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With the coming in of the more corporate and business-oriented Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC) at 35% shareholding, Dr. Castillo muses that it is easy to get lost in the midst of pursuing growth. Thus, it is imperative that their roots and beginnings be given honor and recognition; that the founders and what compelled them to build the institution be duly remembered. The founding fathers are in their twilight years. Forty-five years is a lifetime. The sapphire service honor to them is testament to lives meaningfully lived.

Dr. Celia Castillo has been with DDH since 1980. She was medical director from 2008 to 2013 and was in the middle of the MPIC merger in 2008. She admits that the transition was not easy. Though majority share is still held by DDH, management reins belong to MPIC as part of the agreement. Prior to the merger, the board of directors was composed of all doctors. With MPIC

at the helm, there is now a more focused goal for profit and growth. It is recognized that hospital operations cannot be sustained without the business mindset. There is, however, a need for larger understanding of the medical ethic and Hippocratic Oath in running a hospital because such is also a moral responsibility and not just a business.

MPIC injected operational efficiency and innovation into the DDH system. Aside from corporate streamlining and equipment updates, MPIC introduced creative solutions such as the DDH health card, the first in the Philippines; and the

birthing suite where all the birthing processes, from labor to delivery to room-in, are done in one comfortable suite with the husband or partner present. The birthing suite is currently the only one in Mindanao.

As current director for corporate research, Dr. Castillo has to be in tune with the latest modalities and areas of business which are hospital related. Though in the specialized field of internal medicine, Dr. Castillo also has a hand in the business management side of things. When asked how they are able to strike a balance between being a business and being Hippocratic, she says, “We’re still at it. We just have to insist on things which are ethical, which are moral. And we also have to open our eyes to the fact that there are certain practices in business that should really be employed.”

It cannot be denied that the transition to MPIC management was not without bumps. However, they all worked together

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NOT yet a diamond but a beautiful gem, nevertheless. Davao Doctors Hospital is celebrating 45 years of life and service. On this sapphire anniversary, DDH marks an important milestone by recognizing and

honoring the history that carried them to their respected stature today. Dr. Celia Castillo, current director for corporate research and former medical director, takes special pride in the newly established Founders Hall. “It is important for the institution to know its roots, especially the young doc-tors,” she says.

and consulted with the different stakeholders to come up with a new vision and mission that was acceptable to everyone. DDH is not only a place for patients who are sick but where one can sustain wellness. Aside from specialized and high-tech care, there is now a more focused consciousness on preventive care which entails lifestyle modification, nutrition, fitness, and exercise.

The 24 founders 45 years ago envisioned excellent medical care in terms of specialist care in a well-equipped facility. Then, Davao did not yet have what they wanted. The founders started as young idealistic doctors fresh from their medical training in premier universities and hospitals

in Manila and the US.In 1961 Dr. Honorio

Hilario, owner of Botica Villa, invited Dr. Luisito Guanlao to set up clinic in the pharmacy. Soon after, more doctors with various expertise set up their clinics there as well. Such group practice with X-ray and laboratory facilities cramped up the place and only meant that there was a need for growth and improvement. Grow and improve they did when they opened to the public in August 1966 as a maximum healthcare facility that is the Davao Doctors Hospital, incorporated by 15 of the 24 founders. Since then, Davao Doctors Hospital has always been leading in the region in terms of care, technology and innovation, even before

MPIC. It has been their edge that they pioneer the technology and innovation and, consequently, pave the road for the others in the industry that follow suit.

The old times are no more. The doctors no longer call the shots. The founders have been active in the board until MPIC came in. Now, not everything the doctors want, happens. “It takes adjusting to,” confides Dr. Castillo.“ If before, education and health used to be sacred grounds for business, now no more. That’s idealistic.” She continues, “We need to identify which areas are negotiable and non-negotiable for both the business and medical side. Conflict is normal but what is important is we have respect.”

Dr. Castillo is happy with the establishment of the Founders Hall. Much as it is not a profit center, it brands an institution. It recognizes the history and identity of a presently illustrious institution that started 45 years ago with the vision and passion of a handful of young doctors.

“The roots of DDH have always been for quality health care, to be the leading institution 45 years ago, and until now we are still doing that. That is a commitment we have given to the community, that we will

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TWO of the three sus-pects in the killing of Cebu-based ho-

tel magnate Richard King could turn into a state wit-ness, their lawyer revealed the new developments in the case on Friday.

Defense counsel lawyer Ben Joseph Tesiorna told

Edge Davao their camp plans to apply for suspects Rommel and Rodel Dela Cerna and confessed trig-german Paul Dave Labang.

Tesiorna admitted that of the three, the brothers have fairly good chance of being allowed to become state witness. Labang,

meantime, may encounter stiff opposition owing to his being the gunman in the King murder.

Under the law, an ac-cused can turn into a state witness once the court finds him qualified. Among the requirements are for the accused to be the least

guilty person in the crime and that the testimony to be given is not merely cor-roborative but substantive to the resolution of the case. Another requirement is that there are no other wit-nesses available.

Tesiorna said that he

A LIMITED opinion survey conducted by Edge Davao will

be the basis, more young Dabawenyos want Nora Aunor declared a national artist.

The survey was done by journalism students or on-the-job training (OJT) with Edge Davao as part of the requirement of the

subject teacher of the Ate-neo de Davao University department of Mass Com-munication.

The survey results in-dicated that 12 of the 21 Dabawenyos, aged 18 to 43, disagreed with the de-cision of President Aquino to exclude Ms. Nora Aunor from a list of national artist declared by in Proclama-

tion Numbers 807, 808, 809, 810, 811 and 812 de-claring the National Art-ists signed and issued by the President dated June 19. The list include Alice Reyes for Dance; Francis-co Coching (Posthumous) for Visual Arts; Cirilo Bau-tista for Literature; Fran-cisco Feliciano and Ramon Santos for Music; and Jose

Maria Zaragoza (Posthu-mous) – for Architecture, Design, and Allied Arts.

Among those who criticized the President’s decision were Patrick Louie Mengito, 24, Karlo Alexie Puerto, 19, and Al-lexy Flores, 20. However, a good number of Filipi-no sided with President

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Kia Motors Davao general manager Noel Nazario (right), together with Sherlance Abaño, gives updates on the car market in Davao City and how the Kia brand is performing in terms of sales during FAST Fridays media forum at Barrio Fiesta-Archipelago 7107 in SM Lanang Premier on Friday. Lean Daval Jr.

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THE “Diskwento Car-avan” of the Depart-ment of Trade and

Industry (DTI) in Davao Region has posted a total of P3.80 million in sales during the past four months until June this year.

From March to June, the series of caravan held in the region has benefited 14,970 individuals who availed of huge discounts from par-ticipating distributors sell-ing basic necessities, prime commodities and school supplies.

The distributors offered discounts of up to 50 per-

cent off the original prices.According to Rachel

Remitio, consumer welfare and trade regulation divi-sion chief of DTI 11, the dis-tributors were encouraged to participate in the Disk-wento Caravan to finan-cially help consumers by offering discounts in their products.

Since the “Diskwento Caravan” is only held on certain occasions, there ex-ists no actual competition between the distributors participating in the activity and the retailers in the lo-

A SUSPECTED drug pusher was arrested last Friday afternoon

by elements of the Philip-pine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) 11 in a buy bust operation at Shanghai, Matina Aplaya, Davao City.

Police identified the sus-pect as Maverick “Mikong/Mik-mik” Zuñiga, 24, who resides in Matina Aplaya.

According to PDEA re-port, Zuñiga has been un-der surveillance for a long time. He was arrested at around 2:30 p.m. after sell-ing one sachet of suspected methamphetamine hydro-chloride commonly known as “shabu” worth P1,000 to an undercover police.

The enforcement agen-cy also confiscated another four big packs of suspected shabu weighing more or less 20 grams with a street value of P180, 000, drug paraphernalia and the buy bust marked money bill.

The suspect is now tem-porarily detained at Davao City Police Office Jail Facil-ity, while the seized sus-pected illegal drugs were submitted to PDEA 11 labo-ratory for drug and labora-tory examination.

Zuñiga will be charged with violation of Section 5 and Section 11, Article II of Republic Act 9165 otherwise known as The Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.

PDEA 112 regional di-rector Emerson R. Rosales reminded the public to be vigilant.

“The office is asking everyone to help the gov-ernment attain its vision for a drug free Philippines by reporting to us those who are involved in ille-gal drug activities. You can call or text us at 082-222-3045, 09395433405 or 09331481387,” Rosales said. CRC

THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) – 11 will set-up

price billboard in 40 public and private markets in the region indicating the sug-gested retail prices (SRP) of basic necessities and prime commodities.

According to DTI-11 Consumer Welfare and Trade Regulation Division Chief Rachel Remitio, DTI 11 will be installing the bill-boards in the markets in or-der the store owners will not mark a price over the SRP.

“Ang price billboards ay bantay presyo siya. So, meaning the consumers will know kung anon a yung mga presyo based on SRPs and based on prevailing market prices,” Remitio told report-ers in last Friday’s Kapehan sa PIA referring to the price billboards.

She said that some of the eight markets in Davao City have already a price billboards and in the com-ing days of this month. The billboards will be installed initially at selected markets in the region.

“To ensure that the con-sumers are well protected and well informed of their rights and responsibilities,” Remitio said.

She said that the bill-boards will be maintained by DTI and Department of Agriculture (DA) with the help of the Local Govern-ment Units (LGU).

