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FIRST, Alan. Then came Bongbong.

So is there truth to the “Aldub”, a loose term coined by political observ-ers which means two things--Aldub for Alan Duterte Bonding and Aldub for Alli-ance of Duterte-Bongbong?

Whatever, the meeting between Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Mayor Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday night at The Marco Polo, Davao was

nothing much of a young politician seeking the wis-dom of a grizzled veteran.

Nevertheless, since it involved Mayor Duterte, it immediately fanned specu-lation of a possible tandem for the 2016 election.

The meeting came a day after Senator Alan Peter Cayetano declared his vice presidential bid in Davao City. He and his siblings, in-cluding Senator Pia Cayeta-no, then met with Duterte

over dinner that night.In both meetings, Dute-

rte reiterated his earlier statements that he is not running for president.

Marcos, in an interview with reporters after the meeting, said he went to Duterte for advice.

“I needed to talk to someone whose advice I knew was genuine,” he said.

“As he says, he is not running, but he has a very

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BAYANIHAN. A group of men carry the whole house of a neighbor who is relocating to another Barangay along the national highway in Surgao del Sur. Although bayanihan can rarely be seen in the urban areas of the country nowadays, people in the provinces sometimes still practice this tradition of volunteerism, which manifests the Filipino spirit of communal unity and cooperation. Lean Daval Jr.

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THE Davao City Police Office (DCPO) will continue to watch

out for illegal drug mon-ey that could be used for the election campaign al-though it assured the pub-lic that the city is still free of narco-politicians.

In an interview, DCPO director Senior Superin-tendent Vicente D. Danao Jr. said his office has not received reports on the ex-istence of narco-politics in the city.

“Dito siguro masasabi ko wala because you see gaano kahigpit ang ating

Mayor (Rodrigo R. Dute-rte) against illegal drugs (I can say the there is no narco-politics in the city because as you see how intensive the campaign of the Mayor is against illegal drugs),” he said.

Danao defined nar-co-politics as politics in which campaign money comes from the illegal drug trade.

He said, however, that the DCPO will not be complacent because drug groups will try to infiltrate the city’s political arena.

TREKKERS of Mt. Apo will have to pay high-er trekking fees to

reach the highest peak in the country.

“We have to increase the trekking fee rate in or-der to regulate the num-ber of climbers. We have to conserve Mt.Apo,” Edu-ardo Ragaza, Mt. Apo Nat-ural Park-Protected Area (MANP) Operations su-perintendent said in last Wednesday’s Club 888 media forum at The Marco

Polo, Davao.“There will be two

rates of trekking fees to be collected from trekkers depending on the season that are non-refundable,” he said. Trekkers will be paying P1,500 each during peak season which is during Lenten Season or Holy Week and P1,000 each during reg-ular season.

Ragaza said more than 900 trekkers have already climbed up the Mt. Apo this year. Last year, the board

recorded a total of 4,000 climbers.

This left “more than a ton of garbage” after the Lenten season, he added. A clean-up drive was con-ducted by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and sur-rounding local government units.

The increase in trek-king fees and other fees is included in the Resolution No.2012-01 passed by the MANP- Protected Area Man-

agement Board, the highest policy-making body in Mt. Apo.

According to the six-page Common Trekking Policy, trekkers who will use different trails as their exit will be also paying another P1,500 during peak season and P1,000 during off sea-son. Trekkers who will exit from the same trail will not be charged another exit fee.

“The same trekking fee charges shall be collected

DAVAO City Mayor Ro-drigo R. Duterte said Senator Alan Peter

Cayetano did not ask him to be his running mate in next year’s election.

Cayetano had declared his candidacy for vice pres-ident on Tuesday in Davao City and hinted that he want-ed to run with Duterte, who is being called upon by var-ious sectors to run for pres-ident.

After Cayetano’s decla-

ration, he and his siblings, including Senator Pia Cay-etano, met with Duterte over dinner.

In an interview with re-porters the following day, Duterte said Cayetano did not ask to be his running mate during the meeting.

He said Cayetano only told him about his bid for the vice presidency in the 2016 election.

“I wish him well. I may support him here,” the may-

or said.Duterte said he could not

say that Cayetano could be his running mate because he is still in the process of “final soul-searching.”

