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VOL. XXXV • NO. 142 • 3 SECTIONS 12 PAGES • P18 WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 2021 • www.manilastandard.net • mst.daydesk@gmail.com

Latest scare: Lambda variant New strain now in 30 countries, poses risk to elderly—vaccine expert A MOMENT BEFORE THE TRAGEDY. A screenshot

of a raw footage shows the ill-fated Philippine Air Force C-130 plane approaching the Jolo airport in Sulu on July 4, 2021, a few seconds before it overshot the runway and crashed, killing 53 soldiers and civilians.. Manila Standard Digital and FB post of Bogs Muhajiran

HE Lambda variant of the coronavirus (C.37) first detected in Peru, which has the worst per capita COVID-19 death rate in the world, is believed to be more transmissible and could drive surges in new infections and hospitalization, an infectious disease expert said Tuesday.

In an interview with CNN Philippines, Dr. Rontgene Solante, a member of the government’s vaccine experts panel, said there is no scientific data yet to show the variant is more deadly, but added that it can be a risk to elderly people or those with comorbidities. "If you talk about a variant that is highly transmissible, then that will be responsible for a surge of cases and hospitalizations. Most likely for those vulnerable, that can also be a higher risk of mortality," Solante said. Solente said the Lambda variant, which has already been found in 30 countries, may affect the efficacy rate and a person's reaction to antibody treatments. But Solante said COVID-19 vaccines remain effective against all COVID-19 variants in preventing severe illness and death. The World Health Organization (WHO) in June said this variant has been associated with "substantive rates of

Crash toll at 53; wounded soldier dies ANOTHER soldier, among those wounded from the C-130 crash in Jolo, Sulu last Sunday, has passed away, bringing the death toll to 53, Armed Forces chief Gen. Cirilito Sobejana said Tuesday. At least seven military person-

By Willie Casas, Vito Barcelo and Willie Casas

nel who died in the crash have been identified, Sobejana said. The latest fatality late Monday night succumbed to "chemical burns" on his face. Sobejana said some of the 46 Next page

Leachon warns: Too early to drop guard on fully-jabbed people Vaccine czar sees Sinovac delivery delay By Miguel Angelo Magbag, Vito Barcelo and Dave Leprozo

COVID-19 PH AT A GLANCE

(AS OF 4 PM JULY 6)

1,445,832 TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES

4,114 49,613 NEW

ACTIVE

25,296

104

1,370,923

6,086

DEATHS

RECOVERIES

A FORMER adviser to the National nated persons to travel without taking Dr. Tony Leachon said removing the testTask Force Against COVID-19 on Tues- a COVID-19 test, saying the move was ing requirement would further weaken day expressed concern over new govern- premature. the country’s weakest link, testing. ment guidelines that allow fully-vacciIn an interview on CNN Philippines, Next page

PRETTY DEADLY.

By Willie Casas and Joel E. Zurbano

A column of steam rises from the Taal Volcano on July 6, 2021. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the steam-rich plumes reached three kilometers high. Taal Volcano remains on Alert Level 3 due to continuous “magmatic unrest.” Rod Fernandez for PonD News Asia

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Pacquiao gets a ‘left-handed’ compliment Romualdez sees SONA harping on gains By Vito Barcelo and Maricel V. Cruz THE Palace wished Senator Manny Pacquiao the “best of luck” in his fight with undefeated World Boxing Council and International Boxing Federation welterweight Errol Spence Jr. in August, but said his greatness did not go beyond the boxing ring. “Of course, we wish all Filipinos the best of luck in whatever they do best,” presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said in a press briefing in Pampanga. Roque then took a swipe at the Filipino boxing icon, saying “when it comes to Manny Pacquiao, he’s best in the boxing ring but probably not as good elsewhere.” Next page

By Maricel V. Cruz HOUSE Majority Leader and Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez expects President Rodrigo Duterte in his final State of the Nation Address (SONA) to present his achievements in the last five years of his administration and focus on continued recovery plans, delivery of basic services and government's healthcare programs to battle the COVID-19 pandemic. “There were so many great achievements of President Duterte and I expect

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SUPPLY constraints will delay the delivery of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine next month, a health official said Tuesday. Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr., chief implementer of the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19, said only 2.5 million out of the expected 6 million doses will be delivered in the third week of July. Galvez said the two-week delay would not affect the nationwide rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which a World Health Organization (WHO) official described as “remarkable,” given the global shortage of vaccines. Sinovac has already delivered 6.5 million doses of its vaccine, more than the contracted supply of 4.5 million doses, in June alone. Next page

him to present these during his final SONA. I expect the President also to focus on the continued recovery plans and healthcare programs to fight the pandemic,” Romualdez, president of the LakasChristian Muslim Democrats, said in a radio interview. “Like his previous SONA, the speech of the President will be full of optimism and hope. I believe he will discuss the significant achievements of his administration in the fight against criminality, illegal Next page

HNP TEAMS UP WITH 5 MAJOR PARTIES NEWS / A4

GAMES WITH A HEART. Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office General Manager Royina Garma turns over a check to Andrea Bulaong, a representative of the Philippine National Railways, on July 6, 2021. The PCSO remitted P35.39 million to various government agencies and private institutions as part of its mandatory contributions. The Commission on Higher Education received the largest amount with P18.48 million, followed by the Philippine National Police with P15.79 million. “Let us patronize legal games, games with a heart. All earnings of the PCSO go to charity,” Garma said. Manny Palmero

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P11-trillion debt can be paid—Palace “The Philippines has the capacity to pay its debts even as it ramped up its borrowings to finance measures to address the prevailing coronavirus health crisis,” presidential spokesman Harry Roque said. “Our reported external debt now is mid-range compared to economies that are the same as ours, like in Latin America and other lower-middle-income countries,” he added. Data from the Bureau of the Treasury showed the Philippines’ debt hitting a new

high at P11.07 trillion end-May compared to P10.99 trillion in April. “So it looks huge, but we are in the mid-range and it won’t be a problem in terms of our ability to pay them off as they fall due,” Roque said. "Our economic team headed by [Finance] Secretary Carlos Dominguez is very conservative. Several measures have already been put in place to address the problem,” he added. He cited the Department of Finance’s

report that the country’s debt remains bearable due to low-interest rates and a strong peso. Roque said the government plans to borrow a total of P3.02 trillion this year to speed up the recovery of the economy. Meanwhile, Albay Rep. Joel Salceda said the slowdown in inflation to 4.1 percent in June 2021 was a positive development for the economic recovery even as there are still key issues that need to be addressed. "First, the 4.1 percent inflation rate is still very slightly above the 2-4 percent target band of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. Elevated inflation during a difficult time narrows our options when it comes to interest rate adjustments. We cannot afford any sudden contractionary interest rate increases at the moment, as it would constrict growth prospects during this period of recovery. We must remain vigilant with inflationary pressures."

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81 percent of COVID-19 cases sequenced since April were with the Lamda variant. In nearby Chile, the variant accounts for almost a third of new cases. The Palace said the government is closely monitoring the development of the fast-spreading Lamda variant. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said the government is taking steps to prevent the entry of the Lamda variant, but noted that there are no direct flights between the Philippines and Latin America. To prevent the new strain from entering the country, uniform protocols must be applied to all returning Filipinos without exceptions, he said. The Palace said all returning overseas Filipinos must undergo a strict 14-day quarantine, where they will stay for 10 days in a government quarantine facility and will be tested for COVID-19 on the seventh day. If they turn out negative, they will finish their quarantine at home. Roque said the government’s pandemic task force was open to suggestions from local governments on how to deal with fully-vaccinated travelers. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III on Tuesday urged stricter border controls to prevent the entry of the Lamda variant.

Duque said the Philippines has not yet detected any case of the Lambda variant, which has spread rapidly in Latin American countries. The Delta variant is twice more infectious than the Alpha variant first reported in the UK, which is a COVID-19 mutation that is 60 percent more contagious than the virus' original strain. The DOH has reported 19 cases of the Delta variant first detected in India. The Philippines has suspended the entry of travelers from India and six other countries to arrest the spread of the Delta variant. There is no data yet that the Lambda variant reduces protection from vaccines, Duque said. “All our vaccines are effective thus far,” he said. The Philippines has tallied some 1.4 million coronavirus infections, the second highest tally in Southeast Asia, next to Indonesia. Authorities aim to vaccinate at least 58 million of the 110 million Filipinos this year to safely reopen the economy. The Philippines has so far been able to administer 12 million COVID-19 shots so far.

On Monday, the DOH said two more cases of the Delta variant were detected in the country, both from returning overseas Filipinos from Saudi Arabia. These new cases raised the total Delta variant cases in the country to 19. The DOH said there are still no local infections of the Delta variant. The Philippines logged 4,114 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, bringing the total infections to 1,445,832. There were 104 new fatalities, bringing the COVID-19 death toll to 25,296. The DOH also reported 6,086 persons who recently recovered, bringing the total recoveries to 1,370,923. Active cases were at 49,613, of which 90.8 percent were mild, 3.9 percent were asymptomatic, 1.5 percent were critical, 2.2 percent were severe, and 1.62 percent were moderate. The DOH also reported that, nationwide, 57 percent of the ICU beds, 47 percent of the isolation beds, 43 percent of the ward beds, and 36 percent of the ventilators, were in use. In Metro Manila, 44 percent of the ICU beds, 39 percent of the isolation beds, 33 percent of the ward beds, and 33 percent of the ventilators, were in use.

use authorization or a compassionate special permit from the Food and Drug Administration or be on the emergency use list of the World Health Organization. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said that IATF would review the new travel provisions announced last Sunday, taking into account the concerns raised by LGUs. Meanwhile, Baguio City will maintain a limit on tourist arrivals to a maximum of 3,000 daily to prevent a surge in COVID-19 cases. Mayor Benjamin B. Magalong admitted that tourist arrivals in the city since June 1, 2021 did not yet exceed the prescribed 3,000 daily limit, however. Magalong said this rate of tourist arrivals in the city was insufficient to revive tourism, which was one of Baguio’s major economic drivers. In other developments: • The OCTA Research Group said Davao City is still classified as a high-risk area for COVID-19 as it continues to log the highest number of new infections nationwide. In their latest monitoring report, the independent team of researchers said Davao City logged an average of 303 new cases daily from June 29 to July 5, while its reproduction number stood at 1.23 and its ICU utilization rate was at 90 percent. Also classified as high-risk areas by OCTA were the cities of Bacolod, Iloilo, General Santos, Baguio, and Tagum, which all posted reproduction numbers higher than 1, indicating sustained COVID-19 transmission. • The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said that vaccination cards of fully inoculated returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) will have to undergo validation by the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO). Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III cited an IATF resolution that OFWs fully vaccinated in countries or jurisdictions outside the Philippines must carry their official documentation of complete vaccination or their International Certificate of Vaccination validated through the POLO.

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But the WHO has repeatedly criticized wealthy nations for hoarding vaccine supplies, calling the inequity a “moral outrage.” The Philippines has so far administered 12 million of the 17 million doses in its stockpile, which is composed of vaccines from Sinovac, AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Sputnik V, and Moderna. As of July 4, the Philippines has partially vaccinated over 8 million people, which accounts for 8 percent of its 110 million population and 15 percent of its target of inoculating 58 million people in COVID-19 hotspots by November. Meanwhile, another shipment of COVID-19 vaccines from Russia is set to arrive Wednesday night, the Manila International Airport Authority said Tuesday. The shipment of 170,000 Sputnik V doses is scheduled to land at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport - Terminal 3 around 10:45 p.m. via Qatar Airways flight QR-928 and will be transferred immediately to the facility of Pharmaserv Express in Marikina City, where the vaccines will be kept under the required 18 degrees Celsius storage temperature. This brings to five the total shipments of vaccines received by the Philippines from Gamaleya Research Institute of Russia. The latest shipment bought by the Philippine government followed the previous 100,000 doses which arrived on June 11, also via Qatar Airways. Four months ago, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave the approval to Sputnik V vaccine for emergency use. Russian Ambassador Marat Pavlov, said the shipments of Sputnik V vaccines would strengthen the diplomatic ties between Russia and the Philippines. "We are ready to deliver 20 million doses of Sputnik V according to the contracts that have been signed between the Russian Direct Investment Fund and the government of the Philippines," Pavlov said. The country is also expecting the arrival of more than 1.1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses in a few days. Presidential spokesman Harry Roque said some 1 million doses of BritishSwedish brand AstraZeneca are also set to arrive within the week. Also on Tuesday, Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar ordered the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) to track down those involved in the illegal sale of COVID-19 vaccines. He pointed out that the recent arrest of Covid-19 vaccine sellers by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) shows that the confiscated vaccines were smuggled into the country and were fake. Three suspects were arrested in an operation, while another suspect is still at large, the NBI said. The commercial use of any Covid-19 vaccine in the country is prohibited as these are only approved for emergency use by the FDA.

By Vito Barcelo and Maricel V. Cruz

ALACAÑANG said Tuesday the government has the capacity to pay its P11.07-trillion debt, saying the Department of Finance has put in place some measures to address the matter.

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community transmission” and listed it as a variant of interest. Just a few days later Public Health England (PHE) declared it was a "variant under investigation.” PHE scientists said they were concerned the strain “could spread quicker” and “be more resistant to vaccines or antibody treatments.” But PHE stressed that “there is no evidence the Lambda variant causes more severe disease or reduces the effectiveness of current vaccines.” “Lambda carries a number of mutations with suspected phenotypic implications, such as a potential increased transmissibility or possible increased resistance to neutralizing antibodies,” the PHE said. “It is characterized by mutations in the spike protein...” The variant has spread to at least 29 territories, including the United Kingdom. WHO said there is an increased prevalence of the variant in South American countries. In Peru, authorities are reporting that

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“We do very little testing as it is, and now we’re reducing it further,” Leachon said in Filipino. With only a small percentage of the population vaccinated and the limited supply of vaccines, the government should retain the RT-PCR test requirement for fully vaccinated individuals who wish to travel, he said. Quirino Province Gov. Dakila Carlo Cua, president of the Union of Local Authorities in the Philippines said local government units were not advised or consulted when the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) released the new guidelines for interzonal (to and from areas with the same quarantine level) and intrazonal (travel to and from areas with different quarantine levels) travel by fully vaccinated people. In an interview with ABS-CBN’s Teleradyo, Cua said many governors expressed concerns and had questions because they were not consulted. He said the verification of COVID-19 vaccination cards was a concern, because these could be faked. The Philippine National Police (PNP), in fact, is on the lookout against people who use fake COVID-19 vaccination cards for travel purposes. In a statement Monday, PNP chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar said the police would coordinate and work closely with the LGUs in enforcing the latest guidelines. “I am directing all police offices and units to be vigilant against those travelers who might use fake documents to prove that they are fully-vaccinated. Under the newly released guidelines of the IATF, a person is considered fullyvaccinated two weeks after receiving the second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, or two weeks after receiving a single dose of a one-dose vaccine. The vaccine must have an emergency

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drugs, COVID-19, improvement on the delivery of the government’s assistance to the vulnerable sectors, among others,” Romualdez, chairman of the House committee on rules, said. On top of the proposed 2022 national budget, Romualdez said the leadership of Speaker Lord Allan Velasco was poised to pass possible additional priority measures in the remaining one year of Duterte's term. “We are going to wait for President Duterte's announcement for his plans in the remaining one year of his term,” Romualdez, also president of the Philippine Constitution Association (Philconsa), said. Romualdez also said that preparations at the Batasan Complex for the final SONA of President Duterte before a joint session of Congress had been in full swing. “We are all excited for that and we are still waiting for updates on final details from Malacañang. On our part, maybe like before, health and safety protocols are still strict for our physical attendees, such as the requirement for an RT-PCR swab test, to ensure the safety of the people who will be there in the House of Representatives, including President Duterte,” Romualdez said. “Wearing face masks and face shields are still required. Social distancing, one-way travel direction and submission of health declarations will also be implemented,” he said.

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Galvez told local government units (LGUs) to make sure those who received their first shots will be able to complete the full dose. “With this development, we advise all LGUs who have Sinovac vaccines in their inventory to ensure that the allocation for the second dose should be used as the second dose,” Galvez said of the jabs administered 28 days apart. “Let’s not use the supplies intended for second doses as the first dose to ensure the full protection of our countrymen who have already received their first shot.,” he added. The government contracted 26 million of Sinovac doses this year. “We ask for the patience and understanding of the public. Though we have already secured the volume needed by the country, there are still other factors that may delay production and deliveries and cause this slippage," he said. Meanwhile, Health Secretary Francisco Duque III assured the public that the interval between the first and second dose could be from three to six months, citing the government’s vaccine expert panel. “There’s no problem if there’s a delay. What’s important is that you get your second dose,” Duque said. The Philippines has so far administered more than 12 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from Sinovac, AstraZeneca, Pfizer, Sputnik V, and Moderna. The WHO representative to the Philippines, Rabindra Abeyasinghe, said this was a remarkable performance given the global supply shortage. The WHO is targeting vaccination of 10 percent of the population of all countries by September, 40 percent by the end of 2021 and 70 percent by June 2022, Abeyasinghe said, adding this threshold is set for all countries, regardless of economic status. “We believe that if we can achieve that globally, that could help to end the acute phase of this pandemic,” he said. Duque on Tuesday urged wealthy nations not to forget about poor countries in the global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, as research on booster shots is underway. Duque, in his speech at a vaccination ceremony in Clark, Pampanga, called on the United Nations and the WHO to remind developed countries that many people across the globe remain unvaccinated. “I don’t think this is right because there is still a big percentage of the global population that has not received even a single dose of a COVID-19 vaccine,” Duque said. The United States, United Kingdom, and European countries are among the biggest donors to the COVAX facility, a global vaccine-sharing initiative that benefits the Philippines. They are also the biggest donors of COVID-19 vaccines.

"Second, inflation for key food items is still high, especially for meat. Meat inflation has decelerated to 17.2 percent from 22.3 percent. This is still above what many poor families can afford. Fortunately, the African swine fever (ASF) is beginning to retreat here and in our sources of meat imports. Nonetheless, the Department of Agriculture must sustain its efforts to prevent any further spread of the disease among farms and backyard hog raising facilities." "Third, transport inflation, while declining, is still at elevated levels. Furthermore, the sudden suspension of free bus rides in Metro Manila is certain to make its dent on the July transport inflation. As a supply augmenting move, as well as a matter of basic moral duty, the P4.6 billion in unpaid obligations incurred by the government in contracting transport service providers under Bayanihan 2 should be paid as soon as possible," Salceda said.