The DTI selected eight markets in Davao City, Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental.

In Davao City, the DTI will set up the billboards

DAVAO City has yet to construct a per-manent evacuation

center even as the Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) raised the issue of the city’s vulnerability to both natu-ral and man-made disas-ters.

“We cannot say na we can construct it this year,” Davao City Disaster Risk

Reduction Management Council (DRRMC) chair Emmanuel P. Jaldon told Edge Davao in an inter-view yesterday.

According to OCD Re-gion 11 chief for opera-tions Antonio M. Clama, Davao City is very prone to flooding particularly the areas of Bucana, Maa, Ma-tina Crossing, Matina Apla-

ya, Talomo, part of Baran-gay Lizada, poblacion area of Toril and Calinan, Tigat-to and part of Buhangin.

“Although it is still a plan, the members of the City council are into it,” he said, adding that it is already presented in a discussion with the city’s policy makers.

City Social Services and

Development Office (CSS-DO) head Ma. Luisa Ber-mudo said it is the office of Jaldon which is tasked to draft the proposal which will be submitted to the council.

Bermudo said there should be one permanent evacuation center in each districts of the city that can

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THE ECONOMY

FILIPINOS should fur-ther explore how mo-bile technology can

make the Philippines more attractive to the world’s growing number of “con-nected” travelers, tech ex-perts said.

During the 2nd Asian Business Conference orga-nized recently by the Asian Institute of Management, Google industry manager Charly Atienza said tech-nology is becoming more present in the different stages of travel – from dreaming and researching to booking, experiencing, and finally sharing these experiences. She said a recent survey of travelers from 11 Asian countries showed that 87% of them began their trips by doing online research, while 51% completed their bookings online.

These findings under-score the importance of harnessing technology to attract more tourists, Atienza said.

“People say there’s now an app for everything but in reality, there are still a lot of opportunities for Fil-ipino application develop-

ers to address the unique needs of people traveling in the Philippines,” said Nooky Umali, service de-livery platform manager of wireless leader Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart).

Umali said Pinoys should take inspiration from the likes of Uber and Airbnb which provide in-novative transportation and accommodation ser-vices.

“We must do this if we want to capture a bigger chunk of the world’s trav-elers, who are increasingly relying on the Internet and mobile devices to fulfill their needs,” Umali said at

the sidelines of the confer-ence.

The potential for tour-ism growth is tremendous, with the World Tourism Organization estimating that international tourist arrivals would reach 1.8 billion by 2030. Howev-er, recent figures from the World Travel and Tourism Council indicate that the Philippines needs to work hard to keep up with its neighbors in terms of tour-ism competitiveness.

The country’s tourism contributions to gross do-mestic product in 2013 was $30.3 billion, far below the contributions of Indo-nesia ($80.8 billion), Thai-land ($78.1 billion), and

Malaysia ($50.3 billion).“Pinoy techies must do

their part in helping the tourism sector by creating apps that would make trav-eling even more fun in the Philippines,” Umali said. “It’s a good thing that apps, which used to take years to be developed, can now be created and launched in a matter of days.”

Umali added that Smart has opened its backend systems to allow develop-ers to create web and mo-bile apps that leverage on network capabilities such as SMS, MMS, voice, and operator billing.

Smart has also sup-ported various tourism initiatives, including the Digital Tourism project of Cebu-based startup Inno-Pub Media, which involves the creation and instal-lation of Quick Response (QR) codes and Near Field Communication (NFC) stickers on tourist sites. When scanned or tapped via a mobile device, these direct users to a website containing more informa-tion about the site or struc-ture, including photos and videos.

Google industry manager Char-ly Atienza says majority of Asian travelers begin their trips by doing online research.

Smart’s Nooky Umali encourages Pinoy techies to help PHL tourism.

PHL must utilize mobile tech to boost tourism, experts say

MEMBERS of the Davao City Cham-ber of Commerce

and Industry (DCCCII) expressed their support on the proposal of Aboitiz Power Renewables Inc. to conduct an exploration of geothermal resources in Davao region.

In a statement fur-nished to the Edge Davao, the chamber believes that Davao City in particu-lar and Mindanao “badly needs additional electric power supply to support the requirements not only of the business sector but also of the community as a whole.”

DCCCII also recognized that a geothermal power plant is said to be “self-sus-taining, renewable, and less pollutive, and there-fore poses less threat to the environment than other conventional power gener-ating plants.”

During this week’s

regular session, Aboitiz Power vice president for Mindanao Manuel M. Orig, sought the endorsement of the 17th city council since Davao City is one of the contract areas of the pro-posed power plant project.

“We need the endorse-ment and support of the Davao City Council for us to proceed in the explora-tion and, if successful, to construct the geothermal plant,” Orig said.

Orig stressed that the corporation will wait five years before the geother-mal power plant will be fully operational.

The first two years will be utilized for exploration, and another two more years for the construction of the power plant.

However, this will only be possible if the firm will get the approval of the Local Government Units (LGUs) of Sta. Cruz, Davao City, and Digos City.

DCCCII supports Aboitiz geothermal explorationBy VANNAH S. ANG

Aboitiz Power vice president for Mindanao Manuel M. Orig presents before the members of the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCCII) the proposed exploration project.

A LABOR dispute monitoring com-mittee aimed to

protect and preserve em-ployment has been revi-talized.

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Davao Region in coordination with the National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB) XI recently reorganized the Regional Inter-Agen-cy Coordinating and Monitoring Committee (RICMC).

RICMC takes the lead to explore all remedies and avenues necessary and feasible to peacefully settle a potential or actu-al strike, picket or lockout or any labor dispute.

Administrative Order No. 125, Series of 2012, issued on 27 February 2012, ordered for the cre-ation of RICMC.

“We have already constituted this body in 2012. But through time leadership among our partner agencies have changed, thus we need to reorganized, set an-other rounds of orienta-tion and meetings even before labor disputes happen as part of pro-

active and preventive move against labor-relat-ed problems,” said DOLE Davao regional director Joffrey M. Suyao.

The committee is composed of the core and Quick Preventive Response Team (QPRT). The core group is com-posed of DOLE regional office 11 as lead agency and members Regional Conciliation and Media-tion Board 11, National Labor Relation Concilia-tion and Philippine Na-tional Police (PNP) Re-gional Office 11.

The QPRT Group in-cludes Regional Tripar-tite Wage and Produc-tivity Board (RTWPB) 11, Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA) Southern Min-danao Office ,Over-seas Workers Wlefare (OWWA) 11; Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA 11; Occupations Safety and health Center; Employees Compensa-tion Commission, DOLE Provincial Offices PNP Provincial Offices, LGUs and Public Employment Service Offices. [Sherwin B. Manual/DOLE 11]

DOLE Davao revitalizes labor dispute machinery  

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ENVIRONMENT

AS the country ob-serves the National Disaster Conscious-

ness Month this July, the De-partment of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is calling on all local government units (LGUs) to revisit the geohazard maps distributed by the national government and use them as guide for disaster pre-paredness.

Environment Secretary Ramon J. P. Paje said the LGUs should take a look at the geohazard maps pre-pared by the DENR’s Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) and take note of ar-eas declared as highly sus-ceptible for flooding and landslide, especially now that the rainy season has begun.

“Let us not react after the disaster has come and gone. Let us act now and prevent the possible de-struction it can cause on lives and property,” Paje said.

The environment chief said the LGUs can use the maps as guide for strategic decisions such as those on land zoning and in deter-mining sites for relocation and communities during natural disasters.

The MGB has already completed and distribut-ed some 85,000 copies of geohazard maps showing landslide and flood-prone areas on a scale of 1:50,000 to LGUs nationwide.

A more detailed map-ping of cities and mu-nicipalities, at a scale of 1:10,000, is to be complet-ed within the year, while the three-dimensional (3D) version is also already in the pipeline.

Meanwhile, Paje called on the public to make a “more conscious and col-lective effort” to adopt a lifestyle that would reverse environmental degrada-tion and mitigate the neg-ative impacts of disasters.

“Efforts can be small and personal, such as minding where you throw your trash, patronizing eco-friendly goods and ser-vices, and not wasting wa-ter and energy. They can also be on a larger scale like organizing community cleanups or participating in tree planting activities under the National Green-ing Program,” Paje said.

“What counts the most is that efforts are sustained or done regularly, and not ningas-kugon.”

The DENR head point-ed out that most of the damage caused by disas-ters “result from human activities that show blatant disregard for the environ-ment.”

While natural phe-nomenon is uncontrol-lable, Paje warned that “our thinning forests, the unsustainable conversion and use of land, and pollu-tion that clogs our water-ways and kills our rivers and seas indeed aggravate the impacts of disasters on lives and property, es-pecially when they lead to erosion and flooding.”

“What is worse is that climate change makes ex-treme weather events as the new normal, so we can expect the hazards and risks to increase, too,” he added.

The National Disaster Consciousness Month has been celebrated every year since 1999 by virtue of Executive Order No. 137. This year’s theme, “Ligtas na Bayan, Maunlad na Pamayanan,” focuses on safeguarding commu-nities from adverse effects of natural disasters to pro-mote sustainable develop-ment.

LGUs urged to use geohazard maps for disaster management

GOVERNMENT fur-ther stepped up its campaign for resil-

ient communities nation-wide by providing local government units (LGUs) a tool for better protect-ing life, limb and property from impacts of climate change and disasters.

