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FRONTLINERS SET ‘NATIONAL DAY OF PROTEST’ TO DRAMATIZE PLIGHT By Macon Ramos-Araneta AS THE deadline it set with the Department of Health to give them their benefits and hazard pay while serving during the COVID-19 pandemic lapsed yesterday, the Alliance of Health Workers invited all medical frontliners to join their nationwide protest actions today, the group’s president Robert MenMen doza said.

“Thus, we invite our fellow health workers to join the national day of protest set tomorrow, September 1, to register our anger and frustrations and hold (Health) Secretary (Francisco) Duque and (the) Duterte government accountable for abandoning their duty and responsibility to ensure the health workers’ Next page

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Duterte admits to telling DOH to skip bidding By Vito Barcelo and Macon Ramos-Araneta

WALKOUT. Health workers from the Dr. Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital in Sta. Cruz Manila walk out of their hospital premises to call for the immediate release of the hazard payment and other benefits during a walkout protest on Tuesday, August 31, 2021. A huge simultaneous protest will be set on Wednesday, September 1 in different regions to compel the Health authorities to give them their overdue benefits as they demand the ouster of DOH SecretaryFrancisco Duque III. Danny Pata

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WHO cites Delta community transmission; 4m by yearend By Macon Ramos-Araneta

HE Philippines might tally up to 30,000 daily fresh coronavirus cases until the end of September and infections may peak in early October, according to a member of the state university’s pandemic response team. This developed as A World Health Organization (WHO) official on Tuesday said the Philippines is already ex-

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“What we are seeing in the Philippines is not unique,” said WHO country representative Dr. Rabindra Abeyasinghe. “It is being seen in other countries.” “Our projections show that our cumulative cases might reach more than 3 million, even 4 million before 2021 ends,” Professor Jomar Rabajante of the UP Pandemic Response Team told TeleRadyo. “We have to factor in that this is the Delta variant... We are seeing that cases would

still continue to come in until September and then it will decline,” he added. President Rodrigo Duterte, meanwhile, signaled a shift from city-wide or province-wide quarantines to localized lockdowns. “Whether the rise in the number of cases is due to the Delta variant or not, we need to recalibrate our response,” Duterte said in his prerecorded Talk to the Next page

PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has admitted he ordered Health Secretary Francisco Duque III to skip the bidding process in buying medical equipment during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the same time, he vowed to “extract him” or any other Cabinet member in case the lawmakers would exercise their power to detain resource persons who would refuse to answer questions during Senate hearings. “I was the one who ordered Duque. When we were here, I told him I wanted it done immediately. I told him it should only take one or two days. I was the one who told him I am sure there is a law which would exempt you from bidding. Next page

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Rody goes ballistic, blasts Ping, Dick over Senate probe By Vito Barcelo and Macon Ramos-Araneta PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday took personal potshots at senators leading a congressional probe into alle-

gations that his government purchased overpriced pandemic supplies in 2020. But Senators Richard Gordon, whom he ridiculed as being overweight, and Panfilo Lacson, whom he suggested was “different” because of the way he

combed his hair, quickly fired back. Lacson said he hasn’t changed the way he combs his hair since long before “the President lost his mind,” while Gordon said he would surely win over Duterte when it Next page

Du30 dares agency to draw up list of erring rank and file PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has challenged the Commission on Audit (COA) to publish criminal cases filed against state auditors, stressing that many of them have been accused of bribery and falsification of documents. “You know, a lot of state auditors are facing complaints. Most of them are bribery and falsification—helping government officials and teaching them how to evade audits. So not everybody here is really without sin,” he said in a prerecorded Talk to the People aired Tuesday. Duterte said since there is a law that prevents the Office of the Ombudsman from releasing these documents, the COA should voluntarily publicize them instead. “You on your own, why don’t you publish the number of criminal cases filed against employees of the auditing office involving corruption also? It is much Next page

CLOSING TIME. A medical worker prepares to zip up a tent in what is seen as a dark

foreboding of the Ospital ng Sampaloc. In an advisory on its Facebook account, the Ospital ng Sampaloc said that it could no longer accommodate COVID-19 patients having reached full capacity due to the surge of infections that have exacted its toll on the institution. Norman Cruz

PhilHealth takes too long to act; Gierran wants to be ‘very careful’ JAB ASSIGNMENTS. Vaccinators wait for their patients to come to a jab center in Holy Trinity Academy in Manila on Tuesday, August 31, 2021. Starting Wednesday, September 1, vaccinations in Manila for the first timers will be done only in the health centers while the second dose will be done in vaccination centers. Walk-ins who are non-Manila residents will be inoculated at the malls. Danny Pata

THE state-owned Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) is supposedly taking “too long” to pay hospital claims because president and CEO Dante Gierran wanted to be “careful” to avoid more issues from hounding the state insurer. President Rodrigo Duterte made this statement amid criticism over PhilHealth’s pace in processing unpaid claims, which resulted in the closure of some hospitals and affected most hospitals’ manpower amid

the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, Senator Christopher Go told Senate Blue Ribbon Committee chairman Richard Gordon to inhibit himself from inquiries involving PhilHealth due to “conflict of interest.” In a privilege speech, Go raised Gordon’s affiliation with the Philippine Red Cross, and mentioned the multi-million memorandum of agreement that the PRC Next page

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PH gets 50m doses; 55m more coming By Joel E. Zurbano, Vito Barcelo and Macon Ramos-Araneta

HE Philippines has breached the 50-million supply mark of COVID-19 vaccine doses after receiving more than three million doses of vaccines from China and Russia on Tuesday.

Aquino International Airport. Prior to the shipments’ arrival, the country had a total of 48,885,590 doses of various brands of COVID-19 vaccines. Galvez said the government is determined to reach its target of receiving at least 20 to 25 million doses of vaccines this September. In line with this effort, Galvez said the government continues to negotiate and place additional orders with various vaccine manufacturers. He said these deals include the procurement of an additional 10 million Sinovac doses to ensure a steady supply of COVID-19 vaccines, adding this latest purchase will be paid at a lower price. “This is much lower than the original price. The supply of Sinovac is good and steady,” he said. The national government, Galvez

said, is also negotiating with US biotech firm Pfizer for the delivery of some five million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine this month. “We have already talked to the country director of Pfizer. They can give more or less 5.02 million Pfizer shots this September,” he said. The FDA has also recently approved the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the single-dose Sputnik Light, which the government plans to procure around two million doses of. Meanwhile, the government is currently negotiating with Moderna for the delivery of about three to four million vaccine doses. Domingo said Moderna vaccines that the Philippines received were manufactured separately from the ones being investigated in Japan.

This developed as the National Task Force (NTF) Against COVID-19 said 54.5 million doses of the coronavirus disease vaccines are slated for delivery within the next two months. The bulk of COVID-19 vaccines from Chinese manufacturer Sinovac set to arrive in the Philippines Tuesday will go to the provinces, vaccine czar Secretary Carlito Galvez said. In other developments: * The Philippines will not suspend use of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines after foreign substances were discovered

in Moderna vaccines in Japan, Food and Drug Administration director general Eric Domingo said Tuesday. * Once Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine receives full authorization, the FDA yesterday said it can be used as a booster shot, as Domingo said they have given its list of requirements for Pfizer’s application for full authorization. The doses of Sinovac and Sputnik V vaccines were immediately transported to the temperature-controlled supply chain facility owned by Pharmaserv Express in Marikina City upon arrival at the Ninoy

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safety, protection and welfare as well as the right to quality health care of our patients,” Mendoza said Tuesday. In a separate advisory, AHW said its members would wear their personal protective equipment and hospital uniforms while holding placards and empty pots, cans, and other utensils to create noise. They would then march from different assembly points and will “converge at the DOH gate,” presumably at the department’s headquarters along Rizal Avenue in Manila. Health workers from Baguio City, Pampanga, Iloilo, Bacolod, Bulacan, Samar, Leyte and Isabela will also protest with AHW from their hospital wards, wearing red armbands while holding a noontime noise barrage, the group added. This was despite the DOH reporting that it had disbursed about 75 percent or over P237 million of the P311 million funds earmarked for the COVID-19 special risk allowance (SRA) of 20,000 health workers across the country. “Yesterday, P237.28 million were already disbursed to our local governments and to private hospitals. We have about P74.5 million in checks that are ready for distribution to various LGUs and private facilities,” Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said. Although AHW did not say which hospitals would be represented in today’s protest, the group’s members with the St. Luke’s Medical Center Employees’ Association promised to continue protesting as they had since Monday – National Heroes Day – until they got paid. Jao Clumia, president of the St. Luke’s workers, said only 1,194 out of some 3,000 health workers at the big private hospital in Quezon City have received their SRA. “We won’t stop until we receive our wishes,” Clumia told ABS-CBN’s Teleradyo. The security site Crisis24 also reported on Twitter that the Filipino Nurses United group and various health workers plan to hold protests today and advised their clients to avoid possible protest areas around hospitals and sites such as Malacanang or the People Power Monument in Quezon City. “Authorities will likely increase security at any protest site. Localized transport and business disruptions are possible, especially if activists occupy nearby streets,” Crisis24 said. “Security personnel may try to disperse disruptive crowds or gatherings that violate COVID-19 gathering protocols. Demonstrations could lead to associated work stoppages and disruptions to non-emergency health services.” Health workers had staged a one-hour work stoppage across ten hospitals in Metro Manila during President Duterte’s National Heroes’ Day address on Aug. 30, it noted. Last August 27, Vergeire said the P311 million was downloaded to DOH regional offices. As of yesterday, she said the DOH was still asking for a list of health workers who had not received the SRA. “We will request more funds from the Department of Budget and Management,” Vergeire said, referring to SRAs for over 17,000 additional health workers.

PhilHealth... From A1 entered into with PhilHealth during the onset of the pandemic last year. “In the spirit of fairness and impartiality, shouldn’t the Blue Ribbon Committee chair inhibit himself on further hearing or matters involving PhilHealth? Make no mistake, I will not present conclusions here without due process and fairness,” he added. Gordon, as chairman of the Philippine Red Cross, has been demanding payments from PhilHealth for the COVID-19 tests that the humanitarian organization has conducted. But Gordon responded to Go’s questions by pointing out that it was the

7 cops slapped with murder raps over bogus sting By Rey E. Requejo THE Department of Justice has filed murder charges against seven policemen for the killing of six civilians during “sham” illegal drugs buy-bust operations in Bulacan in February 2020. The DOJ on Tuesday revealed that criminal information has been filed against PSSG Benjie D. Enconado, PSSG Irwin Joy M. Yuson, PCPL Marlon M. Martus, PCPL Edmund V. Catubay, Jr., PCPL Harvy C. Albino, PCPL Herbert L. Hernandez, and PAT Rusco Virnar A. Madla before the Malolos City Regional Trial Court last August 25. The seven accused, all members of the Intelligence Section/City Drug Enforcement Unit of the San Jose Del Monte City Police Station in Bulacan, have been charged with six counts of murder and six counts of arbitrary detention in violation of the Articles 248 and 124, respectively, of the Revised Penal Code. The indictment of the police officers came after the DOJ’s panel of prosecutors composed of Senior Assistant State Prosecutors Rodan G. Parrocha and Wendell P. Bendoval, and Assistant State Prosecutor Arturo R. Roxas, found probable cause to hold them criminally liable for the killing of the six civilians during bogus illegal drugs operations. “The DOJ Panel is awaiting the court’s issuance of warrants of arrest against said police officers,” the department said in a statement. The policemen were accused of killing Chamberlain S. Domingo, Chadwin D.R. Santos, Edmar S. Aspirin, Richard C. Salgado, Erwin N. Mergal, and Jim Joshua Cordero.

JUSTICE Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Tuesday said there is no constitutional impediment for the decision of President Rodrigo Duterte to run for vice president in next year’s national elections, saying he would not be the only former president who would seek a lower elective position in the country. In a speech before a virtual forum organized by the Rotary Clubs of Makati, Cebu, and Davao, Guevarra stressed that President Duterte would not be violating the Constitution if, after his term as presi-

dent, he would run for vice president. Guevarra cited former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and former President Joseph Estrada, who both ran and won lower positions in government. Arroyo, who served as the country’s Chief Executive from 2001 to 2010, was elected as member of the House of Representatives representing the second congressional district of Pampanga, and she even became the House Speaker from 2018 until 2019. Estrada, after ending his brief term as

Chief Executive from 1998 until 2001, later ran and won as mayor of the City of Manila, a position he held from 2013 until 2019. “There is nothing in the wording of our present Constitution that prohibits the sitting President from running for the position of vice president. What the Constitution expressly prohibits is for him to be reelected and when we speak of reelection, we are talking about the same position as what he is currently holding… That is clear in the Constitution,” Guevarra emphasized. Rey E. Requejo

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sequencing in the latest run tested positive for the Delta variant. He said all the evidence they have at the moment said the Delta variant is transmitted in aerosols, not airborne transmission. He said wearing two face masks will not guarantee protection from the Delta variant, especially when the masks are not worn properly. “You don’t need double masking, what you need is diligence in following the minimum public health standards,” he said. Community transmission means there is a clustering of cases and there are no longer links among infected individuals. Abeyasinghe said the government’s pandemic response could be further strengthened by improving the cascading of national guidelines to local authorities. “What we see here is very good national guidelines,” he said. “The challenge we are seeing is the cascading of those in a decentralized system to regional, provincial, and local government units.” As of Aug. 27, the DOH confirmed 516 or 68.98 percent of the 748 samples sequenced were confirmed to be carriers of the more virulent Delta variant. The Beta variant accounted for 10.83 percent, while the Alpha variant was found in 9.76 percent of the samples Duterte’s directives came as the Philippines logged 22,366 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, an all-time high and more than 3,000 over the previous record. For now, Metro Manila and other areas in the country will remain under a modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ), the second strictest community quarantine status, until Sept. 7 to address the increasing hospital bed occupancy and to enable the local government units to ramp up their vaccination rollout, Duterte said.

