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PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte said he will place Boracay Island in Aklan province under land reform after the six-month rehabilita-tion works are finished.

In a press conference on April 9, 2018 in Davao City before flying to China for a conference, Duterte cited a law that describes the famed island-resort as a forest reserve and agricultural land.

Duterte said no casinos nor any other businesses will be built on Boracay during the six-month closure and rehabilitation period.

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THE rehabilitation of Bora-cay Island in Malay, Aklan should not only cover the removal of illegal infrastruc-tures rehabilitation of drain-age but it must include the restoration and preservation of its natural ecosystem, ac-cording to a scientist from the University of the Philip-pines (UP) Visayas.

Dr. Resurreccion “Rex” Sadaba doubts that the six-month closure of Boracay to give way to reha-bilitation works would be enough to cure the problems besetting the island-resort.

“Are we just going to rehabilitate by removing the buildings and il-legal structure? We should look at THE unbridled development in Boracay Island is the cause of its environmental woes, but haphazard

rehabilitation efforts could lead to bigger losses for the country’s tourism gem. (F. A. Angelo)

By JenniFer p. rendon

HUNDREDS of policemen and soldiers will be deployed

for the 6-month closure and rehabilitation of Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan starting April 26, 2018.

Chief Inspector Joem Ma-long, the newly-installed spokesperson of the Police

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By Maricyn a. De los santos

FOUR local colleges in Western Visayas are among the 78 Local Universities and Colleges that can avail of free tuition and other school fees, according to the Com-mission on Higher Education (CHEd).

These are Iloilo City Community Col-lege and Passi City College in Iloilo, Li-bacao College of Science and Technology in Libacao, Aklan, and Bago City College in Bago City, Negros Occidental.

The free college tuition and other school fees are provided in Republic Act No. 10931 or the Universal Access to Quality

Tertiary Education Act of 2017.LUCs are educational institutions

established by local government units (LGUs) through an ordinance and other enabling acts.

CHEd assessed the four LUCs in 2017 and they were given two years to comply with all other institutional and program re-quirements in order to avail of the benefits from RA 10931.

“Failure to do so will result in their exclusion from the list of LUCs under RA 10931,” said CHEd.

Students who wish to enroll in these local colleges can avail of the free tuition

starting School Year 2018-2019. Mean-while, state universities and colleges are also covered by the free college tuition and other fees.

ICCC Administrator Mathilde Octavio said with the free tuition and other school fees, “there is no more reason for the stu-dents not to study.”

ICCC offers Bachelor of Science in Travel Management and Office Manage-ment courses.

Octavio said the school can accept up to 250 enrollees for SY 2018-2019.

“The priority is the graduates of the K


THE demolition of the pedes-trian overpass along Bonifacio Drive, City Proper in Iloilo City will commence in the third week of the month after the cel-ebration of Semana sang Iloilo on April 10-13, 2018.

Atty. Dennis Ventilacion, provincial legal officer and chair of the Bids and Awards Committee, said have already

secured the demolition permit from the city government.

“Actually there is already a notice to proceed for the con-tractor but we suspended the demolition due to lack of per-mit. But after securing one, the Provincial Engineer’s Office already ordered a resumption,” Ventilacion said.

The Iloilo City Council earlier approved a resolution authored by Councilor Edu-

ardo Peñaredondo authorizing the removal of the overpass built during the time of for-mer city mayor Mansueto Malabor.

Pabcon Builders and Con-struction Supply bagged the roughly P100,000 contract for the demolition which will be implemented on the weekend to avoid traffic disruption, Ventilacion said.

“The Engineer’s Office has

already conducted a precon-struction conference to sched-ule the implementation of the demolition,” he said.

The demolition is estimat-ed to be completed in seven days.

Ventilacion said they will turn over the debris to the city government.

The demolition is part of the Capitol complex’s redevelop-ment project.


ILOILO CITY Mayor Jose Espinosa III wants to build a halfway house for street children and children in conflict with the law (CICL) in the city.

Espinosa said he is in talks with the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to facilitate the construction of the center.

The mayor is eyeing a 4,000-square meter vacant lot owned by the National Housing Authority (NHA) on Benigno Aquino Ave. or Diversion Road in Mandurriao as a possible site for the project.

“We will ask the NHA if they can donate the lot to the city government,” Espinosa said.

The mayor said he thought of building the center after he found out that the street children and adults roaming in the metro are not “returning Badjaos” but are city residents.

The Badjaos or Sea Gypsies are indigenous people who

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THE National Food Authority (NFA) in Western Visayas said there is a standing recommendation to increase the government’s buying price of palay to at least P20 per kilo so that the agency can compete with commercial rice traders.

NFA-6 Assistant Regional Director Ruben Manatad said the current buying prices of palay range from P20 to P26 per kilo while NFA buys clean and dry palay at P17 per kilo only.

“‘Pag commercial na ‘yungmataas, definitely mahihirapanna-kamingbumili (ng palay) unless i-increase namin ‘yung (buying) price (namin) baka may incentives (kamingibigaysa farmers),” Manatad said.

But Manatad said the regional office has no control over the government’s buying price of palay as it is imposed by the NFA Central Office.

Although NFA is happy that the farmers can earn more because of the higher buying price of commercial traders, Manatad is concerned because it will double the market price of the staple grain.THE National Food Authority (NFA) in Western Visayaswants to increase the government’s buying price of palay

to at least P20 per kilo in order to compete with commercial rice traders.(File photo)


SENATOR Cynthia Villar lam-basted National Food Author-ity (NFA) administrator Jason Aquino over his pronounce-ment on the shortage of govern-ment rice in the country.

“The mandate of NFA is to buy rice from farmers at P17 (per kg) and sell it to the poor at P27 to P32. That’s his mandate, that’s his only job. If he claims that there is no rice then he hasn’t done his job,” she said.

Villar, the chairman of the Senate Committee on Agri-culture and Food, said there is more than enough rice pro-duced by Filipino farmers, thus the NFA cannot claim that there is rice shortage.

“You accepted that position so you have to do that. You cannot tell the public that you cannot do it. If you can’t do it, then don’t become an NFA administrator,” she said.

The senator reported that the country produced 12.5 million metric tons of rice in 2017, of which only 11.8 million tons were consumed.

“We produced 12.5 million metric tons and then we im-ported another 500,000 metric tons so it’s a total of 13 million metric tons. Our rice is more than enough. So there is no rice shortage. The one that was not able to do its mandate is NFA. And I don’t think they should be proud that they were not able to perform their job,” Villar said.

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MORE women and couples in Western Visayas are using contraceptives, according to the 2017 National Demographic and Health Survey (NHDS).

In a media release from the Commission on Population (PopCom)-6, the recent NHDS results indicated a 39.9 percent increase in contraceptive prevalence rate (CPR) for modern Family Planning

in the region.The figure is higher compared to previous stud-

ies conducted in 2003 (30.1 percent), 2008 (33.4 percent), and 2013 (34.3 percent).

But PopCom-6 Regional Director Harold Alfred Marshall said the 56.9 percent increase in CPR (all methods) is relatively low compared to the national figure of 65 percent.

“And modern family planning use, although in-

creasing, is only 39.9 percent,” he said.The 2017 NDHS result on current use of con-

traceptive showed that Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) has the highest CPR use (62.6 percent) while the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) has the lowest with 26.3 percent.

In Western Visayas, there is a fluctuating trend in female sterilization or bilateral tubal ligation (BTL)

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PROVINCE OF ILOILOILOILO CITY

SANGGUNIANG PANLALAWIGAN

EXCERPTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE 88th REGULAR SESSION OF THE 12th SANGGUNIANG PANLALAWIGAN NG ILOILO, HELD IN THE SESSION HALL OF THE NEW

ILOILO PROVINCIAL CAPITOL, BONIFACIO DRIVE, ILOILO CITY ON MARCH 13, 2018. PRESENT:

Hon. Lorenz R. Defensor, ........................................... Acting Presiding OfficerHon. Renee L. Valencia, .............................................. Acting Floor LeaderHon. Demetrio P. Sonza, ............................................. MemberHon. Liecel Mondejar-Seville, .................................... MemberHon. Emmanuel R. Gallar, ........................................ MemberHon. Bryant Paul Q. Biron, ........................................ MemberHon. Domingo B. Oso, Jr., .......................................... MemberHon. Nielo C. Tupas, .................................................... Member Hon. Jeneda Salcedo-Orendain, ................................. Member Hon. Pablito G. Gemarino, ......................................... Member (Pres., Liga ng mga Brgy.)