“The problem is my soul is lost so I cannot begin with my soul-searching, I do not know where it is,” he said.

In an interview on Wednesday night, Cayetano said it is still premature for him to say that he would be Duterte’s running mate be-

cause the mayor “has not de-cided yet to run.”

He said even if Duterte ultimately does not choose him, he will still support the mayor.

“Kung susuporta ka sa isang kandidato ke kukunin ka o hindi, ke papabor sa yo o hindi, basta passionate ka, dapat suportahan (If you support a candidate, you support him even if he takes you in or favors you or not),” he said.

POWER TALK. Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte along with 10th Infantry Division commander Major General Rafael Valencia, Police Regional Office 11 deputy regional director for operations Senior Superintendent Aaron Aquino, and Davao City Police Office director Senior Superintendent Vicente Danao Jr. have a brief conversation after

the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) meeting last Wednesday afternoon at the Grand Men Seng Hotel. Armando B. Fenequito Jr.

Police watches outfor narco-politics

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Fees for trekking Mt. Apo increasedBy CHENEEN R. CAPONTHE newly-renamed

Col. Emilio Escandor Street, the access

road leading to the Matina Enclaves mixed use real estate project has been re-cently widened and now open for passage.

The road project, undertaken by the City Government of Davao, has been widened to ten meters. To date, approxi-mately 85 percent of the existing road has already been widened for the con-venience of road users par-ticularly the residents and guests.

Remaining works in-

clude the installation of culverts on the left side of the road, gutters, side-walks and pavement of ap-proximately 25 meters.

The Matina Enclaves is a signature project of the Escandor Development Corporation (Esdevco). At the moment, the project is in full swing with the first Condominium building of The Residences. It already boasts of the CAME (Club-house at Matine Enclaves) perimeter fence, main gate and road networks inside the sprawling property lo-cated at Quimpo Boulevard in Ecoland, Davao City.

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THE Davao City Eco-nomic Enterprise (CEE) warned all

public market vendors that their stall permits will be revoked if they are caught selling adulterat-ed meat and other food products.

This after a vendor in Toril Public Market was caught by the City Vet-erinarian’s Office (CVO) selling adulterated tuna wiped with pork’s blood last month.

Other cases were also recorded in the public markets in Puan and Ma-tina Aplaya, but these markets are not under the CEE.

Speaking in yester-day’s I-Speak media fo-

rum, CEE public markets coordinator ReynanLibra-do said the market com-mittee has already decid-ed on the matter and the vendor’s stall permit was revoked.

“Our main concern in Economic Enterprise is food safety in the public markets,” he said.

Librado said his in-spectors, along with CVO and the City Health Office (CHO), are conducting constant monitoring on the public markets to en-sure that the vendors are not selling adulterated food products.

He said regarding legal actions, it is the responsi-bility of the CVO and CHO

THE Special Investi-gation Task Group (SITG) Oceanview still

considers the New People’s Army (NPA) as one of the suspects in the kidnapping of a Filipina and three for-eigners from the Holiday Oceanview Resort in the Is-land Garden City of Samal (IGACOS) on September 21.

SITG spokesperson Su-perintendent Antonio Rive-ra said in an interview that they have yet to eliminate any threat group in their in-vestigation as being the per-petrators.

Rivera said the NPA will remain one of their suspects until they can pinpoint the personalities or group be-hind the kidnapping.

“All threat groups are considered to be suspects

until such time that we can identify the real suspects. That’s the time we can elimi-nate other suspects,” he said.

Rivera said the SITG is focusing its investigation on identifying the owner of the motorboat found in Jolo and the whereabouts of the sus-pects and the victims.

He said the SITG is also still confirming Mayor Ro-drigo Duterte’s statement that the kidnappers were the Abu Sayyaf and that the vic-tims are now in Sulu.

But 103rd Brigade com-mander Colonel Ricardo Nepomuceno said for the military, the abduction was not the handiwork of the NPA.

“I do not know about the direction of the investiga-

NEWLY-WIDENED. The access road leading to the Matina Enclaves, now renamed to Col. Emilio D. Escandor Road, is now open to the public. The road project, undertaken by the city government, consists of road widening by 10 meters and rehabilitation of drainage system.

