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Petecio’s silver makes history

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By Riera TOKYO—Nesthy Petecio ended climb, allowing Irie to pull off the winning on points by split decision against Rio Olympics U. Mallari her Olympic journey here with a unanimous decision victory. silver medal draped around her neck following a unanimous decision loss to hometown bet Sena Irie in the featherweight boxing finals of the Summer Olympic Games at the Kokugikan Arena here on Tuesday. Petecio found a 0-5 deficit in the first round too steep a hill to

Still, as the first Filipina to clinch an Olympic boxing medal, the Davao del Sur native will be showered with rewards a tier lower than weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz, the country’s first-ever gold medalist. Petecio’s teammate Carlo Paalam guaranteed another bronze medal for the Philippines after

champion Shakhobidin Zoirov of Uzbekistan in the flyweight division. This brought the Philippines’ guaranteed medal haul from the Tokyo Games to four – its most since the 1932 Games in Los Angeles -- as boxer Next page

Palace vows P13-b aid to MM under lockdown By Vito Barcelo, TOTAL of P13.1 billion worth of cash assistance that will be Francisco Tuyay, distributed to about 10.7 million Metro Manila residents affected Darwin G. by the COVID-19 lockdown will be taken from the savings of all Amojelar, Alena Mae Flores and government agencies, Malacañang said Tuesday. Maricel V. Cruz The announcement followed President financial aid to people affected by the

Rodrigo Duterte’s approval Monday of

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1) Employers and workers involved in the manufacturing of the following: · basic foods products, essential products medicine and medical supply and the entire value chain of essential and hygiene products, medicine and vitamins, medical products like PPEs, masks, gloves, as well as pet food. · feeds, fertilizers, pesticides · equipment or product necessary for construction work

enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in Metro Manila. Meanwhile, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said local government units can manually distribute the cash assistance to ECQ areas due to

implementation of the most restrictive

President Rodrigo Duterte (right) and US Charge d’affairs John Law bump fists as they welcome the arrival of 3 million doses of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine at the Villamor Airbase in Pasay City on Tuesday. The jabs were donated by the United States government through the COVAX Facility. Joey O. Razon

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Vaccine target shifts to public by September

DOH: Tighten curbs as Delta spreads fast

By Willie Casas VACCINATION for the general public against COVID-19 may start by September or October this year, the National Vaccination Operations Center said Tuesday. “Perhaps by September, there will only be a few people left in the general public sector because many of them are part of the poor, and many of them are part of the A4 group (workers),” said Health Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje, the center’s chairperson. The projected schedule for the vaccination of the general public has been moved several times due to the lim-

By Willie Casas and Macon Ramos-Araneta

Rody: Nation gained from war on drugs, not me or family By Macon Ramos-Araneta WITH only 10 months left in his six-year term, President Rodrigo Duterte said it was the Filipino nation, and not him nor his family, who benefited from his administration’s drug war. Duterte made this remark during his pre-recorded Talk to the People on Monday night amid the human rights groups’ criticisms of the aggressive crackdown on illegal drugs. He said even if the critics’ allegations of human rights violations linked to the drug war were true, Filipinos were still able to reap Next page

ECQ SHOPPING. People flock to a supermarket in Las Pinas City on Tuesday to buy essentials in preparation for the upcoming two weeks of enhanced community quarantine in the National Capital Region due to the surge of COVID-19 Delta variants. Danny Pata

THE Department of Health, alarmed by increasing cases of coronavirus infections, is seeking higher community quarantine levels as a preemptive measure against the Delta variant after recording an increase in COVID-19 cases nationwide. “All areas are showing an increase in cases,” Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire told state television PTV. “We need to immediately address, observe case increases, closely monitor health care utilization and consider implementing higher community quarantine as preemptive measures to contain the Delta spread,” she said. While the entire country’s risk classification remains at “moderate,” the National Capital Region (NCR) and NCR Plus areas “are showing a steep increase, while the rest of Luzon, Next page

Poll favors Duterte-Duterte in 2022; Palace grateful By Macon Ramos-Araneta and Maricel V. Cruz MALACAÑANG expressed gratitude Tuesday over the results of the pre-election survey which showed that Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte and her father, President Rodrigo Duterte, were top picks for the 2022 presidential and vice presidential

derbies, respectively. In an online press briefing, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque thanked the public for their continued trust in Duterte and his daughter. “We are thankful for the public’s continued trust in our President and Mayor Sara Duterte,” Roque said in Filipino. He said the poll results signified the pub-

lic’s “overwhelming support” for Duterte and his daughter. Both Sara and her father have expressed willingness to seek the presidency and vice presidency, respectively. OCTA Research, in its Tugon ng Masa National Survey from July 12 to 18, found that 28 percent of 1,200 adult Filipinos have Next page

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the limited time provided. As recommended by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, financial assistance to the National Capital Region for the period Aug. 6 to 20 can be distributed personally, although digital transaction is still an option. The country could still envision a “good” Christmas if the Delta variant of the coronavirus will be controlled, professors from independent monitoring group OCTA Research said Tuesday. The “ber” months will also be good for the country’s businesses if the Delta variant is managed early, they added during a forum hosted by the Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry Inc. (FFCCCII). “In the great scheme of things, because we started vaccination already, at least in the NCR, we can envision a good Christmas this year. Let’s just

control Delta,” University of the Philippines Political Science professor Ranjit Rye said. Rye said that the two-week lockdown implementation in the NCR will save the fourth quarter of the year from economic loss and deaths. In an online briefing, presidential spokesman Harry Roque said qualified beneficiaries residing in Metro Manila will receive P1,000 per person, or a maximum of P4,000 per family. “While it is not easy to impose a lockdown, the government will somehow grant financial aid,” Roque said in Filipino. “Where will we get this? This will be taken from the savings of all government agencies.” Funding sources for areas placed under ECQ have already been identified through Administrative Order 41, signed on May 4, Roque said. AO 41 provides that the savings of state departments, agencies, bureaus, and offices will be used for the provision of emergency subsidies to low-income households and disadvantaged workers affected by the

COVID-19 pandemic. Metro Manila will be placed under ECQ from Aug. 6 to 20 to arrest the spread of the more contagious Delta Covid-19 variant of COVID-19. In case local governments of Metro Manila need additional funds, the government will tap the “windfall” collected by the Bureau of Treasury, Roque said. There will be longer curfew hours and stricter border control across Metro Manila during the two-week implementation of ECQ. Metro Manila mayors have agreed to impose a uniform 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. curfew. Quarantine passes will also be issued to ensure the public’s access to essential goods and unhampered service of health workers and other essential personnel. DSWD spokesperson Irene Dumlao said face-to-face distribution of cash assistance had worked several months ago. Dumlao said the digital payment system would need information from beneficiaries, but some of them do not have smartphones.

To speed up the distribution of aid, the rollout will be done manually, with the promise that facilitators will observe basic health protocols during the distribution. Police, meanwhile, will strictly enforce strict border control, curfew hours and liquor bans in cities that have them during the two-week ECQ period. Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Guillermo Eleazar has already tasked the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) to enforce curfew hours and the liquor ban particularly in densely populated communities to prevent mass gatherings, a major cause in the spread COVID-19. “Strict border control and the longer curfew hours are but some of the necessary interventions to prevent the spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19,” Eleazar said. Eleazar urged the public to strictly follow minimum public health safety standards and quarantine protocols to prevent the spread of the more infectious Delta variant.

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Eumir Marcial was already assured of the bronze medal for reaching the middleweight semifinals. Meanwhile, Ernest John Obiena failed thrice to clear the bar at 5.8 meters, thereby kissing his medal chances in the pole vault goodbye. Obiena’s personal best and Philippine record stands at 5.87 meters. Petecio, 29, was already assured of P17 million in incentives in settling for the silver. But real estate tycoon Andrew Tan also gifted her with a P10-million condominium unit at One Lakeshore Drive inside the Davao Park District in Lanang, Davao City, Suntrust Properties president Harrison Paltongan said in a statement. This was apart from a lifetime of air travel incentives equivalent to 60,000 Mabuhay Miles per year for life from flag carrier Philippine Airlines and a P2.5-million house and lot at Caliya, Candelaria from housing firm Ovialand. Iced tea maker Nestea Philippines also pledged Nestlé products for Petecio’s hometown in Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur and her chosen non-government organization (see related story on C1 – Editors). The feisty Filipina gamely fought out of it in the second round, raising her level of aggression with her patented inside and outside attacks to earn the nod of the four judges, except the Argentinean official. But Irie stood her ground in the third and survived, unleashing a couple of combinations while clinching most of the time when it was Petecio’s turn to be aggressive. It wasn’t an emphatic win, but the hometown girl still secured a 5-0 triumph, with four judges giving Irie a 29-28 score and the official from Argentina seeing it a one-sided 30-27. It was the Philippines’ third boxing silver in the Olympiad, matching the runner-up finishes of flyweight Mansueto “Onyok” Velasco in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and Anthony Villanueva in the 1964 edition also in Tokyo. “It means a lot to me. I dedicate this fight for my family, and for my countrymen, and to my coaches. I know that you’ve sacrificed a lot for this competition, that’s why I’m emotional during this awarding. I am emotional because this tournament is very important not only for me, but for my country, and for my coaches,” Petecio said. Told by the coaching staff to put the pressure on the Uzbek early, Paalam obliged, catching the Rio Olympics champion with several combinations, before darting away to safety. “Pilit po niya akong kinukuha sa first round, pero sabi po ni Coach Ronald (Chavez), dapat makuha mo ‘yung first round para sila ang ma-pressure sa’yo. ‘Yun nga po, nakuha ko ang first round, tapos pine-pressure niya talaga ako. Sabi ng mga coaches ko, ilabas ko lang daw ‘yung laro ko,” said the 23-year-old Paalam.

Visayas and Mindanao [are] exhibiting slight increase in cases,” she said. As of August 2, the capital region registered the greatest number of new cases at 2,074, followed by Calabarzon, Central Visayas, Central Luzon and Western Visayas, data from the DOH showed. Cavite, Laguna, Quezon City, Bulacan Cebu City, and Bohol are the top contributors of new COVID-19 cases in the country. Of the 21 areas flagged due to moderate-high risk case classification, 11 areas had Delta variant carriers, Vergeire said. In Metro Manila, the more virulent strain is present in nine cities, she said, adding intensive care units in Las Piñas City are nearly full, while Pateros and Malabon are already at “critical risk,” she said. The two-week growth rate (TWGR) of the virus in Pateros is at 328 percent. This means that in the past two weeks, about 22 people in the area contract the virus daily, data from the DOH showed. Malabon’s TWGR is at 314 percent rate, and the city is estimated to have recorded 12 new COVID-19 patients every day in the past 2 weeks. “We should stockpile on essential COVID-19 medicine and commodities,” she said, adding there should be a “30-day buffer for personal protective equipment, reagents and other medical supplies.” So far, 216 people have been confirmed to be carriers of the Delta variant, but DOH officials said they were assuming there was already community transmission of the more contagious strain. Several government advisers have been urging the national government to increase the country’s COVID-19 vaccination target to 80 percent from 70 percent to protect more Filipinos against the Delta variant which is “60 to 100 percent” more transmissible than the virus’ original strain. The Philippines is expected to lose up to P105 billion each week due to Metro Manila’s lockdown.

community quarantine (ECQ) that will be placed in Metro Manila from Aug. 6 to 20 will be the region’s last one. “Even if numbers (of infections) increase, we expect the number of vaccinations to rise just like in Israel and the United States where even if they have higher numbers, they were able to prevent serious illness and death),” Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque said in a Palace press briefing. Roque said he expected fully vaccinated individuals to only suffer from mild COVID-19 symptoms once the country reaches its goal of achieving population protection in Metro Manila and nearby areas. He dismissed criticism that the national government was late in declaring an ECQ in Metro Manila which in turn caused a spike in COVID-19 cases.

Vergeire also stressed that other variants such as the more transmissible Alpha and Beta are also a factor in the uptick. The Philippines has logged 1,856 Alpha cases, 2,146 Beta cases, and 216 Delta cases as of July 28. On the other hand, Vergeire said the DOH had yet to confirm community transmission of the Delta variant, which would mean that links between cases can no longer be identified.

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Poll... From A1 expressed support to Sara’s potential presidential bid in 2022. Sara was followed by former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos (13 percent), Manila City Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso (11 percent), and Senators Grace Poe and Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao (10 percent each). Other preferred presidential aspirants – they are not yet candidates – for next year’s national elections include Vice President Maria Leonor “Leni Robredo and Taguig City-Pateros Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano (5 percent each), Senator Christopher Lawrence Go (4 percent), Senate President Vicente Sot-

COVID updates

The Philippines logged Tuesday 6,879 new cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), bringing the total to 1,612,541, as one laboratory was not operational on August 1, while nine laboratories were not able to submit their data on time, the DOH reported. Based on data in the last 14 days, these 10 laboratories contribute, on average, 3.7 percent of samples tested and 3.6 percent of positive individuals. The relatively low cases are due to fewer samples received last Sunday, the DOH said. The DOH also reported 48 new fatalities, bringing the death toll to 28,141. The DOH also reported 6,337 persons who recently recovered, bringing the total recoveries to 1,521,263. The DOH also reported 63,137 active cases, of which 94 percent were mild, 1.3 percent were asymptomatic, 1.2 percent were critical, 2.1 percent were severe, and 1.46 percent were moderate.

Preventive lockdown

The DOH earlier said the reimposition of the strictest lockdown regulations over Metro Manila from August 6 to 20 will prevent daily new cases from going up to 15,000. “If we are going to continue on and we will not have these kinds of restrictions, we can reach up to 500,000 active cases by the end of September,” Vergeire warned. Despite the tightening of restrictions, however, the total number of active cases in Metro Manila is still seen to hit 30,000 by end-September. Authorities have said Metro Manila would inoculate 250,000 people daily and conduct 24/7 vaccination during the ECQ. Vergeire said this would be a “very big contribution” to protecting the healthcare system.

New cases

List... From A1 2) Employers and workers of the following establishments: · retail establishment like supermarkets, convenient stores, public markets, pharmacies, bicycle shops, water refilling · food preparation insofar as takeout and delivery services · media establishments · hotel or similar establishments accommodating overseas Filipino workers · healthcare workers and other employees · printing establishment authorized by the Bureau of the Internal Revenue · all other establishment necessary for buying and selling consumer goods or services via internet 3) Employers and workers of the following services: · hospitals and medical clinics, dental clinics,and other health clinics · laundry shops · food preparation and water refilling stations · logistics service providers · power, energy, water, internet service providers, cable television providers, IT and telecommunication supplies and facilities · delivery services · essential and priority construction projects · public and private financial service providers involved in the distribution of government grants and amelioration subsidies · water collection treatment and supply · waste collection treatment and disposal · sewerage except emptying septic tanks · repair, installation of machinery and equipment · gasoline stations · electricity and gas supply · postal and courier services · real estate · repair of computers and personal household goods · other delivery, repair, maintenance, housing and office services · funeral and embalming · veterinary · technical testing and analysis · security and investigation · rental and leasing except for entertainment and mass gathering purposes · employments · public transport providers and operators

The DOH said the Delta variant was one of the factors that caused the COVID-19 cases to exponentially rise. “Looking at our cases right now, it’s exponentially rising, so we really think the Delta variant is driving the rise in the number of cases,” Vergeire told Palace hopeful Malacañang is hopeful the enhanced CNN Philippines.

The re-imposition of ECQ in Metro Manila will prevent as many as 15,000 new COVID-19 cases a day, the DOH said. According to Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire, initial projections based on COVID-19 data last week showed that active cases in Metro Manila could still reach 30,000 despite the ECQ. However, she said that projection was still lower than what the figures could be if restrictions were not tightened. “According to projections, if we have four weeks straight of GCQ with heightened restrictions, we will have an average of 15,000 new cases per day in NCR alone,” she said in a briefing. “If we do one week of GCQ with heightened restrictions plus three weeks continuous ECQ, we will be able to control the increase in cases to just 758 cases per day in NCR,” she added.

4) Employers and workers engaged in the following industries: · agriculture · fisheries · forestry · mining and quarrying · electronic commerce companies · export oriented companies · business process outsourcing companies within work from home , onsite or near site accommodation, point to point arrangements · money transfers banks, capital markets · microfinance institutions and credit cooperatives · shipping · airline · healthcare workers and other employees · printing establishments authorized by BIR

Filipinos,” he added, still in Filipino. At the same time, he commended the Philippine National Police, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency, the Philippine Army, and the intelligence community for confiscating billions worth of illegal drugs. Duterte’s statements came after 11 American senators, led by Senator Edward Markey, called the attention of US President Joe Biden over their concerns about the human rights situation in the Philippines under the current administration. Last June, Fatou Bensouda, who was then chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) sought authorization from the court’s pre-trial chamber to allow the conduct of an investigation into the alleged crime against humanity

during the Duterte administration’s antinarcotics campaign. Bensouda said there was a “reasonable” basis to believe that “the crime against humanity of murder was committed from at least 1 July 2016 to 16 March 2019 in the context of the Philippine government’s war on drug’s campaign.” Meanwhile, Senator Panfilo Lacson said the fears of President Duterte might be valid, although “my own experience in law enforcement tells me that criminal offenders that we arrested and sent to jail or the relatives of those we killed in armed encounters mostly accepted their fate.” He said the acceptance was part of the risk that they or their dead relatives took when they decided to violate the laws for whatever motives or reasons.

