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P11-b suspect turns witness Palace: Shabu mess led to AFP takeover of BoC

LGUs alerted: Hands on deck, be Undas-ready TWO days before the observance of All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day, the Interior department urged local government units and its attached agencies to place “all hands on deck” to ensure a peaceful and safe conduct of the annual tradition.

In other developments: • Manila International Airport Authority General Manager Eddie Monreal on Tuesday ordered all security officials and personnel to be more vigilant against criminal elements who mix with the passengers at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport terminals during the holiday break.

Monreal gave the order after receiving information that some suspected members of the Salisi Gang will take advantage of the travel rush in the various terminals.

• There will be no number coding for vehicles for six consecutive days in the National Capital Region in time for the holiday break, the Metro Manila Development Authority announced on Next page Tuesday.

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ORMER Bureau of Customs intelligence agent Jaime Guban has been admitted to the government’s Witness Protection Program, Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said Tuesday.

He declined to give details, however, on the sworn statement that Guban submitted to the Justice Department as part of the requirement for his admission into the program.

Guban is considered a “vital witness” in the investigation into the P11 billion worth of shabu that allegedly slipped past the Bureau of Customs in August.

The Senate Blue Ribbon committee chaired by Senator Richard Gordon turned Guban over to the DOJ after he appeared at a Senate hearing on the smuggled shabu.

Guban, who President Rodrigo Duterte earlier ordered arrested for his alleged involvement in illegal activities, was implicated in the release of the contraband, an incident that brought to light the prevalence of corruption at the BOC. The corruption was so serious that President Duterte on Monday ordered the military to take control of the bureau.

But Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo said Tuesday Duterte only asked the Armed Forces of the Philippines for help to suppress the prevailing “state of lawlessness” in the “corruption-ridden” bureau.

“Let us not also forget that earlier on, the President has declared a state of lawlessness. The provision of the Constitution says when there is lawless violence, then the President can call up the Armed Forces of the Philippines,” he said in a Palace press briefing.

In his latest argument, Panelo used the terms “state of lawlessness” and “state of lawless violence” interchangeably, defending the constitutionality of the military takeover at Customs. Next page

Human rights campaigners flock to Paris PARIS—More than 150 rights campaigners from around the world gathered in Paris on Monday, warning of a spike in the number of activists from Brazil to the Philippines being murdered for their work.

Groups behind the Human Rights World Summit, including Amnesty International and the International Federation for Human Rights, said at least 312 activists were murdered in 2017.

This represents a doubling in the murder rate since 2015, they said in a statement on the first of three days of meetings in Paris, bringing together activists from 105 countries.

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Rico J, OPM exponent, 65 ORIGINAL Pilipino Music symbol Rico J. Puno, known for songs like “Macho Gwapito” and “May Bukas Pa,” died of heart failure Tuesday at the age of 65, his long-serving manager Norma Japitana and daughter Tosca said.

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THE GREAT ESCAPE. Residents of Barangay Dacalan in Tanudan town in Kalinga province carry classroom chairs and other school equipment as the Dacalan Elementary School is furiously jabbed by the rising waters of the Tanudan River following heavy rains brought by Typhoon ‘Rosita’ round midday Tuesday. PNA

Thousands flee as ‘Rosita’ batters Northern Luzon

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after thousands were evacuated ahead of the powerful storm’s arrival.

Cutting a path just south of last month’s Typhoon “Ompong” (Mangkhut), which killed dozens, the new storm tore across the Philippines’ most populous island and dumped heavy rains along the way.

Search crews were just beginning to

TYPHOON “Rosita” (international name: Yutu) slammed into the Philippines Tuesday with fierce winds that sheared off roofs and snapped trees in half, and rendered roads and bridges impassable

Nograles tapped for Cabinet post

By Nat Mariano PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte is considering Davao City Rep. Karlo Nograles to be his next Cabinet secretary, the Palace said Tuesday.

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By Rey E. Requejo, Nat Mariano and Macon RamosAraneta

assess the damage wrought by Rosita, which made landfall early Tuesday with sustained winds of 150 kilometers per hour and gusts up to 210 kph.

Authorities said they were probing reports of one person missing after a boat capsized as the storm was barreling toward the disaster-prone nation. Next page

Lion Air crash: Human parts fill 10 body bags JAKARTA—Indonesian search teams Tuesday recovered more remains at the site of a crashed Lion Air jet that plunged into the sea with 189 people aboard, as a report said it had suffered an instrument malfunction the day before.

The Boeing-737 MAX, which went into service just months ago, crashed into the Java Sea moments after it had asked to return to Jakarta on Monday.

REFRAIN, REFRAIN. Pupils hold up a placard calling for social media users to Flight JT 610 sped up as it suddenly refrain from spreading graphic images of Lion Air Flight JT 610 victims, as school children lost altitude and then vanished from radar attend a prayer gathering in Surabaya, East Java on Tuesday. More remains have been 12 minutes after take-off, with authorities recovered as of Tuesday after the air jet, with 189 people aboard, plunged to the sea on Next page

Monday. AFP

Words to chew on: Ensaymada, turon added to Oxford FILIPINOS are getting some trendy bush up in the Oxford English Dictonary, which has of late took a swivel at Philippine English and included 20 words to its compendium.

Observers note that the OED, which attempts to be a historic recorder of the English language, has been collecting

words wherever these words have their roots.

The 20 words came from opinions of different crowds in this country of 106 million people, which started speaking English during the Philippine-American War at the turn of the 20th century after the archipelago republic was un-

der Spain for more than 360 years.

The English words spoken and understood in the Philippines include: ambush interview, n.; bagoong (fish paste among Tagalogs, and boggoong in Northern Philippines), n.; bihon, n.; bongga, adj.; carinderia, n.; cartolina, n.; Next page

Garin slapped with 10 more criminal cases

By Rey E. Requejo TEN more criminal cases have been filed before the Department of Justice against former Health secretary Janette Garin and 38 others over the deaths of schoolchildren inoculated with the Dengvaxia vaccine.

Families of 10 more victims, including a policeman who died after getting the dengue immunization vaccine, asked the DOJ to prosecute Garin, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III as well as executives of manufacturer Sanofi Pasteur and local distributor Zuellig Pharma for reckless imprudence resulting in homicide under the Revised Penal Code and violations of Anti-Torture Act and Consumer Act. Seven of the victims in this third set of Dengvaxia cases in the DOJ were schoolchildren from Cebu—Wiljen Alcontin, Eleazar Brigoli Jr., Trishanne Asona, EJ Christian Apa, Joaniña Cortes, Gladimeir Juevesano and Kianah Mae Racuya.

The two other children were Adeline Castroverde from Valenzuela City and Jessica Viaros from Sariaya, Quezon.

The 10th complaint was for the death of Senior Police Officer 2 Vicente Arugay from Quezon City.

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Robredo's trust rating declines, says SWS VICE President Leni Robredo still enjoys a “good” net trust rating despite a two-point decline in it, the latest Social Weather Stations survey showed on Tuesday.

The survey, conducted from Sept. 15 to 23, indicated that 59 percent of those polled had “much trust” for Robredo while 21 percent had “little trust” in her and the rest or 20 percent were still “undecided.”

That gave her a net trust rating of +38, a two-point decline from +40 last June.

SWS said the decline in Robredo’s overall net trust rating was due to the declines in the Visayas and Balance Luzon, offsetting the increases in Mindanao and Metro Manila.

Robredo’s net trust increased from “moderate” to “good” in Mindanao while it stayed “moderate” in Metro Manila.

On the other hand, it fell from “very good” to “good” in the Visayas while remaining “good” in Balance Luzon.

SWS said among high school graduates, Robredo’s net trust rating was “good” at +37 (58 percent, much trust; 21 percent, little trust).

Her rating also remained “good” among elementary graduates at +42 (62 percent, much trust; 20 percent, little trust), SWS said.

Meanwhile, Robredo’s rating was still at “moderate” among college graduates at +23 (50 percent, much trust; 27 percent, little trust).

On the other hand, it declined from “very good” to “good” among non-elementary students at +43 (62 percent, much trust; 19 percent, little trust).

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saying witnesses saw the jet plunge into the water.

The accident has resurrected concerns about the patchy safety record of Indonesia’s aviation industry.

Search teams have filled 10 body bags with limbs and other human remains, Muhammad Syaugi, chief of the Indonesian national search and rescue agency told Metro TV. Dozens of divers are taking part in the recovery effort.

The parts were taken for identification and DNA testing at a Jakarta police hospital, where distraught relatives gathered, including Hari Setiyono whose son-in-law was on the doomed plane.

“My daughter has no husband, my grandchild no longer has a father,” Setiyono said.

The remains of a baby were among those found, according to national deputy police chief Ari Dono Sukmanto.

Another 14 bags filled with debris have also been collected, including shoes, items of clothing and a wallet.

“Everything on the surface of the water has been collected,” Syaugi said.

Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee said there were 178 adult passengers, one child, two infants, two pilots and six cabin crew on board flight JT 610.

Among them were the plane’s Indian captain, 20 Indonesian finance ministry employees and Andrea Manfredi, an Italian former professional cyclist.

The search and rescue agency all but ruled out finding any survivors late Monday, citing the discovery of body parts that suggested a high-impact crash in water some 30-40 meters deep off the coast of Indonesia’s Java island.

“We are prioritizing finding the main wreckage of the plane using five war ships equipped with sonar to detect metal underwater,” said Yusuf Latif, spokesman of the Indonesian search and rescue agency. AFP

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Tosca said her father, described by Senate President Vicente Sotto III as “the total entertainer,” died at 1:56 a.m. at St. Luke’s Medical Center Global City Taguig due to heart failure.

His death sent shock waves across the entertainment industry including the Makati City Hall, where the born Enrico de Jesus Puno, the music icon who rose to fame in the 70s with hits like “Kapalaran” and “Sorry Na Pwede Ba” was serving as member of the Sangguniang Panglungsod.

In related developments: • Malacañang condoled with Puno’s family, with Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo telling a news conference: “We express our condolences to the legend that is Rico J. Puno. He has contributed a lot to the music industry.”

The Palace official described Puno as a “personal friend,” saying he and Puno had a duet in a show four years ago.

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‘Undas’ party a no-no in Saudi

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HE Department of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday confirmed the arrest of 17 Filipinos who participated in a Halloween party in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The department made the statement even as a lawmaker said the pre-departure orientation seminars for departing Filipino workers should be intensified in light of Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III’s confirmation that the 17 were arrested for holding a forbidden Halloween party in Riyadh.

Rep. Ron Salo said Filipino workers should be aware of what were allowed and not allowed in the countries where they would be deployed for employment.

“The incident highlights the need to make the pre-departure orientation sem-

inars more intensive and should include all the do’s and don’ts in the country of destination,” Salo said.

“The tool kit to be given our workers must include a list of these do’s and don’ts, and they should commit these in their minds and hearts.”

Citing information from the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh, Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Elmer Cato said the Filipinos were being held at the Al Nisa Jail in the capital.

Ambassador to Saudi Arabia Adnan Alonto said embassy officials

had been requesting access to the Filipinos since their arrest was reported on Friday.

The 17 were among a number of people taken into custody by Saudi intelligence operatives who raided a compound in Riyadh after neighbors complained of a loud noise coming from the Halloween party.

Alonto said it was not immediately clear what charges had been filed against the Filipinos, but initial information showed that the party’s organizers had been charged with holding the event without a permit and disturbing the neighborhood.

Saudi laws prohibit unattached males and females from being seen together in public. PNA with Maricel V. Cruz

State firms’ workers use up P593m worth of perks

By Rio N. Araja SOME P593.586 million went to the additional compensation for workers of 17 government-owned and -controlled corporations in 2017, according to the Commission on Audit.

The agency questioned the National Irrigation Administration’s P250.16 million eaten up by its employees’ viability incentive grant.

The commission said the grant had “no legal basis” due to the absence of approval from the Office of the President.

The agency also challenged the Land Bank of the Philippines’ payment of P196.25 million in collective negotiation agreement incentive, and ordered it to refund the money.

Those on the list were the International Broadcasting Corp.’s P48.002 million, the Government Service Insurance System’s P22.685 million, Social Housing and Finance Corp.’s P22.174 million, National Electrification Administration’s P19.963 million, Philippine Center for Economic Development’s P10.798 million, People’s Television Network Inc.’s P10.486 million, APO Production Unit’s P3.7 million, Philippine National Construction Corp.’s P2.601 million, National Dairy Authority’s P2.527 million, Trade and Investment Development Corp. of the Philippines’ P2.056 million, Natural Resources Development Corp.’s P1.284 million, National Development Company’s P575,000, and Human Settlements Development Corp.’s P324,000.

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MMDA Chairman Danilo Lim said the Unified Vehicular Volume Reduction Program or the number coding scheme will be suspended from Oct. 31 until Nov. 5 for the long holidays.

But Lim said the suspension of the coding scheme will not apply in Las Piñas and Makati, where it will be suspended only on Nov. 1 and 2.

• Court personnel will have more time to observe the All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day holidays after Acting Chief Justice Antonio Carpio ordered half-day work, or up to 12 noon, in all courts nationwide today, Wednesday, including Thursday and Friday, which are special non-working holidays.

• An environmentalist group on Tuesday warned people against buying candles with leaded wicks, which it says were “hazards to public health.”

Interior Officer-In-Charge Eduardo Año said the exodus of people to the provinces and to the cemeteries might entice criminals, so the LGUs and his department’s attached agencies must be vigilant. “[All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day] bring everyone together, even the criminals, which is why it is imperative that LGUs and the DILG’s attached agencies such as the Philippine National Police and the Bureau of Fire Protection are put on heightened alert to secure the peaceful, orderly and safe observance of All Saints’ Day this year,” Año said in a statement. Joel E. Zurbano and Rey E. Requejo

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Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo said the lawmaker was among nominees eyed by Duterte to take over the post vacated by Leoncio Evasco Jr., who is running for Bohol governor in the 2019 midterm elections.

“He [Nograles] is one of those being considered. The announcement will be

RAKED OVER THE COALS. Senator Richard Gordon (foreground) chairman of the

Senate Blue Ribbon commitee grills former Customs agent Jimmy Guban during the continuation of the Senate inquiry into the P6.8-billion shabu shipment that allegedly eluded Customs men. Guban, one of the suspects in the shabu smuggling incident, turned state witness. Lino Santos

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“We see some branches on the roads and so on, but it is the flooding that is destroying houses here,” International Federation of the Red Cross spokeswoman Caroline Haga said from Nueva Vizcaya province.

“People are needing to be rescued.”

Nearly 10,000 people fled their homes ahead of Rosita’s arrival because they live in low-lying areas susceptible to flooding and rivers tend to overflow their banks.

The high winds flattened flimsy homes, tore the roofs off others and downed power poles as well as trees.

Disaster officials said the storm was less powerful than “Ompong,” which struck six weeks ago and left more than 100 dead. Most of the fatalities were due to a deadly landslide in the mining area of Itogon.

A month of heavy monsoon rains had left mountainous areas in the northern Philippines primed for landslides, which were unleashed by the Ompong’s torrential downpours.

Authorities near last month’s deadly landslide evacuated at least 1,000 people from the Itogon area as Rosita approached.

The Cagayan Valley Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council reported that 17 municipalities in Cagayan and 23 towns in Isabela and the entire Quirino and Nueva Vizcaya were severely affected by the typhoon as it made landfall in the hinterlands of Dinapigue at about 4 am Tuesday.

The Camp Aguinaldo-based disaster state agency has not reported any casualties except for two missing persons in Aglipay, Quirino due to drowning and Perez, Quezon province.

At least seven bridges in Sto. Tomas, Baculod, Cansan and Casibaran and Cabisera in Ilagan, Isabela and in Tawi and Busag, Cagayan and Daang-Maharlika in Diado, Nueva Vizcaya remained impassable to all types of vehicles due to swollen rivers. With AFP

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“Now, the lawless violence certainly would refer to what is happening in BoC. There is a state of lawlessness. If you can bring in hundreds of kilos of drugs, then there must be some grave wrong in that area,” he said.

“And there is state of lawlessness there.

It violates the law, it violates the Constitution,” Panelo added.

“When you say lawless violence, it’s not just physical violence. You do violence to the Constitution, you do violence to the law,” he said.

Also, Panelo clarified that active soldiers will not be given appointments or designations in the bureau following the critics’ argument that such a military takeover would violate the Constitution.

“These people will be there first to make their presence felt and hopefully intimidate those corrupt people there,” he said.

Panelo said that soldiers will be “guarding” the activities of BoC personnel.

Though they will not formally assume the duties of BoC personnel, the soldiers will still have to learn the bureau’s processes.

Asked if the military men will formally take over the functions of the BoC agents, Panelo said they do not see the need yet.

“For now, no. But if it comes to a point that it is needed, the Constitution allows it,” he said.

Duterte earlier authorized the military to “assist” the operations in the BoC, hoping the men in uniform can put an end to the bureau’s corruption and smuggling activities.

In his previous speech, he reiterated that the alleged corruption in BoC are covered by the state of lawlessness.

“Remember that I have issued during the first days of my term, this is the declaration of lawlessness. Part of the lawless elements are there inside the Bureau of Customs,” Duterte said in Davao City Sunday.

Duterte’s critics, however, were quick to lambast his directive, arguing that military deployment in BoC is unconstitutional as it would violate a Constitutional provision prohibiting members of the armed forces from assuming civilian positions in the government.

But Panelo argued that the provision should not take precedence over the constitutional provision that states the “prime duty of the government is to serve and protect the people.”

“The President cannot be held hostage by a provision produced as a repercussion of the bygone days and ignore his main constitutional duty of leading the governmade by the President himself,” Panelo told a Palace press briefing Tuesday.

“Let’s just wait for the President to announce [it]. It’s the President’s call,” he added.

Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra earlier floated the idea that Nograles would soon become the Cabinet secretary.

Nograles, who originally planned to seek an elective post in the elections, dropped his Senate bid.

ment in serving and protecting the people,” he said.

Senator Richard Gordon backed the order of President Duterte for the military to take control of the Bureau of Customs, saying the agency is “under seige” by large-scale drug smuggling.

Speaking to reporters after the Blue Ribbon committee hearing of the shabu shipment that was smuggled through the Manila International Container Port, Gordon said it was clear that the smuggling operations are deep.

“And we are under siege, so President Duterte declared as lawless violence the entry of [illegal] drugs [through] Customs that brings violence to the people,” Gordon said.

He asked the President, however, to detail what the soldiers will do.

Exasperated by the massive corruption and large-scale drug trafficking through the BOC, the President directed the Armed Forces of the Philippines to temporarily take over the bureau.

Duterte also placed the entire BOC police led on floating status and required its members to report to the Office of the President and hold office at the Malacañang gymnasium.

During the resumption of the hearing, Guban washed his hands of any involvement in the P11-billion shipment initially reported as P6.8 billion. He backtracked on his previous claim that he was involved in bringing the said shipment through the BOC. In an affidavit he read during the hearing, Guban pointed to former Senior Supt. Eduardo Acierto who alerted him of an incoming shipment that contained shabu. He said they even worked together to apprehend it—a complete turnaround of his previous claim that it was Acierto who asked him to pick a consignee for shipping two magnetic lifters in Cavite.

While his revelations on Tuesday may contradict his previous statements, Guban said that this was only due to his detention in the Senate, fear for the safety of his family and stress brought about the inquiry.

“I now open myself for more questions regarding this inquiry,” Guban added.

In his new testimony, Guban said he tried to stop the shipment of drugs from being processed.

It was unclear how his reversal would affect his status in the witness protection program.

Former Customs chief Isidro Lapeña, who was transferred to the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority after the drug smuggling scandal broke, did not attend the Senate hearing Tuesday.

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dine-in, n. and adj.; dirty ice cream, n.; ensaimada, n.; holdupper (holdup man), n.; palay (unmilled rice), n.; panciteria, n.; querida, n.; rotonda, n.; sorbetes, n.; trapo, n.; turon, n.; and viand, n.

To non-Filipinos, dirty ice cream is another food word that may sound sur-

In the complaints, Garin and others are accused of negligence through “arbitrarily, maliciously, and deliberately failure to inform the Dengvaxia recipients and their parents/families of the dangers and risks related to Dengvaxia and to obtain their informed consent.”

The new complainants, assisted by the Public Attorney’s Office, cited the failure of the DOH under Garin to conduct proper screening of Dengvaxia recipients and to implement active and aggressive monitoring and surveillance over the recipients considering the risks posed by the vaccine to seronegative recipients or those who had no history of dengue.

The complainants said the respondents “displayed grave recklessness, utter bad faith, lack of foresight, lack of skill, want of care, gross neglect and deliberate, arbitrary and even malicious disregard of the safety and lives of thousands of Filipino children.”

PAO chief Persida Rueda-Acosta said Duque was included in the charge sheet on Arugay’s case.

“Secretary Duque is included in the policeman’s case because he did notprovide a master list of policemen injected with the vaccine that’s why they were not properly monitored,” Acosta added.

The Philippine National Police earlier said Arugay died of leptospirosis.

The 10 new cases brought to 27 the total number of cases filed so far before the DOJ by the PAO, which had documented at least 96 Dengvaxia deaths so far.

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“In nearly all cases those responsible have acted with total impunity,” the statement added.

Andrew Anderson, head of Front Line Defenders, a Dublin-based group which seeks to protect activists, said the numbers for 2018 were set to be “higher still.”

“In the countries where the largest number of human rights defenders are being killed—Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, the Philippines, Guatemala, Honduras—we can see that the numbers are already higher than they were last year,” he added.

“The level of threat and risk that these courageous human rights defenders face is quite horrendous.”

The conference is aimed at building ties between activists to develop strategies for fighting repression and discrimination over the next two decades. AFP prising to non-Filipinos, but that only means, plain and simple, ice cream which is sold down the streets by ambulant vendors.

It’s been said multiple times over the years that “Filipino food is the biggest new trend” but the addition of Filipino food into the OED spells good for the future of our cuisine. It at least means representation, and all rep, even for something called dirty ice cream, is welcome.

News House leader hits out at ‘shameless peddling’

By Maricel V. Cruz DEPUTY Speaker and Sulu Rep. Munir M. Arbison on Tuesday dismissed as “a shameless peddling of personal agenda and political propaganda” the challenge mounted by Sulu Gov. Abdusakur Tan II against the Bangsamoro Organic Law. Arbison expressed confidence the petition for certiorari and prohibition filed before the Supreme Court against the BOL would be dismissed for lack of merit.

He defended the BOL that was approved in Congress, saying the measure could withstand the constitutionality test and any other inquiry with regard to its legality, even as he chided Tan’s move as “blatantly misguided, erroneous, and misleading.”

