPC systems in preparation for the planned shift to Advanced Metering Infrastructure and Smartgrid projects.

The total estimated cost of CLPC’s CY 2017 CAPEX is Php 82,759,739.43 and the complete list of projects, together with their corresponding estimated cost, is shown in table 1 below:

Project Summary Description

After due hearing, render judgement making the approval of the Application permanent.

The petitioner’s name and address;

ii. The nature of petitioner’s interest in the subject matter of the proceeding and the way and manner in which such interest is affected by the issues involved in the proceeding; and iii. A statement of the relief desired. All other persons who may want their views known to the Commission with respect to the subject matter of the case may file their Opposition or Comment thereon at any stage of the proceeding before Applicant rests its case, subject to the requirements under Rule 9 of the 2006 Rules of Practice and Procedure. No particular form of Opposition or Comment is required, but the document, letter, or writing should contain the following:

Estimated Cost

1) The name and address of such person; 2) A concise statement of the Opposition or Comment; and

Substation Project Upgrading of 15MVA Salimbao Power Transformer

Pending trial on the merits, immediately issue a PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY authorizing CLPC to implement its Capital Expenditure Projects (CAPEX) for Calendar Year (“CY”) 2017.

All persons who have an interest in the subject matter of the instant case may become a party by filing with the Commission a verified Petition to Intervene at least five (5) days prior to the initial hearing and subject to the requirements under Rule 9 of the 2006 Rules of Practice and Procedure, indicating therein the docket number and title of the case and stating the following:

NETWORK PROJECTS

Other reliefs just and equitable under the premises are likewise prayed for.

3) The grounds relied upon.

28,709,318.53 All such persons who wish to have a copy of the Application may request from Applicant that they be furnished with the same, prior to the date of the initial hearing. Applicant is hereby directed to furnish all those making such request with copies of the Application and its attachments, subject to the reimbursement of reasonable photocopying costs. Any such person may likewise examine the Application and other pertinent records filed with the Commission during the standard office hours.

OTHER NETWORK Line Rehabilitation/Maintenance b.

Tree Wire Installations

4,169,870.12

Load Break Switches Installation

1,158,769.44

Rural Electrification

2,124,492.46

WITNESS, the Honorable Chairperson and CEO, AGNES VST DEVANADERA and the Honorable Commissioners ALFREDO J. NON, GLORIA VICTORIA C. YAP-TARUC, and GERONIMO D. STA. ANA, Energy Regulatory Commission, this 10th day of April 2018 in Pasig City. FOR AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE COMMISSION:

Residual e.

Poles, Tower & Fixtures

JOSEFINA PATRICIA A. MAGPALE-ASIRIT Oversight Commissioner for Legal

6,539,225.37 1 2

contents thereof are true statements of his assets and liabilities, including those of his wife and unmarried children below 18 years of age,” its resolution read. “His claims that his ﬁrearms were either conﬁscated or lost and that his truck was scrapped are matters of defense involving factual issues, hence, should be fully explained and threshed out not in a preliminary investigation but during trial.”

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LEGACY carrier Philippine Airlines announced on Thursday it had generated a 7-percent increase in revenue in 2017—attributed from the increased number of passengers and volume of cargo following its fleet and route network expansion. In a statement, PAL disclosed that in 2017, a total of 14.5-million passengers (or an average of 39,634 passengers a day) flew on board 51,681 round-trip flights, operated by a fleet of 86 airplanes whose bellies carried a total of 236.1 million tons of cargo. Annual average passenger load factor was pegged at 71.39 percent. PAL continues to maintain a strong market share in its international routes despite intense competition with legacy carriers and a growing number of low-cost carriers in the Asia Pacific region.

Net passenger revenues stood at $2.17 billion last year compared to $2.02 billion in 2016, while net cargo revenues reached $166.5 million. This brought total revenues to $2.6 billion against $2.4 billion the previous year. Meanwhile, seven new handcarry x-ray machines are now installed to prevent the entry of contraband via personal belongings and hand carried luggage at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. The acquisition of the machines, according to Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña Jr., would address the increasing incidents of smuggling and drug trafﬁcking in airport terminals. Two brand new Rapiscan x-rays have been placed at Naia Terminal 3 while two units at the Terminal 2, and another two units are being set up at Terminal 1.

CA: Reinstate 2 cops THE Court of Appeals has reinstated two high-ranking police officials to the previous posts who were earlier ordered dismissed by the Office of the Ombudsman for their alleged involvement in the P100-million anomalous contract with Werfast Documentation Agency Inc. which provides courier services for renewal of firearms for licenses. In a 13-page decision, CA’s Special Eleventh Division through Associate Justice Pablito Perez overturned and set aside the June 25, 2015 consolidated decision of the Ombudsman, which found substantial evidence against Supt. Lenbell Fabia, former Assistant Chief of the Firearms Licensing DivisionFirearms and Explosives Office, and Chief Insp. Sonia Calixto, former chief of Permits and Other Licenses Section of the FLD for grave abuse of authority, grave misconduct and serious dishonesty. The anti-graft body’s consolidated decision also covered other respondents: Former PNP chief Alan Purisima, former Chief Supt. Raul Petrasanta and former FEO officials Chief Supt. Napoleon Estilles, Sr. Supt. Allan Parreño, Sr. Supt. Eduardo Acierto, Sr. Supt. Melchor Reyes, Chief Insp. Nelson Bautista, Chief Insp. Ricardo Zapata Jr., Senior Insp. Ford Tuazon. The Ombudsman ordered them dismissed from the service and forfeiture of their retirement benefits and barred from being reemployed in government. Earlier, CA affirmed the dismissal of Purisima while clearing and ordering the reinstatement of Petrasanta, Bautista, Zapata, Acierto and Parreño. Rey Requejo

Sandigan finds Ferrer guilty By Maricel V. Cruz FORMER Intramuros Administration head Dominador Ferrer Jr., who allowed a leaseholder to construct new structures at the historic area’s famous walls without a building permit in 1998, has been meted out six to 10 years jail by the Sandiganbayan which convicted him for graft. The court’s Second Division held Ferrer liable for Offshore Construction and Development Company’s activities at the Spanish-built structures Baluarte de San Andres and Baluarte de San Francisco de Dilao, as well as the

Ravellin de Recollectos. “At the very least, [Ferrer] had exhibited gross inexcusable negligence in allowing the lessee to develop and construct on the leased premises, even as their compliance with requirements remained deﬁcient, and with knowledge that such was in contravention of his duties under the Intramuros Charter,” the antigraft court said in a 27-page decision dated May 11. The Sandiganbayan said OCDC was not among the leaseholders on the list of recipients of building permits from 1997 to 1998.

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Nestle launches Milo Marathon By Peter Atencio

EW locations, new experiences and a bigger celebration that will make the 42nd edition of the National Milo Marathon something to remember. This is what the country’s biggest and longest running foot race offers this year when the Metro Manila leg gets going on July 29 without the City of Manila as host. And that’s with the national finals held on the City of Laoag on the day the Ilokanos hold a big party to celebrate their bicentennial year on Dec. 9. “The race and with the final leg in Laoag, that’s something new. And it will be interesting to promote other areas as well,” said

Joey Uy, senior vice president and business executive officer of Nestle Philippines during yesterday’s launch at the Conrad Hotel in Pasay City. The race route of the final leg will pass through several scenic locations, including the Paoay and Laoag sand dunes, and thats for the long distance categories like the 21 km and 42km events. Shorter distances race in the 3km, 5km and the 10km categories will be held also. Runners will pass through near-

by landmarks and places of interest like the Cape Bojeador Lighthouse and St. Augustine’s Church in Paoay, and the Kapurpurawan rock formation in Burgos. The Metro Manila finals on July 29 will have its start and finish at the Mall of Asia grounds. But it will bypass the City of Manila due to the unavailability of Roxas Blvd. due to traffic issues. Instead, routes are being drawn to involve the cities of Taguig, Paranaque, Makati and Pasay City. Eleven legs will be held, with the first qualifying race to go in Urdaneta on July 15. Jeorge Andrade and Mary Joy Tabal will be back to defend the men’s and women’s crowns and gain chances to participate in two international half-marathons in

the early part of 2019. Slots to the national squad that will see action in the 2019 Southeast Asian Games are also up for grabs. Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association president Philip Ella Juico, head of the national governing body in athletics, have asked organizers not to involve in the winners in full marathon races, and instead since the half marathons. Juico said this would give the winners time to recover, and be in top shape for the SEA Games. Organizers are expecting around 150,000 runners to take part in the many legs, which will include Tarlac (Aug. 26), Batangas (Sept. 16), Lucena (Sept. 30), Iloilo (Oct. 70, Cebu (Oct. 14), General Santos (Oct. 21), Butuan (Nov. 11), Cagayan de Oro (Nov. 18).

Bayron, O’Toole share lead with 66 CARMONA, Cavite—John Michael O’Toole battled Jay Bayron shot-for-shot, putt-for-putt and birdie-for-birdie then put on another fiery windup to card a 66 and tie the Filipino ace at the helm after three rounds of the rich ICTSI Manila Southwoods Golf Championship at the Legends course here yesterday. Neither one blinked majority of their day-long shootout marred by another weather delay but O’Toole came out of the break and a threeputt miscue on No. 16 with closing birdies, bouncing back from two down for a shared view of the top and bringing their highly charged duel for the top $17,500 purse to the final 18 holes of the $100,000 event serving as the third leg of the Philippine Golf Tour Asia Season 2. “After I bogeyed No. 16, I knew I had to make up,” said O’Toole after virtually matching his explosive finish of three straight birdies that pulled him within one off Bayron Wednesday. “I hit really good shots on the last two holes, the crucial ones for the day and those rewarded me a share of the lead.” Bayron actually turned in a bogey-free 67 that could keep one’s lead safe but had to settle for joint lead at 20-under 196 with pars in the last four holes. “After the delay, the plan was to play cautious. I didn’t commit any errors despite the wet fairways and the slow greens,” said Bayron. “I’m happy to finish with a share of the lead and it’s going to be tough tomorrow (today). Whoever gets a good start will have a better chance at winning.”

Philippine Athletics Track And Field Association President Philip Ella Juico (left) joins Milo officials during the 42nd National Milo Marathon press conference held at Conrad Hotel, Pasay City. Lino Santos

So gains tie at top of standings FILIPINO GM Wesley So and world no. 1 grandmaster Magnus Carlsen assumed the lead last Wednesday in the eighth round of the Altibox Norway Chess tournament. They found themselves in a four-way tie for the lead with Hi kar u Na kamu ra and Fabiano Caruana with four points each. Caruana rocked the standings after he brought down solo leader Viswanathan Anand in 50 moves of a Petroff Defense. So drew with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in 80 moves

of a Sicilian Najdorf while Carlsen halved his point with Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in 50 moves of a Ruy Lopez Opening. On the other hand Nakamura stopped Sergey Karjakin in 41 moves of an English Opening. Anand now shares third place with 3.5 points, with Mamedyarov and Levon Aronian. The game drew a lot of attention when Anand, playing white took on Caruana who played well with his favorite Petroff Defence game. Caruana surpised Anand when he advanced on the king-

side with his g- and f-pawn, The risky move gave Caruana control of the kingside which he deftly protected with a knight on e3. Anand grabbed two pawns during an exchange of pieces, but his king got exposed. Caruana then forced his rival to resign after he forced Anand’s king to flee from a threatening a queen. Meanwhile, So made a move to attack the queenside with his pawns before it was repulsed and was forced to a draw by VachierLagrave. Peter Atencio

MMA is way of life for veteran Eustaquio By Reuel Vidal

Eustaquio is a highly-decorated wushu practitioner. His solid striking has led to huge victories over the course of a seven-year professional career. Eustaquio, a true martial arts practitioner, plans to unveil another facet in his fighter’s arsenal. “I’d like to try my grappling and jiu-jitsu skills in my next fight. It’s part of my growth to become a better fighter. My striking is already there. But I continue to grow as a fighter and as a person,” said Eustaquio. The Team Lakay veteran is brimming with confidence ahead of his bout against Moraes. “I’d say my chances of winning are 70 percent. I’ve trained hard for this fight. My striking is there. But last time we fought my grappling and jiu jitsu were not that good. I’ve improved so much in that aspect which is why I am confident about my chances of winning,” said Eustaquio. Another Filipino in Team

FIGHTERS fight, the same way athletes compete in their chosen sport. ONE Interim Flyweight World Champion Geje “Gravity” Eustaquio is different because he does not just compete in combat sports, he lives it. Dedication, passion, discipline, perseverance and humility are the core values he lives by. Values he learned through his long years of involvement in the martial arts. “For me martial arts is a way of life. It’s how you study and grow to become a better person. The unwritten rules in your life that you follow. You fix yourself through the important values like integrity and humility,” said Eustaquio. The Filipino MMA veteran battles reigning champion Adriano “Mikinho” Moraes of Brazil in a unification bout for the ONE Flyweight World Championship at ONE: Pinnacle of Power on June 23, 2018 at Studio City Event Center in Macau. Eustaquio will have his hands full against Moraes who is riding 00-00-00-00-00-00 P0.0 M+ a four-fight winning streak. Moraes’ immediate victories include 00-00-00-00-00-00 P0.0 M+ recapturing the ONE Flyweight World Championship last August DIGITS 00-00-00-00-00-00 against Kairat Akhmetov and then sucDIGITS 00-00-00 cessfully defending his title against rising star Danny Kingad last EZ2 00-00 November.

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Lakay’s Edward Kelly battles former ONE Featherweight World Champion Narantungalag “Tungaa” Jadambaa of Mongolia in one of the supporting bouts.

Wushu champion Danny “The King” Kingad returns to action against “The Southern Eagle” Ma Hao Bin who is unbeaten in ONE Championship competition.

Filipino MMA fighter Geje ‘Gravity’ Eustaquio is overcome by emotion after winning the ONE Interim Flyweight World Championship. ONE Championship

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Go asks PH youth to focus on sports By Vito Barcelo PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte’s trusted aide Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go has encouraged Filipino youths to focus on sports under the administration’s three-point sports campaign as part of the drive against drugs and criminality. SAP Go said that they are on a mission to encourage everyone to join sports activities to divert their attention from using illegal drugs and from committing crime. He said many young men and women wanted to join the threepoint shootout since this three-point campaign is part of the government’s way to fight drugs, corruption and criminality. In a press briefing in Malacañang, Go said everyone is invited to join, including persons with disabilities, the three-point shootout program. Among the participants of the three-point shootout is a boy who has been suffering from a cyst on his back since he was 17 years old. Go said his office will provide medical assistance to the teenage boy. Meanwhile, Go tapped the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) to assist an 11-year-old table tennis player in need of educational assistance and additional athletic training. “He started playing table tennis at the age of eight. He joined the recently concluded World Championship of Ping Pong in London and the Philippine Super League Table Tennis Tournament,” Go said.

Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant (35) blocks the shot of Cleveland Cavaliers counterpart LeBron James (23) in Game Three of the 2018 NBA Finals on June 6, 2018 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. AFP

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LEVELAND—Defending champion Golden State, powered by 43 points from Kevin Durant, moved to the brink of a third NBA title in four seasons Wednesday by defeating the Cleveland Cavaliers 110-102. The Warriors seized a commanding 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven NBA Finals and by winning game four Friday would complete the first championship series sweep since Cleveland was blanked by San Antonio in 2007. “I don’t want to downplay anything but I don’t want to act like this is the end of the road,” Durant said. “We did some things that we need to correct if we want to win the next game. I’ve just got stay locked in.” No team has ever recovered from a 3-0 deficit to win an NBA playoff series, but the Cavaliers made the top comeback in NBA Finals history in 2016 from 3-1 down to swipe a title from Golden State. “It’s definitely a tough loss,” said Cavaliers star LeBron James. “We had our chances. But we have another opportunity on Friday to extend the series but we’ve got to come out and play 48 minutes.” Durant added 12 rebounds and seven

assists to his top playoff scoring total, but it was not until his 3-pointer with 49 seconds remaining to give the Warriors a 106-100 lead that Cleveland’s fate was sealed. “That was amazing what he did out there,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. “Some of those shots, I don’t think anybody in the world but him could have made those shots. He was incredible.” Durant’s last basket was eerily like a 3-pointer he made late in game three last year against the Cavs that clinched a Golden State victory. “He’s definitely an assassin and that was one of those assassin plays right there,” James said. “It was like deja vu seeing that shot again,” Cavaliers forward Kevin Love said. It was another dagger in the title hopes of James, who had 33 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists while Kevin

Love added 20 points and 13 rebounds for the Cavaliers. “It was a big shot,” Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue said. “He was four or five feet behind the (3-point) line and he raised up and made a big shot for them. So, you know, kind of like he did last year.” The Cavaliers had been 8-1 at home in the playoffs with eight wins in a row since losing their first-round opener to Indiana. “We feel like we’ve been right there,” Love said. “We just have to come out Friday and not give in.” But the Warriors improved to 10-2 against the Cavaliers since Durant joined Golden State before last season. “His overall game was ridiculous— the passing, the rebounding, the scoring,” Kerr said. “It wasn’t just the number of points. It seemed like every time we needed a bucket he got it for us.” James landed badly going for a rebound early in the second quarter and limped on his right ankle, but the fourtime NBA Most Valuable Player kept the Cavaliers in contention to the end. “I twisted it pretty good,” James said. “But I’ll be in the lineup on Friday.” AFP

Old man Brown Diliman College is true IRONMAN Blue Dragons subdue Doves By Reuel Vidal

By Peter Atencio ADAMA Diakhite struck with 30 points for the defending champion Diliman College Blue Dragons in their 7671 stopping of the St. Francis of Assissi Doves in the senior division of the ongoing 24th Fr. Martin Cup summer tournament. Diakhite’s layup came on top of an 8-2 run in the last 1:37 and handed the Blue Dragons their second straight win at the St. Placid gymnasium inside the San Beda-Mendiola campus in Manila. They were ahead by a point when the Blue Dragons went on the offensive in the final two minutes and took a 72-65 cushion off Diakhite’s efforts in this cagefest which is supported by Cocolife. In the women’s action, the Enderun College Lady Titans drew 15 points from Mary Grace Callang and upended the University of the Philippines Lady Maroons, 41-37. Kate Marcos added 11 points for the Lady Titans, who went on to stay unbeaten after three games. National University, led by Samantha Harada and three others with 11 points, prevailed over University of Santo Tomas, 79-51. Jack Danielle Animam, Flory Ceno and Nabalan also provided 11 points in leading NU to their secomd triumph in three games. Earlier, Kean Baclaan unloaded 21 points for the defending champion San Sebastian Staglets in their 83-70 beating of First City Providential College of Bulacan, 83-70, in the junior division. Rafael Are contributed 15 points for the Staglets cause, and as they picked up their first triumph in four matches. In other matches, Paco Catholic Foundation prevailed over San BedaRizal B, 67-55, while St. Patrick School won over San Beda-Manila, 97-71.

IRONMAN racing—which consists of a 3.8 kilometer swim, 180 kilometer and 42 kilometer run—is a grueling test of stamina and strength but most of all will and determination. Forty five-year-old New Zealand native Cameron Brown—who is just a few days short of 46—is a true IRONMAN. Most people his age just participate in age group competitions. But Brown continues to push his decades younger compatriots to the limit whenever he takes the starting line at IRONMAN races. The 12-time New Zealand IRONMAN winner did it again recently in Subic as he placed second to eventual winner Nick Baldwin but not before pushing the younger Baldwin to his absolute limit before narrowly missing out on the gold medal. Brown trailed Baldwin from the start but during the run part of the race, the Kiwi was gaining fast on his younger competitor and overtaking him seemed all but inevitable. “Cameron is one of the best IRONMAN athletes in the world and when he’s not far behind you and gaining, you’re scared and I was very scared. It was just gritting my teeth and just pushing and giving it everything I had,” said Baldwin

Forty five-year-old Cam Brown crosses the finish at second place during the 2018 Century Tuna IRONMAN Philippines held in Subic.

during the post-race interview. But the weather was not kind to Brown. A cloud cover hung over the race course cooling Subic from the harsh sun. The clouds suddenly parted allowing the blistering hot sun to bake the course and the competitors. Brown withered under the heat and

gradually lost ground allowing Baldwin to post the convincing victory. The 30-year-old Baldwin submitted a time of 8:50:13. Brown finished at second with a time of 8:56:49 while Simon Cochrane, also from New Zealand, finished at third place with a time of 8:58:58.

Russia’s Maria Sharapova as she prepares to serve during day eleven of 2018 French Open. AFP

Sharapova bows out PARIS, France—Garbine Muguruza thrashed Maria Sharapova to reach a last-four showdown with top seed Simona Halep while Rafael Nadal was locked in a French Open quarterfinal tussle with Argentinian Diego Schwartzman when rain ended play on Wednesday. Muguruza condemned Sharapova to her heaviest Grand Slam defeat in more than six years and will face top seed Simona Halep for a place in the final against either Sloane Stephens or Madison Keys. The Spanish third seed, who was the champion in Paris in 2016, swept aside the Russian 6-2, 6-1 in just an hour and 10 minutes. Sharapova, playing at Roland Garros for the first time since 2015, suffered her most one-sided defeat at the Slams since a 6-3, 6-0 loss to Victoria Azarenka in the 2012 Australian Open final. “I am very pleased to be in another final in Paris,” said Muguruza who has yet to drop a set in the tournament and claimed her first win over Sharapova in four meetings. “I was up against a great player so I had to make sure I brought my best tennis.” Meanwhile, world number one Nadal lost his first set at Roland Garros in three years, and when bad weather first interrupted the match the 10time champion was in serious trouble with Schwartzman up a break in the second. The players briefly returned to the court, giving the 32-year-old Spaniard enough time to reel off three straight games, but the rains came again for a second and final time when he was serving for the set. The match will resume on Thursday with Schwartzman leading 6-4, 3-5 (15-30). The winner of the match will play either third seed Marin Cilic or Schwartzman’s compatriot Juan Martin del Potro. AFP

Elasto Painters gun for solo PBA leadership By Jeric Lopez

Rain or Shine Elasto Painters import Reggie Johnson (42) protects the basketball against his GlobalPort Batang Pier counterpart.

THE Rain or Shine Elasto Painters try to be the first team in the quarterfinals as they continue their quest for more wins in the continuing 2018 Philippine Basketball Association Commissioner’s Cup. The red hot Elasto Painters (6-1) are eyeing their fourth straight win as they tangle with cellar-dweller Blackwater Elite (1-7) even as the Meralco Bolts (4-2) and the Phoenix Fuelmaster (3-3) duel at 7 p.m. at the Smart Araneta Coliseum tonight. Rain or Shine is tied with TNT

KaTropa for first place as they share identical marks. It can regain sole possession of the top spot with another win and more importantly, it will formalize a berth in the quarters. Both the Painters and the Elite were coming off hard-fought victories in their last assignments against the same team. Rain or Shine endured in an overtime grinder against Magnolia to take a 99-96 squeaker last week for its third straight victory. Blackwater took the similar path as it finally listed a win after eight

tries when Henry Walker slammed home the game-winner just last Wednesday night to lift the Elite to an 86-84 escape over the Hotshots. Meralco is another team that’s been very consistent thus far. The Bolts are keeping in step with the leaders and are still in the running for a top two finish. They impressed in their last victory, dominating Barangay Ginebra, 93-82, last week. In contrast the Fuel Masters dropped their last game against San Miguel, 106-94, despite a strong start.

IN BRIEF

ERC asked to nullify three Meralco deals

A CONSUMER group asked the Energy Regulatory Commission to dismiss the three power supply agreements of Manila Electric Co. that had no environmental compliance certificates. Meralco filed the PSAs prior to the implementation of the competitive selection process directing distribution firms and electric cooperatives to bid out their requirements. Romeo Junia, representative of the Power for People Coalition, said those PSA applications should have been dismissed at the time of filing or should not have been docketed at all for lack of ECCs. The ERC suspended the processing of the three Meralco PSA applications in 2016. The PSAs cover contracts with Central Luzon Premiere Power. Corp., Mariveles Power Generation Corp. and Global Luzon Energy Development Corp. involving the supply of 1,600 megawatts. Junia filed a motion to dismiss what he called defective applications. “We still hope, though, that the new ERC leadership will eventually stand with the consumers and push for the even-handed implementation of commission rules,” Junia said. Alena Mae S. Flores

Confectionery firms warn of job losses

THE confectionery industry may incur losses of as much as P8.5 billion, if the government will refuse to allow the industry to import sugar for manufacturing, an industry group said Thursday. The Philippine Confectionery Biscuits & Snack Association said in a news brieﬁng the industry would be forced to reduce production volume by 25 percent, streamline the workforce and put in inventory losses. “Should this happen, about 10,000 direct and indirect workers will be affected by this scenario. This will lose our competitiveness,” PCBSA chairman emeritus Reynaldo Go said. Go said PCBSA members were left with no choice but to bring in imported sugar which costs half the price of local sugar. “If you go to their [Sugar Regulatory Administration] website, sugar price is now at P2,900 per 50kg bag. Even at this price, millers are hesitant to sell, maybe because they are thinking they could make better money if they sell it at a higher price,” Go said. The landed cost of imported reﬁned sugar is about P1,200 per bag or about P24 per kilogram while local sugar is now at P2,900 a bag or P58/kg. Othel V. Campos

Business Megawide inaugurates P17.5-b Cebu terminal By Darwin G. Amojelar

EBU CITY―GMR Megawide Cebu Airport Corp. on Thursday inaugurated the P17.5-billon Mactan-Cebu International Airport Terminal 2, dubbed as the country’s ﬁrst resort airport.

“For the past years, MCIA’s demand has exceeded the physical capacity of its terminal. With the addition of Terminal 2, not only will be able to sustainably cope with the steadily increasing number of passengers, we will also be able to open Cebu to more international ﬂights,” GMCAC president Louie Ferrer said. “We are committed to delivering a world-class travel experience to the public with our signature Filipino warmth,” he said. The MCIA Terminal 2 will start commercial operations on July 1. It will cater to international ﬂights, while the

existing Terminal 1 will handle domestic flights. The terminal building has a capacity of about 13 million passengers annually. “Terminal 2 is a testament of GMR Group’s credentials as a leading global airport developer and operator. We are optimistic about the Philippines growth story, specifically in aviation, and look forward to contributing further to its ongoing ‘Build, Build, Build’ program,” GMAC chairman Srinivas Bommidala said. The MCIA, the gateway to the Visayas and Southern Philippines, is currently handling 5.9 million passengers a year, beyond its capacity of 4.5 million passengers. GMR-Megawide Consortium also won a 25-year concession agreement in December 2013 that involved the renovation of Terminal 1 of Mactan Cebu airport and the design, financing, construction and operation of a second terminal. It submitted the highest bid of P14.4 billion. Project funding for MCIA was com-

pleted in 2014 through a consortium of led by BDO Capital and Investment Corp. and the Asian Development Bank. The consortium also won the engineering, procurement and construction contract for the Clark International Airport new terminal building. Megawide-GMR submitted the lowest ﬁnancial proposal for the airport expansion project at P9.36 billion on Dec. 14. The new terminal building broke ground on Dec. 20, 2017 at Clark Civil Aviation Complex in Pampanga. The new terminal will accommodate an additional eight million passengers a year. Clark International Airport is envisioned to become Asia’s next premier gateway and is expected to help decongest Ninoy Aquino International Airport. Clark airport currently has an annual capacity of four million passengers. Airlines operating in Clark include Qatar Airways, Cebu Paciﬁc, Tigerair, Jin Air, Asiana Airlines, Dragon Air, AirAsia Berhad, Philippine Airlines and Emirates Airlines.