ON OFFICIAL BUSINESS:Hon. Marcelo Valentine S. Serag,............................... MemberHon. Licurgo P. Tirador, ............................................. Member (President, PCL)

ON LEAVE: Hon. Christine “Tingting” S. Garin, .......................... Vice Governor

RESOLUTION NO. 2018-158 RESOLUTION EMBODYING PROVINCIAL ORDINANCE NO. 2017-156, AN ORDINANCE

PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO BARANGAY TANODS AND/OR THEIR BENEFICIARIES IN CASE OF HOSPITALIZATION FOR INJURIES SUSTAINED, OR DEATH

WHILE IN LINE OF DUTY AND ESTABLISHING A TRUST FUND FOR THE PURPOSE, IN THE PROVINCE OF ILOILO

Sponsored by: Hon. Renee L. ValenciaCo- Sponsored by: Hon. Pablito G. Gemarino

WHEREAS, Section 16 of the Local Government Code of 1991 or the General Welfare clause mandates that every local government shall exercise powers essential to the promotion of the general welfare which shall include the maintenance of peace and order and the preservation of the comfort and convenience of their inhabitants; WHEREAS, Section 387 (b) of Republic Act 7160 otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991 provides that the Sangguniang Barangay may form community brigades, such as Barangay Tanods, and create such other positions or offices as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of barangay government in accordance with the needs of public service subject to budgetary limitations on personal services prescribed therein; WHEREAS, the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) under Memorandum Circular No. 2003-042 or the Guidelines on Professionalizing the Barangay Tanod acknowledged the need to strengthen the capability of Barangay Tanods as frontliners in addressing the peace and order concerns in the locality; tanods serve as frontliners in the fight against lawlessness, crime and terrorism; WHEREAS, in the discharge of their duties and responsibilities, barangay tanods are exposed to the risks and hazards not only from lawless elements, criminals and terrorists but also from other work related injuries caused by road accidents, natural disasters and other calamities; WHEREAS, most members of the barangay tanod brigades belong to low income families who accepted the appointment despite the hazardous nature of the job because the meager allowance could help alleviate their poor financial conditions; WHEREAS, Section 393 (d) of Republic Act 7160 otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991 likewise provides that all duly appointed members of the barangay tanod brigades or their equivalent, which shall number not more than 20 in each barangay, shall be granted insurance or other benefits during their incumbency, chargeable to the barangay or the city or municipal government to which the barangay belongs; WHEREAS, not all barangays could afford insurance benefits to members of the barangay tanod brigades because of financial and budgetary limitations; while insurance coverage provided by their city or municipal governments, if there be any, are still not sufficient for their hospitalization or burial expenses;WHEREAS, the provincial government and the barangays within its jurisdiction share the same mission of maintaining public order and safety and the same vision of placing Iloilo Province at the hallmark of progress and development; NOW THEREFORE, on motion of the Honorable Renee L. Valencia, Acting Floor Leader, which was unanimously seconded, BE IT RESOLVED, as it is hereby Resolved, by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan ng Iloilo to enact the following provincial ordinance:

PROVINCIAL ORDINANCE NO. 2017-156AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO BARANGAY TANODS AND/OR THEIR BENEFICIARIES IN CASE OF HOSPITALIZATION FOR INJURIES SUSTAINED, OR

DEATH WHILE IN LINE OF DUTY AND ESTABLISHING A TRUST FUND FOR THE PURPOSE, IN THE PROVINCE OF ILOILO

Section 1. Short Title. This ordinance shall be known as the 2017 Hospitalization and Death Assistance to Barangay Tanods Ordinance of the Province of Iloilo.

Section 2. Definition of Terms. As used in this Ordinance, the following words or phrases are defined as follows:

A. Assistance – the amount or cash granted to a barangay tanod or his beneficiary/claimant in case of hospitalization for injury sustained or his death while in line of duty.

B. Barangay Tanod - the registered member of the barangay tanod brigade, and certified as such by the Punong Barangay.

C. Beneficiary/claimant - the concerned barangay tanod or the immediate member of his family in the following order:a. spouseb. childc. parentd. sibling, as certified by the Punong Barangaye. any relative within the 4th civil degree, as certified by the Punong Barangay

D. Death - refers to the death of a barangay tanod incident to the discharge of his duties or while in line of service, supported by a Death Certificate from the Local Civil Registrar.

E. Hospitalization - confinement in a hospital, whether public or private, due to injuries sustained by the barangay tanod while in line of duty.

F. Trust Fund - an account specially established where funds are maintained or accumulated and shall be utilized exclusively for the financial assistance to members of the barangay tanod brigades in case of hospitalization for injuries sustained or death while in line of duty.

Section 3. Coverage. All duly registered members of the barangay tanod brigade or all Barangay Tanods shall be entitled to financial assistance in case he or she is hospitalized for injuries sustained or dies while in the discharge of his duties or in line of service. A certificate shall be issued by the Punong Barangay stating the following:

1. That the injured or deceased is a duly registered member of the barangay tanod brigade;2. The number of officially registered barangay tanods in the barangay; and

3. Particular facts surrounding the injury or death suffered by the barangay tanod while in the discharge of his duties or while in line of service.

Section 4. Assistance. Upon submission of the required documents as prescribed under Section 5 hereof the beneficiary/claimant shall be entitled to the following:

A. Hospitalization Assistance of P 500.00 per day for hospitalization of more than 3 days, but not to exceed P10,000 in all;

B. Death or Burial Assistance of P 10,000.00; C. In case of hospitalization and eventual death, the barangay tanod and/or his beneficiary shall be

entitled to both items A and B above.

Except when expressly prohibited by law or ordinance, the benefits granted by this Ordinance shall be without prejudice to other benefits previously granted by the Iloilo Provincial Government or by any other government agency or local government unit.

Section 5. Required Documents. In order to avail of the Assistance under Section 4 hereof, the beneficiary/claimant shall present the following documents to concerned office/s of the Iloilo Provincial Government:

1. Certification from the Punong Barangay, in accordance with Section 3 above;2. Barangay Tanod Identification Card;3. Police blotter report;4. Medical Certificate from the hospital stating the days of confinement and that the cause of hospitalization

is work related;5. Death certificate, if applicable; and6. Others as may be required by concerned offices of the IPG.

Section 6. Penalties.A. Any statement or certification issued by a Punong Barangay which is found to be deliberately or

intentionally false or misleading and which caused the payment of Assistance to an unqualified individual under this Ordinance shall:1. Automatically disqualify his Barangay from availing the benefits hereof; and2. Cause the filing of appropriate administrative, civil and/or criminal charges under any laws of the

Republic of the Philippines, with the Iloilo Provincial Government as the aggrieved party.

B. Any person, agency or institution who shall issue a statement, certification or report which is found to be deliberately or intentionally false or misleading and which caused the payment of Assistance to an unqualified individual under this Ordinance shall be filed with appropriate administrative, civil and/or criminal charges under the laws of the Republic of the Philippines with the Iloilo Provincial Government as the aggrieved party.

Section 7. Funding.A. A Trust Fund shall be established and maintained in the books for the purpose of this Ordinance.B. Upon approval of this ordinance, the amount of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Pesos

(P1,500,000.00) shall be appropriated and shall be utilized exclusively for the payment of Assistance to barangay tanods, in accordance with the provisions of hereof.

C. The same amount shall be appropriated in the annual budget of succeeding years and taken up in the said Trust Fund within January of each year.

D. Funding shall be taken from the public safety and order program of the Provincial Government.

Section 8. Implementing Rules. Within 30 days from approval of this Ordinance, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan Committee on Barangay Affairs, in coordination with the Committee on Public Order and Security and the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office, shall draft the Implementing Rules and Regulations for the effective and efficient implementation of the Ordinance.

Section 9. Role of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan Committees. In addition to the provisions of Section 8 above, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan Committee on Barangay Affairs shall be primarily responsible in monitoring the implementation of this Ordinance. When circumstances warrant, it shall recommend appropriate amendment thereto in coordination with the Committee on Public Order and Security, and the Committee on Appropriations.

Section 10. Repealing Clause. All Ordinances, Resolutions, Orders, Memoranda and Other Issuances inconsistent with this Ordinance are hereby altered, amended or repealed accordingly.

Section 11. Separability Clause. In case any provision of this Ordinance shall be found to be invalid or unconstitutional, all other provisions not affected thereof shall remain in force and effect.

Section 12. Effectivity Clause. This Ordinance shall take effect after fifteen (15) days following the completion of its full publication in any newspaper of general circulation.

RESOLVED FURTHER, to furnish copies of this Resolution, the Governor, Hon. Arthur D. Defensor, Sr.; all the Municipal/City Mayors; all Punong Barangay through Hon. Pablito G. Gemarino, President, Liga ng mga Barangay; the Offices of the Provincial Legal Officer, the Social Welfare Development Office, the Provincial Treasurer, the Provincial Budget Officer, the Provincial Accountant, and the Honorable Renee L. Valencia, the Chairpersons of the Committees on Appropriations; Public Order and Security, and Barangay Affairs, all of the Province of Iloilo, for their information and reference.

APPROVED.” -----

I HEREBY CERTIFY to the correctness of the above-quoted Resolution.

ALAN G. VILLANUEVA Board Secretary V

CONCURRED BY: ATTESTED BY:

RENEE L. VALENCIA LORENZ R. DEFENSOR Acting Floor Leader Acting Presiding Officer

APPROVED:

ARTHUR D. DEFENSOR, SR. Governor


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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESPROVINCE OF ILOILO

ILOILO CITY

SANGGUNIANG PANLALAWIGAN

EXCERPTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE 80th REGULAR SESSION OF THE 12th SANGGUNIANG PANLALAWIGAN NG ILOILO, HELD

IN THE SESSION HALL OF THE NEW ILOILO PROVINCIAL CAPITOL, BONIFACIO DRIVE, ILOILO CITY ON JANUARY 16, 2018.

PRESENT:

Hon. Christine “Tingting” S. Garin, .......................... Presiding OfficerHon. Lorenz R. Defensor, ............................................ Floor LeaderHon. Renee L. Valencia, .............................................. Member Hon. Marcelo Valentine S. Serag,............................... MemberHon. Demetrio P. Sonza, ............................................. MemberHon. Liecel Mondejar-Seville, .................................... MemberHon. Emmanuel R. Gallar, ......................................... MemberHon. Bryant Paul Q. Biron, ........................................ MemberHon. Domingo B. Oso, Jr., .......................................... MemberHon. Nielo C. Tupas, .................................................... Member Hon. Jeneda Salcedo-Orendain, ................................. Member Hon. Licurgo P. Tirador, ............................................. Member (President, PCL)

ON LEAVE:

Hon. Pablito G. Gemarino, (Sick Leave) ................... Member (Pres., Liga ng mga Brgy.)