The President also reminded Filipinos to continue heeding the government’s advice to wear face masks, observe regular hand washing, and follow strict social distancing to protect themselves against COVID-19. Duterte likewise renewed his call for Filipinos to grab the opportunity to get vaccinated against COVID-19. As of Aug. 29, around 33,099,392 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered nationwide, based on the presentation made by NTF Against Covid-19 chief implementer and vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. Around 13,784,681 people have already been fully vaccinated, while some 19,317,711 people have already received the first dose. The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has already directed LGUs whose jurisdictions have a community transmission of COVID-19 to implement localized lockdowns. There were 13,827 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, bringing the total number of infections to 1,989,857. The DOH said the relatively low number of infections reported Tuesday was due to lower laboratory output on Sunday. There were 118 new COVID-related deaths, bringing the death toll from the disease to 33,448. Total recoveries rose to 1,810,847 after 16,759 more patients recovered from the disease. There were 145,562, of which 95.9 percent are mild, 1.4 percent are asymptomatic, 1.1 percent are severe, and 0.6 percent are in critical condition. Vergeire said new COVID-19 cases could peak in the mid- September if the same pattern for the increases earlier this year holds.

ID-19 response funds. “I respectfully suggest that the preliminary investigation, the results, especially the exit conference… it should be kept not sub rosa [in secret], but don’t release it to the media. Just release the final result,” he said. Releasing preliminary observations, he said, would only distract the DOH from attending to the prevailing health crisis. Duterte earlier criticized the COA for the deficiencies found in various government agencies. The President also questioned “who audits COA,” adding he would do the commission’s job if he gets elected as vice president in 2022. Meanwhile, COA has flagged its own central office over P12.387 million in un-

liquidated foreign and local travel allowances of its officers and employees. In the 2020 audit report on the commission, it was also noted that cash advances were granted to accountable officers despite non-liquidation of their previous cash advances. The report said that the non-liquidation of funds within deadlines violates COA Circular No. 97-002 which provides for guidelines on the granting of cash advances. “Although the accounting office has been monitoring these cash advances, some officials and employees were still able to obtain additional cash advance/s even without liquidating their previous cash advance,” the audit team said.

This is a pandemic, so we had to act immediately,” Duterte said during his “Talk to the People” aired Tuesday morning. “The way you are treating Duque -- and he cannot even complete his answer without being interrupted. You stand up. If you get fed up just stand up,” Duterte said. In defending Duque, the Chief Executive said the usual bidding process would take 30 days, but the government needed supplies immediately as the pandemic was starting to wreak havoc in the country. The President also threatened not to allow Cabinet members to attend congressional hearings because of alleged disrespectful treatment from senators. “We’re being disrespectful. If that’s what you want, then that’s what I’ll do. If you let him sit for seven hours and grill him, I think he will really get confused. He will get confused from the repeated questions,” he said. Duque was grilled for hours in a Senate hearing in connection with the Commission on Audit’s flagging of the Department of Health’s expenses as per its 2020 audit report. Senators and congressmen have the authority to cite in contempt and then detain in-house a resource person whom they think is not giving “truthful answers” during a public hearing. Duque and National Task Force Chief Implementer Carlito Galvez both said that DBM’s purchases followed emergency bidding allowed under the Procurement Law. “It was through negotiated procurement, Mr. President,” Duque said. “We were able to buy supplies of good qualify and with safety seal,” Galvez added. The Procurement Law allows a negotiated procurement when there is “imminent danger to life or property during a state of calamity or when time is of the essence arising from natural or man-made calamities or other causes where immediate action is necessary to prevent damage to life or property, or to restore vital public services, infrastructure facilities and other public utilities.”

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on,” saying he talked too much during the hearings on the alleged mismanagement of COVID-19 funds at the Department of Health (DOH). “He talks too much, he asks the questions, he also answers them. And he knows what is wrong and correct,” Duterte said. He even likened Gordon to a “German interrogator” during the Nazi regime. “I’m sure Gordon realizes or [has] realized it a very long time ago that he has that nasty practice of depriving others of asking questions. But, you know, the guy simply wants to talk and show off to the world that he is a bright boy,” he said. Then he took potshots at Gordon’s weight, advising the senator to lose some.

Turning his attention to Lacson, Duterte said: “Even your hair, it’s different…” The President warned Lacson that there was information that will be floated in the coming days but did not say what this was. He also said Lacson was politicking because he was running for president in 2022, Duterte urged the public not to let the reelectionist senators win because they would just “keep talking and showing off. Duterte’s verbal tirades against Gordon came, as he once again defended embattled Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, maintaining that the Health chief does not deserve the criticisms because he is merely doing his job amid the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic.

People delivered Monday night but aired Tuesday morning. “We are also evaluating whether granular or localized lockdowns would work best in our current situation,” he added, as he directed the National Task Force Against COVID-19 to study the potential benefits of implementing localized lockdowns all throughout the country. He also noted that local deaths due to the respiratory disease were lower compared to other countries. “America is suffering. Europe is suffering from a—more died; many died in Turkey; more died in Saudi Arabia. With us, it’s just infection. Our deaths are not that many,” the President said. Health Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said the percentage of test samples found to have the Delta variant rose from 6 percent in June to 56 percent in August. She said this coincides with the start of a steeper rise in the number of cases in July, similar to the start of the April peak in cases with the spread of the Alpha and Beta variants. In a separate media briefing, Vergeire said the Delta variant has been detected in all 17 regions across the country, except for the Bangsamoro region. Abeyasinghe said information the WHO has clearly shows that now, the highly infectious and transmissible Delta variant has emerged as the dominant strain. “With this kind of transmission, with these kinds of numbers, we are in community transmission of the Delta variant,” he said. Abeyasinghe noted that nearly 70 percent of the samples subjected to genome

Du30... From A1 worse because it’s bribery. You even help people falsify documents,” he added. Duterte also renewed his appeal to the state audit body to withhold releasing preliminary audit reports to the media, saying it was best to publicize them only after being finalized. The COA’s 2020 audit report earlier flagged deficiencies that need an explanation from several government agencies, specifically the Department of Health (DOH) for its supposed deficiencies in handling P67.32-billion worth of COV-

Duterte administration who sought the PRC’s help at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic last year. “You know that the Red Cross serves. We were not the ones who approached the government. The government approached us,” he told Go. Gordon dismissed Go’s rants against him as another attempt to distract the public from the Senate Blue Ribbon investigation into the alleged misuse of COVID-19 funds. “This is another diversionary tactic. They will hit the Senate, they will hit me,” he said. Go claimed that he had received a reprimand from Gordon when he was asking for help to expedite the release of PhilHealth payments to PRC.

comes to being “a good-looking guy.” Duterte said lawmakers were asking “leading questions” during a hearing that ran for around 7 hours. “You’d create a crisis here. I do not know if it would be—if that’s your vice, I will not allow any Cabinet member to go to Congress to testify,” the President said in a taped speech that aired on Tuesday. “Do what you want, do whatever you’ll do,” he added. Irked over Gordon’s long speech during a seven-hour Senate hearing, Duterte described Gordon as a “talkathon champi-

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News Pangasinan turns cold to Du30 faction RULING party leaders appear to have lost the support of their leading stalwarts in the vote-rich province of Pangasinan after Gov. Amado Espino III did not join the 41 other governors who signed a “collective statement” backing the vice presidential nomination of President Rodrigo Duterte. Another administration party leader and a known political ally of the Espinos, former Transportation Undersecretary Thomas “Tim” Orbos, backed groups pushing for Manila Mayor Isko Moreno to run for president in the 2022 elections. Orbos is now the lead convenor of Ikaw Muna Pilipinas, a political movement backing Moreno’s possible presidential bid. Both Espino and Orbos ran under the PDP-Laban banner in the 2019 midterm elections. Orbos, however, lost to Arnold Celeste for the congressional seat representing Pangasinan’s first district. “It was really surprising and unusual that Espino, who is the sitting PDP-Laban governor in Pangasinan, did not sign the ‘collective statement’ supporting the decision of President Duterte to run for vice president in next year’s polls,” said an influential political leader in Region 1. A PDP-Laban party insider also lamented that it was also puzzling why Espino III did not lend his signature to the collective statement considering that his father, former Rep. Amado Espino Jr, is the chairman of PDP-Laban in Pangasinan. The elder Espino ran and lost to Ramon Guico III in the last elections for the province’s 5th district congressional seat. Guico recently announced his intention to run against the younger Espino for Pangasinan governor in next year’s polls. In their collective statement, at least 41 governors hailed Duterte’s decision to accept the nomination to run for vice president next year, in tandem with Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go as PDP-Laban’s standard bearer. The governors said the administration’s gains must continue, and that Duterte is best-positioned to guide the next president, particularly in the fight against illegal drugs and the government’s COVID-19 response. In the last presidential elections in 2016, Pangasinan—home to 44 municipalities and four cities—delivered the third biggest number of votes among the country’s 81 provinces, next only to Cebu and Laguna. In neighboring Cagayan Valley, political leaders of the Ikaw Muna Pilipinas movement said they believe Moreno is the right leader to lead the country, given his stellar performance as local chief executive of Manila. They endorsed Moreno for presidency in next year’s polls, saying he is “the most suitable for the position. In addressing the more than 200 Cagayan Valley leaders during the series of consultations, Orbos underscored how Moreno was both effective and efficient in addressing the COVID-19 pandemic. “A leader must possess qualities like compassion toward the people. A leader must be one who fulfills his promises not just through words but also action, among others. What he did and is still doing in Manila is from his heart, from his desire to help the people of Manila. I hope that he can do the same for the nation,” Orbos said, in his virtual message.

Metro-wide truck ban still suspended THE truck ban policy will remain suspended while the National Capital Region is under the modiﬁed enhanced community quarantine status. The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority said it would not enforce the truck ban along major thoroughfares in Metro Manila to ensure unhampered movement of essential goods during the extension of the MECQ implementation from September 1 to 7, 2021. The MMDA also stated that the suspension does not cover Epifanio de los Santos Avenue, from Magallanes Interchange in Makati City to North Avenue in Quezon City, where total truck ban is enforced. Violators will be slapped with a P2,000 ﬁne. Joel E. Zurbano

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Rody gets tough on illegal recruiters By Vito Barcelo

RESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has tasked the Department of Labor and Employment to form a “stronger” task force against illegal recruitment.

During his “Talk to the People” aired Tuesday, Duterte directed Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III to establish a new anti-illegal recruitment unit that will be coordinated by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) or the Philippine National Police’s Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG). “So you fortify the anti-illegal task force. When someone reports about illegal recruitment, I want the police or NBI to follow up immediately,” Duterte said. Duterte said he also wanted the creation of a unit or ofﬁce at the NBI

or PNP for anti-illegal recruitment efforts. “Give them about two months of lectures and training about labor laws and about crime, how to conduct the law of arrest, search and seizure,” he said. The President said he wants to kill the perpetrators behind illegal recruitment and that he wants to take the job in DOLE to address the matter. “I want to kill these illegal recruiters. Because of them many people have already lost money, been brought to other places, imprisoned because they were illegally recruited, it’s not

even their fault,” Duterte said. Duterte also lamented how illegal recruiters, who have money, managed to get away with the crime due to the “fractured” government. Duterte said it pains him to see overseas Filipino workers fall prey to illegal recruiters. “So, it pains me. These illegal recruiters are shameless. They can escape liability because they have the money, they have earned so much money throughout these years that they can post bail, although it is nonbailable,” he added. Duterte’s order came after Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III told him that his ofﬁce’s efforts against illegal recruitment have borne fruit with the conviction of 32 individuals. Duterte told Interior Secretary Eduardo Año to train personnel that will be part of the new task force.

GIVE US MORE TIME. Militants hold placards calling on the Commission on Elections to extend the registration of voters beyond September 30, 2021 deadline during a protest rally held at the Palacio del Gobernador in Intramuros, Manila, on August 31, 2021. COMELEC has reiterated its policy that there will be no more deadline extension and instead, allowed a weekend list-up to maximize time. Norman Cruz

‘Raise OFWs’ scholarship fund to P3b’ PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte said he wants to raise the scholarship fund for children of overseas Filipino workers displaced by the COVID-19 pandemic needs to be increased from P1 billion to P3 billion. President Duterte raised this possibility after Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III admitted that the current P1 billion education subsidy was “inadequate” to help all displaced OFWs’ children. If we’re going to help, let’s go all out). If I will give you P3 billion, would you think that it would make a difference in the number of students of OFWs now enrolled in schools?” Duterte asked Bello in his prerecorded meeting with Cabinet officials in Davao City on Monday night. Bello, in response, said the P3 billion scholarship fund would be a “big help” to college-level children of displaced OFWs. Duterte then asked Executive Secretary Salvador if it would be possible to release the amount needed for the education subsidy. Medialdea said the executive department will discuss the matter with the Department of Budget and Management. If more funds were needed, Duterte said he will find a way to look for sources of funding. He said he wanted to somehow ease the burden being carried by OFWs. “I will try to go as far as P3 billion in the—God willing another time so that we can make an impact on the hardships of the OFW,” he said. Duterte also directed Bello to ensure that only students who had the drive to finish their studies would avail of the education subsidy. Those who don’t want to study but keep enrolling, you will be monitored),” he added.

Lista, PNOC president, passes on By Alena Mae S. Flores THE Department of Energy and energy stakeholders on Tuesday mourned the passing of Philippine National Oil Co. president Admiral Reuben S. Lista PCH due to complications from COVID-19. “Admiral Lista was our staunch partner in realizing our energy goals to effectively implement President Rodrigo R. Duterte’s vision of ushering in a comfortable and secure future for the Filipino people,” DOE said in a statement. “The energy family deeply grieves the lost of another invaluable member in such turbulent times,” it said. Born November 4, 1947, Lista served as PNOC president since November 2016. PNOC employees, for its part, thanked Lista for his service,

saying, his leadership and support were the reasons for the company’s progress. “With you we achieved great milestones and success. We owe you so much for pushing us harder. Your inspirational words will stay with us forever,” the company said. Lista is best known for his leadership and command of the maritime industry, particularly for his service with the Philippine Coast Guard, where he rose through the ranks. He is an avid sporstman and served to advance the sport of bowling as president of the Philippine Bowling Congress and the National Sports Association for Bowling. Lista holds three master’s degrees and and graduated top of his class in BS Marine Transportation at the Philippine Merchant Marine Academy in 1969.

DRUG SUSPECTS. Three women are arrested with about 500 grams of suspected shabu valued at P3.4 million in their possession, seized by the joint PDEA-Cavite police operation on August 30, 2021. Authorities identified the suspects as Jean Llanes, Devielyn Gammad, and Ma. Lourdes Enriquez. Charges will be filed against them for violation of section 5 and 26B of Article 2 RA9165, police said. JR Josue

Bangsamoro region sets aside P50m for oxygen tanks

MEDICAL QUERIES. Health workers ask about the health condition of vaccinees at the counseling station before they are allowed to receive COVID-19 jabs during the second dose of Sinovac vaccination at the Ugnayang La Salle in De La Salle University-Dasmariñas on Tuesday, August 31, 2021. At least 1,700 individuals in different categories were inoculated with their second dose of Sinovac. Gil Calinga

THE Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao has earmarked P50 million to buy additional medical oxygen tanks in preparation for a possible COVID-19 surge. At the Laging Handa public briefing, BARMM Chief Minister Ahod Ebrahim said the funding of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority will improve the supply of oxygen tanks in the region.