New NSFR rules to strengthen banks

PHILIPPINE banks will beneﬁt from the adoption by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas starting next year of the net stable funding rule, an additional measure that will strengthen lenders’ ability to withstand liquidity stress, debt watcher Moody’s Investors Service said Thursday. Moody’s said in a statement the new NSFR rule would complement liquidity coverage ratio requirements and strengthen Philippine banks’ funding resilience, which would be credit positive. It said banks’ adherence to NSFR rules would limit their reliance on less stable funding sources and reduce their sensitivity to tightening market liquidity in times of stress. The new rules are a key part of the Basel III regulatory framework and require banks to maintain more stable sources of funding for their on-and off-balance-sheet activities. The NSFR standard seeks to limit excessive reliance on short-term funding by obliging banks to maintain a minimum level of long-term resources (so-called stable funding) against all bank activities. The NSFR’s objective is to promote bank liquidity. Julito G. Rada

F OREIGN E XCHANGE R ATE Ban gko Sentral ng Pilipinas Thursday, June 7, 2018

Currency

Unit

US Dollar

Peso

United States

Dollar

1.000000

52.3600

Japan

Yen

0.009078

0.4753

Pound

1.341500

70.2409

Hong Kong

Dollar

0.127432

6.6723

Switzerland

Franc

1.014096

53.0981

Canada

Dollar

0.772678

40.4574

Singapore

Dollar

0.750413

39.2916

Australia

Dollar

0.766600

40.1392

Bahrain

Dinar

2.649358

138.7204

Saudi Arabia

Rial

0.266674

13.9631

Brunei

Dollar

0.747608

39.1448

Indonesia

Rupiah

0.000072

0.0038

Thailand

Baht

0.031358

1.6419

UAE

Dirham

0.272272

14.2562

Euro

1.177400

61.6487

Korea

Won

0.000938

0.0491

China

Yuan

0.156499

8.1943

India

Rupee

0.014963

0.7835

Malaysia

Ringgit

0.251762

13.1823

New Zealand

Dollar

0.703000

36.8091

Taiwan

Dollar

0.033719

1.7655

Source: PDS Bridge

PH-KOREA PARTNERSHIP. Trade Secretary Ramon Lopez (seated, left) signs a memorandum of understanding with Korea Trade, Industry and Energy Minister Ungyu Paik (right) to establish a mutually beneficial and strategic trade and economic partnership between the two countries through a Joint Commission for Trade and Economic Cooperation. The JCETC will cover cooperation on the areas of trade and investment, industry and industrial technology, especially automobile, mold and die. Witnessing the signing of the agreement are Philippine President Duterte and South Korean President Moon Jae-in.

Globe set to launch 5G technology in Q2 of 2019 GLOBE Telecom Inc. said it will commercially roll out its fifth-generation wireless technology service with speeds of up to 100 megabits per second by the second quarter of 2019. Globe president and chief executive Ernest Cu said the 5G technology would enable Globe to use Air Fiber technology in relation to deployment of fixed wireless broadband that would benefit individual customers at home and business clients. “Air Fiber internet, which makes use of fixed location wireless radios instead of fiber, could provide speeds ranging from 50 Mbps to 100 Mbps,” Cu said. The 5G network will boast of higher speeds, lower latency and better capacity. This will enable Globe to deploy fixed wireless broadband at a fiber speed, he said. Globe said it would start rolling out 5G services commercially in the Philippines by mid-2019. “We have been preparing our network for sometime now with our existing vendor partners, including Huawei

Technologies. We are happy to bring the Philippines in line with other countries that are early adopters of 5G. Once again, we stay true to our commitment to bring first-world internet in the country,” Cu said. The technology will also enable the company to go over the circuitous approval process of deploying a fiber optic cable, which involves multiple permits from local government units. The right of process can sometimes take years to obtain delaying fiber optic roll-out completion. “We can bring internet to more homes by deploying 5G compared to a typical fiber optic roll-out,” Cu said. The 5G technology is expected to accelerate the adoption of Internet of Things in the country. Globe earlier said it was enabling its network by utilizing spectrum assets such as the 700-megahertz band. Globe is currently piloting Narrow Band- Internet of Things technology while enhancing its mobile data services. Due to its inherent advantage of long reach, the spectrum is ideal to support

NB-IoT services. NB-IoT is one of the three 3GPP standards-based low power wide area technologies developed to enable a wide range of new IoT devices and services. NB-IoT, as a standard, is more developed compared to other deﬁned 3GPP standards. Globe and Huawei are collaborating to ensure network readiness to support these services. Globe’s network has one of the largest deployment of Massive MIMO (MM) in Asia as part of its strategic technology roadmap since 2016. MM is the fundamental radio access technology for 5G. Globe said it was spending over 31 percent of its annual total revenues to upgrade and expand its telecommunication and IT infrastructure. Globe said it raised its capital spend from P21.1 billion in 2012 to P36.7 billion in 2016 and P42.5 billion in 2017 to provide its subscribers of better broadband services. Globe said it would further accelerate its capital spend to over P43.5 billion this year. Darwin G. Amojelar

New SEC chairman vows to go after unregistered investment companies By Jenniffer B. Austria

NEO-PANAMAX CRANES. International Container Terminal Services Inc.’s flagship Manila International Container Terminal, the Philippines’ leading international trading gateway, is now capable of handling the world’s largest container ships after taking delivery of three new cranes—a pair of Neo-Panamax quay cranes and a PostPanamax quay crane. Currently the largest port handling equipment in the country, existing or planned, the Neo-Panamax cranes allow MICT to handle up to 14,000– twenty-foot equivalent unit boxships–the largest in the intra-Asia trade. Shown are ICTSI head of global corporate, Asia-Pacific and MICT Christian Gonzalez and Philippine Ports Authority general manager while looking at the new cranes.

NEWLY-appointed Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Emilio Aquino vowed to focus on stopping fraudulent investment schemes that are duping thousands of Filipinos. Aquino said in an interview he planned to launch an investor program to improve the ﬁnancial literacy of the people so that they would not be easily lured to investing their hard-earned money in scams. “We will put up a mechanism by tapping our existing partners in the capital markets, to launch ﬁnancial literacy and investor protection program to educate the people,” Aquino said. “Market education is one of the proactive programs that I need to push so we can prevent investors from parting with their hard-earned money to illegal

activities,” he said. Aquino said perpetuators were now moving fast in creating new schemes that could easily lure people to invest in illegal activities. He said while the SEC was actively warning the public about investing in unregistered investment schemes with promises of very high returns, the corporate regulator continued to receive complaints from people about companies engaging in such fraudulent activities. “We are constantly being outsmarted, so we also need to move fast,” Aquino said. He said to improve the agency’s enforcement capabilities and increase the level of intellectual capacity, he planned to beef up the SEC workforce by hiring the “best and the brightest” people to work with the regulator.

Ray S. Eñano, Editor Roderick T. dela Cruz, Assistant Editor business@manilastandard.net extrastory2000@gmail.com FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 2018

Power users to enjoy lower rates in June, says Meralco By Alena Mae S. Flores CUSTOMERS of Manila Electric Co. will enjoy lower power rates in June amounting to P0.1252 per kilowatthour, as generation and transmission charges declined. Meralco said in a statement that generation and transmission charges dropped P0.1556 per kilowatt-hour, which more than offset the P0.0733per-kWh increase in the feed-in tariff allowance or FIT-All, the fund used to pay renewable energy developers. This is the second consecutive month that overall rates decreased for Meralco’s more than six million customers. “The adjustment this month brings down the overall rate to P9.8789 per kWh from May’s P10.0041 per kWh, equivalent to a decrease of around P25 in the bill of a residential customer consuming 200 kWh,” Meralco said. The country’s biggest power retailer said the generation charge went down to P4.9828 per kWh from P5.0523 per kWh in May. Meralco said this was a result of the P0.4420-per-kWh decrease in the cost of power from its power supply agreements amid the higher dispatch of Pagbilao Unit 1 and Ilijan Unit 1 which both returned to normal operations after undergoing scheduled maintenance. Meralco purchased 45 percent of its power supply from its PSAs. Charges from the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market, the country’s trading ﬂoor of electricity and Meralco’s independent power producers increased by P0.1954 per kWh and P0.2266 per kWh, respectively. “As demand for power in the Luzon grid grew by about 239 MW, charges from the WESM increased due to higher effective rates of line rentals. Higher IPP charges, on the other hand, were driven by the weakening of the peso against the US dollar,” Meralco said.

Finance wants OFW Bank to become digital By Julito G. Rada FINANCE Secretary Carlos Dominguez III is seeking the assistance of International Finance Corp., the private sector arm of the World Bank, to help set up a digital banking system for the Overseas Filipino Bank. Dominguez said in a recent meeting with World Bank and IFC officials that he wanted OFB to start with a clean slate and leapfrog to digital banking so that it would be more effective and responsive in catering to the financial needs of overseas-based Filipinos. He said that as OFB had not yet invested heavily in legacy systems that were now becoming outdated, the bank could “leapfrog” to new technologies to enable it to operate as a digital bank. “It’s tabula rasa [clean slate]. No legacy mistakes here. But we don’t have the people and the system. So we’re looking at your expertise to assist here,” Dominguez told the World Bank delegation led by Victoria Kwakwa, the multilateral lender’s regional vice president for East Asia and Pacific. Nena Stoiljkovic, the IFC’s vice president for Asia and Pacific, was also in the meeting. “We’d love to take a look at that,” said Stoiljkovic in response to Dominguez’s request. She said the IFC was undertaking “similar types of interventions in other countries.” The establishment of OFB was one of the campaign promises of President Rodrigo Duterte to migrant Filipino workers in 2016. The DOF expanded the bank’s coverage to include all overseas-based Filipinos to make it more inclusive. Dominguez said that a digital banking system for OFB could later lead to less state interference, with state-run Land Bank of the Philippines, the parent company of OFB, controlling less than 50 percent of the new bank in the future.

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FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 2018 extrastory2000@gmail.com

Market extends rally; BDO climbs T HE stock market Thursday extended its rally, as investors tracked another strong lead from Wall Street, with fresh upbeat US data reinforcing optimism in the global outlook, overshadowing simmering trade concerns.

The Philippine Stock Exchange Index surged 114.17 points, or 1.5 percent, to 7,803.31 on a value turnover of P6.9 billion. Gainers beat losers, 119 to 77, with 45 issues unchanged. BDO Unibank Inc., the biggest lender in terms of assets, advanced 4.8 percent to P137, while DMCI Holdings Inc. of the Consunji Group, climbed 5 percent to P11.38. Universal Robina Corp., the largest

snack food maker, gained 3.5 percent to P129.90, while Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co., the third-biggest bank, rose 3.1 percent to P82.55. The rest of Asian markets also built on their latest rally Thursday. The euro also continued its recovery from last week’s Italy-fueled plunge, with the European Central Bank’s top economist saying it would discuss winding down its crisisera stimulus. All three main indexes in New York rose, with the Nasdaq hitting a third straight record, after a record reading on US exports for April, which indicated the world’s top economy is in ﬁne fettle. Banks were among the big winners as the ECB’s massive bond-buying regime, which has kept borrowing costs low, appears to be coming to an end after chief economist Peter Praet said such a move would be on the agenda at next week’s

policy meeting. The euro—which dallied with $1.15 last week—briefly climbed past $1.18 on Wednesday before easing back, but it held up in Asia. In equity markets, Tokyo ended 0.9 percent higher, while Hong Kong rose 0.8 percent–a sixth successive gain. Sydney was 0.8 percent higher and Seoul put on 0.7 percent. Taipei, Wellington and Jakarta were also higher. However, Shanghai ended down 0.2 percent following an afternoon sell-off and Singapore was marginally lower. “While interest rates are usually a negative for equity markets, investors are viewing higher interest rates in a favorable light, reflective of surging economic growth, not as a buffer against inflation,” said Stephen Innes, head of Asia-Pacific trade at OANDA. The positive mood comes as traders

await this weekend’s Group of Seven summit in Quebec, which comes after Donald Trump sparked fury by imposing steel and aluminum tariffs onCanada, Mexico and the European Union. That was met with retaliatory measures from all three. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have said they are braced for tense discussions, while Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso has referred to the G7 as the “G6+1,” highlighting the growing divisions. “Reports are that not only is... Trump going to continue to pursue his hard line on trade but also that... Trudeau has raised the ire of the White House with his response to US tariffs and more are on the way,” said Greg McKenna, chief chief market strategist at AxiTrader. With AFP

MANILA STANDARD BUSINESS DAILY STOCKS REVIEW THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 2018

VALUE

NET FOREIGN BUYING/(SELLING), PHP

FINANCIALS 59.5 26,470 99.8 3,368,940 137 2,371,540 1.72 1,696,000 34.55 66,100 6.67 100 16.5 9,100 14.8 1,822,000 3.59 95,000 850 580 0.55 3,051,000 82.55 6,746,110 1.18 23,158,000 12 20,000 20 10,200 50.7 92,070 207 1,290 105.6 120 37.15 102,200 202 372,980 1,945 95 89 54,650

1,570,446 335,662,336 320,845,399 2,988,700 2,285,195 667 150,150 27,075,114 334,680 493,435 1,640,110 551,598,331.50 28,011,000 240,000 204,120 4,673,128 267,030 12,672 3,830,635 75,363,396 185,025 4,864,293

1,463,854 -33,034,770 112,859,271 188,340 -339,060 41,250 -16,231,848 -172,578,690.50 -683,900.00 -4,405,875.50 39,330 -1,362,725 44,302,418 -

38.35 13.92 0.58 1.25 19.82 0.225 110 3.11 16.22 49.9 23.5 53 61.05 1.94 8.81 10.84 16 11.42 7.17 5.29 1.68 14.92 61.95 21 8.89 15.56 2.15 280.8 50 5.01 16.8 27.4 12.26 22.5 335 0.18 6.8 2.3 4.26 9.08 5.6 7.81 1.39 12.06 48.4 6 4.55 2.42 3.66 1.95 13.1 66.5 5.1 0.131 0.91 125.1 2.56 2.95 0.96

INDUSTRIAL 38.35 3,017,000 14.08 414,200 0.61 2,319,000 1.28 340,000 20.1 34,300 0.228 570,000 110 300 3.25 8,591,000 16.28 49,800 50.05 418,400 24.7 66,100 53 28,210 61.05 600 1.95 51,000 9.1 12,500 10.84 710,000 16.18 264,500 11.8 13,900 7.19 406,700 5.45 909,800 1.77 3,000 14.94 544,700 61.95 18,780 22.9 263,600 8.89 75,300 15.6 361,700 2.26 1,520,000 282.6 435,860 50.5 1,080 5.12 10,800 16.8 2,200 27.5 769,100 12.28 315,500 22.95 2,658,500 338.4 405,010 0.191 530,000 7.08 108,000 2.3 7,455,000 4.28 21,000 9.1 1,597,500 5.85 192,900 7.81 4,100 1.41 99,000 12.4 119,100 48.5 635,400 6 105,100 4.6 24,000 2.42 873,000 3.66 1,000 2 337,000 13.12 59,500 67.4 596,210 5.2 182,200 0.136 610,000 0.96 163,000 129.9 1,246,810 2.56 6,000 2.96 16,934,000 1.02 49,541,000