AT least 18 persons were injured, in-cluding a 7-day-old

baby, when an impro-vised explosive device exploded inside a unit of Yellow Bus Lines in Polo-molok, South Cotabato at about 12 noon Thursday, police said.

Senior Supt. Jose Bi-ones, South Cotabato po-lice provincial director, said scene of the crime operatives and police bomb disposal unit per-sonnel are still conduct-ing post blast investiga-tion in the blast site.

According to Samu-el Batol, bus conductor of YBL unit with license plate MWD-296, said they had just left Polomolok bus terminal heading for

Gen. Santos City when a loud explosion rocked the moving vehicle.

The bus was already in Barangay Glammang, Polomolok, when the ex-plosion occured, police said.

Initial reports said the explosive was plant-ed under a seat in the 7th row. It left Koronadal City at past 11 and had two stopovers, in Tupi and Polomolok terminals, be-fore heading to Gen. San-tos City.

Rushed to St. Eliz-abeth Hospital in Gen. Santos City were Jerryl Cabuyao, 28, his wife Ab-igail, 24 and their 7-day old baby Akisha Gale Cabuyao, all residents

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SITG: NPA still suspectin Samal kidnappingBy FUNNY PEARL A. GAJUNERA

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THE P10-billion Davao City Bulk Water Sup-ply Project of Apo

Agua Infrastructura, Inc., (AAII) will not necessarily cause a water rate increase in Davao City once the wa-ter facility is operational in 2019.

Davao City Water Dis-trict (DCWD) spokesperson lawyer Bernardo Delima Jr. gave assurance that the wa-ter utility will “sustain its reputation” for providing the lowest water rate in the country.

Saying there will be no water rate increase up to 2017, Delima said any in-crease thereafter “will be minimal.”

“We are not planning to increase water rates for our consumers as high as the water rates in the cities of Manila and Cebu,” Delima said during the Club 888 media forum at The Marco Polo, Davao yesterday.

Delima said any pos-sible water rate increase implemented by the DCWD will be regulated since Apo Agua’s buying price will be based on the local consum-er price index of Davao Re-gion.

He also said any in-

crease should not exceed the five percent of the min-imum wage in the region, which is pegged at P7,000 per month.

Delima said even if AAII increases its rates, DCWD will not automatically pass it on to consumers especial-ly if DCWD can still shoul-der the increased cost.

Delima said under the contract, DCWD will be buying water supply from Apo Agua at P12.25 per cu-bic meter, higher than the current production cost of DCWD from using the ground water system which is at P17 per cubic meter.

“There is a difference of P5 as compared to our cur-rent cost on our production using the ground water sys-tem,” he said. It is expected that DCWD’s water rate per cubic meter will be at P13.74, including the Value Added Tax (VAT).

Delima said this is still one of the lowest in the country.

Any possible increase in the future, he said, will be necessarily needed for the funding of DCWD’s capital expenditure which will be devoted for construction of more infrastructure that

will improve DCWD’s deliv-ery of services to its clients.

“As the water supply for the city increase, we have to construct more main water pipelines to increase our serviced area,” he said. The construction of new distri-bution lines, pipe mains, and storage facilities is another component of the project.

The funding for this could be also sourced out from DCWD’s saving from production. It is projected that DCWD will be saving a total of P400 million from power consumption due to the operation of the bulk water system that is depen-dent on gravity and not by power.

At present, DCWD is only serving 108 barangays out of the 182 total baran-gays. It is only serving 50 percent of the total urban areas of the city which com-prise 12 percent of Davao City’s total land area.

Once operational in 2019, the bulk water proj-ect is expected to deliver 300,000 cubic liters daily from the Tamugan River, increasing DCWD’s service area from 108 to 114.

These six new baran-

gays will be mostly from the second and third districts of the city, including Baran-gays Acacia, Gatungan, and Mahayag for the second dis-trict and Matina Biao, New Valencia, and Talandang in the city’s third district.

AAII is currently work-ing on its request to be ex-empted by the Davao City Council from provisions of the Watershed Manage-ment Code of Davao City to allow it to build certain facilities in protected areas.

