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AAK DAVAO WINS 8 MEDALS IN SINGAPORE

CITY DEMOLITION MENPROBED FOR EXTORTION

INSIDE EDGE

3 NPAsKILLEDTHE military yes-

terday said at least three members of

the New People’s Army (NPA) were killed while two militiamen were wounded in an encoun-ter with members of the 72nd Infantry Battalion of the Army’s 10th Infantry Division in Kapalong, Davao del Norte late Sun-day afternoon.

In a report, the Armed Forc-es of the Philippines (AFP) said the incident happened in Sitio Poiton, Barangay Gupitan in Kapalong at around 5:45 p.m. on September 14.

The military said the sol-diers and some members of the Citizens Armed Forces Geo-graphical Unit (CAFGU) were on security patrol when they encountered the rebels.

After the gun fight, the mil-itary recovered an AK-47, an

1 M16 rifles, an improvised explosive device (IED), a hand grenade, a medical kit, two backpacks, and “subversive documents” at the encounter site.

The military said civilians in the area reported that more NPA members were killed in the encounter but were re-trieved by their comrades as they escaped.

Soldiers are still searching

Two soldiers also wounded in Davao del Norte clash

A traffic enforcer mans the flow of traffic at the junction of J.P. Laurel Avenue and Mamay Road in Davao City yesterday afternoon to ease the congestion in the area caused by the traffic light that failed to function normally after its electrical cables were hit while the current drainage system project’s boring activity is being done. Lean Daval Jr.

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THE BIG NEWS

THREE personnel from Davao City Demolition Unit

are being investigated for alleged involvement in the illegal collection of money from sidewalk vendors.

Demolition Unit chief Yusop Jimlani told re-porters in yesterday’s Kapehan sa Dabaw at SM City Davao Annex that his office has been investigat-ing the three personnel,

whom he did not name, since last week.

“Based on the com-plaints, the three take money from the sidewalk vendors so that they will not apprehend them,” Jimlani said, adding that most complaints came from vendors who are selling ukay-ukay.

He said according to the complainants, the three personnel collect from P20 to P100 from

the vendors.He said the three

could be earning a lot of money by collecting the small amounts from the numerous vendors in the city.

He said he is expect-ing to have the result of the investigation any time this week.

Jimlani cited an in-cident in which an old vendor asked him for a receipt because an em-

ployee of his office had collected money from her so that she would not be apprehended.

He clarified that they are not allowed to issue tickets or receipts be-cause that is the job of the officers from the City Treasurer’s Office.

Jimlani said items seized during demolition operations are returned to their respective own-

THE older brother of the tricycle driver who was shot dead

on Saturday morning in Toril, Davao City is look-ing into the possibility that perpetrators killed his brother to put the blame on a police officer who had earlier mauled the victim.

“Basin gidula ni, naay mga underground nga transactions nga gidula para mapasanginlan tong pulis (There might have been some underground transactions that were manipulated so that the police officer would be blamed for the killing),” Manuel Corral VI said.

He said Police Offi-cer (PO)1 Jeffer Villegas, who was caught on CCTV mauling his brother Man-uel Corral VII, might be innocent of the killing of his brother.

“If you subject Ville-gas to a paraffin test, he will test negative 101 per-cent,” Corral said.

Manuel Corral VII was found dead with five gun-shot wounds at around 3:30a.m. on Saturday in Juan dela Cruz Street in Toril, Davao City.

His body was found days after he was mauled before dawn on Septem-ber 10 allegedly by a po-

NATIONAL Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Region 11

chief Dante Gierran yes-terday denied that his of-fice has taken charge as the lead investigating unit of the Richard King mur-der case.

In a text message Gier-ran said the NBI is doing a

parallel investigation but is not the new head of the Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) King.

He said the case is now with the City Prose-cution Office “technically and procedurally.”

King, owner of the Ce-bu-based Crown Regency Group of Hotel, was shot

dead inside his office Vi-tal-C Health Products, which he also owned, in Davao City on June 12.

Gierran clarified the issue after word went around that the NBI took over the case because of discrepancies in the investigation on the in-

Homeward-bound motorists form a long queue while waiting for their turn along Lanang in Davao City yes-terday. Lean Daval Jr.

Ednar G. Dayanghirang, Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) consultant, urges during yesterday’s Kapehan sa Dabaw at the Annex of SM City Davao all the sectors of society in Mindanao with the help of the media to be informed and educat-ed on the provisions stipulated in House Bill 4994 better known as the Bangsamoro Basic Law. Lean Daval Jr.

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City demolition menprobed for extortion

Cop may be innocent: murder victim’s brotherBy FUNNY PEARL A. GAJUNERA

NBI denies taking overKing murder case

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In exchange for alms, a physically impaired person

strives to entertain by-standers with novelty songs

along E. Quirino Avenue in Davao City yesterday. Lean

Daval Jr.

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NEWSEDGEDAVAO

DRAINAGE Manage-ment Unit (DMU) chief Yusop Jimlani

yesterday admitted that the lack of equipment pre-vents his unit from freeing Davao City’s drainage sys-tem of the silt and garbage that cause flooding when-ever it rains.

Speaking to reporters in yesterday’s Kapehan sa Dabaw at SM City Davao Annex, Jimlani said his of-fice has already lobbied for more equipment be-fore the City Engineer’s Office (CEO) “but they only give a few trucks that can load collected garbage

from creeks and canals.”Jimlani said it is only

the CEO that can provide the transport service his unit needs in canal clean-ing operations.

“What happens when it rains is that the trash we collect goes back to the canals,” he said, causing

floods.Jimlani said his unit

collects a total of 76.10 cubic meters of garbage every day the canals but all of these are still uncol-lected by the trucks of the CEO.

He said the trucks of

AROUND 50 local companies are par-ticipating in the

one-day job fair hosted by members of The Church of Jesus Christ of The Lat-ter-Day Saints on Septem-ber 22 at the Davao Stake Center located at the cor-ner of C.M. Recto and Rizal Streets in Davao City.

Speaking in yester-day’s Kapehan sa Dabaw at SM Ciy Davao Annex Luis Philip Tan, chair of the church’s Self-reliance Service Center, said the invited companies include business process out-sourcing (BPO) firms and manpower agencies.

Tan said about 200 ap-

plicants are expected to join the job fair, which will run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

“We will be happier if job applicants will reach up 400 since it will be open for everyone,” he said, adding that applicants will come from Davao City and nearby provinces.

Tan said the job fair will be just one feature of the opening of the Self-re-liance Services Center. The center, on its opening, will have training and work-shop for English commu-nication and proficiency.

“Most of the time, ap-plicants are not employed because they are not pro-

ENGINEERS here say that there is a “tre-mendous oppor-

tunity” for construction projects in the region be-cause of climate change.

In an interview held at the SMX Convention Cen-ter in Lanang Tuesday, Engr. Ramon Allado said climate change has given the construction industry a need to retrofit its ex-isting structures, with the prevalence of changing climate conditions.

“To be very blunt and

frank, there’s tremendous opportunity because of climate change,” Allado said. “There’s a whole new line of work that’s coming up and many peo-ple still do not realize the phenomenon.”

Allado said that some water structures in Samal Island, for example, had an elevation of 1.7 meters from the highest point of the sea water surface during high tide during the 1970s.

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Lack of city trucks keepscanals silted, trash-filled

Latter-Day Saints opensjob fair on September 22

Construction boom expected as a result of climate change

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THE ECONOMY

The number of house-holds with outstand-ing savings in the

third quarter this year fell to 26.9 percent from 30.3 percent in the previous quarter, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said.

The BSP’s consumer expectation survey (CES) for the third quarter of 2014 showed that the drop was registered both in the low-income group or those whose monthly family income is less than P10,000 and the mid-dle-income group, which has a monthly income of P10,000-P29,999.

Index for the savings

outlook of the low-income group slightly moved down to 16.3 percent from quar-ter-ago’s 17.2 percent.

Its drop was lower compared to the 7.2 per-centage points decrease of those in the middle income group to 34.3 percent from quarter-ago’s 41.5 percent.

On the other hand, the index for the high-income group or those that have monthly family income of P30,000 and above rose to 66.7 percent from 64.9 percent in the second quarter of the year.

As banks continue to widen their coverage in most parts of the country,

bulk of the respondents or 66.7 percent said they put their savings in banks, while those who still keep it at home remain large at 23.3 percent.

The others put their savings in cooperatives, 5.7 percent; credit or loans and other associations, 2.8 percent; “paluwagan” (fund pooling), 1.3 percent; and others, 0.2 percent.

In terms of reasons for saving, most of the respon-dents said they are doing it to have funds for emergen-cies, retirement, health and hospitalization, education, and business capital and investment. (PNA)

NEW Manay, Mar-agusan --- In this far-flung barangay,

community residents have encountered disasters like typhoons and landslides that wreck homes and crops. The adversities that occurred have made the poverty situation worse in the area.

“Life was difficult in the area. No matter how we tried to achieve a better

life, the force of nature was always a hindrance from achieving it,” shares Welen-cio T. Magbutang, a farmer for almost 30 years.

Farming is the main source of livelihood here. But even with the effort of the farmers, their in-come remained unstable because of the difficulty of transporting their crops such as vegetables and ba-nanas to the market.