5) Other APORS: · officials and employees of all agencies and instrumentalities of the government including GOCC and LGUs · health and emergency frontlines · officials and employees of foreign diplomatic missions and international organizations · outbound and inbound international passengers and drivers · delivery personnel of cargo vehicles with or without load · employees of critical transportations facilities · construction workers credited by the DPWH work in quarantine-related facilities and government infra projects · those travelling for medical or humanitarian reasons

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the supply of vaccines would improve. She said based on the current supply, the general population cannot be vaccinated yet. The Philippines is expecting to receive 22,726,060 doses of COVID-19 vaccines this month, Cabotaje said. The doses were either procured by the gover nment and private sector or donated by the COVAX facility, the United States, United Kingdom, and China. The latest batch will include vaccines from AstraZeneca, Moderna, Sinovac, Sinopharm, and Pfizer. As of Aug. 2, the country has received over 34.3 million doses. The Philippines has so far inoculated over 11 million people against COVID-19. Despite the supply shortage, Cabota-

je said the government is studying the possibility of raising its target for COVID-19 vaccination coverage from 70 percent to 80 percent of the country’s 109-million population. “With the Delta variant, there is a looming proposal that we need to increase our vaccination coverage to 80 percent,” she said. Cabotaje said the proposal would mean those below 18 years old would also be vaccinated against COVID-19. Currently, the vaccination program is only for individuals aged 18 and above due to the limited supply. “We are cognizant of the fact that we really need to increase our targets, but we will need to look at our vaccine supply and also at the efficacy of the different vaccines that will be considered,” Cabotaje said.

Rody:... From A1 from its gains. “Let’s say what the human rights people said are true, who benefited from it? Me? I benefited, my family? Did they benefit from those dead? Who benefited? You! Your children, our nation benefited,” he said in Filipino. Duterte said the anti-narcotics drive that he started in 2016 put him and his family’s lives at risk. “Who was put at risk? Me, my family, their lives. Those devils are going to get back at me. I am not a millionaire to have a whole squad at my back protecting me. I am now the one with the problems. Did I benefit? It’s you, you to III (3 percent), Senator Panfilo Lacson and former vice president Jejomar Binay (2 percent each). Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and former Interior Secretary Manuel Roxas II are the least preferred presidential bets, earning only 1 percent. Duterte, meantime, topped the list of preferred candidates for the 2022 vice presidential race, registering a national voter preference of 18 percent. Domagoso secured the second spot in terms of the preferred vice presidential candidates, getting 11 percent. Following Domagoso were Cayetano and Poe (10 percent each), Marcos (9 percent), Sotto (7 percent), Pacquiao (6 percent), former Senator Francis Escudero (6 percent), Go and Lacson (4 percent each), and Trillanes 2 percent).

Blame Delta

ited vaccine supply, she said. Authorities earlier said the general population could get their shots starting April, but the date has since been moved to July and August. Meanwhile, President Rodrigo Duterte welcomed the arrival of the latest vaccine shipment of 3 million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine donated by the United States on Tuesday at the Villamor Air Base in Pasay City. In a taped speech Monday night, Duterte thanked US President Joe Biden for not forgetting the Philippines in its COVID-19 vaccine donation to other countries. Cabotaje said the premise was that

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DILG chief denounces Reds’ ambush of medics

Sara still top choice among possible bets in ‘22—OCTA

By Willie Casas THE Department of the Interior and Local Government on Tuesday condemned the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army-National Democratic Front for the ambush in Samar of a convoy of local health workers escorted by police on their way to Leyte to fetch COVID-19 vaccines last week. “The CPP-NPA-NDF’s height of insensitivity, callousness, and opportunism knows no bounds. They no longer choose the people, places, or situations to kill and sow terrorism. This is proof that they are enemies of the people and do not care about them because even our medical frontliners who were supposed to get the vaccine were ambushed, ” said DILG Secretary Eduardo Año. Calbayog City Health Office staff escorted by Calbayog City Police Station (CPS) personnel were on their way to the Department of Health Regional Office 8 in Palo, Leyte when they were suddenly attacked by the Communist terrorists last July 27. According to PNP Samar, the team heard a burst of gunfire and a loud explosion from an improvised explosive device 20 meters behind their convoy while traversing the Maharlika Highway, Barangay Lale, Pinabacdao, Samar. After ensuring the safety of the health workers, the escorts from the Calbayog PNP immediately engaged the terrorists who immediately retreated and fled toward the mountainous area of the barangay. To ensure the smooth and efficient rollout of the vaccines in the communities, the DILG chief directed the PNP to assign additional police personnel to COVID-19 vaccination operations to maintain the peace and order situation in the community. Meanwhile, DILG Undersecretary and NTF ELCAC Spokesperson Jonathan Malaya called on the public to immediately report sightings of CTGs in their localities to local authorities. Malaya expressed dismay that the CTGs still continue to spread senseless violence in the far-flung areas even as we fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

By Rey Requejo

AMPLE SUPPLY. Hospital staff checks on the stock of medical oxygen outside the COVID-19 Manila Field Hospital at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila, on August 03, 2021. Manila City Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso recently posted on his social media account that the city government has stocked up on medical oxygen as part of their preparation for the resurgence of COVID-19 cases in the capital. Norman Cruz

Rody to NPA: Give up and get free housing By Vito Barcelo

RESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has renewed his offer to the New People’s Army rebels of free housing and livelihood if they will surrender to the government.

The President said the communist rebels are resorting to killing innocent people and do not get anything from it. “You have not obtained a single barangay. You have not been successful in all your ideological confrontations. What’s left with you is just killing people. For what?” Duterte said. The President vowed to give the rebels shelter and livelihood should they lay down their ﬁrearms and join the mainstream of the society. He warned that the government troops would shoot to death armed com-

munist insurgents if they continue to commit atrocities. “You know, it’s a two-way affair. You kill but my soldiers will also kill you. That’s how it goes. If there’s a funeral in the jungle, we also have a funeral in the camps. It’s like we have a contest on which side gets to kill the most number,” he said. He said the rebels should “drop the armed struggle,” saying nothing will happen if they continue since their leaders have grown old. “Komunista, you want to live a normal life? Drop the guns. I’ll give you the house and I’ll

give you the money to start,” he said. “Nothing will happen, I tell you. Your leaders are old. Their brains are no longer not as good as before. it’s gone, period,” he added. In his SONA last month. The President took pride of the government’s strides in fighting the local armed conflict, saying the group’s end was imminent. Among the accomplishments were the dismantling of several communist fronts as well as the surrender of more than 17,000 rebels to the government. “With the support of our local government units, I am confident that support for the communist movement will continue to erode in the next few months,” the President said. The government terminated the peace negotiations with the local communist group in 2017 over its atrocities against troops and civilians.

374 Filipino workers came home from UAE on July 31 THE Department of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday said some 374 Filipinos, including 78 pregnant women, were repatriated from the United Arab Emirates, increasing the total number of repatriates from UAE to 3,724. The DFA disclosed that the latest batch of repatriates arrived in Manila on July 31 through the department’s ninth chartered flight from the UAE. All repatriates received $200 as reintegration assistance from the DFA and will undergo a mandatory 14-day facility-based quarantine, the department said. In July alone, the DFA repatriated 1,415 Filipinos from the UAE while 1,037 Filipinos were flown home in June. Four flights were mounted in July while three flights were chartered in June, the DFA said. “We recognize the efforts of the men and women in our Posts over-

seas and at the Home Office, as we see in the increased number of the total number of Filipinos repatriated in July. We also recognize the assistance of other government agencies who work closely with us in this repatriation process,” DFA Undersecretary for Migrants’ Workers Affairs Sarah Lou Arriola said, in a statement. “While the DFA continues to mount more flights in the coming months, we also recognize the importance of special commercial repatriation of Bayanihan flights, as we call them, which will really supplement the repatriation efforts. We expect to bring home most stranded Filipinos from the UAE by the end of August,” the DFA official added. The chartered repatriation ﬂights from the UAE were all funded through the DFA’s Assistance To National Fund. Rey Requejo

Duterte gives DPWH chief a pat on back

PARTNERSHIP. House Majority Leader and Leyte Rep Martin Romualdez (right) and Senior Deputy Majority Leader Rep. Crispin “Boying” Remulla turn over financial assistance to PLt. Col. Alexy Sonido (center) Commander of Batasan Police Station 6 to help fund the BARANGAYanihan (Bayanihan sa Barangay) program of Batasan Police Station 6. The police will distribute food packs, relief goods, vitamins, medicine for hypertension and allergy, Bibles, learning materials and school supplies for the students of public schools. Ver Noveno

Agencies to tackle Mindoro power crisis

NIGHT SHIFT. Vendors and other individuals working at the night market queue for their second dose of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine, in Divisoria, Manila during the night vaccination program of the local government on Monday. Manila Mayor Isko Moreno will establish a 24/7 vaccination site as part of nationwide effort to achieve herd immunity. Norman Cruz

WITH 28 percent nationwide preference, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte remained the top choice among 15 names of possible candidates for president in next year’s election, a latest survey by OCTA Research revealed. “Former Senator Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos, Jr. retained his rank as second preferred presidential candidate with 13 percent rating if the elections were to be held between July 12 and 18, 2021,” the OCTA Research survey said. Almost statistically tied in third place are senators Grace Poe and Manny Pacquiao as well as Mayor Francisco ‘Isko’ Domagoso, with 10 percent preference for both senators and 11 percent for the Manila mayor. The survey also revealed that among the 15 possible presidentiables, former Senator Marcos was the top choice of respondents in the National Capital Region with 23 percent preference. Duterte and Domagoso had 15 percent and 22 percent respectively. Other possible candidates for president who were included in the survey list: Vice President Leni Robredo, 5 percent; Alan Peter Cayetano, 5 percent; Bong Go, 4 percent; Tito Sotto, 3 percent; Panfilo Lacson, 2 percent; former VP Jejomar Binay, 2 percent; Richard Gordon, 1 percent; Antonio Trillanes, 1 percent; and former Liberal Party presidential bet Mar Roxas and former Supreme Court Justice Antonio Carpio, who both got a zero survey preference. Marcos was consistently placed on the second spot in the first two surveys of Pulse Asia since December last year. Moreno was not even on the third spot of the said survey. The survey was conducted while Carpio was reportedly doing some rounds in several provinces, including Cebu that is recognized as having the biggest number of voters. Moreno, on the other hand, was active in the media of which one of his media operations was when he lambasted President Duterte after the latter made remarks on the mayor’s continued vaccination program despite the bad weather. Marcos was very busy helping some poor people in a number of provinces like those residents in Batangas affected by the active movement of the Taal Volcano, residents of Pateros who were hit by fire and poor people in Baguio City who still need protective gadgets from coronavirus disease—2019 (COVID–19).

MALACAÑANG promised Tuesday to let appropriate government agencies address the power supply problem in Occidental Mindoro. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque reacted to appeals from Mindoreños residing in Metro Manila to look for ways to address the power crisis in their area. Roque, in an online press conference, said he will inform President Rodrigo Duterte about the reported daily power interruptions in Occidental Mindoro. He added that the Department of Energy, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines , and the Energy Regulatory Commission will be asked to assess the situation in the province’s electric supply. Their complaint will be relayed to the President, the Department of Energy, NGC, and other agencies which should be given notice, including ERC), Roque said. Occidental Mindoro has been enduring power outages for over a decade.

The province has been beset by frequent power interruption, heavily-subsidized generation rates due to heavy dependence on diesel and bunker fuel, delays in proposed energy projects, uneven electrification rates, and administrative issues of electric cooperatives in the island. The citizen’s movement Mindoreño Ayaw sa Dilim has been organized to fight the supposedly daily blackouts in Occidental Mindoro that last from six to 12 hours a day. The group is also conducting a petition campaign for the filing of a temporary restraining order on the ongoing competitive selection process (CSP) of the Occidental Mindoro Electric Cooperative (OMECO) for procurement of power supply for the province. In July, the NGCP proposed the construction of the Batangas-Mindoro interconnection project worth PHP16.87 billion to ensure reliable transmission service to consumers.

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has given Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar a pat on the back for pushing the big-ticket infrastructure projects in the country under the government’s ﬂagship “Build, Build, Build” program. “You know what p all of you are top performers. But in terms of largest projects, natural, it should always be the DPWH. Ang galing mo (you are excellent),” Duterte told Villar during his pre-recorded public address aired on Monday. “I would like to say, on behalf of the grateful nation to those people like you, we really see where the people’s money goes,” he added. In his report to the President, Villar said the average spending of the DPWH for the past ﬁve decades is at 2.5 percent of the country’s total gross domestic product (GDP) but it has been increased to 4.93 percent reaching PHP3.4 trillion from 2016 to 2019 under Duterte administration. Citing the International Monetary Fund (IMF) report, Villar said the Philippines still recorded a low public investment compared to other Asian countries. Villar said the government has targeted to reach the IMF’s recommended public infrastructure spending expenditure of up to 5 percent of the total GDP. And if you sum it up, the total spending of our country in the last two decades is still lower compared to our spending in the last four years that you have been sitting Mr. President,” Villar said. Villar added that the agency’s actual disbursement has increased up to 209 percent with actual accomplishment worth P2.5 trillion of projects. There has been a huge improvement in the government’s right-of-way strategies under Duterte’s leadership, he said.

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IN BRIEF SMC: Enough food, fuel, power during ECQ

FOOD and beverage giant San Miguel Corp. (SMC) assured the public of enough supply of food, fuel and power throughout the two-week strict lockdown aimed at curbing the Delta variant driven spread of COVID-19 cases in Metro Manila. San Miguel president Ramon Ang said the conglomerate is also prepared to continue providing assistance to disadvantaged communities spanning its businesses around Metro Manila. To date, the group has already spent over P14 billion to support the fight against the pandemic, mounting the biggest food donation drive in history. “I would like to personally assure everyone that we have enough food inventory to last even many months. We’ve had a lot of learning from last year and we adjusted the way we operate. We are better prepared for sudden disruptions,” Ang said. “As we did during the previous ECQs, we have business continuity plans in place that will allow for essential, critical operations to continue under the strictest safety protocols. This assures our government and the public that for our part, we can continuously provide food, power, and fuel during this critical time,” he added. With most of San Miguel facilities located nationwide in various provinces outside Metro Manila, Ang said he expects minimal disruption to the supply of essential food, electricity, and fuel. SMC is one of the country’s leading food and beverage, power, fuels, and infrastructure companies. “There is nothing to worry as far as supply is concerned. For now, please prepare to stay at home, protect yourselves and your loved ones. Even if you are all vaccinated, please exercise greater caution as the delta variant is more transmissible,” Ang said. Jenniffer B. Austria

Makati gifts fully-vaxxed seniors with P1k GC each THE City of Makati has started distributing P1,000 gift certificates each to more than 24,352 fully-vaccinated senior citizens to show gratitude and appreciation for their support to the local government’s “Bakuna Makati” program. The incentive, according to Mayor Abigail Binay, was one of the strategic measures made by her administration to overcome vaccine hesitancy, especially among the elderly who are at high risk of suffering severe symptoms due to COVID-19. “This past month, there has been an uptick in the number of senior citizens that registered for COVID-19 vaccination under the A2 category. As of the end of July, we have registered around 50,000 senior citizens. Of these, 44,121 got their first dose of the vaccine, while 35,813 got their second dose,” said Binay. “Ideally, we should achieve 100 percent vaccination rate among the elderly. However, it would still depend on their willingness to get vaccinated and on the availability of vaccines,” she added. The city chief executive reiterated the city’s commitment to the prioritization guidelines set by the Department of Health. “We have strictly followed DOH protocols in allocating vaccines provided by the national government, and we intend to do the same with city-procured vaccines,” she said. The initial batches of the one million vaccines purchased by the city are expected to arrive this month. “These past months, we have been going out of our way to boost the registration rate of Bakuna Makati among target groups. We want to make sure we will have enough people to vaccinate every time we get a partial delivery on the one million doses we purchased, and receive supplies from the national government,” said Binay. To achieve herd immunity, the city must fully vaccinate around 430,000 individuals or 70 percent of the city’s estimated population in 2020. At two doses per individual, the city-procured vaccines will cover 500,000, both residents and transient workers, the mayor said. Joel E. Zurbano

CLEAN-UP DRIVE. Members of the Riverways Cleaning Operations Group collect branches, leaves, and cut trees blocking various creeks across Quezon City. Manny Palmero

Ex-VP Binay hits Duque: Reactive, not proactive F By Joel E. Zurbano

ormer Vice President Jejomar Binay on Tuesday debunked the claim of Health secretary Francisco Duque III that his agency has been proactive in dealing with the COVID-19 Delta variant.

“The Health secretary is a comedian,” said Binay, reacting to Duque’s statement that the government has not been reactive in its pandemic response amid the threat brought by the more contagious Delta variant in the country.

“We are proactive, not reactive,” Duque said in a recent interview with CNN Philippines’ The Source. Duque said the fact that the country still has low numbers of Delta variant is already proof in itself that the Philippine Genome Center has been doing a good job in identifying or detecting among the positive samples the different variants. But according to Binay, if the Health secretary is indeed proactive, “why wasn’t he able to secure the P100 million needed to expand the capabilities of the Genome Center?” “It’s only now that ordinary citizens like us are made aware of its vital role in fighting COVID-19, but it remains terribly underfunded,” he said. “So, where is the proactiveness of the

Villar SIPAG extends aid to typhoon victims

Health secretary? For now, the charitable thing to do is to consider this statement as comic relief,” the former Vice President added. Meanwhile, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. took to Twitter to complain about the promised 30,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines for his department which have yet to be delivered. “I was promised 30,000 Moderna for my people and the diplomatic corps. My people who are frontliners. I don’t know where the f**k that went, but words cannot express my embarrassment and anger. No one endangers my people. No one,” he said in a Twitter post Sunday. “Somebody dropped the ball. I have steel ball bearings. I just need a slingshot,” Locsin added.