Officially unveiled in Metro Manila this week, the tool consists of supple-mental guidelines that’ll help LGUs factor in such impacts into their respec-tive existing and forth-coming comprehensive land use plans (CLUPs) to either minimize or pre-vent communities’ expo-sure andvulnerability to natural hazards.

“It’s the most import-ant policy government ever passed on climate change,” said Climate Change Commission Vice-Chairperson Lucille Sering.

She raised urgency for the guidelines, noting

LGUs must plan commu-nities accordingly so these can be better prepared for and resilient to the chang-ing climate.

“We need new ways of looking at how we use land resources,” she said.

CLUP is the planning document LGUs prepare to rationalizeallocation and use of land resources within their respective ar-eas of jurisdiction.

Such rationalization will help either lower or eliminatecommunities’ ex-posure and vulnerability to landslides, earthquakes and other natural hazards by setting non-danger ar-eas as locations for peo-ple, infrastructure and economic activities.

“Disasters are always painful but can be mini-mized,” noted CCC Com-missioner Naderev Saño.

He continues advocat-ing pro-active efforts on climate change, saying the price of inaction on this

problem is more costly than that for making com-munities resilient.

Experts earlier cited onslaught of weather ex-tremes as well as sea level and temperature rise as climate change’s impacts on the country.

Republic Act No. 7160 (Local Government Code of 1991) requires LGUs to prepare, revise and up-date respective CLUPs.

Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB) and Department of Interior and Local Gov-ernment (DILG) provide LGUs technical assistance on preparing such plans.

“CLUP is an effective disaster risk reduction instrument,” said HLURB CEO and Commissioner Antonio Bernardo.

He noted the supple-mental guidelines will help LGUs develop CLUPs that are climate-resilient.

This year, HLURB’s board approved the sup-

plemental guidelines after holding with CCC and oth-er partners several con-sultations on the matter.

The partners include DILG, National Economic and Development Author-ity, UNDP and the Austra-lian government.

Authorities reported pilot-testing the guide-lines in Misamis Oriental province’s Opol munici-pality.

CCC noted the sup-plemental guidelines are among major outputs of Project Climate Twin Phoenix.

The agency imple-mented the project since 2012 in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan Cities as well as Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental provinces.

Through the project, CCC sought to help im-prove adaptive capacity of those four areas and main-stream climate change ad-aptation and disaster risk reduction there. [PNA]

New tool to enhance campaign for climate-resilient communitiesTHE World Wide

Fund for Nature ( W W F - P h i l i p -

pines) contests the fig-ures cited by the Founda-tion for Economic Free-dom (FEF) in their recent press release opposing the increase in solar en-ergy installation targets.

The FEF claims the cost to the Filipino con-sumer for implementing these new solar projects amounts to PHP12 billion annually. When WWF’s own energy experts com-puted the cost of the new solar projects based on Feed-in-Tariff (FiT) rates and current electricity prices – the cost was just a little over PHP3 billion.

“WWF is ready to show its computations. FEF should immediately reveal how they arrived at these prices if they want to be transparent about their advocacy of opposing solar power for the sake of the Filipino people. So far, what we

have are publicly-circu-lated statements without any technical explana-tion. Where did these figures come from?” asks WWF-Philippines Vice-chair and CEO Jose Ma. Lorenzo Tan. Figures don’t match WWF doesn’t stand alone. The FEF figures also do not match the National Renewable Energy Board (NREB) figures. In WWF’s tech-nical analysis, the ad-ditional 450 MW solar power installations with a FiT rate of PHP9.68 per kWh will only amount to an additional PHP3,279,744,000.

Solar plants operate at an average capacity factor of 20% because solar plants do not pro-duce energy at night, or when cloud cover is heavy. Based on this, 450 MW of additional solar power plants shall produce an estimated 788,400,000 kWh a year.

WWF disputes FEF figures on solar projects

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EDITORIAL

IT IS refreshing to know that Davao City’s lawmaking body is moving towards giving more teeth to an ordi-nance aimed at protecting the young from drinking,

smoking and other decadent practices.Days ago, it was in the news that the City Council head-

ed by Vice Mayor Paolo Z. Duterte has begun committee discussion on proposed amendments to Ordinance No. 064-02, Series of 2002, also known as “An Ordinance Prohibiting Retailers, Wholesalers, Grocery Stores, Con-venience Stores and other Businesses from Selling or Allowing to be Sold to Minors in their Respective Store and Establishments Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Prod-ucts, Beer, Liquor and other Intoxicating Beverages and Prohibiting All Minors, Aged 17 and Below from Buying Ordering and Serving, Selling or Drinking Beer, Liquor, Coconut Wine, Ordering or Smoking Cigarettes and Oth-er Tobacco products from Wholesale, Retail, Grocery or Convenience Stores and other Business Establishments in Davao City.”

Duterte had told reporters covering the City Council beat that the intention is to add more severe penalties to owners of establishments caught violating the law. The vice mayor did not specify the proposed revised penal-

ties, though.Undoubtedly moves to strengthen regulation of cer-

tain vices like drinking and smoking augur well for the people’s collective desire to achieve a virtuous and law-abiding society. One can imagine how much social problems we can get rid of, if our children shun liquor and tobacco, knowing fully well that vices such as these are really bad for our health and our behavior as citi-zens.

While we are at it, we suggest that the City Council look into the possibility of bringing this laudable cam-paign and advocacy to the homes. Parents should be prohibited from showing a bad example to their grow-ing children. It should be forbidden for parents to smoke and drink alcohol in the presence of their minor chil-dren. Can this be done? But, of course, this is piece of cake to our councilors. We leave it to the creativity of our local lawmakers, who have a reputation of crafting landmark ordinances that have caused the city to enjoy tremendous positive publicity mileage for many years now. These include the ordinances against firecrackers and pyrotechnics, smoking in public places, drinking be-yond 2 a.m. and so many more.

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AQUILES Z. ZONIOCorrespondent

VANTAGE POINTS 9EDGEDAVAO

(Conclusion)

BY PATRICIO P. DIAZ

MIND DA NEWS

BY MANNY VALDEHUESA

WORM’S EYEVIEW

Bearing the brunt of terror threat

A big black eye

‘Promdi’ has gone into disuse but the behavior persists

AND that’s because this pub-lic domain is not well-man-aged, not well-designed, and

not built or maintained according to standards. In other words, the public domain is notable only in that it pres-ents a stark contrast to the smaller private subdivision within it.

Unlike the private domain, the public domain is not clean, not neat, and lacks amenities like clean toilets, a fitness or exercise area for youth or seniors, function rooms for exhibits, or educational activities, and such.

It is a disturbing contrast. It shows how inept or incompetent barangay public officials are, revealing them to be promdis at heart or mind, ill-suit-ed for urban public administration, with negligent habits and very low standards of propriety or esthetics.

***** In general, not only in prom-

di-governed communities, evidence of neglect, abuse, or mismanagement, abound throughout the jurisdiction.

And, more disturbing, rare is the barangay whose people raise their voice or call their officials’ attention to things amiss.

It may be a street without a sign bearing its name, an abandoned ve-hicle rusting away on the side, uncol-lected garbage, illegal sidewalk occu-pation, unsanitary surroundings—all making the community unsightly.

The barangueño’s interest is fo-cused mainly on his own home or compound, as if saying: To hell with the public domain beyond! There is no sign of interest in improving the condition of the entire jurisdiction. No sign that it is a community; noth-ing that indicates neighborliness, or solicitude about communal welfare or the common good.

Overall, the landscape of our com-munities, the basic units of our re-public, reveal us as a society without sense of community, lacking in social consciousness, deficient in esthetic standards, and uncaring about qual-ity of life except our own. Too bad…

***** How do you view your barangay,

your community of residence? Are you concerned about its condition? Do you care what happens in it or what people do to it? Do you take pains to invest time or effort, no mat-ter how little, to secure its wellbeing and protect the community’s welfare?

It’s important to address these questions. The answers go to the grain of our sense of nationhood and the degree to which we would take pains to secure its dignity or uphold its integrity—by taking care of it as an earnest of our love and loyalty to it.

Or are we content with being cap-tives of promdi habits and values?

[Manny is former UNESCO re-gional director for Asia-Pacific; sec-retary-general, South East Asian Pub-lishers Association; director, develop-ment academy of Philippines; mem-ber, Permanent Mission to the United Nations; vice chair, Local Government Academy; member, Cory Government’s Peace Panel, and PPI-UNICEF awardee for outstanding columnist. valdehue-sa@gmail.com]

TRAVEL BAN HAS A CHILLING CHAIN-EFFECT – It is rather unfor-tunate that no less than the Palace

recently relayed a raw information about a new terrorist threat which zeroed in on Davao City as main target. The alarming report was atrocious and considered by many Dabawenyos as knee-jerking. And come to think of it, it was the President who conveyed the military dossier to Mayor Ro-drigo Duterte.

As a result it hits the government where it mattered most – the tourism industry, one of the mainstays of the country’s econ-omy. We are referring to the latest travel advisories of the governments of Britain and Australia barring their diplomats and citizens from traveling to the Mindanao re-gion particularly Davao City. Unfortunately, it badly affects the city and its tourism busi-ness.

Nevertheless, military top brass clar-ified that as a matter of procedure, the “loose talks” about a new threat on terror should not be taken lightly. But security experts and thoughtful observers are in quandary as to why the President no less made known to the public the alleged “in-validated report”. They say confidential and crucial reports especially those that affect the security of the state supposedly should be discuss behind closed doors and dis-seminated only after a careful and proper validation.