RESOLUTION NO. 2018-032

RESOLUTION EMBODYING PROVINCIAL ORDINANCE NO. 2017-163, AN ORDINANCE PROMOTING ORGANIC VEGETABLE GARDENING ‘LASWA SA LAMESA’ ON EVERY HOUSEHOLD IN THE PROVINCE OF ILOILO AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR

Sponsored by: Hon. Marcelo Valentine S. Serag WHEREAS, Section 16 of Article II of the 1987 Philippine Constitution states that “the state shall protect and advance the right of the people to a balanced and healthful ecology in accord with the rhythm and harmony of nature”; WHEREAS, Republic Act 10068, otherwise known as the Organic Agriculture Act of 2010 provides for the development and promotion of organic agriculture in the Philippines; WHEREAS, Rule 14.4 of the RA 10068 Implementing Rules and Regulations states that the Local Government Units as the front liners in the implementation of the program shall pass appropriate ordinances and/or resolutions, thereby specifying the participatory and bottom-up approach to grass root organic agriculture programs and projects; WHEREAS, “Laswa sa Lamesa” is a family approach organic vegetable home gardening program on every household in the province where all family members contribute in propagating and maintaining the same, thus, promoting harmony, good health benefits and additional income; WHEREAS, the Provincial Government has conducted container gardening in three Island Barangays of Concepcion, which has become a good practice. However, the Sanggunian wanted to expand such program in the entire province especially to areas with high incidence of malnutrition; WHEREAS, based on the data of the Provincial Health Office for Operation Timbang of Children 0-71 months old, the prevalence rate of under nutrition for 2016 of the Province of Iloilo, average 4.7%, and has recorded 9,889 underweight children and 2,145 severe underweight children or a total of 12,034 undernourished children; WHEREAS, Section 468 (a) of Republic Act No. 7160 otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991 grants the Sangguniang Panlalawigan the power to enact ordinances, approve resolutions and appropriate funds for the general welfare of the province and its inhabitants pursuant to Section 16 of the said code and in the proper exercise of the corporate powers of the province as provided for under Section 22 of the Local Government Code; NOW THEREFORE, on motion of the Honorable Lorenz R. Defensor, Floor Leader, and upon the sponsorship of the Honorable Marcelo Valentine S. Serag, which was unanimously seconded, BE IT RESOLVED, as it is hereby Resolved, by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan ng Iloilo to enact the following provincial ordinance:

PROVINCIAL ORDINANCE NO. 2017-163AN ORDINANCE PROMOTING ORGANIC VEGETABLE GARDENING ‘LASWA SA LAMESA’

ON EVERY HOUSEHOLD IN THE PROVINCE OF ILOILO AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR

Section 1. Title.— This Ordinance shall be known as the “ORGANIC VEGETABLE GARDENING “LASWA SA LAMESA” ON EVERY HOUSEHOLD IN THE PROVINCE OF ILOILO AND PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR

Section 2. Declaration of Policy. The Province of Iloilo adheres to the principles of sustainable development and environment responsibility, recognizes the right of the people to a balanced and healthful ecology, promote a clean air and healthy environment for the habitat, the recycling of farm and household wastes, and organic agriculture.

Section 3. Purpose. To promote the importance of good health to every Ilonggo family by propagating and preserving organic home gardening program targeting malnourished individual, specifically children in the community; and to provide alternative land-based livelihood program for farmers and fisher folks in order to reduce their dependence on traditional farming and fishing; and reduce wastes with the use of recyclable materials for gardening.

Section 4. Scope. This Ordinance shall apply to all households residing within the territorial jurisdiction of the Province of Iloilo.

Section 5. Definition of Terms. As used in this Ordinance, the following terms shall mean as follows:a. Biodegradable wastes- refer to organic matter for compost/organic fertilizer for use in the organic

cultivation, farming of food crops which include discards segregated from non-biodegradable wastes coming from the kitchen/household leftovers (vegetables and fruit peelings and trims, fish/fowl cleanings, seeds, bones, soft paper used as food wrap and the like), yard of garden (leaves, grasses, weeds and twigs), market wastes (wilted, decayed or rotten vegetables and fruits, fish/fowl cleanings, bones) and farm wastes (grass clippings, dead or decayed plants, leaves, fruits, vegetables, branches, twigs and the like).

b. Bio-organic Concoctions – refer to natural farm inputs that are used as fertilizer and pesticides in organic vegetable production such as Indigenous Microorganism, Fermented Plant Juice, Fermented Fruit Juice, Fish Amino Acid, Oriental Herbal Nutrients, among others.

c. Container Gardening- a kind of vegetable gardening using pots, recycled materials and indigenous materials.

d. Laswa – a local term that refers to a dish composed of several kinds of vegetables such as but not limited to balunggay, tagabang okra, talong, latoy, amargoso, patola, kalabasa, ect.

e. Laswa sa Lamesa – a program to promote organic vegetable gardening to every household in the Province of Iloilo.

f. Organic – refers to a particular farming and processing system, described as chemical free farming. The term “organic” is synonymous in other languages to “biological” or “ecological”.

Section 6. Administrative Obligations. A.) The Provincial Agriculture Office together with the Municipal Agriculture Offices shall be in charge in

the implementation of this ordinance and shall provide all households with the following:1. Technical assistance – organic vegetable gardening seminars/trainings;2. Sourcing of vegetable seeds from local Municipal Agriculture Office, the Provincial Agriculture

Office, and the Dept. of Agriculture Region VI;3. Organic fertilizer, compost, and bio-organic concoctions;

4. Initial propagation of seedlings and other technical assistance needed for the actual planting and monitoring;

5. Technology in using kitchen waste as organic fertilizer; and6. The Municipal Agriculture Office shall be responsible for the consolidation of the report of the

Barangays and submit the same to the Provincial Agriculture Office.B.) The Barangay Councils of every barangays shall provide the following:

1. Simple nursery for growing of vegetable seedlings;2. Vermiculture and bio-organic concoction projects for production of vermicast and pesticides;3. Monitoring team composed of Punong barangay as chairman, Kagawad-in-charge of agriculture as

vice chairman, the Barangay Volunteers (Barangay Nutrition Council/Barangay Nutrition Scholar, Barangay Health Workers, Barangay Service Point Officer, or Barangay Agriculture Workers), other barangay officials and purok leaders as members; and

4. It shall strictly implement and monitor that all household shall have a vegetable garden; and which shall be a pre-requisite in the issuance of a Barangay Clearance.

C.) The Provincial Health Office together with the Municipal Nutrition Council/Municipal Nutrition Committee/Municipal Health Office1. Integrates this Ordinance in the annual celebration of Nutrition Month Celebration;2. Recommends any amendments or revisions to this ordinance;3. Advocates the importance of home gardening program; and4. Tasks the Barangay Nutrition Scholar/Health Workers of every barangays to support the

implementation to this ordinance in their respective barangay.D.) The Household beneficiaries of every Barangays in the Province of Iloilo

1. Shall prepare garden plots, empty containers, sacks in their vicinity to be ready for planting of vegetable seedlings;

2. Shall adopt organic farming practices in the propagation of seedlings from land preparation to harvesting;

3. Shall utilize biodegradable wastes such as decomposed kitchen and garden wastes as fertilizer inputs;

4. Shall contribute some of their produce to be used for Nutrition programs such as feeding program for children;

5. Shall set aside some vegetable fruit from their produce for seed purposes to sustain future seed requirements;

6. Shall attend trainings/seminars on organic vegetable gardening program, compost making, and concoction making; and

7. Shall prepare vegetable for foods (Laswa) for the family.

Section 7. Penalty1. No barangay clearance/certification shall be issued by the concerned Punong Barangay to any member

of the family who has no organic vegetable garden.

Section 8. Incentives. a. Each Barangay will give priority to complaint household with malnourished children in the availment

of benefits/assistance.b. The Municipal Agriculture Office of each municipality shall provide incentives in the form of award

and/or cash for the best practicing household or farmers/fisher folk during the celebration of the Nutrition Month or Farmer’ s Day or other similar occasion.

c. The Municipal Health Office/Municipal Nutrition Council/Committee shall choose and award the best practicing barangay and the Barangay Nutrition Scholar-in-charge of the barangay in terms of reducing malnutrition incidence among children.

d. The Provincial Agriculture Office shall give incentives in the form of awards and/or cash for the best practicing household in the provincial category, from all municipal winners, which will be given every year; while the Provincial Health Office/Provincial Nutrition Council shall choose and award the best practicing barangay and Barangay Nutrition Scholar in charge of the barangay in terms of reducing malnutrition incidence among children, besting from all municipal winners for the provincial category.

e. The Iloilo Provincial Government shall provide awards and/or cash incentives for the best municipality which implements this program in their respective municipality.

Section 9. Funding. The Iloilo Provincial Government shall allocate funds from the annual budget and other resources that might be tapped or might be available for the smooth implementation of this ordinance. An initial funding of Five Hundred Thousand Pesos (P500,000.00) is hereby appropriated for this purpose.

For succeeding years, the Iloilo Provincial Agriculture Office and the Provincial Health Office shall incorporate in their annual budget the funds needed in implementing this ordinance. The respective Municipal Agriculture Office and the Municipal Health Office and every barangay shall allocate funds in their respective annual budget all expenditures that might be incurred in the implementation of this ordinance.

Section 10. Separability Clause. If any provision of this Ordinance is declared invalid, the remainder or any other provisions not affected thereby shall remain in full force and effect.

Section 11. Repealing Clause. Any existing ordinance, executive orders, and issuances including rules and regulations inconsistent with this Ordinance are hereby repealed, amended or modified accordingly.

Section 12. Effectivity. This ordinance shall take effect after 30 days following its complete publication in the newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Iloilo.

RESOLVED FURTHER, to furnish copies of this Resolution, the Governor, Hon. Arthur D. Defensor, Sr.; the Municipal/City Mayors in the Province of Iloilo; the Offices of the Provincial Legal Officer, the Provincial Treasurer, the Provincial Budget Officer, the Provincial Accountant, the Provincial Agriculturist, and the Honorable Marcelo Valentine S. Serag, Chairperson, Committee on Agriculture, all of the Province of Iloilo, for their information and reference.