116,652,220 5,816,164 1,417,680 430,910 686,110 128,760 33,150 27,599,930 810,906 20,903,815 1,611,455 1,495,130 36,770.50 99,370 114,036 7,733,018 4,280,606 160,126 2,924,477 4,889,144 5,220 8,167,206 1,164,643 5,905,255 670,110 5,667,064 3,379,440 123,181,326 55,393 54,184 36,960 21,146,560 3,874,842 60,961,290 137,075,208 96,500 765,272 17,146,500 91,280 14,577,319 1,116,476 32,021 138,550 1,462,280 30,832,615 631,110 109,460 2,146,040 3,660 666,510 781,168 39,974,433.50 943,002 80,730 155,170 159,361,457 15,560 51,129,400 49,910,090

-16,086,365 -143,456 113,600 100,500 -7,480,530 -737,806 77,380 -22,750 -5,602,784 636,684.00 17,350 -627,396 1,576,816 -397,466 -309,861 -196,560 -53,340 -2,485,752 -31,800 -748,372 6,579,720 564,794 -1,072,460 62,570,808 -59,800 -1,692,921 -350,888 -24,830,680 89,500 -293,374 -2,075,035 -60,279 13,280 60,104,580 -299,740 168,320

0.315 64 13.2 0.94 6.2 0.68 0.7 985 6.3 11.46 7.65 4.95 1,025 6.7 61.3 5.7 5.38 0.62 4.14 21 0.67 5.23 3.36 0.038 1.56 3.03 2.6 142 931 0.8 1.65 555 264 0.229 0.22

0.29 61.95 13 0.94 6.2 0.66 0.69 964 6.21 10.8 7.5 4.94 995.5 6.7 59.25 5.7 5.37 0.57 4 20.45 0.61 5.05 3.36 0.036 1.45 2.93 2.6 141 901.5 0.8 1.62 504 258.2 0.218 0.218

HOLDING FIRMS 0.31 21,880,000 63.5 1,361,420 13.1 4,882,600 0.94 79,000 6.2 8,500 0.68 2,170,000 0.69 581,000 980.5 165,750 6.21 12,508,900 11.38 32,254,500 7.65 600 4.95 134,000 1,017 176,620 6.7 7,000 60.05 2,165,150 5.7 600 5.38 6,500 0.58 397,000 4.06 97,000 20.5 10,838,300 0.65 10,626,000 5.16 28,150,200 3.36 4,000 0.037 6,700,000 1.48 1,333,000 2.97 1,433,000 2.6 5,000 141 43,940 931 211,740 0.8 223,000 1.62 56,000 555 310 261 3,700 0.226 1,280,000 0.22 60,000

6,625,150 85,636,580 64,056,034 74,260 52,700 1,456,580 405,570 162,091,335 78,242,994 365,542,288 4,575 663,010 178,376,755 46,900 130,392,675.50 3,420 34,955 231,810 394,910 222,716,970 6,859,680 145,328,604 13,440 250,100 1,972,230 4,265,370 13,000 6,207,300 195,404,480 178,400 90,960 158,390 959,020 287,320 13,100

-15,300 11,280,183 -29,268,302 15,829,270 -1,420,555 -18,504,768 -70,014,740 -26,681,221 -125,830 -184,047,755 -74,680 1,580,484 15,000 -29,590 -1,634,461.00 37,235,530 -

7.34 1.04 15.56 2.02 0.82 42 3.38 4.76 6.02 6 0.45 0.98 0.232 0.425 29.2 0.62 0.117 1.66 1.29

7.17 1.02 14.5 2.02 0.78 41.05 3.36 4.67 6 6 0.445 0.96 0.228 0.425 28 0.62 0.116 1.63 1.26

80,959,792 1,883,190 822,394 40,400 1,311,720 316,663,385 344,220 1,201,350 26,402 1,200 4,832,500 193,870 375,690 8,500 34,635,530 620 84,900 5,909,800 867,740

-919,191 -40,400 200,000 51,206,120 -320,630 -118,750 -1,508,550 79,540 -5,937,645 1,878,620 -

NAME

OPEN

HIGH

LOW

ASIA UNITED BANK PH ISLANDS BDO UNIBANK BRIGHT KINDLE CHINABANK CITYSTATE BANK COL FINANCIAL EAST WEST BANK FERRONOUX HLDG MANULIFE MEDCO HLDG METROBANK NTL REINSURANCE PB BANK PBCOM PHIL NATL BANK PHIL STOCK EXCH PHILTRUST RCBC SECURITY BANK SUN LIFE UNION BANK

59.2 99 130.7 1.67 34.55 6.67 16.5 14.88 3.55 855 0.52 80.4 1.14 12 20 52 207 105.6 37.55 199.8 1,950 89.1

59.5 100 137 1.81 34.75 6.67 16.5 15 3.65 855 0.55 82.55 1.26 12 20.6 52.25 207 105.6 37.95 204 1,950 89.1

58.6 98.3 130.7 1.65 34.5 6.67 16.5 14.8 3.5 850 0.52 80.15 1.14 12 20 50.65 207 105.6 37.15 194.5 1,945 88.95

ABOITIZ POWER AGRINURTURE ALLIANCE SELECT ALSONS CONS ASIABEST GROUP BASIC ENERGY BOGO MEDELLIN CEMEX HLDG CENTURY FOOD CIRTEK HLDG CNTRL AZUCARERA CONCEPCION CONCRETE A CROWN ASIA DEL MONTE DNL INDUS EAGLE CEMENT EEI CORP EMPERADOR ENERGY DEVT EUROMED FIRST GEN FIRST PHIL HLDG GINEBRA HOLCIM INTEGRATED MICR IONICS JOLLIBEE LIBERTY FLOUR LMG CHEMICALS MACAY HLDG MANILA WATER MAXS GROUP MEGAWIDE MERALCO MG HLDG PANASONIC PEPSI COLA PETROENERGY PETRON PHIL H2O PHINMA PHINMA ENERGY PHX PETROLEUM PILIPINAS SHELL PRYCE CORP RFM CORP ROXAS AND CO ROXAS HLDG SFA SEMICON SHAKEYS PIZZA SMC FOODANDBEV SPC POWER SWIFT FOODS TKC METALS UNIV ROBINA VICTORIAS VITARICH VULCAN INDL

39 13.92 0.58 1.28 20.1 0.228 115 3.11 16.22 50 23.65 53 61.2 1.95 8.81 10.86 16.2 11.42 7.2 5.36 1.68 15 63.15 21 8.9 15.7 2.16 280.8 51.95 5.01 16.8 27.5 12.28 22.9 338 0.18 7.1 2.3 4.46 9.09 5.61 7.81 1.39 12.4 49.35 6.1 4.55 2.55 3.66 2 13.1 66.5 5.25 0.133 0.93 125.7 2.6 3.06 0.97

39 14.08 0.64 1.29 20.1 0.228 115 3.27 16.3 50.05 25.45 53 63.5 1.95 9.25 10.94 16.24 11.82 7.25 5.45 1.77 15.18 63.15 23.35 8.9 15.84 2.3 284.2 51.95 5.12 16.8 27.85 12.48 23.6 339.6 0.191 7.1 2.3 4.46 9.15 5.85 7.81 1.41 12.4 49.35 6.1 4.63 2.56 3.66 2 13.2 67.5 5.25 0.136 1 129.9 2.6 3.1 1.06

ABACORE CAPITAL ABOITIZ EQUITY ALLIANCE GLOBAL ANGLO PHIL HLDG ANSCOR ATN HLDG A ATN HLDG B AYALA CORP COSCO CAPITAL DMCI HLDG FILINVEST DEV FJ PRINCE A GT CAPITAL HOUSE OF INV JG SUMMIT JOLLIVILLE HLDG KEPPEL HLDG A LODESTAR LOPEZ HLDG LT GROUP MABUHAY HLDG METRO PAC INV MJC INVESTMENTS PACIFICA PRIME MEDIA PRIME ORION REPUBLIC GLASS SAN MIGUEL CORP SM INVESTMENTS SOC RESOURCES SOLID GROUP SYNERGY GRID TOP FRONTIER WELLEX INDUS ZEUS HLDG

0.315 61.95 13.06 0.94 6.2 0.68 0.69 965 6.28 10.84 7.5 4.94 997.5 6.7 60.7 5.7 5.38 0.58 4.14 20.45 0.61 5.13 3.36 0.037 1.56 2.97 2.6 142 904.5 0.8 1.65 518 260 0.218 0.218

8990 HLDG A BROWN ANCHOR LAND ARANETA PROP ARTHALAND CORP AYALA LAND BELLE CORP CEB LANDMASTERS CEBU HLDG CEBU PROP A CENTURY PROP CITYLAND DEVT CROWN EQUITIES CYBER BAY DOUBLEDRAGON EMPIRE EAST EVER GOTESCO FILINVEST LAND GLOBAL ESTATE

7.3 1.04 14.5 2.02 0.8 41.1 3.38 4.67 6 6 0.45 0.98 0.228 0.425 29.2 0.62 0.117 1.63 1.26

VOLUME

NAME

OPEN

HIGH

LOW

VOLUME

VALUE

NET FOREIGN BUYING/(SELLING), PHP

IRC PROP MEGAWORLD MRC ALLIED PHIL ESTATES PHIL REALTY PRIMEX CORP PTFC REDEV CORP ROBINSONS LAND ROCKWELL SHANG PROP SM PRIME HLDG STA LUCIA LAND STARMALLS SUNTRUST HOME VISTA LAND

1.17 4.88 0.66 0.425 0.52 2.62 29.05 20.4 2.05 3.25 38.05 1.11 10.04 0.82 6.8

1.21 4.92 0.66 0.45 0.53 2.66 29.05 20.7 2.06 3.28 38.05 1.11 10.1 0.82 6.88

1.16 4.81 0.64 0.425 0.51 2.55 29.05 19.9 2.04 3.25 37.5 1.09 9.4 0.82 6.7

1.17 4.9 0.65 0.44 0.53 2.55 29.05 20.55 2.06 3.28 37.95 1.09 9.8 0.82 6.85

3,303,000 27,939,000 21,862,000 350,000 4,210,000 5,189,000 100 6,478,200 230,000 21,000 7,102,300 642,000 2,004,700 30,000 3,702,800

3,918,250 136,699,690 14,209,630 153,400 2,191,000 13,350,820 2,905 132,485,189 472,900 68,340 269,167,540 700,690 19,561,296 24,600 25,301,963

-14,280 -45,943,720 -91,600 71,400 -73,408,613.00 -11,357,565 1,251,497 -2,699,549

2GO GROUP ABS CBN APC GROUP APOLLO GLOBAL ASIAN TERMINALS BLOOMBERRY BOULEVARD HLDG CEBU AIR CHELSEA DFNN INC DISCOVERY WORLD EASYCALL FAR EASTERN U GLOBE TELECOM GMA NETWORK GOLDEN BRIA HARBOR STAR IMPERIAL INTL CONTAINER IPEOPLE IPM HLDG ISM COMM JACKSTONES LBC EXPRESS LEISURE AND RES LORENZO SHIPPNG MACROASIA MANILA JOCKEY MELCO RESORTS METRO RETAIL METROALLIANCE A METROALLIANCE B MLA BRDCASTING NOW CORP PAL HLDG PAXYS PHIL SEVEN CORP PHILWEB PLDT PREMIUM LEISURE PRMIERE HORIZON PUREGOLD ROBINSONS RTL SBS PHIL CORP SSI GROUP STI HLDG TRANSPACIFIC BR TRAVELLERS WATERFRONT WILCON DEPOT

15.8 26.65 0.475 0.046 12.6 11.52 0.055 89 7.42 7.05 2.3 18.9 950 1,640 5.65 304 3.82 2.08 87 13.3 8.2 1.4 3.84 15.04 4.07 1.08 25.6 4.12 5.6 3.02 3.19 3.25 17.12 10.42 9.1 2.92 125 5.26 1,301 1 0.365 47.5 87.7 8.83 2.2 1.29 0.435 4.9 0.82 11.94

15.9 26.65 0.48 0.046 12.6 11.56 0.059 90.45 7.63 7.39 2.3 19.36 950 1,690 5.69 312 3.97 2.45 87.25 13.3 8.21 1.4 5.15 15.04 4.07 1.12 26.1 4.34 5.71 3.02 3.26 3.25 18.76 10.82 9.12 2.92 125.1 5.3 1,313 1 0.365 47.75 87.9 9.22 2.2 1.3 0.435 4.98 0.87 12.24

15.2 25.8 0.46 0.045 12.6 11.16 0.055 88.6 7.35 7 2.3 18.5 950 1,640 5.59 303.8 3.82 2 86.8 13.3 8.2 1.4 3.84 15.04 3.96 1.07 25.6 4.12 5.52 2.98 2.76 2.77 17.12 10.2 9.08 2.9 124 5.15 1,289 0.98 0.35 47.15 87.4 8.5 2.13 1.23 0.43 4.9 0.82 11.94

SERVICES 15.8 25.9 0.475 0.046 12.6 11.36 0.057 88.7 7.5 7.38 2.3 19.24 950 1,670 5.59 312 3.91 2.35 87 13.3 8.21 1.4 4.12 15.04 4.07 1.11 25.7 4.34 5.52 2.99 2.94 2.96 18.76 10.46 9.1 2.9 124.3 5.24 1,291 0.98 0.365 47.7 87.5 8.7 2.13 1.27 0.43 4.96 0.82 12.14

40,600 284,800 2,530,000 2,800,000 3,821,500 4,044,900 36,040,000 1,074,960 1,635,500 20,400 1,000 64,100 7,220 45,335 134,700 8,080 1,398,000 172,000 1,941,470 3,200 21,000 8,000 2,648,000 3,400 1,062,000 1,323,000 364,000 12,000 2,830,000 938,000 8,454,000 571,000 300 8,596,400 28,700 34,000 250,280 600,700 255,500 5,623,000 120,000 455,800 581,600 626,100 1,678,000 912,000 3,850,000 2,604,000 8,405,000 6,659,600