Right now the city’s tourism industry bears the brunt of the latest terror threat and could face massive losses. Higher au-thorities should have at least make accurate decisions in dealing with delicate issues and consider that when the “tourism busi-ness sneezes anywhere else in the country the government likewise catches cold.” The travel ban has a chilling chain-effect be-cause it will involve all tourism-related en-deavors such as hotel and restaurant trade, beach resorts, sports and entertainment market, transportation and product sales.

However, travel advisory is not new in the country. There are past instances that

foreign gov-ernments im-posed travel bans when the peace and order condi-tion in some tourism-in-spired places in the coun-try is not reli-able. Even so, I think that it must be tougher for foreign authorities to fully understand the country’s peace and order situation. But this time local officials are baffled by it all and security experts are equally stumped. How can anyone come up with such report when there’s no verifica-tion to substantiate the terror threat theo-ry?

Then again, Davao City tourism officials and concerned agencies particularly the Department of Tourism (DOT) in the Davao region should not complain too much. Offi-cials in other areas probably have it more difficult in dealing with the travel ban than they do. In the face of such test, no less than City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte advised local officials, law enforcement units, the tour-ism sector and all tourism-related under-takings to act, not react. He was right when he pointed out never to undermine the threat and security dossiers of the embas-sies of foreign countries. Instead, LGUs and the tourism industry should demonstrate their mettle in confronting the drawbacks.

Nonetheless, the dauntless city mayor has alerted the public to be extra cautious especially the agencies involved in peace and security to take the threats of terror se-riously. There must be a continuous inter-action between city officials, military and police, and all segments involved to seek ways out of the present situation, which the tourism sector could already feel the pain in anticipated conditions. The city gov-ernment is at least taking some immediate action with the expectation that the travel

advisory will be lifted soon as this largely alters the huge domestic travel market.

Mindanao particularly Davao City had been through the worst of times in dealing with the bad reputation in the eyes of the international community fueled by nega-tive reports of the over-exaggerated for-eign press. One glaring example: look at the problems the US is having in dealing with the dreaded kidnap-for-ransom group Abu Sayyaf. If it is a truly political terrorist orga-nization, policy dictates that you do not ne-gotiate and pay ransom. On the other hand, if it is a criminal-kidnapping syndicate, well then, maybe it’s alright to pay ransom. Is this a military operation, or a law enforce-ment situation?

Moreover, imagine the problems the US and even the other foreign government of-fices have with their travel advisories about Davao City and the rest of Mindanao. These foreign administrations tell their diplomats and citizens to avoid traveling in the spec-ified areas notably the cities of Davao, Co-tabato and Zamboanga , and nearby prov-inces because of the separatist movement, threats of terrorism and kidnap-for-ran-som activities. Yet, some nations in Europe and Latin America where their citizens pre-ferred to visit both for business and leisure have also been dealing with similar or even worst problems for decades. Car bombs and suicide attacks even exploded in the heart of their capitals – public places, com-mercial districts, railways and transport terminals.

What we can hear is the confusion in these foreign governments. They can’t put other countries on a travel advisory the same as the Philippines because they’re developed and advanced nations crying out loud for attention. And they are not Third World countries. Actually, why can’t our government issue a Philippine travel advi-sory every time the FBI and its equivalent from other countries make reports that there might be terrorist attacks in their ter-ritories? Maybe this is one reason that per-haps it is not so tough being Filipino.

PRESIDENT Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III will sport a big black eye when he delivers his fifth

Stateof the Nation Address (SONA) in the

Congress on July 28. What will hedo in his SONA? Will he soothe the

black eye or use it to rally moresupport for his distressed adminis-

tration and in the process censurethose who inflicted the black eye?

Says the ending of thrillerserials: “Abangan!” literally, in En-

glish, “Await the next”.The Supreme Court, in its Decision

released last Tuesday, July 1,declared unconstitutional the Devel-

opment Acceleration Program (DAP).This is the big blow that has inflict-

ed the big black eye. How big andblack? He had the DAP created; he

has defended it. Theunconstitutionality virtually

amounts to culpable violation of theConstitution which, in his oath, he

had promised to defend.How big is the blow? The Supreme

Court, with 14 members, voted 13-1-0.

Notably, all his appointees, includ-ing the chief justice, were among

the 13 who voted for. The lone ab-stention is that of an appointee of

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. By protocol, they will be invited

to attend the SONA. An awkward sit-uation can ensue.

To avoid any such situation, will President Aquino III avoid

mentioning the DAP in his SONA? Or, will the justices decline the

invitation this time? The DAP Deci-sion is, in itself, a national

embarrassment. Should the Presi-dent challenge the Decision in his SONA

it can cause not only embarrass-ment on the justices present but also

more national embarrassment – in-ternational, too.

How unconstitutional is the DAP? The creation of the DAP was in

violation of Article VI, Section 25(5) of the 1987 Constitution. By

its implementation the President usurped the power of the Congress

over the purse that by the doctrine of separation of powers

exclusively belongs to the Congress; and, he amended the General

Appropriation Acts. As the Constitu-tion prescribes, the President, in

his oath, swears to protect the Con-stitution and the laws. The DAP was

an act of “bantay salakay”, or, in En-glish, “guard raiding what he is

guarding”.The President and the Palace are in-

voking “good faith” and“socio-economic benefits” for the

people to justify the creation andimplementation of the DAP. They

are evading the core issue ofconstitutionality.The Court Decision says that [1] the

“programs, activities andprojects (PAPs) implemented in

good faith prior to the court rulinginvalidating the DAP, as a matter of

equity” cannot be nullified; but.

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will formally file a request to the City Prosecutor’s Office and Regional Trial Court Branch 17 to consid-er his clients as state wit-nesses on the case.

He said that this request is subject for approval of the prosecutors and the court. He added that in the case of Labang, the latter may have a hard time qualifying as a state witness since his admission the alleged gun-man in the June 12 killing. Tesiorna said that Labang’s confession could only be used to downgrade his case from murder to homicide.

As this developed, Te-siorna also said he will ask the court to retain his cli-ents’detention at the Davao City Police Office (DCPO) for security reasons.

He said he intends to file a motion to retain the cus-tody of the three at DCPO.

The murder case of the suspects was raffled off last Thursday to Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 17 un-der Presiding Judge Evalyn A. Morales.

“Para dili sila ma trans-fer sa [Davao] City Jail be-cause we have to admit that ang primary concern right now is the safety of these persons,” Tesiorna said.

Tesiorna said that after

the three suspects impli-cated Regional Intelligence Unit (RIU) -11 head Super-intendent Leonardo A. Felo-nia, the safety of the three is at risk.

The lawyer said that his intention is not to hold the issuance of commitment or-der but to reconsider their request.

Tesiorna said that their application to place the three under witness protec-tion program (WPP) is still pending as of the moment.

“Subject pa na siya sa approval sa… recommen-dation sa City Prosecutor’s Office and then approval sa court kay naa naman gud sa court ang kaso,” Tesiorna said referring to the WPP application.

As part of judicial pro-cess, after the case is raf-fled to a court the presiding judge will issue a commit-ment order to turn-over the custody of the accused to jail while the trial of their case is ongoing.

Last June 24, the Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) “King” the three ac-cused were submitted for inquest procedure for mur-der. The SITG immediately filed the suspects confessed their participation on the crime.

cater to possible victims of flooding, storm surge, land-slides and tsunami.

Jaldon said an assess-ment on the proposed cen-ter has still to be finished by the DRRMC and the City Planning and Development Office (CPDO).

“Ongoing pa ang evalua-tion for the most suited area for the permanent evacua-tion center,” he said.

Jaldon said that they’re still searching for a “safe, accessible and hazard- free” area in the city that is owned by the government.

“What we’re looking now is pwede sa tanan, be it a typhoon, earthquake storm surge or tsunami,” he said.

Jaldon, who is also the chief operating officer of Central 911, said that there are already identified areas in some hazard-prone ar-

eas based on the integrat-ed evacuation plan (IEP) of Davao City.

The IEP of the city iden-tified upper Sta. Cruz, Ti-bungco; Barangay Magtuod, Maa; and Barangay Wire-less, Poblacion area as ele-vated areas where the facili-ty can be set up.

According to Jaldon, the number of victims in the April 4 fire incident in Isla Verde will become the basis of the capacity of the planned center.

“Aside from the fire victims, the number of residents living along the coastal areas of the city will be also taking into consid-eration,” Jaldon said. He said that there are about 400,000 people living along the coastal areas that are vulnerable to tsunami and storm surge. CRC

in Calinan Public Market, Mintal Public Market, Ti-bungco Public Market, Bun-awan Public Market, Lasang Public Market, Toril Public Market, Piapi Market Ven-dors Association and Matina Market Vendors Association.

Remitio said that the study of the project has started last 2013 and with that they are able to select 40 public and private mar-kets in the region where they put it up.

The DTI Consumer Wel-fare and Trade Regulation Division Chief further said that aside from price bill-boards, they also plan to place a public weighing scale (‘timbangan ng bayan’) in every market in the region.

Remitio said that there

are 130 weighing scales which will be placed in dif-ferent public markets in the region. She said that the weighing scale is placed in-side the steel cage so that it would not be easily tam-pered.

“So, an ordinary con-sumer, just in case meron siyang doubts on the weight of the products… i-check nila sa timbangan ng bayan kung talaga bang tama ang binili nila,” Remitio empha-sized.