APPROVED.”-----

I HEREBY CERTIFY to the correctness of the above-quoted Resolution.

ATTY. RAUL S. TIOSAYCO, JR. Secretary to the Sanggunian

CONCURRED BY: ATTESTED BY:

LORENZ R. DEFENSOR CHRISTINE “Tingting” S. GARIN Floor Leader Presiding Officer

APPROVED:

ARTHUR D. DEFENSOR, SR. Governor

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BACOLOD City – A suspected member of the Spe-cial Partisan Unit (SParU) of the New People’s Army (NPA), the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines-National Democratic Front (CPP-NDF) was shot dead by government forces in a hot-pursuit operation on April 7, 2018.

A police report from Cauayan, Negros Occidental indicated that George Ylanan, 20, of Purok 2, Brgy. Camalandaan, Cauayan was gunned down after a botched attempt on his target.

The incident happened 5 p.m. Saturday when Ylanan alleged tried to kill Wilson Geresola, 30, also

of Camalandaan and a member of the Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU).

Based on the police report submitted to Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office director Senior Supt. Rodolfo Castil, Geresola and Staff Sgt. Jose Jes-sie Pareño of the Philippine Army were walking back to their detachment when they met a man wearing a green Army t-shirt.

Without any warning, the man who turned out to be Ylanan, drew a gun and shot Geresola but missed.

Pareño wrestled Ylanan for the gun until they both fell to the ground.

Geresola then took the pistol from Ylanan who quick-ly ran towards the mountainous area of Camalandaan

together with three other persons, the report added.Pareño then alerted his team and they pursued the

suspects but to no avail.On Sunday at around 8 a.m., a concerned citizen of Ca-

malandaan informed Pareño that Geresola and two others were seen in a nipa hut beside the house of a certain Jeryn Palermo, 20, of Sitio Dungga, Brgy. Camalandaan.

Pareño and several Army soldiers and CAFGU members proceed to the location. But they were met by a hail of bullets as they approached the hut.

The soldiers and CAFGU members retaliated which led to Ylanan’s death.

Police recovered from hut assorted handguns and ammunition and police and military uniforms.

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BACOLOD City – The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) warned businessmen in Negros Island that it will intensify its campaign against establish-ments that do not pay correct taxes, especially those located in Bacolod City.

Eduardo Pagulayan Jr., BIR Region 12 director said, “We are still targeting a lot of err-ing taxpayers here. Despite our warnings, they are not issuing sales invoice.”

Pagulayan made the state-ment as he led the closure of three establishments for under-declaration of sales and non-issuance of sales invoice.

The BIR team padlocked the head office of general merchan-dise seller Blyzer Trading on Burgos Street and its branches at the Libertad public market and Barangay Sum-ag.

The operation is part of BIR’s “OplanKandado,” which suspends the operations of noncompliant businesses and

By Dolly yasa

BACOLOD City – The Visayan Bloc in Congress declared support for the passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) “that is consistent with the pro-visions of the Constitution.”

The bloc, which is an ag-grupation of 42 lawmakers representing congressional districts and party-list groups in

the Visayas led by Rep. Alfredo “Albee” Benitez (3rd district, Negros Occidental), issued its manifesto of support a day after President Rodrigo Duterte met congressional leaders and officials of various Muslim organizations to discuss the proposed BBL that is widely seen as the formula that will put an end to the secessionist war in Mindanao.

suspected rebel assassin shot dead

BIR vows to run after tax cheats

Visayan bloc in House backs BBL passage“We, the members of the

Visayan Bloc of the House of Representatives, express our support for the immediate pas-

sage of a Bangsamoro Basic Law that is consistent with the provisions of the Constitution,” the manifesto said.

The manifesto added that “We firmly believe that the BBL will pave the way for

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THE Philippine bourse has already shown re-silience vis-a-vis other regional markets, and a big reason for this is the active participation from local investors.

Speaking during The Manila Times 7th Business Forum held recently at the Marco Polo Davao Hotel in Davao City, BDO Capi-tal and Investment Corp. President Eduardo V. Francisco said the local market is teeming with activity.

“We actually have a good problem. There’s too much liquidity. Demand is so strong,” he told the audience composed mostly of Davao-based businessmen. “What’s good about this is a big chunk of the market activity, about 50%, comes from local investors. The local growth is so strong.”

A number of local corporations, he said, are ripe for listing if only they are inclined

to do so.“There are so many good corporations

out there. They are just flying below the radar. I hope one day they consider listing in the stock market,” the BDO Capital top executive said.

Francisco also stressed that growth can be felt beyond the confines of the stock market.

“We are seeing growth from all over the country. From the banks’ perspective, we’re seeing more branches. The private sector is growing three times more than the whole country,” he added.

As a matter of perspective, the country’s gross domestic product grew 6.7% in 2017. On the other hand, based on 2015 census data, the Philippine population has grown by

THE Philippines’ agriculture department is mandated to use the Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (ACEF) to finance projects and activities that will help agricultural and fisheries sectors become globally-competitive, viable, efficient and sustainable.

Julie Delima, regional coordinator, said ACEF of-fers interest-and-collateral free loans through the Land Bank of the Philippines as the credit conduit.

One of the ACEF-assisted agri-based enterprises in Western Visayas is the Green Harvest (GH) Foods Inc.

Formerly named Green Harvest Industries, it started its operations in 1993 under the Countryside Barangay Business Enterprise (CBBE) Republic 6210. For 24 years, it continues to be one of the leading producers and distributors of kaong, nata de coco and pickles in the province and all throughout Panay Island.

Established by Roberto Montelibano, GH Foods Inc. is currently managed by son Mark Stephen who, in the year 2005, decided to access financing support from the government to expand the enterprise. Upon learning the availability of ACEF loan program, Montelibano sought assistance from the Department of Agriculture (DA) in the preparation of necessary documents for the

Agri firm advances with help from ACEF

BACOLOD City – The Depart-ment of Trade and Industry (DTI) is assisting San Carlos City in Negros Occidental in the production and marketing of coconut crafts.

The DTI, through its Nego-syo Center, trained 24 members of two farmers and fisherfolk associations in the northern city on the last week of March 2018 to produce various products us-ing coconut and its byproducts as major raw materials.

EngiemarTupas, senior trade and industry development spe-cialist and Negosyo Center coordinator of DTI-Negros Occidental, said the handi-crafts would be sold during the Panaadsa Negros Festival this month and to the city govern-ment as souvenirs for tourists.

At least 100 German tourists will visit the city’s Sipaway Island this year.

The souvenir items include key chains, necklaces, anklets, baskets, and candle holders.

Members of the Self Help Group from San Carlos City’s Barangay Ermita and the Sip-away Coconut Farmers Associ-ation from Barangay San Juan joined the DTI skills training on Sipaway Island.

Tupas said the DTI is looking at the possibility of exporting the coco crafts of San Carlos through continuous product development and craftsmanship improvement.

He added the agency is mak-ing sure there is sure market for these products.

“We will also work on link-ing them with other resorts,” Tupas said.

The coco crafts production in San Carlos City is the first skills training conducted by the Negosyo Center in Negros Oc-cidental for 2018. (EPN/PNA)

DTI helps NegOcc city produce, market coco crafts

BDO Capital and Investment Corp. Pres-ident Eduardo V. Francisco addresses the crowd during The Manila Times 7th Business Forum held at the Marco Polo Davao Hotel in Davao City.

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THE WORLD’S popular beer, Heineken thrilled Cosmo Iloilo’s partyphiles during its summer launch party in Our City of Love dahlings!

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DJ Arvin Ong Pumped the air with flying high music which made our Heineken experience something to reminisce for a long time.

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Sixth Judicial RegionBranch 10San Jose

IN RE: GUARDIANSHIP OF THE MINORSJADDY VON S. NAYA, JHON VENNETH S. NAYA AND JEDDAH VALERIE S. NAYA, SPS. PROC. NO. 2017-11-1060 FOR: GUARDIANSHIPEMELITA M. CERDINA,Petitionerx-----------------------------------------------------------x

orderA verified Petition for guardianship having been filed by petitioner

through counsel, praying for the appointment of guardianship of the minors Jaddy Von S. Naya, Jhon Venneth S. Naya and Valerie S. Naya and that letters of guardianship be issued in her favor. Petitioner alleges: that she is the grandmother of the minors Jaddy Von S. Naya, Jhon Venneth S, Naya, Valerie S. Naya; that the father of the minors, Joeben Cerdinia, was her son who died on November 18, 2012 on board an ocean-going vessel as a seaman and on account of his death, the minors are entitled to receive from his company death benefits amounting to about two million (P2,000,000.00) pesos and the company will not release said benefits unless a guardian is appointed to them: that her son, Joeben Cerdinia and biological mother of the minors Veronica S. Naya were not married and the latter, who now works abroad, has signified her conformity for the petitioner to file for guardian-ship over the said minors; that the minors are living with the petitioner who provides them all the care and support they need for sustenance, education, health and the amenities in life.

The petition and the attachments thereto being sufficient in form and substance, let this petition be as it is hereby set for hearing on May 2, 2018 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning at the Session Hall of this Court.

Let a copy of this Order be published in the Daily Guardian, a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Antique, for three (3) consecu-tive weeks before the date of hearing at the expense of the petitioner, and let copies of this Order be posted in the bulletin boards of this Court and the Municipal Building of Tobias Fornier, Antique, and furnished to the Solicitor General, to the Provincial Prosecutor of Antique, to the petitioner Emelita M. Cerdina, the biological mother Veronica S. Naya, and to Atty. Robin P. Rubinos.