We allocated P50 million in the BTA to procure oxygen tanks to reinforce the oxygen supply in preparation for a possible COVID-19 surge. However, Ebrahim said that the BARMM remains at low risk for COVID-19 compared to other regions in Mindanao. BARMM has recorded a total of 10,410 COVID-19 cases. At least 9,350 of them have already recovered, while 666 are still active cases.

WHO reviews PH face shields use vs. COVID

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News LONGEST XMAS SEASON STARTS. A shop owner arranges various Christmas decorations for sale along Lacson Avenue in Sampaloc, Manila, on August 31, 2021. For Filipinos, the Christmas Season begins with the “ber” months, starting today (Sept. 1). Norman Cruz

Rody: Imee courting Sara; Davao mayor denies talks PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has revealed that Senator Imee Marcos has been courting his daughter, Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio, to form a possible tandem for next year’s national elections. “Imee’s game is like this: She goes to Mayor Sara Duterte in Davao hoping that if the latter runs, she will be vice president,” Duterte said in his pre-recorded Talk to the People aired Tuesday morning. The presidential daughter, however, quickly belied the statement that she has been in talks with the senator. “Talks or meetings with Sen. Imee for VP never happened,” Duterte-Carpio said. Marcos, for her part, gave a curt reply when asked by reporters for comment: “Is that so? I have been promoted?” Marcos earlier said a ticket headlined by the Davao mayor in tandem with her brother, former Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr., will be “a marriage made in heaven.” “I think the most obvious thing is if the Dutertes have the solid South, we are assumed to have the solid North, the Marcoses,” she said. Duterte claimed that the Sara-Imee tandem will not prosper as his daughter is not interested in joining the presidential race. “My daughter said she will not run,” the President said. Duterte earlier said he is inclined to run for vice president after he was nominated by the ruling PDP-Laban party, with at least 41 governors supporting the move.

Cancer patients hit removal of assistance fund By Rio N. Araja CANCER patients on Tuesday hit the Department of Health for removing its cancer fund line item as mandated by the National Integrated Cancer Control Act in next year’s budget. Carmen Auste, Cancer Coalition of the Philippines vice president, questioned the DOH’s failure to include the line item on NICCA and the cancer assistance fund in the agency’s 2022 budget proposal. “This is a direct violation of the provisions under NICCA,” the coalition said in its position paper. “The consolidation of the cancer control budget in the NCD (noncommunicable diseases) budget for the proposed 2022 National Expenditure Program of the DOH makes a travesty of the NICCA mandate and its explicit intent,” it added. Auste said the absence of a separate budget for the cancer assistance fund is alarming and lifethreatening to cancer patients. She cited the struggles of cancer patients amid the diminished assistance from the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Malasakit centers and various non-government charitable organizations.

Duterte defends Yang, Lao over COVID deals By Vito Barcelo

RESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte defended his two Filipino-Chinese friends from a Senate investigation over overpriced face masks and face shields procured by the Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM). In his public address Tuesday morning, Duterte defended his former economic adviser Michael Yang and Christopher Lloyd Lao, the former chief of the PS-DBM. Yang’s name floated in a Senate investigation last week after he was seen on RTVM video showing the Chinese

businessman and officials of Pharmally Pharmaceuticals Corp. meeting President Duterte in Davao in 2017. “Michael Yang has been in business for 20 years. He started in Davao. I don’t get money from him,” Duterte said. “He’s not the Chinese that I supposedly get money from. You disabuse

your mind of that... Michael Yang, is a businessman, and all that entered here went through bidding. I thought we were inviting investors? That’s why I went to China several times to ask them to help us. Investments. They poured in their money here,” he said. Yang had also been previously linked to illegal drugs. Aside from Yang, Duterte also shielded Lao from questions about his appointment to the DBM. Lao, who hails from Davao City and was appointed to various offices in the government, was the former head of the PS-DBM which purchased allegedly overpriced medical supplies during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic last year.

THE World Health Organization said it was reviewing the country’s experience in using face shields as an additional layer of protection against COVID-19. The Philippines is “one of the few countries advocating the use of face shields in addition to a mask” as protection against the virus, said WHO country representative Dr. Rabindra Abeyasinghe. He said there is no sufficient evidence yet to show that the use of face shields has helped the country delay the spread of the highly transmissible Delta variant. “It’s interesting that we have been able to sort of delay the speed by which the Delta variant is spreading, but we don’t know if the face shields are a contributory factor,” he said. “While we are understanding all of these issues, it’s best to look for evidence and make our decisions based on that.” “The face shields are being used to reduce the likelihood of infection through the eyes and so that’s not actually an additional layer although it boosts the protection from poor wearing of mask practices,” he added. The WHO official said a single face mask could protect people from contracting the virus provided that it is worn “properly and consistently.” “You can wear 2 masks, you could wear 4 masks, but if you don’t wear it properly or consistently, it will not provide protection,” he said. “You don’t need double masking. You don’t need added layers. What you need is diligence in following public health standards,” Abeyasinghe added.

Locsin: PH has not surrendered a single inch of WPS territory By Maricel V. Cruz

THE Duterte administration has not surrendered an inch of territory in the West Philippine, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said during a courtesy call of the DFA team on Majority Leader and Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez following a budget briefing at the House of Representatives. “We have not surrendered a single inch of territory. Not by word or deed have we weakened our right to everything in the West Philippine Sea. And without inviting pity by asking, we achieved an international consensus that the right is with us and might cannot ever take it away,” said Locsin who joined the meeting via Zoom. Romualdez, chairman of the House committee on rules, lauded Locsin for his outstanding performance as DFA chief. “We congratulate and hail Sec. Locsin and his team’s good diplomacy. Thank you for taking into account the interests of all stakeholders. This is the best way to ensure peace,” said Romualdez, president of the Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats. The DFA officials said the government has been consistent in lodging diplomatHouse Majority Leader and Leyte Rep. Martin Romualdez discusses issues on the West Philippine Sea during a courtesy call of a team ic notes against China over its incursions from the Department of Foreign Affairs led by (counterclockwise from right) Assistant Secretary Raul Hernandez, Assistant Secretary in Philippine territory. Myla Grace Macahilig, Undersecretary Maria Theresa Lazaro, Undersecretary Sara Lou Arriola, and Undersecretary Brigido Dulay. Those who were physically present at Ver Noveno Romualdez’s office were Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Civilian Security and Consular Affairs Brigido Dulay, Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs Sarah Lou Arriola, Acting Undersecretary for BiTHE Supreme Court reiterated that tution, the Local Government Code and The ruling on the condonation doctrine lateral Relations and ASEAN Affairs Ma. the condonation doctrine, which had others laws in the country as it denied the became final on April 12, 2016, but the Theresa Lazaro, Assistant Secretary Myla absolved for many decades the admin- motion for reconsideration filed by Jes- SC declared it was prospective in applicaGrace Ragenia Macahilig of the Office of istrative liability of elected public offi- sie Galano, now mayor of Paoay, Ilocos tion such that the abandonment should be Fiscal Management Services, and Assiscials with their re-election to the same Norte. implemented starting the May 2016 electant Secretary Raul Hernandez of the Deoffice, cannot be invoked anymore The court said the doctrine was in- tions. partment Legislative Liaison Unit. starting April 12, 2016 and in the suc- consistent with the principle that “pub“The motion for reconsideration is deA 2016 ruling by the Permanent Court ceeding elections thereafter. lic office is a public trust” and with the nied with finality. No further pleadings or of Arbitration in The Hague, Netherlands In a resolution, the SC reiterated its Constitutional requirement from public motions shall be entertained in this case. invalidated China’s massive nine-dash 2015 ruling abandoning the condonation officials of accountability to the people Let entry of judgment be issued immediline claim over nearly the entire South doctrine for lack of basis in the Consti- at all times. ately,” the SC ruled. Rey E. Requejo China Sea.

SC: Condonation doctrine can no longer be invoked

Filipino fisherman bags RM Award lage of Concepcion in Kabasalan A FISHERMAN from Zamtown, founded an organization boanga Sibugay, Roberto “Ka named Kapunungan sa Gamay nga Dodoy” Ballon, was named one Mangingisda sa Concepcion (Asof the five Ramon Magsaysay sociation of Small Fishermen of awardees for 2021. Concepcion) in 1986 together with Ballon – the sole Filipino reother fishermen to oppose ramcipient of the 63rd Ramon Magpant fishpond conversion and the saysay Awards, join Firdausi Roberto Ballon destruction of nearby mangrove Qadri, a champion of affordable forests. vaccine from Bangladesh; Ste“His shining example of how everyday ven Muncy, a peacebuilder in the region; Muhammad Amjad Saqib, an advocate acts of heroism can truly be extraordinary for poverty alleviation from Pakistan; and and transformative,” Afan said. The reforestation program of Ballon’s Watchdoc, a documentary maker from Ingroup grew to a total of 500 hectares of donesia. “The foundation recognizes Ka Dodoy’s mangrove forests as of 2015. “Our families depend on the sea for our inspiring determination in leading his fellow fisherfolk to revive a dying fishing survival, not on politicians or other people, industry by creating a sustainable ma- so it is only right that we make its protection rine environment for his generation and our priority,” Ballon said. Members of Kapunungan have also been generations to come,” said Susan Afan, president of the Ramon Magsaysay Award deputized by the Kabasalan municipal government to patrol the waters against illegal Foundation. Ballon, who grew up in the coastal vil- fishing and mangrove logging.

WHERE THERE’S SMOKE. Photo taken by the Lipa Archdiocesan Social Action Commission, Inc. shows a thick plume generated by Taal Volcano on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. Alert Level 2 (increased unrest) still prevails over the volcano. LASAC Facebook page