Remitio stressed that with the presence of public weighing scale will ensure the vendors or other store owners will not tamper their weighing scale. She said that the project will be implemented soon. [ABF]

cality.Four more “Diskwento

Caravans” are set by the DTI to be held in the region for the rest of the year.

On the third week of July, a “Diskwento Caravan” will be held in Dujali, Davao del Norte while on August 1 it will be held in Composte-

la Valley.Another one is sched-

uled in Lupon, Davao Ori-ental.

On the first week of Oc-

tober, a caravan will be held at the City Council building of Davao City to highlight the celebration of the Con-sumer Welfare month.

Aquino citing the con-troversy-laden life of the movie star as their reason. The national debate has been going on for about a month now.

Of the young Dabawen-yos surveyed, six said the President made the right decision, while three re-spondents were undecid-ed.

These are the com-ments against President Aquino’s action:

I disagree with Presi-dent Aquino’s action in ex-cluding Nora Aunor in the list of national artists ba-sically because he doesn’t own the organization that chooses the said award. I believe the said organiza-tion have high credibility and salutations why they are chosen as the jurors to screen and award the title. Instead of putting attention in this matter where he has no known GREAT background in being a national artist, he should focus more on oth-er PRESSING concerns of the country. I believe that the organization could handle themselves well in awarding the BEST and deserving person. Aquino’s credibility won’t be affected in any way. It doesn’t reflect anything on the President’s part.

Patrick Louie Mengui-to, 24, Male

I think Nora Aunor still deserves the National Art-ist award even if she was said to have used drugs before. They have to con-sider first the reason why she had such and evalu-ate by the reason if she still deserves. Kahit sino naman eh nagkakamali, baka part lang ito sa pag-kakamali na yun.

-Karlo Alexie Puerto, 19, Male

I disagree with Pres-ident Aquino’s decision. First, by definition, the National Artist title is giv-en to those who have sig-nificantly contributed to the Philippine art. Nora Aunor, undoubtedly, is a very notable actress who has excelled in a number of classic Filipino films. These films continue to be an inspiration and an important part of what makes our art uniquely Filipino. Second, the cri-teria for nominations, doesn’t specifically in-clude that an artist must be morally upright to de-serve such title.

Allexy Flores, 20, Fe-male

I don’t agree. Drugs

don’t have anything to do with a person’s capa-bility to make art. This is not some good citizen award.The only standard that should be used to choose a national artist is a person’s contribution to the nation using his/her achievements in art.

Vanessa Kate Madrazo, 17, Female

I do believe that Ms. Nora Aunor did more than enough to contribute to the film industry and to the Filipinos in general. She promoted Philippine culture and tradition not only to the whole nation, but also lured and gar-nered much attention from the international audience. Her exception-al talent and dedication made her name eminent that may transcend forev-er for all of us.

Nathaniel Espanola, 17, Male

No, kasi first and fore-most though hinirang na President si Pnoy, obvi-ously wala syang alam o wla syang background pa-tungkol sa pagiging “art-ist” (Dapat nga alisin sa batas ng pagpipili ng isang nat’l artist, ang pangulo ng Pilipinas dahil malayo ito sa field o expertise nya.)

Tsaka sabi nya kaya daw di qualified si Ms Nora Aunor e kasi daw may kaso syang drugs dati sa America (?). E, to think hindi naman tala-ga na-convict si Ms Nora Aunor dun. Tsaka di dapat dun i-base kung karapat dapat ba maging nat’l artist si Ms Nora Aunor. Walang taong perpekto.

Dapat inisip nya ung mga naiambag ni Ms Nora Aunor sa Film industry ng Pilipinas. To think hindi lang mga pilipino tuman-gkilik sa mga pelikula ni Ms Nora Aunor, pati rin yung ibang nationalities napanood mga sikat na pelikula ni Ms Nora aunor. At naging representative din natin si Ms Nora Aunor sa ibang film festival/s (tu-lad na lamang ng Cannes).

Elaine Mae Magistra-do, 19, Female

No, because her act of taking drugs does no af-fect her talent.

Troy Stephen Vergara, 18, Male

No. She deserved to be in the list.

- Monique Abellana, 18, Female

No. Nora brought fame not just nationwide but worldwide as well. Aqui-no’s decision should not be based on her personal

choices in life bu in her actual contribution to the field of art.

- Kelly Ruth Serenio, 18, Female

No. I respect people, as well as their capabilities. Instead of looking at the bad side, let us focus more on the side that tackles Aunor’s contribution in the industry. Lastly, we must respect her private life. It’s her decision. As fans, we must not imitate her bad actions yet we should show her our sym-pathy. She made history. She must be included.

- Mark Ken Mariscal, 19, Male

No. Although a nation-al artist must be a good role model to the people and Nora has done some ‘immoral deeds’. She de-serves the tite because she has been in the industry for so long.

- Roxanne Segumban, 20, Female

No, I don’t. I don’t agree that PNoy who the artist is and who is not. He hasn’t exactly been acclaimed for his taste. Being a pres-ident does not make one good in all aspects. A dif-ferent committee should be assigned for that.

- Andrea Isabelle Me-jos, 18, Female

Those in agreement are the following:

Yes, I think the basis of the president is justifiable. Nora was convicted of drug abuse (even though her lawyer denied such allegation),but if true, it would be a disgrace to the Arts and Culture sector of the country to have a Na-tional Artist that was once tainted with a drug case. A national artist for me must still have a good record and of course be a good role model to everyone, especially the youth.

Vincent Rell Gonzaga, 20, Male

Every artist is really great. But a National Art-ist, having that title, has no choice but to also be a role model for everyone.

Brent Harvey Chua, 22, Male

I’m a fan of her, actu-ally. But being a National Artist is not just about your works and contribu-tions. It’s also about how would you influence oth-er people, especially the young ones.

Endera Sillo, 43, Fe-male

Nora Aunor doesn’t deserve that National Artist title. Even though I truly admire her works

and contributions, still, we should ask ourselves if she is just an artist, or an icon at the same time. If she can be an icon most especially to the young ones, and could teach them values, then she could be National artist.

Dane Rhea Sillo, 19, Female

A National title must be given to a person that would somehow repre-sent a good Filipino value. And I honestly don’t think Nora Aunor could fit in that title. Yes, she’s a great artist, but not a really good example.

Chin Magalong, 27, Fe-male

Somehow, yes. Recog-nizing her as a national artist is like considering her a role model for the audience or even the so-ciety. Her history of en-gaging in drugs proves that she is not a good role model at all.

Julius Ervin Tom, 18, Male

On the other, I don’t necessarily

agree with his actions however, I think it’s not a big deal if she’s excluded in the list. She’s had her fair share in fame anyway. Of course, it can’t be de-nied that she’s had major contributions to the Phil-ippine cinema and what-not and she’s already rec-ognized as a one of a kind actress. Does she really need the title to prove it?

Kyle Navarro, 18, Fe-male

Actually, for me, Nora Aunor being a National artist despite of having undergone drug abuse is not a big deal. An artist will always be an artist but the concern is that the children might think that using drugs is somehow tolerable.

Kaye Laureles, 29, Fe-male

It depends. I do not know the exact require-ments of being a national artist. If I say no, it will be because Nora is very important in the devel-opment and promotion of the country’s cinematic field.

Adeline Claire Pon-teras, 18, Female

The survey was con-ducted by the following journalism students: Vima Avillon, Jennylou Natad, Noli Paniamogan, Precious Domalaon, Mi-chael Robilla, Marla An-reza, Dane Sillo, Vincent Alpiz and Gerne Boja. [CRC]

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Republic of the PhilippinesDepartment of Transporta-tion and CommunicationsLAND TRANSPORTATION

FRANCHISING AND REGU-LATORY BOARD

Regional Office No. XIDavao city

Application for a Certifi-cate of Public Convenience to operate aPUJ Ordinary Regular Service underLTFRB Memo Circular 2011-005.

VILMA I. ALINDAO, Petitioner Case No.2014-XI-00383

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Applicant requests au-thority for a Certificate of Public Convenience to oper-ate a PUJ ORDINARY REG-ULAR service under LTFRB Memo Circular 2011-005 for the transportation of passen-gers and freight on the route: CIRCULATION ROUTE 4 with the use of ONE (1) unit.

NOTICE, is hereby giv-

en that this petition will be heard by this Board on JULY 21,2014 at 09:50 a.m. at this office at the above address.

At least, TEN (10) days prior to the above date peti-tioner shall publish this No-tice once in a one (1) daily newspaper of general circu-lation in Mindanao

Parties opposed to the granting of the petition must file their written opposition supported by documentary evidence on or before the above date furnishing a copy of the same to the petitioner, and may if they so, desire ap-pear on said date and time.

This petition will be act-ed upon by this Board on the basis of its records and the documentary evidence sub-mitted by the parties, unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional doc-umentary and/or oral evi-dence.

WITNESS the Honorable BENJAMIN A. GO, CESO V, Re-gional Director, this 23rd day of June 2014 at Davao City.

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MANY people would rather inflict pain on themselves than

spend 15 minutes in a room with nothing to do but think, according to a United States study out Thursday, July 3.

Researchers at the Univer-sity of Virginia and Harvard University conducted 11 dif-ferent experiments to see how people reacted to being asked to spend some time alone.

Just over 200 people par-ticipated in the experiments. Some were college students, others were volunteers who ranged in age from 18-77 and were recruited from a church and farmers’ market.

Researchers asked them to sit alone in an unadorned room, with no mobile phone, reading or writing materials, and then report back on what it was like to entertain them-selves with their thoughts for between 6 and 15 minutes.