Farmers used to walk miles from home to their farm and worked non-stop from morning till after-noon. This has been their way of life since the time of their fathers and they could not muster enough resources to improve on this.

Logging activities in some parts courted disas-ters like landslides which ruined their crops.

For the farmers, their situation was an immi-nent disaster. In fact, they already refrained them-selves from pursuing a better life. Because of their struggle against poverty, their children were also af-fected since parents could hardly send their children to school due to budget constraints.

On December 4, 2014, Typhoon Pablo destroyed almost everything that they had worked hard for. The devastation became their eye-opener to make a change.

Pro-environmentIn May 2013, DSWD

KALAHI-CIDSS PAMANA entered New Manay. From then on, things began to change. Residents were hesitant at first to partici-pate because most of them didn’t have any formal ed-ucation. The lack of self-es-teem hindered them from believing that they too, can take part in change. This became the barrier between the residents and the authorities.

“Residents believed that only ‘persons with authori-ty’ have the right to lead and decide for their well-being,” Magbutang said.

KALAHI-CIDSS PAMA-

NA is a program developed to improve access of con-flict-affected barangays (CABs) to quality basic social services and re-sponsive, transparent, and accountable local govern-ments. The project invests in empowering people and in advancing peace-pro-moting community initia-tives.

Having undergone the distinct KALAHI-CIDSS social preparation phase which involves orientation, community assemblies, participatory situation analysis, and validation, residents agreed on a project that would pro-vide them with long-term income and help preserve the environment at the same time.

The Capacity Build-ing on Rubber-Farming Technology with Soil and Water Conservation Ap-proach radiated a sense of optimism to the farmers of New Manay.

In partnership with the Department of Agriculture (DA), farmers participated in field exposures in rub-ber plantations and they trained on proper planting of rubber seeds and man-aging rubber seedlings. Indeed, the program lifted

the barrier between the local officials and the com-munity.

Rubber trees are known to prevent land-slides and one tree holds up to 75,000 liters of water.

“Rubber is more sus-tainable in nature, though we still have to wait for six years before we can utilize it,” Magbutang said.

On the side, farmers were taught to implement inter-cropping rubber with other farm produce such as corn, vegetables, coffee and banana. With this technol-ogy, farmers can earn an estimated income of P200 a day while waiting for the rubber seeds to grow.

To date, there are 80 beneficiaries cultivating a total 500 rubber seedlings through the help of KALAHI-CIDSS PAMANA. They now have four model farms in the area for residents to learn from in terms of proper ways of planting and growing rubber seeds.

Aside from the income that they can acquire from the rubber seeds in a few years’ time, this project secures their safety from upcoming calamities. (DSWD/Julie Ace Brandon F. Ramos/ccd)

Rubber farming for income,environment in ComVal town

Number of householdswith savings drops: BSP

CHAMBER of Automo-tive Manufacturers of the Philippines, Inc.

(CAMPI) members have posted automotive sales of 19,116 units in August 2014

Data from CAMPI showed that August 2014 sales slowed down by 7.79 percent month-on-month from July 2014’s 20,730 unit sales as 11 out of 15 brands under the largest local auto industry group posted neg-ative growth on sales.

Gainers for the ‘ghost month’-August include Mit-shubishi Motors Philippines Corp. with unit sales of 4,225 from July’s 3,776 units, up by 11.89 percent; Ford Mo-tor Company Phils. Inc. with 1,976 unit sales from 1,723 units, up by 14.16 percent; Pilipinas Hino, Inc. with 748 unit sales from 665 units, up by 12.48 percent; CATS Mo-tors with 65 unit sales from 56 units, up by 16.07 per-cent; and Volkswagen with 61 unit sales from 57 units,

up by 7.02 percent.Despite decrement on

sales, Toyota Motors Phil-ippines Corp. remained the market leader for August 2014 selling 8,424 units

In an interview early this month, CAMPI presi-dent Atty. Rommel Gutierrez said the business group has expected lower month-on-month sales in August as this is considered as “ghost month” where most firms experience slow down in their businesses. (PNA)

Car makers’ August sales slow down

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Your legacy is always there to

light the way for us,

Even if you have gone ahead of us,

you will always be in our Hearts,

Guiding us like an angel even

though we are apart.

We remember you

RET. COL. EMILIO ESCANDOR(May 28, 1944-September 15, 2012)

On your 2nd Death Anniversary

From your loving family, associates,

employees and friends

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A new age of artistry begins for Ateneo de Davao University

as Ateneans with multi-dimensional talents race their way to fame in the Finals Night of Foto Mod-elo Ateneo Season 4 this September 20, 2014 at the Martinez Sports Complex of the ADDU High School Campus.

Foto Modelo Ateneo is an inter-department com-petition which promotes and showcases Ateneo de Davao University’s rich pool of talents in model-ing, photography and fash-ion design.

Now on its fourth year, the competition produced by ADDU Mass Communi-cations’ Paragon Produc-tions brings out the best in Ateneo’s talents in model-ing, photography, fashion design, and the latest ad-dition—make up artistry.

The fourth edition of Foto Modelo Ateneo aims to empower and further develop these talents, con-cretizing the Ignatian vir-tue of magis –of excellence and doing more.

Series of chal-lenges were given to the participants for the entire month of August. These are photoshoot series where the skills of the models, photographers, make-up artists and de-

signers are tested. The Week 1 challenge,

entitled “Fabric Magic,” is designed to test the skill of the designer in styling and creating a look with only limited sources. Each department is provided with a 10-meter cloth with their respective division color where the designer must improvise the cloth and create a dress for the female model. This is a test of their creativity, refined-ness, and the sense of style of the designer.

Week 2 is dubbed “Powder Power” chal-lenge, a deeper level as the Hair and Make-up artists are tested to come up with a lumad-inspired tribal look for the models using ‘holi’ powder, mud, flour and charcoal. The chal-lenge reflects part of the Ateneo’s vision: “It excels further in the promotion of the faith that does jus-tice, in cultural sensitivity and transformation, and in inter-religious dialogue, particularly with the Mus-lim and Lumad communi-ties of Mindanao.“

Week 3 is called “Frame Game” challenge which was designed to test the skill of each team’s photographer. Using the IPhone 4s provided by the production team, photog-raphers are expected to

capture the theme of Aca-demic Excellence in their photographs.

Finally, Week 4 is called “Budget Project” challenge where the models of each division ability to ability to express emotions and project powerfully using only limited resources, and to make a budget at-tire look fashionable, styl-ish and elegant are tested. Each team was only given 300 pesos for the female and male model to pur-chase Streetwear clothes and accessories for the shoot. The challenge is also a means to promote camaraderie and foster teamwork within each department. The photo-shoot accompanying the challenge is also one way to promote Davao City as a favorable tourist desti-nation.

They will present and reenact all these challeng-es again during the finals night for the audience’s benefit to witness the work of art made by each participants including the designer’s MODA trib-al-inspired outfit.

This event is still for the benefit of the Para-gon Productions’ chosen beneficiaries (1) SAKAD-AB Gawad Kalinga Village and (2) Galon Elementary School.

GMA Kapuso stars Mi-kael Daez and Andrea Tor-res will be also guesting during the finals night as a support of the production team’s advocacy to raise

fund for their beneficia-ries.

This event is in partner-ship with Oroderm Body and is sponsored by GMA Network, Hijo Banana

Beach Resort, SM Lanang Premier, Bioskin, Sushidi-to, GG Brownies, Redrock Dezigns and Prints, Un-tamed Clothing and media partner EDGE Davao.

Four-Flair All-DareFoto Modelo Ateneo Season 4:

By Athena Jillian Bravo

THE Department of Science and Tech-nology (DOST) is

calling on all qualified Junior Level College stu-dents to apply for its Ju-nior Level Science Schol-arships under the RA 10612 also known as “Fast-tracked Science and Technology Scholarship Act of 2013” scholarship program offerings.

RA 10612 aims to strengthen the country’s

science and technology education by fast tracking graduates in the sciences, mathematics, and engi-neering who shall teach science and mathemat-ics in secondary schools throughout the country.

Application forms and scholarship brochures can be obtained at the DOST regional office at DMC Compound, Davao City; and at the Provincial Science and Technology

Centers in USEP Apokon, Tagum City with tel. no. 084-2162415; NICO Bldg., Nabunturan City with mo-bile no. 09203295187; Lim St., Digos City with tel. no.553-3469; and, Sto. Niño St., Mati City with tel. no. 087-3884085. It can also be download-ed through http://sci-ence-scholarships.ph. Deadline for filing of appli-cation is on September 30, 2014. Examination date is

on October 18, 2014.After graduation, the

scholar shall be given op-portunity for job place-ment in high schools in the country, be employed with a position equivalent to Special Science Teacher I in the Philippine Science High School System, and be given one-time reloca-tion allowance should he/she be assigned in a place other than the permanent residence.

DOST opens junior level science scholarshipsTELECOMMUNICA-

TIONS company Globe Telecom,

which is well known for its “0916” and “0917” prefixes, celebrates Sep-tember 16 and 17 with the Social Good Summit which will examine the role of technology and new media in addressing difficult challenges that the country faces partic-ularly in the area of di-saster risk reduction and management (DRRM).