White plumes three-km high jet out of Taal By Rio N. Araja and Othel V. Campos THE Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) has observed steam-rich plumes that rose three kilometers over the main crater of Taal Volcano in the past 24 hours. “High levels of volcanic sulfur dioxide or SO2 gas emissions and steam-rich plumes that rose as much as 3,000 meters high before drifting south and east were generated from the Taal main crater,” Phivolcs said in its volcano bulletin on Tuesday. In the past 24 hours, Phivolcs also recorded 39 volcanic earthquakes, including two volcanic tremor events having durations of three to five minutes, 35 low-frequency volcanic earthquakes, two hybrid earthquakes and low-level background tremor that has persisted since April 8. Phivolcs said that Taal Volcano remains on Alert Level 3 due to continuous “magmatic unrest.” “At Alert Level 3, magma extruding from the Main Crater could drive an explosive eruption,” Phivolcs said. Meanwhile, the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development, through the National Housing Authority, has readied 950 housing units for families affected by the restive activities of Taal Volcano in Batangas.

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injured personnel were still in critical condition, with four scheduled for transfer to hospitals in Davao City. “The cadavers were beyond recognition because they were really burned, they were not able to get out of the C-130 when it exploded. So far, we have identified seven,” he said. Sobejana said six of them were presented to President Rodrigo Duterte at the covered court of the Naval Forces Western Mindanao during his visit. He said that DNA and dental records were being utilized to determine the identity of the burned cadavers of the soldiers. According to him, they sought help from other experts to augment the AFP team in identifying the remains considering the large number of cadavers. Four civilians were also injured during the crash, regarded by military officials as the worst air disaster involving a military plane in the country's history. Of the soldiers who survived the crash, at least three tested positive for COVID-19. With 96 people aboard the plane at the time of the accident, Sobejana said the personnel and cargo load at the time was just within its acceptable capability, quoting the chief of the military's Air Mobility Command. The ill-fated aircraft, which the Philippines acquired from the United States earlier this year, has a maximum payload capability of 19,000 kilograms. While it was not brand new, having been used by the US since 1988, it was in very good condition, officials have said. It also has 11,000 flying hours left. Sobejana told ABS-CBN's TeleRadyo in an interview Tuesday the plane's flight data recorder and voice cockpit recorder, which have been recovered, would be turned over to US authorities to retrieve their content.

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Earlier President Rodrigo Duterte criticized the senator for claiming that corruption has tripled under the present administration. Duterte and Pacquiao both belong to the ruling party, the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban), with Pacquiao as acting president and Duterte as chairman. Before flying to Los Angeles last Saturday in preparation for his bout with Spence on August 22, Pacquiao held a press conference where he accused at least four agencies -- the departments of Social Welfare, Energy, Health and Environment -- of being involved in anomalous transactions. The Palace, however, described Pacquiao’s corruption exposé as mere watusi, a harmless firecracker favored by small children, instead of the bombshell it was supposed to be. “Watusi. Nothing. It’s nothing. Because these are generalized allegations. No bill of particulars. No specific instance. No evidence,” Roque said. Roque said Pacquiao was just politicking because he could not present concrete evidence to support his allegations of massive corruption in the Duterte government.

News Ex-Sandigan magistrate in Napoles case gains relief THE Supreme Court has partially granted the plea for judicial clemency sought by former Sandiganbayan associate Justice Gregory Ong who was ordered dismissed from the service in 2014 after an investigation had established his linked with suspected pork barrel scam architect Janet Lim-Napoles. In an en banc decision, the SC through Associate Justice Marvic Leonen granted the plea of Ong, saying the former antigraft court justice’s demonstration of remorse and reformation, along with his current health condition, are sufficient for the Court to mitigate his penalty. “A better and more humane society, and the implementation of its laws and rules, is the teleology of clemency. It should enable what is good in society rather than undermine the implementation of its ethical values enshrined in its laws and rules,” the 15-member bench said, in a unanimously ruling. “With the second chance given him, this Court will expect much from Ong. We hope that he will not disappoint,” it added. In partially granting his plea for judicial clemency, the SC reinstated his retirement benefits, but decided to forfeit two-thirds of his lump sum benefit as penalty. It also lifted the ban it imposed on Ong’s re-employment in any branch, agency or instrumentality of the government, including government-owned or controlled corporations. “Considering the lapse of more than five years and subject to the usual clearances, Gregory Ong is now entitled to his full pension,” the tribunal said. In September 2014, the Court declared Ong guilty of gross misconduct, dishonesty and impropriety” under the New Code of Judicial Conduct for the Philippine Judiciary which carries the penalty of dismissal from the service and the forfeiture of all retirement benefits, except accrued benefits. It also prohibited the associate justice from seeking re-employment in any government offices including governmentowned or controlled corporations. The high tribunal adopted the findings of retired Associate Justice Angelina Sandoval-Gutierrez who was tasked to conduct a probe into allegations that surfaced during the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on September 26, 2013 on the pork barrel scam involving Napoles. Rey Requejo

Assassins sow panic, fear in La Union, say crusaders RESIDENTS of La Union province called on Governor Francisco Emmanuel “Pacoy” Ortega III to protect their communities from violent crimes, following the discovery of an alleged assassination squad composed of former police and military personnel last month. The Crusaders for Peace issued a statement after several members of the alleged Magpali gun-for-hire group were arrested on June 23, 2021 following the killing of a farm caretaker in Barangay Ballogo, Bacnotan, La Union on June 22, 2021. Police confiscated from the suspects’ vehicle several high-powered firearms, ammunition, bullet vests, two-way radios, cellphones, back packs and other items. Police also discovered that the group had several safe houses in La Union. In a statement, the Crusaders for Peace said they were afraid that the violence in the run-up to the 2019 elections would be repeated as the next national and local elections approach. “Ito ay panawagan mula sa mga natatakot sa himagsik na mamamayan, at mga pangkat ng relihiyon at mga negosyante,” the group said. The Crusaders for Peace asked Ortega to ensure that peace will prevail by going after the remaining members of the assassination squad. “Karahasan ay dapat tuldukan. Stop the killings now!” the Crusaders for Peace said. Several ex-military and police personnel, who are believed to be members of the Magpali gun-for-hire group, were arrested on June 23, 2021 following the killing of Cristito Morate, a farm caretaker in Barangay Ballogo, Bacnotan, La Union on June 22, 2021. The 49-year-old victim was shot dead over a right-of-way dispute with a member of the group. La Union police said the suspects reportedly shot the victim in the head and fled to San Juan town. In a report Police Major Gerardo Macaraeg Jr., chief of the San Juan Police Station, said several suspects were eventually arrested while trying to flee aboard a pickup truck following the discovery of their safe house in a resort. The group were renting four rooms in Vilas Buenavista Hotel and Restaurant in Barangay Ili Sur, San Juan

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High court drops case vs. Orthopedic Center By Rey E. Requejo

HE Supreme Court has dismissed the petition assailing the validity of the government’s approval in 2014 of the privatization of the Philippine Orthopedic Center in Quezon City. In an en banc decision penned by Associate Justice Ramon Paul Hernando, the SC resolved to dismiss the petition neither based on the weakness of the issues presented by those who were challenging the POC’s privatization nor on the government successfully justifying POC’s privatization. Instead, the high court ruled to dismiss the case for being moot and academic following the withdrawal in 2015 by the Consortium which won the bidding for the privatization, which was considered as a supervening event for the tribunal to junk the petition ﬁled in 2014 by POC indigent patients,

nurses and physicians who were joined by some legislators in the case. “The Court resolves to dismiss the petition for being moot and academic,” the SC stated in its decision promulgated last May 11, 2021 but only posted on the Court’s website last June 30. The decision came after ﬁve years before it could settle the issue after the winning bidder, the consortium of Megawide Construction Corporation and World Citi Medical Center (Consortium), manifested in 2015 that its contract with the government on POC’s privatization had been terminated.

The plan to privatize POC started in 2012. Under the government-approved Modernization of the POC Project (MPOC Project) in 2014, a new hospital facility will be constructed within the National Kidney and Transplant Institute compound along East Avenue, Quezon City. Under the contract, the Consortium was mandated to provide the government, among other things, a 700-bed capacity specialty care hospital providing orthopedic clinical services and allied services; procurement, installation, operations and management of modem diagnostics and clinical equipment; procurement, installation, operations and management of IT facilities; operation and maintenance of the new hospital facility; and provision of administrative and ancillary services. After 25 years, the new facility will be turned over by the Consortium to the Department of Health (DOH). The MPOC Project will be implemented

through a Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) arrangement under the provisions of Republic Act No. 6957 as amended by RA 7718, otherwise known as the “Build-Operate-andTransfer (BOT) Law” and pursuant to the Public Private Partnership (PPP) Program of the government. On March 6, 2014, a Build-OperateTransfer Agreement (BOT Agreement) was signed by the DOH with the Consortium of Megawide Construction Corporation and World Citi Medical Center. However, before the signing of the agreement, a petition was ﬁled with the SC on Feb. 3, 2014 to stop the privatization of POC and the subsequent award of the project to the Consortium. The petitioners argued that the privatization of the POC would result in the denial of medical services to thousands of indigent Filipinos, which they claimed is a clear violation of their constitutional right to health.

CEREMONIAL JAB. Jannet

Dulu (2nd from left), one of the employees of Luenthai International Group Philippines, Inc. posed with (from right to left) CDC President and CEO Manuel R. Gaerlan, DOH Secretary Francisco Duque, and Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque after she received her first dose of the Sinovac vaccine.

Task force kicks in P16.4b for barangay dev’t program MUCH of the funds intended to boost the livelihood in barangays where the communists once held sway have been delivered, according to the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict. At least 822 barangays have benefitted from 98.9 percent of the P16.44 billion funding for the barangay development program, the flagship program of the NTF-ELCAC, which cited a report from the Department of Budget and Management. According to National Security Adviser and NTF-ELCAC Vice-Chairman Hermogenes Esperon Jr. during the weekly press conference of the task force held last

Monday, this important achievement fully realizes the government’s commitment to free our kababayans in conﬂict zones from the atrocities and clutches of the Communist Party of the Philippines—New People’s Army—National Democratic Front and enable them to become productive members of society. “If communities are empowered by means of security, necessary infrastructure, education, economic development and livelihood, the CPP-NPA-NDF will become powerless and can no longer exploit their vulnerabilities. This will ﬁnally put an end to the 52-year insurgency by bringing sustainable solutions and basic

services to war-torn and victimized communities,” Esperon explained. The 822 barangays were former rebel communities that government security forces have cleared from 2016-2019 by dismantling the CTGs that previously exercised control over them. He pointed out that the BDP is one of President Rodrigo Duterte’s projects to provide for the “physical needs of the Barangays”. Esperon said that livelihood, water works and sanitation programs are also being prioritized aside from the construction of farm to market roads and school. In a report on the status of the Local

Government Support Fund to BDP, the tsk force revealed that P16.24 billion was allotted to 812 barangays. “Out of 822 barangays, 80% are IP communities, 75% of which are mostly situated in Mindanao, which received both infrastructure and non-infra projects from BDP,” Esperon explained. The P16.44 billion budget for the 822 beneﬁciary barangays were directly released to the Provincial or City Governments and are not coursed through the NTF-ELCAC. The DBM provided the guidelines in the release of funds for hundreds of barangays in nine regions under Local Budget Circular 135 and 135-A.

Clark holds ceremonial vax for workers

Supreme Court Chief Justice Gesmundo (inset) administers the oath-taking of the 25th Board of Governors of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines and reminds them of their “duty, as vanguards of the legal system, to support the Court in its programs so we can achieve a full and popular adherence to the rule of law in our country. The 25th IBP board comprises; National President and Chair of the Board Burt M. Estrada; Executive Vice President and Governor for Eastern Visayas Antonio C. Pido; Governor for Northern Luzon Lucky M. Damasen; Governor for Central Luzon Peter Paul S. Maglalang; Governor for Greater Manila Marcelino Michael I. Atanante II; Governor for Southern Luzon Jerwin J. Lopez; Governor for Bicolandia Jose A. Atibagos II; Governor for Western Visayas Atty. Vicente Pascual B. De Asis; Governor for Eastern Mindanao Daniel E. Campoamor; and Governor for Western Mindanao Alena Gale H. Palileo-Yabes. SC PIO

CLARK FREEPORT—Government officials and executives in this Freeport recently led a ceremonial vaccination for workers under the essential sector here. The symbolic vaccination activity was held Tuesday, July 6, 2021, at the CDC-Luenthai Satellite vaccination site. The program was organized to encourage more workers in the Freeport and in Region 3 to get vaccinated. Meanwhile, some 500 workers from Luenthai International Group Philippines Inc., a locator of this Freeport and one of the leading manufacturers of fashion and lifestyle apparel and accessories in the world, initially received their first dose of the Sinovac vaccines. Luenthai partnered with Clark Development Corporation (CDC) to get their workers inoculated. The company also hopes to get all of its employees vaccinated in the coming days. Five of Luenthai’s production unit personnel were first to receive the vaccines during the symbolic vaccination ceremony. These include Juna Espinosa, Rosalyn Puno, Jannet Dulu, Mercedita Opong, and Michael Ignacio. Luenthai employs about 15,000 workers in the Philippines, with 3,900 of them working in Clark and San Fernando, Pampanga. The com-

pany also has manufacturing sites in Cebu, Tarlac, and Bataan. Key ofﬁcials, including Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III, Deputy Chief Implementer for National Task Force against COVID-19 Sec. Vivencio Dizon, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, CDC Chairman Atty. Edgardo Pamintuan, CDC President and CEO Manuel R. Gaerlan, Pampanga Governor Dennis Pineda, Mabalacat City Mayor Crisostomo Garbo, and Luenthai International Group Philippines Inc. President Francisco Sauceda lauded the said event. In his speech, Gaerlan shared that they will continue to partner with their locators to achieve herd immunity for employees inside this Freeport. He also thanked Duque and Dizon for their support to facilitate the rollout of the vaccines here. “Thank you sir, for bringing the vaccines to CFZ. The locators and workers of the Freeport are very happy and lucky to be the recipients of the vaccines. I hope our workers would continue supporting our government, supporting the management of their respective companies. A lot of companies are struggling, but the only thing that we can do now is work together. I hope labor, management, and the government would continue working together to survive this pandemic,” Gaerlan added.

DENR rejects ‘plastic emitter’ tag on PH By Rio N. Araja AMID a report that the Philippines is a top plastic emitter, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources on Tuesday claimed it has long been undertaking preventive measures and rehabilitation efforts in different river systems, including Pasig River. Undersecretary for Solid Waste Management and Local Government Units Concerns Benny Antiporda said “again, even prior to the publication of the said study, the DENR has already launched various efforts on environmental protection and conservation under Secretary Roy Cimatu’s leadership.” The Ocean Cleanup-led study, which was published in the international journal Science Advances, has named rivers in the Philippines as among the top 10 sources of ocean plastic pollution. Pasig River has been identiﬁed as the top

plastic emitter. According to Antiporda, the study, which used a probabilistic approach and was based on secondary studies, did not reﬂect the actual condition of the rivers. With strong-willed leadership and efforts to mitigate pollution under the present administration, the study would show a different result, he stressed. The solid waste management that included plastic wastes is being addressed in the tributaries to the ocean not only through various mitigation strategies, technologies, law enforcement but also in manpower, he said. He added the agency has continued to support local government units in putting up their materials recovery facilities. At least 11,546 material recovery facilities have been built, serving 14,450 barangays nationwide, while 335 illegal dumps were closed.

DOWNPOUR. Motorists slow down along Aurora Boulevard in Quezon City on Tuesday (July 6, 2021) during a heavy downpour. The southwest monsoon affecting Luzon has caused scattered rains over parts of the country. Joey O. Razon

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REGISTERED deaths due to COVID-19 accounted for a total of 30.14 deaths or 4.9 percent of the total registered deaths in 2020, the Philippine Statistics Authority said Thursday. In a statement, the PSA said that by classification, COVID-19 with virus not identified was the seventh leading cause of death in the country with 20.84 thousand cases or 3.4 percent of the total deaths in 2020. Deaths due to intentional selfharm also recorded a 57.3 percent increase from the previous year, making it the 25th leading cause of death in 2020, from rank 31 in 2019. From the 2.81 thousand registered deaths due to intentional self-harm in 2019, it spiked to 4.42 thousand deaths in 2020. The top three causes of death in the country in 2020 were ischaemic heart diseases, neoplasms, and cerebrovascular diseases. Incidentally, these were also the leading causes of death in 2019. Meanwhile, registered deaths due to COVID-19 with virus identified accounted for 9.30 thousand or 1.5 percent of the total deaths in 2020, making it the top 14 cause of death during the year. Among the 17 regions, the National Capital Region (NCR) registered the highest number of deaths due to COVID-19 with 13.00 thousand or 43.1 percent of the total COVID-19 deaths. CALABARZON ranked second with 7.00 thousand deaths (23.2% share), while Central Luzon came in third with 2.69 thousand deaths (8.9% share). Other regions that registered over a thousand COVID-19 deaths were Central Visayas and Western Visayas, with 2.36 thousand (7.8% share) and 1.14 thousand (3.8% share) deaths, respectively. On the other hand, ARMM reported the least number of registered COVID-19 deaths with only 52 or 0.2 percent of the total. In 2020, deaths due to ischaemic heart diseases were the leading cause of death with 105.11 thousand cases or 17.1 percent of the total deaths in the country. This was an increase of about 7.8 percent from the 97.48 thousand deaths or 15.7 percent of the total deaths in 2019.

By Maricel V. Cruz

OUR more major political parties will join a coalition to be led by Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte’s Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) for the 2022 presidential elections, a top official of the regional party said.