Turns out, more than 57% found it hard to concentrate and 89% said their minds wandered.

About half found the expe-rience was unpleasant.

“Most people do not enjoy ‘just thinking’ and clearly prefer having some-thing else to do,” said the study in the journal Science. Cheating, self-shocking Then, researchers turned their attention to what people were doing to avoid being alone with

their thoughts.In one experiment, stu-

dents were asked to do the “thinking time” exercise at home.

Afterward, 32% reported they had cheated by getting out of their chair, listening to music or consulting their mo-bile phone.

Even more of the adults recruited from outside the uni-versity – 54% – broke the rules, said co-author Erin Westgate, a PhD student at the University of Virginia.

“And that’s probably an un-derestimate, because those are just the ones who were honest and told us afterward that they had cheated,” she told Agence France-Presse.

Then researchers won-dered how far students would go to seek some stimulation while sitting alone with their thoughts.

An initial pilot study found, surprisingly, that students pre-ferred to hear the sound of a scraping knife to hearing no noise at all.

“We thought, surely, peo-ple wouldn’t shock them-selves,” said Westgate.

They offered students in

one of the studies a chance to rate various stimuli, from see-ing attractive photographs to the feeling of being given an electric shock about as strong as one that might come from dragging one’s feet on a carpet.

After the participants felt the shock, which Westgate described as mild, some even said they would prefer to pay $5 rather than feel it again.

Then each subject went into a room for 15 minutes of thinking time alone. They were told they had the opportunity to shock themselves, if desired. Two-thirds of the male sub-jects – 12 out of 18 – gave themselves at least one shock while they were alone.

Most of the men shocked themselves between 1 and 4 times. However, one “outlier” shocked himself 190 times.

A quarter of the women, 6 out of 24, decided to shock themselves, each between 1 and 9 times.

All of those who shocked themselves had previously said they would have paid to avoid it.

Westgate said she is still astounded by those findings.

“I think we just vastly un-

derestimated both how hard it is to purposely engage in pleas-ant thought and how strongly we desire external stimulation from the world around us, even when that stimulation is actively unpleasant.”

She added that the re-search showed that, by and large, people prefer some pos-itive stimulation, like reading a book or playing a video game.

Whether the effects seen in the experiment are a prod-uct of today’s digital culture or not is a matter of debate.

Sherrie Bourg Carter, a psychologist and CEO of the Institute for Behavioral Scienc-es and the Law, a forensic psy-chology practice in Fort Lau-derdale, Florida, said modern technology may contribute to the inability to slow down.

“We are socially trained to be impulse sensation-seek-ers in our work and play,” said Carter, who was not involved in the study.

“Therefore, sitting down for a single, non-connected ac-tivity, like thinking, has become quite foreign to most people, even the elderly who were not raised in an electronically-driv-en world.” [AFP]

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KARATEKA Gabriel Quiñones and woman candidate master Ella

Grace Moulic are this year’s Athletes of the Year in the annual So Kim Cheng Sports Awards.

Quiñones and Moulic both 15 year old achievers and have excelled in their respective disciplines in international and national competitions.

Quiñones, a 3rd year high school student at the Brokenshire Science High School, won a gold medal in the Cadet Boy’s -57 kgs. Kumite in the 15th Malaysian MILO Cup Karate Championships held in Kuala Lumpur last June 6-8.

He also bagged a gold medal in the Mixed Team Kata together with fellow Association for the Advance-ment of Karatedo (AAK) Davao Chapter players Car-mela Estarija and Julian Abrose Ramirez.

Quiñones pocketed his silver in the Cadets Boys In-dividual Kata and was also voted as the “Best Male Play-er” in the two-day event par-ticipated by 11 countries. Es-tarija was also chosen as the “Best Female Player” for earning another gold medal in the girl’s Individual Kata.

“(I am) very thankful . I didn’t expect to be chosen as the Male Athlete of the Year mong all of the great athletes

in Davao City” said Quiñones in his text message.

Tan, a former national player and coach, said he is happy his club finally pro-duced an athlete of the year awardee.

“At least na recognize ang achievements of the team,” said Tan, who add-ed that Estarija and rook-ie Josh Worsley, who won the gold medal in the boys 8-9 kumite in Malaysia will also be cited in the SKC Sports Awards as the most outstanding female and male karatekas, respec-tively.

Worsley also won two gold medals in the PSC Cup Karatedo Championships held at the Abreeza Mall last May 29.

Estarija was bested for the Female Athlete of the Year award by Moulic, who won four gold medals, one silver and one bronze in the ASEAN+ Age Group Chess Championships held in Macau, China.

The senior high school student of the Holy Cross of Davao College still had no plane ticket for Manila on the day of her schedule to travel. Luckily her fa-ther Alfred, a government employee, was able to loan a ticket from the internet.

Moulic earned her stint in Macau by winning the gold in the girl’s Under 16 of the 2014 NCFP Na-

tional Age-Group Champi-onships held last April in Quezon Province. She also earlier pocketed the gold in the BatangPinoy Grand Finals held last February in Bacolod City.

Aside from Quinones, AAK Davao’s Estarija and diminutive Josh Worsley will also receive plaques as outstanding karatekas for their impressive per-formances in Malasia.

The complete list of winners will be known this week.

LET’S GET IT ON. 2014 Athlete of the Year Gab Quiñes (third from left) is interviewed by Let’s Get It On radio talk show host Neil Bravo at 105.9 Balita FM. Quiñones is joined by another awardee Josh Worsley (left) AAK Davao head coach Rommel Tan, Andrew Worsley and Ferdie Nervida of Mumho Riders.

Quiñones, Moulic are SKC Athletes of the Year

CHRISTOPHER “Bong” Go run into another scoring binge in the

first half including all of the City Hall Executive 19 first period output as the Oldies cruised to a 75 – 62 win against Association of Barangay Captains (ABC) Davao in Game 2 of their 2nd Conference best of sev-en series on Thursday night

at the Davao City Recreation Center Almendras Gym.

Go, the sweet-shooting executive assistant of May-or Rodrigo Duterte, went on to make 29 of the 36 points of the Executive Oldies in the first two periods to lead his undermanned squad to two to nothing series edge.

The Executive Oldies broke loose in the third can-

to following a 36-all dead-lock at the break behind the master-classed showing of Lawyer Joey Felizarta.

Felizarta, who finished the game with 17 points, provided a huge lift as the City legal Office standout scored eight points in the period to help the Executive Oldies took a 60 – 49 lead entering the pay off period.

Executive Oldies rout ABC

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THE business of beauty is a serious one and it takes a brand with thick skin to thrive. It was only really a matter of time before proudly local cosmetic brand, Snoe Beauty, would find its way to our fair city. As the brand’s CEO Jen Gerodias-Diaz likes to share in their website, the story of how Snoe would come to establish its 39th outlet in Davao and the ones before it is a journey as color-ful and full of surprises as the yellow brick road in her favorite book, The Wizard of Oz. Just like this one-of-a-kind tale whose philosophy Snoe has taken to heart, their products are of a unique whimsical sort filled with nourishing substance.

Snoe Beauty:Not your usual skin story

The young lead at the heart of Snoe’s Davao story is 24-year old Helen Kaye Layco. This enter-prising lady first encoun-tered the brand whilst searching online for so-lutions to her back acne. Chancing upon blog re-views which mentioned Snoe’s Shoozit Spray, her first foray into Snoe-land in Trinoma was one that

revealed the brand’s full plethora of cheekily pack-aged products and it was love at first blush for her. Kaye strongly identifies with Snoe and instantly felt that bringing it to the south to introduce to her friends and other like-minded women was one she could not pass up. I had a similar heady ex- Snoe CEO Jen Gerodias-Diaz Photo from Facebook

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TATTOO, Globe Telecom’s broad-band brand, leads the 5th Annual So-cial Media Day in the Philippines with the launch of this year’s Tatt Awards, the country’s leading award giving body for social media that celebrates individu-als who made a re-markable impact in the online space.  Known for recognizing greatness especially with-in the digital space, Tat-too has since formed Tatt Awards as a platform for the netizens who exceed expectations and lead the social media revolution with every content that they share.  Now on its 4th year, Tatt Awards kicked off with a Call for Nomina-tions alongside the biggest gathering of various social media communities in the country – the 5th Annual Social Media Day held last Saturday, June 28, 2014 at the Samsung Hall at SM Aura. Spearheaded by Mash-able and TweetUpMNL Social Media Day will feature the Best of Online Media in the Philippines with the official hashtag “#boomPH”. It talks about the boom in the internet, social media and digital industries in the Philip-pines, the opportunities that come with them, their positive impact on the lives of Filipinos, and the promotion of prosperity for users and connectiv-ity for all. As 2014 marks the 20th anniversary of

the Philippines’ first con-nection to the internet, Social Media Day 2014 si-multaneously pays tribute to the pioneers, remember milestones and give recog-nition to the digital natives who represent the future.   “Since its launch in 2011, the Tatt Awards has remained true to its objec-tive of celebrating remark-