THROUGH the Villar SIPAG (Social Institute for Poverty Alleviation & Governance), Senator Cynthia Villar extended assistance to victims of Typhoon “Fabian” in Marikina City. Some 1,359 beneficiaries from barangays Malanday and Nangka received relief packs. “I hope this will somehow help you especially in time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Rest assured that we are always ready to extend all forms of assistance to you. We are doing our best for the welfare of our people,” Villar said. Thousands of Marikina residents were forced to leave their homes after being submerged in floodwater caused by monsoon rains and “Fabian.” “We want to ease the burden of victims who have been adversely affected by the recent typhoon especially now that we are in a pandemic,” Villar said. The senator said this was her way of helping the national and local governments respond to the needs of the victims of the typhoon that ripped through Marikina City. Villar also donated relief packs to “Fabian” victims in Quezon City; Imus, Cavite; and Taytay, Rizal. Macon Ramos-Araneta

2 LPAs, habagat bring rains to Luzon By Rio N. Araja TWO low pressure areas (LPAs) have been triggering rains in Metro Manila and other parts of Luzon, the state weather bureau said. One LPA was estimated at 550 kilometers northeast of Itbayat, Batanes while another was spotted outside the Philippine area of responsibility. The LPA near Batanes may develop into a tropical depression within the next 48 hours while moving northeastward. The National Capital Region, Tarlac, Pampanga, Bulacan, Occidental Mindoro, Cordillera Administrative Region, Cagayan Valley, Ilocos, Batanes, Babuyan Group of Islands, Abra, Apayao, Benguet, Zambales and Bataan will experience monsoon rains, the weather bureau said. The two LPAs have been enhancing the

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RACHEL Rodeles Santiago was a caring wife, mother, sister, daughter, and friend and the reliable Chief of Staff of House Majority Leader and Leyte 1st District Rep. Martin G. Romualdez. She left this world peacefully on August 3, 2021 at age 43. She is survived by her husband Edmar; children Kayden, 7, and Francesca Rae, 5; mother Enriqueta; sister Zeny; brothers Fr. Eric, Rogyruel, Reginald, Rodel, Roland, and Reynante. Rachel was born to Enriqueta Campomanes Roncal and Juan Agnes Rodeles on July 15, 1978. After graduating from Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) with Bachelor of Arts Major in Journalism and earning her Bachelor of Laws degree from Don Vicente Orestes Educational Foundation Colleges of Law (DVOREF), Rachel chased her dreams to work in the Philippine Journalists Inc. (PJI) as one of its executives and later the Chief of Staff of House Majority Leader Martin G. Romualdez and then Leyte 1st District Rep. Yedda Marie K. Romualdez who is now a congresswoman representing Tingog party-list. The Romualdez couple considers Rachel not only as their most trusted Chief of Staff, but also a close friend and family. Her friends and family described her as a go-to girl who was always reliable and helpful to anyone who needed assistance from her. The Rodeles and Santiago families request prayers for the repose of her soul.

southwest monsoon (habagat). Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) hydrologist Rosalie Pagulayan said the risk of flooding and rain-induced landslides remains in the western portions of both northern Luzon and Region III (Central Luzon) as the “habagat” can further dump significant rainfall next week. “The risk for those hazards remains high there,” she said. In its forecast on Tuesday, the weather bureau said “habagat” can bring monsoon rain over extreme northern Luzon’s Batanes province and Babuyan Islands, northern Luzon’s west-lying Region I (Ilocos) and the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) provinces of Abra, Apayao and Benguet as well as Zambales and Bataan provinces in the western side of Region III (Central Luzon).

Construction magnate allowed to travel abroad By Rey E. Requejo THE Supreme Court has cleared for travel abroad a construction magnate w h o had been convicted by the Sandiganbayan in 2015 in connection with the alleged padding of the cost of a 2.3-kilometer section of the 5.1-km asphalt road project known as the President Diosdado Macapagal Highway in Pasay and Parañaque cities. In a two-page notice, the SC’s Third Division ruled that Jesusito Legaspi, owner of JD Legaspi Construction, does not appear to be a flight risk since he has been actively participating in legal proceedings pertaining

to his case and that his family and business interests are situated in the country. Legaspi asked the High Court to allow him to go to the United States from August 18, 2021 to September 22, 2021, together with his wife and their three children, to be able to spend quality time with them and to be inoculated with the COVID-19 vaccine. The tribunal noted that on several occasions, it allowed Legaspi to travel abroad during the pendency of his appeal. Because of this, the SC allowed Legaspi to travel from August 18, 2021, to September 22, 2021 which may be extended upon request based on meritorious grounds.