The move came after the Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (CMD) of House Majority Leader Martin G. Romualdez came out in support of HNP last June 23. The Lakas-CMD’s Executive Committee authorized its party president, Romualdez, to renew its alliance with HNP for next year’s polls. HNP Secretary General and former

Davao del Norte Gov. Anthony del Rosario said the National Unity Party (NUP), Nacionalista Party (NP), Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino (PMP), and People’s Reform Party (PRP) will join the early bird Lakas-CMD in the coalition under HNP. “Those are the five parties that have signified their interest to join this socalled coalition we’re building,” said Del Rosario, who added that HNP will choose the presidential and vice presidential candidates under the renewed alliance. “As for the moment, everything is on hold because there has to be a memorandum of agreement between and among all parties . Currently, each party is reviewing the document and we’re still trying to come up with an agreement that is acceptable to all parties,” del Rosario added. This developed as NUP Secretary General Reggie Velasco announced the NUP has decided to renew its alliance

with HNP, just like Lakas-CMD did. “They want to renew it for the 2022 elections, we are agreeable, the party is in agreement, ‘yun date na lang kung kailan pipirmahan,” Velasco said. Like Lakas-CMD, Velasco said the party will abide by the decision of the coalition that HNP has the authority to choose the presidential and vice presidential candidates. The NUP may also propose senatorial bets. Among the prominent members of the NUP are party president and Cavite Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr., Manila Mayor Isko Moreno; Deputy Speaker and Antipolo Rep. Roberto Puno, and former Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno. On Monday, Romualdez, representative of Leyte’s First District, said Lakas-CMD will support the presidential and vice presidential candidates to be chosen by the HNP.

SMOKING TAAL. Smoke rises to a height of 2,500 meters from the mouth of Taal Volcano as a man sweeps the terrace of a restaurant in Tagaytay City on Monday morning. JR Josue

‘Revilla case defeat won’t affect anti-corruption drive’ THE Palace said Tuesday the dismissal on Senator Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr.’s involvement in a corruption case would not affect the government’s anti-corruption drive. Palace spokesman Harry Roque said President Duterte has already promised to use the remainder of his term to run after the officials involved in corruption in government. The Sandiganbayan dismissed the graft cases against Revilla in connection with the multi-billion peso “pork

barrel” fund scam due to insufficiency of evidence. “That’s how our justice system works in the Philippines. The accused is presumed innocent until proven otherwise,” Roque said in a press briefing. “Senator Revilla was accorded his day in court and the prosecution failed to prove his guilt beyond reasonable doubt,” Roque said. However, despite the Sandiganbayan’s ruling in favor of Revilla, Roque

guaranteed that Duterte would continue to run after corrupt workers in government. “That has no impact on the government’s anti-corruption campaign because the President continues to go after corrupt government officials,” Roque added. Revilla was detained in 2014, along with former Senator Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada, and former Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile who were also charged with plunder. Vito Barcelo

Transparency, accountability issues in Chinese-funded projects marked

HORSEBACK RIDING. Men hold on to their horses’ reins as they guide mothers with their children in a stroll around Burnham Park in Baguio City on Tuesday. The city government announced that it is limiting tourist arrivals in the summer capital to a maximum of 3,000 daily to prevent a surge of coronavirus disease cases. Dave Leprozo

A THINK tank study identified several transparency and accountability issues in four Chinese funded infrastructure projects that need to be addressed to safeguard Philippine interests. Stratbase Albert del Rosario Institute (ADRi) President, Prof. Dindo Manhit said, “This paper is part of the institute’s advocacy partnership with International think tank Center for International Private Enterprise and a broad network of think tanks in the region to study the impact of Chinese investments on fragile economies like the Philippines.” “It is the responsibility of the government to ensure transparency and accountability when it comes to transactions with other states especially for foreign investments,” Manhit said.

According to the paper titled, “Chinese Investments in The Philippines: Are They Corrosive Capital?” featured in “SPARK”, a quarterly online publication of ADRi and authored by Prof. Edwin Santiago of the De La Salle University Political Science Department, “These projects have become controversial for the Duterte administration primarily due to allegations that they followed a unique way of doing things that disregarded the rule of law and characteristically lacked transparency and accountability.” Prof. Santiago said that one of the common issues was the severe lack of transparency in the deals and “Critical information seem to be left out deliberately to force some form of interpretation inconsistency that could eventually weaken one’s data presentation and analysis.”

Actor to vie for QC District 1 Congress seat By Rio N. Araja Kapamilya actor Arjo Atayde is believed to join the 2022 congressional race in Quezon City’s District 1 against incumbent Rep. Anthony Peter “Onyx” Crisologo, the Standard learned Tuesday. According to a councilor from District 1 who requested anonymity, Atayde will run un- Atayde der the administration party of Mayor Joy Belmonte, Last June 29, the city government, on its Facebook page post, thanked Atayde for the donation of service vehicles that were distributed to barangays NS Amoranto, Manresa, Paang Bundok, St. Peter, Sto. Cristo, Maharlika, San Antonio, San Jose and Vasra. It shared photos of the turnover ceremo-

ny, led by Belmonte and the other local officials, at the Quezon Memorial Circle. On the other hand, Crisologo, on July 5, donated a brand-new aerial ladder fire truck to the Bureau of Fire Protection in Barangay Masambong. According to the source, the actor would be donating more vehicles for the other villages in District 1. He said vehicles would cost P1 million each. Atayde, the boyfriend of celebrity star Maine Mendoza, has a slogan of “Aksyon Agad.” Actress Aiko Melendez earlier said Atayde would run for Congress, but Atayde’s mother, veteran actress Sylvia Sanchez, told Melendez that her son would not run against her.

BIKER’S UMBRELLA. A cyclist keeps himself dry with an umbrella as he rides through the rain on Gil Puyat Avenue in Pasay City on Tuesday. George Buid

Palace refutes RSF, President ‘not a predator of free press’ By Vito Barcelo MALACANANG on Tuesday lambasted the international organization Reporters Without Borders after President Rodrigo Duterte was included in its list of “press freedom predators”, saying the dishonor was “bereft of merit” and “baseless.” Presidential spokesman Harry Roque issued the statement after the Paris-based media watchdog known by its French acronym RSF included Duterte in the list of world leaders considered as “press freedom predators”. “Freedom of the press is alive and well in the Philippines. The President has not filed a libel case. The President has not sent a journalist to jail,” Roque said in defending the President. He said that the shutdown of media giant ABS-CBN was a decision of Congress, while the cases against Rappler were for supposed violations of Securities and Exchange Commission rules. Roque said that media firms that are critical to Duterte and his administration are not even facing any libel suit-proof that the President values press freedom. “That’s part and parcel of course of the media group’s advocacy to promote freer press. But there is really no basis to claim that our President is a media predator,” he said. RSF on Monday said Duterte is among 37 heads of state in the world who “crack down massively on press freedom”. “Collusion at all levels within the state apparatus” enabled Duterte to wage “total war” against journalists, RSF said. RSF also said that Duterte has an “arsenal that includes spurious charges of defamation, tax evasion or violation of capital legislation; rescinding broadcast licenses; getting accomplices to buy up media outlets and bring their journalists into line; and using an army of trolls to subject journalists to online harassment.

DOLE vows justice for abused OFW THE Philippine government will initiate legal steps against a foreign employer for abusing a Filipina overseas worker in Saudi Arabia. Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III vowed to give justice to the OFW victim who was raped by her foreign recruiter and abused by her employer in KSA. The DOLE directed the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) and the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Riyadh to initiate appropriate legal steps against the suspects, and impose administrative penalties on the local recruitment agency which deployed the victim. The victim, whose identity was withheld, was allegedly raped by the owner of the foreign deployment agency (FDA) and molested by one of her employers before she was repatriated recently. Bello ordered the POLO to go after the owner of Home Comfort Recruitment Office/Home Comfort Manpower Services, Meshail Mabrook Al Bassani Al Qahtani and employer Abdulaziz Ahlas for the rape and abuse of the victim. He also directed the POEA to penalize the local company SAMA International Recruitment Agency which reportedly ignored the victim’s complaints and her ordeal in Saudi Arabia. In his urgent memorandum to Labor Attaché Fidel Macauyag, Bello instructed the POLO in Riyadh to work with authorities there for immediate legal action on the case. “The rape committed against our OFW may not result to a criminal case being filed in Philippine courts against the owner of the FDA. This is due to lack of jurisdiction,” Bello said. “The crime happened outside of the Philippines and the principle of extra territoriality can’t be applied on the case,” he explained. However, Bello said DOLE can deliver a blow to Home Comfort as he ordered Macauyag to suspend the FDA’s accreditation with the POLO. He also directed Macauyag to coordinate closely with Arab authorities for the filing of criminal cases and prosecution of Al Qahtani and Ahlas. On the other hand, Bello tasked POEA Administrator Bernard Olalia to probe Ahlas over violations of POEA rules and impose penalties for the sexual abuse committed against the OFW. Vito Barcelo