Dubbed PH+Social-Good: Manila #2030NOW, the two-day Manila leg of the New York-based ini-tiative to be held at The Mind Museum will focus on how technology can be used to deal with climate change and the impact it leaves behind; how busi-nesses can transform and empower women; how efforts to collapse the digital divide are helping bring the Internet to ev-eryone; and finally, how people can help ensure that there will be no ca-sualties when the next typhoon comes.

“Telecommunications is a vital component of DRRM, thus Globe con-tinuously works on ways to limit the impact of any disruption in its opera-tions especially during calamities. It has a busi-ness continuity man-

agement policy in place which prioritizes the safety of the people and ensures the delivery of products and services even during disasters,” said Yoly Crisanto, Senior Vice President, Globe Corporate Communica-tions.

While nothing can provide absolute guar-antee that a severely disruptive event will no longer occur, Globe has a commitment to its stake-holders that it is ready to respond to and recover from any incident, in-cluding those not antici-pated.

For instance, despite the massive damage in-flicted by Super Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban City which left the area iso-lated from the rest of the world, Globe network people were fast to re-spond to the emergency through partial resto-ration of communications services within two days.

Globe is likewise very active in helping com-munities affected by di-sasters not only through quick assistance such as Libreng Tawag and charging activities and re-lief operations but more importantly, by providing them the means to get back on their feet and live normally again. (PNA)

THE DOME. A first-of-its-kind in the Philippines, the “coal dome,” measuring more than 60 meters in height and 120 meters in diameter will store fuel for the 300-MW clean coal power plant currently being constructed by Aboitiz-

Power subsidiary Therma South in southern Davao City. The power plant project is close to 90 percent complete and is set for commercial operations in the first half of 2015, providing much-needed power to Mindanao.

Globe pushes for social good asit celebrates ‘0916’ and ‘0917’

EDGEDAVAO

COMPETITIVE EDGE

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ASSETS AmountCash and Cash Items P 986,970,244.58Due from Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas 590,329,027.25Due from Other Banks 760,373,147.74Financial Assets at Fair Value through Profit or Loss 0.00Available-for-Sale (AFS) Financial Assets - Net 1,952,001,129.74Held-to-Maturity (HTM) Financial Assets - Net 343,393,218.75Unquoted Debt Securities Classified as Loans - Net 0.00Investments in Non-Marketable Equity Security-Net 0.00Loans and Receivables-Net 19,040,311,832.69

Loans to Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas 0.00Interbank Loans Receivable 0.00Loans and Receivables - Others 19,234,208,466.59Loans and Receivables Arising from RA/CA/PR/SLB 0.00General Loan Loss Provision 193,896,633.90

Other Financial Assets 1,052,226,346.90Equity Investment in Subsidiaries, Associates and Joint Ventures - Net 6,448,462.30Bank Premises, Furniture, Fixture and Equipment - Net 1,381,457,422.60Real and Other Properties Acquired - Net 21,750,217.37Non-Current Assets Held for Sale 0.00Other Assets-Net 417,941,196.24Net Due from Head Office/Branches/Agencies, if any (Philippine branch of a foreign bank) 0.00TOTAL ASSETS P 26,553,202,246.16

LIABILITIESFinancial Liabilities Designated at Fair Value through Profit or Loss P 0.00Deposit Liabilities 16,947,836,424.63Due to Other Banks 0.00Bills Payable 5,067,225,181.15

a) BSP (Rediscounting and Other Advances) 77,225,181.15b) Interbank Loans Payable 0.00c) Other Deposit Substitute 0.00d) Others 4,990,000,000.00

Bonds Payable - Net 0.00Unsecured Subordinated Debt - Net 0.00Redeemable Preferred Shares 0.00Special Time Deposit 0.00Due to Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas 0.00Other Financial Liabilities 106,480,486.33Other Liabilities 439,937,009.18Net Due to Head Office/Branches/Agencies (Philippine branch of a foreign bank) 0.00TOTAL LIABILITIES P 22,561,479,101.29

STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITYCapital Stock P 2,471,903,970.00Other Capital Accounts 443,730,658.34Retained Earnings 1,076,088,516.53Assigned Capital 0.00TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY P 3,991,723,144.87TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY P 26,553,202,246.16

CONTINGENT ACCOUNTS AmountGuarantees Issued P 0.00Financial Standby Letters of Credit 0.00Performance Standby Letters of Credit 0.00Commercial Letters of Credit 0.00Trade Related Guarantees 0.00Commitments 0.00Spot Foreign Exchange Contracts 0.00Securities Held Under Custodianship by Bank Proper 0.00Trust Department Accounts 0.00

a) Trust and Other Fiduciary Accounts 0.00b) Agency Accounts 0.00c) Advisory/Consultancy 0.00

Derivatives 0.00Others 14,943,239.32TOTAL CONTINGENT ACCOUNTS P 14,943,239.32

ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONGross total loan portfolio (TLP) P 19,633,902,936.79Specific allowance for credit losses on the TLP 399,694,470.20Non-Performing Loans (NPLs)

a) Gross NPLs 595,713,593.78b) Ratio of gross NPLs to gross TLP (%) 3.03c) Net NPLs 196,019,123.58d) Ratio of Net NPLs to gross TLP (%) 1.00

Classified Loans & Other Risk Assets, gross of allowance for credit losses 2,303,480,089.57DOSRI Loans and receivables, gross allowance of credit losses 11,076,621.17Ratio of DOSRI loans and receivables, gross of allowance for credit losses, to gross TLP (%) 0.06Gross non-performing DOSRI loans and receivables 0.00Ratio of gross non-performing DOSRI loans and receivables to TLP (%) 0.00Percent Compliance with Magna Carta (%)

a) 8% for Micro and Small Enterprises 10.11b) 2% for Medium Enterprises 2.14

Return on Equity (ROE) (%) 14.12Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) on Solo Basis, as prescribed under existing regulations

a) Total CAR (%) 17.43b) Tier 1 CAR (%) 16.57

Deferred Charges not yet Written Down 0.00Unbooked Allowance for Credit Losses on Financial Instruments Received 0.00

We, Romulo C. Guerrero and Antonio P. Avelino of the above-mentioned bank do solemnly swear that all matters set forth in the above balance sheet are true and correct to the best of our knowledge and belief.

(SGD.) ROMULO C. GUERREROComptroller

(SGD.) ANTONIO P. AVELINOPresident

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this 18th day of July 2014 at Davao City, affiant exhibiting their Driver’s License No. L02-81-02-0440 and SSS No. 03-2832784-7, respectively.

Doc. No. 534Book No. 107Page No. VSeries of 2014

ATTY. BAMBETH MAHAL J. DIEZNotary Public for Davao City

Serial No. 219-2013 until December 31, 2014PTR No. 3861307 - 01/06/2014 - Davao City

IBP Life Member Roll No. 09796 - 03/11/11 - Pasig CityMCLE Compliance No. III-0020518 / IV-0001914

Roll of Attorney’s No. 56206One Network Bank Bldg., Km. 9, Sasa, Davao City

ONE NETWORK BANK, INC. (A RURAL BANK)

ONE NETWORK BANKA Rural Bank

www.onenetworkbank.com.ph

Balance SheetAs of June 30, 2014

(Head Office and Branches)

EDGEDAVAO

COMMUNITY SENSE

OVER 800 students and alumni from across the five

programs of the Univer-sity of Mindanao’s Col-lege of Business Admin-istration gathered at the UM Gym, Matina Cam-pus, last September 6 for the 2nd UM Business Student Conference “Es-tudyanteng Negosyante” featuring best selling au-thor and one of the coun-try’s most sought-after speakers, Chinkee Tan.

“The conference aims to help create an innova-tive and entrepreneur-ial mind-set among the students. Estudyanteng Negosyante is an event to empower students with an entrepreneurial spirit and to motivate them to start a business as young as now,” Lani Lim, Program Head for Marketing Management, said in her opening re-marks.

Chinkee Tan, a for-mer actor and comedian who is now a successful motivational speaker and financial coach, en-tertained and inspired the students with his own personal life story

and antics.Sharing his own

story, he encouraged the students to have a change of mindset. “If you are born poor, you do not have to die poor,” he said.

Coming from a poor family himself, Tan in-spired the CBAE stu-dents on understanding the power of mindset, where one’s negative thoughts come from, and how one can overcome and transform them into positive actions.

He further explained how one can control emotions and reprogram the way one thinks, feels, and acts and turn trage-dy into an opportunity.

After the inspiring talk, a long line of stu-dents bought his books which were displayed in the gym. The students then went to Tan right in the middle of the audito-rium for the autograph signing.

The conference was organized by the UM Marketing Management Program in partnership with K-Magis Advertis-ing & Production.

Chinkee Tan inspires UM CBAE students

THE municipality of Bansalan, Davao del Sur kicked off its

62nd town anniversary with a treat for the farmers through Agricultural Day at the municipal gym last Friday.

The municipal govern-ment also approved a new ordinance declaring every 12th of September as Agri-cultural Day.

With the theme “Mga Produktong Pinaka sa Kau-mahan maoy Katikaran ug Kalambuan sa Bansalan,”

hundreds of farmers from Bansalan gathered at the event, which was graced by Agriculture regional di-rector Remelyn R. Recoter.