ABS-CBN will be airing the second search for the next “Mr. and Miss Chinatown” this July 27, 2014, following a deal signed by the network and the Miss Chinatown Foundation last year. In what is to be a meeting of two cultures with shared values, this search is set to redefine Filipino-Chinese beauty, and to pave the way for better business relations. It also aims to realize cultural and artistic goals that are shared between the Filipinos and the Chinese. At the formal launch held in Gloria Maris Gateway, a total of 24 Filipino-Chinese candidates, split between males and females aged 18 to 25 were formally presented. These candi-dates will be competing for the prestigious title to represent the Filipino-Chinese community in the country by the end of the month. The female candidates include Glezlie Ong, Christine Grace Co, Judielyn Chang, Abegail Chua Castor, Chelsea Ro-bato, Nicole Cordoves, Tola Orendain, Felina Lim, Sharmay Cu, Jamie Reyes, Lourdes Aurora Cu, and Anie Unson. Meanwhile, the male candidates are Kurt Joshua Ong, Oscar Daniel Miralles, Wesley Chawn Cua, Michael Antho-ny Tiong, Mark Anthony Lim, John Ralph Boo, Jan Hung, Timothy Lawrence Yap, King Choi, Raven Robin Go, Cedrick Cheston Miranda, and David Sy Licauco. In last year’s competition, the first ever Mr. and Miss Chi-natown competition, the title of Miss Chinatown Philippines went to Interior Design student Ronili Lim Pineda, while the title of Mr. Chinatown Philippines went to Randy See. They took home P500,000 cash, also winning a trip to China (ei-ther Beijing or Shanghai, with pocket money), and a possible contract with Star Magic. ABS-CBN and the Miss Chinatown Foundation deem this as an event to open doorways towards unified communi-ties and better goals—beginning with a celebration of the shared values of the Filipino and Chinese communities and cultures, ultimately geared towards strengthening the fu-sion of the two in honing and shaping the potential of this generation. Watch out for the Grand Coronation set this month and will air live on ABS-CBN. For additional details and infor-mation, follow @MsandMissChinatown on Twitter and Ins-tagram, or visit the official Facebook page of Mr. and Miss Chinatown Philippines 2014 at www.facebook.com/Mrand-MissChinatown.

Hankering for something especially sweet on television? Well, it’s time to get those forks ready as Lifestyle Network launches the second serving of its talent competition, “The Clash”. The talent search, “Toque-en-ones” edition, which brought to television Chef Sharwin Tee of “Curiosity Got the Chef,” is now looking for the next great dessert master. Whether participants are dessert makers, baking enthu-siasts, culinary students, pastry business owners, or sim-ply anyone who loves bringing sweet treats to family and friends, the Lifestyle Network is opening up the chance to take that passion for creating desserts to the next level. The contest is open to both Filipinos and resident foreign-ers, 18-45 years old, who can bring their A-game to the real-ity show, with a frosting of charm and sprinkle of competi-tive spirit. Applications begin today, with the deadline of entries be-ing on July 4, 2014. Interested applicants can log on to www.lifestylenetwork.com.ph to register and submit their 5-min-ute demos. After the nationwide search, only the top six dessert mak-ers will take part in the reality show hosted by Sam Oh and mentored by the Pastry Alliance of the Philippines. Call this the ultimate sugar rush as the challengers will be tasked to create delectable desserts and present their cre-ations to sweet perfection. Each week, the judges and men-tors will decide whose cookie has crumbled. Challengers will have to out-frost each other to emerge the winner and be declared Lifestyle Network’s first ever Dessert Master. The winner will also gain his or her own TV show, P100,000, and other prizes. Satisfy your sweet cravings with “The Clash: Search for the Next Great Dessert Master,” set to air this coming November only on Lifestyle Network (SkyCable channel 52 and Destiny Digital Cable). For the complete mechanics and other up-dates, visit Lifestyle Network’s official website at www.life-stylenetwork.com.ph.

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able individuals who have contributed to bringing social media to where it is today. This year, we saw the 5th Annual Social Media celebration as the perfect partner for us to connect with the growing social media community in the Philippines, helping us determine this year’s top movers and shakers in social media,” shares Globe SVP for Broadband Business Gilbert Simpao. At the event, guests sub-mitted their nominations at the Tatt Awards booth. Apart from a variety of activities, guests also took part in informative forums relevant to social media. Discussions included top-ics on Digital and Social Media Trends, with a Globe representative as part of the panel, sharing the company’s insights on the evolution of social me-dia and how the platform has become an effective

medium in reaching out to its customers. This year, Tatt Awards 2014 aims to spread its reach to a wider audience even outside the Philip-pines. Supported by its strong partnerships with renowned international digital outlets like Mash-able, Tatt Awards, takes it to the next level with the new roster of Tatt Council members, alongside major special awards for interna-tional personalities.  The Tatt Awards Call for Nominations will formally start on July 1, 2014 until July 15, 2014. Finalists will then be announced by the end of July, followed by the big awards night on August 8, 2014. Anyone who has a Facebook and/or Twitter account will be able to submit their nomi-nations. Just visit http://tattoo.globe.com.ph/Tat-tAwards2014 for more de-tails.

Social Media Day 2014 also hosted a forum on social media trends composed of representatives from different companies including Globe Digital Marketing’s Dale Azcueta

ABOVE: Globe Head of Digital Marketing Juan Miguel Bauza invites the guests at the 2014 Social Media Day to place their bets and nominate those who deserve to be recognized at this year’s Tatt Awards

LEFT: Guests were also treated to exclusive perks and prizes at the Globe Prepaid and Tatt Awards booths.

IT TOOK Kapuso stars Geoff Eigenmann and Lau-ren Young more or less six hours--two hours by plane and four hours by land--to finally reach Davao Oriental and touch base with 7,000 Davaoeño fans via a Kapuso Fiesta last June 21. But the long and even ex-hausting trip was all worth it as they personally felt both the satisfaction of mingling with their supporters and the joy of experiencing the vibrant celebration of one of Southern Mindanao’s fes-tival attractions, the Araw ng Banaybanay. That night, Geoff wowed the audience with his rendi-tion of a few songs to the de-light of the audience, while Lauren took the opportu-nity to promote Overtime, GMA Films’ latest suspense movie offering, which pre-miered on July 2. Sharing the stage with them was Kapuso comedian Boobay as event host. Completely over-whelmed with the crowd’s reception, Geoff expressed his happiness: “It was an amazing experience for us. The Davaoeños were so welcoming, we had so much fun.” Sharing the same senti-ment, Lauren savoured ev-ery moment she spent in Davao Oriental. “Isa ito sa hindi ko malilimutang re-gional trips. Our sincerest thanks to our fans for mak-

ing this visit truly memo-rable for us,” she said. On the same day, just when the excitement of the Araw ng Banaybanay celebration was about to go a notch higher, another revelry--Iloilo’s 6th Pagnahi-An Festival--was then be-ginning to heat up as it saw the participation of Kapuso celebrities Bela Padilla and Derrick Monasterio. The duo made the hearts of the audiences flutter as they sang popular love songs—“Kahit Isang Saglit,” “A Thousand Years,” and “Everything” by Derrick and “The One That Got Away” and “I Love You Like A Love Song” by Bela--in the an-nual affair that was held at

the Bingawan Gym, attract-ing an estimated crowd of 4,000 Ilonggos. Simultaneously happen-ing up north was the deli-cious Empanada Festival of the City of Batac in Ilo-cos Norte, which had stars from GMA’s newest fam-ily drama series My BFF as event guests. Leading the party filled

with almost 4,000 support-ers was Mona Louise Rey to-gether with Valerie Concep-cion and Hiro Peralta who bannered the Kapuso Fiesta held at the Imelda Cultural Center. Oliver Amoroso, AVP and Head for GMA Regional TV-Integrated Marketing Services shared, “We’re de-lighted to spread the Kapu-

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STAR Cinema’s 20th anni-versary just keeps getting grander and hotter with the upcoming mainstream theatrical release of big screen adaptation of Bianca Bernardino’s best-selling Filipino novel She’s Dating The Gangster that sold over 70,000 copies nationwide. She’s Dating The Gang-ster reunites the winning tandem of two of ABS-CBN’s biggest and most bankable young stars Daniel Padilla and Kathryn Bernardo whose recent tri-umphs were the box-office success was the smash hit horror flick in 2013’s Metro Manila Festival, Pagpag: Siyam Na Buhay and ABS-CBN’s recently concluded

top-rating primetime TV series Got To Believe. “I am very honored that Star Cinema is doing a mov-ie version of my novel. I fully trust that Star Cinema will give justice to my novel,” says Bernardino. She’s Dating The Gang-ster is directed by block-buster director Cathy Gar-cia-Molina and it is written for the silver screen by Car-mi Raymundo, who wrote two of Star Cinema’s most successful films this 2014: Bride For Rent and Starting Over Again. Fall in love with Daniel and Kathryn as She’s Dat-ing The Gangster is set to be shown in all cinemas na-tionwide starting July 16.

She’s Dating The Gangster, now a major motion picture

so fever all around the archi-pelago, bringing joy to the millions of kapusos in Lu-zon, Visayas and Mindanao through our various events, mall shows and participa-tion in festivities in the re-gions. We thank all the kapu-so stars who participated in these events, our sponsors and partners and of course, our ever loyal viewers who received us very warmly wherever we go. This is a testament that through the years, GMA has maintained its position as the number one network in the hearts of

viewers. Indeed, we are one in heart (kapuso) with every Filipino.” On June 22, meanwhile, a Kapuso Mall Show featur-ing GMA Artist Center talent Jeric Gonzales and veteran stand-up comedians Ate Gay and Chubbylita hap-pened at the KCC Mall of GenSan delighting approxi-mately 3,000 Kapuso fans. In the same venue, the Mindanao leg of the audi-tions for the comebacking well-loved 80s drama series Yagit also successfully took place.