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The lockdowns were Finance Carlos Dominguez Isult HAVE requested tor AS haters rem HAVE been economy slumped lowest in seven death penalty, banned under the Constituterrorists on the1renched warpath marked by aThe was omy head Sena eAever comm eeprevious death penalty, banned under the Philippines ismember the pandemic epicenter inepicenter the pandemic the are spread es angance n our commun es From previous I po talked PresiTO harass, arbitrarily andmon inA pine IN Acolumn column Ierran talked about Presiest in the world –its has run for months. of 9 one imposed earliest lockous e gn onamed ng g the oups epo to she om oIN (Universal Healthcare upon the rec-aConstituhe ofb the oade ha hethreaten, VFA enab es arrest, Department of Labor A s THE n about G un ess he sdecline aPhilippines of he Augus 3Act), 500 000 doses day nfor Me oIsons Ma the loss isisP312.9 billion. my commande scommande ident cannot legally appoint you asavert a mem119 000 oinfor 140 000 re eachers well into HOW serious a(lockdown) threat is the so-called Delta Now, lockdowns will make half of inwith H1 2020, according to265,888 MaPRESIDENT Duterte has extended tions which solidified Duterte’s power “the decisive helped us an 2021. supposed to save 4,000 people from sons my belief that the dark days of Martial Law,” for my be the country’s history -a 16.5-percent contion most crimes, to be reimposed for Board of Trus tion for most crimes, to be reimposed for 11-nation ASEAN a total of 265,888 cas11-nation ASEAN with a total of cassome instances attack and kill political acdent Rodrigo Duterte’s achievements. Now, he world. Still, even if it was the dent Rodrigo Duterte’s achievements. Now, ommendation of the Board Trustees of Philc a moncharged o ng byw he UN and ndependen ment will deny this, for sure new phenomenon—suicide bombers. The h nves ga ng po ce ma ers ber of the Board of Trustees of PhilHealth, eng hens no on secu yeso sou 1 282 acyuahe PCR perwo day conn a o us 15 m on doses n 30 days Divide P312.9 billion by P3,300 (the cost of n 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- saround the people poor. COVID-19 variant, also known as the Indinila-based Asian Development Bank. the state 1.3 of to calamity forinfections one yearaccorduntil base. 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Coddling the police and the military surgency and he Mus m separa s moveFinance Secretary Carlos Dominguez pine economy slumped to die, itsour lowest in From this (August).” Du ebyhe e 966perwwas hcent 17 su vthe vo sack pine economy slumped toever itsyou lowest ever in was enro ees Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez As a named to head the Senate committee cent in the second quarter, and he enego a ed VFA shows ha “ a s ong V RTUAL V RTUAL bees o es o d charge, included). With 94.9 million vaccines, spread testing in communities. just some ns ances a ack and k po ca ac some ns ances a and k po ca ac in first half. That 4.2 percent first semester drop in economic output of 9 downs n he wo d S even he downs n he wo d S even was were widespread and at their most Duterte’s successor. • The Philippine Amusement and Gaming (Universal Healthcare Act) sick, possibly even if have been point unless he isare a member the 119,000 toPresident 140,000 retrenc thousands more dyingpower orofwill be he Boa Ttions usHea ees Ph Hea hpeople be o he Boa doo us T us eesdan oo Ph ho Gierran (Universal Hea interred with their bones.” in that shortlist for the Board of Trustees. irmed cases. At this writing, the chilling on the day it began.” He wants PO NT“the PO NT and which solidified Duterte’s “the decisive (lockdown) helped avert tions which solidified Duterte’s power decisive (lockdown) helped us avert an the country’s history -a 16.5-percent con“Assum ng he BP and he o he s a e co the country’s history -a 16.5-percent concharged with investigating police matters Without a vaccine cent in the first half. We are having the around 1,282 actual PCR tests per day cones en US Ph pp ne a ance w ema n Gove nmen has p om sed “ayuda” o you will achieve herd immunity at 86 percent Duterte 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. 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The good is oft This means that President cannot 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 no y Leade F ank n D on ha Du e e s “By the models of UP and Ateneo, qu ck cash— ha s a o m dab e comb estimates the GDP contraction for the whole a sign. clearly spelled has grown to about 32,000 average tests a es made y he Sena e e ec F nance Sec e a y Ca os Dom nguez says a es made y n o he Sena e e ec worse situation, and the lockdown was not as corrupt than past administrations. four months. 5 Codd ng o he po ce and he m ary clearly sp F nance Sec e a y Ca os Dom nguez says 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 atgacommittee their most successor. 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Commission f and a especially, ou oomonth he mo elock700 p olockva e usUS ommenda on he Boa dhan Tthe us ees Ph demand.” leged NPA leaders have failed to dent oney men w deny h s o su e bu a su vey die because of hunger, malnutrition, and ommenda on o he Boa d T ees o Ph the Hardest hit was Luzon island which and most 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 “BTW we do ag ee ha he a e has n en leged NPA leaders have failed to dent the loss of P1.5 trillion for each of deaths. Our death reduced from Duterte has employed more generals, o e gn po cy ough o be a “sha ed powe ” Adds Dominguez: “Without the lockdown, p es den v ce p es den sena o gove no loss of P1.5 trillion for each month of explains that “no matter how much money base Long me a de Ch s ophe Go and 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 Metro Manila contributes 32 percent of the 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 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 choo wh ch w ema n c o ed The e hero? 21.4he percent inhs thecou first dhalf. ntinuing restrictions and 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. 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The incumbent President pine Center, Lunch National he would asevere hero. those, however, in the country are orFor critical. Our PNP has tripled anti-insurgency that matters now but whether it is actual68,000 be severe critical “lift aesach ounamed s was o head he also a acks unde erran can be as aHeart member of Center, quote Justice Ma Wha s essen awould and urgen sand abudget, ongis gone byeMetro now. That be recovered inrecovered PNP has tripled its anti-insurgency budget, the Board ofits Trustees? excthe usc9ve o ead he P9esesThe denead s of a political sha edescommun Now you unde s and why a jobs s mecpolicy ockto termLet prevent activists and al-Fwas and acannot cG abe m ha he P500 m appo onmoraonoined is gone by now. That cannot be o he Sena e comm ee Mr. President, Manila. sp ng nkillings ou commun F om us named o head he Sena comm ee econom cnno ou pu o sp es ng n ou om us use, the President. efneral d op econom ou pu o po n G e an un ess he s a membe he anything, and its supply, can vaccines pronto Board of Tru 119 000 o 140 000 e enched eache s Despite the overwhelming dominance ofa worrying pomoney 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 ancha 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 all the to have Kidney and Transplant Institute, Philippine who envy his vision and foregiven him one of major failures—massive n hewcoun ry are severe or cr ca Our morly saving thelaw. productive parts ofwo thefour economy. 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 GovernDu e e wh ch nc udes su v vo s aw k the lem of poverty. months. a worrying sign. ca ed o hem no enough leged NPA leaders have failed to dent the powe h he Sena e canno be e o he down s needed o Me o Man a s a has grown to about 32,000 average daily tests he Board ofby Trus ees? months. ermhasinvestobs cy o ppreven a b gger probged w cha h nves ga po months cegama epothe s four P5,44 trillion 365 days and aouound ac ua day con ged w hngthree nves ngof ceDivide ma e the s and ecess on n ou hon s nduring athe ound 1 PCR 282 acesuas pe PCR s pe day con Thus, before Gierran thes government sled hebywo h s 1 282 and the s athe ou oadministration he mo 700 ppo va eAct Duterte not per ahands hundred thousand.” lockdowns. and she a “Private oue ohan he mo5. eCoddling han va en time), Thus, before economy. In the first percent in first half. his on and deploy to whoever Children’s Medical Center; sight, those who desire revenge, he issbecause the problem is not ance of5. mandates that anmilitary appointing included incan th whelm our healthcare sector.” of2011) the and the My gulay, there’s one ele rate Counsel the Ma sion could rage this The ob po cy ha Pite rights den Duviolations. e(August).” eis generals, eThey seseand paand aThis ega he hcould orage he uwell eadom osystemic old communist Muslim one place at700 the same Duterte Desp easugand he overwhe m nance of Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez Coddling the police andrefused the military s nce nvo ves po cy human Critics say killed aesecess ymajor ra a oone on he her hand assues 2chinsurgency. 5 ou peop eapolice ngof expe ence— n case you aand eifpduring e of this (August).” recession into 2021. omy Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez he “d wa ”ea you get P14.9 billion, the value daily of Metro duc ed no52-year he as week os Ma capac you Sec on 13 of RA 10149 (GOCC Governhe “dprioritized ugbust. wa ”ng em of pover y President CEO PhilH duc ed n he as week o Ma ch capac y proven itself any more competent nor any calamity.PIn aden election, schoo s wh ch w ema n c osed These He notes that per 100,000, the EU member schoo 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 ha o adop gh away hou d no be an “What we find in the last six months, Duterte has employed more generals, beneficiaries of the February terrorists areng on thesense. warpath marked by a 4 Fa Adds Dominguez: “Without the lockdown, aw and much e se s mo e se ous han us explains that “no matter how much money by the GCG tC and Cong ess s he po cy mak body n make no Duterte has employed more generals, end ng o be dumb Adds Dominguez: “Without the lockdown, explains that “no matter how much money to fire the erring general. genera s he Du er e adm n s ra on has no ure o con a n he commun s n nto 2021. Manila’s economic output. Lock down Metro more than 27,000 in the guise of eliminating per ahehundred ” be appointed asplace 4restrictions Fa ohamper con athis n and he commun s average ngencythose less corrupt than past administrations. 0ho s economy ex When theure President came tostates power in schoo s have os o ayack em coeconomy nd he of bellwether goods 31 deaths, 70, Spain 61, from a short-list prepared by them Governance ance Ac ofUK 2011) manda ha an appo ndeaths ng esupply 2020 shousand ex new phenomenon—suicide mobility aggregate schoo scould have because os equipncome because o ack o the first appointe tatalfirst Banana, Ibe foresee aa memb bleak against We used time to Board ofkCOVID. Trustees of PhilHealth, unless My gu fothat here’s one equarantine emen sspolice, ng dustrial machinery andncome transport Combine powers—control of the east Asia; eme emp oymen cheme Fo u e es is the lower restriction bombers. The osaryawye event of time, and from the military and police, than any the rate of infections and have he numbe s ed countries pump into their economies, their ou sys em o gove nmen ” from the military and the than any So why is the government opting for full P ease see he a es on COV D cases the rate of infections and deaths could have The reasons are countries pump into their economies, their dent cannot le surgency and he Mus msystem separa sm move Manila one day and you lose most of the The reasons are When the chief en of lower the national capital’s of Trustees. Sweden 57, the US 52. surgency and hehisMus separa sgreatest move ees for Government-owned or-Concorn, fuel, even school pe cenbyfish, B a zNewsAs Philippines without assur the recommended to se f our more en nor any hefor ank oand he unemp oyed can on y conwo o ees of Trustees. ccesne 10zNewsAs pe cen B aePNP improve capacity.” the pervasive illegal drugs curse. percent and for private price and supply of any commodity or He no haeaper 100 he • 62.1 Aohe geothermal power plant, one ofother the Commission 2016, he stumbled into the and tripled its EU anti-insurgency budget, has actually opened more of45 the dmassively, rec or sha beviolations appo ntwo edment byen Pres den have fashioned andany sustaine ’s an urgen asbefore ng obs posectors cy president him. More than been much worse. The latest data suggest that youproven amen edemand.” nJuly e esBoard ed nany ohealth ow ng compe h s appointment up GDP would have shrunk anyway. D on cees ed an Suphas000 eme Cou dec member n ASEAN The sMore ua than on scan so bad lockdown for Metro Manila when all itand needs other president before him.San45no been much worse. The suggest that Without a vaccine GDP would have shrunk massively, anyway. force was caught on social media P14.9 billion. Lock the capital for What is/are the legal requt 3.clearly Unprecedented human ple get employed when Without a vaccine The gworld, oup ep esen ngdata hese eache s Corporations the“By President. medicines, PPEs, are cruen he pove yclearly pdown ob em orights he coun y out o police Government economists earlier projected men ber of the Boa ac on con os and he who The glatest oup ep esen ngtrolled 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 as an alternative source eto GDP ac on o he who e a worrying sign. spelled out in about 32,000 average daily tests economy and helped bring back jobs.” barrage of adverse publicity biznewsasia@gmail.com ess corrup han pas adm n s ra ons spelled in star-rank officers occupy cabinet and civilHuman Rights Watch says many of the a es average 31 dea hs UK 70 Spa n 61 can send you he s s o awye s e a a acked a little over 1 percent of all COVID-19 cases from ayou - srestrictions prepared by heaPublic Governance longest economic expansion in country’s gacen e in battleground not sheer size ofsheer the stimulus package sassum on hangsaa dregions, “The P es den canno un a e aaP500 Banana Icases booofficers eak fuoccupy ure for he Ph pponly nes We aGierran ecivils ends! on Gierran ybeNo to do pronto and cabinet a little 1construction percent of COVID-19 breakfast party with more thisaalaw, Gierran can behe ap-and Under finally It not the size ofshor the package What has made Duterte a stimulus strong can appointed as can appointed a or days and lose billion.having kThus, ngs po cato59,000 ac vbesItto sisca and many yea come and sover ais cbuy abirthday mthe ha he mbyheon aforesee oapply aThe recovery ofbefore 7o percent 8o percent in GDP cially The kGierran ngs po acathe vweeks sthe sisand a14 pe and s avaccines call m ha m star-rank can bep we averted some 171,000 ADB. slipped a P500 to anyone or anywhere, and theP208.6 of energy; 5. for Coddling of the police andunde the the military a ge as 30 pe w cenhd aw assum ageneral st).” a PhilHealth President, lift the lockdowns. for use Marcos from IsPobut he aitsslaw oraitpresident, a ian inon the6President government. general Awhich oyo and Aqu no ”sef inactualthe are severe orare critical. Our moraSweden omnghe ea US es ha en ethe ed use that matters but whether isheel actualamong he ASEAN B gthe 6ident n numbe o * *the*oftape them on the entire ifw itMr. wants When heeade ch ofof ona cap aof ’s pointed by the as agovernment. member of the positions in the 50 guests strict lockdown President and CEO PhilHealth, he must 27,000 are “vigilante-style killings perpetratin-owned the severe orinpopulation, critical. Ourpositions mor57 and 52 we the vicious illegal drugs campaign, has also Wh he eand den may have gned n country o than the Comm on for Governmen or-ConBoard ofthe Trustees? that matters now also whether is Ph nes houian any assurance ha peogrowth rate in 2021. That is now history—70 consecutive quarters growth. ca edcountry o (despite hem sed no enough President Duterte has ordered two-week eged NPA have ahe edsna ooverly den he the Hardest hiteemployed was Luzon island especially, when the highest ca oadult hem s pp noproenough Board Tr eged NPA eade have aoptied onow den healso eachon mon hyeach o ock deaths. Our death rates reduced from Duterte has more generals, marginal 0.9 percent in Q2. on flow ofelaw goods people under atality lock• Exploration and drilling Malampaya; minguez: the lockdown, o“Without mon h o ock They make no sense. I think even They pursued what notable Take note Despite the dominance of on the other hand, is at without 2.5 Board of overwhelming Trustees of PhilHealth if he was3 n Section Iedon’t whoever beforce appointed a for member ofMus the Board o3pu suancould o he eged sproduces ahuman ve en man es saving parts of the hibiting gatherings of ten more people in aw Bayan han 2ed he beconomy. onof athe oons edofficers o lockhratio, ac cases and No oknow new to, pronto, quickly, delay? given one of his major failures—massive Despite the overwhelming dominance ofms 13 hero? tality ratio, on the other hand, is at 2.5 people of RA 10149 Without a vaccine general use, could The obs po cyor ha den eeseden lyproductive saving the productive parts economy. lockdown (yes, they now the word 52mistic. yea ofirst d commun sas nsu mthe 70 percent total economic eockdown land is at–nand stake. po ce only soc athe med recession could rage The obs cy ha Pemp Du elist eve Section 13 ha of( ed by police themselves or by killers Unpreceden r gh s vrage oofapolice, ons from the nmilitary and the than any ro Corpora (GCG) 52 yea ocaugh d commun s1.6 nsu gency Mus m he and seve a high of was 17 percent togency just percent ppeople ePpo can ge oyed when h s you pandem c easing deaths have Duterte may not know it es but heDu down of whatever form oruse acronym—and •thousand.” Laws on culture in the life of the nation; Duterte himself added 14 quarters ofao him growth cinfections edonges he andrecession seve without the lockdowns, can win ardnmen Maitland observ included in thedea prepared submitted the one-meter social d generals, the Duterte administration has not of com Trustees. ernh @yahoo pthe ec a of e violations. on opa gap mea uesoteric ehesystemic o aa “ene oneper per hundred place atothe same time), Duterte refused human rights Critics say killed edlatest nmon ponges ohssuggest aws othatsubsequen y aandbefore med by This is because problem isy not systemic Andand ye ou gove s sharply mAct Well, there is such a the thing asdaway the politics and your nam generals, thehs Duterte administration has not recession could rage well into 2021. ance Act ofclude 2011) mandates th a hundred thousand.” has adop gh away shou no be an down in lieu the fanciful and This is because problem is not a production 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 other president him. More than 45 has o adop gh shou d no be an ance of 2011 worse. The data or around 4,000 deaths. We averted achieved almost full employment durDuterte can pick his successor—without • The Cultural Center of Philippines e o s s a e on he wa pa h ma ked by a un o seven anitself election. hav ng aWhat breakfas rnegative hday par w hfirst more o d – has un o seven hs Du tial matter of history is not Under hnecessto aw G erran can on yofthat 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 Presiwell into tocol in public transport. Tob is/are theblegal requirements before vcyclical a than ed he peop eees need before itPresident went insythe quarter of GDP proven any tosu more competent any toh fire the erring general. well He notes that per 100,000, the EU fmember more 27,000 in the guise of eliminating When the came to power in contraction or a bust. Simply, pos ng he seve es ockdown mak ng us logistics vaccination. First, the government director shall be appointed Boa o T us o Ph Hea h and un ess proven itself any more competent nor any eme gency emp oymen scheme Fo su e He notes per 100,000, the member the population. yeconom is how the government disBoa d o T us ees o Ph Hea and un ess hanced community quarantine”), from August star-rank officers occupy cabinet and 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 some 1.3 3.5appointed million cases, ingand his an unprecedented regard as topo whether is a agenithepresidency, Philippine International Conven- dent cannot legally appoint Gierran a mem- worsen c peconom new phenomenon—su cofdewhich bombe s pervasive The buty what wrote or by sai thepeople problem. Gierran can be a ockdown member ha o he c p oduc Wha ehamper en ed a that and uguy gen ong by Pres den as atonImember ofUK the illegal drugs curse. less corrupt than past *y*corrupt * sadministrations. 50 gues sto (desp esevere s the r as c greatest prostates 31 deaths, 70, Spain 61, July 2016, he stumbled and6of Authorities admit 7,000 deaths during heoduc c on ous egaon ian drugs campa has a so han from a short-list prepared sary mobility restrictions aggregate No 1Trustees, n past ockdown p opens think secure the vaccines pronto, he Boa d ecommended hhe s appo neven men oachievement. he anks oEconomists he unemp oyed can on yoyed wo sof the 2020. op -Tha less than administrations. states average 31he deaths, UK 70, Spain 61, positions in the gn government. hen ecommended hobsaverage appo men ocannot ney. The incumbent President try are severe orvcritical. Our mortous, August 2021. he anks osay he unemp can on wo from a there short-list sary restrictions hamper aggregate PNP has pPNP ed s anbepinto nsu budge 68,000 would critical that when am technocrat, aBoa nincompoop, or tion Center. Let me quote Justice Manuel “Lolong” ber Board of much more as anno be ecove ed ed gency s the anand nsu gency budge ofalso Philhealth, Mark my words, the Board of has Trustees? biznewsasia@gmail.com emobility ob20, po cyWatch o pdeven amany b gge pthe Lazaro said thatwills now canno be necove ed n Investments contracted by 53.5 perbiznewsasia@gmail.com Human Rights says of 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 See a so he cha o vacc ne b ands and even if it has the cash. The vaccine makers demand.” en he pove y p ob em o he coun y o 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 ofsday, enthe or more peop edog. nthe themoney other people P es den ingorthe lon the he wants tohas have Sweden and US enthe pove ypracticalp ob em he coun president/CEO, y o the campaign. Any numbers that are Commission for g hand, ven his atm2.5 one of h scent ma fa But lockdown actually began lastunemployment demand.” abwo ySection ng sher cases the peak which willGovernovermy gulay! hits 5he percent, ameant today, the people mustperpetratalready g own ohas abou 32second 000 avequarter age da and yveesby s h36.6 Insofar57, as above Martial law is52. concerned, it isoa PhilHealth Begun inof expansion apove 4.2COVID-19 cases in used the coun he Lazaro, whohe the Government Corpo13ngs RA 10149 (GOCC em oSo y was agn wo y 1999, ng gn ministrations have law own oures—mass abou 32 000 ave age da yng es s on mine are “vigilante-style consecutive quarters ofGovernment growth. 27,000 police force was caught on social media 3. Unprecedented human rights violations (GCG). Thus oeconomists eduring G2021, ee more an can be appo n“The edbe aslyappo many s many othat come he pd o sec on eve s social Bo sof des came omwhether are suddenly difficult to talk with –one-me especially generals, the Duterte administration hasinvestnot history—70 economists earlier projected ed Thus be oearlier ehe GDuterte, eas an can nUnprecedented edyea asneeding force was caught on media percent in the first half. “Private on and it rtogh whoever yea s oits 3. human rights violations trolled Corporati Takepolice note that the GCG can in- h trolled thisCorporations nonsense. Monday, August 2, when the national ance Act of mandates that anmof appointing nc uded nkillings sera. prepared and subm ed whelm healthcare sector.” eas ng he er soc abefore anc ng pro5p fold Codd ngour he po ce he ary My gube ay he one eof emen m ng Government projected everyone awithout job has acome job. It’s they want or needless to say proclamarate Counsel the Marcos h nguez s o Augus ”s Cr one ace a he same me) Du er e refused Cathousand.” osa deploy Dom nguez 5o2011) Codd ng oand he po ce and hedecide—do mPby ary classified “homicides under investigation.” human s v a ons cs say he k ed sought to destroy or consi h 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 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 needs o your proven itself “W anyinmore norfor anyin-Dudirector thathe perwants 100,000, the EU Dan breakfast Leachon o me p es den o was given that the growing belief isnsunder that one recovery ofrecovery 7 percent toby percent in clude name in the hony shortlist for appointeshe den and CEO Ph Hea hmade he mus They saynotwithstanding theUnder idea mentnguez slumped Q2 competent withockdown outlays tomoney send it.member shall be appointed by the President Wh e president, he esbe den may have shaving gned oAn birthday party more thistohi lac uofgen and aGCG ob poheocy San What has made Duterte aPstrong president, placed checkpoints provinces bor“What we in the last six months, like having at 95 peror all? tion, the Philippines could now ehe has emp mo e aoyed gene amo sofpolice beneficiaries of the February acciden7at8Ppercent tong 8atGDP percent inPres GDP Adds Dom hou erver how much o1986 den Bu hefactory Pres -running oblivion, Du efind eoyed has emp eatoless, gene aan snone oco pub cguests ranspor Tothe me wou doa with linked to the authorities.” Adds Dom nguez hou ite(from went negative inbillion the first quarter “no e how much oockdown f before remy err ng genera Aside from the drugs war killings, the more 27ofmoney 000 ndustrial he gu se of eadministrations. mhe“W na ng he pointed by the President as be s appo n ed as a membe o he Boa d corrupt than past than 50 (despite strict lockdown proaw Bayan han 2 he b ons o ed o h s $72.2 in 1998 $304.9 biln age 31 ma deaths, UK han 70, Spain 61, less 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 he Ph pp ne Co ege Phys c ans and ad three doses, not just two, in a year, to have imgrowth rate in 2021. That is now overly optibe s appo n ed as a membe o he Boa d a Banana o e ee a b eak u u e o he machinery and transport equipe those powers—control the aw Bayan han 2 he b ons a o ed o h s My gulay, pointed by the Pa than 50 guests (despite strict lockdown prothe vicious illegal drugs campaign, has also is that the lower quarantine restriction dering Metro Manila, extended curfew from cent capacity. Duterte has imposed longest and communist The communists were talany event of time, and personalities, he m om a y and ce han anycegrowth rate in 2021. That isthe now overly opti- n a e o When nheecathe ons and deathe hsnational cou have edented achievements for th Authorities admit toplace 7,000 deaths during he es econom he heGovernment-owned mhe apoy and he or-Conpo han 2020. e ochief n ec ons and ddea hs couom d have ump nofoUS he esheconhe den ega ygiven appo Gpmunity aerule. memhe em Board Trustees of of lower capital’s oin T us ees of the GCG needs to more deteroin ec afrom on smore op measu es oprob a aePhilhealth, , and andeconom the 52. riorad and Local Government hibiting gatherings ofgatherings more people inhe people Commission for Ph pp ne woa vaccine hou any athegeneral uclosed ance ha peo him one oferran his major failures—massive T canno us ees se oorfirst he ATF un con cofand ed Hea hcannot COVID. There has been masHuman Rights Watch has also noted the mistic. Without ahave vaccine for general use, the he pervas ve ega drugs curse pof oyhis ec a gap eworsen on ythe s op gap measu es o av eten ment 62.1 percent and for private upply any commodity or Board of PhilH TrustSj hibiting of ten or in lion in 2016), a dramatic reduction poverty, has actually opened more sectors of the But April 2020, than 7.3 milmost strict lockdown in world—for given him one major failures—massive already all over the country—in parliasix hours to eight hours, and down all fashioned and sustained a litany and o he p es den be o e h m Mo e han 45 ident mistic. Without for use, the been much wo se The a es da a sugges ha the campaign. Any numbers above that are nation its people. kcedented mass ve y anyway Begun in 1999, the expansion meant a 4.2o he p es den be o e h m Mo e han 45 beenforce much wo sepercent Theon asocial es damedia a sugges ha Corporations (GCG). have sh human unk mass veviolations y money anyway police was caught mineatwhether youtime), are qualified to hold of this included ardo Añoin said that this is the listifprepared Wha ssix a emp emonths he ega equ s equ be corights elion rights trolled vsive emedia, peop needs prage e than can ge when hemen pandem one place the same Duterte refused ber ofoyed he of Trus ees much more Mark my words here w bescoatime), surge NAKED human violations. Critics say he killed Wha snow aBoard e carinderias, he ega emen sabe oheelost Sec Fthe anc Duque price increase in vaccines. vof ae as eshis he peop e seven needs construction 46.8 lower,” ds, taxpayers included inwhat thetr recession could well into 2021. Scott tohelped provide for his econoone place at same Duterte refused economy bring back jobs.” people their jobs—“largely in more from March ment, academe, labor and thekilled barrage of“homicides adverse publicity to efface Presrestaurants, including small exhuman rights violations. 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Public slipped by a or anywhere, themu restrictions by the GCG to When the President came to power SO a Ph Hea h pres den CEO my gu ay! COVID-19 cases n he coun ry as a resu widowed mother and himself by going through Mr. President, lift the lockdowns. services—mainly trade, transport, ac15, 2020. And what do we get after clergy. The Supreme Court recognized to fire the erring general. ident Marcos from the tapestry of history. Aside from the drugs war killings, the more than 27,000 in the guise of eliminating an pos ons n he gove nmen my (from $72.2 billion in 1998 to $304.9 bilto power inSenator that “good deeds, nacalso eecoun seve eyngs oa ce perpe ca lockdown My gulay, it’s a long process! 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Lowerincome The Philippines today is the epicenter tial matter of history is not what happened I sincerely believe that in time, Marcos will their per capita income exceeding $3,000. manent Commissions of GCG and the two (www.manilastandard.net) and McDo which his mother would wash, reria Lourdes Sereno, the revocation of amWhat can happen here is that o he au hor es ” Carlos Dom by the GCG to the President. But the Presioco n pub c an po To wou (www.manilastandard.net) triumphs in the end. Marcos’ nomic performance of the Philippines ever. 27,000 are “vigilante-style killings perpetrater of p oven se any mo e compe en no any to fire the erring general. history—70 consecutive quarters of growth. 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Today, Duterte presides over the worst ecoand semi-skilled workers, most of them of COVID pandemic the whole of dent cannot legally appoint Gierran a memwhich is manna from the budget for legislators. bong was a governor, a congressman, and a office instead. but what people wrote or said about it.’” Duterte himself added quarters growth be vindicated. He was a visionary, born ahead wo en he p ob em cook into some kind of adobo, just to ease the MANALO is secure. The Marcos laws ab ed by police officers themselves or by killers ve illegal drugs curse. ess co up han pas adm n s a ons Secret s a ega es ave age 31 dea age hsdea UK 70dur SpaUK n 61 himself added 14 ed quarters of growth nesty Senator (now retired) Antonio Au hore or es adm 7 ave 000 ng clude yourBudget name inyour the short om a sho s p aepa by heepa Gove nance ns agg ega a Banana esee a b eak u u ae boeak heu u Dominguez slump also the worst ASEAN. 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With over cases daily, ministrations have used laws as they of hate and revenge look more kindly on clared presidential contender with an Leni inhwill the vice-presidential elections who gave thewe country its first Olympic gold 2020. high school,powhich was a talent got m ne whe her you are qua f ed o ho d s “vigilante-style killings and continue to govern and g Año sa d ha f h s s rue shou d Authorities admit to 7,000 deaths during ce o ce was caugh on soc a med a of Philhealth, the GCG first 3 Unpreceden ed human r gh s v o a ons o ed Co po a ons GCG 2020. p e can ge emp oyed when h s pandem c s s ea e p o ec ed SOge emp oyed when I SEE you or not “Undas” orinAll po cethat o ce caugh on soc awe anon haveh to vote whether to include Saints’ Daytha 3 under Unpreceden edaga human gh s the vIt’s o economic a president onsTakecollapse oe300,000 edmeant Co po a4.2ons GCG note before the can in-1999, Trillanes IVto who led mutinies in 2002 and pAnti-Terror e above can s pandem c ever, omed h perforen ofthe Philhealth, econom s s ea e as p “hom o ecored clydes everyone needing job him hasr”ainto job. oen want more Duterte, also makes himGCG the worst notes ADB. are reaching and 2007, and the passage a acknowledge new c ass fofedor nves on sought destroy consign Marcos to the campaign. 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Biden, Trudeau discuss China’s ‘arbitrary’ jailing of Canadians WASHINGTON—US President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday discussed China’s “arbitrary detention” of two Canadian citizens. In a telephone conversation, the two leaders discussed Beijing’s twoyear detention of former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig and Canadian businessman Michael Spavor, who are both being held on charges of spying. “The Prime Minister and the President discussed China’s arbitrary detention of Canadian citizens Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig. The leaders agreed on the need for their immediate release,” a press release from Trudeau’s office said. The two men were detained in apparent retaliation for Canada’s arrest on a US extradition warrant of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou.