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Now, he world. Still, even if it was the dent Rodrigo Duterte’s achievements. Now, ommendation of the Board Trustees of Philment will deny this, for sure new phenomenon—suicide bombers. The charged w h nves ga ng po ce ma ers ber of the Board of Trustees of PhilHealth, 1 282 ac ua PCR es s per day conn 2019 he Human R gh s Wa ch e n 2019 he Human R gh s Wa ch e POINT This means half of the economic production h s- around the people poor. whe e Cebu s s he ou h a ges vo ng e nila-based Asian Development Bank. the state ofemerging calamity forinfections one yearaccorduntil unspent and could now beGo, politibase. Longtime aide, Christopher anddrug and sdiverted aff oufor of he more 700 va e showed are the1.3 presidential-vice The LnM ead conveno s Wa den Be community estimated to 3.5 million dying, people whohan would die pr anyway, economic On top ofthese 21, theyNational went on Bureau theNationa usual former crimes. tivists, environmentalists, lead-potraction drug crimes. Itpresis No. 21 world. ngest and strictest, the lockdown Health, the President shall appoint the agen- former es. Itinisthe No. 21 inThe the Philippines world. 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This means that the President cannot apand V cen e So o we e bo h 1934 Cons u The newest of the “new p “After Pangilinan first drugs” be ea “as and Davao City Sara Duterte; is legal depends on whether his name was March 15, how 2020, he there The reasons are allies made it handily into the Senate elecFinance Secretary Carlos Dominguez says allies made it handily into the Senate elec5. the police and the military surgency and he Mus m separa s movev ew and no us he e ec ons as a one sho Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez pine economy slumped to slumped itsour lowest ever in From this (August).” pine economy to its lowest ever in enro ees Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez As a was named to head the Senate committee cent in the second quarter, and by 9 perV RTUAL V RTUAL spread testing in communities. just some ns ances a ack and k po ca ac some ns ances a ack and k po ca ac cent in the first half. That 4.2 percent first semester drop in economic output of 9 downs n he wo d S even was he downs n he wo d S even was he were widespread and at their most Duterte’s successor. • The Philippine Amusement and Gaming (Universal Healthcare Act) point unless he isare a member thees 119,000 to 140,000 retrenc thousands more dying orofwill be he Boa Ttions usHea ees Ph Hea hpeople be o he Boa doo us Tbillion us eesdremained oo Ph ho Gierran (Universal Hea n he veswriting, o F pthenoschilling by pa on c pa interred their in that shortlist for the Board of Trustees. the ng daynit he began.” He wants irmed cases. At this PO NT“the PO NT ona Conven onpower de ega awye swith and sen bones.” closed that P18.4 unspent President and 2.around Senator Panfilo Lacson and Senate Presiwhich solidified Duterte’s “the decisive (lockdown) helped avert an tions which solidified Duterte’s power game bu as pa o a p ocess o po ca d decisive (lockdown) helped us avert an the country’s history -a 16.5-percent conthe country’s history -a 16.5-percent concharged with investigating police matters Without a vaccine cent in the first half. We are having the 1,282 actual PCR tests per day conDuterte has employed more generals, men percent. It is the worst recession in our hisv s s env onmen a s s commun y ead v s s env onmen a s s commun y ead Adds Dominguez: “Without the lockdown, is equivalent to losing $1.4 billion of strict,” says ADB. Exports declined by Another year of state of calamity Corporation, provides additional The group represen hese eachers d s death onges and c esand dque s onges c esConstituhe ockdown andThis staff, outommendation of the tha I HAVE been requested to repeat how my rea-much ommendation ofme the more Board It’s pretty basic. explains that “no matter money ho e pandemic much moBayanihan ewhich as p es den and much mo eaccordasan p CEO es den and CEO die because ofa hunger, malnutrition, and oT under the to ask, 2022 eepicenter ecTY onswo ough awo unpenalty, psbanned ocess ohes ockdown REAL TY REAL is the inh the ong s and CebuChristopher s poand ca kGo, ngp ns brings out in after the 2 law lapsed onaccordJune 30,base. it aide, Vicente “Tito” Sotto; base. Longtime Christopher Go, be first appoin estimated 1.3 topercent 3.5 million Longtime aide, and a ogue he peop emy estimated 1.3 toinfections 3.5 million infections traction indent economic production. On top spelled of the “drug war.” ducted the lastclearly week of our capacity traction economic On top of and worst recession history. schools which will remain sons belief the of your dollar income. story. and spump ” po 21.4 inhethe first half. means restrictions and reguena s sand outhat nainto s s ”appointment source of revenue to fund the miscellaneous *production. * March, *rate Health, the President shall a ed heo pandem che aaforned con ainn our c wforehThe Thus answe obigger hes aff ques tion most crimes, to pandem be reimposed Thus he answe oon heoformer ques on oand Health, the Pres diseases spawned by the lockdowns. 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From just enepano he Peop aon e as beg nn ng eunde fects of the COVID-19 pandemic onnamed the peowas named to head the Senate committee Antonio Trillanes III.remembered 15.5 percent in Q2 for semester drop in economic output of 9epea spread testing in our communities. just allies it handily into theeaSenate for general use, the first semester drop inhaters economic output of 9testing opposite effect. lockdowns were point Gierran unless heP500 isvi a the price of anything, and its can Secretary Carlos Dominguez says has o adop r gh shou d no be •in The Movie and Television review and HAVE been eques ed o supply, my ea AS MARCOS “the HAVE been eques ed o epea my ea s p e y bas c s p e y bas c point u dea hnthat pena y banned unde he Cons u pandemic will [strike] the global ian positions in the government. error s s are he warpa h marked by a dea h pena y banned he Cons u who envy his ingenuity, PhpP pp nes s made he cGuz ep cen heelecin the country are severe or critical. 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Muslim ment deny this, for sure, but aducted survey Despite the overwhelming dominance of new phenomenon—su c mes bombers The tality ratio, on the other hand, isBoard; at 2.5 people down. This –o and severly saving the parts the economy. cofo.3ach on and the “drug war.” ask onesand he Le smes o con bu eproductive ha bTrustees eak in the last week of March, our capacity nila-based Asian Development Bank. calamity one base. Longtime aide, Christopher Go, Section 13 and the “drug war.” to 3.5 million infections accordn Lacson and T o So o you have a tory. Remember, it takes only P5 billion to run a ducted in the last week of March, our capacity lacks a viable party, it lacks a lineup, it lacks dying, people who would die anyway, o me Na ona Bu eau o nves ga on a state of calamity. 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The good is oft This means that the President apestimates the GDP contraction for the whole su Tourism o 19 he COV Dyears 19 pandem c ment The newest of the poor” are some “By the models of UP and Ateneo, ba zon 1 83 m on M ma opa and 4 94 m estimates the GDP contraction for the whole miracles do happen in It could come a sign. clearly spelled has grown to about 32,000 average tests a es made y n he Sena e e ec F nance Sec e a y Ca os Dom nguez says a es y o he Sena e e ec corrupt than past administrations. four months. 5 Codd ng he po ce and he m ary clearly sp F nance Sec e a y Ca os Dom nguez says o popu a consu a on and a se 300 000 states average 31 deaths, UK 70, Spain 61, o s owes eve n h s (Augus ) ” my o s owes eve from a short-li sary mobility restrictions hamper aggregate guez to head theand Senate ng sinumped our communities. From just n was werenamed widespread atg committee theirve most successor. Thus, before Gierran can appointed Thewe killings of may political activists and almany tovo come. Un ve Hea hca eretrenched Ac upon he point unless he isca ofwill the ess g oups do Gierran noons wan po The men oa source Labo Emp oy 119,000 toPres 140,000 teachers thousands or Un ve sa Hea--aCEO hca efor Ac upon ecDepa especially in-battleground regions, of thehe engines to serve as Depa of and revenue; interred with their bones.” The men Labo and Emp oy The killings of activists and alcould be large as 30 percent assuming averted some 59,000 to 171,000 den and of Ph Hea hgeneral he 5. 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Commission f and staff, out of the more 700 private ommenda on omonth he Boa dthan Tthe us ees olockPh demand.” leged NPA leaders have failed to dent oney men w deny h s o su e bu a su vey gh s ha he med a ocus on die because of hunger, malnutrition, and ommenda on o he Boa d T us ees o Ph the Hardest hit was Luzon island which and most especially, when highest • Laws on socialized housing through a This brings me to ask, my gulay—Is men w deny h s o su e bu a su vey leged NPA leaders have failed to dent the loss of P1.5 trillion for each of lockdeaths. Our death reduced from Duterte has employed more generals, Adds Dominguez: “Without the lockdown, loss of P1.5 trillion for each month of explains that “no matter how much money n he Ph pp nes base Long me a de Ch s ophe Go and 5.These three senators can also throw their be f rs appo n ed as a member of he Board es ma ed 1 3 o 3 5 m on n ec ons acco d base Long me a de Ch s ophe Go and aw Bayan han 2 he b ons a o ed for h s es ma ed 1 3 o 3 5 m on n ec ons acco d be 15 o conv nce me o un Tha wou d oduc on On op o and the “drug war.” he last week of March, our capacity econom c p oduc on On op o be first appointed as a member of the Board law Bayanihan 2, the billions schools which will remain closed. These hero? 21.4and percent inhs thecou first dhalf. ntinuing restrictions and nfec regu- ons Hea h he P es den sha appo n he agen recession could rage showed ha a mos ha o he coun y s 52-year old communist insurgency. Muslim Hea h he P es den sha appo n he agen diseases spawned by the lockdowns. Are you no a ra d ha peop e m gh produces 70 percent of total economic post of the land is at stake. series of legal issuances from the funding, showed ha a mos ha o he coun y s Marcos a heel or a hero? police force was caught on social media from he m ary and he po ce han any recession could rage 3. Unprecedented human rights violations from the military and the police, than any trolled Corpora he ra e of dea have bets. The odds are 52-year old communist insurgency. Muslim down. This lockdown – the longest and severa high of 17 percent to just 1.6 percent the rate of infections and deaths could have Government economists earlier projected he r countries their down. 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The a little over 1 of all COVID-19 cases some 1.3 to phenomenon—suicide 3.5 million cases, of which It is not the sheer size ofethe package This means of the economic production new The ithout a hen vaccine Gierran can be appointed as member of This means half of the economic production ment essential and urg wa ”growth we e ewa eccers ed ooccupy Sena eThat aSena Rosa group representing these teachers sys bu dong ou capac do w dey soar-rank ”anticipated we ehe ec stimulus ed oDe he ebinations: De Rosa panti-insurgency no name abalockdown oad ecbombers. ps ng ha o isrecommended Ma we dem asys s em o gan ngyouocases pointed byrecom the bu dz up do w de than guests strict Poe and Richard Gordon, on h wou off cab ne chalf vathe -The the illegal drugs campaign, also enwcurrent over 1on percen of aupand COVID-19 oun y ecess s anow ecess whave hand clearly spelled out theWhat Board his .ow In nfact, under laws, Th sGrace means ha he Pvicious esthose, den canno rate 2021. isand now overly optikage oThe henewes “new ”pera“new some sincumbent means ha he P es den canno apnewes ian positions inCenter, thecontracted government. “No one that the COVID opoo he poo ”PNP e(despite some thecos Board Investments by Wha 53.5 penses money. The President pine Heart Lunch Center, National he would aTh hero. however, in country are severe orFor critical. Our morccapac a sand socwas ethat y”? PNP has tripled its matters now butin also whether it in is actual68,000 be severe critical Gbe erran can be appo ninap ed as aThe member ofhas me policy quote Justice Ma se50 essen aawould and urgen sandabudget, ong- prois gone bye now. That cannot be recovered inrecovered has tripled its anti-insurgency budget, the Board of Trustees? termLet jobs to prevent The of political activists and staff claim that the P500 million allois gone by now. That cannot be named o head he Sena e comm ee Mr. President, sphe ead es ons ng nkillings ou commun escommun F omlift usesalwas named o head he Sena comm ee ns umen o e ec because s no o Romu o econom cnuse, ou pu o 9 sp ead es ng n ou F om us Grace Poe and Sherwin Gatchalian, Richard the the President. efneral d op econom c ou pu o 9 po n G e an un ess he s a membe o he anything, and its supply, can Board of Tru 119 000 o 140 000 e enched eache s Despite the overwhelming dominance ofa worrying pois ningenuity, G eheanwants unat ess he s ahis membe othe he hibiting gatherings of ten or more people in tality ratio, on the other hand, is 2.5 people pandemic will [strike] the global an pos ons n he governmen 119 000 o 140 000 e enched eache s the President. cent in second quarter and by 36.6 can get allthem the money to have Kidney and Transplant Institute, Philippine who envy his vision and foregiven him one of major failures—massive n he coun ry are severe or cr ca Our morsaving thelaw. productive parts of thefour economy. The ethe s cha noly hged ng o ea om a democ a c sign. cases on the peak day, which will overhas grown to about 32,000 average daily tests mistic. Without a vaccine for general use, the Lazaro, who was the Gove ua Section 13 of RA 10149 (GOCC Governthe lem of poverty. months. a worrying sign. cated to not enough. leged NPA leaders have failed to dent has grown to about 32,000 average daily tests he Board ofit Trus ees? four months. ermhasinvestobs cy o ppreven ayea b gger probw cha h nves ga po months cegama epothe sGordon aouound ac PCR day 000 gna u ua es gna ged w hangthree cehis ma e s and ecess on n ouo haon sse n300 athe ound 1 The 282 saces uas pe PCR escon s spesoc day con sDuterte Pacqu ao demorate shed 25 wo d before Thus, before Gierran theeasy during and Grace Poe. sled hebywo s government h s 1s 282 and the s athe ou oadministration he mo 700 ppo va eAct Duterte not per ahands hundred thousand.” lockdowns. They and she a “Private oue ohan he mo5. eCoddling han vapolice en 25 Thus, economy. In the first of percent in first half. on and deploy to whoever Children’s Medical Center; sight, those who desire revenge, he is generals, This isWe because the problem issoc not aedom systemic ance of5. mandates that an appointing included incan th soc e yrecession have acould cap snves yng whelm our healthcare sector.” of2011) the and the military My gulay, ifduring there’s one ele Counsel the Ma sion could rage this (August).” The jobs policy that President Duterte old one place at700 the same time), Desp e ug hewaoverwhe m nance of Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez Coddling of the police andrefused the military human rights violations. Critics say killed a eecess ymajor ra oelection, he her a week 2chinsurgency. peop eaMuslim this (August).” rage well into 2021. omy Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez he “d ” “dprioritized duc ed dno52-year he week ospopu Ma capac you and Sec on 13 of RA 10149 (GOCC Governgnon wou be aashand oed mncommunist ohe a5 ou and he ugbust. wa ”eng em of pover y President and CEO of PhilH duc as o Ma ch capac y proven itself any more competent nor any calamity. uIn acampa schoo s wh ch w ema n c osed These box ng champ ons n e gh d v s ons he on y He notes that per 100,000, the EU member Six, one company that follows the money So it seems you will have four to five presschoo s wh ch w ema n c osed These President and quarantine, we saving lives contraction or a cyclical Simply, necesment slumped in Q2 with outlays for inand wherever he wants to send it. • The first nuclear power plant in Southdirector shall be appointed by the President definitely a heel. it’s an urgent and lasting job has to adopt right away should not be an “What we find in the last six months, whe e he e s a 30 pe cen pove y a one Duterte has employed more generals, beneficiaries of the February terrorists are on thesense. warpath marked by a 4 Fas ure Adds Dominguez: “Without the lockdown, explains that “no matter how much money by the GCG tC make no Duterte has employed more generals, Adds Dominguez: “Without the lockdown, explains that “no matter how much money to fire the erring general. genera he Du er e adm n s ra on has no o con a n he commun s n nto 2021. more than 27,000 in the guise of eliminating per ahehundred ” consu con o wha ad ona be 4restrictions Fa oess con athis n and he commun s candidates n less corrupt than past administrations. 0ho saeconomy exon ngoods When thepure President came tostates power in schoo s have os ncome because o ay ack em coeconomy nd he of bellwether average 31 and deaths, 70, 61, from aour short-list prepared byso them Governance ance Ac ofUK 2011) manda es ha an appo ndeaths ng esupply 2020 shousand ex as mobility hamper aggregate boxe opolice, do asspolice, eany hngm he ea esappointed boxe o asplace schoo scould have osagain ncome because o ack o the first appointe tagtalfirst Banana, Ibe foresee aa memb bleak is Smartmatic, which will manage against COVID. We used time to Board ofand Trustees of PhilHealth, unless My gu fothat here’s one equarantine emen dustrial machinery and transport equipCombine those powers—control of sure, the idential four to sixSpain vice presieast Asia; emergency employment scheme. For is the lower restriction new phenomenon—suicide bombers. Thes sary o he wo n As a no og un ess event of time, and from the military and than the rate of infections and have countries pump into their economies, their from the military and the than any the rate of infections and deaths could have The reasons are countries pump into their economies, theirare dent cannot le surgency and he Mus msystem separa sm move The reasons When the chief en of lower the national capital’s of Trustees. c ans azNewsAs eschool do ng one hand youmember Sweden 57, and the US 52. surgency and separa sgreatest move en ees for corn, even pe cenbyfish, B zNewsAs Philippines assur the recommended hisMus appointment to proven se f our any more en nor any the ranks of the unemployed can only worso ees ofMu Trustees. ccesne 10po pefuel, cen Baes a On improve capacity.” the pervasive illegal drugs curse. percent and for private price and supply of any commodity or conHe no ha per 100he he • 62.1 Aohe geothermal power plant, one ofother the Commission angGovernment-owned me ahead othan For-Conoyd J without dential candidates. July 2016, stumbled into the and PNP has000 tripled its EU anti-insurgency budget, has actually opened more of theMaywea dmassively, rec or sha beviolations appo n edment byelections. Pres den have fashioned andany sustaine you go ou odemand.” he Board coun y health ohe ge a hecompe ob And ’s an urgen and asbefore obs posectors cy Sanpresident him. More 45 been much worse. The latest data suggest that GDP would have shrunk anyway. other president before him. More than 45he been much worse. The data suggest that Without a vaccine GDP would have shrunk massively, anyway. force was caught on social media men Government What is/are the legal requt 3.clearly Unprecedented human rights trolled Corporations ple can get employed when vaccine he Du ehe ecruPacqu ao wo dWithout wa ha s awha The gis oup ep esen ng hese eache scomthe“By President. medicines, and PPEs, are en the poverty problem of theof country for police economists earlier projected men ber of the Boa ac on con ohave he who e daily The glatest oup ep esen ng hese eache s (GCG). What is/are the models of UP and Ateneo, construction 46.8 percent lower,” says sumer goods, redirecting taxpayers money first in the world, as an alternative source eto GDP ac on o who e a worrying sign. spelled out in hammad A and Suga Ray Leona d Pac Ours not a genuine democracy. It is about 32,000 average tests economy and helped bring back jobs.” At the starting gate, the team Bongbong barrage of adverse publicity biznewsasia@gmail.com ess corrup han pas adm n s ra ons has b ough h s abou ? Ou neo be a clearly spelled out in star-rank officers occupy cabinet and civilHuman Rights Watch says many of the s a es average 31 dea hs UK 70 Spa n 61 a little over 1 percent of all COVID-19 cases from aofshor - srestrictions prepared by heaPublic Governance longest economic expansion in country’s gacen e in battleground not sheer size ofsheer the stimulus package aaP500 Banana Icases boofficers eak fuoccupy ureonly for cabinet civil- ends! a little percent COVID-19 breakfast party with more thisaalaw, Gierran can behe ap-and Under finally not the size the package having What Duterte a stimulus strong president, can appointed Gierran can appointed a kThus, ngs po cato59,000 ac vbesItto sisca and many years come. and sover a c1construction abirthday m ha he mbyas aforesee oMr. aThe recovery ofbefore 7o percent 8o percent in GDP pu y ng egoa assum dregions, ven you have use bofgthemed a andpothecmilitary cially The kGierran ngs po acathe vasIt sthe sisand a has pe assum and s a of call m ha heon P500 m star-rank cantape bep we averted some 171,000 ADB. slipped a positions to anyone ormade anywhere, and the like of energy; 5. for Coddling police a ge as 30 pee cen ngand ageneral st).” a Gierran PhilHealth President, the lockdowns. for the ident Marcos slift a acompe ng o Board success sbe ofrom y * *the puterized democracy (“demo” demonIstoPresident he aitsslaw oritsigned a Marcos and Sara Duterte looks the coalies mposed onrate useade ove he asis 30 oooverly 40 ian inon theman government. general use the inactualthe country are severe orare critical. Our morthat matters now but also whether isheel actualWhen he ch ofof ona cap aof ’s pointed by the President as member of theagsthe ian positions ins the government. *of Tr than 50 guests strict lockdown proPresident and CEO PhilHealth, he must 27,000 are “vigilante-style killings perpetratin-owned the severe or critical. Ourin morSweden 57 and he US the vicious illegal drugs campaign, has also While the may have into the law Comm on for Governmen or-Conofthe Trustees? that matters now but also whether is Ph pp nes w hou any assurance ha peogrowth in 2021. That now optihistory—70 consecutive quarters growth. ca edcountry o (despite hem sed no enough eged NPA sef have ahe edsna den he the Hardest hit employed was Luzon island which especially, when the cove e52 d sgus ng ha ca o hem s no enough Board eged NPA eade have a ed o den he eachon mon heach o ng ock deaths. Our death rates reduced from Duterte has more generals, marginal 0.9 percent in Q2. on flow of goods and people under a lock• Exploration and drilling in Malampaya; minguez: the lockdown, o“Without mon hhighest os ea ocky qu They make no sense. I think even They pursued what notable he sthe eeoverwhelming bdominance aw e ifuhened yea s Ou 52 sdocommun ou ayoung e who stration or demon, “cracy” asDespite inBoard crazy), tion tolaw beat, for these reasons: Take note the of tality ratio, on the other hand, is at and 2.5 of overwhelming Trustees wasFo bes I Pa don’t know whoever beforce appointed apeop member ofMus the Board ly saving parts the economy. hibiting gatherings of ten more people in Bayanihan 2, billions allotted for his given him one of of his major Despite dominance of k den hero? tality ratio, on the other hand, is at 2.5 people Section 13 ofzen RA 10149 mistic. Without vaccine for general use, could The obs po cyor ha den ees eden lyproductive saving the productive parts of theons economy. yea ofirst sas nsu mthe produces 70 percent total economic eockdown land is at–he stake. poappea ce on soc athe med a devo ehave so much memilitary or gh recession could rage The obs cy ha Pemp Du elist e of PhilHealth Section 13 ha of( ed by police officers themselves or by killers 3med Unpreceden edfrom human s vrage oofapolice, onsthan the and the ro ed Corpora (GCG) 52 yea d commun s1.6 nsu gency Mus m he and seve amess high of was 17 togency just percent ppeople ePpo can ge oyed when hngswa pandem c GenSan and deaths could Duterte may not know it es but heDu down of whatever form orfailures—massive acronym—and •thousand.” Laws on culture in the life of the nation; himself added 14 quarters ofathey growth cinfections edonges he onges andrecession seve without the you can win ardnot Maitland sharply observ w nheany hrecession sDuterte ha hepercent oocaugh de gene aThis on included in thelockdowns, and submitted The o not om w cann easing the one-meter social d one managed and messed up by robots and generals, the Duterte administration has of Trustees. One, immensely project arewill only stop-gap measures to alleper afrom hundred oneper place at the same time), Duterte refused human rights violations. Critics sayahesystemic killed is because the problem is benefit not asuccessor—without systemic your nam generals, theprepared Duterte administration has could rage well into 2021. ance Act ofclude 2011) mandates th a hundred thousand.” has o adop gh away shou d no be an This is because the problem is not production and is home to 50 percent of not controlled during a state e o s s a e on he wa pa h ma ked by a On he o he hand 1Sambayan s go ng other president before him. More than 45 has o adop gh away shou d no be an ance Act of 2011 worse. The latest data suggest that or around 4,000 deaths. We averted achieved almost full employment durDuterte can pick his • The Cultural Center of the Philippines e o s s a e on he wa pa h ma ked by a un o seven mon hs anor election. hav ng aWhat breakfas blegal rnegative hday par w hfirst more o d – has un o seven hs Du tial matter ofM history is not Under hnecessto aw G erran can on y that be apna yEU ends! linked the authorities.” Wha has mon made er e2021 a sinto rong 2021 pres den by the GCG the President. Butnor the well into tocol public transport. Tob is/are the requirements before hasand c ea ed We have oitPresident go beyond p agma viate the people’s before went insythe quarter of GDP proven itself any tosu more competent toh fire the erring general. ba ze Sa amore Du ecompetent eany sPresi15 mnor on sin shall ong nappointed well trolls. No matter how popular you are how He notes that per 100,000, the EU fmember more than 27,000 indneeds. the guise of eliminating the awesome popularity of Rodrigo Roa When the came to power in contraction or a cyclical bust. Simply, director be Boa d o T us ees o Ph Hea h and un ess proven itself any any eme gency emp oymen scheme Fo su e He notes per 100,000, the member the population. yeconom is how the government disBoa o T us ees o Ph Hea and un ess star-rank officers occupy cabinet civilment as a mem contraction or a cyclical bust. Simply, necesnew phenomenon—su c de bombe The eme gency emp oymen scheme Fo e director shall be 1 percent of all COVID-19 cases abou w h back oom dea s ns ead o popu some 3.5appointed million cases, which ingand his an unprecedented as to whether that guy is isa agenithepresidency, Philippine International Conven- dent cannot legally appoint Gierran a mem- worsen c peconom oduc onc p oduc on new phenomenon—su cof bombe s pervasive The but wrote or by sai thepeople problem. Gierran can be as a ockdown member of regard ha o he What ispo essential and urgent longc so e 53.5 ec o han apercons de a1.3 ons and h enks othe e de ed by Pres den as atonmany member ofUK the illegal drugs curse. less corrupt than past * sadministrations. 50 gues sto (desp rgency cmo prostates 31 deaths, 70, Spain 61, danao ba past w ck o wh ch 60 pewhat 9from mprepared July 2016, he stumbled greatest andDuterte, admit 7,000 deaths during votes you garner in pre-poll surveys, if*y* heconsu c ous ega ian drugs campa gn aby by me most popular Philipfrom acen short-list sary mobility restrictions hamper aggregate he dnow, ecommended hhe s appo neven men oachievement. he anks he unemp oyed can on yoyed wo sof the 2020. op -Tha less corrupt than administrations. states average 31he deaths, UK 70,when Spain 61, positions government. henthe dAuthorities ecommended h saverage appo men o oEconomists ney. The incumbent President try are severe orvcritical. Our morhe anks osay hethat unemp can on wo a there short-list sary mobility restrictions hamper aggregate PNP has pPNP ed s anbepinto nsu budge acanno on Wha mpo an in thehcontracted nk has s comp 68,000 would severe critical us, a Boa technocrat, aBoa nincompoop, or tion Center. Let quote Justice Manuel “Lolong” ber Board of Trustees, much more as anno be ecove ed has ed s the anand nsu gency budge ofalso Philhealth, Mark my words, the Board of Trustees? biznewsasia@gmail.com term jobsRights policy to prevent amany bigger probLazaro said thatwills now be naecove ed n s Investments biznewsasia@gmail.com Human Watch says of the ehens ve change The ac ha peop e When the chief of the national capital’s longest economic expansion in country’s Sweden 57, and the US 52. Commission for Governmen he P es den on vo es a e cu en y he s the gods of algorithm do not favor you are, demand.” en he pove y p ob em o he coun y o pine president ever. His December 2020 Board of Trus ees of Ph Hea h f he was I don’ know whoever had he dea of Despite the overwhelming dominance of When the chief of the national capital’s ga ngs ofsday, enthe or more peop edog. n ofSo themoney other 2.5 people P es den ingorthe by lon the he wants tohas Sweden and US enthe pove ypracticalp ob em he coun president/CEO, y o the campaign. Anyunemployment numbers that are Commission for go hand, ven his atm one h scent ma demand.” abwo ySection ng sher pu he peop ehave aof he beg nn ngfa he pquarter oage cases the peak which willGovernovermy gulay! hits 5he percent, ameant today, the people mustperpetratalready g own ohas abou 32osecond 000 ave daa and yveesock s h36.6 Insofar57, as above Martial law is52. concerned, it isoa PhilHealth Begun inof 1999, apoverty. 4.2COVID-19 cases in used the coun he Lazaro, whohewas the Government Corpo13 RA 10149 (GOCC lem aagn wo yead ng gn ministrations have law own oures—mass abou 32 000 age da yong es s on 27,000 are “vigilante-style eave LnM e2011) ng ou pexpansion consecutive quarters ofoGovernment growth.91-percent police force was caught ons the social media 3. human rights violations (GCG). Thus be oapproval eduring G e more an can be appo n“The edbe aslyappo many yea s luck. othat come generals, the Duterte administration hasinvestnotnghistory—70 economists projected Pacqu aoGCG ge son hasocial Sa a sCorporations 9tomine mdestroy onwhether well, of Ask Marcos. ed job and trust rating is Thus be oearlier ehe GDuterte, eas an can nUnprecedented edout asneeding force caught media percent in the half. “Private on and it rtogh whoever many yea sBongbong oits 3. human rights trolled Corporati Takepolice note that can in-o trolled of this nonsense. ance Act of mandates that anmof appointing nc uded nkillings sera. prepared and subm ed whelm healthcare sector.” eas ng he one-me er soc abefore dwas anc ng pro5p fold Codd ngour he po ce he ary My gulay, ifearlier there’s one element missing, Government economists projected everyone awithout job has acome job.violations It’s they want of orUnprecedented cess us ke he ma yhsys em ncsfirst he US needless to say proclamarate Counsel the Marcos h nguez s po Augus ”s Cr one ace a he same me) Du er e refused Cathousand.” osa deploy Dom nguez 5owha Codd ng oaand he po ce and hedecide—do mPby ary classified “homicides under investigation.” human s v a ons say he k ed sought or consi Augus ” ed police officers themselves or by killers increase in the size Philippine econoSec e y Ca os Dom Duterte himself added 14 quarters of growth g am shows ha h s s hey e ook having a breakfast birthday party with more this law, Gierran Under es den and CEO o Ph Hea h he mus office. What has Duterte Wh ea he Pa strong es den may have gned n o your proven itself anyin competent norfor anyin-Dudirector thathe perwants 100,000, the EU recovery ofrecovery 7 it’s percent percent GDP clude name in appointeshe den and CEO oaccidenPh Hea hmade he mus vo oshortlist 4birthday 5 for mwou ond with he oblivion, box champ On the hand, Ping Lacson and Theyng saynotwithstanding theUnder idea was ment slumped Q2he with outlays to send it.member shall be appointed by the President Wh e president, he esbe den mayPacquiao have shaving gned oesthe an breakfast party more in history. thistohi lac urgent and lasting policy. SanWhat has made Duterte aPstrong president, “What we in the last six like having factory at 95 peror all? tion, the Philippines could now ehe has emp mo e aoyed gene amo sofunmatched beneficiaries of the February oftoworld 7at8Ppercent toin 8jobs percent inPres GDP and emoney he peop eAdds dec de onhe who wou dmore be Dom nguez “W hou he“W ockdown erver how much by GCG o1986 he den Bu heother Pres -running Du efind eoyed has emp eatoless, gene aan snone oco nosunder pub cguests ranspor Tothe me linked to the authorities.” Adds Dom nguez hou itee(from went negative in the first quarter “no e how much money oockdown f before re err ng genera ng o he Ou peop shou d$72.2 ea ze ha smonths, Aside from the drugs war killings, the more han 27 000 n gu se of e m na ng pointed by the President as be s appo n ed as a membe o he Boa d less corrupt than past administrations. than 50 (despite strict lockdown proaw Bayan han 2 he b ons a ed o h s my billion in 1998 $304.9 biln age 31 ma deaths, UK 70, Spain 61, the vicious illegal drugs campaign, has also ment as a member of Board of Trustees and drivers of public utility from a short-list prepared by the Governance growth rate in 2021. That is now overly optibe s appo n ed as a membe o he Boa d ta Banana, I foresee a bleak future for the dustrial machinery and transport equipe those powers—control of the aw Bayan han 2 he b ons a o ed o h s My gulay, pointed by the Pa knocks ou he p es den a o v ce p es den than 50 guests (despite strict lockdown proare certainly viable presidential candidates. Two, they combine the formidable votthe vicious illegal drugs campaign, has also is that the lower quarantine restriction cent Duterte has imposed longest and communist The communists were talany event of time, and personalities, he my oom a ybe and ce ves han anycegrowth oppos on cand rate in 2021. That isthe now overly opti- n ae e o When nheecathe ons and deathe hsnational cou edented achievements for th Authorities admit toplace 7,000 deaths during he es econom he heGovernment-owned apoy and he or-Conpo han 2020. e ochief n ec ons andwddea couom dcapac have ump nofoUS he esheda he den ega ygiven appo Gpcapacity. aerule. memhe em hhave nhsprivate he amaehedramatic hemse Board ofLocal Trustees of of lower capital’s oin T usof eesclannish of GCG first needs to more deteroin ec aover on smore op measu es oprob anotePhilhealth, , and andeconom the 52. rior and Government hibiting gatherings of orou more people in people Commission for Philippines without any assurance that peohim one oferran his major failures—massive oaAny T canno us ees Human Rights Watch has also noted the mistic. Without ahave vaccine for general use, the he pervas ve ega drugs curse pintegrity oyhis ec a gap eworsen on ythe s and op gap measu es o athe eten ment 62.1 percent and for upply any commodity or conNAKED Board of PhilH TrustSj hibiting gatherings of ten or in lion in 2016), reduction poverty, a b d gh has actually opened more sectors of the Lacson’s is intact has been But April 2020, than 7.3 milmost strict lockdown in the world—for given him one of major failures—massive already all the country—in parliafashioned and sustained a litany and ing power Solid North (the 6.54 o he p es den be o e h m Mo e han 45 The mpo an h ng s o have a p og am ident cannot mistic. 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Indonesia importing oxygen as Delta triggers deadliest surge INDONESIA is sourcing emergency oxygen for virus patients from neighboring Singapore and calling for help from other countries including China with the archipelago slammed by its deadliest COVID-19 wave – a crisis driven by the highly infectious Delta variant – the government said Tuesday. Around 10,000 concentrators – devices that generate oxygen – were to be shipped from the city-state with some arriving by a Hercules cargo plane earlier on Tuesday, officials said. “We have communicated with Singapore, China, and other sources” for help, senior minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said. “We will also order (oxygen) from other countries if we still feel that the supplies are insufficient.”