“The local chief executives and the majority of the people comprising the municipalities of Parang, Omar, Luuk, Tapul, Talipao, Indanan, Tongkil, Panglima Estino, Pangutaran, and Jolo, Panamao, along with numerous constituents in other municipalities are in support of the peace efforts of the administration and do not share the sentiments and contention of Governor Tan,” Arbison said.

He pointed out that during the public hearing for the proposed measure, all municipalities were represented and heard.

Arbison said Tan should have filed the petition in his personal capacity and not as governor of Sulu since it was merely his own perspective on the BOL. Arbison likewise said most of the esteemed professionals and various individuals from the religious sector in the province supported the Duterte administration’s peace initiatives.

“Although we respect his right to question the passage of the law, the combined legal minds of the Senate and the House of Representatives have already painstakingly scrutinized the constitutionality of the BOL. If at all, this latest challenge on the new law is to affirm its constitutionality with finality,” Arbison said.

“Such facts are evidence that the governor is merely using his position for the furtherance of his personal interest.

His purpose is purely political and for his family’s vested interest, that is the full control of the province of Sulu,” Arbison added.

In his petition dated Oct. 11, 2018, Tan is asking the Supreme Court to review the legality and constitutionality of the BOL, saying Congress committed grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack or excess of jurisdiction in passing the BOL.

‘US-RP alliance vital to peace, stability in Indo-Pacific’

WITH the ongoing tension between United States and China over the South China Sea, a US Navy senior officer has emphasized the importance of US-Philippines alliance to peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

Admiral John M. Richardson, US Navy Chief of Naval Operations, who visited the Philippines on October 28 and 29, highlighted the continuing importance of the RP-US alliance in the region.

“The work the US Navy does with the Philippines every year is critical to the peace and stability of the region and the development of both our militaries,” Richardson said, in a statement released by the US Embassy in Manila.

“It’s important that we continue to collaborate with our partner and ally. We look forward to further strengthening our longstanding security cooperation,” he added.

While in the Philippines, Adm. Richardson met with Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Gen. Carlito Galvez and Flag Officer in Command of the Philippine Navy Vice Adm. Robert Empedrad.

The US security official also traveled to Palawan, where he received an update on the security situation in the South China Sea from Lt. Gen. Rozzano Briguez, Commander of the AFP’s Western Command.

The US Embassy said Adm. Richardson’s visit focused on US and Philippine maritime domain awareness and naval capabilities, and the importance of the US-Philippine alliance to peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

Richardson has held the post of CNO since September 2015.

As the Navy’s senior military officer, Adm. Richardson is responsible for its command and operating efficiency.

As a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the CNO is the principal naval adviser to the President of the United States, Secretary of Defense, National Security Council, and Homeland Security Council. Rey Requejo

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Padaca prosecution approved

By Rey E. Requejo

HE Supreme Court has paved the way for the Sandiganbayan to proceed with the prosecution of former Isabela Gov. Grace Padaca and two others for graft and malversation of public funds.

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The charges were over their alleged involvement in the anomalous award of a P25-million contract to a private firm for the implementation of the province’s rice program.

In a 12-page decision, the SC’s Second Division through Associate Justice Andres Reyes Jr. denied the petitions filed by Padaca, municipal councilor Servando Soriano and Dionisio Pine, manager of the Economic Development for Western Isabela and Northern Luzon Foundation, Inc., seeking to reverse the resolutions of the Office of the Ombudsman in January 2011 and September 2012.

The resolutions found probable cause to indict them

for committing the crime and denying their motion to recall the arrest warrants issued against them, respectively.

“With the foregoing, the Court concurs with the Sandiganbayan that no grave abuse of discretion amounting to lack or excess in jurisdiction can be attributed to the Ombdusman, as the latter’s finding of probable cause rest on substantial basis,” the high court ruled.

The SC stressed there was no grave abuse of discretion on the part of the Sandiganbayan in denying Soriano and Pine’s motion to recall the arrest warrants issued against them.

“The Sandiganbayan aptly limited its determination of probable cause to resolve whether arrest warrants should be issued against petitioners. There is no allegation, much less proof, how this judicial determination was exercised in a capricious, whimsical or arbitrary manner,” the tribunal said.

The Court said: “In sum, there is no cogent reason to disturb the Ombudsman’s finding of probable cause and the Sandiganbayan’s denial of Soriano and Pine’s omnibus motion.

“The Court cannot and will not nullify the Ombudsman’s factual findings on the sole ground that the complainant dies not agree with such findings.”

Investigation by the Ombudsman showed that Padaca engaged the services of EDWINLFI to manage Isabela’s provincial rice program without due regard to the rules on government procurement.

The anti-graft body also noted the fact that EDWINLFI’s officers included Soriano and Provincial Government’s Legal Officer Johnas Lamonera raised a suspicion as to the regularity of the transaction.

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Corruption at Customs

Adelle Chua, Editor

EDITORIAL

months learning the ropes.

Other commissioners perform dismally. The release of imports gets stalled, for instance, and to a businessman time is money. Hence, businessmen bribe Customs to facilitate the THE military takeover of the Bureau of release of imports.

Customs definitely raises a lot of quesI only know too well that it takes two tions that demand immediate answers. to tango at Customs. Smugglers would First, is it even constitutional? Second, not have the nerve to do what they do if will it be effective in eradicating smug- they are not in connivance with insidgling and corruption? ers.

I have gone over the 1987 ConstituIncompetence and negligence are the tion many times. All I can see Section culprits. This is exactly what happened 18, Article VII where the President, to the string of commissioners like who is also the Commander in Chief, Nick Faeldon and Sid Lapena. may call upon the Armed Forces when So why did the President transfer it is necessary to prevent or suppress and, even promote, Lapena? My gulay, lawless violence, invasion or rebellion. drug syndicates must now be laughing The President justified his action on so hard! the existing “lawlessness” at Customs As for Customs personnel whose pothat endangers public safety. sitions have been taken over by the milBut does the President mean that itary, isn’t the President aware that they corruption is to be construed as lawless are civil service-eligibles who cannot violence? be replaced without due process? It’s I laughed at the argument of Presi- an insult to have them all packed at the dential Spokesman Malacanang gym.

Salvador Panelo I find it strange who said the Presithat the President dent can do what believes military he likes because he The military won’t be people are saints. is both the PresiHis fondness dent and the Com- able to stop it. for both the milimander in Chief of tary and police is the AFP. evident when he If that were to be visited them soon the case, Mr. Duterte may as well place after getting elected, and when he douthe entire country under martial law. bled their salaries and provided them I can agree with the Palace on the housing. He has not done this to other need to adopt draconian measures to government workers. stop the smuggling of illegal drugs, but Why? I cannot agree on a military takeover.

It’s not a guarantee; even soldiers are *** human beings who can be corrupted.

There are comments on the fact that Isn’t President Duterte aware of the three former senators—Juan Ponce Enrampant corruption at the AFP? Does rile, Jinggoy Estrada and Bong Revilla he not remember that incoming and —charged with plunder in connection outgoing officials get “pasalubong” with the pork barrel scam of Janet Naand “pabaon,” respectively? In fact, poles now want to run for the Senate surveys show that the AFP is perceived again. to be one of the most corrupt agencies Charges against Enrile have been in government. Sure, there are idealists dropped for humanitarian reasons. His there, but they are likely the exception age and health conditions were considrather than the rule. ered. Jinggoy is out on bail and Bong is I covered Customs in the 1950s and still facing charges.

1960s. I know that when new commisThey remain innocent until provsioners get appointed, it’s “happy days en guilty. Hence they can still run are here again” for the entrenched syn- for office. dicates. They run circles around the As for delicadeza, well, every person new chief, who has to spend at least six Turn to A5

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Correcting the mistakes of 2016

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ICE President Leni Robredo last week appealed to voters to correct their “mistakes” during the 2016 elections, as she led the launch of the opposition Senate slate.

But Mrs. Robredo dissembles when she limits the “mistakes” of 2016 to the votes cast for President Rodrigo Duterte, because in doing so, she tells only half the story. The half that neither she nor her Liberal Party companions have ever honestly addressed were the mistakes they committed when they were the party in power.

In the two years out of power, the Liberals have failed to acknowledge that the votes for Mr. Duterte were, in large part, a reaction to their own failures under President Benigno Aquino III. Would Mr. Duterte have won by such a large margin had Mr. Aquino’s Transport secretary— who now faces multiple graft complaints—not created such chaos in his department that, until today, car owners are unable to get their license plates?

Speaking during the presentation of the eight candidates of the Liberal Party coalition, Robredo said voters should look into whether the officials elected in 2016 were able to fulfill their promises.

“Let’s go back. What were the reasons why we voted those we voted for in 2016? And hopefully, this 2019, if we made mistakes in the 2016 elections, now is the time to correct our mistakes,” she said.

“Let us not be carried away by sweet words and so many promises,” she said. “Instead, let’s look at who we will vote for and what their record is.”

The vice president is right, of course.

Elections give people the opportunity to punish those who failed to deliver on their promises, and by association, those who campaign under the same banner.

Would the Liberals have been removed from power had Mr. Aquino’s Agriculture secretary done his job properly, instead of finding ways to misuse government funds?

And would the Liberals have been in the political doghouse had their leader not expended so much time, effort and money to jail his predecessor and persecute his allies, to the exclusion of more important tasks such as rebuilding the country’s deteriorating infrastructure?

Would Filipinos have voted for Mr. Duterte in such large numbers had they been happy with Mr. Aquino’s idea of governance?

Before Mrs. Robredo and her Liberal Party allies speak of correcting the mistakes of 2016, they ought to honestly address the errors they committed when they were in power—when they might have said or done something to make a difference, but kept their silence, or worse, encouraged the excesses that eventually led to their downfall.

Piñol and the merchants of greed visited the country. Filipino farmers cannot wait even three to six months for funds to help them recover from millions of pesos lost from crops destroyed by a series of typhoons. With ALEJANDRO Typhoon “Rosita” expected to hit the DEL ROSARIO country’s rice-producing northern provinces, Piñol pressed for the early “THE price of rice must have already release of farmers’ funds. stabilized since front-page news no “The people must dismiss the prelonger calls for my resignation.” sumption that this calamity fund will These were Agriculture Secretary be subjected to corruption by governEmmanuel “Manny” Piñol’s own ment officials,” said Piñol in response words during an interview with Pinky to Ms. Webb’s apprehension the monWebb’s TV program The Source on ey will only go to the pockets of those ANC. who are in charge of it. If there is Appearing articulate and confident, anomaly in the disbursement of funds Piñol fielded all the questions thrown for the farmers, they will be punished, his way. He said that the importation said Piñol. of the low-cost NFA Piñol said he rice from Vietnam had known Presiand Thailand had dent Duterte for depressed market 20 years and prices. Piñol said he knows the man The secretary calls met with big-time who was a forfor the early release of importers and mermer prosecutor chants and warned farmers’ funds. as someone who them against mawill not brook nipulating prices. any form of corWorking with his ruption.

Department of Agriculture team, Piñol did the arithmetic and found that Senseless massacre importers and merchants were raising Nine people were killed in a synatheir profit level way too high. gogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It Some of the merchants were exhib- was not an act of terrorism but a senseiting immoderate greed by mixing less, unprovoked action by a deeply the NFA rice with the high-end com- tormented man. Most of the victims mercial variety. This is defrauding the were Jewish senior citizens. There is consumers who are already grappling so much hatred in this world and the with inflation and high prices of ba- mass shooter it seems is anti-Semitic. sic commodities. Piñol did not say it Grief and sympathy for the victims himself but the poor expressed anger poured in from all over the world. In Jeand said they won’t mind if President rusalem, the capital of Israel, Tel Aviv Rodrigo Duterte dealt with the greedy and other cities, flags were flown at half rice merchants the same way he does mast. with illegal drug traffickers.

We are not going to print the name of Piñol called for the early release, the perpetrator. Most often, this is what without conditions, of the President’s these crazed killers want—their names calamity funds to help farmers af- and dastardly deeds in headlines. Aside Turn to A5 fected by the series of typhoons that

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PH has 32,354 dollar millionaires VIRTUAL REALITY TONY LOPEZ WOULD you believe that there are only 24 Filipinos with wealth of $500 million or more, the so-called Ultra High Net Worth individuals?

And that the Philippines has 32,354 US dollar millionaires (or high net worth individuals) whose combined wealth is $518 billion, an amount 1.67

62,043,000 (62.043 million) are adults.

On average, each adult Filipino (19 or older) has wealth of $8,335 (debts included), according to Credit Suisse.

Here are the Credit Suisse defines net worth as findings of Credit Suisse the value of financial assets, plus nonfinancial assets—principally housing Institute’s latest study in and land, less debts. global wealth.

To be among the wealthiest half of the world in mid-2018, an adult needs only $4,210 in assets, once debts are times the country’s Gross Domestic subtracted.

Product of $310 billion?

That the Philippines only 32,354 dolThe Philippines is a country of lar billionaires of which 24 are UHNW 24-million families and a populaTurn to A5 tion of 106-million people, of which Rolando G. Estabillo Publisher

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JONATHAN DE LA CRUZ THE news is that the Iglesia ni Cristo/ Church of Christ, in just over a century of existence, now has the third largest following among the country’s religions after the Roman Catholic Church with 80.55 percent and Islam with 5.54 percent. Indeed, with 2.45 percent of all Filipinos claiming adherence to INC’s ways and beliefs, the church founded by the charismatic and learned religious leader Ka Felix Manalo has proven its worth as a firm and steady propagator of the Word of God. Now, under the leadership of Ka Felix’s grandson, Ka Eduardo Manalo, the INC continues to move on, gaining even more adherents here and abroad. Aside from building up in every nook and cranny of the country, it is now present in 150 countries all over the world. Quite apart from living up to its disciplined religious teachings, the church has gained prominence resulting from its record-breaking antipoverty and social services and amelioration programs, a number of which have actually been Guinness World Records holders. Given the strides it has taken thus far, we are certain that the INC will move on under the able and guidance of Ka Eduardo—whose birthday falls on this day, Oct. 31. We wish him good health and continued blessings as he steers the INC to even greater heights. Mabuhay!!!

Social Weather Stations survey taken last September. Asked whether the country is moving in the right direction, fully 75 percent of all survey respondents said “yes.” That should put all doubters, here and abroad, on notice. Despite all the flak and criticism said about the state of our affairs, a solid majority of all our people believe otherwise. It appears our people have become more discerning and are learning their lessons well. Apparently, all the angry denunciations about inflation, soaring prices and unabated smuggling, among other “ills,” exposed by the critics have been factored in.

But instead of being taken aback and paralyzed to inaction as a result, our people are simply following up on the promises of President Duterte for a safer, better and more livable country. And they are hopeful and do believe that he will deliver on his promises. They believe he will do good by our people and will work for their

The religious group is gaining more adherents here and abroad.

and the country’s well being.

Trust and confidence about our state of affairs have definitely affected President Duterte’s standing among our people. His fortune, if we may call it such, has become intertwined with that of the country’s state of affairs seen from the eyes of our people. Thus, fully 74 percent of our people have expressed much trust in *** Speaking of moving on, we are not at President Duterte, a four-percentage point all surprised at the results of the latest up from the June survey.

If we juxtapose that with the intensity, the breadth and the expanse of the criticisms against PRRD over that period, one can almost see the critics banging their heads against the wall. How can this happen? How can we believe the survey when in fact the prices of basic goods—especially rice—have been on the rise, inflation has been eating at the ordinary Pinoy’s purchasing power and crimes against persons and property have been on the rise? How can this be when Duterte’s foul language has been getting worse and his personal health has come under question? How could he have gotten that stratospheric trust rating when he has been issuing all kinds of warnings and all kinds of explanations about things, official or personal? How can his standing among our people stay up high when his party just split up, his people getting dismissed or demoted or otherwise shamed in public? How can this be?

Well, figures don’t lie. That is what the survey said. Maybe our people are satisfied with the declared war on drugs as they are now more free to walk the streets at night. Maybe they are seeing a glimpse of political will as he weeds out the incompetent out of the bureaucracy. Maybe they are happier that we are determined to follow an independent foreign policy, friends to all, enemies to none. Maybe, just maybe, they believed when the President said he will have a better way of handling the rice situation and smuggling , among other recurring concerns of our friends.

So there, ladies and gentlemen. With such stratospheric figures going the country’s and President Duterte’s way, is it any wonder that the criticisms has become louder and the actions against him even more desperate than ever? Abangan.

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above $50 million now number 149,890 worldwide. The United States leads with 47 percent of UHNW adults. China is a distant second with only 11 percent of the total membership.

North America is the world’s richest region with total wealth of $97 trillion; followed by Europe $73.66 trillion; the Asia Pacific (outside China and India) $52.9 trillion; China $46.49 trillion; Latin America $8.06 trillion; and India $5.25 trillion. Africa has $2.29 trillion.

For mid-2018, CS estimates that 42.0million HNW adults have wealth between $1 million and $50 million, of whom the vast majority (37.1 million) fall within the $1million–5 million range.

North America accounts for the greatest number of millionaires, significantly above Europe, which in turn hosts nearly double the number in AsiaPacific countries, excluding China and India. China now accounts for 8 percent of all HNW individuals, while Latin America, India and Africa together account for only 2 percent of the total.

However, a person needs at least $93,170 to belong to the top 10 percent of global wealth holders and $871,320 to be a member of the top one percent.

The bottom half of the global population own less than one percent of total wealth. The richest 10 percent hold 85 percent of the world’s wealth, and the top 1 percent alone accounts for 47 percent of global assets.

CS visualizes the global wealth distribution in the form of a wealth pyramid which places adults in one of four wealth bands: under $10,000; between $10,000 and $100,000; between $100,000 and $1 million; and over $1 million.

The base level of the pyramid contains 3.2-million adults, or 63 percent

of the global population, but accounts for only 1.9 percent of global wealth. In contrast, dollar millionaires comprise 0.8 percent of all adults, but collectively own 45 percent of all assets.

Credit Suisse has provided estimates of the wealth holdings of households around the world for each year since 2000.

While the base of the wealth pyramid is occupied by people from all countries at various stages of their life cycles, HNW and UHNW individuals are heavily concentrated in particular regions and countries, and tend to share more similar lifestyles, participating in the same global markets for luxury goods, even when they reside in different continents.

The wealth portfolios of these individuals are also likely to be more similar, with more of a focus on financial assets and, in particular, equity holdings in public companies traded in international markets.

More specifically, CS was interested in the distribution within and across nations of individual net worth, defined as the marketable value of financial assets plus non-financial assets (principally housing and land) less debts.

The valuations of individual wealth holdings are dominated by financial assets, especially equity holdings in public companies traded in international markets.

For practical reasons, less attention is given to non- financial assets apart from major real estate holdings and trophy assets, such as expensive yachts.

Even less is known—and hence recorded—about personal debts. biznewsasia@gmail.com

Piñol...

This he did even as was still able to do his official duties as Makati City councilor.

Rico J. is best remembered for his Tagalog rendition of the iconic “The Way We Were.” Hearing him sing this iconic love song brought back memories to those who were young then and lived in the time of Rico J. Puno, 65 Rico Puno, a legend in the hall of Like hundreds of thousand of Original Filipino Music other fans, we mourn the passing of Rest in peace Rico J. and fill the singer Rico J. Puno. He succumbed heavens with your love songs. to cardiac arrest at the age of 65. He was rushed to the hospital but did Indonesian air crash not make it. Puno had had two heart Another sad day this week with surgeries before but still managed to the crash of an Indonesian aircraft perform in memory-lane concerts. with 189 on board. The pilot of the

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the pipeline, a subway system for Metro Manila soon to break ground.

No wonder, I thought, that three in four Filipinos are saying, quite forcefully, that the Philippines is in the “right direction” under the leadership of Duterte.

And despite the rise in prices of many basic commodities from rice to oil, the President, well into his third year in office, is getting astoundingly high approval ratings.

They not only sense change. They see change.

“WHAT’S in it for me?” is the foremost question in many politicians’, or public officials’ (an oxymoron in this case) minds when considering a policy or implementation issue to be decided upon.

So has it been in the Philippine praxis for many many decades.

What’s in it for the people is second*** ary.

Our driver and I also discussed loSo it was quite a surprise as I trav- cal politics in Butuan City and the elled by land from Davao in Southeast- two Agusans. ern Mindanao to Butuan in the northContrary to what I wrote in an artieast, to see a road-widening project that cle about dynastic politics some weeks converted a two-lane highway to a six- ago, where I gave an example of the lane highway.

Amantes of Agusan del Norte “wisely” The last time I dividing their potraversed this road litical territory was Jan. 23, 2015, despite seemingly after then-Mayor irreconcilable difRodrigo Duterte ferences, the opThis concern has began his “listenposite is happening tour” in our been, for many years, ing. hometown, Butuan secondary.

Our beautiful City. The day begovernor, Anfore, he spoke to gel Amante is a multi-sectoral running for the group and local second district media at a forum held at our family- against her brother Erlpe who is the owned events place, expounding on his incumbent representative. She has pet advocacy of federalism, which was put up Dale Corvera, her vice goverwell-received by an audience long feel- nor to run for governor in her stead, ing neglected by “imperial” Manila. even if her current term limits are not Governor Angelica Amante, who expiring, just to have a “final” showwas a staunch Liberal at the time, was down with her brother. in attendance. When the inevitable “Matira ang matibay,” as Erap and question was asked of Mayor Duterte, FPJ used to say in their action movies. “are you running for president?” he Congressman Erlpe instead put up his responded by saying “it does not in- son to run for governor against Angel’s terest me, but if the present candi- Corvera. But the wily Erlpe just might dates fail to respond to the needs of surprise sister Angel by “substituting” the people, and Inshallah, I might.” for his son when the surveys show he That “iffy” statement was enough to would not win against his popular and send paroxysms of delight to the Mind- charming sister. anao audience long clamoring for one In Butuan City the incumbent mayor, of their own to lead the nation, and Ron-vic Lagnada, a construction maglikewise end the generations of neglect nate who in 2016 won as mayor (defeatthe southern island has long experi- ing then-incumbent Mayor Ferdinand enced while it was touted as the “land Amante, Angelica’s first cousin) is of promise.” virtually unchallenged for his second Pantaleon “Bebot” Alvarez, at the term. time a former congressman of Davao “Wala’y makasukol kang Ron-vic. del Norte and once transportation sec- Daghang kwarta,” my driver comretary and I, along with the former’s mented. good friend Edwin Jubahib boarded “Unless Charlie Gonzales, a bigger his SUV and motored to Davao at contractor from Davao whose paternal around four that afternoon. roots are Butuanon, enters the fray,” While the Agusan-Davao highway, he said. But then again, that does not part of the Pan-Philippine road net- seem to be the case. The genial Charlie work that connects Luzon through seems disinterested in Agusan politics, Eastern Visayas to Mindanao, was other than helping his friends who have started as early as during the time political ambitions. of President Elpidio Quirino, what we Caraganons and Davaoenos had *** for the longest time since has been But one can see the glaring difa two-lane highway, mostly asphalt- ference between Davao City and ed with stretches of concrete. Often Davao del Norte in the southeast there were patches of muddied road and the two Agusans and Butuan brought about by landslides.