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The good is oft Thisother means that the President cannot apestimates the GDP contraction for the whole sudTourism oash19 he COV Dyears 19 pandem cyment The newest of the “new poor” are some Sudden y a e ve e s o nega ve “By the models of estimates the GDP contraction for the whole a sign. clearly spelled has grown to about 32,000 average tests allies made it handily into the Senate elecFinance Secretary Carlos Dominguez says a es made hand y n o he Sena e e ec corrupt than past four months. 5 Codd ng o he po ce and he m ary clearly F nance Sec e a y Ca os Dom nguez says states average 31 deaths, UK 70, Spain 61, s lowest ever in h s (Augus ) ” umped o ace s owes eve on o most oppossary ng Ma cosmore from a sho mobility restrictions hamper aggregate was named to head theand p unde changes as he was d ec ySenate e at committee our communities. From just were widespread their ssor. Thus, before Gierran can be appointed as The killings of political activists and almany years to come. 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Longtime aide, Christopher Go, be f rs appo n ed as a member of he Board estimated 1.3 to 3.5 million infections accordbase Long me a de Ch ophe Go and aw Bayan han 2 he b ons o ed h es ma ed 1 3 o 3 5 m on n ec ons acco d tion. On top of and the “drug war.” week of March, our capacity m c p oduc on On op o be first appointed as a member of the Board law Bayanihan 2, the billi Bayan Laban ounded by oppos on ead schools which will remain closed. These hero? 21.4 percent inhs the firstDe half. ng restrictions andhe reguHea h he P es den sha appo n he agen h ough P ocuons emen Sedea v ce o cou he recession could rage showed ha a mos ha o he coun y s 52-year old communist insurgency. 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Muslim produces 70 percent of total economic is at stake. po ce force was caugh on soc a a recession could rage The obs po cy ha P es den Du e e o aw And he s cha man o a po ca pa y ed by police officers themselves or by killers 3 Unpreceden ed human r gh s v o a ons from the military and the police, than any ro ed Corpora ons (GCG) 52 yea d commun s nsu gency Mus m ngest and severa high of 17 percent to just 1.6 percent p e can ge emp oyed when h s pandem c Duterte may not know it but he down of whatever form or acronym—and ions and deaths could have • Laws on culture in the life of the nation; a p o ec ve equ pmen se s and COV D 19 Duterte himself added 14 quarters of growth own – he onges and seve without thehose you can win easing ardnot Maitland sharply ob s xprepared m on pe o same hethousand.” adu popu ashou on Bu MMDA included in thelockdowns, list and submitted the one-meter soc generals, thegenerals, Duterte administration has not of Trustees. project are violations. only stop-gap measures to alleper a hundred thousand.” oneper place atothe time), Duterte refused ob ess—unde mos seve e aand ong human rights Critics say hesystemic killed This is the problem ishenot asuccessor—without systemic your the Duterte administration has well into ance Act ofclude 2011) mandat SO acen hundred has adop ghoemployment away no be an This isby because the problem issto not toMore 50 percent during amon state sa“demok sbreakfas a could eeonoarage he wa pa h 2021. mapar kedpa by ama other president before him. thanca 45terro has adop ghydends! away shou dGCG no be an ance Act of The latest suggest that or around 4,000 We achieved almost full durDuterte pick his • the The Cultural Center offthe Philippines sthe sb alegal edeaths. onrequirements he wa hbecause ked acanpeople’s r. has seven months. ha sofrecession sebefore ko”? es k has s awa ded oproduction Pha ma n is mhome d2021 2020 an election. 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Simply, director be appoint es ockdown n he wo d Boa d o T us ees 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 EU member the population. how the government disBoa d o T us ees o Ph Hea and un ess star-rank officers occupy cabinet and civilment as a contraction or a cyclical bust. Simply, necesnew phenomenon—su c de bombe s dewhich The emeInternational gency emp oymen Fo legally su e appoint Gierran a memworsen director shaom allby COVID-19 casesDBM some 1.3 to phenomenon—su 3.5appointed million cases, ingand his an unprecedented as to whether that guy is isa agenithepresidency, Philippine Conven-scheme omic production new cof bombe s pervasive The dent cannot butsays what people wrote the problem. Gierran can be as a ockdown member of regard ocentheof econom c pasoduc on drugs Lao PS headIcampa A he gnmehas he a so SEE What ispo essential and urgent longn ed by he Pres den as a member of he the illegal drugs curse. less corrupt than past administrations. * * * han 50 gues s (desp e s r c prostates average 31 deaths, UK 70, Spain 61, July 2016, he stumbled into the greatest and Authorities admit to 7,000 deaths during o he Na ona D sys em wh ch he cou d pe cen o Me o Man a s adu popu a on by he v c ous ega from a short-list prepared sary mobility restrictions hamper aggregate he Boa d ecommended h s appo n men o he anks o he unemp oyed can on y wo s 2020. less corrupt than past administrations. S Econom c P ann ng Sec e a y Ka states average 31 deaths, UK 70,when Spain 61, ian positions in thecontracted government.by 53.5 he aBoa d hamper ecommended h s appo n men o Economists incumbent President eThe severe or critical. Our morhe anks osay hethat unemp oyed can on Board y wo sof Trustees, much more as a there shor sary mobility restrictions aggregate PNP has pPNP ed s anbepnsu 68,000 would severe andbudge critical achievement. us, a Let technocrat, nincompoop, or tion Center. me quote Justice Manuel “Lolong” ber of the be recovered ed gency an nsu gency budge offrom Philheal Mark my words, the Board of has Trustees? biznewsasia@gmail.com term jobs policy to prevent amany bigger probLazaro said th ernhper@yahoo com CHARLIE V. Tha canno beincon ecove ed n e Investments 2020 ac s we s gned Pha ma quarter y wasdominance Human Rights Watch says ofeven thePh57, When chief ofothe thehad national capital’s longest economic expansion insorthe country’s Sweden and 52. 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Any numbers that are Commission g hand, ven his atm one of h scent ma fa vetests demand.” ySection ng sher cases the peak which willGovernovergulay! unemployment hits 5he percent, ameant So today, the people must grown to about 32,000 average daily Insofar as Martial law is52. concerned, it isknow Begun inof expansion a 4.2COVID-19 cases in the Lazaro, who was the Government Corpo13ngs RA 10149 (GOCC lem poverty. agn wo y 1999, ng gn LITO ministrations have used has own oures—mass abou 32 000 ave age da history—70 yng es s on mine whet 27,000 are “vigilante-style killings perpetratconsecutive quarters of growth. police was caught ons the social media MANALO 3. human rights (GC Thus bethey oeconomists eduring G e more an be appo n“The edbe aslyappo many s many othat come the Duterte administration hasinvestnot 5p Codd Government economists projected ousand.” ncome am esng oon have bank accoun The na ona cap aviolations on accoun s oforce 32police Thus be oee ehe GDuterte, eas an can nUnprecedented edyea asneeding force caught social media percent in the nd deploy it rtogh whoever yea segoits 3. human rights violations trolled Corp Take note that GCG can in- a trolled of thisCorporations nonsense. ance Act of mandates that anm appointing nc uded ncan sera. prepared and subm ed aced he House Comm on op whelm healthcare sector.” eas ng he one-me er ow soc abefore dwas anc prongour he po ce he ary My gulay, ifearlier there’s one element missing, Government earlier projected everyone awithout job has acome job. It’s decide—do want of orUnprecedented needless to say proclamarate Counsel the Marcos this one ace aincrease he same me) Du erand e refused Dominguez 5o2011) Codd ng oand he po ce he mPby ary classified “homicides under investigation.” s nguez v (August).” o a generals, ons Cr csfirst he “Private k ednor sought to destroy or c h s itself Augus ”sayhalf. ed police officers themselves orApp by killers fold in14 the size of Philippine econoeosa 100,000, yhuman Ca os Dom Duterte himself added quarters of growth having birthday party with more this law, Under esor den and CEO otoweek Ph Hea hoaccidenhe mus office. What has Duterte president, Wh ea he Pa strong es den may have sunder gned na obreakfast proven anyinmore anyinper the EU asix recovery ofless, 7 it’s percent to 8Ppercent percent in GDP clude your name in shortlist for appointes den and CEO Ph Hea hmade he mus They say the ideaGierr was mentBANAYO slumped Q2 competent with outlays for e wants tomoney send it.member director shall be appointed by the President Wh e NCR he Pstrong es den may have shaving gned oothe an breakfast birthday party with more wo ack he vacc ne o ou and h ee th Under pe cen o o a GDP s unde MECQ— an urgent and lasting jobs policy. SanWhat has made Duterte a president, “What we find in the last months, like having factory running at 95 pernone at all? tion, the Philippines could now be Du e e has emp oyed mo e gene a s beneficiaries of the February 1986 a recovery of 7 8 percent in GDP a ons on Aug 26 as o backs op Adds Dominguez: “Without the lockdown, w much by he GCG o he Pres den Bu he Pres oblivion, notwithstandin Du e e has emp oyed mo e gene a s oco n pub c ranspor To me wou d linked to the authorities.” Adds Dom nguez “W hou he ockdown before it went negative in the first quarter of ma e how much money o f re he err ng genera Aside from the drugs war killings, the more han 27 000 n he gu se of e m na ng pointed by the President be s appo n ed as a membe o he Boa d less corrupt than past administrations. than 50 guests (despite strict lockdown proaw Bayan han 2 he b ons a o ed o h s my (from $72.2 billion in 1998 to $304.9 bil1 deaths, UK 70, Spain 61, the vicious illegal drugs campaign, has also ment as a member of the Board of Trustees and drivers of public utit from a short-list prepared bycethe Governance growth rate in 2021. That is now overly optibe s appo n ed as a membe o he Boa d ta Banana, I foresee a bleak future for the dustrial machinery and transport equipse powers—control of the aw Bayan han 2 he b ons a o ed o h s My gula pointed by than 50 guests (despite strict lockdown prothe vicious illegal drugs campaign, has also mon o ayuda cash a d om he gove nmen he Leve 2 o ockdown as s ha o he is that the lower quarantine restriction cent capacity. Duterte has imposed the longest and communist rule. The communists were tal event of time, place and personalities, om he m a y and he po han any growth rate in 2021. That is now overly optithe rate of infections and deaths could have he adm n s a on s eco d P5 024 on edented achievements f Authorities admit to 7,000 deaths during conomies, their om he m a y and he po ce han any 2020. he a e o n ec ons and dea hs cou d have n o he econom es he den canno ega y appo n G erran a memworsen he prob em Board of Trustees of When the chief of the national capital’s o T us ees of Philhealth, the GCG first needs to deterpofoin ec aover e 2020, on smore op gap measu es a egatherings he 52. rior and Governme hibiting or ina e people Commission for Government-owned or-ConPhilippines without any assurance that peogiven him one his failures—massive oaAny T and us ees Human Rights Watch has also noted the mistic. 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Critics say he killed Wha s a e he ega equ emen s be o e v a e he peop e s needs construction 46.8 percent lower,” says directing taxpayers included in recession could rage well into 2021. place they same Duterte economy helped bring back econojobs.” people lost their jobs—“largely in more six months now from March ment, media, academe, labor anda even thekilled barrage of adverse publicity to efface Preshuman violations. Critics say he bDsznewsas a@gma com classified aswith “homicides under afold ank omiddle-income sthe occupy cab ccab vbene politically motivated detention of most Human Rapackage gh sover Wa says many ofa he recession could rage well 2021. 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COVID-19 cases he ry as aThe resu Mr. President, theato lockdowns. services—mainly trade, ac2020. And what dowar get clergy. The Supreme Court recognized tosnfire thecoun erring general. ident Marcos the tapestry of history. Aside from the drugs killings, thethan more than 27,000 in thestransport, guise ofaneliminating ons n pos he gove nmen my (from $72.2 billion inlift 1998 $304.9 bilWhen the came to power inoSenator eloquently that “good dee inacthe country are severe ora critical. Our morConc udes Ka GCQ gene a commun y qua ne d sp ac My gulay, it’s a long process! 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Any numbers above that are him, and his achievements and sough ohoff des oy oorepo cons gn Ma cos He added “We have ev gywill ow ho home,” Begun in 1999, theperforexpansion meant acases 4.2cers themselves by killers president inwas terms ofmo economic vision andshor fore the campaign. 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US military completes Afghan withdrawal K ABUL —The US military has completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan to end a brutal 20-year war—one that started and ended with the hardline Islamist Taliban in power, despite billions of dollars spent trying to rebuild the conflictwracked country.

Celebratory gunfire rang out in Kabul in the early hours of Tuesday and elated senior Taliban officials hailed the event as a watershed moment. The withdrawal came after the fraught Manila final days of a frantic mission to evacuate Standard tens of thousands TODAYof Americans and Afghans who had helped the US-led war effort -- and

which left scores of Afghans and 13 US troops dead in a suicide attack last week. That attack -- claimed by the Islamic State’s Afghan offshoot -- gave edgy urgency to the risky US-led international airlift from Kabul, and also revealed the possible troubles ahead for Afghanistan as the Taliban move to form a government and actually rule. The withdrawal came before the end of August 31, the actual deadline set by President Joe Biden to call time on America’s longest war—one that ultimately claimed the lives of more than 2,400 US servicemembers. “I’m here to announce the completion of our withdrawal from Afghanistan and the end of the military mission to evacuate American citizens,” US General Kenneth McKenzie told reporters Monday Washington time. “Tonight’s withdrawal signifies both Manila the end of the militaryStandard component of the evacuation but also the end of TODAY the nearly 20-year mission that began in Afghanistan

shortly after September 11th, 2001.” The final flight left at 1929 GMT Monday —just before the start of Tuesday in Kabul, he said. Biden said he would address the nation on Tuesday in Washington. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said Afghanistan had “gained full independence” with the US withdrawal, and Anas Haqqani, a senior Taliban official, said he was “proud” to witness “these historic moments”. AFP correspondents in the city heard celebratory gunfire from several Taliban checkpoints, as well as the cheers of fighters manning security posts in the green zone. The return to power a fortnight ago of the Taliban movement, which was toppled in 2001 when the United States invaded in retaliation for the carnage on 9/11, triggered a massive exodus of people who fear a new version of hardline Islamist rule. AFP

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LAST MAN OUT. In this handout image courtesy of the US Central Command Public Affairs, Major General Chris Donahue, commander of the US Army 82nd Airborne Division, XVIII Airborne Corps, boards a C-17 cargo plane at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on August 30. Donahue is the final American service member to depart Afghanistan, as it closes the US mission to evacuate American citizens, Afghan Special Immigrant Visa applicants, and vulnerable Afghans. AFP

WHO sounds alarm over COVID deaths in Europe COPENHAGEN—The World Health warned Monday that 236,000 more people could die from Covid in Europe by December, sounding the alarm over rising infections and stagnating vaccine rates across the continent. The warning came as the world passed the grim milestone of 4.5 million deaths from Covid since the start of the pandemic, according to an AFP tally Monday. Infections rates are ticking up globally again, as the highly transmissible Delta variant takes hold -- especially among the unvaccinated -- preying on populations where anti-virus measures have been relaxed. In South Africa, scientists are monitoring a new coronavirus variant with an unusually high mutation rate. The National Institute for Communicable Diseases said Monday that C.1.2. can mutate almost twice as fast as other

global variants Its frequency remains relatively low, however, and it has so far been found in under three percent of genomes sequenced since it was first picked up in May -- although this has increased from 0.2 to two percent last month. But it has been detected in all South Africa’s provinces, as well as in China, Britain, New Zealand, and Mauritius. In another sign of renewed concern, the European Union on Monday recommended that member states reimpose travel restrictions on US tourists over rising covid infections in the country. “Israel, Kosovo, Lebanon, Montenegro, the Republic of North Macedonia and the United States of America were removed from the list,” said a statement from the European Council, which represents the bloc’s 27 governments. AFP

IN BRIEF Hurricane Ida death toll seen to soar

NEW ORLEANS—The death toll from Hurricane Ida was expected to climb “considerably,” Louisiana’s governor warned Monday, as rescuers combed through the “catastrophic” damage wreaked as it tore through the southern United States as a Category 4 storm. The city of New Orleans was still without power almost 24 hours after Ida slammed into the Louisiana coast, exactly 16 years to the day Hurricane Katrina made landfall, wreaking deadly havoc. “The biggest concern is we’re still doing search and rescue and we have individuals all across southeast Louisiana... who are in a bad place,” Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards told the Today show Monday morning. One death has been confirmed so far but Edwards said he expected the toll “to go up considerably.” Images of people being plucked from flooded cars and pictures of destroyed homes surfaced on social media, while the damage in New Orleans itself remained limited. Branches, broken glass, and other debris littered New Orleans’s downtown, while in the touristy French Quarter, a number of trees were uprooted. AFP

Japan defense arm seeks $50-b budget

TOKYO—Japan’s defense ministry on Tuesday unveiled a $50 billion budget request as the country keeps military spending at record levels in the face of growing threats from China and North Korea. The military budget has been rising steadily for about a decade, and the defense ministry’s latest request warns that “the security environment surrounding our country is increasingly severe.” The ministry is asking for 5.48 trillion yen ($50 billion) in the fiscal year from April 2022, up from the 5.3 trillion yen that was eventually approved for the ongoing year to March. The figure is slightly down though from the amount the ministry initially requested last year, a record 5.49 trillion yen. The budget request envisions Japan building five military ships and a submarine and purchasing 12 F-35 fighter jets. The ministry also said it aims to boost the nation’s defensive capabilities in space and cybersecurity. Tokyo’s military readiness is mainly concerned with growing threats from Beijing and Pyongyang, said Hideshi Takesada, a defense expert and visiting professor at Takushoku University. AFP

Bank robbers strap hostages to cars

SAO PAULO—Heavily armed gangsters strapped hostages to their getaway cars after robbing two banks in Brazil, in a rampage that left three people dead, police and reports said Monday. Using explosives, drones and heavy weapons, the assailants took over downtown streets in the southeastern city of Aracatuba, home to some 200,000 people. After robbing two banks, they made their escape by strapping hostages to the roofs and hoods of moving cars, according to shocking images broadcast by local news channels. Two civilians and one of the bank robbers were killed during the assault, which left at least six injured, according to police. The assailants placed explosives in different parts of the city and surrounded some police stations to delay the arrival of reinforcements. They wore “bulletproof vests, rifles and helmets,” and looked like soldiers, a witness who asked not to be identified told Globo TV. “The scenes of terror experienced by the population of Aracatuba will not go unpunished,” vowed Sao Paulo governor Joao Doria, who ordered a task force of 380 police officers to hunt the gang down. AFP

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HE stock market rose Tuesday in heavy trading, tracking another record Wall Street close and ignoring soaring daily COVID-19 cases in the country.