SO ORDERED.San Jose, Antique, December 20, 2017. ERNESTO L. ABIJAY, JR. Presiding Judge

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granting of the loan.The loan amounting to P13,564,299 was re-

leased to GH Foods Inc. in 2008. “The release was divided into three tranches.

We received P4 million in January for the acqui-sition of the necessary processing equipment, P8 million in March for the procurement of raw ma-terials and the remaining in July intended for the marketing and advertising expenses,” Operations Manager Lynette Loriezo recalled.

She added that prior to ACEF intervention, “we have a very limited production because we lack adequate capital to purchase the bulk of raw materials for kaong and nata de coco. We obtain our raw materials on a cash-on-delivery basis from farmers in Sigma, Capiz.”

GH Foods Inc. was only processing two tons of kaong and four tons of nata de coco in a month due to the lack of steady supply of raw materials. But with the help of ACEF loan, they are now processing 30 tons of kaong and 40 tons of nata de coco monthly.

The company also generated job opportunities to residents surrounding its processing plant in Brgy. Blumentritt in Murcia.

Loriezo added, “before, plant workers here were on-call basis only if there is production. But now, we already have 70 employees who are permanently hired to work on food technology

aspect, research and development, and quality and control standards improvement.”

GH Foods Inc. was able to fully pay the loaned amount through paying P670,000 quarterly after the released date.

“However, in 2011, we requested for a restruc-turing of our payment by half of our agreed amount. This was due to price fluctuations of major raw ma-terials we need including sugar,” Loriezo said.

DA granted their request for the loan restructur-ing. So instead of having fully paid by December of 2014, GH Foods Inc. settled their accounts after two more quarters or six months.

“We are thankful to DA that through ACEF loan, the company is now more focused, stable and can compete globally since our processing plant conforms to ISO standards. We strictly implement Good Manufacturing Practices and quality control in our production,” Loriezo said.

She added that the company grows by 15 percent in sales every year as they have increased their mar-ket penetration in major malls in the islands of Ne-gros and Panay. GH Foods Inc. offers a wide range of processed products from kaong to nata de coco, pickles, vinegar, canned foods, among others.

“Through continuous research activities, we target to export our products to other countries in the coming years,” Loriezo envisioned. (S. M. H. Toreno/DA-6 Information)

1.72% from 2010 to 2015.Francisco also pointed

out that the private sector as a whole remains supportive of the Duterte Administra-tion, particularly its “Build, Build, Build” initiative.

“If private sector is not supporting the government, people would not be bor-rowing. But they are,” he said.

Infrastructure is among the top priorities of the Du-terte Administration, with public spending on infra-structure projects targeted to reach Php8-9 trillion from 2017 to 2022.

The Build, Build, Build Initiative includes numer-ous big-ticket projects that are envisioned to increase the productive capacity of the economy, create jobs, increase incomes, and strengthen the investment climate leading to sustained inclusive growth.

Ian feels he is ‘not worthy’ to be Sharon’s leading man

MANILA -- They have joked about doing a movie together but Ian Veneracion is not convinced that he can be the leading man of Sharon

Cuneta.The 43-year-old heartthrob was one of Cuneta’s guests in her series of shows abroad last year.

After working with Veneracion in the US, Cuneta, 52, said she has become an “instant fan” of the actor and

she would love to have him as her leading man in the future.

“Nagbibiruan lang kami. Isang beses, for example, sabi niya, ‘O pumayat na ako puwede na akong leading lady mo.’ Sabi ko, ‘Sobra ko naman.’ Sabi ko, ‘I’m not worthy,’” Veneracion said in a recent interview.

“Pero maybe someday, I don’t know. Kasi she’s someone I highly respect and someone I would

definitely love to work with in a movie,” added the actor, who shared that there are plans for him to do a

movie for Star Cinema.Veneracion last movie for ABS-CBN’s film arm was

2016’s “The Achy Breaky Hearts” with Jodi Sta. Maria and Richard Yap. (ABS-CBN News)

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AFTER rejecting proposals for the resumption of peace talks between the communists and the Philippine

government, President Duterte again changed his mind and gave a go signal to restart the talks. However, he gave a deadline - 60 days to get an agreement or its terminated again. That should put an end to endless repetitions of past de-mands and verbal skirmishes on terminology.

Whether this round will work is anybody’s guess. With deci-sions that can swing right and left with few days in between, we really cannot say that this time around the peace process will succeed. There had been so many talks and they all failed despite some initial agreements. Hardly had the inked dried on those agreements that they were violated.

For whatever it is worth, blah, blah, and more blah is better than bang, bang and more bang! Of course, the Philippine government spends a lot of money for the peace panel and so will the communists, but that would be money worth the cost if indeed the firing finally stopped and the process for reconciliation could begin. Then, in the words US President Abraham Lincoln, we can “bind to the nation’s wounds”.

I am pessimistic, however, that this new round of peace talks will finally put closure to this national plague. In fact, a day after the

President said he will allow new negotiations, the Palace spokesman threw dampening water into the President’s statement. The spokesman said the communists must first agree to earlier

conditions. Then the communists replied, the government must respect the understanding during the first set of the negotiations, like the freedom of movement of the members of the communist panel and consultants, which run to a few dozens.

Another stumbling block is the insistence of the government to declare the communists and their allies, around 600 of them, as “terrorist”. Of course, this could just be a government’s bargaining chip, a new tack from the former “lay down your arms first”. I am

certain that the communists fear this “terrorist tag” more than laying down their arms which is tantamount to capitulation. Weapons can be stored for future use but the terrorist label makes the communists fugitives in other countries.

With the world on edge every time even a lone terrorist strikes, the tag makes the person a sus-pect. He or she will be on every country’s watch list, his movements monitored and every transac-tion recorded. It is like a life of a fugitive.

President Duterte offered to pay the cost of the talks, including hotel expenses which means he wants the negotiations here. Thus the com-munist negotiators must come and if the talks failed, he would put communists on a plane

for their country of exile. If the CPP founder JomaSison does not, then Duterte will person-ally “shoot him”. That might just be “dutertic” but that can be frightful and make Sison decide to stay away.

One point that has to be insured is the com-pliance of the NPA to abide by the conditions of the peace process - to cease firing, to desist from creating a situation that would compel the government to terminate the talks as had happened before.

But will the exiles in The Netherlands be able to control the NPA? There are army reports of continuing recruitment and training and prob-ably new field commanders. Will they be the ideologue that will obey the command from leaders far from the battle zone and basking in the cool and protected if not easy and comfort-able life in Europe?

In this wise, a wayward group can conclude that peace is not good for them. So far there is blur from the previous talks covering the fate and future of the field fighters. The politicians can make it fine but what of the rank and file? How will they be protected?

The government is helping those who surren-der and so far their conditions had been gener-ally well. So if a peaceful life is what the NPA ranks wanted, they can have it now. In short, the peace process does not have to succeed for them to begin a life of peace.

It is possible then that some recalcitrant armed groups that I suspect operate in southern Negros and elsewhere can throw a monkey wrench on the talks.

WONDER why the usual suspects went hammer and tongs right after Congress-man Jerry Trenas announced his possible

candidacy for mayor of Iloilo City.Are they afraid of Trenas? If so, then they

lack the confidence of winning against the man who, in 2001, was picked up from the wayside by

nemesis-turned-patron Raul Gonzalez Sr.

Or, perhaps, they have no wish of abandoning their hy-ena’s view over the carcass of a perceived weak political animal in the person of Mayor Joe Espinosa III.

You see, without Jerry and his vaunted political organiza-tion backstopped at the grass-roots by barangay captains, the opposition sees nothing but Joe’s vulnerabilities.

Or, maybe, their bashing of Jerry is designed to put more distance between Jerry and Joe. It might be a recruitment scheme to divide Jerry and Joe down the middle. Truth to tell, Joe must have been insulted by Jerry’s turnaround. Remember Jerry made an almost definitive announcement about his retirement in December 2016 only to renege it months after Mayor Jed Mabilog’s dismissal from office by the Ombudsman. He used Jed’s untimely political demise as justification for his turnaround, saying that the congressional post that he is leaving next year is open for business for Joe, hence he can return as mayor in 2019.

But the bigger question is not about the opposi-tion’s desire to become the establishment them-selves. It is the city’s interest. Is Jerry’s possible fourth run for mayor good for Iloilo City? What has he achieved for the city when he ruled it over for nine years? By extension, what has he done for the premiere city after eight years as our representative to Congress?

While democracy and our electoral process al-low Jerry the latitude to continue with his politics and hunger for power, he cannot singularly claim that the economic strides the city has achieved were because of him. On the contrary, the city marched forward despite and in spite of him and his group. What we have seen in terms of significant infra-structure developments is largely due to the vision of Senator Franklin Drilon. Jerry, as mayor and as congressman, was just lucky to have been part of the establishment. Vision is what separates the senator from the erstwhile mayor now graduating congressman of Iloilo City. To say that Iloilo City, like Iloilo province, moves forward and ahead because of its natural economic potentials is the understatement of the century.

However, I have yet to hear non-admirers of the establishment proclaim other names or favor politicos other than Jerry. Not even Joe comes close. Sadly, what I usually hear is, “well, he seems to be the lesser evil.”

What?

Is there no one else?

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WHAT is the Magna Carta of missions? Many churches use

Matthew 28: 18-20 which says, “…All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make dis-ciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you…”

Christian groups seem to take this Scripture as a ticket for a desensitized church plant-ing program. We have seen too much local fundraising, a campaign “giving for mis-sions” done with drama in the pulpit, but veering away from the “obey everything” mandate. It falls into the trap of using a single Bible passage to suit sec-tarian motives. Following this scheme, the paramount goal of most Christian organizations is obviously to increase member-ship, just proselyting and not doing everything mandated because such will not inflate the number of churchgoers that brings in the revenue. And we see how these organiza-tions outsmart each other, with much bickering, backbiting and maligning in their campaigns—

worse compared to Microsoft and Apple vying for the world’s electronic gadget market.