City to its north.

Until Rodrigo Roa Duterte became The moment you step into the boundpresident. Now, from Davao City to ary of the Davaos and into the Agusans, Trento in Agusan del Sur, we have a it is as if you have entered a time capnew concrete six-lane highway. And sule. In the south, there is progress. In in Tagum City, Bebot Alvarez’ home the north, life has hardly changed. base, pylons have been raised to begin From bustling rural and urban the construction of a flyover that would progress to rural listlessness and urconnect this bustling city to Davao and ban decay, where “change” is only forego the perennial traffic brought felt because the national governabout by continuing progress. ment through Mark Villar’s DPWH The sides of the two-lane stretch from is widening the Agusan-Davao Agusan del Sur to Butuan City are like- highway, and a few Gaisano malls wise being bulldozed and graded in prep- and Jollibee’s suddenly sprouting aration for a similar six-lane highway. in the poblaciones of San Francisco My driver said there are similar road- and Bayugan. widening projects in other parts of From progressive and dynamic leadCaraga, with new two-lane highways ership with a vision for the people, to being constructed to link Surigao del feudal dynastic leadership with nothSur to Butuan without passing through ing but “what’s in it for me (or us in the the circumferential road in Surigao del family)” as driving purpose.

Norte.

In the Davaos we traversed, there is Build, build, build! something for the people. In the AguThere are similar projects being sans, then and now, perhaps forever, but started all over the country, along with for crumbs from the table of politics, it newer or expanded airports, railways in remains “what’s in it for us”?

Corruption...

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from the victims, those who also suffer are the wife, children and parents of the killer. Although they are unaware of the killer’s intent, they have to live and suffer the contempt of their neighbors and the relatives of the victims who were only in a place of worship practicing their faith.

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What’s in it for the people?

PH... is one of the findings of the study conducted this year by the Credit Suisse Research Institute entitled “Global Wealth Databook 2018.”

Credit Suisse is one of the world’s leading banks in wealth management, with a strong presence in its home market, Switzerland, the hiding place of much of the world’s wealth, legal and the mostly illegal.

The bank’s study found the Philippines has only 32,354 US dollar millionaires.

Of the 32,354 Filipino millionaires, 27,369 (84.59 percent) have wealth of between $1 million and $5 million; 2,757 (8.5 percent) have wealth of between $5 million and $10 million; 190 (.587 percent) have wealth of $50 million to $100 million; 130 (.4) have wealth of $100 million to $500 million; and 24 individuals (.074 percent) have wealth of $500 million or more.

Credit Suisse’s “Global Wealth Databook 2018” indicates the world has 42 million dollar millionaires. Of that number, 17.349 million individuals are in the United States; 3.479 million in China; 2.8 million in Japan; 183,736 in Singapore; 88,845 in Indonesia; 39,814 in Thailand; and 4,943 in Vietnam.

The 17.34-million American millionaires have combined wealth of $98,154 billion ($98.15 trillion) or 34.5 percent of the world’s wealth of $285.25 trillion; the 3.47-million Chinese millionaires have combined wealth of $46.49 trillion or 16.3 percent of global wealth; and the 2.8-million Japanese millionaires have combined wealth of $23.88 trillion or 8.4 percent of global wealth. India has 343,075 millionaires. Their combined wealth is $5.25 trillion or 1.85 percent of global wealth.

UHNW individuals with net assets

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2018

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Lion Air flight had radioed asking to return to Jakarta airport but lost contact with ground control only 13 minutes upon take off. The Boeing 737 plunged to the sea where body parts and debris were spotted floating at the wreckage site.

Lion Air f light JT 610 is a budget domestic airline from Jakarta bound for Pangkal Pinang. It is a brand-new plane and its two pilots had logged thousands of f lying hours.

The possibility that there are survivors in this crash is remote.

It is considered the second-worst air disaster in the history of world aviation.

has the right to vindicate himself.

The voters will decide.

To those who say Enrile is too old—he will be 95 next year— I can tell them he is still healthy with a remarkable memory. The chamber can still learn a lot from his experience.

the father, when he ran for president in 2016.

Abby is doing an excellent job as mayor. She has cleaned up city hall of ghost employees. She has also increased the income of the city and has made Makati crime-free.

More importantly, she has started a worthy transport project that could *** very well be her legacy.

As a resident of Makati, I appeal The city government under Abby to Mayor Jun-jun Binay to let his has distributed hygiene and dental sister Abby run for reelection. He kits to thousands of students, and can still go for the position after her has continued taking care of senior term. citizens like me.

I consider myself a good friend of the Binays. In fact I voted for Jojo, www.emiljurado.weebly.com

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Troopers kill 2 ASG bandits, injure 2 others in Sulu clash

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By Vito Barcelo

By Francisco Tuyay TWO more Abu Sayyaf bandits were killed and two others were wounded in the course of a massive hunt against some 40 bandits who figured in a bloody firefight with marine soldiers that resulted in the death of seven terrorists and three soldiers in Patikul, Sulu last week.

Lt. Col. Gerry Besana, spokesperson of the Western Mindanao Command, said the two bandits were pinned to death after challenging troopers in a fierce encounter in Barangay Lihbog Kabaw, Panglima Estino, Sulu at about 5:08 Tuesday morning.

Besana said operating elements of the 61st, 62nd and 64th marine companies were on focused military operation against the terrorist group when they chanced upon some 100 bandits, sparking intense clashes.

The killing of the two still unidentified Abus came after the same marine companies encountered around 40 heavily armed terrorists under subleader Alnijar Ekit and Aldi Alun in Barangay Timpook, Patikul.

At least seven bandits and three marine soldiers were killed in the day-long fighting which also killedd dozens of terrorist as the military launched a dragnet in the ridges of Patikul.

Besana said government forces suffered no casualties.

He said the two dead bodies and two wounded bandits were recovered by the troops after the renewed fighting as security forces strengthened its strategic offensive against the terrorist group.

Besana said the two captured bandits were evacuated to the Kuta Heneral Teodulfo Bautista Station Hospital for treatment.

He added that operating troops continue its push towards the potential lairs of the ASG. “I commend the troops of the Joint Task Force Sulu for the unrelenting efforts to eradicate this menace in our society,” said Lt. Gen. Arnel dela Vega, commander of Westcom.

Repeal provision of Clean Air Act—Sotto

By Macon Ramos-Araneta SENATE President Vicente Sotto III wants to repeal a provision in Republic Act 8749, or the Clean Air Act of 1999, which prohibits incineration of municipal, bio-medical and hazardous wastes to allow treatment technologies for waste disposal or for the processing of any material for fuel.

Sotto noted that one of the effective and sustainable waste treatment technologies that are being adopted in many countries is Waste-to-Energy incineration method.

He said it is the process of generating energy in the form of electricity and/or heat from the incineration of waste.

Europe, he said, is known to be the largest market for WTE technologies while Japan dominates 60 percent of Asia-Pacific WTE market for incineration.

“The said method does not only reduce the mountains of waste in landfills but also generate energy as well in doing so,” he said.

While WTE could be an ideal and beneficial system, Sotto said the Philippines could not adopt it because of the prohibition under Section 20 of RA 8749.

Section 20 states that incineration of municipal, bio-medical and hazardous wastes, which process emits poisonous and toxic fumes, is prohibited.

“Thus, Section 20 of the said law is being repealed to allow regulated thermal and other treatment technologies for the disposal of municipal and hazardous wastes, or for the processing of any material for fuel,” Sotto said.

In proposing Senate Bill 2076, or “An Act Regulating the Use of Treatment Technology for Municipal and Hazardous Wastes,” Sotto said thermal and other treatment technologies for the disposal of municipal and hazardous wastes “shall be designed and operated to meet the standards established by this Act and its implementing rules and regulations.”

Under the bill, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources will be the primary agency responsible for the implementation and enforcement of the measure while the local government units will be mandated to promote, encourage and implement a comprehensive solid waste management in their respective jurisdiction.

STORM SHELTER. A family finds shelter against strong winds under a tarpaulin as Typhoon ‘Rosita’ batters Metro Manila and many areas in Northern Luzon. Norman Cruz

INC holds ‘simul’ outreach programs in 147 nations “W

HILE poverty afflicts all nations, we must be ready to extend aid wherever it is needed.”

This, according to Iglesia Ni Cristo General Auditor Glicerio B. Santos Jr., is one of the philosophies of INC's Felix Y. Manalo Foundation, which conducted Lingap sa Mamamayan programs in all six continents during the month of October to mark the 63rd birthday of INC Executive Minister Eduardo V. Manalo.

After conducting various outreach activities in the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East and AustraliaNew Zealand, the homegrown church with members worldwide came home and conducted outreach activities in Tondo and Binondo in the heart of Manila and Culiat in Quezon City.

“We believe that the poor need more than our pity––they need our help. And we are prepared and willing to give it, wherever and whenever necessary,” said Santos on Tuesday, who also revealed that the foundation distributed a total of 100,000 goodie bags for both locations in Manila while simultaneously conducting medical and dental missions.

According to Santos, the last Lingap activity for the month will be held today in Culiat and is focused on bringing assistance to the Muslim community in the area, which will have similar medical and dental assistance programs and an allocation of 5,000 goodie bags.

Santos emphasized that the Church’s approach to its anti-poverty efforts mirrored the INC’s “global outlook.”

“We have members and churches all over the world. Our presence worldwide therefore allows us to reach more people, regardless of their faith. If the need is there, our Church is there,” Santos said.

In the past month, the Foundation conducted various Lingap or “Aid to Humanity” programs in New York and Connecticut in the United States, and Toronto and Winnipeg in Canada.

In Toronto, beneficiaries included the Ralph Chiodo Family Immigant Reception Center, the Neighborhood Organization, Redwood Shelter for Women, Chrisie Ossington Neighborhood Men’s Shelter, Christie Refuge Welcome Center, Homes First Society Youth Shelter, Flemingdon Community Food Bank, Matthew House for Refugee Claimants, Romero House for Refugees, and the Canadian Center for Refugee and Immigrant Health Care.

In Winnipeg, Manitoba, Santos said that the assistance drive focused on the Turtle Mountain Community Center, with the INC extending assistance to immigrants and vulnerable sectors in the area.

Santos said that residents and attendees at the various Canadian locations received cash donations and were handed approximately 4,000 “goodwill bags” containing fleece blankets, socks, hats, mittens, gloves, bath towels, soaps, hand sanitizers, toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo, combs, ponchos, granola bars, canned foods, noodles and ready-to-eat meals. The Foundation likewise donated 1,000 Canadian dollars to each of the centers and shelters.

“We are fortunate that wherever we organize our outreach activities, local leaders and communities have welcomed our initiatives. They recognize, as we do, that poverty is a problem that can be more effectively addressed when different groups and sectors come together to pitch in,” said Santos.

The INC likewise held outreach activities in Kibera and Kawangware in Nairobi, Kenya last June after holding similar activities in Blantyre and Samama Vil. Mangochi in Malawi. Over 33,000 Lingap attendees were provided assistance in the African locations.

MMDA chair praises LGUs ‘Munti’, ‘Manda’

By Joel E. Zurbano THE Metro Manila Development Authority on Tuesday praised the cities of Muntinlupa and Mandaluyong for their relentless efforts to strictly enforce antismoking regulations and protect their people from second-hand smoke that caused lung cancer and other ailments.

The two cities won the Red Orchid Award conferred by the Department of Health on Monday at the Century Park Hotel in Manila. The award is given annually to smoke-free compliant government agencies, local government units, and government hospitals nationwide.

Both Muntinlupa and Mandaluyong received a grant amounting to P100,000.00 .

MMDA chairman Danilo Lim said he admires the local government of Muntinlupa and Mandaluyong for their unrelenting strategy against smokers in public places and conveyances, and protect non-smokers, particularly pregnant women and children.

Lim said he is hopeful that 100 percent smoke-free environment could also be achieved in the whole Metro Manila as a way to safeguard public health.

The nominees were judged based on the World Health Organization's “MPOWER” initiative.

“MPOWER” stands for the six proven tobacco control policies, namely: M for monitor tobacco use and prevention policies; P for protect people from the effects of smoking; O for offer help to quit tobacco use; W for warn against the dangers of tobacco; E for enforce the bans on tobacco advertising, promotion, and sponsorship; and R to raise taxes on tobacco.

PROTEST UNDER THE RAIN. Teachers under the Alliance of Concerned Teachers brave the rain brought by Typhoon ‘Rosita’ as they trooped to the main office of the Government Service Insurance System on Tuesday to protest the agency’s deadline set on Oct. 31 for the settlement of due and demandable loans. Norman Cruz

IMMIGRATION authorities held an African who tried to leave the Ninoy Aquino International Airport using a fake Canadian visa.

The foreigner, identified as Abdul Wahab Issah of Ghana, attempted to board Philippine Airlines flight to Toronto, Canada when immigration officers noticed that his passport was fake.

BI Port Operations Division Chief Grifton Medina said Issah admitted that he bought the passport for $6,000 USD from a visa fraud syndicate in his country.

“Due to his apprehension, we were able to foil another attempt to use Manila as a jump-off point for smuggling illegal aliens to Canada,” Medina said.

Issah is currently detained at the BI detention facility while undergoing deportation proceedings.

Immigration Commissioner Jaime Morente has instructed immigration officers in all ports nationwide to increase their vigilance in monitoring foreign travelers to ensure that syndicates will be unable to take advantage of the coming holidays to smuggle illegal aliens in and out of the country.

Meanwhile, Medina announced that as part of the bureau’s efforts to combat corruption, the BI recently reshuffled some 200 members of the Travel Control and Enforcement Unit at the NAIA and other international airports throughout the country.

The TCEU is a special team of immigration officers whose task is to conduct secondary inspection of arriving and departing international passengers.

This includes arriving foreigners who have doubtful purpose in entering the country and departing Filipino tourists who may be victimized by human traffickers and illegal recruiters.

Medina said the reshuffle was one of the numerous changes he plans to implement to prevent fraternization, which has been pinpointed as a major source of corruption in government agencies.

LTFRB denies plea questioning fare increase

By Rio N. Araja THE Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board on Tuesday denied the plea filed by the United Filipino Consumers and Commuters to stop jeepney and bus fare increase in the National Capital Region.

Chairman Martin Delgra III, along with board member Ronaldo Corpus, signed the order with the other board member, lawyer Aileen Lizada, issuing a dissenting opinion.

“The motion failed to present new issues for the board to reconsider its earlier findings,” the Oct. 30 decision read.

The fare increase will take effect on Nov. 3.

Last Oct. 23, the UFCC filed a petition with the LTFRB, questioning the fare hike.

The commuters group said the fare increase was “unfortunate for millions of people.”

The agency approved the increase of minimum jeepney fare to P10 from P9, provincial bus fare to P13 from P12, and Metro Manila buses fare to P11 from P10.

House approves bill revising Baguio City charter

By Maricel V. Cruz BAGUIO City may soon enjoy more autonomy as the bill revising its charter hurdled the third and final reading approval at the House of Representatives.

Principally authored by Rep. Mark Go of Baguio City, House Bill 8240 proposes to revise and codify the old Charter of the City of Baguio, which was enacted into law and made effective on Sept. 1, 1909 by virtue of Sections 2540 to 2574 of the Revised Administrative Code of 1917, as amended.

Although Baguio City shall retain its identity as a highly urbanized city and remain part of the Cordillera Admin-

istrative Region, Go seeks to develop genuine and meaningful political, social, and fiscal autonomy for the city government to continue to sustain and improve its development as a self-reliant community and a more effective partner in the attainment of national goals.

Go, vice chairman of the House Committee on Basic Education and Culture, provides Baguio City with corporate powers, such as the powers to exercise continuous succession in its corporate name; to sue and be sued; and to acquire and convey real and personal property.

It also provides for general powers such as to 1) levy taxes, fees, and charges; 2) close and open roads,

streets, alleys, parks, or squares; and 3) expropriate or condemn private property for public use, among others.

In his bill, Go, member of the House Committee on North Luzon Quadrangle, proposes to settle the City's boundary dispute with the adjoining municipality of Tuba, in the province of Benguet by defining the territorial boundaries to comprise the City's present territorial jurisdiction.

Moreover, the bill shall effectively implement the land use development plan of the city government and to address the problem in the disposition of alienable and disposable public lands which are part of the City's Townsite Reservation.

Sports Black Arrow, Sunrise firm up 5i50 races TRIATHLETES gearing up for bigger endurance races or those who simply want to adopt a healthy lifestyle and get into multi-sport training now have one venue to test their skills – at least in the next three years through the Black Arrow Express 5150.

It kicks off this Sunday, November 4 in Subic and features some of the world’s elite triathletes clashing in the pro division (men’s and women’s) while a slew of competitors will slug it out for top honors in the Asian elite and various age categories.

The event, set over the Olympic distance of 1.5k swim, 40K bike, 10K run, will be held in Subic. For details, visit bl ackarrowexpress@5150philippines.com.

The organizing Sunrise Events, Inc. and the AAI Group of Companies, through AAI Worldwide Logistics and Black Arrow Express, have recently inked an agreement making Black Arrow Express, the “last-mile” and consumer company of the AAI Group, the title sponsor of the 5150 series for the next three years.

As the official licensee of the Ironman triathlon in the country, SEI has gained the rights to stage the 5150 series from the World Triathlon Corp.

Triathletes from 21 countries are competing in the event, backed by venue hosts Subic Bay and ACEA Subic Bay and major sponsors David’s Salon, Pioneer Insurance and Wicked Active Gear. They include seven bets from Australia, six from Great Britain, five from the US and four from Japan along with those from France, Hong Kong, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Guam, Guatemala, India, Italy, New Zealand, Malaysia, Norway, Russia, Portugal and Vietnam.

Aussie Sam Betten, a three-time 5150 champion in Subic, looms as the man to beat in the men’s Elite category that also drew the likes of Czech Jakub Langhammer, ninth placer in this year’s Ironman 70.3 Asia-Pacific, brand new pro Tim Linn of the US, recent winner of the Hongseong Double Olympic Race, and Dan Brown and Mitch Robins, both from Down Under.

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Summit Point Challenge begins

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REMIUM will be on shotmaking as the Philippine Golf Tour Asia’s long hitters gear up for four days of power duel in the $100,000 Summit Point World 18 Challenge which gets going today, Wednesday in Lipa, Batangas.

It could also be a test of mental toughness as the men of the tour battle in wet and windy conditions spawned by Typhoon Rosita, making the Robert Trent Jones Jr.-designed layout, which features some of the best holes one can find anywhere in the world, softer and longer Mondilla than its 7017 yardage.

It could also boil down to putting in the final day with the course’s last line of defense tipped to challenge even the steadiest players in the stellar cast.

Clyde Mondilla strung up a 17-under 271 card at Summit Point Club to dominate the closing event of last year’s PGT

that also served as his coronation as Order of Merit champion. But given the current playing conditions, the same kind of scoring is unlikely to be matched despite the field all coming into the event in top form following a series of tournaments—in the just concluded PGT and the ongoing PGT Asia.

James Ryan Lam, for one, is brimming with confidence coming into the event, having snapped a neardecade long search for a breakthrough with a victory in last week’s PGTA CAT Open, where he outclassed the elite field at the tight, hazard-laden Luisita layout with superb short game and exceptional putting.

But at Summit Point, emphasis will be on power although its sloping fairways, big bunkers and deceptive greens are expected to challenge the best players in the fold.

They include American Josh Salah, who rallied to finish second to Lam last week, along with the rest of the top 10 finishers, led by Jobim Carlos, Ira Alido, Jhonnel Ababa, Elmer Salvador, Seung Jae Maeng of the US, Charles Hong, Justin Quiban and Tarik Can, also of the US. Young Koreans Micah Shin and Kim Joo Hyung are also in the elite roster, ready to slug it out with the best and the brightest in pursuit of the top $17,500 purse in the seventh leg of the second season of the region’s newest circuit put up by ICTSI and organized by Pilipinas Golf Tournaments, Inc. Other foreign aces expected to step up are Americans Nicolas Paez, a recent PGT winner, Lexus Keoninh, and John Michael O’Toole, Thais Pasavee Lertvilai, V. Rattanaphiboonkij and Sutijet Kooratanapisan, Lee Sang of Canada, Issei Mori of Japan, Aussie Jack Sullivan and Peter Stojanovski of Macedonia.

Cavaliers zero in on UNTV Cup elims sweep TWO-TIME champion Armed Forces of the Philippines inched closer to sweeping the Group A elims with a 93-87 win over GSIS, even as Judiciary finally nailed its first win in the 7th UNTV Cup held over the weekend at the Pasig City Sports Center.

Vicente Evidor topscored for the AFP Cavaliers this time with 24 points aside from posting five rebounds, two assists and a steal as AFP stretched its winning run to five games.

Former Letran star Boyet Bautista added 16 points, four rebounds and three assists for the Cavaliers, who took a commanding 83-62 advantage going into the payoff period.

The Furies rallied in the last four minutes, but they ran out of time and suffered their fourth defeat in the tournament for public servants and organized by UNTV president and CEO Dr. Daniel Razon.

Games Sunday

(Pasig City Sports Center) 2 p.m. – PhilHealth vs Judiciary 3:30p.m. – DOJ vs PNP 5p.m. – NHA vs Malacañang-PSC

In other matches, the PITC Global Traders notched their second straight win by downing the Department of Justice Boosters, 74-60, through another inspired performance from Rod Vasallo, while the Judiciary Magis overpowered the Ombudsman Graft Busters, 104-65.

Vasallo produced another solid all-around performance with 22 points, four steals and three rebounds for the Global Traders in the event offering P4 million to the chosen charity of the champion team.

Six players from the Magis finished in double figures with Regilito Malinao scoring 15 points and former PBA player Chester Tolomia chipping in 14 points.

Judiciary Magis’ Edu Mustre produced 11 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists in the team’s 104-65 drubbing of the Ombudsman Graft Busters in the UNTV Cup held over the weekend.

Plaridel Golf Cup on Nov. 9 at Villamor MEDIA golfers will be trooping to the Villamor Golf Club on Nov. 9 for the 4th Golf Cup of the Association of Philippine Journalists—Samahang Plaridel.