A statement from Biden’s office said Spavor and Kovrig had been “unjustly detained” and that during the call, the president had condemned their detention and “reiterated his commitment to stand strong with Canada to secure their release.” Ottawa has said they were taken as virtual hostages to apply pressure in the Huawei executive’s case. The two men first appeared in court in March this year, in hearings that wrapped up quickly. Meng, 49, is due to be back in a Canadian court on Wednesday for a final round of hearings on her possible extradition to the United States, after nearly three years of court battles and diplomatic sparring. If transferred to the United States for trial and subsequently convicted, she could face more than 30 years in a US prison. AFP

ADVANCING FIRE. A man walks away with his cow from an advancing fire on

August 2 in Mugla, Marmaris district, as the European Union sent help to Turkey and volunteers joined firefighters in battling a week of violent blazes that have killed eight people. The fires tearing through Turkey since July 28 have destroyed huge swathes of pristine forest and forced the evacuation of panicked tourists from seaside hotels. AFP

COVID returns to Wuhan; Delta surges

EIJING—Authorities in China’s Wuhan said Tuesday they would test the city’s entire population for Covid-19, as the virus returned to the place where it first emerged, and the highly contagious Delta variant drove tightening lockdowns worldwide. A resurgent virus has returned with a vengeance, buoyed by stalling vaccination rates and deadly new mutations even in places which had long touted their successes in overcoming the worst of the pandemic. China brought domestic cases down

to virtually zero after the coronavirus first emerged in Wuhan, allowing the economy to rebound and life to return largely to normal. But a fresh outbreak has thrown that record into jeopardy, as the fastspreading Delta variant reaches dozens

of cities after infections among airport cleaners in Nanjing sparked a chain of cases that have been reported across the country. In Wuhan—where the virus first emerged in December 2019, and which faced a grueling lockdown in the early months of the pandemic—authorities said they were launching a masstesting program for all 11 million residents. And across China, authorities have confined the residents of entire cities to their homes, cut domestic transport links and rolled out mass testing in recent

days as the country battles its largest coronavirus outbreak in months. Millions are also still under movement restrictions in Australia, where troops Monday hit the streets of the country’s largest city of Sydney and surrounding areas, which are entering the sixth week of a lockdown set to run until the end of August. Authorities have been struggling to stop the spread of the highly infectious Delta variant in the city—and to ensure that residents follow containment rules —with more than 3,600 cases recorded since mid-June. AFP

Afghan fighting rages; ‘Taliban killing civilians’ KANDAHAR—Afghan forces battled Monday to stop a first major city from falling to the Taliban as the United States and Britain accused the insurgents of “massacring civilians” in a town they recently captured near the Pakistan border. Taliban fighters assaulted at least three provincial capitals overnight -- Lashkar Gah, Kandahar, and Herat -- after a weekend of heavy fighting that saw thousands of civilians flee the advancing militants. Fighting raged in Helmand’s provincial capital Lashkar Gah, where the Taliban launched coordinated attacks on the city centre and its prison -- just hours after the government announced the deployment of hundreds of commandos to the area. The war has intensified since early May, with the insurgents capitalizing on the final stages of the withdrawal of US-led foreign forces after almost 20 years. President Ashraf Ghani blamed Washington for the deteriorating security. “The reason for our current situation is that the decision was taken abruptly,” Ghani told parliament, referring to the withdrawal of foreign forces. AFP

Lebanon premier: No Cabinet for blast anniversary BEIRUT—Lebanon’s newly designated prime minister Najib Mikati said Monday that a cabinet lineup would not be announced by mid-week to coincide with the anniversary of the deadly Beirut port blast. “Frankly, with regard to the government, I was hoping the pace would be faster,” he said after meeting President Michel Aoun, whom he said he would now see again on Thursday. The government of Hassan Diab, who is still caretaker prime minister, resigned en masse days after the August 4 explosion that killed more than 200 people last year. Mikati, who has already been prime minister twice in the past and is also the country’s richest man, was designated on July 26 to form a government after Saad Hariri threw in the towel. He said he had hoped to clinch a deal before the anniversary of the explosion, but media reports said Lebanon’s political parties are still bickering over portfolios in much the same way that has blocked a new government over the past year. AFP

ANTI-FILIBUSTER. Hundreds of clergy and working poor people wait in line to be arrested outside the Hart Senate Office Building as they demand an end to the filibuster, stronger voting rights, immigration reform, a $15 minimum wage, and other progressive policies on Capitol Hill on August 2 in Washington, DC. The people were later arrested. AFP

Ultraconservative Raisi inaugurated as new Iran president TEHRAN—Ultraconservative Ebrahim Raisi was Tuesday inaugurated as president of Iran, a country whose hopes of shaking off a dire economic crisis hinges on reviving a nuclear deal with world powers. “Following the people’s choice, I task the wise, indefatigable, experienced and popular Hojatoleslam Ebrahim Raisi as president of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei wrote in a decree read out by his chief of staff. Raisi replaces moderate president Hassan Rouhani, whose landmark achievement was the 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and six major powers. From the outset, Raisi will have to

tackle negotiations aimed at reviving the nuclear deal from which the US unilaterally withdrew imposing sweeping sanctions. Raisi, in inauguration speech, said his government would seek to lift “oppressive” US sanctions, but would “not tie the nation’s standard of living to the will of foreigners”. The 60-year-old also faces the United States, Britain and Israel’s warnings to Iran over a deadly tanker attack last week for which Tehran denies responsibility. Raisi won a presidential election in June in which more than half the electorate stayed away after many political heavyweights were barred from standing.

A former judiciary chief, he has been criticised by the West for his human rights record. Traffic limitations were in force on streets around the inauguration venue with domestic air travel to and from the capital banned for two hours, media reports said. Tuesday’s ceremony marked Raisi’s formal accession to office. He will then be sworn in before parliament on Thursday when he is to submit his proposed government line-up. Raisi’s presidency will consolidate power in the hands of conservatives following their 2020 parliamentary election victory, marked by the disqualification of thousands of reformist or moderate candidates.AFP

US: ‘Collective response’ vs. Iran for tanker attack coming

WASHINGTON—The United States on Monday promised to lead a “collective response” against Iran in retaliation for a deadly attack on an Israeli-linked tanker, as Tehran denied blame and warned against “adventurism.” The United States and Israel have both said that their intelligence concluded that an Iranian drone on Thursday attacked the MT Mercer Street, managed by prominent Israeli billionaire Eyal Ofer, as it sailed off Oman. A British security guard and a Romanian crew member were killed in what analysts said bore all the hallmarks of the “shadow war” between enemies Iran and Israel, which have included attacks in waters around the Gulf. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called the MT Mercer Street incident “a direct threat to freedom of navigation and commerce.” “We are in very close contact, in coordination, with the United Kingdom, Israel, Romania and other countries. And there will be a collective response,” Blinken told reporters, the second straight day he has threatened retaliation. Britain summoned the Iranian ambassador and demanded that vessels navigate freely in the oil-rich region. “I think that Iran should face up to the consequences of what they’ve done,” British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told reporters, condemning the “unacceptable and outrageous attack” on the ship. Iran summons envoys Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said that Israel “must stop such baseless accusations” and called on the United States and Britain to provide evidence if any to support claims of Tehran’s responsibility. Iran “will not hesitate to protect its security and national interests and will immediately and decisively respond to any possible adventurism,” Khatibzadeh said in a statement. AFP

Obama birthday bash draws criticism from Republicans despite precautions WASHINGTON—Even though Barack Obama plans to celebrate his 60th birthday adhering to all the current health guidelines, the former president has come under fire -- mainly from the Republican camp -- for throwing a large party amid a resurgence of coronavirus cases due to the Delta variant. The celebration is to take place this weekend on the upscale island of Martha’s Vineyard, in full compliance with the guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the main US public health agency, according to unnamed sources quoted by the American press. All the guests will need to be vaccinated and have tested negative for coronavirus, the sources said.

The event will take place outdoors, and a “Covid coordinator,” whose exact role has not been specified, will be present on the premises. In addition, the CDC said Monday that Martha’s Vineyard, in the state of Massachusetts, was reporting only a moderate level of virus transmission, not enough to trigger the new recommendations from the health authorities that even vaccinated people should wear a mask indoors. Nevertheless, Republican congressman Jim Jordan, a loyalist of Obama’s successor Donald Trump, took to Twitter to joke that “if this was President Trump’s birthday,” Democrats would be saying “How can someone be so reckless?” or “They’re killing people.” AFP

FAKE DOLLARS. A woman steps on fake one-hundred-dollar bills as she protests against the Zones for Employment and Economic Development (ZEDES), a new type of administrative division, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The ZEDES, launched by Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, are conceived as “sovereign” cities with their own laws and even police, “states inside another state,” and are rejected by most of the population. AFP

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Australia’s Qantas opts to discharge 2,500 workers SYDNEY—Australian airline Qantas announced Tuesday it will furlough 2,500 workers as coronavirus outbreaks and regional lockdowns pummel demand for flights. Pilots, cabin crew and airport workers from Qantas and its lowcost affiliate Jetstar will be sent home without pay from mid-August for an estimated two months, the firm said. “This is clearly the last thing we want to do, but we’re now faced with an extended period of reduced flying and that means no work for a number of our people,” CEO Alan Joyce said in a statement. Qantas said the airline had gone from operating almost 100 percent of its usual domestic flying capacity in May to less than 40 percent in July due to coronavirus restrictions. Most of the affected staff are based in New South Wales, a state that is largely cut off from the rest of the country and the world by travel restrictions. A lockdown in the country’s largest city, Sydney, is now in its sixth week and is likely to last for at least another month. Qantas and Jetstar have already stood down thousands of international air crew since early 2020, with Australia’s borders remaining closed to most overseas travelers. The country’s third-biggest city, Brisbane, is currently under stayat-home orders while other states have only recently emerged from lockdowns. Qantas said staff will be paid for two weeks before the change comes into effect. “Based on current case numbers, it’s reasonable to assume that Sydney’s borders will be closed for at least another two months,” Joyce said. “We know it will take a few weeks once the outbreak is under control before other states open to New South Wales and normal travel can resume.” Qantas, which previously said it had seen an Aus$11-billion (US$8.1 billion) plunge in revenue during 2020, embarked on a cost-cutting blitz last year that included grounding planes and restructuring. AFP

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August 2, 2021. US airlines are seeing profits return and betting that the rise of the Delta variant of the coronavirus will not derail a domestic travel comeback even as it clouds the outlook for an international recovery. AFP

Market surges for second straight day; SM Prime up

HE stock market surged for the second straight day Tuesday, lifted by healthy corporate earnings in the second quarter and a flat unemployment rate in June. The Philippine Stock Exchange Index jumped 113.75 points, or 1.8 percent, to 6,560.06 on a value turnover of P4.9 billion. Gainers overwhelmed losers, 126 to 57, with 54 issues unchanged. SM Prime Holdings Inc. of the Sy Group, the biggest operator of shopping malls, advanced 4.6 percent to P33.80, while sister BDO Unibank Inc., the largest lender in terms of assets, climbed 4.2 percent to P111. International Container Terminal Services Inc. of tycoon Enrique Razon Jr.,

the biggest port operator, rose 3.8 percent to P167.10, while Jollibee Foods Corp., the largest fast-food chain, increased 3.9 percent to P195.90. The rest of Asian markets were mixed Tuesday and oil extended losses as the impact of the fast-spreading Delta coronavirus variant on the global recovery fueled concerns the outlook might not be as rosy as initially hoped. News that Hong Kong was to ease travel restrictions, which could provide a boost to the fragile economy, was unable to stop the city’s Hang Seng Index from suffering another drop. Tokyo, Shanghai, Singapore, Seoul and Wellington also dipped. Sydney also fell, though buy-now, pay-later company Afterpay jumped more than 10 percent—having soared almost 20 percent Monday—after US digital payments platform Square, led by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, said it

would buy it for $29 billion. And Indian markets hit fresh all-time highs spurred by hopes of an economic rebound in Asia’s third-biggest economy. The benchmark Nifty 50 index surpassed the 16,000-point mark for the first time while the Sensex hit a fresh record high of 53,542. There were also gains in Seoul, Taipei, Bangkok and Jakarta. While corporate earnings continue to impress, trader optimism has taken a knock after a series of below-forecast readings from the world’s biggest economies including crucial growth drivers the United States and China. At the same time, long-running fears that inflation could spike for months to come is fanning talk that central banks will be forced to taper their ultra-loose monetary policies to prevent prices spiraling, taking away a major pillar of the more than year-long rally in equity markets. With AFP

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IMF board OKs higher lending range by $650b NEW YORK—The board of governors of the International Monetary Fund on Monday greenlit increasing the institution’s lending capacity by $650 billion, the last step in approving an initiative to boost aid to the most vulnerable countries. “This is a historic decision—the largest SDR (Special Drawing Rights) allocation in the history of the IMF and a shot in the arm for the global economy at a time of unprecedented crisis,” IMF head Kristalina Georgieva said in a statement. “It will particularly help our most vulnerable countries struggling to cope with the impact of the COVID-19 crisis,” she said. The program, which had already been approved by the IMF’s executive board in mid-July, will be implemented on August 23. Newly issued SDRs will be allocated to member countries in proportion to their IMF quota, the lender said. Emerging and developing nations are to receive around $275 billion in total. But “we will also continue to engage actively with our membership to identify viable options for voluntary channeling of SDRs from wealthier to poorer and more vulnerable member countries to support their pandemic recovery and achieve resilient and sustainable growth,” Georgieva said. Wealthy countries could, for example, transfer their SDRs by using those attributed to them to finance the IMF’s Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust Fund, which would increase the supply of loans to low-income countries. The NGO Oxfam welcomed the IMF’s decision. The “new SDRs will bring muchneeded liquidity to struggling developing countries without adding to their unsustainable debt burdens,” Nadia Daar, head of the Washington-based NGO, said in a statement. It is “unfathomable that wealthy nations would fail to reallocate a substantial portion of their SDRs—at least $100 billion as agreed by the G7” at a mid-June summit, she said. AFP

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Pandemic sharpens public appetite for healthier products By Nathalie Olof-Ors SATIGNY, Switzerland—Health foods will become a dominant nutrition trend in the post-COVID era, the boss of the Swiss group Firmenich, one of the world’s major flavor and perfume manufacturers, told AFP. The pandemic had sharpened the public appetite for healthier products, said chief executive Gilbert Ghostine. “With COVID, consumers suddenly realized that if your immune system is weak, if you’re overweight, if you have diabetes, then you are more exposed,” he said. “Health and well-being is so critical and at this time people are more conscious about what they eat.” The shifts in eating habits already under way before the pandemic have now been amplified by the coronavirus crisis. And that has set the roadmap for the company’s investments over the next 10 to 20 years, said Ghostine. “The heart of our business is anticipating consumer trends and making sure we put all the investments in science and resources in technology to be able to come up with solutions that will be relevant for our clients.”