Before the clamor about missions, let us first clarify the difference between lo-cal fundraising and missions. The former is merely for the sustenance of the religious or-ganization, and this may include sending out mis-sionaries who are the brand ambas sado r s of a sect. But I doubt if they teach helping the helpless—still a priority in the Old and New Testaments. (Please do not use “giving for missions” if you mean local fundraising because that is a serious stretch). The latter—real missions work-- is redefining the Great Commis-sion in Matthew 28 to include Luke 4: 18-19 in the equation. Take a look: “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for

the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” This passage in Luke’s gospel is clearly part of the Magna Carta

for missions. Do not gloss this over in favor of sectarian mo-tives.

If Christian sect leaders say that proclaim-ing the message is the priority, many still won-der why we do not often see a hint of breaking chains of injus-tice and oppres-sion around us if this is the “why”

of the Messiah’s coming. If one reads the minds of

the Christian leaders doing their version of missions, one sees businessmen applying a low-cost strategy. In order to realize a low-cost strategy of expansion, they deliberately omit the poor. Anyway, can the poor increase the wealth of an organization trying to outsmart each other?

The master understands.

Forgive the pun. What, by the way, is the rai-

son d’etre for Christ’s coming? Is it not also to release the “cap-tives” and work for the needs of the paupers? How, then, can one proclaim freedom if he or she is merely lecturing—if not insulting—with callousness and a face-saving tack saying, “We are only tasked to speak the message because our organiza-tion is a religious institution”? Can one proclaim the message with an uncaring look towards the pitiable environs?

About “obey everything” taken from the Scripture used as the premise for traditional mindset for missions, a de-praved definition of the Great Commission, one cannot fol-low that by throwing away Christ’s raison d’etre. No Christian group can claim to have fulfilled the command if they ignore the destitute. This is, however, the com-mon practice today. Christian-ity has become a museum of the wealthy--the likely trend around.

Christian leaders, then, be-gin to lay another foundation in proclaiming an abstract idea that did not incarnate—the new savior.

THE past two weeks, there was so much brouhaha on coal ash as a filling material that the science part was totally ignored by the emotional yet ignoramus outburst on its

toxicity. This time, let science prevail to determine if indeed coal ash is toxic or poisonous and has deleterious effects on humans and the environment because these activists cannot even specify

what is there in coal ash that makes it toxic. Basta toxic lang!

All coal deposits under the ground have inherent ash content ranging from 0.5 to 3 percent, its severity not directly proportional to the grade of coal (unlike using bam-boo as fuel will produce more ashes than using ipil-ipil or mahogany). Ash is noncombustible so that when coal is burned, say at PEDC power plant, ash is accumulated at the bottom of the furnace and at the electrostatic precipitator. A typical coal-fired power plant burning 800 tons of coal/day will produce about

24 tons a day of coal ash and that’s a lot of waste material to dispose of. But coal ash also has its good side. It is a very good filling material and can also be used at 30 percent replacement of cement, hence in the case of concrete hollow blocks manufacture, the cost is reduced by 30% while the strength of your hollow block is almost DOUBLE!

The activists, those who are a little bit knowledgeable, may be pointing to the trace metals as the harmful components of coal ash. Of course, all metals when ingested beyond allowable limits can be dangerous to man, animals, and plants. The term “trace” is used because these toxic metals (mercury, lead, uranium, nickel, cobalt, beryllium, cadmium, and others), enrich or cling to the trapped or emitted coal ash after coal is burned. The coal ash itself, where the metals adhere, on the average is 12 microns in size (12/1 million of a meter) and the size of the metal clinging to the coal ash is 1/100 the size of the ash, hence about 0.12 microns or 12/100 million of a meter! In layman’s term, it is 20 times finer than face powder, hence its measurement is in terms of ppm (parts per million) or ppb (parts per billion).

Here in the Philippines, we do not have the expertise nor the lab equipment to identify and measure the concentration of these trace metals in the coal ash. Some of the specialized lab equip-ment needed are the TEM–Transmission Electron Microscope in ANSTO Australia or the XRD–Powder X-ray Diffraction at SGS in Canada.

In December 2003, Dr. Reto-Gierre of Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA published a research paper establishing a scientific method of identifying and measuring the trace metals in coal ash. The paper was titled “Micro and Nano Chemistry of Coal Ash from a Coal-fired Power Plant” and this writer was furnished a copy of the research paper by the author himself.

In his email to this writer many years ago, Dr. RetoGiere, the leading scientist in the world on trace metals in coal ash wrote: “If we cannot see these trace in coal, it does not mean it is not there. My research showed that it is there but its concentration is NOT a cause for concern”.

There you are, so its splitting hairs if we put too much concern on the toxicity of coal ash when the quantity of trace metals it contains is negligible (indisalapakon)! Consider these data on some trace metals from the book Environmental Geology by E. A. Keller, 7th edition, Prentice Hall, Table 14.4 compared to Dr. Giere’ Research results:

Natural Concentration, parts per million (ppm)

Concentration in Coal Fly Ash, Dr. Giere’ Research

Soil CoalLead 40 0.3 5 ppmMolybdenum 5 0.2 2 ppmZinc 100 50 5 parts per billion ppb)Mercury Not

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5 ppb

From the above tabulation, the concentration of trace metals in soil is definitely higher than in raw coal or in coal ash. In the case of mercury, the “flagship” horror metals of RISE (Responsible Ilonggos for Sustainable Energy), the quantity that goes thru the chimney by fly ash enrichment is only 5 parts per billion of fly ash. The claim of RISE that mercury comes out of the power plant chimney in vapor form is foolish and stupid because the boiling point of Mercury is 356.9C while chimney temperature ranges only from 120C to 250C!

It is counterproductive to sow half-truths and lies, especially when the progress of our city is affected. We have to stick to sci-ence when pronouncements are made regarding our environment. Let the words of George Barnard Shaw provide the lesson when he said: The liar’s punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else”.

Note: The author is the Hydro-geology Consultant of the Mu-nicipality of Pavia.

“The police are not here to create dis-order, they’re here to preserve disorder.” – Richard J. Daley

NEW YORK CITY – When will the final cleansing in the Philippine National Police (PNP) end?

In the first place, is there an ongoing and protracted cleansing process?

Every time a PNP director general will retire and a new suc-cessor will take over, the battle cry of incoming PNP chief has always been, “We will cleanse the PNP with scalawags and bad eggs”; “We will reform the PNP”; “We will dismiss the rotten apples”, etc.

Since the PNP was formed on January 29, 1991, Chief Supt. Cesar P. Nazareno, the first PNP big boss since the Integrated Na-tional Police and the Philippine Constabulary were merged pursuant to Republic Act 6975 of 1990, was already parroting “reforms” and promising to kick out from service undesirable policemen.

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“My first instruction to incoming PNP chief Oscar Albayalde is to go after PNP personnel who are a disgrace to their uni-form, especially those who are AWOL, sleeping, non-performing, and drinking on

the job. All of them should be dismissed from the service,” Interior and Local Gov-ernment officer-in-charge Eduardo Año said over the weekend.

After 27 years, the PNP wasn’t yet reformed?

Scoundrels in uniform weren’t termi-nated yet?

Año added: “I told General Albayalde to cleanse the po-lice ranks of bad eggs in order to make the DILG the best department in government. The PNP leadership should conduct more of the surprise inspections so that we can weed out the non-performing police officer.”

It seems the PNP is the only organization in the world per-manently embroiled in a long-lasting appeal for “internal cleansing” and “reforms.”

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should come up with master plans to promote their respective tourist destina-tions and take advantage of the six-month closure order imposed by President Duterte on Boracay Island in Caticlan, Aklan effec-tive April 26.

Some tourists who have canceled their reservations in Boracay might be interested to explore in neighboring Antique, Capiz, Guimaras, Iloilo, and Negros where there

are pristine beaches, waterfalls, and world-class resorts like Boracay, aside from their magnificent parks and islands, especially this summer.

Now is the right time to mobilize their resources and show to the world that Bora-cay is not the end-all and be-all of tourism wonders in Panay Island.

They may take a cue from the recent announcement of Iloilo Governor Arthur “Art” Defensor Sr. to establish a Northern Iloilo Tourism Authority (NITA).

Defensor probably intends to attract those who have been tantalized by Bo-racay’s beauty to take a closer look at Sicogon Island in Carles, among other beaches with potentials in world tour-ism in the coastal territories of northern Iloilo.

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Was President Duterte wrong to fire Undersecretary Maia Chiara Halmen Val-dez of the Office of the Cabinet Secretary exactly a year ago?

Valdez was fired because she was sup-posedly seeking to overturn the denial of rice importation. National Food Authority (NFA) Administrator Jason Aquino had been pushing for more rice imports.

The President has ordered Aquino to proceed with rice importation amid the dwindling supply of government-subsi-dized grain, exactly a year after giving Valdez the boot.

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enforces the closure of estab-lishments violating tax laws.

“After Blyzer Trading paid a P3-million penalty, the BIR lifted its closure order and the

establishment and its branches were allowed to reopen on March 28,” Pagulayan said.

He also said that the BIR will also go after employees involved in corrupt practices in a bid to reach their tax collection goal.

BIR Revenue Region 12’s target collection for 2018 is more or less P13.2 billion.

Last year, the region fell short of the P11.7 billion annual collection target, gathering only P11.2 billion.

“In the final analysis, tu-mataas ‘yung income ng farm-ers, maligaya tayo diyan. Sa other side, ‘pagmataas ‘yung-bili (ng palay), if you are a private trader, times two ang price ng rice nila, whereas sa gobyerno, subsidized,” Mana-tad said.