The annual golf tournament organized by the country’s exclusive association of veteran journalists and communicators has attracted a growing number of media golfers vying for bragging rights and exciting prizes courtesy of generous sponsors, including Oriental Group, Philippine Amusement & Gaming Corp., Liwayway Marketing, SM Retail, Ayala Land, GMA Network, Steel Asia, Asia Brewery, Manila Water, Agila ng Bayan.

Media partners include Manila Times, Manila Standard and Market Monitor.

Top raffle prize is a free round-trip ticket from Philippine Airlines.

This year’s tournament will be held at the 18-hole, 72-par Villamor golf course that has a largely flat layout and narrow fairway dotted with decades-old trees. Villamor Golf Club is regarded as Metro Manila’s most accessible golf course.

Registration starts at 6 a.m., while tee off is at 7 a.m. Play is sequential.

The Samahang Plaridel Golf Cup is a fund-raising project for the association’s various socio-civic projects aimed at raising the professional standards of Filipino media.

For the details, call up the Samahang Plaridel Secretariat thru Nelly Lumbaca at tel. nos. 0920-928-6498/ 7856020 or email us at apjsamahangplaridel@gmail.com.

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Riera U. Mallari, Editor Reuel Vidal, Assistant Editor sports@thestandard.com.ph sports_mstandard@yahoo.com

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Mam Candy fastest in Sampaguita Stakes Race

Mam Candy wins Sampaguita Stakes race, pulling off a three-length triumph that netted a whopping P1.2 million for owner Christian Daniel Velasco.

Smart volleybelles back in style SMART flirted with disaster before escaping Sta. Lucia, 25-20, 25-19, 25-23, to kick off its campaign in the Philippine Superliga All-Filipino Conference yesterday at the Filoil Flying V Centre.

After a long hiatus, Gretchel Soltones announced her arrival in style as she provided the spark for the Giga Hitters in this prestigious club tourney bankrolled by Isuzu, Sogo, Senoh, Asics, Mikasa, Mueller, UCPB Gen and Bizooku.

Soltones, the former San Sebastian College star, delivered a game-high 17 points to practically dominate the spike department in the opening salvo of this battle that also has ESPN5, Hyper HD and Aksyon TV as official broadcast partners.

“I’m very happy to be back after one year,” said Soltones, who was part of the national team that saw action in the AVC Asian Women’s Cup early this month.

“We’re very happy to play in a high-level tournament.”

Smart broke loose from a, 19-all, contest in the third set as it scored five straight points to reach match point, 24-19.

Sta. Lucia threatened within one, 23-24, but Soltones launched a powerful attack for the game-winner.

Smart coach Roger Gorayeb, who’s also back in the league after five years, played down their rousing start.

“I’m happy with the win, we’ve prepared for this and I want all of my players to gain confidence as early as today,” he said.

Dubs bury Bulls with avalanche of triples C

HICAGO—Klay Thompson scored a record-breaking 14 threepointers as the Golden State Warriors maintained their blistering start to the season with a 149-124 demolition of the Chicago Bulls on

Thompson broke teammate Stephen Curry’s NBA record for most three-point field goals in a single game of 13 when he nailed his 14th three of the night midway through the third quarter at the United Center.

The 28-year-old Thompson—who has struggled to find his scoring touch in the opening weeks of the season—finished the game with 52 points as the Warriors improved to 6-1 in the Western Conference.

Thompson later revealed Curry had urged him to go for his record as he continued to drain a series of three-pointers.

“Before I went out for the second half, Steph just looked at the box score and said ‘Go get it,’” Thompson told reporters.

“That shows the unselfishness that’s within him. Same with K.D (Kevin Durant), Draymond (Green) and everyone else that was out there on the floor with me, just trying to find me and give me good looks,” he added.

“I forced a few bad shots, but I was so anxious. Anytime there’s an NBA record at stake you kind of get a little nervous.

“I’m just so blessed to be able to play with the guys I do. It was an amazing night that I’ll never forget.”

Thompson had set the tone for a superb display in the first quarter when he exploded for 22 points to help the reigning NBA champions surge into a 44-28 lead.

The Dubs put up another 48 points in the second quarter, and reached the halftime buzzer leading by an incredible 42-point margin at 92-50.

With the game as good as won, it became

simply a question of whether the red-hot Thompson would surpass Curry’s threepointer benchmark.

Thompson tied Curry’s mark with his 13th three of the night with 7:12 remaining in the third quarter and then bagged his 14th with just under five minutes left after coolly draining a shot from the edge of the arc.

Warriors coach Steve Kerr meanwhile said he was unaware that the team were doing their best to engineer Thompson’s record-breaking night.

“I didn’t even realize what was happening record-wise until they called a time out in the third quarter,” Kerr said.

“I heard Klay saying ‘two more, two more’ and I didn’t even know who had the record at that point...At that point the guys were just feeding Klay and felt for him because he’s had a rough start to the season.

But he got it going tonight to say the least.”

Unsurprisingly, Thompson’s 52-point haul led the scoring with Curry adding 23 points and laying on five assists.

Durant had 14 points while Alfonzo McKinnie came off the bench to weigh in with 19 points.

Quinn Cook also had 14 points off the bench.

Perfect Bucks down Raptors Elsewhere on Monday, the eagerly anticipated match-up between the league’s last two unbeaten teams, the Eastern Conferenceleading Toronto and Milwaukee, saw the Bucks run out winners by 124-109. AFP

Klay Thompson

Yulo vies in world gymnastics

By Peter Atencio

Lyceum top Pirate Perez is bound for PBA

By Jeric Lopez

Gretchel Soltones

REIGNING National Collegiate Athletic Association Most Valuable Player CJ Perez is pro bound.

The Lyceum University Pirates’ superstar formally filed his application for the 2018 Philippine Basketball Association Draft last Monday.

His application certainly excited a lot of enthusiasts.

Perez is expected to be a top three pick in the coming rookie selection this December.

Given his astonishing scoring and athletic prowess, Perez is considered as one of the top, if not the top, prospect in the coming draft.

After short-lived stints with San Sebastian and Ateneo, Perez transferred to Lyceum under coach Topex Robinson to spread his wings.

He totally changed the Pirates’ fortunes

as they are now a force in the NCAA. Perez norms 18.7 points, 8.4 rebounds and 4.0 assists in his campaign in the NCAA this season.

At the moment, Perez is trying to finish his collegiate career on a high note as he hopes to lead Lyceum to its first championship in NCAA. The Pirates are expected to face defending champion San Beda University in the NCAA Season 94 Finals.

Chicano crowned Tri-Factor International champ JOHN Leerams Chicano of Go For Gold Philippines never goes tired of conducting triathlon clinics in rural areas in search of future triathlon talents.

The national team mainstay has once again inspired those young triathletes under his tutelage after recently winning the prestigious Tri-Factor Inter national Triathlon in Quzhou, China.

Chicano, a silver medalist in the 2017 Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur, ruled the men’s standard distance with an impressive clocking of two hours, nine minutes and 17 seconds in a tough field that attracted over 400 participants.

Several top-tier international triathletes joined the 1.5-km swim, 40km bike and 10km run event, including New Zealand world champion Cameron Brown, Japanese Olympian Hiroyuki Nishiuchi and Fang Zhou, China’s No. 1 triathlete.

“To win in an international race with some of the best triathletes in the world is something that our country should really be proud of,’’ said Go For Gold godfather Jeremy Go. “Chicano has become an inspiration to all our young triath-

letes who are motivated to follow his footsteps as we aim to produce the first Filipino Olympian in the sport,’’ added Go. With the support of Go For Gold, Chicano has delved into a grassroots outreach program for the sport along with national team head coach, Melvin Fausto.

Their efforts have produced a youth development squad based in Cebu that regularly grabs the limelight whenever they hit the road in local races nationwide.

Brown, who won the Ironman 12 times in his career, topped the Tri-Factor Endro category in 3:36:40 while Li Jianqiang of China clocked 1:16:16 to secure the crown in the sprint distance.

Chen Cheng was the top female on the TF Endro distance with a time of 4:41:25. Heather De Freitas won the women’s standard distance with a time of 2:35:14 while Li Fang topped the Women’s sprint distance in 1:34:17.

VETERAN jockey Jordan Cordova stuck to his team’s game-plan and was amply rewarded with Mam Candy recording their first victory together at the 2018 Philippine Horse Racing Commission’s Sampaguita StakesRace on Sunday at the San Lazaro Leisure Park in Carmona, Cavite.

The Christian Daniel Velascoowned filly played catch up for more than three quarters before turning the jets on in the last decisive 300 meters, leaving her rivals, including top-billed speedster Brilliance of SC Stockfarm and eventual secondplacer Secret Affair behind for a three-length victory with a time of 1:53.4 in the P2-million stakes race sponsored by Philracom.

Mam Candy earned P1,200,000 for the win, while trainer Jose Mario Jacob pocketed P70,000 for the breeder’s prize.

“Sinunod lang naming ‘yung game-plan nu’ng trainer (Jacob).

Pinakiramdaman muna namin ‘yung takbo, bago kami humataw doon sa huling diretso,” explained Cordova in a post-race interview.

Antonio V. Tan’s Secret Affair, ridden by CS Pare Jr., took second place, which was good for P450,000, while Benhur Abalos’ Heiress of Hope, with jockey FM Raquel on board, netted the third position with a winning purse of P250,000.

Real Flames (owner George Raquidan, jockey RG Fernandez) finished fourth and still pocketed P100,000.

In other results of the Sunday races hosted by the Manila Jockey Club and offering a total of 11 charity races, the winners were Electric Dreams (4th PPP Trophy Race), Hidden Light (Dalampasigang Manila Bay Trophy Race), Lucky Saver (Buhay Isang Awit Foundation Charity Race), Silver Glow (Senate Spouses Foundation Trophy Race) and Watermania (Dalampasigang Manila Bay Charity Race).

The rest of the winners were Ifyourhonorplease (Senate Spouses Foundation Charity Race), Garantisado ( Dalampasigang Manila Bay Charity Race), Chinita ( Senate Spouses Foundation Charity Race), Tango Eco Kieth (Dalampasigang Manila Bay Charity Race), Extravagant Woman ( Senate Spouses Foundation Charity Race) and OASIS (Mowelfun Charity Race).

John Leerams Chicano

CARLOS YULO will compete in the finals of the floor exercises of the 48th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships at the Aspire Academy Dome in Doha, Qatar.

The 18-year-old Yulo made it after finishing the qualifiers in fourth with a 14.766 point tally last week, according to reports reaching the Gymnastics Association of the Philippines and secretary-general Bettina Pou. Pou, in a message said a total of 292 male gymnasts joined.

“Huge congratulations to Carlos Edriel Yulo for this is already historic. We have never in our gymnastics history ever qualified to the Individual All Around Final of any Gymnastics World Championships ever. It is a difficult feat to be able to be proficient, not to mention world class in all six of the men’s events,” said Pou. In the vault competition, Yulo is the first reserve after finishing in ninth place with a 14.499 point score.

The finals will be held Oct. 31 (Wednesday).

He is the youngest qualifier.

Yulo ranked 12th in the all-around event to qualify to the 26-man allaround event.

He then placed fourth in the floor exercise with a 14.766.

In the pommel horse, he was 17th with 12.166 points and 16th (13.700) in the still rings event.

Yulo also tallied a 14.366 in the parallel bars event and was last in the horizontal bars with an 11.566.

With his total of 81.230, Yulo still had enough points to qualify to the finals.

Yulo enters the finals at 12th after Lin Chaopan of China and David Belyavskiy of Russia qualified.

Business

IN BRIEF IMI’s nine-month profit surged 72% to $41.4m INTEGRATED Micro-Electronics Inc. said nine-month net income jumped 72 percent to $41.4 million from $24.1 million year-on-year.

IMI said in a disclosure to the stock exchange this year’s nine-month net income included favorable one-off items and nonoperating profit from recent transactions, such as the sale of a Shenzhen entity and foreign exchange losses.

Excluding these one-offs, net income stood at $28.9 million, 4.7 percent from $27.6 million on year.

“The fast-paced evolution of automotive and industrial segments resulting to unexpected demand for components is creating pressure in constrained markets,” IMI chief executive Arthur Tan said.

“As we face the current challenges, IMI continues to strive in setting the bar to key technological advancements and remain ahead of the curve. We continue to expand our reach in countries which we believe will reap positive benefits and develop a competitive edge in the global market,” he added.

Nine-month revenues grew 27 percent year-on-year to $1.01 billion from $795 million in 2017. Jenniffer B. Austria

Benguet hydro plant obtains govt priority THE Department of Energy issued the certificate of energy project of national significance, under the pre-development stage, to the 500-megawatt Badeo pumped storage project of Coheco Badeo Corp. in Barangay Badeo, Kibungan, Benguet province.

“With this certificate of EPNS under pre-development stage, the 500 MW-Kibungan Badeo pumped storage project shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges provided for under Executive Order No. 30,” the certificate signed by Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi stated.

EO 30, signed by President Rodrigo Duterte in June last year, created the Energy Investment Coordinating Council to streamline the regulatory procedures affecting energy projects of national importance.

The DoE said it could alter or revoke the CEPNS for the pre-development phase in cases of irregularity and violations in the condition for which the certificate was issued. Alena Mae S. Flores

Chavit group buys into broadband firm THE LCS–TierOne Consortium of businessman and politician Luis Chavit Singson has signed an agreement to buy into an operator of next-generation high throughput broadband satellites.

Singson and TierOne Consortium chair Jonathon Bentley-Stevens signed the agreement overseas.

The consortium declined to name the operator due to the highly-sensitive nature of the on-going search for the new major telecommunications player.

LCS –TierOne is now assured it will be able to provide the entire Philippine archipelago access to satellite-based broadband at much lower costs.

The consortium said it now also had an earth station gateway—a facility which takes time to setup—already in place in the country, enabling it to quickly use the broadband satellite services.

“We are committed to giving Filipinos the connectivity they need and demand, whether they are from Ilocos in the North, where I am from; or Davao in the South, where Jonathon has been living for decades now,” Singson said.

Ray S. Eñano, Editor Roderick T. dela Cruz, Assistant Editor business@manilastandard.net extrastory2000@gmail.com WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2018

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SOGO HOME IN ALABANG.

Blims Lifestyle Group opens its newest Sogo Home and Office Center at the Ayala Malls in Southpark, Muntinlupa City.

With the tagline ‘Everyday Low Prices’, Sogo is a furniture retail concept that offers a wide array of items that comes easy on the pocket to clients who are furnishing their first homes.

BLG vice president Sam Gregory Lim (right) leads the ribbon cutting ceremony, with Muntinlupa City administrator Allan Cachuela (second from left), representing mayor Jaime Fresnedi, AyalaLand Malls Inc. operations associate Lorenzo Lyle Abadia (left) and Philippine Chamber of Commerce and IndustryMuntinlupa Chapter president Elvi Sanchez- Quiazon (second from right).

Car sales to rebound 10% next year

By Othel V. Campos

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EHICLE sales will rebound 10 percent next year from a double-digit slump this year, two industry groups said Tuesday.

The Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines Inc. and the Truck Manufacturers Association said combined sales were expected to rise 10 percent in 2019, after a yearlong downtrend in 2018 when total sales were estimated to decline 14 percent year-on-year.

“We are positive next year. We will project better figure next year and that will be 10-percent increase in sales industry-wide,” said Campi president Rommel Gutierrez.

Gutierrez said the projected growth next year would be a result of the industry’s adjustment with higher automotive excise tax. He said that after a year of dealing with the higher tax, “the industry must have adjusted to it.”

He said that aside from the higher tax that affected industry sales in 2018, the advanced purchases in December 2017 also made a dent in sales this year. The industry sold 45,494 vehicles in December 2017, up 33.4 percent from 34,104 units in the same month in 2016, as consumers bought vehicles earlier to avoid

SMC spending P30b to expand food unit

By Jenniffer B. Austria SAN Miguel Food and Beverage Inc. plans to spend P30 billion from 2018 to 2020 for the expansion of its food business.

SMFB chief operating officer for food business Francisco Alejo said in an interview following the investors’ briefing on the company’s share sale the group would expand the capacities across its food division, including animal feeds, four milling, poultry and processed meats.

Conglomerate San Miguel Corp. consolidated its beer, spirits and food businesses under SMFB. Alejo said for the animal feeds business the company would put up five new feed mills, including two that would be operational this year and three that would open in 2019.

“We are expanding the capacity of our feed mill because capacity reached 95 percent and we continue to see opportunity for

growth in animal feeds business,” Alejo said.

The group is constructing poultry facilities that are slated for completion in the next two years in anticipation of rising demand for chicken.

SMFB said it would also expand its flour milling capacity which had reached utilization rate of 100 percent. Under the plan, the new facilities will increase the company’s capacity by 72 percent.

Alejo said the company expanded the capacity of its processed meat business by 50 percent with another 50-percent expansion.

SMFB is constructing a production plant in Sta. Rosa, Laguna that will produce ready-to-eat-meals.

The P2-billion facility that will produce fully-cooked viands and heat-and-serve meals to serve growing consumer demand for convenient, nutritious meals differentiated by home-cooked taste, rich quality and the highest level of food safety.

NTC sees no hitches in third telco selection INFORMATION and Communications Technology Secretary Eliseo Rio Jr. said the bidding for the third player in the country’s telecommunications industry will proceed as scheduled on Nov. 7 without any hitches.

Rio said as soon as all the sealed bids were opened and placed side-by-side on Nov. 7, the government could provisionally name the firm that submitted the highest committed level of service among all bidders.

“We do not see any hitches,” Rio said on the possibility of encountering another delay in the bidding process, which the government put together for a year to consult all stakeholders to come up with reasonable terms of reference. “In fact, on Nov. 7 at 10 in the morning, we will open all the bidding documents and we will know who will be our provisional third telco provider,” Rio said. The DICT said the terms of reference would bind the winning bidder to the quality of service it committed in its pitch to become the third telco operator. He said with more competition in the market, the existing players would also step up their efforts to retain their subscrib-

ers. “We will be monitoring their commitment because it is through their service that the third telco can build their subscriber base. The only way for them to get subscribers is to give better service and lower subscription cost than the existing players,” Rio said. “Of course, market forces will be in play, resulting to better service and lower costs, which the public will benefit overall,” he said. The terms of reference also include a performance bond, which the government could forfeit if the winning bidder failed to maintain their committed level of service to its subscribers, according to Rio. He said the bond is “at least P14 billion.” The bond is among the issues assailed by Now Telecom when it sought a temporary restraining order on Oct. 8 against portions of the terms of reference. The court denied the petition of the firm, saying “there is practically nothing to enjoin that will warrant the grant of obtaining such injunctive relief from this court at this time.” Rio said the terms of reference had been put together that way to ensure that only serious bidders with sufficient capital could participate in the bidding process.

the higher tax rates under the Tax Reform Acceleration and Inclusion law which was implemented at the start of 2018.

The group earlier predicted a flat growth in 2018 at the start of the year, but sales began dipping at a double-digit rate in the succeeding months.

Gutierrez said the onset of the new tax regime was expected to pull sales down to flat growth, but actual figures showed more than 10-percent decline this year.

Data showed that as of September 2018, automotive sales plunged 13.8 percent to 261,057 units from 302,869 units delivered in the same period last year.

This followed an 18.4-percent growth in Campi and

TMA sales to a record 425,673 units in 2017. Another industry group, the Association Vehicle Importers and Distributors, also reported a 14-percent increase in sales last year. Total industry sales were estimated at 476,000 in 2017.

“Despite an overall decline [this year], sales are showing positive signs starting the ‘ber’ months. We hope this will further improve as we close the year,” Gutierrez said.

Automotive sales breached the 1000,000 unit sales mark in 2010, followed by continuous growth until 2017.

“It took us so many years to hit growth. After that, we’ve been posting higher sales every single year,” said Gutierrez.