Firmenich, the world’s largest privately owned perfume and taste company, may be little known to the general public but its ingredients are found in thousands of consumer products. Two key trends There were two trends that were set to expand in the future, he said. The first is reducing sugar content, which, he said, was one of Firmenich’s strong suits. The other is alternatives to meat and dairy products, reflecting not only concerns around climate change and the carbon footprint of livestock, but also the rise of flexitarian diets—which put the emphasis on plant-based foods, while not eliminating meat. “We will invest disproportionately behind these two key trends,” said Ghostine, without revealing any numbers. Firmenich, unlike its major competitors, remains a family-owned firm. Since it is not listed on the stock exchange, it only has to reveal a few key figures on the balance sheet. Based in Satigny, a wine-growing village outside Geneva, the company was founded in 1895 by the Swiss

scientist Philippe Chuit in the garage of Charles Firmenich. Today it is a global group employing 10,000 people with sites in 83 countries. It had an annual turnover of 3.9 billion Swiss francs ($4.3 billion, 3.6 billion euros) in the year to June 2020. The company has two major divisions: flavors, supplying ingredients to the food industry, from small firms to giants such as Unilever, Nestle, Mondelez or Kellogg’s; and fragrances, manufacturing scents for hygiene products and perfume brands. It counted the French perfumer Francois Coty among its first clients, and has played a part in fragrances such as Angel by Thierry Mugler, Acqua di Gio by Armani, Calvin Klein’s CK One and Flower by Kenzo. Ghostine, the Lebanese former Asia Pacific head at drinks giant Diageo, became Firmenich’s CEO in 2014. Consolidation The company aims for growth of around five percent, with the emphasis on organic growth, he said. However, it is also on the lookout for targeted acquisitions in the sector, which has seen a strong move towards consolidation. AFP

BRUSSELS, Belgium—Some 28 percent of people living in the European Union cannot afford to go away on holiday for a week, according to a study published Monday by the European Trade Union Confederation. For those with income at or below the “at-risk-of-poverty threshold”— including “millions” of low-paid workers, pensioners and the unemployed—the proportion is as much as 59.5 percent, the study found. “While access to holidays has grown over the last decade, the majority of low-income families remain excluded,” ETUC said, in an analysis based on data from the EU’s official Eurostat statistics agency. “Statutory minimum wages leave workers at risk of poverty in at least 16 EU member states,” it said. People are deemed to be at risk of poverty if they earn less than 60 percent of median income, and EU data showed that 22 million workers fell into that category. The ETUC said Greece was the EU country with the highest proportion—88.9 percent—of people living at risk of poverty who cannot afford a vacation, followed by Romania with 86.8 percent, Croatia with 84.7 percent and Cyprus with 79.2 percent. It calculated that seven million Italians were unable to afford a holiday, 4.7 million Spaniards, 4.3 million Germans and 3.6 million French workers. “Holiday inequality has grown in 16 member states over the last decade between those with income below 60 percent of median and those with income above that threshold,” the union umbrella body said. The ETUC backs a draft directive the EU is considering to ensure minimum wages in the bloc are sufficient to live on, legislation which is to be debated by the European Parliament after the European summer vacation period ends. The ETUC’s deputy secretary general, Esther Lynch, said vacations “should not be a luxury for the few.” “The EU adequate minimum wages directive needs to be strengthened to ensure that wages are never so low that they leave workers living in poverty and collective bargaining is made a routine part of employment to ensure genuinely fair wages for all,” she said. AFP

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Ayala Land’s profit up by 34% to P6b in 1st half By Jenniffer B. Austria PROPERTY developer Ayala Land Inc. said Tuesday net income rose 34 percent in the first half to P6 billion from a year ago, on the back of doubledigit growth in revenues. ALI said in a disclosure to the stock exchange consolidated revenues climbed 19 percent to P49 billion, boosted by strong residential sales and office leasing revenues. It said net income in the second quarter jumped 16.6 times to P3.3 billion from a year earlier, while revenues expanded 90 percent to P24.3 billion from last year’s comparative figures, which were severely affected by the quarantine restrictions in the first half of 2020 during the onset of the pandemic. “The pandemic continues to provide an extremely challenging environment for majority of our business lines. Improvement in our performance in the first half of the year was driven primarily by our property development business, with residential demand showing resilience and construction progress driving revenue recognition,” ALI president and chief executive Bernard Vincent Dy. “While it may take some time for our economy to fully reopen, particularly with the re-imposition of ECQ in NCR, we are proactively launching new projects and ensuring we have adequate inventory to serve market segments that are demonstrating stability,” Dy said. ALI’s property development revenues grew 37 percent to P34.1 billion, propelled by construction progress and higher sales bookings. Sales reservations in the second quarter totaled P19.7 billion, up by 45 percent from the same period last year, as local demand remained strong despite the re-imposition of stricter quarantine restrictions from March until April. This brought first-half sales reservations to P48.2 billion, up 26 percent from last year.

Aboitiz Power set to spend P190b in the next 10 years By Alena Mae S. Flores ABOITIZ Power Corp. said Tuesday it plans to spend P190 billion over the next 10 years to expand power projects by another 3,700 megawatts that will result in a 50:50 balance between renewable and thermal capacities by 2030. “We are committed to seeing through our 10-year strategy and this is only the beginning. There will be more beyond this pipeline in order for us to reach our target,” Aboitiz Power president and chief executive Emmanuel Rubio said in a statement. The company plans to expand its total attributable net sellable capacity to 9,200 MW in the next 10 years, half of which or 4,600 MW will come from various renewable energy sources. Aboitiz Power needs to build around 3,700 MW of additional RE capacity to meet its 4,600-MW goal. As of July, the company identified 2,364 MW of new RE projects, all in varying stages of development and located primarily in Luzon. The company’s pipeline RE projects are 60 percent solar, 32 percent wind and 9 percent hydro. “We look forward to making further announcements in the coming months as we progress with these projects,” Rubio said. As the company identifies more RE projects in the next 10 years, Aboitiz Power is optimistic that it can hit its 2030 goal without building any new coal-fired power plant facilities. Rubio said they also wanted to help the government achieve its aspiration of increasing the share of RE in the national energy mix. The Department of Energy aspires for a total share of 35 percent for RE in the national energy mix by 2030 and is banking on mechanisms such as the Renewable Portfolio Standards and Green Energy Option Program to reach its goal.

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Jobless rate in June steady at 7.7%, but may rise again By Juito G. Rada

HE unemployment rate stayed at 7.7 percent in June, but is expected to rise this month with the implementation of the stricter enhanced community quarantine from Aug. 6 to 20 in Metro Manila to prevent the further spread of the more virulent Delta variant of COVID-19.

National statistician Dennis Mapa said in an online briefing on the June 2021 Labor Force Survey that unemployment rate was the same as the 7.7 percent reported in May. The rate was lower than those in April (8.7 percent), February (8.8 percent) and January (8.7 percent), but higher than 7.1 percent reported in March. Employment rate in June 2021 remained unchanged at 92.3 percent from May 2021. “ We do not make any forecast on the number of possible job losses [in August] but data show that there is an

increase in unemployment when there (are) restrictions [or lockdowns], the highest of which was in April 2020,” Mapa said. “Lockdowns have impact on employment. We will see it when we report the August survey,” Mapa said. Economic managers led by Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III, Economic Planning Secretary Karl Kendrick Chua and Budget Department officer-in-charge Tina Rose Marie Canda said in a joint statement the labor force survey results for June showed the limits of job creation

without major relaxations in quarantine restrictions, especially in the National Capital Region. “With the emergence of the COVID-19 Delta variant, the government has prioritized arresting the spread of this more contagious virus through more proactive quarantines in high-risk areas and an accelerated vaccination program. These actions are crucial in ensuring that economic gains in recent months will resume once we have addressed this current threat,” they said. They said while the ECQ imposition might temporarily impact employment outcomes in August, the government was determined to maximize this period to accelerate vaccination in high-risk areas to safely resume economic activities and restore jobs. Government data showed that as of Aug. 1, 2021, 20.9 million doses were administered, consisting of 11.7 million and 9.1 million for the first and second doses, respectively.

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IN BRIEF Semirara’s net profit surges 181% to P6.2b

SEMIRARA Mining and Power Corp. said Tuesday consolidated net income surged 181 percent in the first half to P6.28 billion from P2.24 billion a year ago, and nearly doubled its 2020 full-year net income of P3.26 billion. SMPC, controlled by the Consunji Group, reported a 279-percent upturn in secondquarter consolidated net income to P3.98 billion from P1.05 billion a year earlier on record-high coal sales and prices. “We had a very good second quarter because of favorable market conditions. Sustaining our performance will be a challenge given the onset of the rainy season and our plant outages but we are determined to optimize our performance,” said SMPC president and chief operating officer Maria Cristina Gotianun in a statement. SMPC’s coal segment accounted for P3.04 billion, or 504 percent higher than P503 million last year. Contributions from power subsidiary Southwest Luzon Power Generation Corp. grew by 730 percent to P359 million from a net loss of P57 million. Alena Mae S. Flores

Manila South Harbor to remain operational

SOLAIRE VACCINATION. A team member of Solaire Resort and Casino receives her dose of the Moderna jab, as the leading luxury integrated resort rolls out its vaccination program. Solaire, along with the corporate foundation of sister company International Container Terminal Services Inc., had procured Moderna vaccines for its team members and five of their dependents at no cost to the team members. The Solaire-ICTSI Foundation Inc. Vaccination Center at Solaire is the venue for team members beginning the fourth week of June.

China credit agency affirms ‘AAA’ long-term issuer rating on PH CHINA Lianhe Credit Rating Co. Ltd. affirmed the “AAA” long-term issuer rating of the Philippines, bestowing the highest level of confidence in the country’s ability to service financial obligations despite the toll caused by the pandemic. Lianhe’s sovereign credit rating methodology showed that an “AAA” rating indicates a creditor has extremely strong capacity to pay its financial commitments; is highly unlikely to be affected by adverse economic conditions; and has the lowest expectation of default risk. The Chinese debt watcher on Tuesday also affirmed the “stable” outlook on the rating, which signals a low likelihood of a rating change over the short term. The Investor Relations Office of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said the latest rating action from Lianhe bodes well for the Philippines’ ability to continue accessing financing from Chinese investors, such as via sale of government bonds, at low interest rates. The Philippine government issued Panda bonds as part of its efforts to diversify funding sources. The Philip-

pines’ maiden issuance of RMB 1.5 ($230 million) in 2018 was met with strong demand and was priced at just 35 bps above the benchmark. Of all sovereigns, the issuance had the most oversubscribed order book of 6.3 times the offer at the time of the issuance. The Philippines raised RMB 2.5 billion ($363 million) from its second sale of Panda bonds in 2019 that similarly saw strong demand from investors. The threeyear debt fetched a 3.58 percent coupon that represented a tight spread of just 32 basis points above the benchmark. The order was 4.5 times oversubscribed, reaching a total of RMB 11.25 billion. Lianhe noted that the Philippines, like many countries across the globe, suffered a recession because of the pandemic. Nevertheless, it said, the Philippines kept the impact of the pandemic on its finances manageable—aided in part by revenues generated from tax reforms—and is headed toward recovery. “Although the fiscal deficit widened further, government debt remained within acceptable threshold…Looking

forward, the Philippines’ economic and fiscal performances are expected to recover in 2021 and 2022 on the back of gradually easing pandemic and continuous tax reforms,” Lianhe said. It expects the Philippines to have a GDP growth of around 7 percent in 2021 and 2022. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said this development was an affirmation of the Philippines’ robust fiscal position—resulting from President Duterte’s prudent fiscal policy and game-changing initiatives such as tax reforms--that will enable the country to pull through the pandemic damage. “The importance of fiscal discipline cannot be overly emphasized. Because of it, the Philippines has enjoyed creditor and investor confidence, which has led to favorable terms like lower interest rates on government borrowings and, therefore, more space in the national budget for vital expenditures like infrastructure, social services and COVID-19 response,” Dominguez said. Julito G. Rada

ASIAN Terminals Inc. said Tuesday its international gateway ports will remain operational during the enhanced community quarantine period to be imposed by government in the National Capital Region and adjacent provinces beginning Aug. 6. ATI said it would sustain normal operations at Manila South Harbor and Batangas Container Terminal, following stringent industrial health and safety protocols prescribed by local and international COVID-19 experts, to keep the supply-chain moving. “As a trade enabler, our ports will remain business as usual during this heightened quarantine classification in the NCR Plus to ensure the unhampered flow of food, medical supplies, consumer goods and other vital necessities in support of the economy,” William Khoury, executive vice president of ATI, said. He said that port transactions such as settling port fees, container bookings and other inquiries are done online through ATI’s ePortal facilities for faster and safer contactless interactions. Darwin G. Amojelar

Insular Life names Caringal as new COO

INSULAR Life, the country’s largest Filipino life insurer, appointed Efren Caringal Jr. as chief operating officer with the rank of senior executive vice president. As an insurance professional, Efren handled executive roles in the Middle East, Germany, Ireland and Singapore before coming back to Manila when he was appointed chief finance officer and treasurer and chief investment officer at a multinational life insurer. He was a former regional risk head of a multinational life insurer in Singapore. Before that, he was chief risk officer in Dublin and Munich, and head of both life products and risk management at a life insurer in Manama in the Gulf region. “Efren has built a strong life insurance experience gained from both domestic and international life insurance companies. He will work closely with the Board of Trustees and top management in formulating and implementing business strategies,” said Insular Life president and chief executive Raoul Littaua.

PEZA bares 8% rise in investment pledges By Othel V. Campos

FINTECH COMPETITION. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas encourages healthy cooperative competition or ‘co-opetition’ among banks and financial technology companies that offer breakthrough systems to automate, expand and facilitate access to financial services. BSP Governor Benjamin Diokno (right) discusses the mechanics during a forum hosted by the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines. With Diokno are BSP Deputy Governor Chuchi Fonacier (top left) and other participants of the AI+ Financial Services, Future of FinTech Forum.

THE Philippine Economic Zone Authority said Tuesday investment approvals increased 8.6 in the first six months to P32 billion from P29.5 billion in the same period last year. PEZA director-general Charito Plaza said the investments came from 119 new and expansion projects that accounted for a 5.3-percent growth over 113 projects in 2020. “PEZA remains true to its mandate of promoting investments, creating employment, generating exports and attaining total economic development in our country as we maintain and implement strict COVID-19 protocols and guidelines in our ecozones. We will continue to transform challenges into opportunities so we can ceaselessly serve our Filipino people, our partners, locators, and investors,” she said.

Meanwhile, exports from economic zones amounted to $24.781 billion from January to May. Employment in the first five months also reached 1,604,877 workers. Plaza said majority of the investments came from Japan, South Korea, India, Hong Kong, China Germany, Austria, France, Canada and the US. PEZA also identified the top-performing destinations in terms of investments, led by Region IV with P10 billion, followed by Regions VII, XI and the National Capital Region. The PEZA board approved 62 new projects in June, including 22 IT projects, 20 export manufacturing enterprises, 13 facilities and 7 economic zone development projects. Plaza said the approved projects are essential industries “especially as we continue to go back to our vibrant and booming economy.”

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P10M condo unit in Davao for Petecio FOR bagging an Olympic silver, Filipino boxer Nesthy Petecio will get a brand new, fully furnished condominium unit worth P10 million, courtesy of real estate tycoon Andrew Tan. Petecio was already assured of P17 million in incentives and a house and lot from donors even before she lost a closely fought women’s featherweight final to Japanese Sena Irie at the Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo. Moments after the her losing effort for the gold, Tan’s Suntrust Properties came out with an official statement rewarding Petecio a residential unit at Lakeshore Drive located inside the 11.2 hectare Davao Park District in Lanang, Davao City. The location, a commercial township right at the center of the city, is just a little more than one hour away from Petecio’s hometown in Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur. “We are very proud of this huge accomplishment of Nesthy Petecio. Her silver medal in the Olympics is a historic one,” said Harrison Paltongan, president of Suntrust Properties, in a statement. “Rightfully, she deserves the reward from our chairman, Dr. Andrew Tan, for the pride she gives to the Filipino nation.” Petecio is set to receive P5 million cash incentives each from the Philippine Sports Commission, via the Athletes and Coaches Incentives Act or RA 10699, MVP Sports Foundation’s Manny Pangilinan and San Miguel’s Ramon Ang, plus another P2 million from Congressman-businessman Mikee Romero. Growing up a in poor family in Sta. Cruz, Davao Del Sur, Petecio has gone a long way from helping her family earn a living by selling chicken manure to fertilizer manufacturers to becoming a multimillionaire with brand new house and a condominium unit to boot. Even without winning the gold and failing to duplicate compatriot Hidilyn Diaz’s golden feat, Petecio’s silver medal finish was a feat in itself. Petecio was the first lady boxer to win a medal--sixth overall for team Philippines in boxing. She also bagged the country’s first silver medal since Onyok Velasco pocketed the same in 1996 in Atlanta, USA and fourth silver medal in total for the Philippines.

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Nesthy Petecio: Gay and proud AFP

A coming out party: Nesthy’s silver medal By Riera U. Mallari

OKYO—Nesthy Petecio stood at the center of the Kokugikan Arena and bowed four times, each for every corner, ﬂashing a wide smile while pointing to the sky and then to the Philippine ﬂag sewn on her red uniform. Up to the umpteenth time, Petecio deflected all the credit and love to her country, family, coaches and a late friend. Except this time, there was a new name on her thank you list—the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) community. In a coming out party of sorts, Petecio made official what everyone already knew as she thanked the community she is a part of following her silver-medal finish in the featherweight

boxing finals of the Summer Olympic Games here on Tuesday. “I am proud to be part of the LGBTQ community. Sulong, laban!” said Petecio after a unanimous decision loss to hometown bet Sena Irie. Petecio has always been proud of her sexual orientation as she openly flaunts her appreciation of her lady friends in countless social media posts. But it was the first time that she officially addressed the elephant in the room. “Para rin po sa LGBTQ community

ang laban na ‘to,” said Petecio, who also, and again praised the lesserknown people behind her Olympic accomplishment, achieved only for the third time by the Philippines in its 97year participation in the Olympiad. “It means a lot to me. I dedicate this fight for my family, and for my countrymen, and to my coaches. I know that you’ve sacrificed a lot for this competition, that’s why I’m emotional during this awarding. I am emotional because this tournament is very important not only for me, but for my country, and for my coaches,” said Petecio, who found a 0-5 deficit in the first round too steep of a hill to climb, allowing Irie to pull off the victory. The feisty Filipina made a game out of it in the second, raising her level of aggression with her patented inside and outside attacks to earn the nod of the four judges, except the Argentinean official.