In her message, Reco-ter lauded the farmers for their help in ensuring the food security not only in their province but the en-tire region as well.

“This is your (farmers’) day, and this is one way of honoring your contribu-tion to the region,” she said.

Recoter said Bansalan placed fourth among the

municipalities in Davao del Sur in terms of rice produc-tion.

“They might not com-pete with the big produc-ers of rice in the region but Bansalan contributes 13 percent to the total pro-duction of Davao del Sur. Malaking tulong na yun,” she said.

Recoter also said more farm–to-market road projects are in line for the province of Davao del Sur and assured the farmers that the agriculture sector

will continue to provide support and assistance to them.

Last July, Bansalan availed itself of a P1.2 mil-lion fund transfer from the Department of Agriculture (DA) 11 for the Sustainable Livelihood Projects under Grassroots Participatory Budgeting Process (GPBP), formerly known as Bot-tom-up Budgeting (BuB). Nine civil society organiza-tions (CSO) benefited from the funds. (Aggie Media Service)

Bansalan celebrates 6th Agri Day

AGRI DAY. Agriculture Regional Director Remelyn R. Recoter receives a plaque of appreciation from the municipal gov-ernment of Bansalan, Davao del Sur headed by Mayor Edwin Reyes (second from right), Vice Mayor Arnel Gallardo (extreme right), and Councilor Julian Albores (left) for her participation on the Agriculture Day Celebration of the town.

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DAMNED if you do, damned if you don’t. This was probably what Vice President Jejomar Binay felt yes-terday after canceling a scheduled 15-minute live

address to clear his name of corruption charges in order to go to provinces hit by typhoon Luis. There had been wide buzz about his televised appearance, coming as it did in the heels of a Senate investigation on alleged corrupt practices in his native Makati City involving not just him but literal-ly his entire family. Speculation had been rife about what he would say and how he would say it (”presidential” was how his own people described the style in which the ad-dress was supposed to be delivered). It would really have been a spectacle, a man pushed against a wall and forced to fight his way out.

But Binay opted to cancel the whole thing and, according to a press statement from his office, he flew to Cagayan Prov-ince early yesterday morning “to personally assess the dam-age caused by typhoon Luis. After his planned visit to towns in Cagayan, the Vice President is scheduled to visit Isabela.” The typhoon was a true howler, battering North Luzon and apparently even causing a ferry to sink off Southern Leyte,

killing at least three people. As of this writing thousands of people have been affected and displaced, and it remains to be seen if the number of casualties would rise.

If the vice president had continued his address to defend himself in a time like this, he would have been slammed as being insensitive to the plight of those affected by the typhoon. But even his decision to move the schedule to an-other day is also being criticized by people who see it only as a political move. We remember Binay’s penchant for printing his name and face on relief packs distributed to victims of disasters. Was this one of those moments? That remains to be seen. It has been pointed out that Binay does not need to be actually on the site of the current disaster, that it is actually better if he does not go there because re-lief workers would then have a freer hand to go about their tasks without having to think of having a VIP in their midst. If that is the case, then the people are rightly disappoint-ed that they did not hear his defense on the charges lev-eled against him. In the grand scheme of things, that is the more pressing issue today, and certainly the one that Binay is better equipped to handle.

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OBVIOUSLY the reality of an inte-grated ASEAN economy is one we cannot avoid. But beyond

the discussion on governmental is-sues reduced tariffs and restrictions, the scenario painted is one where, for example, cheaper Indonesian or Malay-sian goods will be bought in Uyanguren, bringing an increase in choice and tastes among our consuming populace. Be-ing the multicultural society that we are begs us to taste, take a look, and try on products from different countries. In Davao, perhaps much more than Ma-nila, if it fits and is reasonably priced, we buy. Seeking quality and bang for every peso is what we in Davao are known for. Useless bling and shine is, to us, obvi-ously useless.

The flip side of this all is that we may also be getting inferior products and services. Sometimes we are sweet talk-ed into buying something in the mall we barely need and end up regretting the buying decision. Or after a few weeks or months, the shirt we bought fades or shrinks, or tears easily, the handle breaks and when you try to return the item, the seller refuses to replace it. Worse,

some un-s c r u p u l o u s m u l t i - l e v e l m a r k e t i n g schemes dupes us into mak-ing an invest-ment with a promise to get rich by net-working our friends. But all we get for the thousands of pesos we sink into the scheme is an P800 pair of shoes, or a pack of 12 sachets of whatever herbal juice meant to cure every illness we might get.

As consumers we are entitled to get the fair value for every peso we spend. We enjoy the protection of laws like the Consumer Act and the programs under the Department of Trade and Industry that seek to promote healthy competi-tion and uphold the ability of consumer choice in a competitive market economy that, by its inner nature, should keep prices low and quality high. Yet being

an imperfect global market, there is im-perfect global competition. There are natural monopolies like water service areas and electricity franchises held by one service provider or company. There are also cartels engaged in hoarding supplies of important commodities to artificially fix prices to keep them high. These cartels bend the laws of market economics to serve their greed and of-ten enough, deprive the others’ need. When these situations occur, our power of choice and the competitive nature of the Market diminishes. thus the inter-vention of government and the need for advocacy groups that promote consum-er interests.

As the horizon sees a future of an increased inflow of goods, our rights as consumers need to be advocated and protected, so that in exchange for each peso we can continue to enjoy a fair, if not lower price, for a higher qual-ity and quantity of available goods. But before Asean goods enter our markets, let me posit a strong suggestion: Let’s patronize locally available goods and services, and prod suppliers to achieve quality so that we can sell the equal

amount of these products in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. This makes the integrated Asean economy a beneficial outcome for more.

All these suggestions and perspec-tives point to one direction, the need for a stronger consumer movement. Per-haps like Konsumo Dabaw in the past or the Citizens Alliance for Consum-er Protection (CACP), it can watch the moves of natural and virtual monopolies to enable stronger competition. Again, competition enables choice and keeps prices low and quality high. But along with protecting the rights of consum-ers, it can also promote a choice for lo-cal products to help local producers and small businesses thrive, so that they can expand and provide employment for local residents and opportunity to oth-ers like the upland farmers supplying semi-processed materials. Civil society groups need to expand this further and work with others to achieve a critical mass of watchful vigilant consumers that can take up the cause on behalf of others. With this, the prospect of an inte-grated ASEAN economy becomes a nicer challenge to take on.

“WHEN some children were brought to Him so that He might lay His hands on them

and pray; and the disciples rebuked them. But Jesus said, ‘Let the children alone, and do not hinder them from coming to Me; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.’ After laying His hands on them, He departed from there.”

The verses above, taken from Matthew (19:13-15), was quoted by Pastor Ramoni-to “Monching” Solana during the dedica-tion of three-month old Athalia Vianne.

“Just to correct the impression of most people, what we are doing today is not baptism but child dedication,” Pastor Sola-na explained. “She can only be baptized if when she’s already grown-up and wanted to accept Jesus Christ as her personal Lord and Savior.”

Child dedication was practiced during the Biblical times. Even Jesus Himself was dedicated by His earthly parents. Forty days after His birth, Joseph and Mary took Him to Jerusalem to dedicate Him to the Lord. This was in accordance to what is stated in Leviticus 12:4-5: “Every firstborn male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord.”

There were supposed six godfathers to witness Athalia Vianne’s dedication, but only two came: Agustin Giluani, who is now based in London as a chaplain in a hospital, and me. Between the two of us, I was the one requested to speak in behalf of all ninongs. It would have been great had the chaplain shared his ideas.

Athalia is my second godchild this year. Had it not been for the father, Marvin De-salde, I wouldn’t have been around. But I had not seen Marvin for so many years and it was the only time we could see each other. So despite the heavy schedule I had, I decided myself to be present during the child dedication. And I was glad I attended.

I had the opportunity of meeting Anna Lou Sinda, the mother of Athalia. While talking with her, I found out that she was leaving for Japan in a few days after the child dedi-cation. She was vivacious and fun to talk with.

The other godfathers who were not able to come were Mark Bernard Encinso, Sherwin Alcalen, Frederick Ungab, and Eh-van Paulo.

The godmothers, however, came al-most in full force: Anna Rose Sinda, Jorene Ampoloquio, Maria Corazon Tiempo, Irene Ramos-Asan, Jackie Lou Gevera-Sali-nas, and Jovelyn Son. The only one missing was Jed Bonilla.

If you are wondering where I got the ti-tle for today’s column, don’t think any fur-ther. And yes, you’re right; it was borrowed from the 1972 Oscar winning film. Based on Puzo’s best-selling novel of the same name, “The Godfather” is widely regarded as one of the greatest films in world cine-ma — and as one of the most influential, especially in the gangster genre. Ranked second to “Citizen Kane” by the American Film Institute in 2007, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry in 1990.

Paramount Pictures reportedly con-sidered several directors to helm the movie. But production head Robert Evans wanted an Italian American, to make the movie “ethnic to the core.” Sergio Leone was the first choice, but he turned it down to work on his own gangster film “Once

Upon a Time in America.” Even though not Italian, Peter Bogdanovich was offered the job, but he was not interested in the mafia. In all, twelve directors refused.