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TODAY HEAD OFFICE: PBCOM Tower, 6795 Ayala Avenue corner V.A. Rufino Street, 1226 Makati City Customer Care: (02) 777-2266 or 1-800-10-777-2266 (Domestic Toll Free)*Email: customercare@pbcom.com.ph*Website: www.pbcom.com.ph

BALANCE SHEET (Parent Bank and Financial Subsidiaries)

BALANCE SHEET (Head Office and Branches) As of September 30, 2018

AsofJune 30,2018

As of September 30, 2018

ASSETS

ASSETS

Cash and Cash Items Due from Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Due from Other Banks Financial Assets at Fair Value through Profit or Loss Available-for-Sale Financial Assets - Net Held-to-Maturity (HTM) Financial Assets - Net Unquoted Debt Securities Classified as Loans - Net Loans and Receivables - Net Interbank Loans Receivable Loans and Receivables - Others General Loan Loss Provision Other Financial Assets Equity Investment in Subsidiaries, Associates and Joint Ventures - Net Bank Premises, Furniture, Fixture & Equipment - Net Real and Other Properties Acquired - Net Other Assets - Net

P 1,129,024,064.23 14,016,955,385.96 286,718,136.82 5,033,688,541.21 15,721,991,071.39 55,490,166,521.72 372,619,716.21 55,657,939,858.85 540,393,053.32 456,620,808.58 1,031,497,139.07 1,587,243,185.27 639,731,568.23 5,800,795,990.29

P

942,031,187.37 14,942,126,909.40 652,889,585.58 291,840,997.74 3,426,896,404.49 14,015,623,992.54 3,147,597,274.34 51,814,429,329.10 866,775,000.00 51,452,447,382.42 504,793,053.32 536,656,876.83 1,050,534,480.67 1,616,825,685.34 633,059,285.07 5,699,918,556.33

TOTAL ASSETS

P101,194,432,412.77

P

98,770,430,564.80

Cash and Cash Items P 1,162,479,000.54 Due from Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas 14,081,499,187.06 Due from Other Banks 399,158,399.07 Financial Assets at Fair Value through Profit or Loss Available-for-Sale Financial Assets - Net 5,033,688,541.21 Held-to-Maturity (HTM) Financial Assets - Net 15,721,991,071.39 Unquoted Debt Securities Classified as Loans - Net Loans and Receivables - Net 57,442,049,233.69 Interbank Loans Receivable 372,619,716.19 Loans and Receivables - Others 57,627,985,865.02 General Loan Loss Provision 558,556,347.52 Other Financial Assets 526,277,706.28 Equity Investment in Subsidiaries, Associates and Joint Ventures - Net 25,876,451.68 Bank Premises, Furniture, Fixture & Equipment - Net 1,688,361,048.78 Real and Other Properties Acquired - Net 708,261,613.03 Other Assets - Net 6,407,133,301.41

P

TOTAL ASSETS

P 100,680,971,061.96

P103,196,775,554.14

LIABILITIES P

68,255,772,123.17 15,654,640,739.20 3,250,000,000.00 1,499,356,500.00 10,905,284,239.20 544,183,186.42 4,480,979,837.99

P

157,798.39 72,546,148,176.22 11,546,148,176.22 589,415,000.00 10,794,072,674.49 678,713,776.82 1,985,348,220.52

TOTAL LIABILITIES

P 88,935,575,886.78

P

86,593,855,646.44

Financial Liabilities at Fair Value through Profit or Loss Deposit Liabilities Bills Payable: BSP (Rediscounting and Other Advances) Interbank Loans Payable Other Deposit Substitutes Other Financial Liabilities Other Liabilities

P

70,057,949,116.28 15,785,152,162.64 3,250,000,000.00 1,629,867,923.44 10,905,284,239.20 564,573,931.17 4,600,042,949.43

P

157,798.39 74,259,862,426.72 11,518,568,837.49 724,496,163.00 10,794,072,674.49 695,700,402.77 2,099,903,312.28

TOTAL LIABILITIES

P 91,007,718,159.53

P

88,574,192,777.65

STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY P 14,278,374,781.56 1,782,688,251.52 -3,802,206,507.09

P

Capital Stock 14,278,374,781.56 Other Capital Accounts 1,700,406,643.89 Retained Earnings -3,802,206,507.09 Minority Interest in Subsidiaries

P 14,278,125,906.49 1,796,621,659.52 -3,885,758,474.44 68,303.04

P

14,278,125,906.49 1,714,340,051.89 -3,885,758,474.44 70,800.56

P 12,189,057,394.61

P

12,106,778,284.31

P 103,196,775,554.14

P 100,680,971,061.96

TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

P 12,258,856,525.99

P

12,176,574,918.36 TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

P101,194,432,412.77

P

98,770,430,564.80

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

CONTINGENT ACCOUNTS Financial Standby Letters of Credit Commercial Letters of Credit Trade Related Guarantees Commitments Spot Foreign Exchange Contracts Trust Department Accounts Trust and Other Fiduciary Accounts Agency Accounts Others TOTAL CONTINGENT ACCOUNTS

CONTINGENT ACCOUNTS

P 1,041,509,337.30 562,563,062.05 630,760,366.67 38,387,512.90 2,739,941,547.99 4,996,470,201.87 1,088,071,728.31 3,908,398,473.56 94,900,532.25

P

P 10,104,532,561.03

P

968,515,337.30 1,486,763,987.90 1,094,173,014.47 38,316,704.32 1,899,303,264.81 5,183,762,194.02 1,078,852,041.06 4,104,910,152.96 145,104,477.38

Financial Standby Letters of Credit Commercial Letters of Credit Trade Related Guarantees Commitment Spot Foreign Exchange Contracts Trust Department Accounts Trust and Other Fiduciary Accounts Agency Accounts Others

10,815,938,980.20 TOTAL CONTINGENT ACCOUNTS

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Gross total loan portfolio (TLP) Specific allowance for credit losses on the TLP Non-Performing Loans (NPLs) a. Gross NPLs b. Ratio of gross NPLs to gross TLP (%) c. Net NPLs d. Ratio of Net NPLs to gross TLP (%)

57,561,799,182.67 1,531,239,607.63 2,227,830,089.40 3.87% 713,487,676.41

72.58%

1,361,135,278.40

968,515,337.30 1,486,763,987.90 1,094,173,014.47 38,316,704.32 1,899,303,264.81 5,183,762,194.02 1,030,852,041.06 4,152,910,152.96 145,113,147.38

P 10,104,541,156.03

P

10,815,947,650.20

15.12% 12.34% 12.34%

1/ Common Equity Tier 1 is only applicable to all Universal and Commercial Banks and their subsidiary banks.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES) )S.S.

17,276,839.55 City of Makati

0.03% 10,874.41 We, Arlene M. Datu and Patricia May T. Siy, of the above-mentioned bank do solemnly swear that all matters 0.00% set forth in the above balance sheet are true and correct to the best of our knowledge and belief.

0.91%

Common Equity Tier 1 Ratio (%) is only applicable to all Universal and Commercial Banks and their subsidiary banks.

1.06%

11.19% 2.87% 15.10% 12.25% 12.25%

(SGD.) ARLENE M. DATU Controller, SVP

(SGD.) ARLENE M. DATU (SGD.) PATRICIA MAY T. SIY Controller, SVP President & CEO Doc. No. 486 SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this 23rd day of October 2018 at City of Makati, affiants Page No. 99 Book No. XLVII exhibiting their SSS nos. 0356633451 and 0373099955, respectively.

Series of 2018.

(SGD.) ATTY. GERVACIO B. ORTIZ JR. NOTARY PUBLIC City of Makati until December 31, 2018 IBP no. 656155 - Lifetime Member MCLE Compliance No. V-0006934 Appointment no. M-104 -(2017-2018) PTR no. 6607879 Jan. 3, 2018 Makati City Roll no. 40091 101 Urban Ave., Campos Rueda Bldg.

Brgy. Pio del Pilar, Makati City

(SGD.) PATRICIA MAY T. SIY President & CEO

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this 23rd day of October 2018 at City of Makati, affiants exhibiting their SSS nos. 0356633451 and 0373099955, respectively.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES) City of Makati )S.S. We, Arlene M. Datu and Patricia May T. Siy, of the above-mentioned bank do solemnly swear that all matters set forth in the above balance sheet are true and correct to the best of our knowledge and belief.

Doc. No. 487 Page No. 99 Book No. XLVII Series of 2018.

P

54,045,140,734.51 1. List of Financial Allied Subsidiaries (excluding Subsidiary Insurance Companies) 1,725,918,352.51 1. PBCom Rural Bank 2. List of Subsidiary Insurance Companies 2,377,981,312.47 1. PBCom Insurance Services Agency, Inc. 4.40% 668,365,566.84 3. Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) on Consolidated Basis, as prescribed under existing regulations a. Total CAR (%) 14.55% 1.24% b. Tier 1 Ratio (%) 11.85% 93.81% 1/ c. Common Equity Tier 1 Ratio (%) 11.85%

10.95% b. 2% for Medium Enterprises Return on Equity (ROE) (%) 2.93% Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) on Solo Basis, as prescribed under existing regulations a. Total CAR (%) 14.54% 11.78% b. Tier 1 Ratio (%) c. Common Equity Tier 1 Ratio (%) 1/ 11.78% 1/

P 1,041,509,337.30 562,563,062.05 630,760,366.67 38,387,512.90 2,739,941,547.99 4,996,470,201.87 1,088,071,728.31 3,908,398,473.56 94,909,127.25

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

1.24% e. Ratio of total allowance for credit losses to gross NPLs (%) 92.99% f. Ratio of specific allowance for credit losses on the gross TLP to gross NPLs (%) 68.73% Classified Loans & Other Risk Assets, gross of allowance for credit losses 5,119,659,514.62 DOSRI Loans and receivables, gross allowance of credit losses 18,402,962.19 Ratio of DOSRI loans and receivables, gross of allowance for credit losses, to gross TLP (%) 0.03% Gross non-performing DOSRI loans and receivables 10,874.41 Ratio of gross non-performing DOSRI loans and receivables to TLP (%) 0.00% Percent Compliance with Magna Carta (%) a. 8% for Micro and Small Enterprises

972,339,520.81 15,003,245,209.77 851,845,368.60 291,840,997.74 3,426,896,404.49 14,015,623,992.54 3,147,597,274.34 53,621,669,686.16 866,775,000.00 53,277,054,238.60 522,159,552.44 599,117,901.26 26,301,445.58 1,717,514,174.23 702,232,776.82 6,304,746,309.62

LIABILITIES

Financial Liabilities at Fair Value through Profit or Loss Deposit Liabilities Bills Payable: BSP (Rediscounting and Other Advances) Interbank Loans Payable Other Deposit Substitutes Others Other Financial Liabilities Other Liabilities

Capital Stock Other Capital Accounts Retained Earnings

As of June30,2018

(SGD.) ATTY. GERVACIO B. ORTIZ JR. NOTARY PUBLIC City of Makati until December 31, 2018 IBP no. 656155 - Lifetime Member MCLE Compliance No. V-0006934 Appointment no. M-104 -(2017-2018) PTR no. 6607879 Jan. 3, 2018 Makati City Roll no. 40091 101 Urban Ave., Campos Rueda Bldg. Brgy. Pio del Pilar, Makati City

Member: Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation Maximum Deposit Insurance for each Deposit P500,000.00

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2018 extrastory2000@gmail.com

Market tumbles; BDO advances T HE stock market tumbled Monday on profit taking and the lack of positive surprises on third-quarter earnings.

The Philippine Stock Exchange Index slumped 92.97 points, or 1.3 percent, to 7,016.06 on a value turnover of P3.9 billion. Losers beat gainers, 94 to 59, with 62 issues unchanged.

PLDT Inc., the biggest telecommunications firm, declined 3.2 percent, to P1,355, while Bank of the Philippine Islands, the third-largest lender in terms of assets, fell 3 percent to P79.50.

Alliance Global Group Inc. of tycoon Andrew Tan lost 2.4 percent to P11.32, but BDO Unibank Inc., the biggest bank, advanced 4 percent to P123. BDO said

Monday net income climbed 18 percent in the third quarter to P8.4 billion from a year ago, on the solid expansion of core lending and deposit-taking, life insurance and fee-based businesses. Total profit in the first nine months hit P21.5 billion, up 6 percent from the same period last year.

Most Asian markets, meanwhile, rose Tuesday as investors were cheered

by Donald Trump’s belief the US and China could reach a “great” trade deal, which helped ease concerns over a report he is preparing to lump tariffs on all Chinese goods.

Shanghai rebounded from early losses to end up one percent, with traders also welcoming a decision by authorities that will make it easier for firms to undertake share buybacks, giving them more scope to prevent sharp falls.

The yuan continued to struggle and hit a 10-year low, with analysts sug-

gesting it could break the 7 to the dollar mark.

“The yuan’s move is in line with the degree of trade tension,” said Ben Kwong, executive director at KGI Asia.

“If there’s no more hope for any resolution, then the yuan weakness will continue to be a trend.”

Tokyo closed 1.5 percent higher thanks to a weaker yen, while Sydney jumped 1.3 percent and Seoul rallied 0.9 percent. Wellington, Taipei, Jakarta and Bangkok also posted healthy gains.

However, Hong Kong failed to maintain an afternoon rally and was 0.7 percent lower in the afternoon while Singapore shed 0.4 percent.

Investors started the day on a nervous note after Bloomberg News said the White House is lining up fresh levies if talks between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at a G20 meeting next month are unsuccessful.

It cited unnamed sources as saying a list is being drawn up for a December announcement to hit another $267 billion of goods with levies.

With $250 billion already being targeted, the move would mean all China’s shipments to the United States are taxed.

Beijing has said in the past that it will retaliate against any measures, putting the world’s top two economies on course for an all-out trade war.

The story added to skittishness across trading floors, where investors are already fretting over a number of issues including geopolitical tensions, rising US interest rates, slowing growth, Brexit and Italy’s budget standoff with the EU. However, in an interview aired later on Fox News Trump said that he thinks he can “make a great deal with China,” though he tempered this by saying Beijing was not yet ready. With AFP

MANILA STANDARD BUSINESS DAILY STOCKS REVIEW TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2018

VALUE

NET FOREIGN BUYING/(SELLING), PHP

FINANCIALS 59 5,630 79.5 2,823,000 123 1,594,060 1.34 7,000 28.3 100,900 15.3 16,400 11.36 178,600 3.98 37,000 0.465 10,000 64.5 1,607,490 0.91 16,000 40.5 28,900 185.5 230 29.3 30,000 143 837,870 1,895 375 65.9 540

332,140 225,671,656 193,743,367 9,380 2,835,785 251,620 2,033,392 142,110 4,650 104,118,459 14,560 1,172,430 43,220 879,230 119,834,910 686,575 36,089

293,260 -162,157,334.50 96,444,019 568,000 -1,102,932 -77,945,675 0 -1,123,730 -1,855 -19,451,672 677,100 -2,004

31.95 17.74 0.91 1.29 0.21 2.09 13 36.6 16.1 38 61 1.55 6.75 10.94 14.84 8.68 6.94 6.85 15.78 63.65 6.44 10.74 1.62 259.8 55 4.79 24.85 11.14 17.64 354 0.175 6.17 1.7 4.06 8.14 4.4 9 0.96 10.74 48.3 5.7 2.2 10.32 84.5 5.19 0.122 0.89 128.1 1.5 2.45

INDUSTRIAL 32.2 2,119,300 17.9 361,700 0.93 973,000 1.29 4,000 0.221 110,000 2.09 1,935,000 13 17,800 36.6 149,100 16.1 7,500 38 900 61 210 1.55 169,000 7.1 2,100 11 4,262,100 14.84 700 9 1,146,200 6.95 1,076,900 6.87 9,100 15.78 223,600 63.65 132,240 6.44 14,200 10.74 757,500 1.65 137,000 264 823,140 55 50 4.79 38,000 24.85 804,600 11.14 8,300 17.78 6,793,500 354 117,950 0.175 500,000 6.17 1,300 1.7 261,000 4.06 8,000 8.18 216,100 4.46 14,000 9 8,300 0.96 71,000 10.8 13,700 48.35 829,800 5.7 300 2.27 24,000 10.38 54,500 85.5 588,610 5.2 254,500 0.122 10,000 0.94 54,000 130 497,200 1.53 897,000 2.49 27,360,000

68,313,605 6,457,238 897,580 5,160 23,450 4,063,830 231,880 5,520,215 120,782 34,200 12,817 264,680 14,470 46,856,890 10,388 10,286,975 7,506,835 63,249 3,533,786 8,462,389.50 91,576 8,200,176 222,260 216,832,012 2,770 182,190 20,086,205 93,078 120,817,004 42,119,032 87,500 8,221 443,700 32,480 1,773,887 61,910 74,700 68,460 147,950 40,122,800 1,750 53,950 565,466 50,053,241.50 1,324,444 1,220 48,260 64,853,172 1,367,340 69,332,150

-6,212,210.00 -183,418.00 -2,820 201,930 -172,900 750,000 -34,200 2,800 19,781,986 -4,688,729 -2,035,058 448,213.00 -13,532 1,756,732 32,600.00 -61,715,082 18,114,845 -14,540 -56,933,208.00 -5,250,744 0 -431,800 4,060.00 -401,892 -34,890,855 -453,506 -29,285,884.50 2,080 -28,390,230 3,060 -1,996,510

0.465 44.85 11.32 0.78 6.2 25 1.24 1.23 900 6.9 11.9 750 5.83 46.95 0.53 4.28 14.36 0.54 4.78 0.038 2.27 166 880 1.35 263 0.227 0.21

HOLDING FIRMS 0.47 10,670,000 44.85 374,700 11.32 7,440,700 0.78 3,000 6.2 6,000 25.35 17,000 1.24 5,369,000 1.27 1,735,000 900 107,430 6.97 321,300 11.9 2,983,400 755 44,220 5.83 300 47.15 762,500 0.54 7,000 4.28 166,000 14.54 623,500 0.55 781,000 4.8 4,704,000 0.038 100,000 2.28 126,000 168 354,380 884 67,010 1.35 20,000 280 5,190 0.229 370,000 0.21 10,000

5,009,350 16,875,445 84,499,624 2,360 37,200 426,720 6,689,540 2,182,010 97,259,630 2,241,201 36,160,714 33,538,460 1,749 36,000,910 3,740 713,720 9,066,972 427,820 22,573,830 3,800 287,120 59,542,652 59,311,075 27,050 1,437,594 84,720 2,100

-4,900 -7,354,775 -67,447,166 37,200 -40,370 163,800 -8,327,920 625,635 -697,758 -12,450,925 -20,296,655 4,270 2,963,344 -3,899,780 -22,800.00 47,124,307 -6,292,680 -

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

59 80.95 117.1 1.34 28.4 15.4 11.52 3.99 0.465 65.15 0.91 40.7 185 29.3 142 1,830 66.9

59 81.05 123 1.34 28.4 15.4 11.52 3.99 0.465 65.3 0.91 40.7 189 29.35 144.9 1,895 66.9

58 79.1 117.1 1.34 28 15.24 11.34 3.8 0.465 64.5 0.91 40.5 185 29.15 138.9 1,830 65.9

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

33 17.8 0.94 1.29 0.222 2.13 13.48 37 16.14 38 61.05 1.59 7.1 11.04 14.84 8.84 6.99 7.75 16 64.1 6.45 10.8 1.62 267 57 4.8 25 11.44 17.7 359 0.175 6.37 1.7 4.06 8.24 4.4 9 0.97 10.8 48.4 5.9 2.25 10.38 84.5 5.2 0.122 0.94 132.4 1.53 2.62

33 18 0.94 1.29 0.222 2.14 13.48 37.7 16.14 38 61.05 1.59 7.1 11.06 14.84 9 7 7.75 16 64.1 6.45 11.1 1.65 267 57 4.8 25.1 11.44 18 359.8 0.175 6.37 1.7 4.06 8.25 4.55 9 0.97 10.9 48.5 5.9 2.29 10.38 85.5 5.23 0.122 0.94 132.4 1.53 2.66

ABACORE CAPITAL ABOITIZ EQUITY ALLIANCE GLOBAL ANGLO PHIL HLDG ANSCOR ASIABEST GROUP ATN HLDG A ATN HLDG B AYALA CORP COSCO CAPITAL DMCI HLDG GT CAPITAL HOUSE OF INV JG SUMMIT LODESTAR LOPEZ HLDG LT GROUP MABUHAY HLDG METRO PAC INV PACIFICA PRIME ORION SAN MIGUEL CORP SM INVESTMENTS SOLID GROUP TOP FRONTIER WELLEX INDUS ZEUS HLDG

0.47 46.45 11.7 0.79 6.2 25.3 1.24 1.23 912 7 12.56 778 5.83 48.45 0.54 4.35 14.64 0.56 4.85 0.038 2.27 168.6 899.5 1.4 263 0.227 0.21

0.475 46.45 11.7 0.79 6.2 25.5 1.26 1.28 918 7 12.56 778 5.83 48.5 0.54 4.35 14.64 0.56 4.85 0.038 2.28 169.7 899.5 1.4 280 0.23 0.21

8990 HLDG A BROWN ANCHOR LAND ARTHALAND CORP AYALA LAND BELLE CORP CEB LANDMASTERS CEBU HLDG CENTURY PROP CITY AND LAND CROWN EQUITIES DM WENCESLAO DOUBLEDRAGON EMPIRE EAST EVER GOTESCO FILINVEST LAND GLOBAL ESTATE IRC PROP MEGAWORLD MRC ALLIED PHIL ESTATES PHIL REALTY PRIMEX CORP ROBINSONS LAND ROCKWELL SM PRIME HLDG STA LUCIA LAND

7 0.75 11.28 0.61 38.35 2.4 4.38 5.08 0.42 0.91 0.22 7.9 19.34 0.53 0.107 1.42 1.04 2.9 4.41 0.58 0.4 0.425 3.36 20.2 1.96 34.35 1.14

7.09 0.78 11.28 0.64 39 2.43 4.38 5.08 0.42 0.91 0.22 7.92 20 0.53 0.107 1.44 1.04 2.9 4.41 0.6 0.4 0.425 3.39 20.3 1.96 34.35 1.14

6.99 0.75 11.28 0.6 38.3 2.38 4.3 5.08 0.41 0.91 0.21 7.86 19.24 0.52 0.107 1.41 1.03 2.6 4.33 0.58 0.4 0.41 3.31 19.7 1.95 33.7 1.14

VOLUME

OPEN

HIGH

LOW

CLOSE

VOLUME

VALUE

NET FOREIGN BUYING/(SELLING), PHP

STARMALLS SUNTRUST HOME VISTA LAND

6.71 0.7 5.15

6.71 0.7 5.3

6.3 0.7 5.14

6.43 0.7 5.3

411,900 25,000 2,688,400

2,655,038 17,500 14,140,069

191,400 -7,445,249

2GO GROUP ABS CBN ACESITE HOTEL APC GROUP APOLLO GLOBAL ASIAN TERMINALS BERJAYA BLOOMBERRY CEBU AIR CHELSEA DISCOVERY WORLD EASYCALL FAR EASTERN U GLOBE TELECOM GMA NETWORK GOLDEN BRIA HARBOR STAR IMPERIAL INTL CONTAINER IPM HLDG ISLAND INFO ISM COMM JACKSTONES LBC EXPRESS LEISURE AND RES LORENZO SHIPPNG MACROASIA MANILA JOCKEY MELCO RESORTS METRO RETAIL METROALLIANCE A NOW CORP PACIFIC ONLINE PAL HLDG 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

10.76 21.4 1.32 0.435 0.039 13.4 1.66 8.18 66.45 6.23 2.1 10.1 900 2,052 5.15 320 2.85 1.95 91.25 7.65 0.106 3.3 3 14.4 3.4 0.78 17.58 5.3 7.1 2.26 1.34 4.45 10.64 8 105 3.52 1,400 0.76 0.34 41.15 78.6 6.79 2.61 0.73 0.51 5.17 0.59 11.5

10.76 21.5 1.32 0.455 0.041 13.4 1.69 8.21 67.75 6.34 2.1 10.7 900 2,060 5.15 320 2.86 1.95 92 7.65 0.106 3.37 3.29 14.48 3.4 0.78 17.6 5.35 7.13 2.26 1.34 4.58 10.98 8.4 105.6 3.53 1,409 0.77 0.355 41.15 78.6 7.16 2.64 0.74 0.51 5.2 0.59 11.5

10.58 21.4 1.31 0.435 0.039 13.4 1.65 8.09 66.45 6.1 2.1 9.8 900 2,040 5.1 311.4 2.79 1.95 90.15 7.65 0.105 3.21 3 14.4 3.36 0.77 17.3 5.25 7.09 2.21 1.34 4.31 10.64 8 102 3.45 1,355 0.74 0.34 40.5 77.5 6.78 2.6 0.69 0.5 5.16 0.57 11.3

SERVICES 10.72 21.5 1.31 0.455 0.041 13.4 1.68 8.09 66.45 6.2 2.1 9.8 900 2,050 5.1 320 2.79 1.95 91 7.65 0.105 3.25 3.27 14.42 3.36 0.78 17.3 5.35 7.09 2.21 1.34 4.48 10.98 8.4 104 3.5 1,355 0.74 0.35 40.75 78 6.78 2.62 0.7 0.5 5.18 0.58 11.3