The NFA procures palay from farmers to boost its buffer stock in the domestic level. He said the State food agency does not compete with the commer-cial traders as it can only get as much as 10 percent of the total harvest of farmers.

“Pero ‘di kami nakakakuha

(ng gan yan kataas), ang naku-kuha lang namin, 1 percent to 2 percent,” he said.

To increase the share of NFA in palay and rice trading, he said the government’s price must also be competitive.

He said the NFA manage-ment recommended a P3 in-crease but was not considered by the NFA Council.

Meanwhile, the NFA is not alarmed by the shortage of government-subsidized rice in Western Visayas as the region is more than 100 percent rice self-sufficient.

Over the weekend, the Presi-dent approved the importation of 250,000 metric tons of rice

from Vietnam. The region tar-gets to get a share of 100,000 bags or 5,000 metric tons from this supply.

Meanwhile, Manatad noted that unlike in other urban cen-ters in the country where com-mercial rice is priced at least P40 per kilo, the prices of rice in Iloilo is notably lower with some varieties still selling at P33 per kilo.

The Department of Agri-culture-6 said Western Visayas is 109 percent rice self-suffi-cient. All provinces in West-ern Visayas, except sugar-producing Negros Occidental (90%), are 100 percent rice self-sufficient.

mostly hail from Mindanao and the Sulu Sea, the Moro Gulf, Davao Gulf and Illana Bay. Their nomadic way of life brings to other parts of the country like Iloilo City where they usually end up begging.

Espinosa envisions the half-way house as a place where the homeless children can sleep, take meals and bath, and avail of other social interventions.

CSWDO data showed that as of 2016, there are 300 street children in the metro while CICLs numbered to 165.

From 2016-2017, CSWDO said it provided educational assistance and hot meals for 33 days to a total of 370 street chil-dren, while 74 street families availed of skills training and livelihood aid from the city.

There are activity centers for street children per district, while more or less 30 male

CICL (15-17 years old) are housed in the Balay Dalayu-nan Home for the Boys in Bo. Obrero, Lapuz.

Balay-Dalayunan provides psycho-social interventions and classes to the boys in partner-ship with the Department of Education. Legal assistance from the Public Attorney’s Of-fice, avail of medical checkups from the City Health Office, among other services, are also provided by the center.

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long-lasting peace and socio-economic development in the proposed Bangsamoro region by allowing the establishment of a regional government that is anchored on the Bangsamoro identity.”

“It is high time that we give our fellow Filipinos in the said region an opportunity for self-governance and to fully recognize their needs and as-

pirations.”Earlier, House Speaker Pan-

taleon Alvarez said Congress will deliberate on the proposed BBL when it resumes its ses-sion in May 2018.

Rep. Winter Palma II, chair-man of the subcommittee on the draft Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL), earlier said that the committee on local gov-ernment and Muslim affairs and the special committee on peace, reconciliation, and unity

are now in the process of final-izing the substitute bill which will amend the law creating the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region.

Palma said the committees have already conducted 18 meetings on the BBL.

Public hearings were also held in Cotabato City, North Cotaba-to, Davao City, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, Zamboanga City, Maguindanao, Lanao del Norte and Marawi City, among others.

at 5.7 percent compared to 6.8 percent in 2003, 7 percent in 2008, and 4 percent in 2013. The same fluctuation can also be seen in IUD Intra-uterine de-vise (IUD) use, while injectable use plateaued at 4.5 percent.

There is no data on the use of subdermal implants in the previous NDHS since these were not made available until just recently because of the temporary restraining order imposed by the Supreme Court on the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health (RP-RH) Law.

In the 2017 NDHS, subder-mal implant use was only 1.2

percent.“The low utilization is the

result of the temporary restrain-ing orders hounding its imple-mentation,” Marshall said.

The pill is the most popular contraceptive and enjoyed a steady increase from 20.4 percent in 2013 to 23.4 percent in 2017. Male condom use is dismally low and fluctuating with only 1.5 percent in the recent NDHS.

The use of any traditional methods such as rhythm and withdrawal also declined.

On the other hand, while the number of people not using any method is declining, the figures remain high owing to the slow decrease from 53.9 percent in

2003, 48.1 percent in 2008, 44.6 percent in 2013 and 43.1 percent in 2017.

Marshall said the findings point to the need to push for the strict implementation of the RP-RH Law.

“We need to achieve the desired fertility of women and couples by providing timely, legal and safe family plan-ning services and achieve the desired outcomes of the Sus-tainable Development Goals, the Duterte Health Agenda, the Regional Development Plan, AmbisyonNatin 2040 and the realization of ‘Matatag, Mag-inhawa, at PlanadongPami-lyang Pilipino’,” he added. (PopCom-6/PIA-Iloilo)

to 12 program while the second priority are the lifelong learn-ers, or those who completed the old curriculum but did not proceed to college, the college dropouts, and the Alterna-tive Learning System (ALS) graduates.

The applicant must be a graduate of a public school, pass the entrance exam, and must have a general weighted average of 82 without a grade lower than 80.

Although subsidized by the city government, Octavio said some students of ICCC still can’t afford to pay more or less

P3,000 in school fees. She said they look for

patrons to provide schol-arships to these poor but deserving s tudents f rom Iloilo City.

She added that recently, the college held its 3rd graduation ceremony for more or less 120 “employable” graduates.

it from the point of restoration or rehabilitation of the whole island ecosystem,” Sadaba told The Daily Guardian on Air over Aksyon Radyo Iloilo on April 7, 2018.

Sadaba said restoring the whole island ecosystem will in-volve several stages – removal of alien predators such as rats and pests which cause diseases; removal of alien plants and replacing them with native species; and the re-introduction of native animals such as bats and birds which are important pollinators, among others.

He also stressed on the pres-ervation of the beach ecosys-tem, particularly the natural protection of the beach front.

“There should be a complete biological assessment of the island and what they have there right now. Lots plants should be restored,” he said.

Sadaba also stressed on concrete strategies to manage of solid and liquid wastes.

He cited the annual occur-

rence of algae which is an in-dicator of high organic load as a result of wastewater pollution in the island.

“If you notice, the algae are just on the side area. It means something is happening which you have to find out. It might be because of the proximity of the release of wastewater (to the beach area),” he said.

Sadaba said that after his visit to the island in summer of 2017, he suggested to the Boracay Island Water Co., the water distributor in the island, to deploy an equipment that will monitor water quality in the island.

He also proposed to the lo-cal government of Malay the establishment of a laboratory for the conduct of regular wa-ter analyses which will guide stakeholders on how to take care of Boracay.

Sadaba said local govern-ment units should also come up and implement a compre-hensive land use plan (CLUP) to put the area in order and check unbridled development

which will cause more harm than good.

“Indi lang sila magpinataka. You cannot stop people from developing their private proper-ties. But it takes a strong politi-cal will to implement that. It all begins with that,” he said.

Sadaba said that while de-velopment is a must in tourism promotion, nature should also be of premium consideration.

Apart from the socio-eco-nomic loss due to the clo-sure, the scientist said lack of concrete plans would result in greater losses to the entire island.

“We will lose the entire island, and other islands,” he warned.

The professor said he is willing to share his expertise if ever the concerned government agencies will tap the academe in the ongoing restoration of Boracay.

“It should be an entire stake-holder approach so that we could take pride again in Bo-racay being a paradise island,” he said.

Regional Office (PRO)-6, said they will send within this week a total of 610 police officers to maintain peace and order in the island.

The cops will come from the Aklan Police Provincial Office (APPO) with 126 personnel; Metro Boracay Task Force (MBTF)/Boracay Sub-Station (300); Regional Civil Security Unit (RCSU) (4); Provincial Highway Patrol Group or HPG (13); Criminal Investigation and Detection Team or CIDT (1); and headquarters/MBTF personnel requirement for aug-mentation (166).

“We are ready to maintain peace and order, including pos-sible resistance from affected firms and residents,” Malong said.

The PNP is also anticipating possible protest actions against

the closure.“Part of our deployment

would be teams trained for civil disturbance management. Our deployment is indefinite. They could stay longer than six months if needed,” Malong said.

The Philippine Army’s 301st Infantry Brigade is also prepar-ing a platoon from the 12th Infantry Battalion based in Camp Monteclaro in Miag-ao, Iloilo and another Cafgu Active Auxillary (CAA) platoon for deployment to Boracay.

Currently, the 301st IB is also part of the Joint Maritime Task Group Protect where the PNP, the Philippine Navy, the Philippine Coast Guard, and the PNP Maritime Group are also members.

“We will deploy more per-sonnel if necessary,” said Brig-adier Gen. Pio Diñoso, 301st IB commander.

Meanwhile, Malong urged the residents and affected indi-viduals to follow legal orders from the government to avoid violence.

Malong said that they are already anticipating that some cause-oriented would hamper activities relative to the clo-sure and rehabilitation of the island.

“Those things are already considered and would be prop-erly addressed,” she added.

In coordination with the local government unit (LGU), the PNP will be implementing an ID system that would only allow workers and residents to enter the island, aside from government personnel involved in the rehabilitation efforts.

Journalists need to ask for prior approval before they are allowed entry to the island, based on information gathered from various sources.

“Master plan? Wala akong master plan diyan linisin ko muna ‘yan kasi agricultural ‘yan. So maybe after that, I’ll give the farmers... I-land re-form kona ‘yan. I tell you now i-land reform kolahat ‘yanthen I’ll give it to the farmers,” he said.

Duterte said Boracay has been declared as an agricultural and forestal area and therefore needs to be a land reform area.

“Sasabihin ninyo how about the business there? I’m sorry but that is the law. The law says that it is a forest land, ag-ricultural. Why would I deviate from that? Do I have a good reason to do that,” headded.