Here are more trivia -- odd, fascinating and otherwise -- you need to know about the film. I gathered these tidbits when I was still writing movie features and films for a national magazine before:

Of the main cast, I share the same birthday with two stars: Diane Keaton and Robert Duvall. Like me, they were born on January 5. Other actors in the cast shar-ing the same birthday: Al Pacino and Talia Shire (April 25), James Caan and Sterling Hayden (March 26), and Abe Vigoda and Al Lettieri (February 24).

Ernest Borgnine, Edward G. Robinson, Orson Welles, Danny Thomas, Richard Conte, Anthony Quinn, Don Ameche, and George C. Scott were considered by for the role of Vito Corleone. Burt Lancaster wanted the role but was never consid-ered. When Paramount considered cast-ing Italian producer Carlo Ponti, director Francis Ford Coppola objected as Vito had lived in America since childhood and thus wouldn’t speak with Ponti’s Italian accent.

A young Sylvester Stallone auditioned for the roles of Paulie Gatto and Carlo Rizzi, but was not cast for either. Stallone instead decided to try his hand at writing, first completing the screenplay for the modestly successful “The Lords of Flat-bush” (1974). He would later get his break in “Rocky” (1976), alongside Talia Shire, who portrays Connie Corleone in this film.

According to Francis Ford Coppola, the term “Don Corleone” is actually incorrect Italian parlance. In Italian, addressing someone as “Don” would be like address-ing them as “Uncle” in English, so the cor-rect parlance would be “Don Michael” or “Don Vito.” Coppola says that Mario Puzo, who couldn’t speak Italian, simply made

up the idea of using “Don” with a person’s last name, and it has now become a pop culture staple.

During an early shot of the scene where Vito Corleone returns home and his people carry him up the stairs, Marlon Brando (who won his second Oscar for playing the title role) put weights under his body on the bed as a prank, to make it harder to lift him.

Al Pacino boycotted the Academy Awards ceremony, angry that he was nom-inated for the Academy Award Supporting Actor, noting that his character had more screen time than his costar, Best Lead Ac-tor nominee (and winner) Marlon Brando.

When Marlon Brando won the Best Actor Oscar for this movie, he sent Sa-cheen Littlefeather to represent him at the awards ceremonies. The presenters of the award were Roger Moore and Liv Ullmann. When Moore offered the statu-ette to Littlefeather, she snubbed him and proceeded with her speech about the film industry’s mistreatment of Native Ameri-cans.

According to an article by Nicholas Pi-leggi in “The New York Times,” Paramount planned to release a line of spaghetti sauce bearing “The Godfather” logo to promote the film. It also planned Godfather restau-rant franchises that would sell pizza, hero sandwiches, Italian ices, and Italian breads and pastries. A spin-off television series was also planned, but none of these ideas came to fruition.

“I’ll make him an offer he can’t refuse” was one of the most-often quoted lines from the movie. So, it was not surprising at all that Premiere magazine voted it as the No. 10 of “The 100 Greatest Movie Lines.” However, the American Film Institute list-ed as No. 2 on the top 100 movie quotes – just behind “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn” from 1939’s “Gone with the Wind.”

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for more NPA casualties in the area in order to fa-cilitate their identity and burial.

Meanwhile, the two wounded CAFGU mem-bers were immediately brought to the nearest hospital for their treat-ment.

1003rd Infantry Brigade head Colonel Harold Cabreros said his unit will coordinate with the Kapalong government for the proper disposition

of the three NPA mem-bers’ bodies.

Eastern Mindan-ao Command (East-MinCom) commander Major General Aurelio Baladad commended the soldiers of 72nd IB for their relentless efforts in protecting the communities, especially in Kapalong.

He also encouraged the NPA members wound-ed in the encounter to come out for treatment.

Yusop Jimlani (right), head of the city’s demolition team, boastfully says during this week’s edition of Kapehan sa Dabaw at the Annex of SM City Davao that the success of Davao City’s night market is due to the extensive demolition efforts of his agency. Also in photo is Luis Philip Tan, chairman of

Self-Reliance Services Center, who announced the upcoming SRSC job fair set on September 22 at the Davao Stake Center along C.M. Recto Avenue corner Rizal Street. Lean Daval Jr.

ers if is the latter’s first violation. Second-time violators do not get their products anymore.

He said from August 2013 up to yesterday, demolition operations in the city reached to a total of 113, averaging nine op-erations per month, three operations per week, and three areas per operation.

Jimlani said they were able to document a total of 246 first-time violators and eight sec-ond-time violators, with

a total number of 186 claimants.

Jimlani also apolo-gized to the public for areas where there is still rampant illegal vending like the areas near two malls.

“We need to consid-er that these people are small-time vendors. The mayor said we need to ensure that these people will have an alternative source of income before we demolish them,” he said.

lice officer.Toril Police Station

commander Chief Inspec-tor Hamlet Lerios identi-fied the police officer as Villegas, a member of the Intelligence Division.

As this developed, a Special Investigation Task Group was created yes-terday to investigate the killing.

The group is headed by PRO 11 deputy region-al director for operation Senior Superintendent Aaron Aquino and Davao City Police Office (DCPO) director Senior Superin-tendent Ronald dela Rosa.

The group is com-posed of the Regional Internal Affairs Service, Regional Investigation and Detective Manage-ment Division, Regional

Public Information Of-fice, and Criminal Inves-tigation and Detection Group-Eastern Mindanao

Pepino said Villegas is already in restricted custody and denies his involvement on the killing of Corral VII.

As of this writing the investigating team is still waiting for the ballistic and paraffin test result of Villegas.

The older Corral said if the investigators will dig deeper, there is a pos-sibility they will that his brother was used by some people who have a grudge against Villegas.

Still, Corral VI said the family is still looking for Villegas’ link to the kill-ing.

He said they cannot

erase the fact that their brother was killed two days after he complained that the police officer mauled him, and that it could be possible that the killing has something to do with the complaint.

“The people are fo-cused on Villegas, and we cannot deny the fact that he was the one who mauled our brother,” he said.

Corral VI said they will still trust the Toril Police Station in the in-vestigation and will con-tinue to hope that justice will be served.

Meanwhile, lead in-vestigator Senior Police Officer (SPO)1 Michael Escandor said they are also looking into the pos-sibility that the killing of

Corral VII had something to do with illegal drugs.

In an interview, Es-candor said the victim was listed in the Tok-tok dala hangyo (Tokhang) program of former Davao City Police Office (DCPO) director Senior Super-intendent Ronald dela Rosa.

Under tokhang, the police visit suspected drug pushers to try to persuade them to stop their trade.

Escandor said the vic-tim was visited in 2012 but had no record for drugs in the precinct.

The brother of the victim admitted that Cor-ral VII was involved in il-legal drugs before, but he stopped using it after the police visit.

volvement of former Re-gional Intelligence Unit (RIU) head Superinten-dent Leonardo Felonia.

Police Regional Office (PRO) 11 deputy director for operations Senior Su-perintendent Aaron Aqui-no said he is still the head of SITG King.

Last August 8, Felonia submitted his counter-af-fidavit in the murder case filed by King’s brother James.

In his counter-affida-vit, Felonia denied his in-volvement in the killing

of King but admitted he knew the alleged killers.

Felonia said the sworn statements of alleged trig-german Paul Dave Molina Labang and alleged look-outs Rodel and Rommel dela Cerna are “inadmis-sible.”

He also questioned the late submission of the DCPO of the ballistic re-sult of Labang.

Felonia is under the custody of Camp Crame while the case is still un-der the prosecutor’s of-fice. FPG

ficient in English language or there is a job mismatch,” Tan said.

Tan said there is a need for training in lan-guage and communication proficiency and efficiency especially since the BPO industry in Davao City is

booming.“The level of employ-

ability of an applicant is higher if he or she is pro-ficient in English,” he said.

Earlier, lawyer Samuel Matunog, chair of Informa-tion and Communication Technology (ICT)-Davao,

said the ICT-BPO sector of Davao City is facing an undersupply of competent applicants.

Matunog said colleges and universities in Davao Region are not producing competent and employ-able graduates for the

requirements of the BPO industry in the region.

“We have 20,000 grad-uates in the region every year but we still lack tal-ents that will cater to the requirements of the BPO companies,” he said.

Matunog projected

that by the end of 2016, a total of 37,000 vacancies are still needed to be filled up in Information and Communication Technol-ogy-Business Process Out-sourcing (ICT-BPO) sector despite the large volume of college graduates the

region is producing.He said the 37,000 va-

cancies will come from BPO companies that will be relocating in Matina IT Park, Lanang IT Park, and Felcris IT Park which are expected to become oper-ational before 2016. CRC

the engineer’s office only have a capacity to load 5 cubic meters each.

“We continually com-municate with the engi-neer’s office and they’re also the one who said that

we’re doing our job faster than what their equip-ment can do,” he said.

Jimlani said the lack of trucks that will haul garbage slows down their operation especially now

that the city is prone to flooding because of the frequent rains.

“I would like to re-quest for trucks and other equipment but I under-stand that the city has no

budget for it yet,” he told reporters.