MUNICH MOTOR SHOW. Employees work on an outside exhibition area for the upcoming 2021 IAA motor show, in the city of Munich, southern Germany, on August 30, 2021. The IAA motor show will take place in Munich, southern Germany, from September 7, 2021 until September 12, 2021. AFP

HK keeps ‘zero-COVID’ strategy, travel restrictions HONG KONG—Hong Kong’s leader doubled down on her zero-COVID strategy on Tuesday, brushing off growing pushback from the business community over the city’s indefinite international isolation. The European Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong wrote a rare open letter to Chief Executive Carrie Lam earlier this month warning that the finance hub’s business reputation was at risk and residents were “indefinitely trapped.” But Lam said there are no plans to change course, reinforcing concerns that there is no current end in sight to travel restrictions. “Now the most important defense is to prevent importation of cases as far as

possible,” Lam told reporters. She also said normalizing transit with the Chinese mainland would be prioritized over global travel, even as chief regional rival Singapore prepares to live with the coronavirus and open up to the world. “The more you relax on the overseas arrivals, the less you will have a chance to go into the mainland,” she told reporters. Lam said she believed most international businesses also favored reopening mainland China travel first. “Yes international businesses want to travel, they want to travel to the mainland, they want to travel back to their home countries and all over the world,”

she said. “But the most important advantage of Hong Kong is being the gateway into mainland China because that’s a huge market.” Her comments will be welcome news for those with businesses in China, but little comfort to those international companies that choose Hong Kong for its regional access, low taxes, legal system and financial services. China has also shown little appetite for relaxing its own strict travel restrictions, including to Hong Kong. Local media in Hong Kong this week said mainland Chinese officials will keep restrictions tight until at least after the 2022 Winter Olympics. AFP

The Philippine Stock Exchange Index gained 68.82 points, or 1 percent, to 6,855.44 on a value turnover of P14.8 billion. Losers, however, outnumbered gainers, 120 to 65, with 55 issues unchanged. Aboitiz Power Corp. of the Aboitiz Group advanced 6.9 percent to P28, while International Container Terminal Services Inc. of tycoon Enrique Razon Jr., the biggest port operator, increased 4.6 percent to P186.10. Universal Robina Corp. of the Gokongwei Group, the largest snack maker, climbed 4.4 percent to P150.80, while SM Investments Corp. of the Sy Group rose 3.5 percent to P1,009. The rest of Asian Mmarkets rose in Asia on Tuesday, as investors overcame early selling pressure sparked by data indicating China’s economic recovery had been slowed down by an outbreak of the fast-spreading Delta COVID variant. The positive energy stoked by a pledge from Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell to be cautious in withdrawing the bank’s vast financial support appeared to Manila have dissipated at the open, replaced by fresh concerns over Standard Beijing’s crackdown TODAY on private enterprises and the ever-present specter of

Uncertain fate looms for Bangkok station hawkers built after the Japanese invasion of Thailand during World War II, local train enthusiast Wisarut Bholsithi told AFP. A bomb hit the vault during an Allied air raid and killed all those taking shelter inside, he added. At its pre-pandemic peak, the station handled 37 million passengers each year, according to the State Railway of Thailand. Authorities plan to turn the station into a train museum—coupled with commercial space—as a way to preserve the building’s heritage. Less clear is what the future holds for the small community of homeless who sleep rough around the station, relying on donations from a dwindling number of passing travelers to survive. “Right now I don’t have enough food to eat every day, I drink water to ward off hunger,” said Nares Kaysao, who has been homeless for 20 years. “I don’t know what will happen when there are no passengers.” AFP This photo taken on August 27, 2021 shows the Bangkok Railway Station, more commonly known as Hua Lamphong, in Bangkok. The vast majority of services of the station at Hua Lamphong will move to a new rail hub on the capital’s northern outskirts later this year, with plans for eventual fast services to China through neighboring Laos. AFP

By Lisa Martin and Pathom Sangwongwanich BANGKOK, Thailand—An uncertain fate awaits the hawkers, drivers and rough sleepers who have made a second home under the ornate arched ceiling of Bangkok’s century-old central railway station. The elegant Italianate columns and stained glass windows of the station at Hua Lamphong will soon echo no more to the constant rattle of trains arriving and departing. The vast majority of services will move to a new rail hub on the capital’s northern outskirts later this year, with plans for eventual fast services to China through neighboring Laos. The coronavirus pandemic has already bought a year’s reprieve for the current station, near the city’s Chinatown district—its replacement is almost finished but currently being used as a vaccination center. But movement restrictions and a lack of foreign visitors have crippled the kingdom’s tourism-dependent economy and the dozens of people eking out a living are already feeling the pinch. “We have to be very frugal—I’m using my savings to cover living expenses,” said Boonkerd Khampakdi, who has sold food to hungry travelers at the station for the past 20 years. The 51-year-old told AFP she now makes only 1,000 baht ($30) per day, a tenth of what she made before the pandemic and barely enough to cover monthly rent for her stall. Nearby, tuk-tuk driver Wutthisak Inthawat waits patiently for what few potential fares pass through the station’s entrance. He said it had been increasingly difficult to cover the hire fees for his vehicle, pay rent and feed his family. “I have two young daughters—a three and nine-year-old,” said Wutthisak, 34. “If I can’t manage to pay off my debts I will have to return to my home province.” ‘Grandiose and austere’ The long platforms and languid atmosphere of the Hua Lamphong station have long imbued an element of romance to rail travel in Thailand. It was a crowning achievement for Italian architect Mario Tamagno, who worked extensively in Thailand at the turn of the century and whose blueprints drew inspiration from the Frankfurt central station in Germany, built near the end of the 19th century. “The structure itself is quite imposing, in that neo-Renaissance style and it’s quite ornate and almost grandiose and austere in a way,” said Dave Kendall, the former host of travel TV show Destination Thailand. Work on the terminal began in 1910 and the first train rolled into the station six years later. The fountain that now greets visitors at the station’s main entrance sits at the site of what was once a 100-person bunker

the coronavirus. Tokyo and Seoul rose more than one percent, while Shanghai, Sydney, Wellington, Taipei, Mumbai and Bangkok were also well up. Hong Kong also reversed heavy morning selling after China announced rules allowing under-18s to only play their computer games for three hours a week, saying it wanted to curb what it called an addiction. The day got off to a weak start after China released figures showing activity in the services industry contracted last month for the first time since February 2020. Authorities imposed strict travel restrictions on swathes of the country this month to contain its worst outbreak of COVID since the initial pandemic with dozens of cities affected and tens of millions of people subject to containment measures. The moves saw flights cancelled and tourist spots closed while events were called off in a bid to nip the flare-up in the bud. The “data again reflected the outsized and asymmetric shock on the service sector from COVID-related restrictions,” Liu Peiqian, at Natwest Markets, said. With AFP

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To All Stockholders: Notice is hereby given that the ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETING (“ASM”) OF FONTANA RESORT & COUNTRY CLUB, INC., will be held on the 27th day of September 2021, 10:30 am, through ZOOM VIDEOCONFERENCING in accordance with the approved Internal Procedure as sanctioned by SEC Memorandum Order No. 6-2020, with the following agenda: 1. 2. 3. 4.

Call to order Certification of service of notice and existence of quorum Approval of the Minutes of the Last Stockholders Meeting dated 28 September 2020. Annual Report of the General Manager including presentation of the Highlights of the Club’s Financial Condition for Fiscal Year 2020. 5. Approval of Chairman’s Annual Report and ratification of all other acts and resolutions of the Board of Directors and Management from the previous Stockholders’ Meeting on 28 September 2020. 6. Election of Five (5) directors, inclusive of two (2) independent directors 7. Appointment of External Auditor 8. New Business 9. Other Matters a. Approval and Ratification of the Club’s Related Party Transactions 10. Adjournment

Stockholders of record as of the close of business on 30 August 2021 are entitled to notice of and to vote at such meeting. The stock and transfer book of the Company will be closed from 01 to 15 September 2021. Registration for the attendance on the 27 September 2021 ASM shall commence from 01 to 15 September 2021 by emailing the following information to legal@fontana.com.ph.

For individual stockholders: (a) Complete Name (Last Name, First Name, Middle Name); (b) Birth Date; (c) Address; (d) Mobile Number; (e) Email Address; (f) Current photograph of the Stockholder, with the face fully visible (in PDF or JPEG format); and (g) Valid government-issued ID exhibiting the signature of the Stockholder (in PDF or JPEG format). For corporate stockholders: (a) SEC/DTI Registered Name; (b) Address; (c) Mobile Number/ Phone Number; (d) Email Address; (e) Complete Name (Last Name, First Name, Middle Name) of the individual authorized to cast the vote for the account (the “Authorized Voter”); (f) Current photograph of the individual authorized to cast the vote for the account (the “Authorized Voter”); (g) Valid government-issued ID of the Authorized Voter exhibiting his or her signature (uploaded in PDF or JPEG format); and (h) A scanned copy of the Secretary’s Certificate or other valid authorization in favor of the Authorized Voter (uploaded in PDF or JPEG format) If you do not expect to attend the ASM, you may execute the sample proxy form which can be viewed and downloaded from the Company’s website at http://www.fontana.com.ph/2021-asm/ and send the executed PROXY FORM to the Corporate Secretary at legal@fontana.com.ph on or before 15 September 2021. Include in the said registration email the information required for the individual stockholders and the information of the proxy such as the following: (a) Complete Name of authorized Proxy (Last Name, First Name, Middle Name); (b) Birthdate; (c) Address; (d) Mobile Number/Phone Number; (e) Email Address; (f) Current photograph of the Proxy, with the face fully visible (uploaded in PDF or JPEG format); (g) Valid government-issued ID of the Proxy exhibiting his or her signature (uploaded in PDF or JPEG format). Upon verification, the Company shall send a reply email confirming the identity of the said individual or corporation/organization as a stockholder of the Company and its respective current shareholding as of the same date, together with the voting ballot for (i) approval of the items in the Agenda requiring stockholders’ approval, and (ii) election of the members of the Board of Directors, including the Independent Directors for CY2021.

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Bangko Sentral expects higher August inflation THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said Tuesday inflation in August likely accelerated from 4 percent in July on the back of higher prices of electricity, liquefied petroleum gas and food. It said in a statement the August inflation was expected to settle within a range of 4.1 percent to 4.9 percent. “Higher prices for LPG, Meralco electricity and key food items along with the depreciation of the peso are sources of upward price pressures during the month. These could be offset in part by the decline in domestic petroleum and rice prices,” the BSP said. Inflation in July decelerated to a seven-month low of 4.0 percent from 4.1 percent in June, pulled down by lower annual increases in the transport and alcoholic beverages and tobacco indices. The July inflation was still faster than the 2.7 percent a year ago. Inflation in the first seven months averaged 4.4 percent, beyond the target range of 2 percent to 4 percent. BSP Governor Benjamin Diokno earlier said monetary authorities remained ready to deploy appropriate monetary policy tools to safeguard price and financial stability objectives. He said maintaining the accommodative monetary policy stance for as long as necessary would support the economy’s recovery amid the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Citing latest developments, Diokno said global inflation picked up in 2021 but the nature of recent price pressures was largely transitory. He said the recent rise in global inflation was largely influenced by pandemicinduced changes in spending patterns, increased commodity prices, temporary demand-pull price pressures and base effects. He said the latest BSP baseline forecasts indicated that inflation could settle close to the high-end of government’s target range at 4.1 percent and close to the midpoint of the target at 3.1 percent for 2022 and 3.1 percent for 2023. Julito G. Rada

AC Energy gets endorsement to sell green bonds By Alena Mae S. Flores AC ENERGY Corp., a unit of the Ayala Group, said Tuesday its executive committee approved the issuance of green bonds as part of its $1.5-billion medium-term note program. AC Energy said in a disclosure to the stock exchange the committee, in its meeting on Aug. 27, authorized wholly-owned subsidiary ACEN Finance Limited to issue senior guaranteed undated notes to be listed on the Singapore Exchange. “The size and terms of which shall be fixed at a later date. The committee also authorized ACEN to guarantee the notes,” the company said. The notes will be part of the company’s $1.5-billion medium-term note program that was granted an approval in principle by the SGX on Aug. 26. AC Energy launched the notes on Aug. 31. “ACEN’s Green Bond Framework is in accordance with the Green Bond Principles issued by the International Capital Markets Association,” the company said. The Securities and Exchange Commission last week confirmed that the notes complied with the requirements under the ASEAN Green Bonds Circular and qualified as an ASEAN Green Bond Issuance. The executive committee of AC Energy also approved the joint venture with ib vogt Singapore Pte Ltd. for the development of solar projects in the Philippines with an initial target of 300 megawatts of generating capacity. The Singapore unit is an affiliate of ib vogt GmbH, a German company focused on developing and delivering high-quality large-scale turnkey photovoltaic plants worldwide. The executive committee also approved a capital expenditures budget for the AC Energy’s proposed 288-megawatt solar project in Buguey and Lal-lo, Cagayan and a capex budget for the proposed 275-MW expansion of its Gigasol Palauig solar project in Zambales.

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Gov’t debt soared by P444b in July to hit record P11.61t By Julito G. Rada

HE outstanding debt of the national government jumped P444 billion, or 4 percent, in July to a record P11.61 trillion from the previous month, on peso depreciation and net availment of both domestic and external debt, the Bureau of the Treasury said Tuesday. Data showed 30.1 percent of the total debt stock was secured externally and 69.9 percent in domestic borrowings. Data from the Treasury showed government debt on a year-on-year basis, added P2.446 trillion, or 26.7 percent, from P9.164 trillion registered a year ago. Domestic debt rose P1.863 trillion, or 29.8 percent, from P6.256 trillion in July 2020 while external debt increased P583 billion or 20.1 percent from P2.907 trillion. The Treasury said total outstanding debt from the start of 2021,climbed P1.82 trillion, or 18.53 percent, as the government secured funding for CO-

VID-19 response efforts. Domestic debt amounted to P8.12 trillion in July, up by P181.04 billion or 2.3 percent from the end-June 2021 level as a result of the net issuance of government securities. “Growth in domestic obligations amounts to P1.42 trillion or 21.28 percent from the beginning of the year owing to heightened financing requirements,” the Treasury said. The external debt of the government reached P3.49 trillion, up by P263.39 billion, or 8.2 percent, from the previous month. “The net availment of foreign loans added P159.34 billion, including

P146.17 billion from the issuance of USD global bonds,” the Treasury said. The peso depreciated to P50.223 against the US dollar as of end-July from P48.704 against the greenback in June. Meanwhile, the impact of both local- and third-currency exchange fluctuations against the US dollar added P100.66 billion and P3.39 billion, respectively. The government’s external debt increased by P390.55 billion, or 12.6 percent, from the end-December 2020 level. Total government guaranteed obligations increased by P5.70 billion or 1.3 percent month-on-month to P444.30 billion as of end-July. The higher level of guaranteed debt was due to the impact of local- and thirdcurrency exchange rate fluctuations against the US dollar amounting to P6.07 billion and P1.25 billion, respectively. The government raised more borrowings this year as the budget deficit swelled to P837.3 billion in the first seven months, after incurring a shortfall of P1.371 trillion in 2020.