19,100 16,800 5,000 1,900,000 1,200,000 3,500 974,000 6,086,100 52,840 2,049,900 1,000 141,400 20 26,610 46,500 2,900 541,000 2,000 1,368,700 10,000 250,000 6,862,000 27,000 1,700 132,000 66,000 1,556,100 13,800 6,110,600 237,000 1,000 1,843,000 3,200 1,900 51,020 183,000 38,725 2,783,000 600,000 353,000 264,060 4,400 3,937,000 19,531,000 8,430,000 4,639,300 284,000 2,188,100

204,786 360,550 6,580 851,700 47,800 46,900 1,629,370 49,786,618 3,554,199 12,767,608 2,100 1,409,120 18,000 54,598,620 237,920 919,344 1,529,390 3,900 124,331,546 76,500 26,280 22,415,090 85,330 24,578 446,330 51,260 26,999,610 72,960 43,366,505 529,160 1,340 8,194,100 34,456 15,240 5,255,766 638,000 52,821,860 2,084,750 208,950 14,397,580 20,598,124 30,456 10,303,060 13,751,640 4,249,830 24,044,046 165,170 24,770,048

51,530 -4,651,759 1,285,128 -96,285 5,000 -6,801,080 12,488 -88,350 -3,077,156 15,750 -321,270 -10,130 -1,755,642.00 -5,300 -29,590,929 302,570 995,370 -17,574 -160,740 -14,379,045 -953,450 -7,966,265 -19,496,864 3,059,900 -8,810,260 -630,840 -14,447,307 -14,841,910

149,500 10,299,370 793,438 1,164,900 4,323 845,930 16,870 7,490 76,210 3,965,640 59,520 6,100 207,950 53,300 3,600 556,620 4,369,570 61,628,078 2,146,300

1,683,440 -32,710 -524,920 233,980 -127,030 757,215

NAME

MS

PROPERTY 7.09 0.76 11.28 0.6 38.3 2.39 4.32 5.08 0.415 0.91 0.219 7.9 19.24 0.52 0.107 1.41 1.04 2.62 4.35 0.59 0.4 0.425 3.38 19.7 1.95 33.75 1.14

188,300 209,000 100 1,555,000 7,908,500 3,150,000 119,000 300 980,000 2,000 200,000 193,700 164,400 97,000 70,000 1,376,000 1,077,000 29,019,000 2,396,000 71,797,000 120,000 230,000 352,000 1,303,700 576,000 6,445,000 5,000

1,325,281 158,570 1,128 948,380 304,529,110 7,528,760 512,960 1,524 404,500 1,820 42,570 1,529,236 3,218,200 50,480 7,490 1,943,800 1,109,830 79,161,420 10,427,830 42,258,340 48,000 96,700 1,179,000 25,915,410 1,123,250 218,222,905 5,700

-133,380 -146,112,655 2,736,950 -522,090 2,120 -321,680 -6,816,800 -2,887,830 -313,010 335,410 -20,142,170 3,900 -119,459,675 -

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

0.0023 1.78 14.96 1.92 7.19 1.81 0.205 0.107 1.21 2.62 1.03 0.61 0.95 0.013 0.012 4 3.64 17.6 27.2

0.0023 1.81 14.96 1.92 7.29 1.82 0.213 0.107 1.21 2.64 1.03 0.61 0.99 0.013 0.012 4.18 3.64 18.14 27.9

0.0023 1.72 13.52 1.89 7.18 1.81 0.205 0.107 1.18 2.57 0.99 0.61 0.95 0.013 0.012 4 3.51 17.4 27.2

MINING & OIL 0.0023 65,000,000 1.75 5,902,000 13.52 56,400 1.89 610,000 7.18 600 1.82 466,000 0.211 80,000 0.107 70,000 1.18 64,000 2.58 1,527,000 1.03 60,000 0.61 10,000 0.97 214,000 0.013 4,100,000 0.012 300,000 4.1 136,000 3.54 1,224,000 17.62 3,480,900 27.8 77,200

AC PREF B1 ALCO PREF B DD PREF FGEN PREF G GLO PREF P GTCAP PREF A GTCAP PREF B HOUSE PREF A PCOR PREF 2A PNX PREF 3B SMC FB PREF 2 SMC PREF 2B SMC PREF 2C SMC PREF 2D SMC PREF 2F SMC PREF 2G SMC PREF 2H SMC PREF 2I

460 100 96 102 470 920 944 98.95 1,000 104.9 1,000 75.9 76.9 74.4 75 74.5 74 74.4

465 100 96 102 470 949 944 98.95 1,000 104.9 1,000 75.9 76.95 74.4 75.1 74.5 74 74.45

460 100 95.5 102 470 920 944 98.95 1,000 104.9 1,000 75 76 74.4 74.05 74 73.8 74.35

PREFERRED 465 270 100 15,600 95.5 730 102 134,340 470 60 949 30 944 10 98.95 90 1,000 305 104.9 10 1,000 80 75.9 21,060 76.05 10,380 74.4 500,000 75 71,180 74.5 45,000 74 13,230 74.45 4,720

125,050 1,560,000 69,830 13,702,680 28,200 27,890 9,440 8,905.50 305,000 1,049 80,000 1,581,035.50 789,703 37,200,000 5,314,965 3,350,500 978,480 351,304

-1,500,581.50 37,250 -

LR WARRANT

2.37

2.37

2.3

WARRANTS 2.34 73,000

168,950

-

ITALPINAS MAKATI FINANCE XURPAS

4.59 3 1.51

4.65 3 1.62

4.53 3 1.46

4.53 3 1.6

488,080 6,000 35,793,600

50,630 -13,188,120

FIRST METRO ETF

106.5

106.6

106

1,145,731

12,735

USD DMPL A2

10

10

10

50,000

-

SME

107,000 2,000 22,855,000

EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS 106 10,790 DDS

TRADING SUMMARY FINANCIAL

SHARES 8,192,258

INDUSTRIAL

54,747,678

HOLDING FIRMS

52,120,643

PROPERTY

132,689,022

SERVICES

74,927,271

MINING & OIL

83,384,799

GRAND TOTAL

429,037,485

10

5,000

VALUE 1,592.80 (up) 8.02 725,274,869.31 FINANCIAL INDUSTRIAL 10,423.56 (down) 157.74 904,822,492.78 HOLDING FIRMS 6,875.10 (down) 130.63 947,256,812.21 PROPERTY 3,434.04 (down) 43.47 SERVICES 1,450.95 (down) 20.36 720,231,914.86 MINING & OIL 9,533.62 (up) 64.82 528,229,448.00 PSEI 7,016.06 (down) 92.97 86,360,316.84 All Shares Index 4,309.80 (down) 43.59 3,949,610,913.35 Gainers: 59; Losers: 94; Unchanged: 62; Total: 215

Meralco says Atimonan coal power plant to push through

By Alena Mae S. Flores MERALCO PowerGen Corp., a unit of electricity retailer Manila Electric Co., may proceed with the construction of a 1,200-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Atimonan, Quezon as a merchant power facility, or without a supply agreement, as a last option to finally to move the project forward.

“It’s been so long and we don’t want Atimonan to fall by the wayside like Redondo,” Meralco PowerGen chairman Manuel Pangilinan said, referring to the stalled power plant of Redondo Peninsula energy Inc. Meralco PowerGen unit Atimonan One Energy Corp., which is putting up the coal project, signed a power supply agreement with Meralco.

Meralco PowerGen, however, has not proceeded with actual construction pending approval of the supply agreement by the Energy Regulatory Commission.

“We have given green light to management to proceed with Atimonan. At first, the limited notice to proceed, but eventually when they start shoveling around, we will give them a notice to proceed,” Pangilinan said.

“Yeah, why not,” he said when asked if the company is contemplating building the plant on a merchant basis.

A mandate letter for up to P107.5 billion from eight banks has been signed for the loan component of the Atimonan project. The entire project is estimated to cost P150 billion.

When asked about the high project cost for Atimonan without a PSA, Pangilinan said, “it’s only money.”

Meralco PowerGen president Rogelio Singson clarified that building the plant as a merchant facility was the “last option.”

“We will have difficulty in financing more than anything else because the banks want PSA,” Singson said.

He said further delays in project construction would raise the interest cost of the financing for the project. At an interest rate of three percent, the company pays P3 billion annually for the Atimonan plant loan.

Meralco president Oscar Reyes reiterated the Atimonan project went through the entire process needed by the ERC for the PSA. Meralco filed the PSA with the ERC in April 2016.

“It went through the entire process, in all good faith we followed and complied fully with ERC,” Reyes said.

He said the project cost was also affected by the peso devaluation.

SM Investments cited in Forbes’ list of top firms SM Investments Corp. of retail tycoon Henry Sy Sr. is among the top ranked in Forbes 2018 Global 2000-Best Regarded Companies—Forbes’ list of companies recognized for being trustworthy and fair.

The ranking was based on the global polling of Forbes, in partnership with Statista, a leading provider of market and consumer data, which surveyed 15,000 people from 60 countries that provided their opinions about the Forbes 2018 Global 2000 companies.

The respondents evaluated companies based on their reputation, including topics on trustworthiness, social conduct, performance of the company’s products and the company as an employer. The Top 250 companies which received the highest total scores were named the Forbes 2018 Global 2000–Best Regarded Companies.

“We are honored to receive this recognition which reflects the values of our founder, Mr. Henry Sy, Sr. This validates our high regard for all our stakeholders and our commitment to good governance, excellence, transparency and stewardship,” said SM Investments president and chief executive officer Frederic DyBuncio.

The list is global with 34 countries represented. Only two Philippine companies—SM Investments and BDO Unibank—garnered spots in the list of well-regarded companies, joining the roster of well-known global brands.

SM and BDO also ranked among the Top 500 companies in the Forbes 2018 Global 2000-World’s Best Employers for 2018 and 2017.

SM Investments is a leading Philippine company that is invested in market leading businesses in retail, banking and property. It also invests in ventures that capture high growth opportunities in the emerging Philippine economy.

SM Investments’ retail operations are the country’s largest and most diversified with its food, non-food and specialty retail stores.

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Nurse to go on trial for killing over 100 patients

ON THE ROAD.

Asian migrants camp on the road in the vicinity of the Maljevac border crossing with neighboring Croatia, near the NorthernBosnian town of Velika Kladusa, on October 24, 2018. In their struggle with a large number of incoming migrants, Bosnian authorities have provided two additional capacities, in the abandoned army barracks in Hadzici and a former appliance factory in Bihac. Regardless of the authority’s efforts, groups of migrants chose to leave Bosnia and attempt an illegal crossing into neighboring Croatia, hoping to travel further into the EU countries. AFP

Troops sent to southern border W ASHINGTON― The Pentagon is deploying 5,200 active-duty troops to beef up security along the USMexico border, officials announced Monday, in a bid to prevent a caravan of Central American migrants from illegally crossing the frontier.

The move represents a massive military buildup along the border, where some 2,000 National Guardsmen are already working to provide assistance to overwhelmed authorities.

Trump in recent weeks has repeatedly

IN BRIEF Fans lose fight for Beatles footage TOKYO―It’s been a hard day’s fight, but a group of Japanese Beatles fans have lost their bid to get police to hand over historic footage of the band’s 1966 Japan visit.

The superfans took their battle for the film―recorded by police as a security measure―all the way to Japan’s supreme court, arguing the images were a “historical document.”

Police had offered to release the footage, reportedly about 35 minutes long, but only after blurring the faces of everyone in the film except the Beatles, citing privacy reasons.

Two lower courts backed the police against a group of citizens from Nagoya who wanted the entire film released uncensored, saying it would be almost impossible to identify people in the footage more than 50 years later.

But the long and winding legal battle ended last week when the supreme court rejected their argument, the group announced.

The Beatles toured Japan only once, playing five concerts, and were trailed across the country by legions of screaming fans.

A lawyer for the group seeking the footage said it would have huge historical significance for Beatles enthusiasts. AFP

Woman charged with murdering husband LANGKAWI-A British woman was Tuesday charged with murdering her husband on the Malaysian holiday island of Langkawi, with her lawyer saying that the suspect felt “overwhelmed”.

Samantha Jones, 51, appeared in court on the island accused of killing John William Jones, who was found with a stab wound to the chest in their house earlier this month.

A court official read out the charge of murder, which is punishable with a mandatory sentence of death by hanging in Malaysia, and Jones indicated that she understood it but did not enter a plea.

She is accused of committing the murder in the early hours of October 18.

Jones’s lawyer Sangeet Kaur Deo said that the suspect felt “very, very overwhelmed”.

“It is her husband at the end of the day. So she’s also grieving for him despite the circumstances of the case,” she told reporters outside the magistrates’ court.

The British couple had lived for the past 11 years on the jungle-clad island in northwest Malaysia, which attracts millions of tourists to its beaches every year.

Police say Jones is suspected of killing her 62-year-old husband after a row.

A bloodstained knife was found on the floor of their bedroom following her arrest.AFP

said more troops are needed to tighten border security, and he has made political capital of the caravan ahead of crucial midterm congressional elections that could see the Democrats regain some degree of power.

According to US Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan, US authorities are tracking a group of about 3,500 people traveling north through the Chiapas-Oaxaca area in southern Mexico.

Additionally, officials were monitoring another group of about 3,000 people that had gathered at a border crossing between Guatemala and Mexico.

Trump said Monday night that his administration plans to build tent cities for the migrants that do reach the border and ask for asylum.

“If they apply for asylum, we’re going to hold them until such time as their trial takes place. We’re going to hold them,

we’re going to build tent cities, we’re gonna build tents all over the place,” Trump said in an interview with Fox News.

“We’re not gonna build structures and spend all of these hundreds of millions of dollars. We’re gonna have tents, they’re gonna be very nice, and they’re going to wait, and if they don’t get asylum they get out,” he said.

Even as US officials unveiled details of the military deployment, migrants were trying to cross the Suchiate River from Guatemala into Mexico on rafts made from truck tires, or by forming human chains to avoid being swept away.

Others swam across after Mexican authorities refused to open a border bridge.

McAleenan described the situation along the US-Mexico frontier as a “border security and humanitarian crisis,” and said border agents over the past

Cameras help conservationists count the big cats BARDIA NATIONAL PARK―Chayan Kumar Chaudhary flicked through the photographs captured on a hidden camera in the jungle, hoping his favorite big cat―dubbed “selfie tiger” for its love of the limelight―had made another appearance.

Thousands of camera traps have helped conservationists track Nepal’s wild tiger population, which has nearly doubled in recent years as the big cats claw their way back from the verge of extinction.

After a nine-year push to protect tigers, an exhaustive census across 2,700 kilometers of Nepal’s lowlands completed earlier this year revealed the population has grown from 121 in 2009 to an estimated 235 adult cats today.

On the front line of the painstaking survey were trained locals like Chaudhary in western Nepal’s Bardia National Park where tiger numbers have grown nearly fivefold.

The 25-year-old helped track and record wild tiger movements through the park by scanning images taken by cameras hidden in the jungle’s undergrowth.

“It was very exciting when we checked the [memory] cards and found photos of tigers,” Chaudhary told AFP. “It felt like we are part of something big.”

Nepal’s southern lowlands, home to five national parks, were mapped into grids, each fitted with a pair of camera traps to record any tiger activity.

More than 3,200 of these special camera traps were installed, some by field workers on elephants to navigate the dense jungle.

“It was not an easy process and risky as well,” said Man Bahadur Khadka, head of Nepal’s department of wildlife and national parks.

These cameras were equipped with sensors that triggered a click whenever any movement or a change in temperature was detected.

Soon the photos started to trickle in: lone tigers walking past, mothers with their playful cubs and the occasional tiger feasting on a fresh kill. And Chaudhary’s favorite: a big cat that seemed to enjoy preening in front of the lens.

The census began in November 2017 and by the following March, more than 4,000 images of tigers had been collected.

“We then began analyzing the photos,” Khadka said. “Just like our fingerprints, tigers have unique stripes. No two tigers are alike.”

Conservationists say that behind Nepal’s success was a strategy to turn tiger-fearing villagers―who could earn thousands of dollars for poaching a big cat―into the animal’s protectors.

A century ago, Nepal’s lush jungles were a playground for the country’s rulers and visiting British dignitaries who came to hunt the Royal Bengal tiger. AFP

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BE IT KNOWN THAT GAMA CONSTRUCTION owned by MARLO B. CALDERERO with address at #26 Uranus St. Extn. Acuna Compound Brgy. Bahay Toro, Quezon City has changed its ownership from single proprietorship to corporation on March 29, 2017 and is now CALDERERO CONSTRUCTION AND TRADING CORPORATION. (MS-OCT. 31, 2018)

three weeks had apprehended about 1,900 people per day illegally crossing.

“Over half of these arrivals have been made up of family units and unaccompanied children who place themselves in the hands of violent human smugglers, paying 7,000 (dollars) per person to make the journey,” McAleenan said.

The massive deployment marks a sharp increase from initial estimates last week, when US officials said about 800 active-duty troops would head south.

It means that within days, the US military will have more than three times as many troops along the southern border as it does fighting the Islamic State group in Syria.

Trump last week expressed frustration that the issue, which had been attracting growing cable news attention, had slipped from front pages as top figures in the Democratic Party were targeted by a series of mail bombs. AFP

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OLDENBURG, Germany―Former nurse Niels Hoegel, accused of killing more than 100 patients in his care, will go on trial Tuesday in the biggest serial killing trial in Germany’s post-war history.

Hoegel, 41, has already spent nearly a decade in prison for other patient deaths, and is accused of intentionally administering medical overdoses to victims so he could bring them back to life at the last moment.

He is to face questioning before dozens of victims’ anguished loved ones who still hope to learn the full scope of his murder spree.

The trial in Oldenburg, northern Germany, is set to last until at least May, with the first hearing to focus on prosecutors presenting their case.

Hoegel, who is already serving a life term, has confessed to dozens of killings.

Investigators say at least 36 patients were killed at a hospital in Oldenburg where he worked, and about 64 more at a clinic in nearby Delmenhorst, between 2000 and 2005.

“I hope he will be found guilty on each count so that the loved ones can finally find some closure,” said Petra Klein, who runs the local chapter of the victims’ aid group Weisser Ring.

Around 126 relatives will be coplaintiffs in the new trial and are expected to fill the specially designated courtroom in Oldenburg, along with about 80 journalists.

More than 130 bodies of patients who died on Hoegel’s watch have been exhumed, in a case investigators have called “unprecedented in Germany to our knowledge”.

Caught in 2005 while injecting an unprescribed medication into a patient in Delmenhorst, Hoegel was sentenced in 2008 to seven years in prison for attempted murder. AFP

Republic of the Philippines C AV I T E S TAT E U N I V E R S I T Y (C v S U ) D o n S eve r i n o d e a l a s C a m p u s I n d a n g , c av i t e (0 4 6) 415 010 /415 - 0 011 415 - 0 012 w w w.c v s u .e d u c . p h INVITATION TO APPLY FOR ELIGIBILITY AND TO BID (INFRASTRUCTURE/CIVIL WORKS) The CAVITE STATE UNIVERSITY, through its Bids and Award Committee (BAC), invites all interested bidders/contractors to apply for eligibility and to bid for the project: COMPLETION OF CvSU SPORTS COMPLEX IN INDANG CAMPUS with the following details: PROJECT TITLE

SIZE RANGE CONTRACT DURATION

ABC

Lot A: Supply, Delivery and Installation of Rubberized Sprint Running Track for CvSU Athletic Field Lot B: Supply, Delivery and Installation of PVC Maple Basketball Flooring @ Gymnasium Lot C: Construction of Bleacher Roofing and Perimeter Fence of CvSU Athletic Field

P 37,612,960.00

Medium A

P 2,069,760.00

Small B

120 CD 30 CD

P 10,317,280.00

Small B

180 CD

Prospective bidders should have completed, within ten (10) years from the date of submission and receipt of bids, a contract similar to the projects. The Eligibility Check/Screening as well as the Preliminary Examination of Bids shall use non-discretionary “pass/fail” criteria. Postqualification of the lowest calculated bid shall be conducted.

All particulars relative to Eligibility Statement and Screening, Bid Security, Performance Security, Pre-Bidding Conference(s), Evaluation of Bids, Post-Qualification and Award of Contract shall be governed by the pertinent provisions of R.A. 9184 and its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR).

The complete schedule of activities is listed, as follows: Activities 1. Issuance of Bid Documents 2. Pre-bid Conference 3. Opening of Bids

Schedule October 31, 2018 to November 22, 2018; 8:00AM – 5:00PM November 8, 2018; 1:00 PM; S.L. Lasap Hall, Administration Building, Cavite State University, Indang, Cavite November 22, 2018; 1:00 PM; S.L. Lasap Hall, Administration Building, Cavite State University, Indang, Cavite

N OTICE

Bid Documents will be available only to prospective bidders upon payment of a non-refundable amount of Twenty Five Thousand Pesos Only (P 25,000.00) per project for Lot A and Lot C, and Five Thousand Pesos Only (P5,000.00) for Lot B to the CAVITE STATE UNIVERSITY Cashier.

Notice is hereby given that FIESTA COMMUNITIES INCORPORATED, with office address at 43-35 Don Bonifacio Ave., Pulung Maragul, Angeles City, is applying for registration with the Board of Investments (BOI) as a New Developer of Economic and Low-cost Housing Project (Fiesta Communities, Inc. - Hermosa Phase 1 and Phase 2) with a capacity of 755 house and lot units on a Non-Pioneer status with project site at Brgy. Balsic, Hermosa, Bataan.

Pre-bid conference shall be open only to all interested bidders. Bids must be delivered to the Office of the BAC Chairman, Administration Bldg., CvSU, Indang, Cavite on or before the abovementioned date and time. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and amount. Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders’ authorized representatives who choose to attend the bidding.

Late bids shall not be accepted.

The CAVITE STATE UNIVERSITY (CvSU) assumes no responsibility whatsoever to compensate or indemnify bidders for any expenses incurred in the preparation of the bid. CvSU also reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids, to annul the bidding process, to reject all bids at any time prior to Contract Award without incurring any liability to the affected bidders, waive any required formality therein, and to award the Contract to the bidder whose bid proposal as evaluated is most advantageous to the University.

Approved by: (sgd) CAMILO A. POLINGA, PhD BAC Chair

(MS-OCT. 31, 2018)

Republic of the Philippines Province of Kalinga City of Tabuk BIDS AND AWARDS COMMITTEE

Any person with valid objections on the abovementioned project may file his/her objection in writing, under oath, the BOI within three (3) days from the date of this publication.

(SDG) MARY ANN E. RAGANIT Officer-in-Charge Infrastructure and Services Industries Service

Date Posted: October 31, 2018 INVITATION TO BID ITB No. CW-2018-031

(MS-OCT. 31, 2018)

N OTICE Notice is hereby given that FIESTA COMMUNITIES INCORPORATED, with office address at 43-35 Don Bonifacio Ave., Pulung Maragul, Angeles City, is applying for registration with the Board of Investments (BOI) as a New Developer of Economic and Low-costHousing Project (Fiesta Communities, Inc. - Mariveles Phase 1A & 1B) with a capacity of 617 house and lot units on a Non Pioneer status with project site at Brgy. Balon Anito, Mariveles, Bataan.