AAII board of director member Manuel Orig said the call for an alternative source of potable water for Davao City is already neces-sary as the city’s economy and population continues to grow.

The demand for pota-ble water in Davao City will increase from the current demand of 98 million cubic meter to 117million cubic liter by 2019.

Engineer Christine Guarde of the planning and design division of DCWD said the demand for potable water will continue to grow but with limited supply, the city might face salt water intrusion, drying up of deep wells, and land subsidence.

DCWD: No water rate hikefrom bulk water projectBy CHENEEN R. CAPON

THE Department of Sci-ence and Technology (DOST) is eyeing to

map the whole of Mindan-ao to identify areas that are rich in renewable energy resources like hydro power and solar power.

“Mapping out energy re-serves in Mindanao would help us in enticing investors in renewable energy proj-ects,” DOST 11 regional di-rector Dr. Anthony C. Sales told reporters in an inter-view on Wednesday.

Sales said there is al-ready an existing initiative on mapping and assessment ofthe small scale energy re-serves in Mindanao but add-ed there is a need for a new and more detailed one.

“We can start the map-ping and assessment once we have the budget,” he said, adding that the project could be undertaken by the DOST and the Department of En-ergy.

Sales said the budgeting for the mapping and assess-ment of energy reserves will require a huge budget. It will use state-of-the-art tech-nologies that are now being used in other countries.

“This is not yet included in this next year’s proposed budget,” he said.

Sales said the mapping and assessment will be done by personnel who were trained in the recent two-day Southeast Asia Regional Training on Renewable En-ergy Resource Assessment and Mapping held on Sep-tember 28 to 30 at The Mar-co Polo, Davao.

The training was partici-pated in by a total of 25 key stakeholders from Southeast Asian countries and led by experts from internationally renowned renewable ener-gy-related organizations.

It aimed to strengthen the existing capacities of members countries in South-east Asia in undertaking re-newable energy resource assessments at the national level.

Participants were trained to assess and prepare map-ping of energy reserves as well as share their respective best practices from each par-ticipating country.

Sales said trained asses-sors are expected to cascade their learning back to their communities.CRC

DOST to map Mindanao’srenewable energy sources

FINANCE Secretary Ce-sar Purisima on Thurs-day hailed the con-

tinued improvement of the country’s competitive rank-ings, propelled by the Aqui-no administration’s good governance bid.

Based on the World Eco-nomic Forum (WEF) Global Competitive Index for 2015-16, the country now belongs to the top third of the rank-ings after jumping to 47 from being the 85th in 2010.

Results of the World

Bank’s Worldwide Gover-nance Indicators (WGI), re-leased last September 25, showed that the country posted an across-the-board improvement on the six gov-ernance indicators.

In particular, it went up 18 places on both the polit-ical stability and control of corruption, nine places on the rule of law, seven on reg-ulatory quality, six on gov-ernment effectiveness and five notches on voice and accountability.

Purisima attributed this to the government’s strong bid to institute good gover-nance.

“I think the numbers themselves speak volumes: good governance is indeed great economics. If you look at the Philippines’ perfor-mance in the World Bank’s Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI), we have improved leaps and bounds across all indicators,” he said.

The Finance chief said President Benigno Aquino

III’s good governance bid “has set us on a course pro-pelled by a virtuous cycle of better institutions and brighter growth prospects.”

“Things going well tells us that we are doing right by our people, and that we must continue to do so. We have come a long way: the gap from where we were to where we are is the stron-gest encouragement we have to persevere on to where we want to go,” he added. (PNA)

Purisima cites Phl gains in good governance bid

WHILE interna-tional rating agencies contin-

ue to harp on the strong economic fundamentals of the Philippines, the country has remained low in competitiveness ranking within the Asso-ciation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), accord-ing to the World Econom-ic Forum (WEF).

In WEF’s Global Com-petitiveness Index (GCI) 2015-2016, which was re-leased recently, the Phil-ippines was ranked 47th among the 140 economies assessed by the WEF.

The Philippines actu-ally moved up five notch-es in the WEF-GCI rank-ing compared with that of last year when it was ranked the 52nd.

The WEF Global Com-petitiveness Report is an annual publication that measures the productiv-ity and competitiveness of countries around the world using statistical and survey data of major economic indicators.