To compensate, Jimlani said both offices under the City Mayor’s Office (CMO) are adjusting to each oth-er’s requirement.

“We need to depend on the availability of the trucks because we also use their trucks in our demolition operations,” Jimlani, who is also the head of the city’s demoli-

tion unit, said.When not working,

personnel from the drain-age management unit are temporarily transferred to the demolition unit which also lacks manpower.

“Now, the water level has reached the floor of the structure,” he said.

Manolito Madrasto, executive director of the Philippine Constructors Association, added that engineers and contrac-tors need to identify ret-rofitting projects, as well as the necessary technol-

ogy and methods to ad-dress the problems.

Madrasto added that Filipino construction firms and architects need not look at foreign mod-els to do this.

“We have had foreign consultants wondering why we had to abandon the nipa hut concept and

shifted to concrete and galvanized iron roofings,” Madrasto said.

He said the classic nipa hut concept was the most resilient structure best fit for Filipinos for several reasons, includ-ing its conditions during hot and windy seasons, as well as its ease of re-

building in case of being destroyed.

“We don’t need to stick with the construc-tion lessons that the west taught us,” Madrasto said. “We should change our mindset.”

He said designers are also returning to old-school designs for

structures such as high ceilings and stilts, but that these were with im-provements and modifi-cations.

Madrasto, as well as Allado, were at the press conference to promote the 5th Philconstruct Mindanao event to be held at the SMX, SM La-

nang Premier on Septem-ber 4 to 6.

Allado said the event would be an opportuni-ty for new ideas such as climate change resilient structures and new ma-terials to be exchanged between interested sell-ers, builders, and other stakeholders.

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IT has been the tradition of the Abba’s Orchard school to celebrate a

Family Fun Day once every three years. Last August 30, 2014, they gathered at the grounds of Damosa Fairlane for their first ever Family Fun Run.

As early as 5 o’clock in the morning, around 200 kids and parents stretched their bodies to prepare for the run.

Aleli Rodriguez, School Head of Abba’s Orchard said that Damosa Fairlane was the most ideal venue compared to their other choices. Security-wise, this was by far the best choice among their list of venues. The wide road network also helped in fa-cilitating the large turnout of participants.

“The reason why we really chose Damosa Fair-lane is because of the se-

curity. Here, we don’t have to hire mobile marshals and guards since we’re contained in one safe com-munity,” Rodriguez added.

Rodriguez remarked that the event was a suc-cess despite the fact that it was their first time to hold a family fun run. She added, “We’re really thankful to the team of Damosa Fairlane for ac-commodating us 100%. We didn’t expect that a lot of people were ready to help out and take the time to prepare for this. Even during our plan-ning stage, the Damosa Fairlane team was really hands-on”

“We were pleased to share our community with the families of Abba’s Orchard. Knowing that the children and parents of Abba’s Orchard were happy with the event at

Damosa Fairlane gives us the utmost satisfaction,” said Alexander G. Goco-tano, Assistant Vice Pres-ident and Project Head for Damosa Land, Inc.

Damosa Fairlane is Damosa Land’s maiden venture into residential property development. The subdivision is the first of a series of upcom-ing business and residen-tial projects. The subdivi-sion, which launched in 2012, is an up-scale, bou-tique community located just down the road from the Damosa District and SM Lanang.

Damosa Land is the real estate and property development company of the Anflocor Group – the company that is respon-sible for developing busi-ness and lifestyle orient-ed commercial center, Damosa District.

Students of Abbas Orchard warm up before the fun run.

Aerial shot of the on-going construction and development at Damosa Fairlane

Damosa Fairlane hosts Abba’s Orchard Kids Run

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THE Department of Tourism (DOT) and the city government of Davao have launched the Visit Davao Fun Sale at the SMX Con-vention Center Mall of Asia recently, with all sectors throwing their full support for this unique destination-focused mega-sale. The launch was led by DOT Assistant Secretary for Mind-anao Art Boncato and Davao City Tourism Operations Officer Lisette Marques in a grand Visit Davao Fun Sale exhibit show-casing the unique features of the country’s biggest city from highlands to islands that are “plain to sea.” This megasale offering huge discounts for Davao tour packages is an offshoot of a previous event focusing merely on shopping as a tourism attraction that accounts for 22 per-cent of a visitor’s tourism spend, according to Boncato and Marques. “So we are now eyeing all the activities that tourists spend for because Davao simply has them all, and more,” Boncato stressed, referring to “the city’s more than ten shopping malls and numerous facilities for sports, entertainment, leisure and MICE (meetings, incentive travel, conventions, events/exhibi-tions),” including cultural and natural attractions as iconized by its royalties -- durian the king of fruits, waling-waling the queen of flowers, Philippine eagle the king of birds, giant clam the queen of the sea, pomelo the top take-home pick, Mount Apo the highest peak, and the seafoods and tuna trademark dishes as the top dining favor-eats. With Boncato and Marques at the launch were Davao City Councilor Al Ryan Alejandre who heads the City Council’s tourism committee, and the leaders of the Davao Association of Tour Operators (DATO), Davao Travel Agencies Association (DTAA), National Association of Independent Travel Agencies (NAITAS), and their umbrella organization Davao Tourism As-sociation (DATA). DATO president Pearly Luy Louh described the Visit Davao Fun Sale as “the complete inbound tours offering” based on its scope of coverage and industry participation. The Visit Davao Fun Sale, according to DTAA president Ar-nold King, is also being promoted by the association mem-bers’ outbound clients to their friends and relatives abroad. NAITAS vice president Raissa Wynne Teo attributed the at-tractiveness of the “Sale” to its “lowest end-to-end travel rates ever” covering all city, countryside and island tours. DATA president Sally San Jose said that such a campaign of this magnitude was made possible through a strong partner-ship among the local government, DOT, tourism destinations, resorts, hotels, restaurants, malls, transport groups, airlines, and all the product and service providers in the city’s entire supply chain.” Boncato cited the Visit Davao Fun Sale as a tourism mega-sale of unprecedented proportions, involving all sectors in a vigorous selling frenzy to the traveling public seeking their share of the city’s beauty and blessings through the most af-fordable means via advance booking for the rest of the year and beyond. “The megasale, which will run from April 3 to May 15 next year, will be Davao’s contribution to the Visit Philippines Year 2015 and can help the city break its 2013 double-digit record of 15.38-percent hike in domestic and foreign visitor volume to 1.5 million from 1.3 million in 2012,” Boncato pointed out. For other details on the Visit Davao Fun Sale, interested parties may contact the DOT (email: dotr11@gmail.com; tel. 082-2210070 or 082-2216955) and look for Eden David or Vanezza Serrano.

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OUT of Regine Velasquez-Alcasid’s 10 Kapuso shows in the regions this year, seven of these were welcomed with rain showers—perhaps a testament to the power of her voice, which jolts the good heavens once in a while. The multi-awarded singer, aptly titled “Asia’s Songbird,” poured tons of entertainment upon her adoring fans, who all braved the rain to see her, in a recent mall show held in Cagayan de Oro in cele-bration of the city’s annual Kagay-an Festival. “They’ve always been warm and welcoming,” shared Regine referring to the Kagay-anons. It wasn’t the first time for the singer to perform in CdeO but her last was a long time ago—in 2008 to be exact—when she did a concert there with several other OPM artists. “I remember I had a very good time per-forming for everybody. I haven’t been back after that,” she recalled. It seems the Kagay-anons have indeed long anticipated Regine’s re-turn as spectators filled the activity center of the Centrio Mall where she held her Kapuso fans’ day on the night of August 22. “It’s not every day that Regine’s fans in the re-gions see her perform on stage, much less for free. And so, as a token of ap-preciation to the millions of Kapuso followers in the regions who have made GMA their preferred TV network, we bring the star whom they very much ad-mire to wherever they are not only to provide enter-tainment but more im-portantly, to make them feel the warmth and love of their Kapuso Network,” said Oliver Amoroso, AVP for Regional TV and Head for Integrated Market-ing Services Division of GMA. Meanwhile, heavy showers failed to dampen the festive spirits of the Kagay-anons who came to see the Bet ng Bayan pro-

vincial finals back-to-back with a Kapuso Fiesta at the Las Ramblas of SM City CdeO on August 28. Bet ng Bayan host Alden Richards, singer Jonalyn Viray, and actress Bettina Carlos shared the stage with numer-ous hopefuls who battled against one another in a live showdown. Hip Hop World Champion and Philippine All Stars chore-ographer Kenjohns Serra-no was also present in the said event where he not only served as one of the judges but he also showed his dance moves. “The competition gets tighter and more exciting now that we are having our provincial showdown. From here, Bet ng Bayan moves on to the regional finals. At sa mga nakita namin sa Cagayan de Oro, mukhang talagang ma-hihirapan ang judges na-tin to choose. I think the Kagay-an Festival mood, in a way, boost the spirits of the contestants. Ako nga ginanahan din e, see-ing our Kapusong Kagay-anons,” told Alden. Primetime King Ding-dong Dantes then ban-nered the Kapuso Fiesta together with Alden and songstress Maricris Gar-cia who treated the audi-ence to a night filled with pure fun, entertainment, and laughter. Dingdong, a strong ad-vocate of education, also mounted an outreach program prior to the mall show at the Conso-lacion Elementary School wherein school bags were distributed to the stu-

dents. The fulfillment of said CSR project, he said, wouldn’t have been pos-sible without the help of GMA Regional TV and YesPinoy Foundation. Afterwards, he joined DepEd’s launching of the national program called Abot-Alam which aims for a “zero out-of-school youth” (OSY) in the Phil-ippines by providing these OSYs jobs and encourag-ing them to go back to school via the Alternative Learning System. As commissioner-at-large for the National Youth Commission, that recognizes the impor-tance of exercising one’s right to vote, Dingdong also graced COMELEC’s one-day registration of youth voters at SM City CdeO. “It always excites me to be here. For one, my dad graduated high school here at Xavier’s Academy. Kaya nga growing up, Cagayan de Oro for me is an important landmark in our family. I’ve been com-ing here always, and ev-ery time bumabalik ako, there’s always a fresh feel-ing and that is something