Any person with valid objections on the abovementioned project may file his/her objection in writing, under oath, with the BOI within three (3) days from the date of this publication.

(SDG) MARY ANN E. RAGANIT Officer-in-Charge Infrastructure and Services Industries Service

(MS-OCT. 31, 2018)

N OTICE Notice is hereby given that FIESTA COMMUNITIES INCORPORATED, with office address at 43-35 Don Bonifacio Ave., Pulung Maragul, Angeles City, is applying for registration with the Board of Investments (BOI) as an expanding developer of economic and low-cost housing project (Fiesta Communities - Tarlac Extension) with a capacity of 599 economic and low-cost units on a Non-Pioneer status with project site Brgy. San Rafael, Tarlac City, Tarlac.

Any person with valid objections on the abovementioned project may file his/her objection in writing, under oath, with the B01 within three (3) days from the date of this publication.

The Local Government Unit of Tabuk through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) invites Contractors registered with and classified by the Philippines Contractors Accreditation Board (PCAB) to bid for the hereunder contract/project: Lot 1

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Amount Contract Brief of Bid Duration Description of Documents the Project F l o o d C h i c o 18,000,000.00 25,000.00 185 CD Excavation, C o n t r o l , River, Laya Dredging L a y a West works W e s t Cabaruan, Laya West Section

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Prospective bidders should possess a valid PCAB license applicable to the contract, have completed a similar contract with a value of at least 50% of the ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check/screening as well as the preliminary examination of bids. The BAC will conduct post-qualification to the lowest calculated bid.

Pre-Bid conference will be on November 7, 2018, Wednesday, 9:00AM at the BAC Meeting Room, City Engineering Office, Tabuk City Hall, Dagupan Centro, Tabuk City.

Bid Documents are available during office hours starting October 31 , 2018 at the BAC-Secretariat, City Engineering Office and upon payment of a non-refundable amount for bid documents as shown above to the LGU Cashier, Office of the Treasurer.

All sealed bid proposals should be received by the BAC Chairman/ Secretariat on or before November 21, 2018, Wednesday @ 9:00AM at the BAC Meeting Room, City Engineering Office, Tabuk City Hall, Dagupan Centro, Tabuk City.

The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) reserves the right to reject any and/or all bids or part thereof, or to waive formality therein and/or to aocept the bids as may be considered most advantageous to the Local Government Unit of Tabuk.

Very truly yours,

(SDG) MARY ANN E. RAGANIT Officer-in-Charge Infrastructure and Services Industries Service (MS-OCT. 31, 2018)

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(SGD) LAURENCE C. BAYONGAN BAC Chairman (MS-OCT. 31, 2018)

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Manila, QC suspend work

By Vito Barcelo and Rio N. Araja

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ANILA Mayor Joseph Estrada on Tuesday suspended work at the Manila City Hall for today, oct. 31, to give local government employees ample time to visit, pray for and honor their departed loved ones during the observance of All Saints’ Day on Nov. 1.

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office work will resume on Nov. 5, Estrada said, as he instructed the Manila Police District to secure the city’s four cemeteries, with more than two million visitors expected to troop to them on Nov. 1 and 2.

The four city-owned graveyards are the 54-hectare Manila North Cemetery in Sta. Cruz, the largest in Metro Manila; La Loma Catholic Cemetery; Manila Chinese Cemetery; and Manila South Cemetery, which is located in Makati City but still part of Manila’s territory.

At least 4,000 members of the MPD will be deployed to the cemeteries during the “Undas” celebration from oct. 27 to Nov. 2.

Meanwhile, the Quezon City government ordered a half-day work today, not because of the rains due to Typhoon “Rosita,” but to give city hall workers the leeway to visit their dearly departed.

Mayor Herbert Bautista made it official in a one-page memorandum sent to all department heads, chief of offices, task forces, and city hall units.

Bautista said the order does not cover officers and staff of the City Civil Registry, Disaster Risk Reduction and Management office, City Health Department, Social Services and Development Department, Department of Public order and Safety, and Quezon City Police District.

Those involved in security, safety, health, cleanliness and related activities must report for work, the mayor reasoned.

Estrada said while office work at the city was suspended, the Manila Disaster Risk Reduction Management office, the Manila Health Department, Department of Public order and Safety, and the Manila Traffic and Parking Bureau will continue to report for work and assist the MPD. The mayor reminded the public that bag inspections will be stringent at the cemetery entrances. Alcoholic drinks, gambling paraphernalia, loud speakers, and deadly weapons such as knives, and pets are prohibited. Cooking and sleeping overnight inside the cemeteries are also not allowed.

RESOLUTION NO.__________ WHEREAS,, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), in Sections 35, 37, and 38, Rule 7 of Resolution No. 10217, prescribes that applications for transfer of registration records from Post to the Philippine municipality/city/district of the voters residence, and to the Philippine municipality/city district other than the voter's residence ("Local," for brevity) should be filed not later than September 15,2018;

CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela—In observance of the “vocation month” in the Rotary Club calendar, members here chose to empower the nation’s hope—the youth.

About 200 youth leaders were gathered at the Amity Hotel ballroom here to attend a one-day course on leadership development, covering subjects on handling meetings, communications, and conflict management.

“Instead of giving rewards to outstanding men and women in their chosen vocation like what we were doing in the past years, we decided to give a youth leadership development training this year,” said president Mark Perez of the Rotary Club of Cauayan.

“A member of ours, Mayor Mike Dy of LGU San Manuel, suggested that we organize a leadership skills training for the newly elected Sangguniang Kabataan and the District Youth for Development, a youth organization in the newly constituted Fifth District of Isabela,” added Perez. Abe Almirol

Study, mayor urges Navotas inmates MAYoR John Rey Tiangco has encouraged inmates at Navotas City Jail to continue their education and aspire for greater things in life.

In his speech during the graduation of 14 inmates from the Alternative Learning System, Tiangco said getting their diplomas is the first step towards reaching success.

“Your stay here is only temporary.

You must prepare for the day that you will regain your freedom,” he said.

“Making use of your time here for meaningful purposes, especially for earning your diploma, will help you create a better life for you and your loved ones,” he added. Jun David

WHEREAS, the COMELEC, in Sections 35, 37, and 38, Rule 7 of Resolution No. 10217, designates the Office for Overseas Voting (OFOV), Local Field Registration Centers, and Posts as the offices where an applicant may file the application for transfer of registration records from Post to Local;

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WHEREAS, on 03 October 2018, the COMELEC ordered all Offices of the Election Officer in the Philippines to capture biometrics data and process applications for local registration of applicants who timely filed applications for transfer of registration records from Post to Local until 20 October 2018.

WHEREAS, on 11 October 2018, the Commission En Banc, acting on the Memorandum dated 10 October 2018 of the OFOV, has issued the following guidelines on applications for transfer of registration records from Post to Local, to wit: (1) If the overseas voter has filed the application for transfer of registration record (OVF No. I B) on or before 15 September 2018 and the Election Officer has transmitted the application to the OFOV on or before 15 September 2018, the OFOV is mandated to accept and process the same and treat the application as if filed with the OFOV under Sections 37, 38, Rule 7 of Resolution No. 10217.

The Election Officer is mandated to capture the overseas voter's biometrics data and process his/her application for local registration until 20 October 2018.

(2) If the overseas voter has filed the application for transfer of registration record (OVF No. I B) on or before 15 September 2018 and the Election Officer has transmitted the application to the OFOV beyond 15 September 2018, the OFOV is mandated to accept and process the same and treat the application as if filed with the OFOV under Sections 37, 38, Rule 7 of Resolution No. 10217. The Election Officer is mandated to capture the overseas voter’s biometrics data and process his/her application for local registration until 20 October 20 18.

(3) If the overseas voter has filed the application for transfer of registration record (OVF No. I B) beyond 15 September 2018 and the Election Officer has transmitted the application to OFOV beyond 15 September 2018, the OFOV should not process the same. The Election Officer should not process the overseas voter’s biometrics data and application for local registration.

(4) If the overseas voter has filed the application for transfer of registration record (OVF No.1 B) beyond 15 September 2018 and the Election Officer has not yet transmitted the application to OFOV, the Election Officer need not transmit the appl ication to OFOV. The Election Officer should not process the overseas voter’s biometrics data and application for local registration.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Commission, by virtue of the powers vested in it by the 1987 Philippine Constitution and other relevant election laws, RESOLVED, as it hereby RESOLVES, to promulgate and approve the following procedure for applications for transfer of registration record filed with the Office of the Election Officer (OEO) on or before 15 September 2018: A. APPLICATION FOR TRANSFER OF REGISTRATION RECORDS FROM POST TO THE SAME PIDLIPPINE MUNICIPALITY/CITY /DISTRlCT (1)

Upon the OEO’s receipt of the list of applicants whose letter-requests have been approved from OFOV, the OEO shall immediately notify the concerned applicant of such development.

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The applicant shall proceed to the OEO of his/her residence. (a) If the applicant’s name is included in the Computerized Voters’ List (CVL) of his/her municipality/city/district, the EO concerned shall remove the annotation, if any.

Las Piñas Mayor Mel Aguilar (4th from right) presents the award to Ignacio L. Son Jr. (4th from left) of Cluster 2 Las Piñas City National Senior High School—Doña Josefa Campus in School Head Category. Looking on are (from left) Dr. Ronel H. Balistoy (Public School District supervisor), Mrs. Eugenia V. Guerra (chief, School Governance Operation Division), Dr. Loreta B. Torrecampo, CESO V (Schools Division superintendent-Las Piñas City), and Dr. Violeta M. Gonzales (assistant Schools Division superintendent).

Las Piñas fetes outstanding teachers, DepEd workers LAS Piñas City Mayor Mel Aguilar recently lauded the winners of 2018 Gawad Sikhay of the Division of City Schools-Las Piñas for their exemplary service and commitment to education.

Gawad Sikhay recognizes the outstanding services of school administrators, teachers, and non-teaching staff of Department of

(b) If the applicant is not included in the CVL, but in the ROV of the EO’s municipality/city/district, the EO shall advise the applicant to apply for local registration. The EO shall capture the biometrics data of the applicant and process his/her application for local registratlon until 20 October 2018.

(e ) The OEO shall approve/disapprove applications for local registration on 25 October 2018. (f)

The OEO shall submit to the OFOV, through the Provincial Election Supervisor, the list of applicants whose applications for local registrations have been processed pursuant to this Resolution, in relation to the Commission En Banc ‘s directive last 03 and 11 October 2018.

B. APPLICATION FOR TRANSFER OF REGISTRATION RECORDS FROM POST TO THE PHILIPPINE MUNICIPALITY/CITY/DISTRICT OTHER THAN THEIR VOTER’S RESIDENCE (1) Upon the OEO’s receipt of the list of applicants whose letter-requests have been approved from OFOV, the OEO shall immediately notify the concerned applicant of such development.

(2) The applicant shall proceed to the Office of the Election Officer of his/her new residence. The EO shall advise the applicant to apply for local registration.

The EO shall capture the biometrics data of the applicant and process his/her application for local registration until 20 October 2018.

(3) The OEO shall post notice of hearing with lists of applicants for local registration from 20 to 21 October 2018.

Office Address: Telephone Nos.: Website:

(PambansangPangasiwaan ng Patubig) Regional Office No.III

Tambubong, San Rafael, Bulacan (044) 766-2467, 766-4839, 816-6808 www.region3.nia.gov.ph

Email Address: Telefax No. TIN No.

National Irrigation Administration niar03@yahoo.com (044) 766-2467 000-979-570-000

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(6) The EO shall Flotify the OFOV of the ERB’s action on the application of the overseas voters and request the EO of the overseas voter’s old residences to delete his/her name from the ROV and CVL.

The NATIONAL IRRIGATION ADMINISTRATION – REGION 3, hereby invites all interested Phil-GEPS registered contractors to bid for the project, through the General Appropriations Act of CY 2018, intends to apply the sum of Sixty One Million Three Hundred Forty Eight Thousand Eight Hundred Forty Two Pesos (P 61,348,842.00) being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) for the contract for NIAR3-2018-ZAM-NORTH LAWIS-15. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.

Bidders must secure Site Inspection Certificate from IMO Office as a technical requirement for Eligibility and Technical Document (Envelop A). Non compliance will be a ground for disqualification.

Only those who submitted Document Request List (DRL) from PhilGEPS including updated company profile by the owner or its authorized liaison officer, will be accepted to participate in the bidding.

The NATIONAL IRRIGATION ADMINISTRATION – REGION 3 now invites bids for Construction of Canal System of North Lawis Irrigation Project (Package 2). Completion of the Works is required within Three Hundred Twenty (320) 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. Instruction to Bidders.

Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non-discretionary pass/fail criterion as specified in the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act 9184 (RA 9184), otherwise known as the “Government Procurement Reform Act”.

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Bidding is restricted to Filipino citizens/sole proprietorships, 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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Interested bidders may obtain further information from NATIONAL IRRIGATION ADMINISTRATION – REGION 3 and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M., Monday to Friday.

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The matrix of schedule for the transfer of registration records from Post to Local filed with the OEO on or before 15 September 2018 is shown below:

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A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders on October 30, 2018 to November 26, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, except and holidays and November 27, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. from the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee for the Bidding Documents in the amount of Sixty One Thousand Pesos (P 61,000.00) It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the website of the Procuring Entity, provided that bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding Documents not later that the submission of their bids.

The NATIONAL IRRIGATION ADMINISTRATION – REGION 3 will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on November 14, 2018, 10:00 a.m. at NIA-R3 Office, Conference Room, Brgy. Tambubong, San Rafael, Bulacan, which shall be open to all interested parties.

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The same procedures and schedules shall also apply to OEOs which will hold plebiscite on 21 January 2019 with regard to the Bangsamoro Organic Law. Let the OFOV, the Office of the Deputy Executive Director for Operations, and all Election Officers in the Philippines implement this Resolution.

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Bids must be duly received by the BAC Secretariat at the address below on or before 9:30 a.m. (PST) of November 27, 2018 at NIA-R3 Office, Conference Room, Brgy. Tambubong, San Rafael, Bulacan. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 18.

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The NATIONAL IRRIGATION ADMINISTRATION – REGION 3 reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.

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The NATIONAL IRRIGATION ADMINISTRATION – REGION 3, hereby invites all interested Phil-GEPS registered contractors to bid for the project, through theGeneral Appropriations Act of CY 2018, intends to apply the sum of Forty Million One Hundred Thirty Eight Thousand Five Hundred Eighty Six Pesos and 32/100(P 40,138,586.32)being the Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC)for the contract for NIAR3-2018-ZAM-NORTH LAWIS-16. Bids received in excess of the ABC shall be automatically rejected at bid opening.

Bidders must secure Site Inspection Certificate from IMO Office as a technical requirement for Eligibility and Technical Document (Envelop A). Non-compliance will be a ground for disqualification.

Only those who submitted Document Request List (DRL) from PhilGEPS including updated company profile by the owner or its authorized liaison officer, will be accepted to participate in the bidding.

The NATIONAL IRRIGATION ADMINISTRATION – REGION 3 now invites bids for Construction of Canal System of North Lawis (Palongohon) Irrigation Project –Package 3, Candelaria, Zambales. Completion of the Works is required within Three Hundred (300) 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. Instruction to Bidders.

Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures using non-discretionary pass/fail criterion as specified in the 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, 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 NATIONAL IRRIGATION ADMINISTRATION – REGION 3 and inspect the Bidding Documents at the address given below from 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M., Monday to Friday.

A complete set of Bidding Documents may be purchased by interested Bidders on October 30, 2018 to November 26, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday, except and holidays and November 27, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.from the address below and upon payment of a nonrefundable fee for the Bidding Documents in the amount of Forty Thousand Pesos (P 40,000.00) It may also be downloaded free of charge from the website of the Philippine Government Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) and the website of the Procuring Entity, provided that bidders shall pay the fee for the Bidding Documents not later that the submission of their bids.

The NATIONAL IRRIGATION ADMINISTRATION – REGION 3 will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on November 14, 2018, 10:00 a.m. at NIA-R3 Office, Conference Room, Brgy. Tambubong, San Rafael, Bulacan, which shall be open to all interested parties.

Bids must be duly received by the BAC Secretariat at the address below on or before 9:30 a.m. (PST) of November 27, 2018 at NIA-R3 Office, Conference Room, Brgy. Tambubong, San Rafael, Bulacan. All bids must be accompanied by a bid security in any of the acceptable forms and in the amount stated in ITB Clause 18.

10. All particulars relative to the eligibility screening, bid security, performance security, pre-bid conference/s, evaluation of bids, post qualification and award of contracts shall be governed by the pertinent provisions of RA 9184 and its revised IRR. 11.

The NATIONAL IRRIGATION ADMINISTRATION – REGION 3reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to contract award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.

BAC Secretariat/s; NIA – Region 3,Tambubong, San Rafael, Bulacan Tel No. (044) 766-4839 and 816-8608

BAC Secretariat/s; NIA – Region 3,Tambubong, San Rafael, Bulacan Tel No. (044) 766-4839 and 816-8608

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Email Address: Telefax No. TIN No.

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12. For further information, please refer to:

(SGD) JOSEPHINE B. SALAZAR Regional Manager

Tambubong, San Rafael, Bulacan (044) 766-2467, 766-4839, 816-6808 www.region3.nia.gov.ph

Bid opening shall be on 10:00a.m. (PST) of November 27, 2018 at NIA-R3 Office, Conference Room, Brgy. Tambubong, San Rafael, Bulacan. Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders’ representatives who choose to attend at the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted.

Bid opening shall be on 10:00 a.m. (PST) of November 27 2018 at NIA-R3 Office, Conference Room, Brgy. Tambubong, San Rafael, Bulacan. Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidders’ representatives who choose to attend at the address below. Late bids shall not be accepted.

10. All particulars relative to the eligibility screening, bid security, performance security, pre-bid conference/s, evaluation of bids, post qualification and award of contracts shall be governed by the pertinent provisions of RA 9184 and its revised IRR.

(PambansangPangasiwaan ng Patubig) Regional Office No.III

Invitation to Bid Construction of Canal System of North Lawis (Palongohon) Irrigation Project –Package 3, Candelaria, Zambales ITB No. NIAR3-2018-ZAM-NORTH LAWIS-16

(7) The OEO shall submit to the OFOV, through the Provincial Election Supervisor, the list of applicants whose applications for local registrations have been processed, in relation to the Commission En Banc’s directive last 03 and 11 October 2018.

Deadline for Filing Last Day to Capture Last Day to Post of Letter Request Biometrics Data Notice Of Hearing for Transfer of and Process With List of Registration Record Application for Local Applicants for Local from Post to Local Registration Registration September October October 15, 2018 20, 2018 21, 2018

commitment to their profession.”

The mayor was assisted during the awarding ceremony by Dr. Loreta B. Torrecampo, CESo V (Schools Division Superintendent- Las Piñas City), Dr. Violeta M. Gonzales (Asst. Schools Division Superintendent), and Mrs. Eugenia V. Guerra (Chief, School Governance operation Division).

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(4) Oppositions to applications for local registration shall be filed not later than 23 October 2018.

(5) The OEO shall approve/disapprove applications for local registration on 25 October 2018.

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The awarding capped the celebration of National Teachers’ Month by the Division of City Schools of Las Piñas City.

According to Aguilar, “the practices of the winners of Gawad Sikhay should be emulated because these are models of outstanding

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(c) The OEO shall post notice of hearing with lists of applicants for local registration from 20 to 21 October 2018. (d) Oppositions to applications for local registration shall be filed not later than 23 October 2018.

oRANI, Bataan—About 2,000 residents here benefitted from the medical and dental mission organized by First District Board Member Benjie Serrano in Barangay Balut here on Sunday.

About 1,000 residents availed of the free medical services, 500 benefitted from the dental mission, and 200 got free haircuts. Free medicines as well as reading glasses were also given.

“The outreach program was through our Benser Foundation, which was formed by our family, the Serrano Family, to help other people,” said the board member, who also chairs the foundation. Butch Gunio

(SGD) VIRGILIO J. ILAO BAC – Chairperson

(SGD) VIRGILIO J. ILAO BAC –Chairperson Noted by: (MS-OCT. 31, 2018)

(SGD) JOSEPHINE B. SALAZAR Regional Manager

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HILE nail polish can instantly make one look stylish, the amount of time spent waiting for it to fully dry can be quite tedious. There’s a constant worry of smudging those newly painted nails whenever one uses their hands.

Homegrown beauty brand Happy Skin aims to cater to those women who are always on the go and those who are going to the beach.

Happy Skin, together with nail care salon Posh Nails, has launched Express Gel Polish, a vegan gel polish that boasts long-wearing and quickdrying formula.

The Express Gel Polish eschews 10 top toxic ingredients—many of which make the nail polish harden and resist chipping but have known health risks—and instead uses vegan gel polish formula as a base for the intense pigments.

According to the two brands, the advantage of using a vegan nail polish formula is that the color can be removed painlessly anytime, without damaging the nail beds. The pigments are not sheer and one coat is enough for a vibrant and intense coverage.

It also contains almond oil to nourish the cuticless, and hydrolyzed keratin to help strengthen nails.

“What’s special about the formula that we created is it still holds the same promises in all of our previous gel polishes. Aside from vegan, it’s Korean-made,” Rissa Mananquil-Trillo, cofounder of Happy Skin, told Manila Standard.

She added, “Because of the expertise of Posh

HE ninth season of the Panasonic Manila Fashion Festival continues to provide an upgraded fashion experience, not only by weaving fashion and technology together, but also by providing an avenue for both emerging designers and established names.

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To make the application easier, it has a rounded fan-type nail polish brush with thick bristles, enabling detail work and the occasional full-nail swipe.

Since the nail polish cures in natural light, it does require the use of a UV lamp to dry.

Express Gel Polish comes in four colors, whose names are inspired by the different kinds of happiness one can get from visiting a nail salon branch. Pampered, a versatile white, is a staple in the collection; TLC, categorized as a perfect blend of beige and crème, is an ideal shade for all skin tones; Posh, a true, soft light pink can make one feel modern and current; finally, Luxe is a pure and flamboyant red that echoes one of the year’s trendy colors.

At a glance, the Happy Skin x Posh Nails Express Gel Polish looks like the regular Happy Skin nail polish, except for the embellished cap with illustrations of crowns, diamonds, and nail polishes. The signature design on the nail polish cap is intentional—a mirror of both brands’ philosophy of empowering women to bloom and look like their best selves.