PSE INDEX CLOSING Tuesday, August 31, 2021

68.82 PTS. 6,855.44

TOTAL VOLUME

2,923,226,377

TOTAL TRADES TOTAL VALUE

126,954 14,854,407,691.41

ADVANCES

DECLINES UNCHANGED

120 55

F oreign e xchange r ate Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas • TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2021

Currency

Unit

US Dollar

Peso

United States

Dollar

1.000000

50.0400

Japan

Yen

0.009101

0.4554

Pound

1.375800

68.8450

Hong Kong

Dollar

0.128431

6.4267

Switzerland

Franc

1.090750

54.5811

Canada

Dollar

0.793525

39.7080

Singapore

Dollar

0.743384

37.1989

Australia

Dollar

0.729400

36.4992

Bahrain

Dinar

2.652590

132.7356

Saudi Arabia

Rial

0.266631

13.3422

Brunei

Dollar

0.740631

37.0612

Indonesia

Rupiah

0.000070

0.0035

Thailand

Baht

0.030794

1.5409

UAE

Dirham

0.272272

13.6245

Euro

1.180000

59.0472

Korea

Won

0.000858

0.0429

China

Yuan

0.154629

7.7376

India

Rupee

0.013644

0.6827

Malaysia

Ringgit

0.240674

12.0433

New Zealand

Dollar

0.699500

35.0030

Taiwan

Dollar

0.036063

1.8046 Source: BSP

IN BRIEF Cebu Pacific resumes Manila-HK flights today CEBU Pacific said Tuesday said it will resume direct flights to Hong Kong from Manila beginning September 1, 2021. The airline of the Gokongwei Group said it plans to fly six times weekly (daily except Saturdays) for the month of September. CEB has been gradually rebuilding its international network as it answers the need for more flights to carry essential travelers. “There is latent travel demand and we remain cautiously optimistic as we boost operations where it is needed most. We continue to listen to our passengers and we do all that we can to address their needs while we remain committed to prioritize everyjuan’s health and safety,” said Xander Lao, chief commercial officer. Passengers bound for Hong Kong must complete the HKG Department of Health Online Declaration form and bring with them a negative RT-PCR test result conducted within 72 hours before the scheduled time of departure. Darwin G. Amojelar

Apolllo Global raises P988m from share sale

WATERSHED PROTECTION. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources puts up rice mills, a virgin coconut oil facility and a multi-commodity solar dryer as part of a project protecting the watershed around Wahig Inabanga River in Bohol. Wahig Inabanga is the largest and most important river in Central Visayas, and is recognized as a watershed reservation under Proclamation No. 468.

Singapore group offers to acquire 5.7% of First Gen for P6.76b PHILIPPINES Clean Energy Holding Inc., controlled by Valorous Asia Holdings Pte. Ltd. of Singapore, offered to acquire up to 5.7 percent of First Gen Corp.’s outstanding common shares at P33 per share, or for a total of P6.765 billion. First Gen said in a disclosure to the stock exchange Tuesday it received from PCEHI a tender offer report to acquire by way of secondary sale from existing shareholders a minimum of 107,897,265 issued and outstanding common shares representing 3 percent. It also received an offer to buy up to 205,000,000 issued and outstanding common shares representing a maximum of 5.7 percent of the total issued and outstanding common shares of the corporation at P33.00 per common share. “The bidder is acquiring the tender offer shares for investment purposes. The bidder intends to continuously review its investment,” the tender offer read. Valorous, a Singapore entity, owns 12.59 percent of First Gen. It is led by

KKR Asia Pacific Infrastructure Holdings Pte. Ltd. Valorous is advised by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P., which is in turn a subsidiary of KKR & Co. Inc., a global investment firm that offers alternative asset management and capital markets and insurance solutions whose shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. KKR sponsors investment funds that invest in private equity, credit and real assets and has strategic partners that manage hedge funds. KKR invested over $1 billion in the Philippines since 2018. First Philippine Holdings Corp. of the Lopez Group owns majority of First Gen at 67.8 percent, while company officers and directors own 0.86 percent. Public ownership is at 18.74 percent, based on the company’s public ownership report as of June 30. The tender offer will start at 9 a.m. on Sept. 1, 2021 and end at 12 p.m. on Sept. 29, 2021. It provides shareholders

of First Gen the opportunity to sell their common shares and realize their investment, in cash, at a premium to the current trading price of the common shares. The tender offer price represents a 16.61 percent premium over the last closing share price on Aug. 26 of P28.30, a 17.08-percent premium over the one-month volume weighted average price of the company’s common shares and 15.69 percent premium over the 12-month VWAP. VWAP is calculated by dividing the total value of shares traded in that particular period, by the total number of shares traded during that period. The bidder said that in the event that the tender offer is successfully completed, it may acquire common shares in an amount sufficient to allow KKR, together with 12.59 percent previously purchased through a voluntary tender offer by its affiliate Valorous in 2020, to nominate and elect a director to the board of First Gen. Alena Mae S. Flores

OFFSHORE mining firm Apollo Global Capital Inc. has successfully raised P988 million from a share sale. Apollo Global on Tuesday listed 12.35 billion common shares that were sold to investors at an offering price of P0.08 apiece Apollo Global plans to use net proceeds from the offering to acquire a 49-percent stake in Poet Blue Ocean, a special purpose vehicle, which owns the MB Siphon I vessel that will be used for the offshore mining activities of JDVC Resources Corp. The company will also allocate a portion of the proceeds to purchase environmental and ecological mitigating measures, equipment and insurance, as well as for general corporate purposes. Formed in 1998, Apollo Global, formerly known as Yehey! Corp., engaged in the business of internet-related products. In 2016, it changed it company’s change and primary purpose to that of a holding company. The company is currently invested in JDVC, which is undertaking a large-scale offshore mining project off the coast of Cagayan in the Cagayan Sea. Jenniffer B. Austria

URC products top consumer brands GLOBAL consulting firm Kantar has named segment-leading products made by Universal Robina Corp. among the “most chosen consumer brands across Asia” amid a shift in consumer behavior as a result of challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. It named Payless instant noodles as the Philippines’ “fastest-rising brand.” The brand reached 2.3 million more homes last year. “Payless’ proposition played a large part in its success,” Kantar said. “Positioning the brand as value for money, yet still delicious, is proving to be a winning formula for Payless.” Great Taste, meanwhile, was among the Philippines’ most chosen brands in the beverage sector as instant coffee, like instant noodles, remains a household staple, especially now. The coffee brand also ranked 13th in the most chosen fast-moving consumer brands in the country. Kantar cited snacking brands Nova and Piattos as among the “fastest risers” and most chosen food brands. Nova reached 1.1 million more homes last year.

SMC sees airport project as first green city By Darwin G. Amojelar

CONVERGE’S ASSISTANCE. Fiber internet service provider Converge ICT Solutions Inc. teams up with the Department of Trade and Industry and the local government units in the towns of Camarines Norte and Camarines Sur by providing free fiber-powered internet and tents at the venues of the Diskwento Caravan. The DTI Diskwento Caravan ensures the basic necessities are priced in accordance with or lower than the suggested retail prices. The Converge Bicol team joins DTI Camarines Norte officer-in-charge Christie Rivera, DTI consumer protection division head Alvin Sayno and Vinzons Mayor Eleonor Segundo during the Diskwento Caravan in Vinzons.

SAN Miguel Corp. sees its airport and aerocity project in Bulakan, Bulacan as sliver lining amid the challenges the country is facing because of the global pandemic. “I want to emphasize to our countrymen that what we are building is more than just an international gateway with four runways, with an infrastructure network to connect it directly to Metro Manila and many other points in Luzon. The airport is just one component— what we’re building is the Philippines’ first truly green city of the future,” said SMC president and chief operating officer Ramon Ang. “We see this project as a silver lining amid all the difficulties we face today because of the pandemic. All Filipinos are looking forward to a future where COVID-19 is less of a threat to our lives and our economy. We want to see the

positive developments that lie ahead for our country. I believe this is one of the best things we can look forward to with much hope and optimism,” he said. Ang also touted the significant economic impact the project would have on the country and the Filipino people. “Airport cities around the world generate a significant amount of jobs, and that is ultimately what we want to do. We need jobs and opportunities for our countrymen today, but more importantly, for the next generation in the coming years, especially since we are trying to recover from a pandemic,” Ang said. “The jobs we will generate will not be limited to the airport city, or Bulacan province alone, but will extend to neighboring provinces, the rest of Luzon, and many other parts of the country which will benefit from increased tourism, increased investments because of better accessibility,” he said.

Paralympians hounded by challenges, says Barredo TOKYO—As a veteran of six straight Paralympics, including the Tokyo edition here, Philippine Paralympic Committee president Mike Barredo noted that each participation of Filipino para athletes in the sports fest posed unique challenges and problems. But the trials and tests that the PH campaigners faced in their build-up to and taking part in the Tokyo Paralympic Games have been the toughest of them all, according to Barredo, who, although won’t make excuses, blamed the COVID-19 pandemic as the culprit for their ordeal. From the training, qualifying for, and up to the point they actually had to compete in Tokyo, the virus has hounded the national para athletes at virtually every turn, he pointed out. “While our able-bodied national athletes had problems of their own in finding facilities to train for the Tokyo Olympics, it came doubly hard for our national para athletes,” rued Barredo. “We needed not only accessible training venues but also accessible accommodations for them. “We practically had no training in 2020 due to the pandemic because our national para athletes were forced to leave the Philsports Complex in Pasig City where they trained and had their quarters because it was converted into a quarantine facility. We understand this reality. It is what it is.” So he was grateful that the Philippine Sports Commission was able to support and sustain them in looking for separate training bubbles for all six Paralympic-bound athletes for a month or two to do actual workouts before they were scheduled to leave for the Japanese capital. “In fairness, we have nothing to say but thank the PSC chairman Butch Ramirez for the all-out support they have given our athletes including their separate bubble training before leaving for Tokyo,” Barredo stressed. He thought that they had left their troubles behind in Manila when key members of the PH Paralympic contingent were grounded because they tested positive for the virus before leaving for Tokyo. Among them were powerlifter Achelle Guion, her coach, Antonio Taguibao, and PH squad chef de mission Francisco “Kiko” Trinidad. But misfortune dogged the contingent to Tokyo when discus thrower Jeanette Aceveda and athletic coach Bernard Buen were infected after undergoing tests, depriving her of the chance of becoming the first visually-impaired Filipino athlete to compete in the meet for the world’s top para athletes.

Riera U. Mallari, Editor; Randy M. Caluag, Assistant Editor WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Sports Tokyo Olympics’ gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz (center) playfully lifts the small billboard announcing the turnover of the brand new house and lot given her by Philippine Olympic Committee president and Cavite 8th District Rep. Abraham ‘Bambol’ Tolentino (right) and Tagaytay Mayor Anges Tolentino. Diaz and Tolentino are joined here by the POC chief’s brother Sen. Francis Tolentino (left). Dennis Abrina

Diaz enjoying break before plunging into rigid training By Peter Atencio

ITH 62 days left before she competes again, the Philippines’ ﬁrst Olympic gold medalist in Hidilyn Diaz has gotten so busy and quite distracted these days. But it’s fine for the Filipina superwoman, saying she needs the break before plunging into serious training again, this time for the World Championships in Lima, Peru in November. “Basta mahirap i-balance lahat ng pangyayari sa buhay. Pero it’s a blessing (that) I need to enjoy kahit saglit lang,” added Diaz. The 30-year-old Diaz, whose world ranking dropped to no. 4, said she is now spending less time with her training sessions and just enjoying the moment. “My training session is less from my usual training before the Olympics. I

became so busy with interviews, online events, courtesy calls, online classes,” said Diaz, who was ranked no. 1 last year, in an interview on Instagram with the Manila Standard. Many unexpected blessings came knocking on Diaz’s door the moment she won the Philippines’ first gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the women’s 55-kg category of weightlifting. And this has not stopped, more than a month after she stood on the podium and sang the country’s national anthem, which for the first time in 97 years was played in the Olympics.

Her training load, according to Diaz, has not gone past 70% at this time, due to the nonstop calls that she has been receiving from well-wishers, supporters and sponsors, ever since she set Olympic records for the women’s 55-kg division in the clean and jerk at 127 kgs and in the total at 224 kgs. On November 1 to 7, Diaz will be seeing action in the International Weightlifting Federation-World Championships in Peru. Diaz’s performance at the Tokyo Games has so far guaranteed her a total of P56.5 million in cash incentives, along with other pledges, such as house and lots, lifetime free flights and free food. The cash incentives that were already given her includes ₱10 million from the government through Republic Act 10699 or the National Athletes and Coaches Benefits and Incentives Act and the ₱10-million pledge by San Miguel Corporation President and CEO Ramon Ang. There was also the ₱10 million prom-

New Clark City to house Olympian Memorial THE New Clark City Sports Complex in Tarlac is being tapped to house the Philippine Olympian Memorial, which serves as fitting and permanent commemoration of the sacrifices rendered by Filipino athletes to represent the country in the Olympiad. The commission of the sports hub used as the main venue of the 2019 Southeast Asian Games hosting is instilled in House Bill 10096, otherwise known as the Philippine Olympian Memorial Act, filed in Congress by Deputy Speaker Eric Martinez of the 2nd district of Valenzuela City. The bill couldn’t have come at a better time, according to Martinez, in the wake of the success reaped by the Philippine contingent in the recent Tokyo Olympics, where the country won its first gold medal through weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz to cap its most productive campaign ever in the quadrennial showcase. The young solon said the memorial will not only cover the 12 Filipinos responsible for winning a medal for the country in the Olympiad, but all athletes who represented the country in the Olympics since 1924 when lone representative David Nepomuceno competed in the Paris Games. “Naisip ko itong Olympian Memorial Act na ito to immortalize and memorialize not only the Fab 12 na medalist natin sa Olympics. But we will honor all those Olympians since 1924 in David Nepomuceno’s time up to this batch of Tokyo Olympics of 2020,” said Martinez

Deputy Speaker Eric Martinez

in Tuesday’s webcast edition of the Philippine Sportswriters Association Forum. “We should never forget Lydia De Vega. We should never forget Caloy Loyzaga. How about Mona Sulaiman, and those other not so popular names but contributed in bringing honor and glory to this country?” And the main facet of the bill is the construction of the museum that will shelter the memorabilia, newspaper write-ups, and hopefully, even video clippings of all Filipino Olympians who competed in the meet. The museum could serve as a tourist haven and at the same time, inspire young and future athletes by knowing and learning the history of Philippine sports.