629,442 7,453,645 1,190,450 127,000 48,150,900 45,842,482 2,045,120 95,758,240.50 12,262,069 145,278 2,300 1,221,676 6,859,000 75,760,310 756,796 2,496,550 5,468,390 375,460 168,922,385 42,560 172,350 11,200 11,589,080 51,136 4,266,070 1,452,380 9,404,515 50,840 15,777,303 2,811,910 24,699,650 1,668,180 5,464 91,011,698 260,858 98,800 31,068,857 3,124,864 331,267,790 5,567,910 43,000 21,718,590 51,049,800 5,552,410 3,592,850 1,146,980 1,664,300 12,890,130 7,096,340 80,132,134

-12,600,000 -15,589,940 -17,873,576.50 -4,149,533 15,344 6,848,935 11,770 10,000 40,927,483.50 -13,440 1,074,680 539,615 -11,932,538 -74,800 -1,144,354.00 -242,690 -188,343 -22,292 -37,879,020 -223,020 -4,704,415 -12,928,124 -27,528 42,270 313,900 -5,814,390 81,440 27,753,380

ABRA MINING APEX MINING ATLAS MINING ATOK CENTURY PEAK DIZON MINES FERRONICKEL GEOGRACE LEPANTO A LEPANTO B MARCVENTURES NICKEL ASIA NIHAO OMICO CORP ORNTL PENINSULA ORNTL PETROL A ORNTL PETROL B PHILODRILL PHINMA PETRO PX MINING PXP ENERGY SEMIRARA MINING UNITED PARAGON

0.0029 1.6 4.34 23.5 1.71 7.26 2.34 0.187 0.137 0.134 1.55 5 1.09 0.51 0.91 0.012 0.012 0.012 2.03 5.27 13.6 29.85 0.0061

0.0029 1.61 4.4 34.7 1.71 7.28 2.35 0.188 0.137 0.135 1.61 5.04 1.16 0.52 0.95 0.013 0.012 0.012 2.07 5.31 13.6 30.85 0.0062

0.0028 1.59 4.3 23.5 1.69 7.26 2.27 0.185 0.134 0.134 1.55 4.98 1.06 0.51 0.9 0.012 0.012 0.011 2.03 5.27 12.8 29.85 0.0061

MINING & OIL 0.0029 337,000,000 1.6 585,000 4.39 135,000 34.7 716,800 1.7 501,000 7.28 300 2.31 1,791,000 0.188 180,000 0.134 690,000 0.135 600,000 1.58 562,000 4.98 788,000 1.1 79,000 0.52 38,000 0.92 235,000 0.012 512,100,000 0.012 200,000 0.012 22,100,000 2.07 21,000 5.28 45,200 13 2,319,300 30.55 4,806,100 0.0062 12,000,000

949,400 933,860 589,700 22,922,215 851,090 2,181 4,119,890 33,730 93,420 80,800 895,400 3,945,100 86,230 19,660 215,200 6,648,300 2,400 255,000 42,670 239,444 30,246,108 145,719,960 73,400

15,900 -25,840 -111,675 -69,300 33,230 95,460 415,744 -81,968,245 -

ABS HLDG PDR AC PREF B1 DD PREF GMA HLDG PDR GTCAP PREF B LR PREF PCOR PREF 2B PNX PREF 3B SMC PREF 2B SMC PREF 2C SMC PREF 2D SMC PREF 2G SMC PREF 2I

25.5 493 101 5.43 990 1.06 1,030 111 77 79.5 76 76.5 78

25.5 493.2 101 5.43 990 1.06 1,030 111 77 79.5 76 76.7 78

24.6 493 100.7 5.4 990 1.05 1,030 111 77 79.1 76 76.5 78

PREFERRED 25.1 49,600 493.2 3,220 100.7 40 5.4 117,100 990 1,000 1.05 199,000 1,030 50 111 30 77 310 79.1 2,000 76 64,000 76.7 90,040 78 6,000

1,249,800 1,587,464 4,037 634,377 990,000 209,000 51,500 3,330 23,870 158,238 4,864,000 6,895,920 468,000

-731,530 2,020 -499,032 -

LR WARRANT

2.47

2.5

2.38

WARRANTS 2.47 445,000

1,072,490

16,950

SME ITALPINAS XURPAS

5.04 3.23

5.08 3.31

4.96 3.2

5.08 3.26

592,100 752,000

2,974,834 2,448,990

75,826 68,000

FIRST METRO ETF

113.5

115.7

113.5

EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS 115 13,520

1,555,059

29,770

USD DMPL A1

10.2

96,406

PROPERTY 7.25 1.03 15.28 2.02 0.82 41.8 3.37 4.75 6.02 6 0.45 0.97 0.231 0.425 28 0.62 0.116 1.65 1.28

11,129,400 1,828,000 54,300 20,000 1,638,000 7,595,700 102,000 254,000 4,400 200 10,800,000 200,000 1,640,000 20,000 1,225,400 1,000 730,000 3,591,000 682,000

TRADING SUMMARY

FINANCIAL

47,197,448

INDUSTRIAL

107,058,496

HOLDING FIRMS

140,110,870

PROPERTY

124,594,342

SERVICES

116,992,875

MINING & OIL

897,639,524

GRAND TOTAL

1,434,952,140

DDS

9,500

VALUE 1,942.49 (up) 47.73 1,693,191,144.62 FINANCIAL INDUSTRIAL 10,873.20 (up) 89.97 946,485,690.24 HOLDING FIRMS 7,751.96 (up) 125.91 1,763,187,995.91 PROPERTY 3,847.92 (up) 28.25 1,499.60 (down) 6.21 1,068,527,678.07 SERVICES MINING & OIL 10,244.01 (up) 98.26 1,237,397,102.49 PSEI 7,803.31 (up) 114.17 218,981,888.57 All Shares Index 4,723.86 (up) 54.58 6,934,753,415.90 Gainers: 119; Losers: 77; Unchanged: 48; Total: 241

Del Monte defers initial public offering worth P13.5b By Jenniffer B. Austria

FRUIT canner and grower Del Monte Philippines Inc. deferred its P13.5-billion initial public offering due to stock market volatility. Del Monte did not provide a new timetable on the share sale. The company said in a disclosure to the stock exchange while it secured regulatory approvals for the planned share sale, market conditions remained volatile. Its bankers and advisors recommended the postponement of the IPO until the market conditions improve. “The company will make further announcements in relation to the offering as appropriate,” Del Monte said. The company was about to peg he final offering price of the IPO on June 6 after reducing it to P18 to P23 per share from original target of up to P29.88 apiece. Del Monte had set the offering period from June 8 to 18 and the listing date on June 25. The bellwether Philippine Stock Exchange Index at the end of May was down more than 10 percent on steady outflow of foreign funds. Del Monte plans to sell 587.437 million in secondary shares owned by Central American Resources Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Del Monte Pacific Resources Ltd., which in turn is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Del Monte Pacific Ltd. Del Monte plans to use the net proceeds from the offering to partially pay certain loan facilities extended by DMPL, and refinance financial obligation of the DMPL Group to significantly trim its leverage position. DMPL tapped BDO Capital and Investments Corp., BPI Capital Corp. and China Bank Capital Corp. joint domestic lead underwriters and DBS Bank Ltd. and Nomura as joint international lead underwriters. Up to 70 percent of the offered shares will be sold to domestic investors and 30 percent to foreign institutional and retail buyers. Del Monte is engaged in the production and sale of food and beverage products in the Philippines under the Del Monte brand, such as fruit juices and juice drinks, packaged pineapple and mixed fruit, various tomato, spaghetti sauces and culinary mixes, and the export of these products under other brands.

ICTSI obtains 3 new cranes to to boost MICT By Darwin G. Amojelar INTERNATIONAL Container Terminal Inc. said it acquired three new cranes to increase the capacity of Manila International Container Terminal. “We are now ready for the era of supersized ships. With the arrival of the new Neo-Panamax cranes, MICT is ready to address the pressing demand and volume increase by servicing larger vessels,” said Christian Gonzalez, senior vice president and regional head of Asia Pacific & MICT at International Container Terminal Services Inc. “Combined with our unparalleled customer focus and highly trained staff, the new cranes allow MICT to deliver even greater efficiencies to the benefit of our customers and the entire supply chain,” Gonzalez added. Two more quay cranes are set to arrive in 2019. Currently the largest port handling equipment in the country, existing or planned, the Neo-Panamax cranes allow MICT to handle up to 14,000–twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEUs) boxships–the largest in the intra-Asia trade. This puts MICT at par with the major ports in developed markets in terms of facilities and equipment capacity. Manufactured by Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co. Ltd., the quay cranes are part of ICTSI’s $80 million capital equipment program for MICT. The pair of Neo-Panamax cranes and the Post-Panamax crane will be positioned at Berths 6 and 5, respectively. Upon full commissioning, MICT customers can expect quayside productivity gains, translating to shorter port stays. “The new cranes, along with other planned improvements at the MICT, will further boost the port’s already efficient turnaround times. This will redound to economic benefits benefiting the entire Philippine supply chain,” Gonzalez said. “By investing in state-ofthe-art infrastructure and equipment, we are strengthening MICT’s position as one of the best-equipped and most technologically advanced terminals serving the intra-Asia trade,” he added.

World IN BRIEF New eruptions feared from Fuego volcano ESCUINTLA, Guatemala—Explosions boomed from Guatemala’s fearsome Fuego volcano Wednesday, unleashing fresh torrents of mud and ash down slopes, as the death toll from a previous eruption rose to at least 99. Fears of a new blowup of the 12,346-foot volcano have stalked rescue workers since Sunday’s eruption buried entire villages on its southern flank. The National Forensic Sciences Agency said in a report Wednesday that morgues had received the remains of 99 people killed as a result of the eruption. Only 28 have been identified so far, it said. “We already have data with names and locations where there are missing persons and that number is 192,” Sergio Cabanas, head of Guatemala’s disaster management agency, told reporters earlier in the day. Experts warned Wednesday that heavy rains in the area could provoke avalanches due to the large flows of volcanic mud, known as lahars, since the eruption on Sunday. Volcanologists recorded the volcano exploding several times an hour Wednesday, which generated a fresh 4,700 meter (15,500 feet) high column of gray ash. “The explosions are generating moderate avalanches that have an approximate distance of 800 to 1,000 meters,” the Volcanology Institute said. AFP

More US staffers evacuated from China WASHINGTON—The US State Department on Wednesday said it had sent several government employees evaluated over mystery symptoms similar to those reported by personnel in China back to the United States for further assessment. Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said a medical team was sent to Guangzhou, China, after an American employee fell ill last month, reviving fears that a US rival has developed some kind of invisible acoustic or microwave device. “The safety and security of US personnel and their families is our top priority,” Nauert said in a statement. “As a result of the screening process so far, the Department has sent a number of individuals for further evaluation and a comprehensive assessment of their symptoms and findings in the United States,” she added, confirming doctors would work to determine if the symptoms showed consistencies with those reported in Cuba. Last year, 24 US diplomats and their family members in Cuba fell victim to mysterious “attacks” that left them with injuries resembling brain trauma. Ten Canadian diplomats and their relatives also suffered a strange illness. The US has now set up a task force to oversee the response to the mystery ailments among diplomats in both countries, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Tuesday. AFP

Jailed for fake bomb threat on plane MELBOURNE—A man who threatened to detonate a fake bomb aboard a Malaysia Airlines flight from Melbourne while under the influence of drugs was jailed Thursday for 12 years by an Australian court. Kuala Lumpur-bound Flight MH128 was turned back to Melbourne in May last year shortly after take-off when Sri Lankan national Manodh Marks falsely claimed a portable speaker and battery pack he was carrying was an explosive. The 25-year-old who had taken methamphetamine, commonly known as “ice”, on his way to the airport and was experiencing delusions, tried to enter the cockpit while threatening to “destroy” the plane with a bomb. “The passengers and the crew certainly were not only concerned, but convinced, that you were indeed in possession of a bomb,”Victoria County Court judge Michael McInerney said in handing out the sentence. Several passengers tackled Marks to the ground and bound his hands and feet with plastic ties. The judge found there was no suggestion of pre-planning or a terrorrelated motivation from Marks. “However that psychotic state was induced by his own actions,” the judge said. “Given the serious nature of this crime, there is a need for general deterrence and also specific deterrence.” AFP

FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 2018 CESAR BARRIOQUINTO, Editor mst.daydesk@gmail.com

Erdogan facing genuine challenge I

STANBUL―President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is facing an unexpectedly tight contest in this month’s Turkish elections, with opponents showing a new-found unity and his charismatic main rival building campaign momentum.

VISIT. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (2L) welcomes French President Emmanuel Macron (3L) on June 6 in Ottawa. AFP

Murder claims surface over Bangladesh’s drug war COX’S BAZAR―Bangladesh says Akramul Haque was a meth kingpin who died after opening fire at police, one of 130 accused dealers killed in murky latenight shootouts in an increasingly bloody war on drugs. But his wife has gone public with tapes that she says prove her husband was murdered in a set-up, causing a sensation in Bangladesh as the police crackdown faces its first real scrutiny. Ayesha Begum says the phone conversations she recorded with Haque on the night he died contradict the official narrative―that he was armed and shot at police, who returned fire in self-defense. “They killed him in cold blood,” Begum told AFP from Teknaf in southeast Bangladesh, where her husband, a local councilor, was gunned down on May 27.