Business as usual for Carlo, even against Olympic idol TOKYO—Carlo Paalam used to just watch Rio Olympics champion Shakhobidin Zoirov of Uzbekistan on Youtube, revelling in his wins and using them as an inspiration to get to the Olympic stage. On Thursday, Paalam met his idol inside the ring, but didn’t stand there in awe, mouth agape. Instead, Paalam was all business, as he guaranteed another bronze medal for the Philippines after winning on points by split decision against the reigning champion in the flyweight division of the Summer Olympic Games at the Kokugikan Arena on Tuesday. Told by the coaching staff to put the pressure on the Uzbek early, Paalam obliged, catching the Rio Olympics champion with several combinations, before darting away to safety. “Pilit po niya akong kinukuha sa first round, pero sabi po ni Coach Ronald (Chavez), dapat makuha mo ‘yung first round para sila ang ma-pressure sa’yo. ‘Yun nga po, nakuha ko ang first round, tapos pine-pressure niya talaga ako. Sabi ng mga coaches ko, ilabas ko lang daw ‘yung laro ko,” said the 23-year-old Paalam. “Pinapanood ko lang po ang mga laban niya sa Youtube dati, hindi ko akalain na makakalaban ko siya,” added Paalam, discovered by scouts at the “Boxing at the Park” in Cagayan de Oro when he was just 12 years old.

The result was an emphatic first-round score of 5-0, which Paalam may have maintained in the second round before an accidental clash of heads with 1:44 left forced Ukrainian referee Pablo Vasylynchuk to halt play to have the two fighters checked by the ring physician. With both fighters deemed unfit to continue because of the slight gash in their heads, the bout was halted and awarded to Paalam, who was ahead on points at the time of stoppage, 20-19 on four judges and a tied 19-19 score in the fifth official for a 4-0 win. “Unang una po sa lahat, nagpapasalamat po ako sa Panginoon sa pagbibigay ng lakas sa akin para maipanalo ko ang laban na ito. Maraming salamat din sa tiwala ng mga coaches ko, sa ABAP at sa PSC. Salamat din po sa mga sumusuporta po sa akin at sa aming lahat na mga atletang Pilipino. Sabi nga po ng Panginoon, ‘Makakaya mo, basta kasama mo ako,” Paalam said. The road to the gold, however, becomes narrower from here, as Paalam takes on hometown bet Ryomei Tanaka, who 15 minutes earlier, won at 4-1 what looked like a lost An overview shot shows the Philippines’ Carlo Paalam celebrating bout against Rivas Martinez of Colombia. after winning against Uzbekistan’s Shakhobidin Zoirov after their Tanaka was transferred out of the arena on a men’s fly (48-52kg) quarter-final boxing match during the Tokyo wheelchair because of exhaustion. 2020 Olympic Games at the Kokugikan Arena. AFP

Saso’s caddie suffers from heat stroke as Olympic golf play begins

Yuka Saso and Bianca Pagdanganan

Riera U. Mallari, Editor; Randy M. Caluag, Assistant Editor

TOKYO—Yuka Saso and Bianca Pagdanganan begin their quest for an Olympic medal on Thursday at the Kasimugaseki Golf Club. Saso and Pagdanganan teamed up to win an Asian Games gold for the Philippines in 2018 and now train their sights on a coveted Olympic medal which they’ll dispute against some of the best players in the world. Pagdanganan tees off in the 7:52 a.m. flight with Ireland’s Leona Maguire and Finland’s Matilda Castren while Saso will be in the company of

Canada’s Brooke Henderson and American Lexi Thompson, the same golfer she chased down on the way to the US Women’s Open title. The 20-year-old Saso, however, goes into the first round with a new man on his bag after regular caddie Lionel Matichuk was rushed to a hospital after suffering from heat stroke in a practice round on Tuesday. In his place, national coach Miggy Alejandro will carry the bag for the world No. 8 ranked Fil-Japanese, at least for the first round.

Saso and Pagdanganan said the searing summer heat will pose a problem for most of the golfers. “It’s very humid up here actually. It’s definitely a factor and you have to make sure you stay hydrated,” said Pagdanganan, who is the longest hitter on the LPGA Tour. Saso said she’ll enjoy playing with Thompson in the first two rounds. “I’m going to be playing against top players bit I’ve been playing against great players in my past couple of tournaments so I’m going to enjoy it,” she said.

But Irie stood her ground in the third and survived, unleashing a couple of combinations while clinching most of the time when it was Petecio’s turn to be aggressive. It wasn’t an emphatic win, but the hometown girl still secured a 5-0 triumph, with four judges giving Irie a 29-28 score and the official from Argentina seeing it a one-sided 30-27. It was the Philippines’ third boxing silver in the Olympiad, matching the runner-up finishes of flyweight Mansueto Onyok Velasco in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and Anthony Villanueva in the 1964 edition in Tokyo. It was, however, the country’s first for a “female” boxer, who may have failed to upgrade her silver into gold. But she can always turn to the colors of her tribe—hot pink, red, orange, yellow, green, turquoise, indigo and violet —to announce to the world she’s gay, and proud of it.

Diaz likened to Pacquiao By Peter Atencio TOKYO Olympics’ gold medallist Hidilyn Diaz can be likened to boxing icon Senator Manny Pacquiao. The fighting spirit and the neversay-die attitude make Diaz like Pacquiao, an eight- division champion in boxing. Samahang Weightlifting ng Pilipinas president Monico Puentevella believes so following Diaz’s historic campaign in the recent quadrennial meet. “She is like Manny Pacquiao. Pareho sila. That’s why they are champions, it’s their mindset, their mind conditioning. She could have stopped in Rio (Olympics). But she did not,” said Puentevella. The 30-year-old Diaz showed a lot of determination when she continued to train for the Tokyo Games despite the difficulties she faced, brought about by the travel restrictions and lack of training facilities, which came as a result of lockdowns done to stop the spread of the coronavirus. In the Rio Games, Diaz competed in her third consecutive Olympics in the women’s 53kg category. While training for the Tokyo Games, she was stranded in Malaysia for 17 months, from February 2020 until July 2021. But with government support and assistance from the Philippine Sports Commission and the Manny V. Pangilinan Sports Foundation, Diaz continued to push herself to be competitive in the Tokyo Games. “Her mindset is phenomenal. Even when she lost in the Beijing Olympics, and in London, she kept on going,” said Puentevella, adding the support of Team HD, made up of head coach Gao Kaiwen, nutritionist Jeaneth Aro, strength and conditioning coach Julius Naranjo and sports psychologist Dra. Karen Trinidad, was one of the keys to her title conquest in Tokyo.

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Have we seen the last of trans athletes? NEW Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard has been hailed as a transgender pioneer after her short-lived Olympic debut but Games chiefs continue to wrestle with the thorny issues raised by her historic appearance. Hubbard’s much-anticipated medal bid in the +87kg category ended in anti-climatic fashion at the Tokyo International Forum on Monday when she was eliminated after botching her opening three lifts. The 43-year-old later admitted she was “overwhelmed” during her moment in the spotlight, which was described by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as the first appearance by an openly transgender woman at an Olympics. “Competing at this level unlocks a certain amount of adrenalin and I think I might have just slightly overcooked it,” she told TVNZ. Trans advocates said her presence on sport’s biggest stage, however brief, still created history and paved the way for more athletes who do not fit into a binary male-female framework. “Congratulations to Laurel Hubbard. She may not have won a medal but just qualifying for the Olympics is an incredible achievement,” British trans author and academic Ruth Pearce tweeted. “As an out trans athlete competing under intense and unfair scrutiny, she has helped to make history.” Prominent Australian activist Kirsti Miller said Hubbard’s appearance meant “the tide has turned” in favor of inclusion in sport. “The IOC have adopted a baseline policy that sporting competition is a human right for all regardless of how we are born or who we are,” she said. However, debate still rages about the inclusion of trans athletes in women’s sport, with the IOC set to release new guidelines on the issues after the Tokyo Games are completed. Critics argue athletes such as Hubbard, who was born male and transitioned to female in her 30s, have physical benefits hardwired into their bodies during their formative years. These include greater muscle mass and lung capacity, leading to fears that female-born athletes could be forced to compete on an uneven playing field. AFP

Durant powers US past Spain T HE United States kept their basketball gold medal dreams on track Tuesday by grinding past world champions Spain 95-81 and into the semi-ﬁnals, while Slovenia crushed Germany to make the last four on their Olympic debut. Sharp-shooting Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant poured in 29 points and four assists while Boston’s Jayson Tatum chipped in 13 in a battle between the world’s top two teams, nullifying Ricky Rubio’s 38-point spree for Spain. The three-time defending champions will now face either a Patty Mills-led Australia or a dangerous Argentina to decide who plays the final on Saturday. Slovenia progressed on the back of 27 points from Zoran Dragic and another 20 off Dallas Mavericks star Luka Doncic in their 94-70 rout of Germany and will next meet either France or Italy. Gregg Popovich’s US team came to Tokyo with two shock defeats in exhibition games and then crashed in

their opener against eventual Group A winners France—their first defeat at an Olympics since 2004. But they have steadied the ship and came through a see-sawing clash after knuckling down in the final stretch to go 13-0 against their rivals in Olympic competition. “We’re in a good spot right now. Guys are starting to understand their roles and just get more comfortable within the team,” said Durant. “I love how we stuck with it throughout this whole period of time and guys started figuring out what we need to do.

We’re supposed to be here (in the semis). For us it’s about getting a gold.” Minnesota Timberwolves guard Rubio drilled 13 points to put Spain into a 21-19 lead after the first term as the US gave up a seven-point advantage. They traded the lead in a back-andforth second quarter before Spain went on an 10-point run to move 39-29 clear. But inspired by Durant, the US fought back and two points inside the paint from Devin Booker with seconds to go drew them level 43-43 at the break.

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The tide looked to turn in the third term with the US building a 22-6 streak to take charge before Spain regained ground to go into the final quarter just six points adrift at 69-63. With their reputation at stake—they have medalled in all 18 Olympics they have competed at, winning 15 gold, a silver and two bronze—the US put their heads down to ensure they stayed in the tournament. “They made some tough shots in the

Gilas caps Jordan tilt with 3rd straight loss By Peter Atencio

Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant again carried Team USA with his 29 points and four assists. AFP

Roxas, Zambo start best-of-3 semis P2 in Vismin Super Cup Games Today

Pagadian City Gymnasium, Pagadian, Zamboanga del Sur 5 PM - #4 Roxas vs #5 Zamboanga City

PAGADIAN, Zamboanga Del Sur—Petra Cement-Roxas and Zamboanga City aim for a head start in their best-ofthree semifinals phase two in the 2021 Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup Wednesday. The fourth-ranked Vanguards and the fifth seed JPS will clash at 5 pm, here at the Pagadian City Gymnasium. In their lone matchup in the eliminations, Roxas was triumphant, thanks to a buzzerbeater by Lester Reyes, 71-69. That layup by Reyes would be wellremembered by the Valientes and would use it as a motivation in their series. “The thing we will remember is this is a bounce-back game for us kasi the last time we were beaten with a buzzerbeater,” said JPS head coach Tony Pardo. “Bounce back talaga will be the focal point of our game plan.” In that game, balanced was the Vanguards offense with seven players scoring at least

third quarter and we could not contain their firepower,” said Spain’s Los Angeles Lakers star Marc Gasol. “They made shots: 95 points is too many for us to win a game.” Earlier, world number 16 Slovenia continued their dream run against a German side ranked a place below them and who only scraped into the quarters on points difference. “We knew it was not going to be an easy game. Even though everybody before the game expected us to win easy, it wasn’t easy,” said Slovenia coach Aleksander Sekulic. “These guys, they put their hearts out on the court. They just bleed on the court for the team.” Small forward Dragic, who plies his trade in Spain, was at the heart of the action with six rebounds and four assists to go with his 85 percent scoring percentage. Maodo Lo put on 11 for Germany, who were back in the Olympics for the first time since 2008, when they were led by all-time great Dirk Nowitzki. AFP

Will it be another cardiac finish when the Zamboanga Valientes meet the Roxas Vanguards at the start of the best-of-three semifinals phase two in the 2021 Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas VisMin Super Cup at the Pagadian City Gymnasium?

six points led by James Castro’s 17 points, nine rebounds, and six assists. Chito Jaime chipped in 14 points and 10 rebounds while Reyes had eight points and eight rebounds. Despite being one spot ahead of JPS, Roxas head coach Eddie Laure is aware of the offensive prowess their opponents have. “Kailangan naming mag-prepare nang husto. ‘Yung detalye ng game plan namin dapat one page at the book kami. Hindi kami pupwede magbara-bara dito kasi beterano lahat itong Zamboanga,” he said. In order to have the same result with their elimination round matchup, the Vanguards head tactician said everyone needs to step up. Just like how balanced their scoring was back in their last game. “Lahat kami kailangan asahan ang bawat isa. Lalo ‘yung bench namin kailangan mag step-up kasi malaking bagay sila para makapagpahinga ‘yung mga major minutes,” said Laure. “Sa amin sa Roxas wala kami noong isa o dalawa lang ang aasahan namin, kailangan lahat kami ibigay ‘yung A-game namin para makuha ‘yung series against Zamboanga.”

CARL Tamayo and SJ Belangel finished with double-digit outputs for Gilas Pilipinas which finished its King Abdullah Cup campaign on Monday evening with three straight losses in Jordan. Tunisia went on to claim the bronze medal with an 80-68 win over Gilas. Tamayo sank 14 points while Belangel added 12 for Gilas, which settled for fourth place with a 2-4 record. Tunisia moved ahead from a three-point advantage following Omar Abada’s free throws, which touched off an 11-2 finishing kick. Abada led Tunisia with 22 points while Jawher Jawadi added 19 markers and 6 assists. Gilas began with a 7-0 start for a 14-8 lead midway through the first quarter. Tunisia then took control of the game with a 26- blast in the 5:49 mark in the second period for a 34-20 lead. Earlier, Angelo Kouame fired 20 points for Gilas Pilipinas as it bowed to Jordan, 84-74. The King’s Cup is the last tournament for Gilas, which is getting ready for the FIBA Asia Cup, which was rescheduled for next year, along with the 31st Southeast Asian Games. Coach Tab Baldwin is hopeful that the November window of the FIBA World Cup Qualifiers pushes through.

Impending ECQ in Metro forces PBA to suspend games By Arman Carandang PBA Commissioner Willie Marcial

AS METRO Manila is set to go under stricter quarantine status in three days owing to surging infections caused by Corona virus Delta variant, the PBA has decided to suspend its conduct of the games in a development that could derail the league’s timetable for what has already been an abbreviated 46th season. Its elimination round already marred with several games’ suspension in accordance with its own Health and Safety Protocols approved by health authorities, the league made the advisory early Tuesday in sup-

port of the government’s directive in addressing the rise in COVID cases in Metro Manila. Metro Manila, focal point of spike in Delta variant that originated from India, has already been put under GCQ with heightened restrictions from July 30 to August 5. The Big City will eventually be placed under stricter ECQ status starting August 6 to August 20 in an intensified battle following the local transmission of the Delta variant of COVID-19 in the country. During this 15-day lockdowns, movement in the Metro Manila would be very limited, and league commissioner Willie Marcial said they are hoping the league would get the go-signal to move to Batangas at soonest possible time. Upon learning that Manila and suburban areas are to go under stricter

ECQ a few days back, the league has immediately sent letter to the Department of Health, asking clearance to move to Lipa, Batangas so it would be able to continue holding games. But the league is still waiting for the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF EID) decision regarding its request to temporarily transfer and continue its games in Lipa, Batangas. “Hindi natin alam kung kailan,” was how Marcial answered when asked when would the league get clearance from the Department of Health and the IATF-EID. The league had suspended several games in the elimination in accordance with its own health protocols and Marcial said he has no idea when they would resume the games. “Depende kung kailan tayo

papayagan,” said Marcial. The suspension will cover today’s triple-header at the Ynares Arena in Pasig City where Talk ‘N Text, which missed several games after going into 10-day quarantine, is set to play Blackwater Bossing. The two other games supposedly set today pit NLEX versus Meralco, and Phoenix versus Terrafirma Dyip. Experts believe Metro Manila is currently in the “early stage” of another spike in the COVID-19 cases. The league is not about to resort to another expensive bubble like what it did last year when it held—and completed—the whole Philippine Cup in Clark, Pampanga. Barangay Ginebra captured the title in that Clark bubble, beating Talk ‘N Text Tropang Texters (now Tropang Giga) in five games.

Entertainment Luis Manzano A

CTOR and television host Luis Manzano is lucky. We’re not just pertaining to his pet name, but also to his stature as a celebrity where he’s been given the opportunity to reach out to others through the industry where he shines the most.