“It’s not only about pictures nila ang nandoon, but nandu’n ‘yung story, ‘yung hard work and perseverance ng mga Filipino (athletes) that will inspire our children and future generations,” added Martinez in the session presented by San Miguel Corporation, MILO, Amelie Hotel Manila, Braska Restaurant, and the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation. The solon is looking to tap the services of other government agencies like the National Historical Commission, Department of Tourism, Department of Education, Philippine Sports Commission, and the Philippine Olympic Committee to make the program plausible The other facets of the bill is the naming and renaming of any road, street, or alley within a city, municipality, or barangay under a Olympian’s name, where the athlete was born provided a city, municipal, or barangay resolution shall be approved for the purpose. There is also the renaming of public sports facilities, schools, plazas, buildings, bridges, and other public structures pursuant to an ordinance or resolution approved by concerned local government unit. Commemorative coins and postage stamps will also be issued, the inclusion of basic education curriculum of the life stories of athletes leading to their Olympic participation, and distribution of decals, issuances of customized car plates, and other memorabilia or modes to commemorate the success of Filipino Olympians.

Zamboanga vows to show readiness to fight for ONE title FOR Denice Zamboanga, facing former RIZIN super atomweight champ Seo Hee Ham will mean a lot for her future in the ONE Championship atomweight division. A win against Seo will show how far Zamboanga has gone and if she is ready to face current champion Angela Lee. “I think having a Grand Prix would be great for me and every fighter to prove who is ripe for a title shot,” said Zamboanga on Zoom some three days before the start of the all women’s mixed martial arts fights at ONE: Empower in Singapore. The 24-year-old Zamboanga is one of the eight fighters selected to compete in the inaugural ONE Women’s Atomweight Grand Prix. Zamboanga goes into action with eight straight wins, including three that she has won after joining ONE last year.

The last time Zamboanga fought, she beat Watsapinya Kaewkhong by submission at the ONE Championship: A New Breed last Saturday. Zamboanga said she relishes the thought of her fans clamoring for her to go into a showdown with Lee. “It will be great if I’ll be facing off with Angela. Because a lot of fans are waiting for me to fight her,” added Zamboanga. Seo will have her debut bout with the ONE Championships. She has won six straight fights before going into an 18-month layoff. Her last fight, which was with Ayaka Hamasaki, was won by split decision. “I’m excited to face Denice Zamboanga. I can’t wait to

Denice Zamboanga in action

get crazy in there,” said Seo. The event was originally scheduled to take place on May 28, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore at the time. Peter Atencio

ised by business tycoon Manny Pangilinan through the MVP Sports Foundation and the ₱3 million from House Deputy Speaker Mikee Romero of 1-PACMAN Party-list Also included in her incentives was the ₱2.5 million cash bonus from the local government of Zamboanga City, Diaz’s hometown, not to mention the P5-million pledge from Siklab Atleta Sports Foundation head and Phoenix Petroleum chair Dennis Uy, plus another ₱3 million in cash and a house and lot in Zamboanga from President Rodrigo Duterte Diaz is now staying at a ₱14-million residential condominium unit in Eastwood, Quezon City, which was given to her by Megaworld. She also has a ₱4-million house and lot at any PHirst Park Homes community of her choice from Century Properties of her choice, and a house and lot in Tagaytay from Philippine Olympic Committee president Bambol Tolentino

Pension fund for retired PH athletes pushed By Randy Caluag VICTORIOUS athletes go back home to a hero’s welcome and showered with praises and a windfall of cash and gifts. But as they fade from the limelight, some sports heroes face a bleak future as they failed to plan for their retirement. Take the case of the 1964 Tokyo Olympian Anthony Villanueva, who dubbed himself “a forgotten Olympic silver medalist.” He died a poor man in 2014. He was bedridden for several years before dying in his sleep at his small apartment in Laguna. Another Olympian, 1988 Seoul Olympics bronze medalist Leopoldo Serantes is currently at a hospital, struggling against a lingering illness. But unlike Villanueva, Serrantes gets regular cash aid from the Philippine Sports Commission for some of his medical needs. Just recently, sportsman Ronald Mascarinas of Chooks-to-Go came to know about Serantes’ condition and gifted him with a P100,000 lifetime pension. And as a former military serviceman, he gets free medical treatment from the Veterans Memorial Hospital where he is now confined. There is now a growing sentiment in the sports community to provide a monthly pension fund for retired national athletes and coaches who have made the country proud during their prime. “Opo susuportahan ko ‘yan, magandang panukala ho ‘yan (if ever),” said Roel Velasco, 1992 Barcelona Olympics bronze medalist and now national boxing coach. National coach Ronald Chavez, a multi-medal winner in the Southeast Asian Games and a former Asian champion, said the pension will certainly help especially former coaches who don’t get more attention.

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Osaka advances, while Tsitsipas escapes Murray

EW YORK—Defending champion Naomi Osaka stretched her Grand Slam win streak to 16 matches on Monday at the US Open while Greek third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas struggled past Andy Murray in ﬁve sets.

Naomi Osaka of Japan returns a shot against Marie Bouzkova of Czech Republic during their women’s singles first round match on Day One of the 2021 US Open at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens Manila borough of Standard New YorkTODAY City. AFP

Osaka, seeking her third US Open crown in four years, defeated 87th-ranked Czech Marie Bouzkova 6-4, 6-1 at a packed Arthur Ashe Stadium to book a second-round matchup with Serbian qualifier Olga Danilovic. “It feels kind of crazy to play in front of everyone again,” Osaka said. “I feel really comfortable here. I’m just glad I won.” Osaka beat Bouzkova in their only prior meeting in the first round of this year’s Australian Open on the way to her fourth Grand Slam title. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

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The 23-year-old Japanese star could become the first back-to-back US Open women’s champion since Serena Williams, out this year with a torn hamstring, won her third in a row in 2014. Osaka’s major win streak includes her most recent US and Australian Open wins and a first-round win at this year’s French Open before withdrawing over mental health issues. Osaka, who lit the cauldron at the Tokyo Olympics, gave an Olympic pin to a young girl in the same venue where she won last year’s title when fans were banned due to Covid-19. “It felt quite lonely for me,” she said.

“So I’m quite glad to see little kids in the Two-time Olympic champion Murray, audience and grown ups too. The energy ranked 112th lost for the first time in 15 here is unmatched.” first-round US Open matches. Osaka saved a break point in the ninth “It didn’t come easy,” Tsitsipas said. game on a service winner and captured “Lots of sacrifices I had to make on the the first set by breaking Bouzkova in court to get back.” the 10th game when the Czech netted a Tsitsipas, this year’s French Open backhand. runner-up, took a long break before the In the second set, Osaka broke for a final set, frustrating Murray, who sur2-0 lead, then saved three break points rendered a break in the opening game. with winners and held in an eight-min- Delay tactics brought a frosty reception ute third game on the way to victory in at the net after the match. 93 minutes. “I have zero time for that stuff at all Tsitsipas outlasted Britain’s Murray, and I lost respect for him,” Murray said. a three-time Grand Slam champion, by “It’s nonsense. And he knows it, as well.” 2-6, 7-6 (9/7), 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 after four Tsitsipas, who plays Frenchman hours and 49 minutes in surround- Adrian Mannarino next, said he folings more like an intense second-week lowed ATP rules on breaks and medical CYAN YELLOW showdown than a curtain-raiser for the MAGENTA timeouts, even as MurrayBLACK questioned the fortnight. length and timing. “To have an electric atmosphere out “I’m playing by the rules and sticking here is something we’ve been waiting to what the ATP says is fair,” said Tsitsifor,” Tsitsipas said. pas. “Then the rest is fine.” AFP

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Afghan Paralympian sparks joy with Tokyo games’ debut TOKYO—When Afghan Paralympian Hossain Rasouli stepped onto the Tokyo track on Tuesday morning after escaping Talibanheld Kabul, fellow long jumper Roderick Townsend didn’t feel rivalry but “joy”. The American did not even know Rasouli was competing in the men’s T47 long jump final until he saw 13 names on the start list rather than the usual 12. Rasouli had arrived in Tokyo last Saturday, too late to compete in his favoured T47 100m event, after catching a top-secret flight from Paris one week after being evacuated from Kabul. So instead he entered the long jump final, finishing last but symbolising for Townsend “so much about the Paralympic Games and what it means and what it stands for”. “With everything going on right now, I couldn’t help but feel joy for him,” said Townsend, who took silver in the event with a jump of 7.43m. “We get so caught up in our personal lives, and I’m here complaining about a silver medal and we have somebody making their way across the world to be able to do something that we all love to do.” Rasouli arrived in Tokyo with Afghan team-mate Zakia Khudadadi on Saturday, after leaving

their Taliban-controlled homeland a week earlier in what Games chiefs called a “major global operation”. The pair spent a week in Paris at a French sports ministry training centre following their evacuation from Kabul. Their arrival came after Afghanistan’s swift fall to the Taliban earlier this month left them among the tens of thousands unable to leave the country. At the Paralympics opening ceremony, the Afghan flag featured in symbolic fashion, carried by a Japanese volunteer, and officials initially appeared to rule out the possibility of the athletes coming to Tokyo. But Rasouli, whose left hand was amputated after a mine explosion, finally made the country’s belated first appearance at the Tokyo Games on Tuesday morning. Emerging from the athletes’ entrance with a wave to the team officials dotted around the spectator-free Olympic Stadium, he then pointed towards the Afghanistan Paralympic Committee logo on his white vest. Taking a noticeably shorter run-up than the other athletes, he recorded jumps of 4.37, 4.21 and 4.46 —far from medal contention and more than a metre less than his nearest rival. AFP

Afghanistan’s Hossain Rasouli competes in the final of the men’s long jump -T47 at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo. AFP

Biles’ mental health woes began before Olympics LOS ANGELES—Simone Biles said on Monday the mental health concerns that led to her dramatic withdrawal from several events at the Tokyo Olympics had begun before she even arrived in Japan. The US gymnastics superstar caused a sensation at the Olympics last month after pulling out of the team final competition before later withdrawing from the individual all-around competition. Biles, 24, regarded by many as the greatest gymnast of all time and who had been strongly tipped to win multiple gold medals in Japan, said she had withdrawn in order to prioritize her mental health. In a video conversation with her mother released by sponsors Athleta on Monday, Biles said her problems had built up over time. “I wouldn’t even say it started in Tokyo. I feel like it was probably a little bit deeper-rooted than that,” Biles said. “I think it was just the stress factor. It kind of built up over time, and my body and my mind just said no. But even I didn’t know I was going through it until it just happened.” Biles was plagued by an attack of the “twisties” in Tokyo -- a potentially dangerous phenomenon that causes gymnasts to lose their sense of direction when in the air. She later returned to the Olympic arena to compete in the balance beam final, where she won a bronze. Biles said

while she was disappointed not to be able to deliver her usual gravitydefying form on the biggest stage of all—she had no regrets about putting her health and safety first. “It just sucks. Like, train five years, it doesn’t go the way you wanted,” Biles said in the video. “But I know that I helped a lot of people and athletes speak out about mental health and saying no. Because I knew I couldn’t go out there and compete. I knew I was going to get hurt.” Biles added she had been surprised by the broadly supportive reaction to her withdrawal from competition in Tokyo. “I obviously was expecting to feel a lot of backlash and embarrassment,” she said. “But it’s the complete opposite. That’s the first time I felt human. Besides Simone Biles, I was Simone, and people kind of respected that.” AFP

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Mikael Daez heeds BIR’s reminder to content creators By Maria Katrina Segui MULTI-TALENTED actor Mikael Daez sat down for a virtual junket on Thursday as he renewed ties with GMA, marking his 11th year in the network. As one of the pioneering celebrity vloggers in the country, the Kapuso actor also took a stand on the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s (BIR) recent tax memorandum for digital content creators. “I think yung saying na ‘death and taxes are inevitable’ sa buhay natin, ‘di ba? And to a certain extent, that’s true but I think we have to understand our government system, the tax system is also evolving,” the actor shared with the press. And if that’s what the government requires and there are taxes to be paid because vlogging is turning into a business as well, then I think it’s up to us to be responsible in our obligations as Filipinos because it’s just fair. Hindi siya parang, ‘ay siya ‘di niya kailangan magbayad ng tax,’”

With a Youtube channel established in 2014, Mikael emphasized how content creation has advanced into a legitimate career option today compared to how it was perceived back then. “If we look back five years ago and say that I’m a Youtuber, nganga na lang tayo parang, ‘ano ’yon?’ But now I think there are schools and courses on how to be a professional Youtuber.” The 33-year-old actor also strongly advised that educating oneself on such matters is important. “I think right now, it’s a transition period and all players involved—people from the government, YouTubers, and digital players alike— we need to start educating ourselves in being aware. I also try to be aware so I can be ready to fulfill my obligation. So that’s my stand on it. It’s just like when I got into showbiz, ‘di ko alam na ‘ay kailangan pala nito.’” The BIR imposed the tax order or the Revenue Memorandum Circular (RMC) No. 97-2021 on content creators after receiving reports of influencers not declaring income

taxes. The memorandum was issued to clarify the tax obligations of social media personalities on all platforms and to remind them of the possible consequences of their failure to pay their taxes. Meanwhile, Mikael felt grateful to stay in his home network and said that each contract signing is his proudest moment as a Kapuso. “I’ve been working in GMA for 11 years now and it’s very rewarding. It makes me proud that I’ve been able to show that I am worthy of their trust,” he said. “Napakalaking bagay para sa akin ng contract signing. Signing lang pero yung meaning niya napaka bigat and it says a lot about who I’ve been as an actor in GMA for the past 11 years. So I guess that’s my proudest moment,” he added. Mikael is currently co-hosting a podcast with his wife Megan Young called Behind Relationship Goals available on Youtube and Spotify.