“They said it was a shootout. But his hands were tied when he was killed. Someone was told to untie his hands after he was shot,” she said, describing what she heard over the phone. AFP has listened to the audio but cannot independently verify that the voices belong to Haque, his wife and young daughter. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said police had copies of the recordings and were investigating, but would not elaborate. Rights groups say that if true, the chilling tapes―which have gone viral in Bangladesh―are proof that police have committed extra-judicial killings in the campaign that began on May 15 and has also seen 15,000 people arrested. The recordings have cast doubt on what many Bangladeshis considered a

legitimate effort to stamp out drugs, most notably “yaba”, a cheap and hugely popular methamphetamine pill. There have been calls for an immediate inquiry, with some drawing parallels to the Philippines, where the rule of law has been eroded as thousands of bodies have piled up from a deadly drug war. A letter co-signed by 10 high-proﬁle Bangladeshis, including independence heroes and celebrated writers, said the allegations were “unimaginable in any democratic state and society”. “One such incident is enough to question the entire campaign and terrorise the people,” the widely published letter said. Police say all the people killed so far were wanted drug kingpins, and all died in late-night gang wars or shootouts with police. No ofﬁcers have been seriously injured. AFP

Erdogan, who has transformed Turkey since 2003 as prime minister and now president, likes to see himself as the undisputed heavyweight champion of Turkish elections and undefeated at the ballot box. But analysts say his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) could lose its overall majority in the June 24 simultaneous presidential and parliamentary polls to an opposition alliance. While Erdogan is favorite to win a second presidential mandate with the enhanced powers agreed in last year’s referendum, the election could go to a run-off where victory for the Turkish strongman would not be a foregone conclusion. The main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu, a bookish figure who rarely rattled Erdogan, shook up the poll by choosing not to run himself and giving the nod to Muharrem Ince, a fiery MP from the party’s left. While Ince has energetically crisscrossed Turkey and happily ripped out pages from the Erdogan guide to noholds-barred campaigning, his party has also forged a broad alliance with the dissident nationalists of former minister Meral Aksener and the conservative Saadet (Felicity) Party. “The opposition is showing a certain degree of coordination and unity for the first time,” Asli Aydintasbas, fellow with the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) told AFP, saying it could even “gain the upper hand” in parliament. She said the AKP had underestimated Ince after Kilicdaroglu who was considered an “easy” opponent. “Now Erdogan is faced with someone who talks back, much like he does, and is being listened to.” The elections are also taking place with a troubled economy looming in the background instead of being the usual campaign ace for Erdogan. AFP

Trump hosts Abe five days before summit with Kim WSHINGTON―With less than a week to go before meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, US President Donald Trump plays host Thursday to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who wants his voice heard ahead of the unprecedented talks. Trump and Abe will hold a joint press conference at the White House in the early afternoon, before heading to Canada for what promises to be a tense Group of Seven summit clouded by the US leader’s aggressive trade policies. Since the first inkling that a TrumpKim summit could be on the cards, Japan has repeatedly insisted that Washington be mindful not to let its guard down with the nuclear-armed regime in Pyongyang. And by coming to Washington to see Trump for the second time in less than two months, Abe wants to be sure to get his point across to the US president, amid the intense diplomatic flurry over the future of the Korean peninsula. Before leaving Tokyo, the Japanese leader emphasized that during his lightning visit to Washington, he hoped to “closely coordinate and agree” with Trump on an approach to the North Korea issue. And he clearly outlined what would need to happen for the June 12 summit in Singapore to be a success: tangible progress on curbing the North’s nuclear and ballistic missiles programs, as well as answers about Japanese nationals kidnapped by Pyongyang in the 1970s and 1980s. At their last meeting at Trump’s Florida retreat in April, the US president promised Abe to raise the politically sensitive abductions issue in any talks with Pyongyang. But the subject is hardly a priority for the businessman-turned-president, whose strategy appears to be in constant flux. Above all, Trump seems most enthused by the notion of being the first sitting US leader to hold direct talks with a scion of the ruling Kim dynasty. AFP

KIM’S IMPERSONATOR. Kim Jong Un’s impersonator, who goes by the name Howard X, looks at fruit while dressed up as the North Korean leader in a supermarket in Hong Kong on June 7, 2018. As the world awaits the historic summit between US President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un, one man who has risen to prominence for his impressions of the North Korean leader is preparing for his own appearance in Singapore. AFP

Kim Jong Un’s lookalike set to make impression in Singapore HONG KONG―As the world awaits the historic summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un, one man who has risen to prominence for his impressions of the North Korean leader is preparing for his own appearance in Singapore. The Hong Kong-based Kim impersonator, who goes by the name Howard X, will take part in an alternative summit on the sidelines of the meeting between the US president and Kim, scheduled for Tuesday. In recent months Howard has worked the international circuit and appeared at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics alongside a Trump impersonator. There he was hauled away by police after dancing and waving the uniﬁed Korean ﬂag in front of North Korea’s female cheer-leading team. Howard says the duo have been hired

by a Singapore hotel to give their own take on the landmark meeting. Their aim is to encourage the public to discuss politics via satire, Howard told AFP in Hong Kong Thursday. But he admits his family have reservations about his new career path. “The ﬁrst thing they said was ‘Don’t get killed’,” Howard told AFP, adding his mother had taken out life insurance for him. Born in Hong Kong, Howard grew up in Australia and previously worked as a musician. But his impressions of Kim have become the main act since he began work as a lookalike in 2012. To prepare for each performance, Howard, who says he is in his 30s, applies foundation and trims his eyebrows, but spends the most time perfecting

Kim’s slicked back hairstyle with copious amounts of spray. Onstage he dresses in a black Maostyle suit with a North Korean flag pin and thick-rimmed glasses. “You could say I’ve been blessed with this face,” he told AFP. “Kim Jong Un is president for life, unlike an American president, or other prime ministers. Career-wise, I’ve got a very long and profitable one.” Howard says he now makes a living out of being Kim through gigs, film and commercials and has also become an agent for other lookalikes in Asia. But while his impressions pay the bills, he disagrees strongly with Kim’s authoritarian regime. “It’s total control over the population, mind and body.” AFP

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Sara hands out loans to Davao women in biz By F. Pearl A. Gajunera DAVAO CITY—The City Government of Davao has for the third time released financial assistance to another batch of “Magnegosyo Ta ‘Day” program beneficiaries. Mayor Sara Duterte led the distribution of loans to 27 enterprising women of Buhangin District, which totaled P225,000. According to Astred Cajes, Livelihood Coordinator of the City Social Services and Development Office, 18 women were given P10,000 each, while nine beneficiaries were given P5,000 each. The loans are payable for 12 to 24 months for P10,000 loans and 12 months for P5,000 loans, respectively, with zero interest rate. “The beneficiaries were from Barangay Buhangin Proper, Acacia, Cabantian, Mandug, Indangan and Communal with livelihood projects such as garments making [bags, rugs, accessories], agro-forestry [vegetable production], trade and commerce [sari-sari store, buy and sell], butchering and junkshop business,” Cajes said. Duterte said the program is intended to give extra income to women and to discourage them from patronizing lending schemes such as “5-6” from predatory lenders. The first batch of women beneficiaries received assistance in February, while the second batch started receiving in March. The program targets to assist 1,200 women and has a P2.5-million budget.

Navotas gives school supplies to 7,000 kids

By Jun David

ThE Navotas City Government has started giving Balik Eskwela bags and school supplies to 7,000 daycare and Grade 1 pupils. In a speech, Mayor John Rey Tiangco emphasized the need for children to attend school and advised parents to be mindful of their children’s health and wellness. “Education is crucial for our children to achieve their potential and be able to succeed in life. Let us persevere to keep them in school and encourage other parents to let their kids get the quality education they deserve,” said Tiangco. “At the same time, let us make an effort to ingrain in our children the benefits of a healthy lifestyle by letting them sleep at least 12 hours a day and keeping them away from junk food,” he added. Also present during the distribution were Vice Mayor Clint Geronimo and Councilors EJ Arriola-Mejia, Alvin Nazal, Richard San Juan, Ricky Ginogino, Neil Cruz, and Don de Guzman, Jr., and Sangguniang Kabataan Federation President Jodile Cañete. Prior to Balik Eskwela, ArriolaMejia also handed out bags and school supplies to some Grade 6 and Grade 12 students in the 10 public elementary and secondary schools in District 1. The students have been beneficiaries of the back-to-school program of the councilor and her fellow San Beda Law alumni in the last five years. Geronimo launched the Knowledge Truck (K-Truck) and Vice Clint’s Book Club at Bagumbayan Elementary School.

MANGO FESTIVAL.

Senator Cynthia Villar checks the sweet-tasting Filipino mangoes during the 17th National Mango Festival 2018 of the Agri-Aqua Network International Mango Industry Association at Eton Centris Walk in Quezon City. As chairman of the Senate Agriculture committee, Villar calls on the public to support the local mango industry. All kinds of mangoes, including the worldrenowned Guimaras Carabao Mango, were available in the event.

GUNS AND DRUGS. New Calabarzon Police Regional Director Chief Supt. Edward Carranza (right) displays one of 257 high-powered firearms seized in an anti-illegal firearms operation in Laguna headed by Provincial Director Senior Supt. Kirby John Kraft (left) on Thursday. Carranza then inspects two of more than 146 suspects (inset) arrested for illegal drugs following two weeks of operations in a provincewide campaign in presentations to the media at General Camp Paciano Rizal in Sta. Cruz, Laguna. Roy Tomandao

QC fixes flood walls as rains sink Roxas

By Rio N. Araja

UEZON City Mayor herbert Bautista has ordered the inspection of all flood walls to step up preparations for the coming rainy season.

he tasked the engineering department to inspect retaining walls, declog waterways, and improve the drainage channels in a bid to minimize floods, especially during heavy downpour. This developed as almost a thousand families in Barangay Roxas sought shelter on higher ground due to overnight rains on Wednesday. On Thursday, the local government of Quezon City suspended classes from preschool to elementary due to bad weather. One-story homes were submerged in flood waters for over an hour, families living near the creek in the barangay said. Parts of Barangay Tatalon, Aran-

eta Avenue, and E. Rodriguez Avenue were also flooded. Floodwaters have since subsided, but piles of trash covered the streets. Trash that clogged waterways came from various places outside of Roxas District, village officials said. Bautista, however, took pride in saying Quezon City is most prepared among local government units in flood control efforts because of the completion of some 17 city-funded waterways infrastructure projects designed to prevent flash floods during heavy downpours. With the completion of all preparations, the residents could expect minimal floods

in this rainy season, the mayor said. According to city engineer Joselito Cabungcal, the projects built at a cost of P179.6 million consisted of newly constructed retaining and revetment walls, grouted rip-raps and concrete canals built along different water channels, including San Francisco River, Kalamiong Creek, Anaran Creek, Pasong Tamo Creek and Roxas District. Bautista said the city government has set aside P23.5 million for the construction of the reinforced concrete revetment wall phase 2 along San Francisco River—Lorraine Street at Parkway Village in Barangay Apolonio Samson; Another P15.4 million, for the construction of a concrete retaining wall at 8th Street in Barangay Mariana; P14.7 million for the reinforced concrete retaining wall at Kalamiong Creek— Spring Valley (Phase 6) in Barangay Bagong Silangan;

NEW PATROL CARS.

Makati Mayor Abby Binay on Wednesday leads the ceremonial turnover and blessing of 22 brand new patrol vehicles to the Makati Police Department at the Circuit Makati grounds with Vice Mayor Monique Lagdameo, Rep. Luis Campos and Richard Raymund Rodriguez, head of the Makati Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office. The mayor also welcomed 100 new police personnel to the city police force and announced that the city will soon provide motorcycle units to facilitate patrolling of narrow streets and alleys, as well as body cameras for the protection of both the police and civilians.

Joy supports ‘Smart City’ anti-crime tack QUEZON City Vice Mayor Joy Belmonte has backed the Quezon City Police Districts’ “Smart City” crime prevention measures employing cutting-edge technology. Belmonte had met with Chief Supt. Joselito Esquivel, who had briefed her about the “Smart City” concept, and said she was convinced such might make an unprecedented difference in the city government’s anti-crime efforts and crime prevention campaign. “I think we should really provide police and emergency services with new technologies to fight crimes and make our city safer. And we must admit that public security is a growing problem for cities not just here in our country but also worldwide,” she said. “[Esquivel] was asking me to support him on this and I said, of course, we’ll support him,” she added. As an information technology expert, Esquivel suggested the need to purchase some analytical tools to reinforce the local police’s crime surveillance and prevention capabilities. The vice mayor said despite hundreds of closed circuit television cameras already installed around Quezon City, there are times most video surveillance technology is inefficient because of blind spots and low-quality imagery. “But if you have analytics, algorithms will tell you there’s something wrong. General Esquivel believes that with analytics, you can solve or prevent street crimes,” she said. Widely used in many United States of America and European cities, “Smart City” solutions use different types of electronic data collection sensors to supply information which are used to manage assets and resources efficiently, she said. Rio N. Araja

Olongapo Jaycees stage fun run, projects for Aetas in Mampueng By Butch Gunio SUBIC BAY FREEPORT—The Olongapo chapter of Junior Chamber International will conduct projects to benefit Aeta community in Sitio Mampueng, Olongapo City. The Jaycees recently hosted fund-rais-

ing event dubbed “Wet and Wild Run” with about 400 runners participating at Subic Bay Freeport Zone. The participants wore summer outfit during the run. Local community leaders joined the fun run and awarded medals to finishers. Indigenous people chieftain Rannie Liwanag conveyed his thanks to the partici-

pants. To show their gratitude, the tribal members showcased their “talipi” traditional dance, which wowed runners. “We want long-term projects for the Aetas of Sitio Mampueng,” said JCI Olongapo executive vice president and RP Energy CSR officer Jason Gavina. SBMA Chairperson and Administra-

tor lawyer Wilma T. Eisma supported the fun run and was also the keynote speaker in the group’s induction and turnover ceremony last month. JCI Olongapo is a local chapter of the global nonprofit organization for young active citizens committed to creating a positive impact to the world.

Blood drive for Pru Life workers IN ITS third year of partnership with the Philippine Red Cross, Pru Life UK recently conducted a blood donation drive among its employees and agents, in line with its commitment to contribute to disaster preparedness and recovery. The collected bags were donated to the National Blood Bank, which seeks to ensure a sufficient supply of safe blood needed for Red Cross’ disaster and emergency response operations. held twice a year since 2016, the participation of Pru Life UK employees in the blood donation drive takes root from the Company’s initiative to promote the spirit of volunteerism within the organization through its employeevolunteer program, PRU It Forward.

This is also the first year that a blood donation drive was organized by PRU It Forward for the agency force. Other local business units of Prudential Corporation Asia, the regional headquarters of Pru Life UK, also recently organized a series of blood donation where a record-breaking number of nearly 1,700 bags of blood donation were collected in hong Kong and 150 bags in Thailand. Pru Life UK has been supporting various community engagement initiatives across the country since its establishment in the Philippines. In 1996, the Insurance Commission granted the British subsidiary the license to operate and sell life insurance products in the country.