Pandjaitan ordered all the nation’s oxygen supplies sent to hospitals overflowing with coronavirus patients on Monday, warning Indonesia could face a “worst-case scenario” where infections skyrocket to 50,000 a day. The country reported 29,745 new infections and 558 deaths on Monday, both daily records, after the government last week ordered fresh virus curbs in the hard-hit capital Jakarta, across Java, and on holiday island Bali. Indonesia’s overwhelmed healthcare system is reeling as jammed hospitals turn away patients, forcing desperate families to hunt for oxygen tanks to treat the sick and dying at home. More than a dozen hospitals in Indonesia’s second-biggest city Surabaya are now full and not taking any more patients, authorities said. AFP

A BURST OF COLOR. A photographer takes pictures of the rainbow before the passage of Tropical Storm Elsa in Havana. AFP

6 teenagers arrested for HK ‘bomb plot’ S IX secondary school children were among nine Hong Kongers arrested on terror charges for allegedly trying to manufacture a powerful explosive, police announced Tuesday.

Five males and four females aged between 15 and 39 were arrested Monday on suspicion of “conspiracy to use explosives for terrorist activities,” police said. “The operation we conducted yesterday was against gangsters (who) tried

to a pro-independence group that called itself “Returning Valiant.” Those arrested included six teenage students and three adults who worked at a local university, a secondary school, and as a driver. Li said they were planning to attack public facilities including a cross-harbor tunnel, the railway network, and courtrooms to “maximize damage to society.” Anti-government sentiment exploded in 2019 during massive and often violent pro-democracy protests that were

to manufacture TATP explosive inside a home-made laboratory inside a hostel,” senior superintendent Steve Li, from the city’s new national security unit, told reporters. TATP is a high-powered explosive. Police said the nine people belonged

stamped out with arrests and a new national security law. While stability has been widely enforced, Hong Kong remains a deeply polarised city where many residents still seethe under Beijing’s rule. News of Tuesday’s arrests came just days after a 50-year-old man took his own life after stabbing a police officer in what authorities said was a “lone wolf” attack. Police said Tuesday they seized various items from the group, including a small amount of explosives, raw mate-

rials to produce TATP, air guns, mobile phones, SIM cards, an operating manual on how to plant bombs, and plans to leave the city. They also found some HK$90,000 ($11,585) in cash and froze around HK$600,000 in related bank accounts. Police have made multiple arrests in the last two years for alleged bomb plots although no major attack has been carried out successfully. In April, a 29-year-old man was jailed for 12-years for manufacturing a kilogram of TATP. AFP

Japan landslide ‘survivor window’ closing, 24 still unaccounted for NOTICE 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 - San Fernando Extension) with a capacity of 816 economic and low-cost housing units under R.A. 11534 (CREATE Act) and the Preferred List-Mass Housing of the 2020 IPP with project site located at Brgy. Calulut, San Fernando City, Pampanga. 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. (SGD.) ANGELITA F. ARCELLANA Director Infrastucture and Services Industries Service (MS-JULY 7, 2021)

MORE than 1,000 soldiers and rescue workers joined an increasingly desperate search Tuesday for survivors in a Japanese resort town devastated by a landslide three days ago. Four people have been confirmed dead after the disaster in Atami in central Japan and officials said they were still unable to clarify the fate or whereabouts of 24 other residents. Helicopter images showed a bleak line of sludge and rubble snaking down a hillside district of Atami, a popular hot-spring destination. Rescuers trawled through destroyed homes and waded across vast piles of mud at the very end of the 72 hours that experts say are crucial in the race to save lives. “There is only so much time left... We will give all we have during the time we have left and pray that we will be able to find as many people as possible,” Atami Mayor Sakae Saito told a meeting of local officials on Tuesday morning. At one point the number of residents unaccounted for stood at more than 100, but officials said they had managed to track most of them down and confirm they were safe. “Those who remain unaccounted for stand at 24 individuals,” Saito said at the televised meeting. Confirming the number of people missing after the disaster has been complicated – many families have summer homes in Atami but actually live elsewhere, while elderly residents may have moved to care homes, local media said. The landslide descended in several violent waves on Saturday morning during Japan’s annual rainy season. It followed days of intense downpours in and around Atami, which is around 90 kilometers southwest of Tokyo. AFP

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. (SGD.) ANGELITA F. ARCELLANA Director Infrastucture and Services Industries Service (MS-JULY 7, 2021)

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES National Capital Judicial Region REGIONAL TRIAL COURT Branch 91, Quezon City IN RE: PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF ENTRIES IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH RECORDED IN THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OF QUEZON CITY, METRO MANILA EMMAN BRIAN L. KERR, Petitioner, -versus-

NOTICE 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 - Mabalacat (Brgy. Dau) with a capacity of 706 economic and lowcost housing units under R.A. 11534 (CREATE Act) and the Preferred List - Mass Housing of the 2020 IPP with project site located at Brgy. Dau, Mabalacat City, Pampanga. 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. (SGD.) ANGELITA F. ARCELLANA Director Infrastucture and Services Industries Service (MS-JULY 7, 2021)

NOTICE 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 lowcost housing project (Fiesta Communities - Hermosa Phase 3) with a capacity of 984 H&L units under R.A. 11534 (CREATE Act) and the Preferred List - Mass Housing of the 2020 IPP with project site located at Brgy. Balsik, Hermosa, 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. (SGD.) ANGELITA F. ARCELLANA Director Infrastucture and Services Industries Service (MS-JULY 7, 2021)

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THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF QUEZON CITY, METRO MANILA Respondent. x---------------------------------------------------------------x

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This is a verified petition filed by the petitioner Emman Brian L. Kerr, praying that after due notice and hearing, judgment be rendered ordering the public respondents the Local Civil Registry of Quezon City and the Philippine Statistics Authority to cause the correction of entries and to reflect the Father’s Surname in the Certificate of Live Birth of petitioner Emman Brian L. Kerr bearing Registry No. 97-56810. Entry No. 1 (Name)

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Police officers search for missing people at the scene of a landslide following days of heavy rain in the Izusan area of Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture on July 6, 2021. AFP

Sokor general arrested for sexual harassment A SOUTH Korean two-star army general has been arrested for sexually harassing a female subordinate, officials said Tuesday, in the latest high-profile sex crime to rock the country’s military. The case comes just a month after the country’s air force chief resigned over the suicide of a master sergeant who was sexually assaulted by a colleague. She reported the case higher up the chain of command, only to have her complaints

ignored, and took her own life in May. That sparked a national outcry in South Korea, which maintains a conscript army to defend itself against the nuclear-armed North. In the latest case, the brigadier-general reportedly attempted inappropriate physical advances to a subordinate after a dinner with other soldiers. Appropriate action will follow after a “thorough probe” into the arrested

Passenger plane loses contact in Russia’s Far East

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Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance, the same is hereby set for hearing on September 29, 2021 at 8:30 in the morning before this Court located at Room 403 Hall of Justice Building Annex, Elliptical Road, Quezon City. All interested parties are required to appear and show cause during the said hearing why the petition should or should not be granted. Let a copy of this Order be published at the expense of the petitioners once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of General Circulation to be selected by raffle pursuant to P.D. No. 1079. Furnish the Office of the Solicitor General, the Local Civil Registrar of Quezon City, Office of the City Prosecutors, Quezon City and the Philippine Statistics Authority of this Order, together with the copy of the Petition and its Annexes. SO ORDERED. Quezon City, Philippines. May 5, 2021 (Sgd.) KATHLEEN ROSARIO D. DE LA CRUZ-ESPINOSA Presiding Judge

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Atty. Osias M. Merioles Counsel for the Petitioner 33 J.P. Rizal Extension, Comembo, Makati City Emman Brian L. Kerr Petitioner No. 13 Sta. Lucia St., Santolan, Pasig City OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL 134 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village Makati City OFFICE OF THE CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERAL PHILIPPINE STATISTICS AUTHORITY East Avenue, Quezon City

July 5, 2021 PPA MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO.12- 2021 TO

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The Port Manager, PMO-NCR South International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) Asian Terminals, Inc. (ATI) Cargo Owners/Brokers/Shipping Lines Other Port Users Concerned

Approved Upward Adjustment on the Existing Vessel and Cargo Handling Charges on International Containerized and Non-Containerized Cargoes Handled at South Harbor and the Manila International Container Terminal (MICT) ______________________________________________________________ Pursuant to Board Resolution No. 3047, the ten percent (10%) tariff increase on cargo handling charges (except empty containers and out-of-gauge cargoes) for both ATI and ICTSI at South Harbor and MICT, respectively, was approved to be implemented, as follows: a)

Two percent (2%) thirty (30) days after publication in a newspaper of general circulation;

The balance of eight percent (8%) after review and consideration by the Board six (6) months after implementation of the initial two percent (2%) increase.

CITY CIVIL REGISTRAR OF QUEZON CITY QC Hall Compound, Diliman, Quezon City OFFICE OF THE CITY PROSECUTOR Justice Cecilia Muñoz Palma Bldg., Quezon City

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officer, defense ministry spokesman Boo Seung-chan said. The military would provide “legal and institutional assistance” to the victim, he added. Amid intense criticism over the handling of the air force abuse case, officials asked for complaints of sexual abuse to be submitted in June, and have reportedly launched investigations into around 20 other allegations. AFP

(MS-JULY 7, 2021)

CONTACT has been lost with a passenger plane carrying more than two dozen people in Russia’s Far Eastern peninsula of Kamchatka, local officials said Tuesday. The An-26 was flying from Kamchatka’s main city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to the town of Palana when it disappeared and failed to land as scheduled, Valentina Glazova, a spokeswoman for the local transport prosecutor’s office, told AFP. She said 29 people were on board, including 23 passengers and six crew. “Search and rescue efforts are underway,” she said. “All that is known at this time, what has been possible to establish, is that communication with the plane was interrupted and it did not land.” She said the plane had been operated by a local aviation company in Kamchatka, a vast peninsula in Russia’s extreme Far East on the Pacific Ocean. Russian news agencies quoted local officials as saying there were 28 people on board, including six crew, and that there were one or two children among the passengers. AFP

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Market ends 3-day gain; AC Energy, Globe climb S TOCKS fell Tuesday to end a three-day advance, pulling down the benchmark index below the 7,000-point mark, after a gathering of top oil producers fell apart without any agreement on a plan to lift output despite stockpiles shrinking and demand surging along with the global economic recovery.

The Philippine Stock Exchange index, the 30-company benchmark, lost 43 points, or 0.6 percent, to close at 6,992.43. The broader all-share index also retreated 16 points, or 0.4 percent, to settle at 4,298.66 on a value turnover of P5 billion. Losers outnumbered gainers, 112 to 96, while 52 issues were unchanged.