I would never forget,” he shared. Kapuso stars who also graced the Kagay-an Fes-tival were Miguel Tanfe-lix, Bianca Umali, Renz Valerio, and Julian Trono from GMA primetime series Niño. They staged a promo tour at the Pelaez Sports Complex to wit-ness the PE Rhythmic Dance Festival last August 25. GMA Artist Center talent Enzo Pineda, on the other hand, hosted the Miss Cagayan de Oro 2014 Coronation Night on August 23 at the Atrium of the Limketkai Center with My Destiny’s Ruru Madrid who, in turn, ser-enaded the contestants. Winners of the said beauty pageant boarded the Ka-puso float last August 27 with StarStruck alumnus Steven Silva during the Higalas Parade of Float & Icons. To know more about the latest updates on the Network’s regional events, follow GMA Regional TV on Twitter via www.twitter.com/GMARegion-alTV and on Instagram via www.instagram.com/GMARegionalTV.

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WHEN one loses a loved one, they some-times fall for someone with the same qual-ities, unconsciously trying to re-live the memories they once had.

GMA Network to air Hiram Na Alaala beginning Sept 22

consultant and head writ-er Des Garbes-Severino, Hiram na Alaala will prove how shared memories al-low real love to manifest between man and wom-an. Hiram na Alaala, cre-ated by the GMA Drama group, is supervised by the Executive-in-Charge of Production Lilybeth G.

Rasonable; VP for Drama Redgie A. Magno; AVP for Drama Cheryl Ching-Sy; Senior Program Manager Cathy O. Perez; and Ex-ecutive Producer Michele R. Borja. Don’t miss the much-awaited telecast of Hiram na Alaala beginning Sep-tember 22, Monday to Fri-day on GMA Telebabad.

GMA Network is again innovating primetime television fare as it pres-ents HIRAM NA ALAALA, a series that will captivate the hearts of viewers as it dramatically showcases how the power of shared memories can cause great love to become real. The show premieres September 22, replacing Ang Dalawang Mrs. Real on GMA Telebabad. Hiram na Alaala nar-rates how one soldier’s trauma became instru-mental in cataclysmically sustaining and bringing back great love between man and woman. This unique intertwin-ing of lives and great love stories fostered by shared memories will prove that GMA is deter-mined to lead on prime-time TV while showcas-ing the versatility of its stars led by Drama King Dennis Trillo as Ivan Le-gaspi and Kapuso drama sweetheart Kris Bernal as Andrea Dizon, together with multitalented ac-tress Lauren Young as Bethany Sandoval and award-winning actor Rocco Nacino as Joseph Corpuz. The series also stars respected movie and TV actors and actresses, Jackielou Blanco as Re-gina Legaspi; Nina Ricci Alagao as Martina Sando-val; Shyr Valdez as Araceli Corpuz; Dexter Doria as Ola Dizon; Antonio Aqui-

tania as Benedict Corpuz; Allan Paule as Xander Di-zon; and Lotlot de Leon as Annabelle Sta. Cruz. Completing the pow-erhouse cast are Julia Lee as Gelai, Kenneth Paul as Chris Corpuz, Jenny Rose as Krissy Corpuz, and Rap Fernandez as Bruno. In the series, Ivan (Dennis) and Joseph (Rocco) instantly be-came friends when they were deployed to war. They overcome the rav-ages of armed conflict with Joseph’s tales of great love for Andrea (Kris), while highlighting shared memories of their years together as lovers, and this is much to Ivan’s amusement. However, in an encoun-ter with rebels, both men were captured, impris-oned and tortured. Fate separates them. Joseph is left in captivity while Ivan is rescued by the military. The suffering Ivan ex-perienced triggered him to assume the identity of Joseph, while losing memories, perception and awareness of his own life and past. With this re-gained freedom and as-sumed identity, Ivan finds great love in the arms of Andrea as Joseph. Meanwhile, Andrea was devastated when she found out that Joseph was missing. But she will be surprised when Ivan claims that he is Joseph. Andrea eventually falls

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his assistant Antonio To-ledo. Construction began in 1918 but was suspended sev-eral times because of lack of funds. When it was decided that the building should be used by the Legislature, the revisions of the plans was entrusted to Juan Arellano, then supervising architect of the Bureau. The building was inaugurated on 16 July 1926, and by then had cost four million pesos. The building was part of Daniel Burnham’s plan for the development of Manila. Upon its completion, the second, third, and fourth floors were occupied by the Senate and House of Repre-sentatives while the ground floor was occupied by the National Library. The Legislative Building was a casualty during the bombing and shelling of Manila in 1945 and was re-constructed in 1946 follow-ing the original plans but with some revisions, such as the replacement of flat pi-lasters of the stately rounded engaged columns. In mid-1996, the Senate of the Phil-ippines moved out of the building and in 2003, reno-vation started to transform it into National Art Gallery of the National Museum. Inside the National Art Gallery are the works of some of the country’s most well known artists. I cannot express in words what I felt the moment I first set my eyes on Juan Luna’s Solia-rium which was one of the three gold medal winners of the 1884 Madrid Exposition. The works of the great modernists of Philippine Art, featuring important works by Victorio Edades, Diosdado Lorenzo, Vicente Manansala, Carlos V. Fran-cisco, Hernando R. Ocam-po, Cesar Legaspi, Manuel Rodriguez, Ang Kiukok, José Joya, Fernando Zobel, Mauro Malang and many others were can also be seen in the adjoining galleries. It clearly would take a whole day to explore and appreciate all the fantastic artwork in the galleries at the National Art Gallery but the time spent is really, truly worth it to discover Filipino creativity and in-novation throughout the centuries. The National Art Gallery of the National Museum is located along P. Burgos Ave., Rizal Park, Manila and is open from Tuesday to Sunday and is closed on Mondays and on certain public holidays. Entrance to the museum is at Php150 for adults and Php50 for students with ID cards. Ad-mission is free on Sunday. Guided tours can also be arranged with the museum by calling (02) 5270278 or emailing museum.educa-tion.nm@gmail.com before your visit. Follow me at @kenneth-kingong on Instagram or on Twitter for more travel stories, foodie finds, and happenings in, around, and beyond Durianburg.

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THE MP Hotel Gen-San of Congressman Emmanuel “Pac-

man” Pacquiao is fielding his own team in the PBA D-League starting this sea-son in Manila.

“Yes, we will be joining but we still have to final-ize our line-up,” said team manager Bobby Pacquiao in an interview with the PNA in General Santos City.

His former player Louie Medalla, who like him was also earlier drafted in the PBA, will be his assistant team manager.

Head coach is Arvin Bonleon with Don Mendo-za and Ramon Adriano as the assistant coaches.

Pacquiao, who also managed his brother’s MP

Warriors basketball team in GenSan, said that they now only have five remain-ing players due to the age limit in the PBA D-League.

“My age limit kasi sa rules. Pupunta ako sa Ma-nila sa Monday to take care of the final line-up at sa drafting,” said Pacquiao.

On his PBA career, Pac-quiao said that he will still continue to aspire to play in the Asia’s first pay for play league.

Bonleon, on the other hand, said that they are eyeing to get the services of two players from Davao City -- Aldren Blanco, 6’1 of University of Mindanao and Archie Bacolod, 6’2 of DMMA College of South-ern Philippines.

Among the possible draft picks are also 6’6 Joseph Ambohot, former-ly of Agro College Sailors and now with the Lyceum University in Manila; 6’1 Mikhail Lancelot Abude of San Beda; 6’3 Mark An-thony Olayon, formerly of the Holy Child College of Davao and now with Uni-versity of the East and 5’9 Christopher Masaglang of Holy Trinity College-Gen-San.

Pacquiao’s team for-merly known as the MP Warriors ruled this year’s Kalilangan Festival Com-mercial basketball league last February by beating reigning Kadayawan sa Dabaw Invitational Com-mercial champion Gold

Star Davao.Pacquiao’s team also

finished first runner-up in this year’s Araw ng Dabaw Invitational Open league last March.

Ironically, Bonleon’s elder brother Nonoy is a coaching staff with their rival Cagayan Valley Ris-ing Suns team in PBA D-League.