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From left: Bawa, Mameleu, Mantiw, Tahamaling, and Tiburones are some of the supernatural entities mentioned in The Black Bestiary. (Photos courtesy of Summit Books)

The Black Bestiary:

A walk with the supernatural REVIEW By danielle macadangdang

EMEMBEr when you were a child and your grandparents told you things that kept you awake at night? If you remember those stories and it scared you to hell and back, then this book is not for you. However, if you remember all of it and still seeks for something supernatural in this world, then this book is perfectly written for you. The Black Bestiary: An Alejandro Pardo Compendium offers a glimpse of a world not seen by many. The eerie foreword effectively puts the reader into the theme. The mysterious persona of the narrator stirs these questions: What happened to him? Why is he hiding? How did he know this stuff? Apparently, a lot of things has happened to the narrator who is now in a hidden base. Normal Filipinos would know the basics of Philippine folklore and mythology; this ominous read created by David Hontiveros and Budjette Tan will let the readers delve into the stories behind the kwentong bayan their grandparents told them. This book contains accounts from different people who experienced things first-hand that will surely make you never want to sleep alone tonight. This book, the second on Alejandro Pardo’s travels, has established the sense of entities, beasts, and monsters said to be found in the country. The enthralling pieces of local stories will let you see the different cultures and beliefs not found in our history books. The Black Bestiary is straight out of Philippine culture and lower mythology with monsters like tiktik and tikbalang, among other creatures. If you like CW’s series Supernatural like I do, then it will not be hard for you to like this book. It is such a beautifully chaotic piece of linked information on Pardo’s extraordinary quests. The storytelling of Pardo’s accounts has a spoonful of action that somehow left me

The Black Bestiary: An Alejandro Pardo Compendium, the sequel to The Lost Journal of Alejandro Pardo, features more supernatural beings said to be in the Philippines (left), such as tiktik, a creature from Eastern Visayas known to prey on pregnant women (right).

thinking of all the hearsays and superstitions of old people and the probability of them being real. The detailed description of beasts and how they came to help or prey on people is a top-notch narration. The images illustrated by comic book artists Kajo Baldisimo, Bow Guerrero, and Mervin Malonzo boost the imagination in my head as I immerse myself in to the story. some of the creatures are well known, some are not, but the idea of a book rich in Filipino culture and that offers a take on the world hidden from the eyes of many is something one should not miss. In a world of western horror films and Tv series, there is a good book from the Philippines that will give you the shivers, and by that I mean this compendium. I am really fond of how the mystery narrator presented the life of Pardo. It has tak-

en on a different mantle of purely telling the story by injecting the narrator’s compelling comments on how they managed to put together Pardo’s accounts. They managed to put a mystery-action genre into a type of storytelling for it to become one master account of supernatural things. Another point for this book is how they researched the lower mythology of monsters from different regions up north and down south to create a Fantastic Beastslike directory of monsters. The creepy things lurking around a typical Filipino backyard are not well known in other parts of the world, and this is the first step in introducing the rich culture of Filipinos. This is the book of different stories with a great detailing of accounts that lets readers walk through the world of the supernatural.

Exhibit alert: Passion on a Plate KArlo rlo Ev EvArIsTo, an alumnus of De la salle-College of saint Benilde, presents his food styling and photography in an exhibit ongoing until July 6 at the 10th floor, Angelo King International Center Campus in Manila. The colorful gastronomic creations of this rising star in the world of food plating is highlighted in an exhibit due to the increased exposure of his amuse bouches on Instagram. Evaristo currently works as a sous chef at studio, a five-star restaurant in laguna Beach, California.

Karlo Evaristo's food styling creations on exhibit

Ensembles made of handwoven fabrics grace the runway

Students promote handloom weaving As A university at the forefront of preserving and promoting local arts and culture, the Far Eastern University highlighted traditional handloom weaving through the perspective of its fashion design and architecture students in a fashion show and exhibit dubbed “Tamaraw save the Weave: Fashion for a Cause.” In partnership with social enterprise Kandama, students combined tradition with style to promote the main source of livelihood of Ifugao women. Combined with modern aesthetics, handwo-

ven fabrics graced the runway while local pieces of furniture adorned the university’s exhibit hall. “We acknowledge the value of preserving traditions like handloom weaving from the Ifugao tribe. We will do this through the help of our own future designers, artists, and creators,” says FEU president Dr. Michael Alba. He added, “We will continue to look for collaborative endeavors to reinforce our thrust of championing our local arts and culture.”

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The Philippine Ports Authority, through the General Appropriations Act for CY 2017 (DOTR), intends to apply the sum of P 18,936,327.48 being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for the Proposed Badoc Port Development Project, Port of Badoc, Badoc, Ilocos Norte (PPA-DOTR No. 002-2018 for projects downloaded to PPA for implementation). Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.

The Philippine Ports Authority, through the General Appropriations Act for CY 2017 (DOTR), intends to apply the sum of P 35,492,686.36 being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for the Coastal Port (Hamtic & Bugasong Port), Hamtic and Bugasong, Antique (PPA-DOTR No. 003-2018 for projects downloaded to PPA for implementation). Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.

The Philippine Ports Authority now invites bids for A. Reconstruction of Back-up Area (Area = 265.05 sq. m.). Completion of the Works is required in 150 calendar days. Bidders should have completed a contract similar to the Project. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II. Instructions to Bidders.

The Philippine Ports Authority now invites bids for A. Construction of Back-up Area (Area = 927.5 sq. m.) B. Construction of Passenger Shed (Area = 253 sq. m.). Completion of the Works is required in 210 calendar days. Bidders should have completed a contract similar to the Project. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II. Instructions to Bidders.

The Philippine Ports Authority now invites bids for A. Construction of River Landing (Hamtic Port) B. Construction of River Landing (Bugasong Port). Completion of the Works is required in 240 calendar days. Bidders should have completed a contract similar to the Project. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II. Instructions to Bidders.

Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, cooperatives, and partnerships or organizations with at least seventy five percent (75%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines.

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It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the website of the Philippine Ports Authority, provided that bidders shall pay the applicable fee for the Bidding Documents not later than the submission of their bids.

The Philippine Ports Authority’s Bids and Awards Committee for Engineering Projects will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on 19 June 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at the PPA Function Room, 7th Floor, PPA Bldg., Bonifacio Drive, South Harbor, Port Area, Manila, which shall be open to all prospective bidders.

Bids must be duly received by the BAC Secretariat at the address below on or before 9:00 a.m. of 03 July 2018. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in the bidding documents.

Bids must be duly received by the BAC Secretariat at the address below on or before 9:00 a.m. of 04 July 2018. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in the bidding documents.

Bid opening shall be on 03 July 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at the 7th Floor, PPA Building, A. Bonifacio Drive, South Harbor, Port Area, Manila. Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidder’s representatives who choose to attend at the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted.

Bid opening shall be on 04 July 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at the 7th Floor, PPA Building, A. Bonifacio Drive, South Harbor, Port Area, Manila. Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidder’s representatives who choose to attend at the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted.

Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non-discretionary pass/fail criterion as specified in the 2016 Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 9184 (RA 9184), otherwise known as the “Government Procurement Reform Act.” Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, cooperatives, and partnerships or organizations with at least seventy five percent (75%) interest or outstanding capital stock belonging to citizens of the Philippines. Interested bidders may obtain further information from the Philippine Ports Authority’s Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) for Engineering Projects and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday. A complete set of Bidding Documents may be acquired by interested Bidders on 08 June 2018 from the address below and upon payment of the applicable fee for the Bidding Documents, pursuant to the latest Guidelines issued by the GPPB, in the amount of TEN THOUSAND PESOS (P 10,000.00). It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the website of the Philippine Ports Authority, provided that bidders shall pay the applicable fee for the Bidding Documents not later than the submission of their bids. The Philippine Ports Authority’s Bids and Awards Committee for Engineering Projects will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on 19 June 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at the PPA Function Room, 7th Floor, PPA Bldg., Bonifacio Drive, South Harbor, Port Area, Manila, which shall be open to all prospective bidders. Bids must be duly received by the BAC Secretariat at the address below on or before 9:00 a.m. of 03 July 2018. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in the bidding documents. Bid opening shall be on 03 July 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at the 7th Floor, PPA Building, A. Bonifacio Drive, South Harbor, Port Area, Manila. Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidder’s representatives who choose to attend at the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted. •

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FOR THE HIGATANGAN PORT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, BRGY. LIBERTAD, HIGATANGAN ISLAND, NAVAL, BILIRAN

The Philippine Ports Authority, through the General Appropriations Act for CY 2017 (DOTR), intends to apply the sum of P 11,138,250.87 being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for the Proposed Rehabilitation/ Improvement of Wharf, Port of Catbalogan, Catbalogan City, Samar, (PPADOTR No. 004-2018 for projects downloaded to PPA for implementation). Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.

The Philippine Ports Authority, through the General Appropriations Act for CY 2017 (DOTR), intends to apply the sum of P 18,610,233.03 being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for the Proposed Villaba Port Development Project, Port of Villaba, Brg. Silad, Villaba, Leyte (PPA-DOTR No. 005-2018 for projects downloaded to PPA for implementation). Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.

The Philippine Ports Authority, through the General Appropriations Act for CY 2017 (DOTR), intends to apply the sum of P 9,154,652.93 being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for the Higatangan Port Development Project, Brgy. Libertad, Higatangan Island, Naval, Biliran (PPADOTR No. 006-2018 for projects downloaded to PPA for implementation). Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.

The Philippine Ports Authority now invites bids for A. Rehabilitation/Improvement of Wharf (Area = 248.02 sq. m.). Completion of the Works is required in 150 calendar days. Bidders should have completed a contract similar to the Project. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II. Instructions to Bidders.

The Philippine Ports Authority now invites bids for A. Construction of Back-up Area/Repair of Damaged Causeway (Area = 927.5 sq. m.). Completion of the Works is required in 210 calendar days. Bidders should have completed a contract similar to the Project. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II. Instructions to Bidders.

The Philippine Ports Authority now invites bids for A. Construction of Causeway B. Construction of Passenger Terminal Shed. Completion of the Works is required in 120 calendar days. Bidders should have completed a contract similar to the Project. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II. Instructions to Bidders.

Interested bidders may obtain further information from the Philippine Ports Authority‘s Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) for Engineering Projects and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday to Friday.

The Philippine Ports Authority’s Bids and Awards Committee for Engineering Projects will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on 20 June 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at the PPA Function Room, 7th Floor, PPA Bldg., Bonifacio Drive, South Harbor, Port Area, Manila, which shall be open to all prospective bidders.

Bids must be duly received by the BAC Secretariat at the address below on or before 9:00 a.m. of 05 July 2018. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in the bidding documents.

Bid opening shall be on 04 July 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at the 7th Floor, PPA Building, A. Bonifacio Drive, South Harbor, Port Area, Manila. Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidder’s representatives who choose to attend at the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted.

Bid opening shall be on 05 July 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at the 7th Floor, PPA Building, A. Bonifacio Drive, South Harbor, Port Area, Manila. Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidder’s representatives who choose to attend at the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted.

Bid opening shall be on 05 July 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at the 7th Floor, PPA Building, A. Bonifacio Drive, South Harbor, Port Area, Manila. Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidder’s representatives who choose to attend at the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted.

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PPA Website: www.ppa.com.ph

ADRIAN FERDINAND S. SUGAY Chairperson, PPA Head Office Bids and Awards Committee for Engineering Projects (HO-BAC-EP)

ADRIAN FERDINAND S. SUGAY Chairperson, PPA Head Office Bids and Awards Committee for Engineering Projects (HO-BAC-EP) M. Standard – June 8, 2018

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20th Century Fox unveils trailer for Steve McQueen’s ‘Widows’

HE ofﬁcial ﬁrst trailer for Widows, coming to Philippine cinemas on Dec. 5, was unveiled early this week.

From Academy Award®-winning director Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave) and co-writer and bestselling author Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl), comes a blistering, modern-day thriller set against the backdrop of crime, passion and corruption. Based upon the 1983 Lynda La Plante crime series, Widows is the story of four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands’ criminal activities. Set in contemporary Chicago, amid a time of turmoil, tensions build when Veronica (Oscar® winner Viola Davis), Alice (Elizabeth Debicki), Linda (Michelle Rodriguez) and Belle (Cynthia Erivo) take their fate into their own hands and conspire to forge a future on their own terms. The upcoming heist thriller also stars Liam Neeson, Colin Farrell, Robert Duvall, Daniel Kaluuya and Brian Tyree Henry. Check out its trailer on this link: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=FW6KKV3xmOE

A still from ‘Widows’ ofﬁcial movie trailer with its stars (from left) Michelle Rodriguez, Viola Davis and Elizabeth Debicki.