Five of the ten most active stocks ended in the green, led by AC Energy Corp. which rose 2.7 percent to P8.70 and Globe Telecom Inc. which gained 2.3 percent to P1,964. Equity markets were mixed in Asia, with the US Independence Day break Monday meaning there were few buying catalysts. Hong Kong’s tech firms remained in focus owing to fears that a new crackdown on the sector by Chinese authorities will make them unattractive to investors. But eyes were on oil after Brent broke above $77 for the first time since 2018 while WTI also rallied. The OPEC+ group on Monday cancelled a planned meeting that was supposed to overcome an impasse between the United Arab Emirates and other members on how to lift output. No new date has been set. The countries have been slowly lifting production in recent months after turning the taps down last year in re-

sponse to a collapse in prices caused by coronavirus lockdowns. With demand rocketing on the back of the global rebound—and the US holiday driving season under way— officials had planned to hike output by 400,000 barrels a day each month from August to December, but the deadlock means no new supplies will be forthcoming. But while prices are spiraling higher, analysts said there were several possible scenarios. In one, there is no deal and no increase in production, sending oil prices shooting up, while another sees the grouping falling apart and countries fighting for market share by slashing prices. “The failure of OPEC+ to come to an agreement will only add further uncertainty to the oil market,” said Warren Patterson from ING Group NV. “Assuming we don’t get a quick resolution, the uncertainty over OPEC+ output in the months ahead does suggest increased volatility.” With AFP

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BRICKLAYERS. Female bricklayers work in the construction of a house in Valentin Alsina, Lanus, Buenos Aires province, Argentina, on June 22, 2021. With a tight sash, a woman bricklayer pulls the rope without a pulley to lift buckets full of sand to a rooftop. A group of women build walls and chop stone in Argentina: they not only build houses, they also deconstruct machismo in masonry. AFP

Hong Kong leader dismisses privacy law fears of Google and Facebook HONG KONG, China—Hong Kong’s leader on Tuesday brushed off a warning by major tech companies including Google, Facebook and Twitter that they may quit the financial hub if authorities push ahead with a new privacy law. City authorities have unveiled plans to pass a new law targeting “doxxing” -the act of publishing someone’s private details online so they can be harassed by others. But the broad wording of the proposed legislation has spooked major tech companies who fear they could be held liable and their employees prosecuted for users’ content. They detailed their concerns in a letter sent to Hong Kong’s government by the Asia Internet Coalition which includes tech giants such as Google, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Apple.

“Introducing sanctions aimed at individuals is not aligned with global norms and trends,” the letter, which was dated 25 June but made public this week, warned. “The only way to avoid these sanctions for technology companies would be to refrain from investing and offering their services in Hong Kong, thereby depriving Hong Kong businesses and consumers, whilst also creating new barriers to trade,” it added. Asked about the warning on Tuesday, the city’s chief executive Carrie Lam dismissed those concerns. “We are targeting illegal doxxing and empowering the privacy commissioners to investigate and carry out operations, that’s it,” she told reporters. Lam likened the new data privacy powers to a national security law that

Beijing imposed on Hong Kong last year to stamp out dissent after huge and often violent democracy protests in 2019. Lam said that security law had been “slandered and defamed”. “It’s the same case for the privacy law,” she concluded. Tech jitters Lam added that the city’s privacy commission would be happy to meet with tech industry representatives to deal with any anxieties they might have. But she suggested that her government was determined to press ahead with fast-tracking the new legislation. “Of course, it would be ideal to relieve this anxiety when we make the legislation. But sometimes it needs to be demonstrated via implementation,” she said. Authoritarian China monitors and

strictly controls the internet but semiautonomous Hong Kong has fewer restrictions and markets itself as a regional tech centre. Yet international technology firms have been increasingly rattled by Beijing’s campaign to make the city more like the mainland, including its push to dismantle the finance hub’s popular democracy movement. The national security law gave police new powers, including the ability to issue internet takedown notices as well as conduct investigations and freeze the assets of any company deemed a threat to China. Soon after the law came in, many American and other tech firms announced they would suspend processManila ing requests from Hong Kong’s law enStandard TODAY forcement agencies. AFP

Oil producers defer meeting to end impasse, no new date set LONDON, United Kingdom—The 23 members of the OPEC+ group of oil producers cancelled a meeting scheduled on Monday that was supposed to overcome an impasse over crude output levels. The meeting “has been called off,” an OPEC statement said, quoting secretary general Mohammed Barkindo. “The date of the next meeting will be decided in due course and we will inform you accordingly,” he added. Since May, the group has raised oil output bit by bit, after slashing it more than a year ago when the coronavirus pandemic crushed demand. At stake is a proposal that would see the world’s leading oil producers raise output by 400,000 barrels per day each month from August to December. That would add two million bpd to markets by the end of the year, helping to fuel a global economic recovery as the coronavirus pandemic eases. But that plan risks being delayed or even failing over a further proposal to extend a deadline on capping output to the end of 2022. “The market is now fearing several scenarios,” said Bjarne Schieldrop, a Norway-based analyst with SEB. In one, there is no deal and no increase in production, sending oil prices shooting up, he said. Another sees a “free-for-all (in) production and a collapse in the oil price”. Market bounce North Sea Brent and West Texas Intermediate, the most widely traded crude oil futures contracts, rose to their highest levels since October 2018 after the meeting was postponed. Brent traded 1.3-percent higher at $77.16 a barrel, while WTI was up by 1.6 percent at $76.36. Holding out against the new deal is the United Arab Emirates, which on Sunday criticised the terms of the extension as unjust. “The timing of this crisis is not too much of a surprise, as OPEC works best when faced with significant challenges, which are now unwinding as demand recovers,” commented Alan Gelder, an oil analyst at Wood Mackenzie. Oil prices, which had already been sliding owing to concerns about the global economy, plummeted in April 2020 as coronavirus spread around the world and battered global consumption, transport and supply chains. OPEC+ decided to withdraw 9.7 million bpd from the market and to gradually restore supplies by the end of April 2022. Benchmark oil prices rebounded as a result, and have lately been hovering around $75 a barrel, up by about half since the beginning of this year. UAE pushing back But the return to pre-pandemic production levels has stalled several times because of the shifting fortunes in the fight against Covid-19. The alliance is still pumping 5.8 million bpd less than it was before the pandemic. The April 2022 deadline on capping output now seems too close, and some members want to extend it until December 2022—and this is what Abu Dhabi objects to. AFP

‘Silver lining’: Albania medicinal herbs bloom in pandemic SHEQERAS, Albania—Scents of sage, lavender and cornflowers rise from the meadows of Albania, which has seen soaring overseas demand for medicinal herbs since the coronavirus pandemic. In Sheqeras, at the foot of the Mali i Thate mountain in Albania’s south, it is the season for cornflowers, a plant traditionally valued for its ability to boost the metabolism and resistance to infections. Early in the morning, before the heat of the day, dozens of women wearing broad-rimmed hats, hand-pick the magnificent signature-blue flowers that attract clouds of butterflies and bees. The cornflowers are then dried in darkened rooms to preserve their colour before being shipped abroad. For the past few years, Albania has been one of Europe’s top producers of medicinal herbs, mostly wild plants harvested in the foothills. About 95 percent are exported to the United States, Australia, New Zealand, France, Germany or Italy. Booming exports Demand has been soaring

A woman removes weeds from a lavender field in the village of Koplik on June 11, 2021. Scents and colors of sage, savory, lavender and cornflowers spread over meadows in Albania which has seen a soaring demand of Western nations for medicinal herbs since the pandemic outbreak. AFP

since the coronavirus pandemic increased interest in herbs believed to strengthen the immune system and amid growing enthusiasm for natural and organic products. “Every cloud has a silver lining,” says Altin Xhaja, whose company, Albrut, has, like many others in the sector, expanded areas under cultivation and intensified harvesting of wildflowers. In 2020, Albania exported

more than 14,000 tonnes of medicinal and aromatic herbs worth 50 million euros ($59 million). That was 15 percent more compared with the previous year, official figures show. And the trend continues, with exports 20 percent higher in the first three months of 2021 from a year earlier. ‘We have to be quick’ The boom is a windfall for

one of Europe’s poorest countries which, with a population of 2.8 million people, is largely dependent on tourism along the Adriatic coast that has been hard-hit by the pandemic. Nettle, wild apple trees, cowslip and other medicinal plants provide a living for some 100,000 Albanians, who have long used them themselves in traditional remedies. “It’s a race against time. We have to be quick,” says Xhaja. “Cornflowers are the most expensive at the moment; a kilo of dried flowers will go for around 30 euros,” he says. Just next to the fields of cornflowers, a beautiful violet carpet of mallows can wait a bit longer before the harvest. As dozens of workers busily select and sort plants at his factory in Lac, north of Tirana, Filip Gjoka says that the sector has also benefited from tensions between Washington and Beijing. “The trade war between the United States and China has forced many Western players to turn towards the Albanian market,” says Gjoka, who also heads the association of medicinal and aromatic herbs. AFP

NOTICE TO THE BONDHOLDERS OF ABOITIZ EQUITY VENTURES INC.’S 5.0056% SERIES B BONDS DUE 2022

Notice is hereby given to the Bondholders of Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc.’s (“AEV”) 5.0056% Series B Bonds Due 2022 (the “Series B Bonds”) of the exercise by AEV of its option under the Terms and Conditions of the Bonds to redeem the whole of the outstanding Series B Bonds at the end of the sixth year from Issue Date or on 06 August 2021. In accordance with the Terms and Conditions of the Bonds, the Series B Bonds will be redeemed at an Early Redemption Price of 100.50%. Capitalized terms used herein shall have the same meaning as ascribed in the Trust Agreement dated 24 July 2015 between AEV and BPI Asset Management and Trust Group (now, BPI Asset Management and Trust Corporation). (MS-JULY 7, 2021)

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SEC approves P14.9-b IPO of Filinvest REIT By Jenniffer B. Austria THE Securities and Exchange Commission approved on Tuesday the P14.94-billion initial public offering of Cyberzone Properties Inc., a real estate investment trust company owned by Filinvest Land Inc. CPI will soon be renamed Filinvest REIT. The SEC said in a statement it approved the offering of 1.634 billion CPI secondary shares at a price of up to P8.30 apiece, with an over-allotment option for another 163,418 million common shares. FLI currently the offer shares. Documents showed the offer period will be from July 19 to 28, while the listing of shares under the main board of the Philippine Stock Exchange will be on Aug. 6. The net proceeds from the offering will be used to finance the construction of several real estate projects of FLI. Post-IPO the new investors would corner 36.74 percent of CPI’s total issued and outstanding common shares, while major shareholders would retain the remaining 63.26 percent once the company exercised the oversubscription option. CPI will distribute to shareholders at least 90 percent of annual distributable income as dividends as provided under the REIT law. The distributable income refers to the company’s net income as adjusted for unrealized gains and losses/expenses and impairment losses and other items in accordance with internationally-accepted accounting standards. It excludes proceeds from the sale of the REIT’s assets that are reinvested in the REIT within a year from the date of the sale. The company hired BPI Capital Corp. and UBS AG, Singapore Branch as joint global coordinators and bookrunners for the offer. BPI Capital will also act as local lead underwriters while First Metro Investment Corp. and SB Capital Investment Corp, will serve as local co-lead underwriters.

PH Renewables breaks ground on 115-MW solar site By Alena Mae S. Flores PH RENEWABLES Inc., a subsidiary of Global Business Power Corp., broke ground on its first 115-megawatt solar power plant in Baras, Rizal, signaling the start of construction. The project is expected to commence commercial operations by 2022, which is seen to help augment the country’s thin power supply. PHRI’s solar project marks GBPC’s entry in the renewable energy market. The solar plant located within a 135-hectare area inside the Philippine Communications Satellite Corp.’s grounds in Rizal allows GBPC to service the three major islands of the country, supporting its presence in the Visayas and Mindanao. “We have worked together with our partners to aid the growing demand for cleaner and affordable power supply. In response to the government’s push for renewable energy, we have persevered to finally commence construction of this timely project to fuel the nation’s progress. Although the journey towards this day has been extra challenging because of the global pandemic and movement restrictions, we remain in high spirits and committed to commence operations in 2022, in time for post-pandemic recovery,” GBPC president Jaime Azurin said in a statement. China Energy Engineering Group Guangdong Electric Power Design Institute Co., Solenergy Systems and China Energy Engineering Co. Ltd. were commissioned to provide the design, engineering, procurement and construction of the plant facility. GBPC is wholly-owned by Meralco PowerGen Corp. which in turn is the power generation arm of Manila Electric Co. GBPC said its entry into the renewables space was aligned with One Meralco Group’s long-term sustainability agenda, which includes renewable energy project development and sourcing.

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June inflation eased to 4.1% as prices of meat stabilized By Darwin G. Amojelar

NFLATION rate eased to 4.1 percent in June from 4.5 percent in the past three months, as policy interventions to stabilize commodity prices started to take effect, the National Economic and Development Authority said Tuesday.

Data from the Philippine Statistics Authority showed that headline inflation rate slowed down from a steady 4.5 percent from March to May. This was also the lowest inflation rate recorded since December 2020. The year-to-date inflation remains at 4.4 percent. “Recent policies to increase food supply are beginning to bring down inflation. Rest assured that the government will continue to address constraints in the availability and movement of goods amid quarantine restrictions to ensure that households have access to affordable food,” Economic Planning Secre-

tary Karl Kendrick Chua said. Food inflation remained at 4.9 percent in June, with the faster inflation in fish tempered by slower inflation in other food items including rice, vegetables and meat. Meat inflation decelerated to 19.2 percent in June from a high of 22.1 percent in April and May. Month-on-month meat inflation also continued to decline at -0.3 percent from -0.1 percent. “The declining meat inflation points to the positive effects of Executive Orders133 and 134. These are expected to further bring down meat prices during the second half of the year,” Chua said.

President Rodrigo Duterte declared a one-year state of calamity on May 10, 2021 amid the spike in pork prices resulting from the African Swine Fever outbreak that significantly reduced domestic pork production. This allowed LGUs to access their calamity funds and realign resources to help the hog industry. Duterte also issued EO 135 to temporarily reduce the most favored nation tariff rates on imported rice to 35 percent from 40 to 50 percent. This allowed the country to diversify its market sources, expand rice supply, and further bring down rice prices. “In managing inflation, our priority will be to continue improving our domestic production and providing needed support to our farmers and producers. When necessary, we will augment supply with importation to keep prices stable and to guarantee food security. This balancing act will help us better manage the impact of inflation on the people and the economy,” Chua said.

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IN BRIEF Wenceslao family consolidates shares THE Wenceslao family consolidated their shareholdings in listed firm D.M. Wenceslao & Associates Inc. under the family holding company WHC Inc. DWM said in a disclosure to the stock exchange the consolidation was finalized via a block sale transaction of DMW chairman Delfin Wenceslao Jr.’s 578,798,847 shares to WHCI. The transaction was executed on July 1, 2021 at P6.80 per share. “The transaction was conducted primarily for estate planning purposes and the aggregate ownership of the Wenceslao Family in DMW was not affected,” DWM said. “Further, we note that the transaction will not result in dilution and will not affect DMW’s public float,” it said. The transaction increased WHCI’s ownership in DMW by 17.04 percent to 79.96 percent. DMW is an integrated property developer with expertise in land reclamation, construction and real estate development. Jenniffer B. Austria

DMPI’s pineapple exports jump 37%

AYALA VACCINATION. Employees from Ayala’s business units receive their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine on July 5, as the first tranche of the 1 million pre-ordered doses arrives. Some 3,500 employees and their dependents who belong to priority groups under the A1 and A2 categories will be vaccinated this week. Ayala chief human resource officer JP Orbeta and executives across the group rally employees to be vaccinated.

Skyway 3 to collect toll on July 12 as TRB approves lower rates SAN Miguel Corp. said Tuesday it will start collecting toll on the P80-billion Skyway Stage 3 starting July 12 using a revised toll fee matrix that is lower than the original proposed rates, particularly for motorists traveling shorter distances. The company, through SMC Infrastructure, secured a toll operating permit and a notice to start collecting toll from the Toll Regulatory Board on Skyway Stage 3. The company said it would post the final approved toll at the toll plazas prior to the start of collection. It has provided free use of its 18-kilometer Skyway Stage 3 project to the public for nearly seven months. SMC president and chief operating officer Ramon Ang said the revised toll matrix, as approved by the TRB, considered the impact of the pandemic on the economy and on Filipinos. “We thank the TRB for helping us determine the most equitable toll rates for our motorists. We know from experience that times are hard for many, and even a little relief for motorists can go

a long way. These toll rates reflect our deferral of the collection of a substantial amount of the cost to build Skyway 3. We also further lowered the rates for those traveling shorter distances,” SMC president Ramon Ang said. Ang said the toll would provide the company revenues to ensure continued efficient operations, maintenance and safe driving conditions on the elevated expressway—particularly as daily traffic puts a heavy strain on the road infrastructure, necessitating significant maintenance costs. Prior to the soft-opening of Skyway 3 at the end of December last year, SMC opened the Buendia to Plaza Dilao section of the elevated expressway in July 2019. The northbound Quirino off-ramp was then opened in December. Skyway Stage 3 also allowed motorists to fully experience seamless connection from South Luzon Expressway to North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) and vice versa. It reduced the travel time from Alabang to Balintawak and vice versa, to

only 30 minutes from the previous three hours, and from Buendia to Balintawak, to only 20 minutes—saving motorists not only precious time but also fuel and maintenance costs. With a capacity of 200,000 vehicles per day, it also decongested traffic on major Metro Manila thoroughfares including Edsa and C-5. With the start of toll collection, government can also start generating significant income from the expressway, as it imposes a 12-percent VAT on the toll. SMC, which fully-funded the construction of the project with no government funds or guarantees, spent over P80 billion—more than double its original cost—to complete the project over a period that spans two administrations. Much of the delays and additional costs were due to numerous contentious right-of-way issues that caused major redesigns and realignments. SMC also shouldered the cost of reconstructing three Metro Manila bridges. Darwin G. Amojelar

DEL Monte Philippines Inc. reported a 37-percent increase in pineapple exports to P5.85 billion in April from P4.2 billion a year ago, according to analytics and consulting company GlobalData. Global Data said that DMCI’s pineapple exports to China reached 182 million kilograms in 2020, the biggest growth driver in the North Asian markets. China’s import of fresh pineapples from the Philippines grew at a compounded average growth rate of 18 percent from 2015 to 2020. GlobalData, an analytics and consulting company, listed DMPI as the largest fresh pineapple exporter to China, accounting for 53 percent of the market in 2020. The company is also among the top three fresh pineapple suppliers in Japan, its second biggest market, and South Korea, where it has 33 percent and 21 percent market shares, respectively. Global Data noted that DMPI has the potential to further grow its China market. The value of fresh pineapple exports China is expected to grow at 9 percent year between 2021 and 2026. Othel V. Campos

8 AFAB buildings produce solar power EIGHT buildings located at the Freeport Area of Bataan in Mariveles town are now capable of producing solar power, with total capacity of 2.84 megawatts after leading agro-solar energy supply and solutions company Citicore Power Inc. completed the works ahead of schedule. Citicore said Tuesday it finished the installation of solar panels in more than half of the 14 buildings in the AFAB project in seven months, two months ahead of the deadline and despite the COVID-19 pandemic. “We are very pleased with that this AFAB [Authority of Freeport Area of Bataan] project is ahead of time. The early, though still partial, completion of our contract will allow the AFAB locators to harness solar energy and embed energy efficiency as an integral part of their operations already, which is also in line with the agency’s overall sustainability strategy,” Citicore president Oliver Tan said. “We thank our partners and employees for working tirelessly even during the pandemic,” Tan said. Citicore expects to complete the entire project for AFAB this month, which would help reduce the agency’s carbon emissions by 5,800 metric tons a year and provide them energy savings up to P5.3 million annually. Alena Mae S. Flores

ICTSI gets PPA approval to raise charges

BSP’S DONATION. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas continues its tradition of donating to health institutions during the month-long commemoration of its 28th anniversary on July 3. The BSP turns over checks worth P15 million to the Philippine Red Cross and P4 million to the Philippine General Hospital. Attending the turnover ceremony are BSP Governor Benjamin Diokno (left) with PRC chairman Sen. Richard Gordon, and with PGH medical director Dr. Gerardo Legaspi (right).