Earlier, Macau casino giant Galaxy Entertainment and its Filipino partner, Leisure and

Resorts World Corp (LRWC), announced the building of a $500-million integrated resort in Boracay.

The announcement was made after the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp (PAGCOR), the country’s gam-ing regulator, signed and issued a provisional license to the consortium.

The consortium also clari-fied that it will establish “a top leisure destination in Boracay targeting Asian families,” not a “mega casino.”

President Duterte also said that the P2 billion worth of calamity funds will be given as financial aid to the poor people affected by Boracay’s closure.

“We can make available about P2 billion of assistance but this is only for the poor Filipinos,” he said.

The President said he is

more concerned with the or-dinary workers and residents who will lose their livelihood when the rehabilitation works begin.

“The money is only intended for the Filipino. ‘Yung mga foreigners, neither reparations or remuneration. Eh sila ‘yung pumasok diyan. They should know na bawal. I will not spend any single centavo for those inns there, hotel owners, or motels. At tsaka ‘yung mga magagandang bahay, do not expect me to pay anything,” he added.

The tourism, environment and interior and local gov-ernment departments recom-mended Boracay’s closure after the President described the popular tourist destination as a “cesspool.” (With reports from ABS-CBNNews.com and GMA News Online)

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second half but the Ilonggo footballers played their hearts out with keeper Mark Gedaya saving the ball from a potential equalizer.

The Green Archers com-pleted the celebration in the 64th period as Francis Botavara converted an indirect free kick inside the box after Kaya’s goalkeeper was called for a foul

when he picked up a back pass from a teammate.

The Green Archers will face Laos FC at the Alabang Coun-try Club on Apr. 15.

Trained by coaches John Al-abado, Edwin Laru-an, Vincent Pulmones, and Atty. Joseph Celis, the team is comprised of Jonlee Dile, Rodje Jorn Mon-tilla, Jhon Laurenz Calmada, Ryan Paulo Cudal, Dave Mat-thew Sobredo, Karlo Joshua

Lustan, Zerdric Marben Bance, Cliff Von Bayo-ang, Francis Botavara, Vinch Pulmones, Ross Alfred Ferrer, Charles Louie Mana-ay, Francis Medi-ana, Lance Joseph Panaguiton, Jake Michael Salazar, Mark Gedaya, Selwyn Nickos Ma-mon, Lian Joseph Celis, Johann Mitchel Javellana, Jan Patrick Baito, Charlie Carisma, John Dave Garcia, and James Tua-zon.

will do everything to provide them competitive ball game,” she added.

The team will play tune-up games this week against teams from Makati, Cavite, and An-tipolo.

Aside from Sotomil, the volleyball includes Shane Carmona, Alyssa Bertolano, Joan Monares, Jeanny Pa-

dilla, Nohlin Jundana, Kiesha Bedonia, Joan Doguna, Erika Deloria, Shaira Jardio, Marixi Maligmat, and Rhean Almen-dralejo.

Meanwhile, the region’s taekwondo team also reached Vigan yesterday, Apr. 9. The team is comprised of Colegio de San Jose’s Angelie Marie Perillo and Shaianne Belle

Hojilla; Central Philippine University’s Adriano Horlador III, Cindy Joy Diasnes, John Patrick Palonpon, and Jake Christian Mamigo; Ateneo de Iloilo jins Elisha Venice Agui-lar, Xyrus Andrie Desierto, and Niesha Kariz Pequierda; St. Robert’s International Acad-emy stalwarts Angela Marie Bermejo; and Joshua Cach-ero of St. Catherine Parochial School

which has won the AFC Wom-en’s Asian Cup eight times.

However, Benlarbi said the Filipinas are “very motivated.”

“If we can beat China, it would be excellent for us as it would virtually assure us of a place in the World Cup,” he said. “For us, reaching the FIFA Women’s World Cup would be

a great achievement.”If the Malditas lose to China

on Monday night, they can still secure qualification against Thailand in their last match of the group round. (ABS-CBN News)

3-pointer, by Draymond Green in a 14-5 run to open the second quarter and distance themselves from the Suns. Golden State wound up with its 15th con-secutive victory over Phoenix.

Thompson, who is in con-tention for the NBA’s 3-point-shooting-percentage title, con-nected on 6 of 13 from 3-point range to account for a majority of his point total.

The 30-point game was Thompson’s third of the sea-son, his first since he put up a season-high 38 at Chicago on Jan. 17.

Kevin Durant had 17 points, Draymond Green and Quinn Cook 14 apiece, JaVale McGee 11 and Shaun Livingston 10 for the Warriors, who await the results from a crowded playoff race among the fourth through eighth seeds in the West to determine their first-round postseason opponent.

Danuel House Jr. had 22 points to pace the Suns, who clinched the worst record in the NBA with a 61st loss.

Alex Len had 16 points, Tyler Ulis 15, Dragan Bender 14 and Jared Dudley 11 for Phoenix, which wraps up its season Tuesday at Dallas.

Jazz routs LakersDonovan Mitchell scored 28

points, collected nine rebounds and dished out eight assists to help the Utah Jazz clinch a playoff spot with a 112-97 vic-tory over the host Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday.

Joe Ingles added 22 points and 10 assists for the Jazz. Jae Crowder chipped in 18 points and Royce O’ Neale added 15.

Utah (47-33) trails the Port-land Trail Blazers (48-32) by a game for the Western Confer-ence’s third seed. The Jazz are one game in front of the New Orleans Pelicans, San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder, all 46-34.

The Jazz had 35 assists on 42 baskets.

Josh Hart scored 25 points to lead Los Angeles. Tyler Ennis added 22 points while Julius Randle chipped in 17. The Lakers got swept 3-0 in

the season series with the Jazz and have lost seven straight to Utah overall.

Raptors bury MagicCJ Miles and OG Anunoby

combined to hit 10 of Toronto’s 17 3-pointers, and the Raptors beat the Orlando Magic 112-101 on Sunday in their final home game of the regular sea-son at Air Canada Centre.

Miles finished with 22 points, and Anunoby tied his season-high with 21 points for Toronto, which has won three in a row. Miles and Anunoby each hit five 3-pointers.

The Raptors went 34-7 at Air Canada Centre this regular season, and they’ll be back home in the playoffs. Toronto has clinched the No. 1 seed and home-court advantage throughout the Eastern Confer-ence playoffs for the first time in franchise history.

With two games remaining, the Raptors (58-22) stretched their franchise record for wins, putting more distance on the 56 they won in 2015-16. (Field Level Media/Reuters)

THE Green Archers United-Iloilo.(Photo by Edwin Caro Laru-an)

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THE Green Archers United-Iloilo Team B surprised Kaya FC during their first encounter in the Youth Football League (YFL) U15, 3-1, at the Alabang Country Club football ground, Apr. 8, 2018.

The undersized Ilonggo booters used their speed against taller opponents and EVEN managed to draw first blood courtesy of James Tuazon.

Tuazon, a pride of Central Philippine University (CPU) Golden Lions, made a go-ahead pass on the right flank to Jhon Laurence Calmada and man-aged to outrun the defense and place the ball at the back of the net in the 5th minute.

Karlo Joshua Lustan also pressured the Kaya goalkeeper as he doubled the lead in the 24th minute.

But Kaya managed to score via free kick before the half time to reduce the Green Ar-chers’ lead, 2-1.

Kaya was dominant in the

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THE Western Visayas delega-tion is now ready for the 2018 Palarong Pambansa in Vigan, Ilocos Sur.

The national games will of-ficially start on Apr. 15.

The region’s secondary girls’ volleyball team is preparing well in the tournament despite their limited time.

Represented by Bacolod Tay Tung High School (BTTHS) Thunderbolts, the team remains optimistic that they will be able to keep up with the contending teams. According to veteran setter Marianne Sotomil, they underwent rigid training as they will not settle for anything less than the gold medal.

The Ilonggo spiker also re-vealed that she wants to show her A-game against power-house teams in the country.

“We want to bring home the coveted gold medal. We

THE Philippine Malditas in training. (Mia Montayre/PFF)

THE Philippine women’s national football team’s bid for qualifica-tion to the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup continues on Monday night when they play powerhouse China at the King Abdullah II Stadium in Amman, Jordan.

Kick off is at 4:45 p.m. in Jordan, or 9:45 p.m. in the Philippines.The Filipinas are trying to build on their remarkable 2-1 upset

of hosts Jordan last Friday night (Saturday morning in Manila), with a win over China propelling them to the World Cup in France in 2019.

An own goal from Jordan’s Yasmeen Khair and a Sarina Bolden strike gave the Philippines their first three points of the 2018 AFC Women’s Asian Cup.

“We started with a win against the hosts, and in our plans before we came to Jordan we had always envisaged taking three points from our first match,” said Philippine head coach Rabah-Benlarbi.

“It is very important to have a balance, something which I believe we have along with the fact that we live together, we win together and we die together,” he added.

Benlarbi, however, is well aware of the challenges posed by China. He was an assistant coach of China during the 2016 Rio Olympics, and saw how the Chinese routed Thailand, 4-0, in their first assignment of the tournament.

“I know China’s players, and I know their strengths, and their weaknesses,” said Benlarbi. “They have changed some players, but they are still a very strong team.”

The Malditas are once again the underdogs against China,

GOLDEN STATE Warriors center JaVale McGee (1) dunks the ball during the second half against the Phoenix Suns at Talking Stick Resort Arena. Or-lando Ramirez, USA TODAY Sports/Reuters

Klay Thompson led six War-riors in double figures with a game-high 34 points Sunday night as Golden State snapped a two-game losing streak with a 117-100 victory over the host Phoenix Suns.

The Warriors, who have clinched the No. 2 seed for the Western Conference playoff, used two hoops, including a

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