Mitch Byrne hosts WNBF Philippines First Amateur Championship FILIPINO-CANADIAN workout queen Mitch Byrne will host World Natural Bodybuilding Federation (WNBF) Philippines’ 2018 WNBF Philippine First Amateur Championship, at Johnny B. Good in Makati City tomorrow. WNBF Philippines is represented by Mitch and fellow international fitness guru Chris Byrne and they are internationally known as two of the best Filipino-Canadian fitness icons in North America today. The Philippine affiliation of the WNBF aims to promote natural bodybuilding in the country and to demonstrate that athletes do not need to use steroids or other harmful, illegal substances to get strong and beautiful bodies. Mitch Byrne, is a former beauty queen and a successful gym owner, personal trainer and professional bikini competitor and she decided to bring the organization to the Philippines as she knows that the general public would appreciate a competition that is truly drug-free and that awards athletes for their commitment and sacrifice to good nutrition and consistent training the natural way. Since 1990, WNBF is proud to have held the highest standard in promoting stringently drug-tested, professionally produced bodybuilding and physique events around the world. The backbone of the WNBF reputation is the strict adherence to stringent testing. Athletes are first tested by

polygraph and winners are then subject to a urinalysis. This organization places the highest importance on ensuring that athletes are competing on a level playing field in each of its worldwide events. With top foreign judges from Canada and the USA, most notably Tina Smith and Bob Bell, the president and vice president of the WNBF, the parent organization, the first competition is already attracting amazing competitors from around the country and the world. Male and female athletes locally and from all over the world will compete in the event’s bodybuilding, physique, figure and bikini categories. *** Film festivals in this part of town is becoming a dime a dozen. And all of them cater to a variety of markets, although organizers wish the entire Filipino audience of movies would go and watch the entries. In 2016,Milagros O. How,

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PH. D., president and CEO of Universal Harvester, Inc., distributors of agricultural fertilizers, along with the late movie/ TV director Maryo J. delos Reyes, put up what is now known as the ToFarm Film Festival with entries showcasing the lives and journeys of farmers around the country. This year with TV/ movie writer Bibeth Orteza SiguionReyna as festival director, ToFarm announced the seven entries for the festival that unreels on Sept. 12 to 19. Screenwriter Raquel Villavicencio headed the panel that selected the ﬁnal scripts u p o n which the entries would be based. So here are the future ﬁlm entries: 1957

A historical drama written and directed Sol Searching by Hubert Tibi is about the story of farmers A dark comedy written and directed by in Bicol under Don Pepe, a strict landlord. Roman Perez Jr. about teacher Sol who Alimuom died but cannot be buried due to lack of A science fiction movie written and to be funds. directed by Keith Sicat. This year, the selection committee is Fasang composed of, apart from Villavicencio A period romance written by Charlson (chairperson), Krip Yuson, Antoinette Ong (no director has been announced). The Jadaone, Mario Cornejo, and Manny film is set in the 1920’s and will feature a Buising. How will be the executive Japanese actor. producer. Isang Kwento ng Gubat (The Leonard Co Story) Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT A biopic written by Rosalie MatiNational Capital Judicial Region lac to be directed by Ellen OngOffice of the Executive Judge keko-Marfil, Rosalie Matilac, and Hall of Justice, Pasay City Nilo Paz is about the great Filipino NOTICE OF HEARING botanists slain together with a guide Notice is hereby given that a summary hearing on the PETITION and ranger in the forest of Kananga, FOR APPOINTMENT as NOTARY PUBLIC for and in the City of Leyte. Pasay of ATTY. RICARDO S. GUINTO with office address at Unit 2D SUMMERLIN BUILDING, F.B. HARRISON STREET CORNER Lola Igna VALHALLA, PASAY CITY, METRO MANILA, shall be held on JUNE A cultural drama written and di14, 2018, at 2:30 O’CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON at the OFFICE rected by Eduardo Roy, Jr. who OF THE EXECUTIVE JUDGE, RM. 404, HALL OF JUSTICE BUILDING, F.B. HARRISON STREET, PASAY CITY, METRO lives in Sagada is about Lola Igna, MANILA. Any person who has any cause or reason to object to the a 115-years old who is wondering if grant of petition may file a verified written opposition thereto, received by the undersigned before the date of the summary hearing. she would make it to the Guinness Let this notice be included in the raffle of publication on May Book of World Records as the oldest 24, 2018, at 2:00 o’clock in the afternoon, to be published once living person. in Manila Standard, a newspaper of general circulation and to be posted in three (3) conspicuous places in the Office of the Executive Mga Anak Ng Kamote Judge, Office of the Clerk of Court and in the lobby of the Hall of A futuristic drama written by Justice Building. John Carlo Pacala, to be directed Pasay City, Metro Manila, May 23, 2018. by Carlo Catu is set in the Philip(Sgd.) RACQUELEN ABARY-VASQUEZ pines in the year 2052. Executive Judge (MS-June 8, 2018)

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INVITATION TO BID

BONIFACIO DRIVE, SOUTH HARBOR, PORT AREA, MANILA 1018, PHILIPPINES P.O. BOX 436, MANILA, PHILIPPINES Tel. No. (0632) 527-8356, Fax. No. (0632) 527-4855 HTTP://WWW.PPA.COM.PH

INVITATION TO BID

FOR BRGY. DAGOHOY PORT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, DAPA, SURIGAO DEL NORTE

FOR BRGY. CAUB PORT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, DEL CARMEN, SURIGAO DEL NORTE

FOR BRGY. 6 WHARF DAPA PORT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, DAPA, SURIGAO DEL NORTE

The Philippine Ports Authority, through the General Appropriations Act for CY 2017 (DOTR), intends to apply the sum of P 4,379,543.95 being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for the Brgy. Dagohoy Port Development Project, Dapa, Surigao del Norte (PPA-DOTR No. 007-2018 for projects downloaded to PPA for implementation). Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.

The Philippine Ports Authority, through the General Appropriations Act for CY 2017 (DOTR), intends to apply the sum of P 9,149,126.69 being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for the Brgy. Caub Port Development Project, Del Carmen, Surigao del Norte (PPA-DOTR No. 008-2018 for projects downloaded to PPA for implementation). Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.

The Philippine Ports Authority, through the General Appropriations Act for CY 2017 (DOTR), intends to apply the sum of P 19,012,029.41 being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) to payments under the contract for the Brgy. 6 Wharf Dapa Port Development Project, Dapa, Surigao del Norte (PPA-DOTR No. 009-2018 for projects downloaded to PPA for implementation). Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.

The Philippine Ports Authority now invites bids for A. Construction of Port. Completion of the Works is required in 90 calendar days. Bidders should have completed a contract similar to the Project. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II. Instructions to Bidders.

The Philippine Ports Authority now invites bids for A. Improvement of Existing Port (Repair & Extension of Causeway) B. Construction of Market Hall. Completion of the Works is required in 150 calendar days. Bidders should have completed a contract similar to the Project. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II. Instructions to Bidders.

The Philippine Ports Authority now invites bids for A. Stone Embankment with Landing (Construction of Seawall). Completion of the Works is required in 150 calendar days. Bidders should have completed a contract similar to the Project. The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II. Instructions to Bidders.

Bids must be duly received by the BAC Secretariat at the address below on or before 9:00 a.m. of 06 July 2018. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in the bidding documents.

Bids must be duly received by the BAC Secretariat at the address below on or before 9:00 a.m. of 10 July 2018. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in the bidding documents.

Bid opening shall be on 06 July 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at the 7th Floor, PPA Building, A. Bonifacio Drive, South Harbor, Port Area, Manila. Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidder’s representatives who choose to attend at the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted.

Bid opening shall be on 06 July 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at the 7th Floor, PPA Building, A. Bonifacio Drive, South Harbor, Port Area, Manila. Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidder’s representatives who choose to attend at the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted.

Bid opening shall be on 10 July 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at the 7th Floor, PPA Building, A. Bonifacio Drive, South Harbor, Port Area, Manila. Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidder’s representatives who choose to attend at the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted.

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Required PCAB Registration: Small B – General Engineering

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Required PCAB Registration: Small B – General Engineering

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Required PCAB Registration: Medium A – General Engineering

For further information, please refer to:

BAC Secretariat, Philippine Ports Authority 5th Floor, PPA Bldg., A. Bonifacio Drive, South Harbor, Port Area, Manila

Telephone/Fax No. 527-47-35 954-8800 Loc. 539

PPA Website: www.ppa.com.ph

ADRIAN FERDINAND S. SUGAY Chairperson, PPA Head Office Bids and Awards Committee for Engineering Projects (HO-BAC-EP)

ADRIAN FERDINAND S. SUGAY Chairperson, PPA Head Office Bids and Awards Committee for Engineering Projects (HO-BAC-EP) M. Standard – June 8, 2018

M. Standard – June 8, 2018

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RAMON L. TOMELDAN Editor

C4 FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 2018

Motoring Hyundai beefs up police fleet

Isuzu ingenuity Genuine parts and accessories will ensure the right fit for Isuzu vehicles.

T’S EVERY true-blue Isuzu D-Max and mu-X owner’s wish: That only genuine Isuzu accessories would be ﬁtted onto his or her beloved, reliable, and stylish looking Isuzu vehicle.

That wish is now realized. Even better, Isuzu Philippines Corporation makes it so much easier for Isuzu owners to have their Isuzu SUV and pick-up, brand new or otherwise, ﬁtted with genuine Isuzu accessories. The All-New Isuzu Genuine Accessories lineup makes available a wide range of Isuzu Genuine Accessories to add protection, aptitude, and elegance that you and your vehicle deserves. And you don’t have to go further than your trusted and approachable Isuzu dealership to have your chosen Isuzu Genuine Accessories installed. Fitting and installation services by Isuzutrained technicians are available in all Isuzu dealerships nationwide. You don’t have to suffer the inconvenience of going to the malls and aftermarket stores to have accessories of unknown origin and materials ﬁtted onto your Isuzu D-Max or mu-X, and then realize later on that the accessories turn out to be dangerous and unsightly mismatches, or that the store offers no warranties. All-New Isuzu Genuine Accessories are made from highest-quality materials

designed, tested, and approved by Japanese experts to perfectly ﬁt your Isuzu vehicle and comply with Isuzu’s safety and reliability standards. All Isuzu Genuine Accessories carry a 1-year warranty. Choose from a wide array of the much sought-after Isuzu Genuine Accessories, such as the following: • Bull bar (mu-X)—In aluminum alloy and steel, the bull bar enhances the tough look of your pick-up or SUV. • Tonneau Cover and Organizer Box (mu-X)—The tonneau cover ensures all items stored at the rear portion of the vehicle are in order. At the same time, it maximizes the rear space of your mu-X, enabling you to load more cargo, especially when travelling with your family. The organizer box is designed to be of the same height level when the 3rd row seat is folded. • Illuminated Rocker Plate (muX)—Ensures the visibility of the steps for passengers going in or out of the vehicle. • Door handle trim, over fender, and fog ring chrome (mu-X)— The simple yet stylish door handle trim protects the door handle from

scratches, and comes in as a set for the four doors. The over fender protects the fender from dents and scratches caused by stones and other loose objects hitting the area while the vehicle is running. It also enhances the stylish urban look of the vehicle. The sophisticated and stylish fog ring chrome adds life to the vehicle’s fascia. • Side bar (D-Max)—The side bar, which comes in either silver or black, is designed to protect the rocker panel in case of unforeseen collision with road obstructions, and also comes with functional non-slip steps for passengers’ safety coming in and out of the vehicle. It’s tested to withstand heavy loads, and is rust resistant. • Nudge bar (D-Max)—The nudge bar is a simple yet strong shield for the bumper and grille designed to absorb the impact of minor frontal collisions, thereby protecting the fascia, and is also

functionally compatible with the air bag safety performance. It’s much lighter than the steel-plated bull bar, and comes in silver and black. • Sports bar (D-Max)—The sporty and tough-looking sports bar, which is compatible with the under rail bed liner, comes with an installation kit so you don’t need to punch holes or weld it onto the body. It’s available in matte black and chrome. • Roof rail, head lamp garnish, and skirt set (D-Max)—The sporty, tough roof rail can tolerate up to 400 kgs, and can be used for accessories such as carriers. It comes in silver, dark grey, mat and black, and no drilling is needed in its installation. The head lamp garnish wide adds to the clean, luxurious look of the vehicle. The skirt set adds a tougher look to the D-Max, and comes in cosmic black, silky white pearl white and splash white.

Ranger drives Ford’s May sales MAY retail sales of 2,110 Ford vehicles led by the Ranger, EcoSport, and Everest brought year-to-date sales to 10,394 vehicles, a company statement said. The Ranger continues to be Ford’s top-selling vehicle in the Philippines with May sales rising 28 percent from a year ago to 1,068 vehicles. Year-to-date Ranger sales have increased 18 percent to 4,375 vehicles, it said. The EcoSport continued to lead miniSUV segment with May sales of 523 vehicles, helpinga drive its year-to-date

sales to 2,837 vehicles. The Everest midsize SUV sold 437 vehicles in May, pushing year-to-date sales to 2,695 vehicles. The recently-launched new Mustang recorded sales of 48 vehicles in May, bringing 2018 Mustang sales to 199 vehicles. “Our Big Three nameplates are continuing to drive our performance this year,” said Bert Lessard, managing director, Ford Philippines. “We’re also continuing a strong focus on further enhancing the Ford ownership experience to support our increasing customer base across the country.”

HYUNDAI, in partnership with the Korean National Police Agency, the Korea International Cooperation Agency, delivered 130 brand new Elantra and Starex units to serve as patrol vehicles of the Philippine National Police. The turnover ceremony was held on May 29, 2018 at Camp Karingal, Quezon City. This turnover is an important step in the Republic of Korea’s and the Philippines’ six-year joint project to modernize the PNP’s crime busting capabilities. In terms of volume, the vehicle donation is by far the biggest and most signiﬁcant that Hyundai Motor Company has undertaken in the country. The 40 Elantra and 81 Starex units arrived in the country already geared by HMC with special safety features, including LED search and warning lights, safety screens, dashboard cameras, mobile radio casings, rear safety ﬁlms, and multi-function signal bars. Elantra and Starex stand out for their power, space, agility and sturdiness of body made from the famed Hyundai high tensile strength steel. Hyundai Asia Resources, Inc. pledged Hyundai’s

that we are the PNP’s new partner in public service,” stated HARI President and CEO Ma. Fe Perez-Agudo. “Our goal is to bolster the capacity of our police authorities, so that they can effectively carry out their mission to maintain peace and order while enjoying a safe and comfortable ride.” The comprehensive Hyundai Service package covers initial inspection at the port of delivery and stringent inspection at the Hyundai Logistics Center (HLC) to ensure that the vehicles were turned over in excellent condition; driver training and brieﬁng on the features of the vehicles at Camp Crame; Hyundai’s Five-Year Unlimited Warranty; special access to HARI’s 42-strong nationwide dealership network; and preferential Preventive Maintenance Service (PMS) rates on parts and labor. The turnover ceremony was attended by DILG Undersecretary for Peace and Order Bernardo Florece, PNP Director General Oscar Albayalde, Quezon City Police District Chief Joselito Esquivel, His Excellency Han Dong-Man, Ambassador of the Republic

Hyundai Elantra and Starex patrol units are geared to “serve and protect.”

award-winning Service package to maintain these new patrol vehicles in peak ﬁghting form. HARI has delivered outstanding Service performance in the entire Hyundai Asia-Paciﬁc distributorship network, having bagged top honors for Customer Satisfaction in After-Sales Service in 2018. In 2017, the JD Power Philippines Customer Service Index (CSI) saw HARI climb up from seventh place in 2016 to second among 11 top brands. “It is always a challenge to live up to our customer promise, but most especially now

of Korea to the Philippines, KNPA Commissioner General Lee Chul-Sung, HMC President for Strategic Planning Chung Jin Haeng, and HARI President and CEO Ma. Fe Perez-Agudo. Perez-Agudo said, “The turnover of a ﬂeet of our bestselling Elantra and Grand Starex units signiﬁes the strengthening of public-private collaboration to ensure an environment that is safe and conducive to business. The work that the PNP does in maintaining peace and order is an essential component of growth and development.”