INTERNATIONAL Container Terminal Services Inc. said Tuesday it secured an approval from the state-run Philippine Ports Authority to increase tariff on stevedoring and cargo handling charges at the Manila International Container Terminal. The port terminal operator led by businessman Enrique Razon III said it received a copy of PPA Memorandum Circular No. 12 – 2021 approving is petition of a 10-percent increase on stevedoring and cargo handling charges at MICT. The PPA also approved the request of a similar tariff of Asian Terminals Inc. at the South Harbor. The tariff increase will be implemented in two tranches. The 2-percent tariff increase will be implemented 30 days after publication of PPA MC 12-2021 in a newspaper of general circulation. The balance of 8 percent will be im-

posed after review and consideration by the PPA board six months after implementation of the initial 2-percent increase. ICTSI earlier reported a net income of of $90.1 million in the first three months, up 51 percent from $59.6 million in the same period last year. Gross revenues from port operations increased by 16 percent in the first quarter to $435.6 million from the $375.8 million reported in the same period in 2020. The group allocated $250 million in capital expenditure budget for 2021. This will be utilized mainly for the completion of the expansion project at MICT in Manila; the ongoing yard expansion at IDRC in Matadi, Democratic Republic of Congo; the new expansion project at VICT in Melbourne, Australia; equipment acquisitions and upgrades; and for various maintenance requirements. Darwin G. Amojelar

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VisMin Super Cup Mindanao leg gets IATF green light Carlos Yulo, shown here singing the national antheme during his history win in Stuttgart, will be shooting for the floor exercises gold in the Tokyo Olympics.

Giannis still uncertain for Bucks in NBA Finals opener PHOENIX—Two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Giannis Antetokounmpo, out with a hyperextended left knee, is improving but remains questionable for the Milwaukee Bucks in Tuesday’s opening game of the NBA Finals. The 26-year-old Greek forward conducted a private on-court workout, Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer said, but signs were inconclusive if he would face the host Phoenix Suns when the best-of-seven showdown starts. “He’s making progress, but I don’t have expectations either way,” said Budenholzer. “He has done court work again today. He’s making progress. “We’re pleased that he’s making progress.” The Bucks, seeking their first NBA title in 50 years, are 7-5 this season without Antetokounmpo, who injured his knee in a loss to Atlanta in game four of the Eastern Conference finals. The Bucks won twice without him to reach their first final since 1974 against the Suns, who seek their first NBA crown. “Guys have done a great job of adjusting with him not out there in two of the most important games of our season,” Bucks forward Khris Middleton said. “When Giannis is out there, a lot of times we can just give him the ball and let him go to work and let him orchestrate a lot of things out there. “Without him, we have to do it by committee, moving the ball around, driving it a little bit more, playing just a little bit faster with a little bit of different flow.” Antetokounmpo has averaged 28.2 points, 12.7 rebounds and 5.2 assists a game with a dominating inside game. It has taken a team effort to replace him and stay successful. “It’s really each man taking a little share of that load,” Budenholzer said. “We may have to do that again in game one until Giannis gets back. “We understand what we need to do regardless of who we’re playing with and the circumstances we have.” Milwaukee’s Pat Connaughton was among those who filled in for the Greek star, especially in a defensive role. AFP

Yulo broadens arsenal to boost medal chances F By Peter Atencio

ILIPINO gymnastics’ star Carlos Yulo is now showing more proﬁciency in three of six events of the men’s artistic gymnastics.

This is expected to give the 21-yearold Yulo better chances of winning in the individual events when he finally competes in the Tokyo Olympics in three weeks’ time. Gymnastics Association of the Philippines president Cynthia Carrion said Yulo is expected to be in very good form in his ongoing preparations once he has completed his second jab of the COVID-19 vaccine next week. Carrion said officials at Teikyo University, where Yulo had trained and studied for the last three years in Japan, are the ones who have provided for his vaccination needs. “We are now doing everything in our power so that he can win a gold medal,” said Carrion in the Philippine Sportswriters Association forum presented by San Miguel Corporation, MILO, Amelie Hotel Manila, Braska Restau-

rant and the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation. In the past months, Yulo’s coach Munerhiro Kugimiya has managed to help the Filipino improve his routines out of the floor exercises, which is his main forte. But Yulo has since become more skilled in executing routines in the vault and the parallel bars, too. However, his performances in the parallel bar, the pommel horse and the high bar still needs a lot of work. Last month, Yulo showed how well he was doing when he bagged a bronze medal in the 2021 All-Japan Apparatus Championships. The 21-year-old Yulo tallied 14.966 points to land third place finish in the men’s parallel bars event. Rio Olympics gold medalist Yusuke Tanaka and Kaito Sugimoto tied for the

gold medal after they both received 15.400 points. Yulo intentionally did not join his pet event, the floor exercises during the competition for fear of being scouted, but he still came over and watched. After the competition, Yulo informed Carrion that he will be able to win a medal over other Japanese competitors. But he will have to watch out when he competes against those from Russia, China and Israel. That’s because Yulo hasn’t competed against many gymnasts coming from these countries yet. Yulo made history at the 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics in Stuttgart, Germany, when he topped the men’s floor exercise and earned a ticket to the Tokyo Games. “He is doing very well,” said Carrion, adding that Yulo is looking to win the gold in his pet event, the floor exercise, and another medal, a silver perhaps, in the vault. “Caloy also wants to get to the finals of the parallel bars. The pummel and rings are the only ones he’s not doing well at,” Carrion.

THE Mindanao Leg of the 2021 Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup finally got the nod from the Inter-agency Task Force to tip-off on Wednesday, July 7 at the Ipil Provincial Gym in Ipil Heights, Zamboanga Sibugay. It was a hectic Tuesday for the officials of the league headed by Chief Operating Officer Rocky Chan as it had two days to get clearance from the local government unit and the Games and Amusements Board to begin competition on Wednesday. After clearing the submission of the regulatory requirements—such as health screening, drug testing, and related documents, the league was given clearance to begin at around 5 p.m. of Tuesday. “We are just happy that Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay accepted us without hesitation as we tip-off our Mindanao leg,” said Chan. Powerhouse squads ALZA Alayon Zamboanga Del Sur and Basilan Peace Riders will begin the hostilities at 1 p.m. Dan Sara is expected to be the leader of ALZA Alayon while the Peace Riders, formerly the Steel, are hungry to play after their exit from the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League. In the second game that is set at 3 p.m., Teytey Teodoro and the Kapatagan Buffalo Braves take on Jericho Montecalvo and the Iligan City Archangels. The Mindanao Leg of the league was initially scheduled to begin on June 22 in Pagadian City, Zamboanga Del Sur. However, Zamboanga Del Sur has been under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine since June 15 while Zamboanga Sibugay is under General Community Quarantine. Games in Ipil will take place on July 7, 8, 9, 11, and 13. The league and the LGU of Pagadian City are hoping to begin play at Plaza Luz starting on July 15 if quarantine measures ease up. All teams and officials are still belittled in Pagadian City—a three-hour ride to Ipil. With this, the league is strictly enforcing a home-venue-home set-up. Other teams competing in the Mindanao Leg are the Roxas Vanguards, the Pagadian Explorers, the Clarin Sto. Nino, the MisOr Brew Authoritea, and the Zamboanga City JPS.

Araneta: No decision on flagbearer yet EXCEPT for gymnast Carlos Yulo, any of the 18 other Filipino athletes who qualified for the Tokyo Olympics can become the country’s flagbearer. The Philippine delegation’s chef de mission Mariano “Nonong” Araneta said he and Philippine Olympic Committee president Abraham Tolentino have found it difficult to choose who will carry the Philippine flag from among the 19 qualified Filipino athletes when the opening rites are held on July 23. Numerous restrictions imposed by the Tokyo Olympics Organizing Committee to control the spread of COVID-19 have made it hard for Filipino officials from making a final decision. “Anyone is deserving to be a flagbearer. Depende na kung sino ang makakarating at kung kailan ang competition,” said Araneta. Araneta said competing athletes must be at the venue some five days before their competitions. And those participating in the parade during the opening ceremonies is limited to a total of six per delegation. Araneta said the schedule of arrival of national athletes to the games are so staggered that they will have to slow down in making a decision on this. Included in the list of Filipino athletes are Ernest John Obi-

ena (athletics), Yulo, Eumir Felix Marcial (boxing), Irish Magno (boxing), Nesthy Petecio (boxing), Carlo Paalam (boxing), Hidilyn Diaz (weightlifting) and Cris Nievarez (rowing). Also listed are Kurt Barbosa (taekwondo), Margielyn Didal (skateboarding), Elreen Ando (weightlifting), Jayson Valdez (shooting), Juvic Pagunsan (golf), Kiyomi Watanabe (judo), Kristina Knott (athletics), Yuka Saso (golf), Bianca Pagdanganan (golf), Gebbie and Rule. So far, Gymnastics Association of the Philippines president Cynthia Carrion said she is ruling out Yulo as a flagbearer. “They asked him and I said no. He has a competition the following day and he needs to rest. You know how heavy the flags are,” Carrion said. Araneta will lead the first batch of officials who will be flying to Tokyo via Narita Airport on July 15. They will head directly to Conrad Hotel, which will be the official home of Team Philippines. Joining Araneta are team doctor Randy Molo and POC general manager and Secondary Olympic Attache Dinah Remolacio. Atty. Billy Sumagui has been assigned as the COVID-19 Liaison Officer, who will be assisted by Martin Gregorio. Peter Atencio

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Diaz gets 2nd dose of COVID-19 vaccine By Randy M. Caluag

Hidilyn Diaz

FILIPINA weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz got her second dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine on Monday night in Kuala, Lumpur Malaysia, a couple of weeks before heading to Tokyo for the 2020 Summer Olympics. Vaccination of Filipino athletes has become a cause of concern, especially those who are training abroad. Some athletes have concerns about the possible side effects of the vaccine as they gear up for the games slated on July 23 until Aug. 8 in Tokyo. For Diaz, who is making her fourth Olympic trip since making her debut in 2008 in Beijing, the protection the vaccine could bring outweighs the potential negative effect on her body. “Natakot ako kasi ang dami kong

nabasa news about AstraZeneca pero mas nakakatakot kung ma expose ako sa COVID-19, lalo na at maglalaro ako sa Olympics. Madami athletes na maglalaro sa iba’t ibang bansa galing, at alam niyo naman may Delta Variant na, kahit bata nai-infect din sa COVID,” said Diaz in her post on her official fan page. “Mas okay na may konting protection kaysa walang protection laban sa COVID-19, mas okay na mag-risk sa vaccine huwag lang i-risk ang buhay,” she continued. She said the only side effect she encountered was drowsiness. “Pag-uwi ko galing KL, kumain at natulog agad. Antok masyado,” Diaz said. Tokyo organizers have not made vaccination a mandatory requirement

for athletes competing in the Summer Games that was reset from last year. Diaz brought home a silver in the 53kg category in weightlifting at the Rio Olympics, becoming the Philippines’ first female medalist in the history of the games. She will compete in the same category in Tokyo. Gymnastics Association of the Philippines president Cynthia Carrion revealed that gymnast Carlos Yulo will also get his full dose of vaccine next week in Japan. Meanwhile, EJ Obiena has already deferred taking the COVID-19 vaccine because it may interfere with the program that had been put together by his team, leading to the Tokyo Olympics, according to his father-coach Emerson. “We will just be extra careful,” said

Emerson, who will join the younger Obiena in Tokyo. Boxers Irish Magno, Nesthy Petecio, and Carlo Paalam have already received their jabs in Thailand, while Eumir Felix Marcial completed his vaccine in Las Vegas earlier this year. Rower Chris Nievarez was fully vaccinated with the program set by the Philippine Olympic Committee in partnership with the City of Manila. The rest of the Olympians -- weighlifter Elreen Ando, taekwondo jin Kurt Barbosa, skateboarder Margie Didal, shooter Jayson Valdez, golfers Yuka Saso, Bianca Pagdanganan and Juvic Pagunsan, judoka Kiyomi Watanabe, sprinter Kristina Knott, and swimmers Luke Gebbie and Remedy Rule—have yet to report their vaccination to the POC secretariat.

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Multi-titled Omega Esports team says goodbye to fans By Lyka Jazmin Dela Cruz PROFESSIONAL esports team Omega Esports is finally calling it a day three years since its creation. “So long for now, and ‘till we meet again!,” said the team in its Facebook page. Also known as the Smart Omega team because of its sponsor Smart Manila

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Communications, Omega Esports is ending its journey following multiple championships, including a title romp in the 2019 Philippine Southeast Asian Games, where its players were part of the national team. In its Facebook page, the team also revealed how the team stuck together through thick and thin. “For the past 3 years that we’ve been

together as a team and as a family, we had our fair share of highs and lows. From earning multiple championships and runner-up titles here and there, to exiting early at some tournaments. Then having the 2 of you represent our country at the SEA Games, eventually earning the 2nd spot consecutively and then most recently, flying off to Singapore for M2. There are still a lot that we

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TOTAL of 116 cyclists—98 men and 13 women—will pedal on the roads of the Clark Freeport and Special Economic Zone in Pampanga this weekend for the PhilCycling National Trials for Road which feature races in individual time trial (ITT), criterium and massed start. Day 1 on Saturday of the trials presented by Standard Insurance, Smart, MVP Sports Foundation, Bases Conversion Development Authority headed by Secretary Vince Dizon and the Clark Development Corp. led by Retired Brig. Gen. Manuel Gaerlan will see 13 women racing against the clock starting at 8 a.m. over a distance of 17.1 kms. Half an hour later, 54 men will vie in their own ITT over

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the complete 24.6-km loop which will also be the battleground for the road races set for Day 2 on Sunday. The Saturday afternoon criterium will see the same set of riders competing around the 2.3-km perimeter of the Clark Parade Grounds. The women’s race consists of 16 laps and the men’s contest 20 laps with three and four intermediate sprints, respectively, awarding 5, 3, 2, 1 points—doubled in the final lap—to the top four riders. “We will be witnessing competitive cycling right on Day 1 of the Trials and with the road races set for Sunday, this event is one compact competition,” Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) and PhilCycling President Rep. Abraham Bambol Tolentino said. The Clark races backed by Go for Gold, Chooksto-Go, GAC Motor (official mobility partner), Gatorade (official sports drink), Versa (communications partner), 7-Eleven, Le Tour de Filipinas, 7-Eleven, UBE Express Inc., Powerade, Wilkins, Coca-Cola, Shimano, Bike-X and MadCrank are PhilCycling’s second trials during the pandemic after the MTB Trials in Danao City last month. The races will be staged under a bubble environment as prescribed by the Central Luzon Regional Task Force, Office of Civil Defense, Department of Health, Philippine National Police, Province of Pampanga and the Department of Tourism. All participants have to undergo RT-PCR and Antigen testing and fans will not be allowed in the bubble staging area at the venue.

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College of St. Benilde bet Loralee Natividad (GTV/NCAA Images)

COLLEGE of St. Benilde bet Loralee Natividad bagged the gold medal in the welterweight division, highlighting the dominance of the Lady Blazers in the speed kicking event of taekwondo of the NCAA Season 96 online tournament last Monday. Natividad, the taekwondo MVP in the women’s category, scored 7.067 points to capture the title, besting Aliciarose Gonzales of Season 96 host Letran, who finished with 6.400 points for the silver, while fellow Lady Knight Shiela Mae Samson had 6.317 points for the bronze. Two other CSB athletes emerged as winners, Anne Christine Obenza and Lucille Cunanan, who ruled the middleweight and heavyweight categories, respectively, after the games were televised on GTV channel of GMA-7, the official broadcast partner of the NCAA. The Blazers went 1-2 in the middleweight division behind Obenza’s gold medal winning performance of 6.583 points, and Ashley Judd Felipe’s silver medal run of 6.175 points. Arellano University’s Kezia Eustaquio scored 6.142 points to reach the podium. Lucille Cunanan capped CSB’s dominance in the women’s division by winning the heavyweight gold with 6.475 points. Arellano’s Beverly Michelle Bandiola recorded 6.358 points for the silver, while San Beda’s Roxanne Candatu had 6.083 points for the bronze. The Blazers finished the six-day tournament with four gold medals, three silvers and three bronze medals. The Chiefs placed second with one gold, two silvers and two bronzes, while the Red Jins had a 1-1-2 medal haul in third place. Arellano’s lone gold in the competition went to Paulene Rey, who emerged triumphant in the lightweight division with 6.508, beating Rocio Cortez Diaz of CSB (6.433) and her schoolmate Francis Claire Apuya (6.250). Jose Rizal University scooped one gold in fourth place, followed by San Sebastian with one gold and one bronze, and Letran with two silvers. The junior speed kicking competitions began Tuesday.