The Happy Skin x Posh Nails Express Gel Polishes are now available at Happy Skin stores, select counters, happyskincosmetics.com, and poshnails.com.ph.

The Happy Skin x Posh Nails Express Gel Polish comes in four shades, namely Pampered, TLC, Posh, and Luxe.

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With the theme, “Shape, Form and Movement,” the four-day fashion affair, which opened on Oct. 16 and concluded on Oct. 19, saw a number of collections that paid tribute to fashion icons, Philippine culture and heritage, and certain eras, among many others.

The four-day event held at Edsa Shangri-La Marquee Tent kicked off with the lifestyle assembly, where known players in the industry talked about beauty, fashion, film, and digital content creation.

There were also beauty booths where people had a make-over, for that photoready look in the Panasonic Pink Studio. Also, the most awaited “Face of the Philippines” winner and runnersup were announced in the event on Oct 18.

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Aside from the collections of Filipino designers, PMFF also presented the creations of talented designers from Australia, Korea, Japan, and Laos.

Day 1 saw the creations

by Jaz Cerezo, Rob Ortega, Steph Tan, Chris Nick, Mark Tamayo, Veejay Floresca, Dak Bonite, Bessie Besana, Cheetah Rivera, Lucia Josephine (Australia), and Jun Escario.

The second day was reserved for Chris Diaz, Renan Pacson, Wilbur Lang, Kelvin Morales, Juan Paolo, KC Pusing, Kaye Morales, Patrick Lazol, Reynier Abello, and Yong Davalos. On day 3, Kwak Hyun Joo (Korea), Dexter Alazas, Michael Sta. Maria, Dodjie Batu, Bamba Limon, Egay Ayag, Aztec Barba, Edgar Buyan, EmiAlexander Englisenglis, Windel Mira, and Benjie Panzales showcased their creations.

Last day’s show featured Junca Hair Show, Arin, Teofila, John Magsaysay, Miyama Uno (Japan), Ministry of Silk (Laos), Protacio, Marichiu Tan, Oj Hofer, and Philip Tamus.

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Baby, it’s not that cold outside JAPANESE global apparel retailer Uniqlo lets Filipinos bring the heat with them with its latest lineup of winter season items, perfect for when traveling to cold destinations.

This season’s key items come in a spectrum of colors and multiple materials that are functional, versatile, and compact. The latest collection features complementary separates and layering essentials necessary to combat unpredictable weather while keeping cold-weather wardrobe on point.

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Dream wedding bonds power couple MANILA City’s 5th District Councilor Irwin C. Tieng exchanged “I do’s” with Aklanon beauty, Ladylyn Riva on Sept.

30 in a lavish celebration at the Marriott Hotel Grand Ballroom.

Manila City 5th District Councilor Irwin Tieng and Aklanon beauty queen Ladylyn Riva tied the knot in a lavish celebration on Sept.

30.

Among the esteemed list of principal sponsors were President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and Cielito “Honeylet” S. Avancena, Manila Mayor Joseph Ejercito M. Estrada, and business mogul Teresita SyCoson. The president was represented in the event by Atty. Harry Roque.

Although only in his 30s, Tieng has carved out a successful career in both business and politics. He worked for Solar Resources Inc. for almost a decade, before eventually entering politics. He was first elected into Congress as the Representative of Buhay Party List (3rd term Congressman), and is now serving

his first term as Manila City Councilor.

Riva, a stunning beauty of Filipino-Italian heritage, was a presence in the local beauty pageant scene, having joined Bb. Pilipinas and Century Tuna Superbods.

She eventually bagged the crown as Miss Casino Filipino in 2013. She is currently serving as the chief executive officer of Metro Faces Talent Management Agency.

Dubbed #IRWINstheLADY, the wedding was reminiscent of how Tieng won over Riva with his persistence, generosity, and loyalty.

Six years ago, a chance encounter in a Boracay event where Riva was one of the models led to romance a few months after.

“I didn’t realize right away that he was interested in me,” shared Riva. “He would take me and my friends out. He really took the time to make me comfortable and was patient enough to prove that he was serious about having a lasting relationship,” she added with a smile.

In the midst of the lavish setting, the couple was surrounded by their loving friends and family. The groom was dashing in his Randy Ortiz suit, while the bride was a sight to behold in a Mark Bumgarner gown.

The celebration was capped with a fun night of dancing and partying, definitely lots of memories to cherish for everyone.

The energetic couple shows no sign of slowing down. Tieng is running for reelection in 2019, while his now wife has big plans for her talent management business, Metro Faces. She is also dedicated to further growing her “Pabebe” program in Manila

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was remarkable, in part because of the film’s predominantly female cast and its lack of a conventional romantic storyline.

“It was the most nurturing, loving environment,” she says. “You go in thinking, ‘Okay, I’m going to film this psychotic story in an abandoned hotel with a cast of 40 women. It’s going to be mayhem.”

The dance sequences in Suspiria are crucial. They must cast a spell on the audience to such a degree that we believe the dancers’ movements are imbued with a primal, powerful force.

For Luca Guadagnino, finding the right choreographer and aesthetic was paramount.

Johnson began dance training while she was still filming Fifty Shades Freed in Vancouver. After Jalet joined the project, she spent three weeks in Varese, Italy,

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working eight hours a day with the other dancers.

“I danced when I was younger for about 10 years, so luckily I had a bit of a background and my body has muscle memory,” she says. “And I can understand choreography, so that was an incredible plus for me,” Johnson shares.

Director Guadagnino calls the story “a fable of a very specific time and place, where the past was so dark that it goes hand in hand with digging into the darkness of the self.” He adds that the film reflects the feminism that swept Europe in the 1970s “in the way we describe the archetypical figure of the witch and the way the movie showcases a variety of female characters and empowers and devictimizes the women.”

From OctoArts Films International, Suspiria opens in cinemas today.

'Suspiria' is Luca Guadagnino's reimagining of a 1977 Dario Argento horror flick.

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Witching hour starts with ‘Suspiria’ A BALLET company secretly houses witches in the latest horror movie Suspiria.

Starring an all-women ensemble lead that includes Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton, Chloe Grace Moretz and Mia Goth, the introduces the audience to a coven of a world-renowned dance company engulfed in darkness where there are only two options: succumb in darkness or wake up from the trap of a nightmare they are in.

American dancer Susie Bannion (Johnson) arrives in 1970s Berlin hoping to join the world-renowned Helena Markos Dance Company. In her very first rehearsal, Susie stuns the company’s famed choreographer, Madame Blanc (Swinton), with her talent, vaulting to the position of lead dancer. Olga (Goth), the previous lead, breaks down and accuses the “Mothers” who run the company of being witches. But before she can flee, she is captured and tortured by a mysterious force somehow connected to Susie’s dancing.

Despite these early warning signs, Susie continues her rise to the top of the dance academy at all costs. As rehearsals continue for the final performance of the company’s signature piece, “Volk,” Susie and Madame Blanc grow strangely close, suggesting that Susie’s purpose in the dance company goes beyond dancing.

Meanwhile, psychotherapist Dr. Klemperer discovers a disturbing diary from his patient, a former Markos dancer named Patricia (Moretz), outlining an ancient demonic religion practiced by the Mothers. After Patricia mysteriously disappears, the doctor tries to alert the police but gets nowhere. Taking matters into his own hands, he approaches a dancer named Sara for help. Following their meeting, Sara ventures into the depths of the dance studio’s hidden chambers, where strange and horrific discoveries await.

The emotional demands aside, Johnson says the experience of filming Suspiria

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HE first-ever female idol group in the Philippines—MNL48— has released the muchawaited music video “Talulot ng Sakura” on the country’s number one music channel, MYX. The video features the sing-anddance group’s Senbatsu members Sheki, Abby, Sela, Tin, Alice, Ella, Ash, Gabb, Jem, Sayaka, Faith, Lara, Grace, Quincy, Alyssa, and Erica, shot at Movie Stars Café and La Mesa Eco Park.

It was inspired by the official music video of MNL48’s sister group, AKB48’s original version of “Sakuara no Hanabiratachi.”

Tetsuya Hashi directed the video, which depicted the song’s message that change is constant, to leave the past without worries, and to face the future like a cherry blossom.

“Talulot ng Sakura” is MNL48’s second single in the group’s exciting debut album produced under Star Music in partnership with Hallo Hallo Entertainment.

Check out MNL48’s new music video on MYX. The music channel is available on ABS-CBN TVplus channel 12, SKYcable channel 23, and SKYdirect channel 37.

Download the “Talulot ng Sakura” single on digital stores.

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Now that the viewers are more acquainted to the cast of characters in The Resident, Greenwood shares that Season 2 would take the audience even deeper into the homes of the characters and learn more about them beyond the doors of the hospital.

“We’re going to be more involved in the personal lives of the characters, and some of the mistakes that happened, some of the decisions that Bell made last year will haunt him this year,” he says.

Behind the scenes, the cast have sufficiently bonded.

“They’re really, really good people,” Greenwood shares.

“They tell jokes, everybody enjoys being there, enjoys one another’s company, and they all have fun trying to make it as fun as you can everyday and the crew is the same way.”

He also adds that he hears that The Resident has been a hit with the Filipino audiences, he’d like to come and visit.

“I’ve never been, so let’s find an excuse for me to come down there and pretend to be a doctor.

I would love to come down there.”

Stream season 1 and catch the exclusive new season of The Resident on FOX+. Download FOX+ from the App Store and Google Play store today and get a 30-day free trial, just in time for the second season of The Resident. FOX+ and GCash are offering a 20 percent cash back every month from now till Jan. 31, 2019.

Mapua High School Batch 68 : This Year’s Golden Jubilarians Batch 1968 graduates of the High School of the Mapua Institute of Technology (now the Mapua University) are the Golden Jubilarians at the 42nd Annual Grand Alumni Homecoming of the MIT High School Alumni Association, Inc. on Nov. 10 (Saturday), 6 p.m. at the Centennial Hall, Manila Hotel.

Batch 68 President Agustin Ocampo announced that aside from the gala dinner on Nov. 10, the activities lined up to celebrate this milestone are: Outing at Villa Escudero on Nov. 5, Charity Project on Nov. 6, Golf and Bowling Tournaments at Tagaytay Highlands on Nov. 7 and Batch 68 Reunion at Club Filipino (3:00 p.m. onwards) on Nov. 8.

Almost 80 golden jubilarians from Batch 1968, based here and abroad, have registered for the events, and there is an expected attendance of almost 400 alumni at the Nov. 10 Grand Alumni Homecoming, a historic first for the alumni association’s annual event at the iconic Manila Hotel.

This year’s homecoming theme is “Mapua High School Alumni: REUNITED”. Co-celebrators are the Ruby (40 years) and Silver (25 years) Jubilarians.

The Grand Alumni Homecoming Chairman is Roy Tuazon and MITHSAAI President is Jhun Paculan also said that one of the event’s highlights is the induction into alumni association membership of the new batch of senior high school graduates of the Mapua University.

To mark this new milestone, they said that the association will be renamed eventually. The event’s guest of honor and speaker is Dr. Reynaldo Vea, Mapua University President.

The Batch 1968 Golden Jubilee Executive Organizing Committee composed of Gus Ocampo, Noel Go, Ed Trinidad and Lino Santiago, as well as local and overseas batch mates all contributed their time, effort and resources to make the golden jubilee event a grand and memorable one.

For inquiries, please send your email to: miths68golden@gmail.com. *** Submit project to the French coproduction program La Fabrique Cinéma de l’Institut français has been designed to support new talented filmmakers from Southern and emerging countries.

This program has been developed in close association with the Festival de Cannes and the Marché du Film.

Ten projects in development (1st or 2nd feature film) are selected and invited to Cannes. The aim is to create concrete opportunities for these projects by providing access to different activities and personalized support through one-to-one and group meetings with key players in the film industry.

An international call for entries limited to 120 projects is launched every year. The applications are evaluated by a selection committee.

The selected directors are invited with their producers during the Festival de Cannes to participate in an intensive and personalized coaching. This programme is meant to help finance their projects through individual meetings with French and international producers as well as group meetings with professionals. They also benefit from the strong commitment of the patron of La Fabrique.

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MA Pinoy TV successfully held back-to-back events in different sides of the world with the sold-out Kapusong Pinoy: Paskuhan at Kantawanan sa Anaheim in the US and the launch of GMA Pinoy TV during the Migrants’ Arirang Multicultural Festival (MAMF) in South Korea.

The early Christmas treat for Pinoys in Los Angeles, California was bannered by Ai Ai delas Alas, Christian Bautista, Julie Anne San Jose, Donita Nose and Super Tekla, and Marian Rivera-Dantes.

Marian, who recently announced her second pregnancy, even went all-out with her dance performances for the Kapuso abroad. As a surprise, her husband, Kapuso Primetime King Dingdong Dantes, joined her on-stage for an impromptu duet which drew loud squeals of kilig from the crowd.

Before wrapping up the show, Marian and Ai Ai gave messages of love for all Pinoys abroad who wouldn’t be able to celebrate Christimas in the Philippines, “Dito nakikita talaga ang sakripisyo ng isang Pinoy na nagmamahal sa pamilya, na lahat ay kayang gawin at tiisin. Sa mga Kapuso na hindi makakauwi ngayong taon, Maligayang Pasko po sa inyo.”

Kapusong Pinoy: Paskuhan at Kantawanan sa Anaheim was an original concept by GMA Entertainment Group and was line produced by Starmedia Entertainment. It was GMA Pinoy TV’s way of giving thanks to the Kapuso viewers in Southern California for welcoming GMA’s flagship international channel into their homes since 2005.

In addition, the special musical event was doubly special as it was part of GMA’s celebration of the FilipinoAmerican History Month (FAHM).

Meanwhile, actor Tom Rodriguez headlined the official launch of GMA Pinoy TV, GMA’s flagship international channel, in South Korea during the Migrants’ Arirang Multicultural Festival (MAMF).

Organized by Gyeongnam Migrant Center with the exclusive Philippine media partnership of GMA Pinoy TV and partner-carrier HD Telecom,

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Kapuso royal couple Marian Rivera-Dantes and Dingdong Dantes spreading kilig vibes with their surprise duet

CHARMING KAPUSO FANS with back-to-back spectacles in US, South Korea

current beau Philmar Alipayo

From left: Donita Nose, Aiai delas Alas, Julie Anne San Jose, Marian RiveraDantes, Super Tekla, and Christian Bautista spread Christmas vibes at the soldout ‘Kapusong Pinoy: Paskuhan at Kantawanan sa Anaheim’ show.

Julie Anne San Jose and Christian Bautista in a powerful duet

LOVE BIRDS. Andi Eigenmann with

the event is widely regarded as the biggest annual festival in Changwon City which had Filipinos from all over Incheon, Busan, and other parts of South Korea flocking to Youngji Cultural Park and Sungsan Art Hall.

Filipinos in South Korea can now feel closer to home via HD Telecom’s newly launched mobile application Vision PH which enables them to catch GMA Network’s international channels GMA Pinoy TV, GMA Life TV, and GMA News TV International

conveniently on their Android or iOS smartphones.

Both events, which took place on Oct. 7, were staged to make Filipinos residing and working overseas feel closer to home.

For more updates on Kapuso events abroad, follow GMA Pinoy TV on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram (@gmapinoytv), and visit the GMA Pinoy TV official website atwww.gmapinoytv.com.

Pinay supermodel shares excitement on being part of Victoria’s Secret show OCTOBER marks Metro Society’s birthday and gracing the illustrious anniversary cover is none other than Filipina supermodel making waves in NYC, Kelsey Merritt.

In a Metro Society exclusive, Kelsey opens up about the magnificent moment that was: finding out that she was one of the 50 chosen to join the ranks of Naomi Campbell, Tyra Banks, Heidi Klum, Gisele Bündchen, and Adriana Lima in the upcoming Victoria’s Secret show.

All fashion enthusiasts know that being in this prestigious fashion show can really make a difference in a model’s career.

Since Kelsey is already a Victoria’s Secret model, she has set her eyes in joining their runway circle.

Following the cover story is the main feature of Women Who Dare, the magazine’s second one yet. Turn the page and learn the amazing journeys of Nika Diwa, Marga Nograles, Rosenthal Tee, Lynn Pinugu, and Mutya ng Pilipinas Miss Tourism International Aya Fernandez.

Afterwards, discover the iconic French luxury furniture brand Roche Bobois as the iconic Mah Jong sofa interacts with the artistry of 10 creative Filipinos, resulting in splendid visions, in “Interactions.” The Metro teams visited the artists in each of their spaces to see the making of and the very inspirations behind their interpretations of the icon.

Then, go inside the studio of Wynn Wynn Ong as she gives a preview of what is to come in the magazine’s upcoming event with her—the KaLIKHAsan Ball at the Metropolitan Museum this November.

Also in this issue, find your seat at the table at a fashionable dinner by Happy Ongpauco-Tiu for her friends at home, her beautiful collection of plates from around the world on a magnificent display. Then, fly off to Iceland with The Spoiled Mummy, Grace Baja, as she revels in magnificent Mother Nature, seeing all the sights to be seen with her family.

For wellness and beauty, discover a masterpiece in La Prairie Skin Caviar Luxe Cream and get long and lean with one-on-one sessions at Options Pilates Studio.

Then, get to know Rach Sayed and Kimi Martinez of SSI, as they rep their luxury fashion brands and show off a few of their favorite things.

Metro Society ends the birthday celebration with the launch of a new column, Mr. Manners by Monchet Olives, at the back—a writeup on etiquette that will surely be devoured in seconds.

Metro Society is available in newsstands and bookstores nationwide for only P250. Follow the magazine on Instagram via @metrosocietyph.

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NOT very many showbiz personalities can make dramatic turnaround for their famed lifestyle and live incognito in some far away getaway.

But Andi Eigenmann at the press conference for All Souls Night (opening in theaters today), in which she plays the lead character Shirley, revealed that she and her non-showbiz boyfriend, a professional surfer, Philmar Alipayo, have been together for three months now, living in Baler, Aurora.

Andi shared that when she decided to accept the offer from Yam Laranas, the top honcho of ImaginePerSecond, producer of All Souls Night along with Viva Entertainment, her current beau did not resist.

“I’m really motivated to be the best version of myself. Like, it’s the first time I’m with someone who really supports me with that, and then without also forgetting the fact that I have a daughter.

Philmar really caught my heart. Kasi, not that it was him who showed me how important my daughter is, but he showed me that I can live a life of being a 28-year-old and being young and free.

But at the same time, incorporating my relationship with my daughter and time with my daughter more than ever.”

Andi, though, has not turned her back completely on showbiz. She still in Viva TV’s YouTube channel called Taralets, a travel show that explores different destinations.

All Soul Night follows the story of Shirley (Andi), an all-around house helper who answered an ad for a quick three-day job to take care of a sick man.

Ellen, the inhospitable wife, readily tells her the three important house rules: First, keep the doors and windows shut; second, stay locked inside the house; and third, don’t get inside their room without permission.

Shirley shares a room with the couple’s young daughter and observes that the child is a terrified mess.

She tells Ellen about it, only to be forbidden to interfere in whatever she sees going on around the house. After the child tells Shirley that the man is not her father, nerveracking incidents one after another are revealed to her.

And she will not be spared from it.

“I liked the story when they presented it to me and I really had fun doing it. Members of the cast are great artists and good people. Hindi basta senseless horror ‘yung movie namin na nananadyang manggulat at manakot. This one is creepy all throughout,” Andi guaranteed.

Aloy Adlawan and Jules Katanyag co-directed the film.

Produced by VIVA Films and ALIUD Entertainment of an ImaginePerSecond production, the directed by Aloy Adlawan and Jules Katanyag, the film is perfect for your Halloween date tonight. Continued on C3

MEDICAL dramas are a dime a dozen in American television. Few things are as compelling as a group of brilliant and capable (as well as good-looking) doctors save lives while navigating through their personal dramas.

While The Resident has plenty of those medical drama staples, it offers something that few—if not none—of the other shows have: the bottom line of the American health institutions. As Bruce Greenwood, who plays Dr. Randolph Bell, says in an exclusive interview, “[There is] a vast disconnect between medicine and money, and how care is controlled by commerce to a large degree.” And this is what the show shines a light on.

Greenwood’s character, Dr. Bell, is the CEO and Chief of Surgery of the fictional Chastain Park Memorial Hospital. His character was introduced in Season 1 as the image of the ideal surgeon, and the one person everyone would want to be in charge of their health care. But he has a secret medical condition that causes tremors on his hands and it couldn’t be denied that his mortality rates have steadily risen, thereby earning him the nickname HODAD, “Hands of Death and Destruction.” He is also not above bending the rules to get what he wants.

Greenwood is a veteran actor who has played his share of complex characters, and he finds Dr. Bell’s profound sense of entitlement and narcissism intriguing.

There are also times when he thought that Dr. Bell would be going to on a certain direction, only to be surprised by the twists in the next script.

“Sometimes it becomes a roller coaster but that also is what makes it fun because it’s a challenge to justify some of the things that happened [in the story],” he said.

“Sometimes people do very implausible things and you just have to roll with that and examine it later. It’s not unlike when you make a decision in your life and it turns out to be a bad decision, you don’t realize that it’s a bad decision until a little bit later.

So sometimes you don’t have to justify behavior as much as look at it later and try to unravel how and why it occurred,” he adds. Continued on C3

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‘Halloween’ frightens off box office competition Jamie Lee Curtis and Judy Greer in 'Halloween'

JAMIE Lee Curtis starrer Halloween ruled the North American box office for a second week running, frightening off the competition as it raked in another $32 million, according to estimates reported Sunday by industry tracker Exhibitor Relations.

The low-budget Universal Pictures production recounts her character Laurie Strode’s final confrontation with a masked homicidal maniac four decades after surviving his killing spree.

The movie’s return to the top spot over the three day weekend followed its $76.2 million debut last week, the second best October opening ever after Venom.

A Star is Born, the third remake of the 1937 film, placed second for a third straight week, earning $14.1 million. Bradley Cooper, in his directorial debut, plays a hard-drinking musician in this classic tale of a star-crossed love affair with a young singer (Lady Gaga).

Sony’s Superhero flick Venom, which stars Tom Hardy as a journalist-turned-host for an alien creature, held its ground at third place with an estimated $10.8 million take.

It has pulled in $187.3 million dollars since its smash opening four weeks ago.

Goosebumps2: Haunted Halloween, another seasonal offering, kept its fourth place ranking with $7.5 million in box office returns.

The only new release in the top five was Hunter Killer, an action thriller from Lionsgate about Navy SEALs who rescue a Russian president from a coup. Iit is estimated to have made $6.7 million over the three day weekend.