The other teams are the Tanduay Light, Café France Bakers - Centro Escolar University, Cebua-na Lhuillier Gems, Jumbo Plastic Linoleum Giants, Wang's Ballclub Couriers, Racal Motorsales, Bread Story, AMA Computer Uni-versity, M-Builders and Hapee Toothpaste Com-plete Protectors. (PNA)

AAK Davaocontin-ued its winning streak in interna-

tional tournaments after it harvested a total haul of two gold, three silver and three bronze medals with a team built around six home-grown karatekas in the 34th Ikga Singapore Gojukai Annual Champi-onships held at the Bishan Community Club in Singa-pore.

The eight-medal har-vest was accomplished by AAK Davao in the strong field composed of 185 participants from five countries (Singapore, Phil-

ippines, Sri Lanka, Uzbeki-stan and Malaysia).

2014 So KIm Cheng athlete of the year award-ee Gabriel T. Quinones (Brokenshire) won the gold in the 11-15 boys kata by besting a Sri Lank-an karateka in the finals. He also won a silver medal in the boys cadets division in kumite after bowing to an Uzbekistan karateka with just a point lead.

Darlene Ross Mara-mara (DCNHS) also won the gold in the girls 11-15 kata by besting an Uzbeki-stan karateka in the finals. She also won a silver med-

al on the girls cadets ku-mite after bowing to an Uzbekistan player via en-chosen (tie break).

New comer Ai Rina Kawano (SPED Rizal) won the silver medal in the 8-10 years old girls kumite after bowing to a Singaporean karateka by just a one point lead in the finals, she also won the bronze medal in the 8-10 girls kata.

John Paul Ponce and Julian Ambrose Ramirez (Precious) won the bronze medal in the 8-10 boys kata and 11-13 boys ku-mite respectively.

AAK Davao was ac-companied by Richard An-thony Lim from AAK Ma-nila as head of delegation and Head coach Rommel C. Tan, The team would like to thank the follow-ing for the support they have rendered , Philippine Sports Commision (PSC), Atty. Guillermo Iroy Jr., Jo-vita and Robert Quinones, Jay and Joanne Ramirez, Doods and Rachel Mara-mara, Edgar and Maethel Ponce, Lyn Kawano, Am-abel Moore, Lailani Ittur-alde, Andrew and Anne Worsley, Izrafel Nakan and Beefit gym.

THE opponents of WBO light flyweight champi-on Donnie “Ahas” Ni-

etes in a voluntary defense of his title at the Waterfront Hotel and Casino in Cebu on November 15 in the high-ly successful "Pinoy Pride" series has been trimmed down to two young Mexi-can fighters - Carlos Velarde who is ranked No. 10 by the WBO and Saul Juarez who is ranked No. 11.

ALA Promotions presi-dent Michael Aldeguer told the Manila Standard/Viva Sports he has communicat-ed with Zanfer Promotions of Mexico requesting and picked two names from the list of possible opponents submitted by Zanfer Pro-

motions which is headed by Fernando Beltran.

The Nietes title defense is not a mandatory and ALA has the option to choose.

Aldeguer told the Ma-nila Standard/Viva Sports that they picked the 23 year old Velarde who has a record of 26-3-1 with 14 knockouts and Juarez who is also 23 years old and has a record of 20-3 with 11 knockouts.

Velarde won the vacant IBF Latino minimum weight title with a 10 round split decision over Jose Argume-do last May 3. He previously fought for the WBA mini-mum weight world title and lost by a 5th round TKO to Japan's Ryo Miyazaki.

SINGAPORE WINNERS. The AAK Davao team headed by coach Rommel Tan and Richard Lim of AAK Philippines after it won a total of eight medals in Singapore. The team is composed of Gab Quinones, Darlene Ross Maramara, JP Ponce, Ai Rina Kawano and Julian Ambrose Ramirez. AAK Davao photo

STREAK CONTINUESAAK Davao wins 8 medals in Singapore

MP Gensan Hotel joins PBA D-League

Nietes trims down his next foe list

D-LEAGUE ROOKIE DRAFT. PBA Commissioner Atty. Chito Salud presides over the PBA D-League Rookie Draft. Nuki Sabio

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MADRID (Reuters) - The United States romped to their

fifth basketball World Cup title after overcoming an early deficit to overwhelm the tournament’s surprise package Serbia 129-92 in a one-sided final on Sunday.

An athletic U.S. team, missing top NBA players such as LeBron James and Kevin Durant, finished the tournament in grand style with a 9-0 record to retain the title they won in Istan-bul in 2010.

Serbia made a bright start and took a 15-7 lead in the opening few min-utes but that was as good as it got for them after U.S. captain James Harden in-stigated a 15-0 run which put the champions in the driving seat.

The Americans nailed 11 of 16 three-pointers in the first half and took a 67-41 lead into the locker room as playmaker Ky-rie Irving also found his range, while centers De-Marcus Cousins and Ken-neth Faried dominated the boards.

Irving scored 18 of his game-high 26 points in the opening two quarters,

when his team mates sti-fled out Serbia playmaker Milos Teodosic at the other end of the court.

“Those first five min-utes really knocked us back tonight and then the whole team gelled,” U.S. coach Mike Kryzewski told a news conference.

“Obviously Kyrie and James (Harden) were amazing but this has been a great group to work with and I am proud of them.

“This is as good for me as anything, national championships and the Olympics. This group and what they did was very special for me.”

The Serbs, who reached the final with three upset wins in the knockout stag-es, fought hard to keep the score respectable in the second half but had no re-ply for either lethal long-range shooting or superior rebounding by the United States.

The Balkan nation will have had no regrets though after securing their first World Cup podium finish as an independent nation, having also won the 2009 European championship silver medal.

Thousands of Serb fans watched the game on giant video screens in the capital Belgrade and other cities while many of them parad-ed in the streets with na-tional flags after the game despite heavy rainfall and a thumping loss.

“I am so proud of my players and so honored to have been their coach for these two months,” Serbia coach Aleksandar Djordje-vic said.

“I want to thank them for their effort, profession-alism and most of all their heart.

“We have to congratu-late the U.S. team as they were the best team in this competition. They de-served this gold medal and they really (played us off the court) tonight.”

The relentless Harden added 23 points for the U.S. who had a total of eight players in double digits, while forwards Nemanja Bjelica and Nikola Kalinic stood out for Serbia with 18 points each.

European champions France won the bronze medal with a dramatic 95-93 win over Lithuania on Saturday.

TOTAL DOMINATION

IT took just minutes af-ter Floyd Mayweather Jr had scored a domi-

nant win over Argentine Marcos Maidana on Satur-day before the undefeated welterweight champion faced the inevitable ques-tion.

Will Manny Pacquiao be his next opponent?

Still in the ring, still covered in sweat, May-weather had barely time to catch his breath follow-ing a bruising 12-round battle with the hard-hit-ting Argentine when he was asked about the fight that has fascinated and obsessed the boxing world.

Mayweather’s unan-imous decision over Maidana that improved his perfect record to 47-0 immediately renewed speculation about a

long-awaited super-fight between the 37-year-old American and the Filipino great.

“I got to go back and talk to my team, I’m not ducking or dodging no op-ponent,” Mayweather said from the ring. “If a Pac-quiao fight presents itself, let’s make it happen.”

A duel between the defence-minded May-weather and the aggres-sive Pacquiao, the biggest drawcards of their gen-eration, has long been savoured by boxing fans, if only to decide the myth-ical title of the world’s best pound-for-pound fighter.

Filipino Pacquiao lost some of his appeal af-ter successive defeats to American Timothy Brad-ley and Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez in 2012,

prompting talk of his pos-sible retirement, though he has since bounced back with two impressive wins.

Five-division world champion Mayweath-er had been expected to meet Pacquiao in 2010 until negotiations col-lapsed over the Ameri-can’s demand for random drug testing.

Mayweather, who has hinted at illegal methods by often questioning how Pacquiao could have won world titles in an unprec-edented eight weight classes.

“I don’t think about Pacquiao, I don’t even know him. I wish him the best but that’s not my fo-cus,” said Mayweather. My focus is Floyd May-weather that is how I got to where I got to.

BILLY Horschel took the limelight from world number one

Rory McIlroy to win the biggest title of his career at the Tour Championship on Sunday, along with FedExCup honors and an eye-popping $10 million bonus.

Tied for the lead over-night with Northern Irish-man McIlroy in the PGA Tour’s season-ending

playoff event, American Horschel held his nerve to triumph by three shots, clinching his third career victory on the U.S. circuit and second in two weeks.

Helped by a clutch par-saving putt from 30 feet on the 16th hole, the in-form Horschel signed off with a two-under-par 68 on a damp day at East Lake Golf Club for an 11-under total of 269.

“I’m on cloud nine, it’s unbelievable,” Horschel said after being presented with the Tour Champion-ship and FedExCup tro-phies by PGA Tour com-missioner Tim Finchem.

“It’s just unbelievable, everything that’s hap-pened the last two weeks, and especially having a kid on the way. I’m not sure life can be better than this.”

WORLD CUP CHAMPS. Team Usa players whoop it up after winning the FIBA

World Cup. Lower photo, James Harden scores

against Serbia. FIBA.com

US cagers too good for the world

Horschel wins Tour Championship

LET’S MAKE IT HAPPENAfter repeating over Maidana,

Mayweather now wants Pacquiao fight

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