By now, people already know Luis enough to say that he is not one to brag about what he has done for other peo people. Take for example the ABS-CBN shutdown that happened during the early months of the pandemic. “It was a challenge because our world was turned upside down... I did a few things here and there to help a few Kapamilyas and hopefully, they’re better,” says Luis who refused to go into details. Instead, he’d rather promote the simplest of things that one can do to lift someone’s spirits. “Eto ‘yung philosophy ko diyan, when you meet people or when you meet your fans and they come up to you and they ask for a picture and you oblige, or you simply wave from afar, kung ano man yung pinagdaraanan ng tao na yun for that day – whether it be problems with the family, problems at work, financial problems, health problems – instantly, you made them forget their problems even just for a bit.” Luis also tries to inject the same positivity when dealing with people on social media, especially when he gets direct messages. “There are some people asking for monetary help, but there are some people who are depressed… Sometimes, ‘yung problema ng tao goes Wala ‘yan, you’ll past the whole ‘Wala be fine.’ I just talk to them.” “There’s so much power and magic in conversations. Sometimes, all you have to do is simply ask someone genuinely, ‘How are you?’ and it opens floodgates of feelings, emotions, and sometimes, that’s where they find the answers,” he says. Apart from being a respected host and actor, Luis is also one of the most sought-

after brand ambassadors nowadays. As the face of a particular product or service, Luis is cognizant of the significant role that he plays in influencing the preference of his target public. This is why he always makes it a point to work with brands that are not only credible but also share the same values as him. Earlier this year, Luis took on the role of a health advocate for the leading flu medicine, Biof Bioflu. The brand’s campaign, “Babangon ka sa Bioflu,” seems to agree with his philosophy on bringing people back on their feet. “We have to ad-

mit that there are people who, if they don’t get to work because they are sick, grabe yung dent sa income nila, especially at this time na marami ng nawalan ng trabaho o naging unstable ang kanilang pinagkakakitaan. That’s why a lot of people fall back on a trusted brand like Bioflu to be able to get back on their feet and do what they need to do for themselves and their family,” says Luis briefly reflecting on the plight of many who cannot afford to miss a day or two at work and on the essence of being the brand’s ambassador. More than just being able to finish the job, Luis knows the value of being able to connect effectively with the audience who look up to him as the face and the lead of the show. He needs to be at his optimum and knows exactly what to do. With his experiences in show business, including the highs and lows, and shifts in his personal life, it can be said that we are now looking at a more “wais” Luis—a loving and sweet husband who is looking forward to starting a family with his wife, Jessy, a thoughtful son, a well-respected host and actor, a sought-after brand am ambassador and an influencer—not just in the realm of mere endorse endorsements of a new brand or product but as a source of positivity to his followers. And by simply being himself, he gives his audience a reason to get up and look at the brighter side of life. “Nandito lang ako, handang magbigay ng panahon, makinig at magsabing, kaya mo ‘yan. Baba Babangon ka rin rin,” ends Luis. Luis Manzano remains hopeful of the future amid uncertain times.

ACTOR-MUSICIAN Matt no proves he is more than his weight as he bags his first major television role.

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In a recent virtual conference, the multi-talented artist gushed about bagging the role of Robert “Big Bert” Armstrong in the highly-anticipated GMA series, Voltes V: Legacy. Legacy “I was hesitant at first when I heard about the audition for Big Bert. Pero na narealize ko baka ito na pagkatataon na magamit ko katabaan ko kaya sinubu sinubukan ko.. Thankfully, I got cast, ” he said. The actor felt grateful for portraying Big Bert’s strong and serious character rather than a comical one — which is what most plus-sized actors are com commonly limited to do. Matt is currently absorbed in prepre trainparing for his stunts under the train ing of an arnis grandmaster to fully equip himself for the role once lockin shoots begin for the upcoming action-packed series. As an actor, he also wishes to im imActor and singer Matt Lozano proudly poses to celebrate all shapes and sizes for his latest campaign with Bench.

prove his acting chops by taking on other challenging roles, specifically “very dark characters.” However, before bagging his first TV role, Matt admitted that he veered away from the spotlight for four years after struggling with body image. “I took a break from showbiz because I got depressed. No one would cast me because of my weight gain,” he said. Matt got his spirits back when he focused on making music again and performing on gigs during his hiatus. “I feel happy every time I perform because people don’t care about how I look, it’s my music that matters to them.” After rekindling his love for music, Matt landed another career milestone as he released his self-penned single, “Kwarto,” under GMA Music. Matt is also one of the faces for Bench’s latest campaign for “extended sizes” which celebrates every body of any size, alongside singer Jed Madela. The GMA talent first gained recognition after winning Eat Bulaga’s singing competition “Spogify ft. Singing Baes” in 2016.

Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine

to be sold for almost $1b

US ACTRESS Reese Witherspoon’s women-focused production company behind television hits such as Big Little Lies is being purchased by a new private equity-backed venture aiming to break into Hollywood›s fast-expanding streaming market. The majority investment from a not-yetnamed media venture-backed by US private equity giant Blackstone and announced Monday reportedly values Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine at $900 million, according to the Wall Street Journal and CNBC. “I started this company to change the way all women are seen in media,” said Witherspoon of the entity behind series including The Morning Show and Little Fires Everywhere. The Blackstone deal “will enable us to tell even more entertaining, impactful, and illuminating stories about women’s lives globally,” she said in a statement. The new media venture is head-

ed up by two former Disney executives, Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs. Its launch comes as multiple Hollywood giants are competing to expand their streaming services, with the likes of Netflix, Disney+, HBO Max, and Amazon Prime Video hungry for content. Witherspoon, 45, who won a best actress Oscar for 2005’s Walk the Line, has moved increasingly into producing in recent years, although she also stars in Apple TV+ hit The Morning Show,\ alongside Jennifer Aniston. The company is working on feature films including Legally Blonde 3 and an adaptation of best-selling novel Where The Crawdads Sing, which was boosted by its selection as part of Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine Book Club. She will continue to oversee Hello Sunshine’s day-to-day operations along with current CEO Sarah Harden, a joint statement said.

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Matt Lozano suits up for ‘Voltes V: Legacy’ By Maria Katrina Segui

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Reese Witherspoon will continue to oversee Hello Sunshine’s day-to-day operations.

“We look forward to backing Reese, Sarah, and their world-class team as they continue to produce and identify dynamic, engaging content for years to come,” said Mayer and Staggs. AFP

From left: (Front): Ryan Cayabyab, Twinky D. Lagdameo, Isabelle Tee; (Back) Mike L. Constantino, Bayang Barrios, Ma. Dinah Aguilar Remolacio, Noel Ferrer, Dr. Felipe de Leon, Jr., Nino Selibio, and Ferdinand Isleta

NCCA SUDI Awards to honor

outstanding contributions to Filipino music ]AIMING to recognize outstanding contributions of Filipino musical works, creators, institutions, and researchers across genres and modes of productions with the highest standard and artistic excellence, the National Commission for Culture and the Arts is launching the 1st NCCA SUDI Awards. For its launch year, 2020, the SUDI Awards will recognize and honor the 19 most outstanding musical achievements (whether artist, musical piece, journal, music cultural worker, or music institution, but not limited to) that defined the last 20 years or past two decades. For the first decade covering the years 2000 to 2009, there will be nine awardees and three special citations while the second decade covers the years 2010 to 2020 and will have 10 awardees and five special citations. The awarding ceremony for the 1st NCCA SUDI Awards will be livestreamed via NCCA’s official Facebook page and YouTube channel (@NCCAOfficial) in two parts on Aug. 21 and Aug. 28 at 7:00 p.m.. The award’s concept came from National Artist for Literature and former NCCA chairman, Dr. Virgilio Almario. NCCA’s Technical Working Group, chaired by Noel Ferrer, initiated the whole awarding process. The word “SUDI”, which is an Ilocano adjective meaning illustrious renowned, celebrated, or famous, was proposed by Dr. Felipe M. de Leon, Jr., a member of the technical working group and head of the NCCA National Committee on Music.

Aside from de Leon, the members of the Technical Working Group for this National Music Awards is also composed of National Artist for Music Ryan Cayabyab, Dinah Remolacio, Michelle Therese “Twinky’ Lagdameo, Mike Constantino, and Bayang Barrios. Under its current chairman, Arsenio “Nick” Lizaso, the NCCA is spearheading the realization of the SUDI Awards with the help of executive director Al Ryan S. Alejandre, deputy executive director Marichu G. Tellano, and supervising officer on administration Bernan Joseph R. Corpuz, through its Plan/Policy Formulation and Programming Division (P/PFPD) – Arts Section headed by Ferdinand Isleta. A credible jury was tasked to review the body of work and/or significant contribution of the nominees’ that ultimately formed the 19 significant musical achievements that defined Philippine music during the years 2000 to 2019 while still adhering to the highest standards of excellence (in form and in content) and even in audience reception and patronage. In succeeding years, excellent and significant musical contributions (whether artist, musical piece, journal, music cultural worker, or music institution, but not limited to) shall be recognized triennially. Learn more about the NCCA SUDI National Music Awards and the list of awardees. Visit: https://ncca.gov. ph/2021/02/02/ncca-sudi-awards/

Julie Anne San Jose dares to be ‘Limitless’ The award-winning actress and singer MUSIC and screen star Julie Anne San Jose takes her fans to an ex- made headlines recently after she was traordinary musical journey in Limit- featured on a digital billboard at the less: A Musical Trilogy set to premiere iconic Times Square in New York City. on Sept.17 with tickets available The said billboard was for Spotify’s EQUAL campaign, beginning July 30. which encourages The three-part users to listen to musical journey amazing women is set to unveil all around the the different facworld. The Limitets of Julie as a less star previously singer, songwritlanded on the er, dancer, actress, digital cover of and multi-instruSpotify›s EQUAL mentalist. But the playlist for the biggest revelation Philippines with comes to Julie as her song “Free,” she searches for which took the No. new inspiration 2 spot on iTunes in this journey Philippines Chart of discovery that just a few hours takes her to unexafter its official pected locations release. in Luzon, Visayas, Asia’s Pop Diva Julie Anne San Jose takes A versatile artand Mindanao. her fans to an extraordinary musical ist, Julie is one of Tickets can be purchased by log- journey in ‘Limitless, A Musical Trilogy,’ set the hosts of GMA’s to premiere on Sept. 17. top-rating proging on to www. gram All-Out Sungmanetwork.com/ synergy. Tickets are priced at P599 (Gen- days.’ She is also set to return with Rayeral Admission); P1,499 (Synergy Pass ver Cruz as Clash Masters in the GA); P1,199 (VIP); and P3,299 (Synergy all-original musical competition The Pass VIP). A special merchandise awaits Clash. She bannered the GMA romticket buyers who will purchase the VIP com series Heartful Café opposite David Licauco and will soon be starring and Synergy Pass VIP. Julie cannot wait for her fans to on an online video streaming platform’s musical series Still alongside Chriswatch Limitless: A Musical Trilogy. “When I learned about the concept tian Bautista. Directed by Paolo Valenciano, Limof Limitless it really got me excited. So far, preparing for it is already a itless: A Musical Trilogy is produced breathtaking experience. It makes by GMA Synergy. The team is behind me feel more inspired with living the Philippines’ first-ever virtual reallife. I think this will definitely be one ity concert—Alden’s Reality: The Virfor the books, and food for the tual Reality Concert —which was held last December. soul,” Julie said.

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FASHION AND BEAUTY

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2021

THEY CAME, THEY SEW, THEY’RE ABOUT TO CONQUER

6 rising fashion designers to watch

HESE up-and-coming fashion designers are aware of their mission – it’s not a mission imposed on them but a mission born from a genuine concern for sustainability and desire to make a difference. Aware of current problems and challenges in the fashion industry, from which consumers demand sustainability and inclusivity, these fresh faces are carving their way to sustainable, cutting-edge fashion. Raya Aleczandra Abastillas showcases her distinctive, technical, and visual explorations and groundbreaking perspectives of the creative textile process. Her Sa Pula, Sa Puti collection celebrates the Filipino culture in the backdrop of the thriving Pinoy activity sabong (cockfight). Miguel Isidore Balingit utilizes the power of imagery to present a fashion designer’s point of view, as his way to present the design process behind each look. His Manila 2219 collection brings the possibilities of the dystopian future into the present – a tomorrow where National Capital Region remains to be the only livable space. Eunhye Cho challenges the conventions of fashion as she turns her ensembles into art. Her Oriental Fusion collection, which features wearable installation art, seeks the balance of the cultural identities of the Philippines and South Korea. Miri Angela Hwang is powered with a vision to discover new concepts that give birth to thought-provoking, fashion-forward and directional ensembles. Her contemporary menswear collection dubbed Abo

depicts her interpretation of our islands surviving an attack. It heavily focuses on deconstructed garments that come in different shapes and functionalities, as well as wearable sculptures of unusual textures and unconventional materials such as wood, plastic, and cardboard. Pamela Madlangbayan exhibits designs and strong brand narrative that promises to flourish in the market. A tribute to overseas Filipino Pieces from (inset) Raya Abastillas’ workers, her Balikbayan collection Sa Pula, Sa Puti collection. plays with graphic embellishments and vivid colors to depict the inscriptions and symbols seen on balikbayan boxes. She fuses modern technology with leading practices and incorporates streetwear and utilitarian elements into traditional Filipino clothing such as the Filipiniana and Barong Tagalog, among many others. Erika Mae Ng utilizes fashion to address important issues of sustainability, community, and responsible design solutions. In her collection Putik, she portrays the duality of nature through the wonders of Philippine agriculture juxtaposed with environmental issues such as soil erosion. She likewise took the opportunity to pay homage to the hardworking Filipino farmers. Her advocacy transcends in her recent collection BIOPLASTIK, which brings light to the dangers of waste pollution.

Manila 2219 collection by (inset) Miguel Balingit.

An artistic fashion piece from Oriental Fusion collection by (inset) Eunhye Cho.

(Inset) Miri Hwang and a piece from her Abo menswear collection.

A piece from (inset) Pamela Madlangbayan’s Balikbayan collection.

(Inset) Erika Mae Ng’s creation from her Putik collection.

The 1-liter refillable packs are currently available for Kiehl’s amino acid shampoo, amino acid conditioner, bath and shower liquid cleanser, hand soap, hand and body lotion, and creme de corps.

A future of ‘refillables’

IN ITS efforts to reduce plastic waste, waste, the apothecary skincare brand beauty and skincare brand Kiehl’s in has been using Green Parcel since July launched the Refillables program 2020 – a 100 percent plastic-free and in the Philippines. biodegradable packaging used for orThe Refillables program offers ders placed on Lazada, Shopee, and customers Kiehl’s shampoo, condi- other social commerce channels. The tioner, shower cleanser, hand soap, brand uses honeycomb wrapping in and hand and body lotion in one-liter lieu of plastic bubble wrap. pouches which The launch of they can transfer Refillables proin 250ml pump gram is part of bottles available Kiehl’s 2021 susat Kiehl’s (free for tainability initiaa limited time) or tives for its Future their own reusable Made Better camcontainers. paign. In addition “With less plasto reducing the tic used and more environ ment al formula, this latimpact of packest addition to the aging, the two Kiehl’s line makes other pillars of the it easy for concampaign include sumers to reduce responsible sourcsingle-use plastic ing of ingredients The Kiehl’s refillable packs are now waste in their eveand creating tools available in stores. ryday routine,” for environmental the brand said in education. a statement. For environmental education, The plastic pouches can also be re- Kiehl’s has teamed up with Save the turned to stores as part of the brand’s Philippine Seas (SPS) to create the Recycle and Be Rewarded program, a Earthducation Kit, a manual that aims loyalty program that gives rewards to to empower educators to teach young customers who give back their empty kids about sustainable practices and and used Kiehl’s bottles and jars. Since how to create an eco-learning space. 2009, the program has reclaimed 13 “Through the Earthducation kit, million empty jars and bottles globally. we want to encourage collective acIn addition to allowing customers to tion and behavior changes with pracminimize their plastic waste, Kiehl’s tices you can do at home and different packs its nature-inspired products in spaces,” said Anna Oposa, executive more eco-friendly packaging. According director and “chief mermaid” of SPS. to the brand, over 80 percent of its bottles Oposa said the first 40 kits would and jars sold around the world are made be distributed to 30 public schools from post-consumer recycled materials. in Valenzuela City and 10 educators On e-commerce, where packaging in nongovernment organizations and has been a major contributor to plastic private schools.

Raising the bar for sustainable hair care ONE of the common, but not yet as popular as it should be, products that promote zero-waste is shampoo bar – shampoo sans plastic bottle. Makes sense, right? Shampoo bar is made with a base formula same as body soap, with added ingredients for hair care. According to brands making shampoo bars, production uses less water and the product itself contains less water than its liquid counter-

Mabula PH’s paraben- and silicone-free multi-bars and conditioner bars. (@mabula.

Mabula PH

This store offers vegan shampoo bars, conditioner bars, and multi-bars, the latter can be used from head to toe. The paraben- and silicone-free multi-bars are handcrafted by farmers in Zamboanga del Sur, and, according to the store, are safe for children and pregnant women. The multi-bar promises to help treat acne, eczema, insect bites, and other skin problems, as well as remove dead skin cells and rejuvenate dry and flaky skin. If used on the hair, it cleanses and removes impurities from the scalp, lessens hair fall, and increases hair volume.

parts. It often comes in recyclable packaging or sold “naked”. Using a shampoo bar is the same as how one would use a body bar: wet the hair and lather the bar between wet hands or directly to the wet hair, rubbing in circular motion from roots to tips. Most bars can last up to 60 to 80 washes, depending on use. Aside from the big names selling shampoo bars, these small online stores and brands make a case for the solid shampoo.

Ayo Organics shampoo bars are pH balanced and soap-free. (@ayo.organics)

Ayo Organics

This startup brand offers cruelty-free personal care essentials made with naturally-derived ingredients According to Ayo Organics, they use mild surfactant, a foaming ingredient made from coconut oils, butter, and herbal extract in their product range (which consists of shampoo, conditioner, face, and body bars). One of their bestselling shampoo bars, the vitamin C and E-enriched Orange shampoo and conditioner in one helps boost hair growth.

Shampoo bars for different hair needs from Soak Opera. (@soakopera)

Soak Opera

An indie personal care startup founded by a couple, Soak Opera promotes organic and cruelty-free products. Its shampoo bars come in three variants: Smooth, Cool, and Bounce, all eco-friendly and can last up to 60 washes. The Smooth variant is for dry and dull hair, the Cool is for those who have itchy scalp and dandruff, while the Bounce is for greasy and flat hair. In addition to solid shampoos, the brand also offers a conditioner bar, soap bars, body scrubs, lip balms, and face masks. Theriz Lizel R. Silvano