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perience when I first tried the brand’s Intense Argan Oil. Upon discovering how it worked like magic and came packaged like the true Hair Hero it was, the instinct to rave about it was immediate and ir-repressible. Snoe started back in 2010 from a line of 12 soaps. Its founder Jen Diaz is a beauty enthu-siast and was driven by her own beauty needs. How well she has estab-lished Snoe and is driv-ing it to heights that well surpasses the expecta-tions of your standard beauty addict speaks of how passionately she is harnessing the latest of what science has to offer the skin. She is also a reg-ular attendee of beauty conventions locally and abroad and comes back with plenty to show for. New products hit their store shelves and through their online shopping site on a weekly basis and lists only the latest and most innovative ingredients. With imaginative guis-es and witty titles, Snoe is breaking new ground and is edging itself as a true peer of internation-ally recognized cosmetic brands. It has lines upon lines of skincare and cosmetics and a sizeable variety within each cat-

egory. Upon reading the labels, one finds that Snoe does not only seek to further beautify but has found ways to help treat basic skin dilemmas of the Filipina woman such as maintaining impec-cable makeup in warm weather, dark skin, un-wanted blemishes and visible signs of aging. Being the only Fili-pino cosmetic brand that has spaces outside mall department stores speaks strongly of Snoe’s stability. This is a brand making a name for itself

in how well it is able to recognize how diverse its customer base is, all while fronting with a premium and luxuri-ously made up face. Kaye is getting in line with this fearless and bold vibe and it is exactly how she is setting out to represent the brand through her outlet in Abreeza Mall. In true Snoe spirit. Visit Snoe Beauty at the 2nd level of Abreeza Mall (in front of Watsons) or contact 0923-7388407 for inquiries or product reservations.

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FORTALEZA Brazil (Reuters) - Brazil forward Neymar

has been ruled out of the World Cup after fracturing a vertebra in his back in the closing stages of the 2-1 quarter-final win over Co-lombia on Friday in a major blow to the host nation.

Neymar, who has scored four goals in the tournament, will miss the semi-final against Ger-many in Belo Horizonte on Tuesday and the final should they progress. He is expected to be out for sev-eral weeks.

“Unfortunately, he’s not going to be able to play,” said Brazil team doctor Ro-drigo Lasmar.

“It’s not serious in the sense that it doesn’t need surgery, but he’ll need to immobilise it to recover,” Lasmar said after the play-er was taken straight to

hospital from the stadium in Fortaleza.

Neymar, Brazil’s poster boy and one of the world’s most marketable players, has been driving his coun-try’s bid for a sixth world title with his goals and cre-ative talent.

He went down after a challenge by Colombia’s Juan Zuniga in the 88th minute and looked to be in considerable pain after what turned out to be a cracked third vertebra.

“It’s a normal action, I tried to shadow him,” de-fender Zuniga told report-ers. “I was not thinking of hurting him. I was defend-ing my country´s colours.”

“On the pitch I’m de-fending my shirt, my coun-try, but I didn’t expect him to fracture a vertebra. He is a great talent for Brazil and for the world,” Zuniga said.

Neymar was taken

straight to hospital as Bra-zilians across the country cheered their team’s suc-cess on home soil before the news of his injury put a damper on celebrations.

“We’ll miss him,” team mate Oscar said. “Whoev-er comes in his place has to play as part of the team and beat Germany. “The best thing we do is play as a team and I just hope that whoever comes in plays well,” the attacking mid-fielder said.

The 22-year-old, who plays for Spanish club Bar-celona, had to be carried off on a stretcher and was replaced by defender Hen-rique for the final minutes of the game.

Brazil captain Thiago Silva, who will also miss the semi-final after being booked on Friday, refused to blame Zuniga for the in-jury.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Re-uters) - Mats Hum-mels, re-vitalised and

bounding with energy just days after he was flattened by flu and fever, rose from his sick bed then above his oppo-nents to send Germany into the semi-finals of the World Cup on Friday.

Hummels scored the only goal in Germany’s 1-0 hard-fought win over France at the Maracana, climbing above the defence to get his head on a free-kick from Toni Kro-os and send the ball crashing into the net off the underside of the crossbar.

Hummels, a 1.92 metre (6ft 4in) central defender, also scored off a header in his

team’s opening World Cup match against Portugal and has become an unexpected attacking weapon for a Ger-many team brimming with talent.

“There is no secret,” he said. “I have been lucky to stand in the right position.

His goal was all the re-markable given that Hum-mels missed Germany’s Round of 16 match against Algeria after catching a flu that swept through the team, affecting a third of the play-ers.

While most of his team mates quickly recovered, Hummels developed a high fever that took him days to get over it and was unsure

whether he would even start against the French on a steaming hot day in Rio.

Now the 25-year-old, who is playing in his first World Cup, has established himself as an integral part of the German defense that he hopes will go and win the tournament.

“I guess we’re playing the kind of football that will give us the chance to win,” he said.

“We know France is among the top teams, so it was certainly not a walk in the park.

“It was not a perfect match but it was a pretty good match and I think we deserved to go on.”

A ONE-DAY All-Girls 7 A Side Futbolfest will be hosted by the Ateneo

de Davao University Athletics and Martish Marketing Com-pany on July 12 at the AdDU Matina football field here.

Marc Samante, sports coordinator for Grade School of the AdDU announced the staging of the tournament at FAST Fridays media fo-rum at the Barrio Fiesta of SM Lanang Premier. BJ Ene-

rio, athletics assistant from the office of AdDU Athletic Director Noli Ayco, was also present to discuss the tour-nament details.

The one-day event is in partnership with the Ha-vaianas to help “active and empower, exemplify girl power.” The categories are the Girls 12 (born 2002 and below), Girls 14 (born 2000 and below), Girls 16 (1998 and below) and Open (must

be 16 years old above).Each team can have a

minimum of eight and maxi-mum of 10 players. Registra-tion fee is P1,000 per team with free bibs.

For inquiries and regis-tration, visit the Athletics Of-fice located at the third floor of Fr. Martinez Sports Center at AdDU Matina Campus or call tel. no. (082) 221-2411 (local 4343) or email: addu-athletics @gmail.com.BUGGED. Not even a giant insect could distract Rodriguez as he converted from the penalty spot.

HOW IT HAPPENED. Juan Zuniga drives his knee into Neymar’s back. (AP Photo

SORRY ENDING. Brazil’s Neymar holds his back after being injured in his 2014 World Cup quarter-finals against Colombia at the Castelao arena in Fortaleza July 4, 2014. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch

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Ateneo de Davao University (ADDU) sports coordinator Marc Samante (left) and Futbol Girls coordinator BJ Enerio promote ADDU and Martish Marketing Company’s Futbol Fest All-Girls 7 a Side slated on July 12 at the ADDU Matina Football Field during FAST Fridays at SM Lanang Premier’s Barrio Fiesta-Archipelago 7107 on Friday. At right photo, Lapanday Properties, Inc. sales and marketing manager Ma. Luisa Abaya (right) announces the upcoming Ciudades Kadayawan Fun Ride and MTB Race set on August 31 at Ciudades in Mandug, Davao City with the event’s organizer Ferds Nervida . Lean Daval Jr.

IN celebration of the 29th Kadayawan Festi-val, Ciudades of Lapa-

nday Properties, Inc. will hold a “Kadayawan Fun Ride and Mountain Bike Race” on August 31. The Ride is set at 6:30 a.m. with a 15-kilometer route start-ing from Victoria Plaza to Ciudades, Mandug.

A total of P28,000 worth of prizes will be giv-en to the winners. Catego-ries include the Open Elite, Intermediate, Beginners,

Womens, and the Biggest Delegation.

Around 300 bikers have already registered. Participants may register the RIDEA store located at the 5th floor of the Gaisa-no mall of Davao. A regis-tration fee of P350 will be collected, inclusive of a jer-sey shirt, one meal, a raffle ticket, and a one-day ad-mission ticket to El Centro Sports and Activity Park.

The organizers will also give out a Go Pro

Hero 3 White Edition, the world’s most versatile camera, as a raffle prize during the event. Non-par-ticipants may join and purchase a raffle ticket for P100.

In May, Ciudades held a similar event called “The First Ciudades Bike Festi-val Fun Ride 2014” with a 20-kilometer route from Magsaysay Park to Man-dug. It turned out to be the biggest bike gathering for Davao City this year.

According to Maria Luisa Abaya, marketing manager of Lapanday Properties, Inc., they orga-nized the event to promote Ciudades’ El Centro Sports and Activity Park where they have a bike track per-fect for bicycle enthusiasts.

“The park is also open to all individuals who want to experience vari-ous sports activities with an affordable entrance fee of P30.00 for Mondays to Thursdays and P50.00 for

Fridays to Sundays.” Abaya said.

Ciudades is a 200-hect-are master-planned town-ship development by Lapanday Properties, Inc. located in the Buhangin District. It is a modern integrated mixed-use de-velopment ideal for the expanding institutional, commercial, recreational, and residential require-ments of the Region.

It is envisioned as a new township with all

the requisite elements to respond to the expansion needs of Davao City. Its de-velopment signals the rise of new communities and endless choices as a pre-mier investment proposi-tion inviting people to live, work, play, shop, and grow.

Ciudades is known for the residential develop-ment of Nizanta Gardens of Robinsons, Las Palmas Verdes, Altea, and Soller of Sta. Lucia., and El Centro Sports and Activity Park.

Kadayawan bikefest at CiudadesBy VANNAH S. ANG

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