Actor and YouTuber Mikael Daez weighs in on taxes dues for content creators.

Sultry Kylie Verzosa is ‘The Housemaid’

YLIE Verzosa sizzles on the screen playing the title role in The Housemaid, an erotic thriller from Viva Films. The film marks the former beauty queen’s first leading role in a movie.

Directed by Roman Perez, the film is an adaptation of a South Korean movie that was first shown in 1960, then had a remake in 2010, originally entitled Hanyo. The latter won awards in different international film festivals, including Fantasporto in Portugal, Oslo Film from the South Festival, and even our very own Cinemanila International Festival. It received a nomination for the Palme d’Or, the highest prize awarded at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. “Playing the title role is a challenge for me. The challenges in my character, the intimate scenes. I had to take note of everything,” Kylie said of her biggest break as an actress. “If you will compare our movie to the original, by shot, exactly

Pinoy Big Brother begins online search for new housemates

Toni Gonzaga returns as host of ABS-CBN’s Pinoy Big Brother (PBB) Kumunity Season 10.

ABS-CBN’s Pinoy Big Brother (PBB) Kumunity Season 10 begins its search for new housemates as it gears up for another season. After last week’s big announcement on the return of the popular reality show, auditions for the Adult Edition is officially open and will run until Sept. 30 via the Pinoy community platform Kumu. The upcoming tenth regular season of PBB will also feature Celebrity and Teen editions. The announcement was made on Monday during a virtual event attended PBB creative head Marcus Vinuya.. Also present in the event were ABS-CBN entertainment production head and Star Magic head Lauren Dyogi and hosts Toni Gonzaga, Bianca Gonzalez, and Robi Domingo, who expressed excitement for the return of the program. To audition for PBB Kumunity Season 10,, hopefuls just need to download the Kumu app, create an account, and upload a one-minute Kumu clip where he or she will introduce oneself and say why he or she is deserving to become a housemate, and use the hashtag “PBBKumuAdults.” Auditions for Adult Edition for those who are 20 to 40 years old will be until Sept. 30, while auditions for the Teen Edition, for those 15 to 19 years old, will run from Dec.1 to 31 and will use

the same or maybe even better the one Direk Roman made. Before the trailer came out, there was pressure. With Kuya Albert and Miss Jaclyn, I am really so grateful to them,” she added. In the story, Kylie plays Daisy, a woman in her 20s who is offered a huge salary mainly to take care of Nami, daughter of William (Albert Martinez), a billionaire, and Roxanne (Louise Delos Reyes), who is pregnant with twins.

TUDUM. What’s that? You know it when you hear it - you just rarely see it spelt out. TUDUM is the first beat you hear when you watch a show or movie on Netflix. And it’s the inspiration behind our inaugural TUDUM: A Netflix Global Fan Event. On Sept. 25, Netflix’s biggest stars and creators from around the world -- representing over 70 series, films, and specials - will join the virtual stage for this exciting day full of exclusives and first-looks. It’s our first-ever global TUDUM event, and our goal is simple: to entertain and honor Netflix fans from across the globe. You may check the video announcement through Netflix Philippines’ Facebook page. The virtual livestream event begins at 9:00 a.m. PST / 12:00 nn EST / 4:00 p.m. GMT / 1:00 a.m. JST and KST. The event will be broadcast across Netflix’s YouTube channels worldwide, in addition to Twitter and Twitch. There will be special pre-shows spotlighting Korean and Indian series and films along with exciting anime content that will kick off at 5:00 a.m. PST / 8:00 a.m. EST / 12:00 nn GMT / 9:00 p.m. JST and KST on specific channels. Over 70 films and series will be featured throughout the three-hour TUDUM event— including some of our most popular returning seasons like Stranger Things, Bridgerton and The Witcher, to La Casa De Papel and Cobra Kai, as well as blockbuster films like Red Notice, Don’t Look Up, Extraction, The Harder They

Beauty Queen Kylie Verzosa gets her biggest break in showbiz via ‘The Housemaid,’ a local adaptation of an erotic Korean film of the same title.

Daisy succeeds in building rapport with the young child, but that’s not all. She gets the attention of her boss as well. William begins to secretly flirt with Daisy, enticing her with glasses of wine and his piano playing, and they eventually begin a sexual relationship. Since Daisy has become somewhat chummy with Roxanne, the latter finds nothing suspicious about her. But there is someone in the mansion that Daisy cannot fool. Ms. Martha (Jaclyn Jose) is the Mayordoma who she knows everything that is happening inside the house. Nothing escapes her keen eyes. Though she harbors resentment towards her employers, she continues to do her job well. She’s been with Roxanne since she was a child. Will Martha’s loyalty to William’s wife be detrimental to Daisy? Apart from Ms. Martha, Daisy also has to be mindful of the presence of Roxanne’s mother, Madam Ester (Alma Moreno). Although Ester has no power over her very domineering son-in-law, she is still a mother who must protect her daughter. “The Housemaid” also stars child actress Elia Ilano who played the young Maya in “Ulan”, and Jobelyn Manuel, the original “Jowable” woman ranting on Vincentiments Facebook page before it became a blockbuster movie. The Housemaid streams on Sept. 10 on Vivamax.

Netflix to stage first global fan event

Netflix is staging its first global fan event featuring stars from more than 70 titles streaming on the popular platform.

Fall, The Old Guard and more. Fans will be the first to hear breaking news and see first looks, new trailers, and exclusive clips during interactive panels and conversations with the creators and stars from Netflix.

Fans are invited to co-stream and react to the TUDUM event in real time on their Facebook, Twitch or YouTube channels. Check out the guide on how to co-stream on Twitch. Sign up to costream on TUDUM.com.

Apple plans classical music app with buy of Primephonic

Apple plans to launch an app for classical music following its acquisition of the online service Primephonic.

APPLE on Monday announced it is buying classical music streaming service Primephonic and will launch an app dedicated to the genre. Apple did not disclose how much it paid for Europe-based Primephonic, which confirmed that it is becoming part of the iPhone-maker’s music service. “We felt compelled to develop a streaming service that truly gets classical right—so that´s what we did over the last three years,” the Primephonic team said in the post. “But to fully achieve the next phase of our mission, we need to bring our classical streaming expertise to millions of listeners worldwide.” Primephonic will go offline on Sept. 7, with subscribers being offered six months of free use of Apple Music, according to the companies. “We love and have a deep respect for classical music, and Primephonic has become a fan favorite for classical enthusiasts,” said Apple Music vice

president Oliver Schusser. “Together, we’re bringing great new classical features to Apple Music, and in the near future, we´ll deliver a dedicated classical experience that will truly be the best in the world.” Apple Music will weave Primephonic technology into a dedicated classical music app it plans to launch next year, according to the companies. “Bringing the best of Primephonic to Apple Music subscribers is a tremendous development for the classical music industry,” Primephonic co-founder and chief executive Thomas Steffens said in a joint release. “We get to bring classical music to the mainstream and connect a new generation of musicians with the next generation of audience.” The acquisition comes as the Silicon Valley based technology giant defends its control of the App Store that acts as the sole gateway for digital content onto its iPhones and other devices. AFP

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FASHION AND BEAUTY

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Beauty products made for YOU Cosmetics and skincare brand formulated for Southeast Asian skin now in PH By Theriz Lizel R. Silvano

BEAUTY brand, born in Indonesia, arrives in the Philippines with its range of makeup and skincare products and a mission to empower consumers to be the best version of themselves.

Y.O.U Beauty (short for Youthful. Outstanding. Unique.), one of the brands of HEBE Beauty Group, offers products that meet the demands of consumers globally, especially “students, on-thego professionals, and hardworking moms”, said Y.O.U Beauty PR manager Claire Miguel. As a young beauty brand, launched in 2018, it continuously develops products based on the needs of different markets in Southeast Asia, ensuring they work and “reflect the style and personality of modern women” they aim to cater. Products are developed using Open Lab R&D systems, which the brand says, allows them to produce innovative formulations with world-class suppliers, thereby fulfilling its goal to provide quality products at competitive prices. For its Philippine debut, the brand highlights its bestsellers, the Radiance White Series and Rouge Velvet Matte Lip Cream. The Radiance White Series is formulated with vitamin C (“50 times more compared to other skincare formulations in the market”) that inhibits

Rising brand Y.O.U Beauty brings to the Philippines its best-selling lip cream and brightening skincare line.

melanin production that causes dark spots and sunspots; 5 percent niacinamide that improves skin radiance and skin tone; and Snow Mushroom that helps promote healthy cell renewal in the skin and hydrates and improves its texture. It consists of five products: The Radiance White Facial Foam, a clarifying cleanser that hydrates and brightens skin; The Radiance White Essential Toner helps refresh skin; The Radiance White Nourishing+ Serum brightens skin tone with the help of its nine brightening skin actives;

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Le Pliage Green, Longchamp’s first Le Pliage made with recycled nylon.

Sustainable Le Pliage LONGCHAMP launches the first Le Pliage made with recycled nylon, which the label will be using for the entire Le Pliage collection by 2022. Called Le Pliage Green, the bag represents the culmination of Longchamp’s efforts to source sustainable alternatives to its durable nylon canvas. In 2019 and 2020, the French maison introduced recycled polyester canvas and ECONYL-certified recycled polyamide (nylon) canvas in its My Pliage Signature and Green District lines, respectively. Le Pliage Green is available in shoulder bag, backpack, cosmetic case, and coin purse silhouettes in nature-inspired Forest, Ocean, Earth, and Snow (limited edition)

colors. It is distinguished from the original line by discreet details, including tonal “Russian leather” trim and an embroidered Longchamp racehorse logo. Its famous “ears” at each end of the zip closure feature light green edges. To mark the launch of Le Pliage Green, Longchamp has partnered with Marie Papillon, who created three short videos to express the different dimensions of the bag: sustainability, adaptability, and uniqueness through personalization. Longchamp is exclusively available at Rustan’s Makati, Rustan’s ShangriLa, Rustan’s Cebu, Greenbelt 5, on rustans.com, and through Rustan’s Personal Shopper On-Call.

The Radiance White Advanced Day Cream has SPF 35 that protects skin from sun’s rays; and The Radiance White Active Night Gel, made with lavender and niacinamide, refreshes skin throughout the night. The brightening Ra-

diance White Series is suitable for various skin types, according to Jaclyn Cayetano, a representative of HEBE Beauty Group. Y.O.U Beauty also highlights its second star product, this time coming from its makeup category, the Rouge Velvet Matte Lip Cream. The lip cream contains coconut oil and vitamin E to keep lips luscious without feeling heavy. It is lightweight, smooth, and quick-drying. It comes in 19 shades. Y.O.U Beauty says all its products are dermatologically tested and are less likely to trigger allergic reactions. They are safe for all genders, and even young adults, since the market for cosmetics is becoming younger. Y.O.U. Beauty products are available on its Shopee and Lazada stores and soon at Watsons, SM Department Stores, and Robinsons Department Stores nationwide. A grand sale is happening on its ecommerce stores on Sept. 9.

She worked hard and she conquered WHAT do a makeup company founder, a doctor, content creators, a lawyer/beauty queen, and many other women have in common? Nina Ellaine Dizon considers the “biggest challenge in life” she hurdled was starting her brand from the ground up, “and at a very young age”. “I was just in college when I started this,” shares the Colourette Cosmetics founder. Dizon started in 2013 selling scrap soaps before she ventured on making her own formula. It was called Fairness and Flawless then. In 2015, she started selling cosmetics, and Colourette by Fairness and Flawless was born. “Literally started from the bottom, now we’re here.” For content creator and events host Jaz Reyes, the challenge she continues to overcome is keeping things fresh. “It can be intimidating at times to go against the flow, but the rewards are definitely worth it,” she says. To make her content stand out, she tackles socially relevant issues in a witty way. For hyphenates like Dr. Kara Gozali, a licensed physician and content creator, a hectic schedule can be challenging. “Balancing my work in medical school and in the hospital alongside my responsibilities as a content creator was never easy. I’m in a field where schedules are never certain and time budgeting is key. It never stopped me from achieving my goals because it actually serves as my training ground for my future practice,” she shares. Like many, lawyer and Binibining Pilipinas-International 2019 Patch Magtanong had to overcome self-doubt. “I used to be so afraid to fail, so I never pushed my boundaries and never stepped out of my comfort zone. But this also led to me missing out on so many tremendous opportunities,” she relates. “I learned that the only way you truly fail is if you don’t try! Now I actively seek out experiences where I may not be good at but where I see myself growing and improving,” Magtanong enthuses. Vern Enciso recalls a similar scenario, “It was self-doubt and my low self-confidence that played a big part when it came to trying to achieve my goals.”

Nina Elaine Dizon’s biggest challenge was building her business from the ground up.

The dip in confidence is a reality for many women during red days, according to a feminine wash brand. Aside from low self-confidence, women can also experience things like odor, itching, and irritation. Reyes shares, “It’s hard to stay motivated when you’re on your period. During my red days though, I make sure that I use GynePro Ultra Protection Feminine Wash which has Chlorhexidine digluconate for stronger protection against odor, itch, and irritation.” Using the same brand has given Dr. Gozali more confidence, “and has kept me feeling clean and protected wherever I go”. “The secret to red days is to find a way to conquer each task hassle-free; GynePro has definitely made it a breeze.”

Clockwise: Slater quilted nylon backpack, Bradshaw shoulder bag, and Slater quilted nylon sling pack from MKGO collection.

MK on the go FALL-ready and wearable, Michael Kors offers athletic-inspired luxury bags. Part of MKGO, the brand’s weareverywhere line of lounge wear and athletic-inspired pieces for men and women, the SoHo Bag, the Hudson backpack, the Slater sling pack, and the Bradshaw shoulder bag, among others come in the line’s fall color

combination of optic orange and chocolate signature print. The bags are available in Philippine stores and michaelkors.com. Michael Kors is located at Central Square in Bonifacio High Street Central, Greenbelt 5, Newport Mall, Power Plant Mall, Rustan’s Makati, and ShangriLa Plaza Mall.

Dr. Kara Gozali juggles several responsibilities.

Binibining Pilipinas International 2019 Patch Magtanong had to overcome self-doubt.