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Iya, Chef Jose’s cooking show returns for second season

‘Eat Well, Live Well. Stay Well.’ hosts Chef Jose Sarasola and Iya Villania-Arellano

AFTER a successful first season, GMA Network and Ajinomoto Philippines Corporation’s (APC) 10-minute cooking show Eat Well, Live Well. Stay Well. returns for a second season. Coinciding with GMA Network and APC's mission to contribute to the greater wellness of Filipino families especially during this pandemic, Eat Well, Live Well. Stay Well. is back to offer audiences new and exciting recipes and to impart that leading a healthy lifestyle can be attainable despite the limitations of the new normal. The weekly cooking show features Iya Villania-Arellano - a young mom and homemaker who is inspired to share interesting and exciting recipes to other “Mamazing Moms” like her; and Chef Jose ‘Cuz’ Sarasola - a chef passionate

about sharing delicious and nutritious dishes that can help people stay healthy and well. Following their fun and thorough training in the previous season, Mom Iya and her teacher Chef Cuz collaborate on a project to develop delicious, nutritious, and budget-friendly dishes that they can share with other Mamazing Moms with the help of Aji-no-moto Umami Seasoning, Aji-Ginisa Flavor Seasoning Mix, and Sarsaya Oyster Sauce. Now equipped with more advanced cooking techniques, Iya shares what has changed in her cooking habits, "I have definitely become so much more confident and comfortable being in the kitchen. It's such a joy to be in the kitchen even if I don't know or have nothing exactly prepared, I

look forward to experimenting. I'm not afraid to veer away from the recipe and to experiment and try something new." Chef Jose, in turn, teases viewers on what to expect in the new season and shares his realizations while doing the show, “The good thing about the recipes we’re serving is that they're really budgetfriendly and easy to perpair. Hindi na kailangang lagyan ng twist kasi sa recipes pa lang, panalo na. As a chef, it's a continuous learning process. Even being a chef, I still learn new things and new combination of different ingredients when I cook. It's been a fun experience so far - two seasons - and we're really just enjoying new things together." Eat Well, Live Well. Stay Well. airs every Friday, 11:20 a.m. on GMA.

PAOLO GUMABAO

bares skin, shows off acting skills in gripping drama ‘Lockdown’ movie break and my biggest role.” Talking about his character, the new leading man declared: “He is just like me, because I love my family dearly, and I will do everything for them. I understand why Danny took the plunge to become a cybersex performer." “No judgment to anyone who is currently involved in the trade since their reasons are valid. When the lives of the people that you love are at stake, that their very survival depends on you, and there are no alternative means to bring food to your table and other basic necessities, then one must do what he can do for his loved ones.” In doing the daring scenes in the movie, Paolo asserted that he was just playing a character but he played it with a lot of emotional truth believing that as an artist "you must always present the truth in the work that you do, no matter how inconvenient it is to other people." Paolo Gumabao tackles his first leading role in ‘Lockdown.’ “What was required for me to do, I did because the choice of Danny OUNG actor Paolo called for it. And I totally trust the artistic vision of director Joel Gumabao is headlining Lamangan,” he said. the timely and relevant For film master Joel Lamangan, on what he hopes the audiences decipher NICKIE feature film, Lockdown, which in his latest film: “What the movie is WANG tackles the reality of the pandemic saying is that in the troubled times that we are all in, it is always safe to follow and how it affects the people, strict protocols to avoid unnecessary their overall well-being, and livelihood. The film is written transmission of the virus. Ang taong gipit na gipit sa buhay, kahit na anong by Troy Espiritu and directed by Joel Lamangan. uri ng pagkakakitaan ay gagawin, makatulong lang In the movie, Paolo is sa mga mahal na magulang, Danny Asuncion. He is an kahit ang kabayaran ay ang overseas Filipino worker who kanyang dignidad bilang tao goes back home during the o kanyang buhay man.” height of the pandemic. Faced Also included in the film with domestic problems and are Alan Paule, Ruby Ruiz, the survival of his most loved Jess Evardone, Angellie family, Danny reluctantly Sanoy, Paul Jake Paule, enters the world of cybersex and Jim Pebanco. Rounding performing. up the cast are Jeff Carpio, “Everyone can resonate Kristian Allene, Dincent with Danny, people can relate Lucero, Mauro Salas, Neil with his struggles especially Suarez, Alexis Yasuda, and that almost everyone had Sean de Guzman. the same experience when A scene from ‘Lockdown,’ a gripping film that is as timely as Produced by the For the the pandemic started,” Paolo today’s headline. Love of Arts Films, the shared with Manila Standard uncut version of Lockdown Entertainment. a golden opportunity that came my way,” “I was moved to tears when I read the the young star added sharing that the film is is streaming worldwide on July 23 script of Sir Troy Espiritu, and with the something that he would be proud of even via ktx.ph. upstream.ph, and RAD Joel Lamangan directing it, Lockdown is after more than a decade. “It’s my biggest (iamrad.app).

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DIGITAL MEDIA

One-stop health and wellness app

HEALTHCARE in the Philippines now becomes more accessible with mWell, the country’s first fully integrated, one-stop health and lifestyle app aimed at transforming the way healthcare is delivered through online doctor consultations, health education, wellness programs, online pharmacy services, and more. Soon to be launched by Metro Pacific Health Tech Corporation (MPHTC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (PSE: MPI), mWell is an all-in-one app designed for every Filipino’s demand for treatment and care during this pandemic where connecting patients with doctors and medical professionals has become very challenging. PLDT President and CEO, Manny V. Pangilinan states, “Even before the pandemic, Filipinos needed better access to healthcare. Many challenges and limitations hinder medical care and treatment, more so during this COVID-19 crisis. We are truly excited with mWell, the MPIC group’s investment in digital health care." Apart from online video consultations with licensed doctors from different specializations, mWell app users can gain valuable health information about a wide range of topics from COVID-19 to chronic disease management, pregnancy issues, online fitness, nutrition, and wellness programs. The mWell app also provides patients with the option to order medicines and healthy products

mWell is an all-in-one app designed for every Filipino’s demand for treatment and care during this pandemic.

via its e-pharmacy and online shop. mWell partnered with dedicated specialists for comprehensive care and support like active8me, an award-winning all-in-one digital health and wellness platform for personalized daily fitness, nutrition, and wellness programs, and theAsianparent, a go-to platform for smart parenting solutions from family health and wellness to pregnancy development articles. mWell users can shop in over three thousand health and wellness products at the e-shop by Adobomall and powered by PayMaya for fast, secure, and hassle-free transactions. “We are grateful for the opportunity to be able to serve Filipinos all around the country in the area of digital healthcare. At the heart of mWell lies our passion to bring health care closer to every Filipino” adds Chaye Revilla, Chief Finance & Sustainability Officer of Metro Pacific Investments Corp. As an initial offer, PLDT Home customers will enjoy free doctor video consultation with mWELL doctors. For more information, visit https://www.mWell.com.ph.

Redefining the sound of FM radio ALMOST a year since it began airing, the Ted Failon and DJ Chacha @ Radyo5 show has distinctively brought together two generations of news, entertainment, music, and pop culture, in one program. Redefining the sound of FM radio, the show appeals to both the millennials, through “Queen of FM Radio” DJ Chacha, and the “milleniors” as represented by one of the country’s media legends, Ted Failon. Ted Failon and DJ Chacha @ Radyo5 is a comprehensive radio show with a diverse selection of segments that capture the audience’s interest. News is served fresh daily with their newscast Radyo5 Network News, as well as in-depth interviews with relevant newsmakers, while Think About It is the program’s long-form editorial that presents thought-provoking facts and questions to the listeners. Advice on life, law and money is also heard through the segments The Daily Brad Devotions with Pastor Jeff Eliscupidez, Legal Basis with Dean

Mel Sta. Maria and ChinkTime with Chinkee Tan. Good Morning, Lodi! features fun conversations with different personalities, such as celebrities, music icons and sport legends, and even ordinary citizens with extraordinary stories. As a way to help listeners in this time of pandemic, the program also hosts different contests with cash prizes such as Hula Hits, Kaninong Boses Ito?, Show Me, and Make Us Laugh. Two generations in one complete radio show, two distinct personalities coming together to celebrate generational similarities and differences—from song choices, to life experiences, to ideas and beliefs. A one-of-a-kind format that’s both serious and playful, and promises a holistic and enjoyable listening experience every morning, whatever generation you belong to. Catch Ted Failon and DJ Chacha @ Radyo5 weekdays from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. on Radyo5 92.3 News FM, simulcast on One PH Ch. 1. Or tune in live on Facebook at Radyo5PH, and YouTube at News5Everywhere.

EMMANUELLE VERA

A Megan Young in-the-making SINGER and actress awareness on Emmanuelle Vera fighting online sexual maybe treading the same exploitation of children. path Megan Young took As a singerETON in her journey to the s o n g w r i t e r , Miss World crown. The CONCEPCION Emmanuelle released 26-year-old former Star her self-titled debut Magic talent, is one of the album under Universal 45 candidates in Miss World Philippines Records Philippines in 2012 and joined 2021 pageant. the first season of The Voice Philippines Zoe Emmanuelle, a graduate of St. Paul in 2013 where she sang “Somewhere College and Ateneo de Manila University, Over the Rainbow” that made Black is a humanitarian, a different side of her Eyed Peas’s apl.de.ap turn his chair. that she has not really shown, choosing to She was part of the trio O Diva with do all her volunteer work in private. Klarisse de Guzman and Liezel Garcia, A voracious a reader and eater, the mentored by KZ Tandingan, which won Fil-Am beauty, is training under the third place in We Love OPM Celebrity Kagandahang Flores (KF) beauty camp. Sing-Offs in 2016. In a recent interview, Emmanuelle Also an aspiring actress, admitted that she Emmanuelle was cast suffered from bullying in numerous television for being chubby, a shows on ABS-CBN traumatic experience starting in 2010 that made her undergo and made her debut an excruciating fitness appearance on GMA program years ago. Network in 2018 in “Lately I’ve been the drama series The obsessed with all things, Stepdaughters which health and wellness— starred Megan Young. from taking nutrition She starred in and exercise science the criticallycourses online, to coming acclaimed 2014 up with healthy recipes, indie Nestor to hunting for the best A b ro g e n a ’s supplements. The Ang Kwento positive effects of living Nating Dalawa with a better quality of life Nicco Manalo and have me fully hooked,” reprised her role in the Emmanuelle posted on 2019 hit sequel Tayo, Instagram. Sa Huling Buwan ng For her Miss Taon. Read full story World Philippines on manilastandard. ‘Beauty with a net Purpose’ advocacy, Emmanuelle is focusing on Actress and Miss World the platform Philippines candidate to bring Zoe Emmanuelle Vera

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FASHION AND BEAUTY

WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 2021

When ‘conscious beauty’ wasn’t a thing, this brand was already doing it VANITY CORNER Get cheeky with a butt mask

Lip balms made with ‘natural and responsibly sourced’ beeswax.

FULL-CIRCLE CLEAN. American personal care products brand Burt’s Bees highlights its ethical business practices — from concept to packaging — that result in products that are good for people and the planet. By Bernadette Lunas

HE beauty industry is teeming with buzzwords emerging from ever-changing demands and preferences of consumers. There was “green beauty” in the year 2000s, then “clean beauty” took over recently.

Consumers looking for skincare and cosmetics made with ethically-sourced ingredients that do not harm humans and the environment need only to look for the “clean beauty” tag. Do note that there is currently no formal regulation of “clean beauty” or which products can claim such tag. As the world grapples with the pandemic, ethical choices that are good for all are prioritized in purchasing and consuming products. Rising movement, “conscious beauty” pushes brands to be transparent with how they manufacture their products, from concept to packaging to recycling efforts. Conscious beauty is not a novel concept for Burt’s Bees. Founded in the 1980s by Burt Shavitz and Roxanne Quimby after leaving behind the city life to pursue a life in the wilderness, the personal care products brand describes itself as “Earth friendly”. “Even before ‘conscious beauty’ became a buzzword, Burt’s Bees has been doing it,” Daye Delos Reyes, brand manager for Burt’s Bees Southeast Asia, said in an event Tatler’s Mia Borromeo hosted via Zoom. Delos Reyes said the buzzword was embedded in its brand values – “Our ingredients are from nature, we have responsible sourcing, we have recyclable packaging, and no animal testing.” “Apart from being good for your skin, it is actually good for the planet,” she added. Popular for its lip balms made with natural beeswax, Burt’s Bees offers a detailed list of ingredients with percentage of natural origins in its packaging. Speaking of packaging, the brand says those used for its lip balms and lip shimmers are cellophane-free. “In essence, Burt’s Bees has been making products that are kind to the skin and planet for a full-circle clean – from source to disposal – for over 30 years now,” she said. According to Dr. Jennie Francisco-Diaz, a fellow at the Philippine Dermatological Society and medical director and founder of Skin 101, the brand owes the popularity of its lip balms to their natural ingredients. The brand takes pride in using natural,

responsibly sourced ingredients and formulations that do away with parabens, phthalates, petroleum, or sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS). In addition to the bestselling lip balms are other lip care products that target different needs. The Overnight Intensive Lip Treatment hydrates with 100 percent natural emollients, waxes, and oil, and restores and repairs with ceramide-rich formula that supports skin’s barrier; the Conditioning Lip Scrub’s honey crystals and beeswax exfoliate and nourish; while the Tinted Lip Balm provides natural color on the lips while delivering eighthour moisturization. The brand also has an extensive Sensitive skin care line that received the seal of acceptance from the National Eczema Society. Products include Burt’s Bees Sensitive Facial Cleanser, Burt’s Bees Sensitive Facial Cleansing Towelettes with Cotton Extracts, Burt’s Bees Sensitive Facial Towelettes with Aloe, Burt’s Bees Sensitive Eye Cream,

Hand creams

WHO says you cannot give the same tender lovin’ your face gets to your butt skin? Yes, butt skin. A newly launched beauty butt mask brand promises to leave your derriere smooth, glowing, and hydrated. Made with all-natural, FDA-approved ingredients including highly coveted properties from Jeju Island, Buttitude aims to address common butt skin problems such as roughness, dryness, and acne. “These (skin problems) usually occur because of neglect or poor skin care. Sometimes it’s due to rough fabric irritating the skin like when wearing a thong underneath stiff jeans. It also happens when the skin is exposed to sweat for too long, which can lead to bacterial growth at pore-level,” the brand said in a statement. Buttitude comes in three variants: Smoothing Butt Mask (orange) that exfoliates skin, evens texture, and reduces appearance of fine lines and wrinkles with the help of Jeju tangerines; Hydrating Butt Mask (blue) whose Jeju lava seawater ingredient maintains skin moisture balance thus promoting elasticity and softness; and Purifying Butt Mask (green) that regulates overproducing sebum pores

Buttitude butt mask

courtesy of Jeju volcanic ash, while cleansing and exfoliating skin. The butt mask is available at Rustan’s Beauty Source.

More with micellar Sensitive skin care line

MICELLAR water is used as a firststep cleanser for removing stubborn dirt and makeup before washing the face. But brands now offer more than

Burt’s Bee Sensitive Daily Moisturizing Cream, and Burt’s Bees Sensitive Night Cream. Burt’s Bees was one of the brands specialty personal care retailer Beauty Bar first offered when it started. “Burt’s Bees has been with Beauty Bar since day 1, over 20 years already,” enthused Reena Rosario, Beauty Bar merchandise group manager. “Burt’s Bees espouses conscious beauty back then. They were considered a sort of an indie brand, one of the reasons we’re drawn to it. Brands that we can trust has compelling stories, integrity, and values we can share.” Celeteque’s Hydration Micellar Water and Brightening Micellar Milk

cleansing in every drop of their micellar water. Celeteque, for instance, has two dermatologist-tested and hypoallergenic variants, Hydration Micellar Water and Brightening Micellar Milk, that address other skin concerns aside from face gunk. Celeteque Hydration Micellar Water promises to gently remove dirt and makeup while improving skin moisture by 35 percent “instantly upon application”. It has skinhydrating Natural Moisturizing Factor (NMF) and skin-soothing chamomile extract. Meanwhile, Celeteque Brightening Micellar Milk is ideal for those with dull skin as it has vitamin B3 that helps brighten skin and rice milk extract that softens “in as early as seven days”. Both variants are available in supermarkets, drugstores, beauty stores, e-commerce marketplaces, and at www. celeteque.com.

New routine for teen skin

Clockwise: Burt’s Bees brand manager for Southeast Asia Daye Delos Reyes, Beauty Bar merchandise group manager Reena Rosario, Marie Lozano, Mia Borromeo, and Dr. Jennie Francisco-Diaz

A HOMEGROWN makeup brand made for young consumers is expanding its portfolio with a new line of skincare products developed to care for teen skin. For those looking for a completestep routine, Careline offers Skin Hero Set enriched with active ingredients AHA, BHA, PHA, and niacinamide to help improve skin tone and texture. The brightening set consists of sensitive skin-friendly Captain Cleanser, poreunclogging Fighting Toner, skin-calming Wonder Moisturizer, and Super Serum that treats hyperpigmentation and acne. Completing the new line are Gentle Jelly Cleanser formulated with aloe vera extract and centella asiatica, Micellar Tonic ideal for sensitive and acne-prone skin, Lemon Brightening Sheet Mask formulated with hyaluronic acid and vitamin C, and Watermelon Moisturizing

Careline’s new skincare range

Sheet Mask with hyaluronic and watermelon extract. The aforementioned products are available on the brand’s Lazada and Shopee pages and in supermarkets and department stores nationwide.

Myeongdong in Manila

Guests taking a photo with Gong Yoo’s standee have a chance to win prizes from Viu Philippines.

LIKE the famous shopping district in Seoul, the ongoing K-Fest at Mega Fashion Hall brings a wide range of beloved and cultfavorite Korean beauty brands, along with food and a few other surprises. The bazaar at SM Megamall, opened on July 1 and runs until July 18, showcases K-beauty brands A’pieu, Banila Co, Esfolio, Face Republic, Innisfree, Laneige, Leaders, and Nature Republic. Mall-goers can score BT21 created by BTS and Brown & Friends merchandise such as figures, hair brushes, sling bags, and bag charms available at Line Friends Collection pop-up store. Those who go to Myeongdong (or a

Myeongdong-inspired one) for the food, SM Markets offers Korean food products such as instant ramen, hot pepper paste, soju, Korean BBQ sauce, and more. As a special treat to guests, video streaming app Viu Philippines is giving away prizes when visitors scan the QR code and take a selfie with the standees of South Korean heartthrobs Lee Do Hyun, Cha Eun Woo, Park Bo Gum, Park Seo Joon, and Gong Yoo. K-drama fans can also pose with their favorite couple from popular Korean TV series “18 Again”, “True Beauty”, “Love in the Moonlight”, “What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim?”, and “Goblin”.

Innisfree Green Tea Seed Serum Special Set available at K-Fest in Mega Fashion Hall.