But the Philippines has remained in 5th place in competitive ranking among ASEAN member countries, only slight-ly higher than Vietnam, which is relatively new in opening its market to for-eign investments.

The WEF-GCI ranks Singapore the first place in ASEAN, followed by Malaysia in the second, Thailand in the third and Indonesia in the fourth.

In the WEF ranking, Singapore was ranked the 2nd place, Malaysia, the 18th, Thailand, the 32nd and Indonesia, the 37th.

Singapore was second in the overall WEF-GCI ranking while Vietnam was the 56th.

The WEF said the “conduciveness” of the country’s business en-vironment continued to be hampered by what it termed as “ problemat-ic factors” that include inefficient government bureaucracy, inadequate supply of infrastructure, corruption, complexity of tax regulations and high tax rates.

The lowest ranking that the Philippines got was in infrastructure wherein the country placed the 90th.

This pertains to the quality of roads, railroad, ports and air transport infrastructure, among others.

These were practical-ly the same reasons cited as to why the Philippines has also lagged behind other ASEAN economies in the inflow of foreign direct investments (FDIs).

In its latest report, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipi-nas (BSP), the country’s central bank, said as of the first half of this year, the net FDI inflow into the country reached only 2.02 billion U.S. dollars, which was even down 40.1 per-cent from the same peri-

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NOW OPEN. Raffy Ayala (center) of Eden Nature Park and Resort, JVA Group of Companies food and beverage consultant Lisa Tonogbanua (right), and Mark Villorente of JFM Development Corp. (left) lead the ribbon cutting to

mark the opening of Aling Foping’s at Sky Garden of SM Lanang Premier yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

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For the love of chocolateTEXT and PHOTOS By HENRYLITO D. TACIO

When life throws you lemons, make some pie.

Us, we change the game.The only thing constant in this world is change.

That said, EDGE Davao is consistently pushing itself to ride the winds of change. With this young organization’s battlecry “Change the game”, we are again blaz-

ing the trail amidst the autobahn speeds of developing technology by going to the social media platform to advance our coverage.

Two weeks ago, we posted the “Crying Lady” photo on our Facebook page and it generated nearly 200,000 views in 24 hours. On Monday, as we took to the social media our coverage on the much-anticipated “Announcement II” of Mayor Rodri-go Duterte, a series of posts reached over 100,000 in a matter of minutes leading up to the press conference. In sum, over 200,000 were reached in those hours of “Announcement II” where Mayor Duterte reiterated he is not running for Presi-

dent and is considering reelection for Mayor if his daughter Sara Duterte-Carpio decide not to run.

The numbers speak for the reach of this coverage from our print copy to our on-line content and we intend to intensify our push towards the optimization of our

news reach in the social media platform where the battle has shifted.

These days, most news organizations are taking their content to the social media which has proven to be the most accessible vehicle for news content.

Let’s face it, the game has shifted.

If one has to be in the thick of the fight, one’s presence in this platform would spell the difference. This is where the real demographics are measurable and

tangible, not to mention relevant and not limited to a few respondents only of a particular segment.

It’s a no-brainer. Hundred thousand views can’t be wrong.

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IT has been more than a month since former Inte-rior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas was declared the standard bearer of the ruling

Liberal Party in the 2016 Presidential elections. Until now, he has no runningmate yet.Roxas, or the LP for that matter, is making their

choice public. LP did so when it tried to woo Senator Grace Poe but failed.

Next, LP announced publicly it is seeking the nod of Rep. Leni Robredo, widow of the late SILG Jesse Robredo. Poor Leni had to do some soul-searching given the ‘deadline’ set by LP for her to answer to the offer to run as Mar’s runningmate.

This has been the tactic employed by LP. Make

their moves public like private dinners and meet-ings, and then put pressure on people like Grace and Leni. Grace did manage to say “No” and then de-clared that she is running for President too.

Which leaves the LP with no choice but to find a second option. In Filipino twang, it’s called “panakip-butas” or spare tire. Clearly, that should be the feeling of poor Leni.

To make Leni think and give her answer, LP made the courting public. Pressure now is on Leni. To be or not to be.

Poor Leni has to say “yes” to the offer to save Mar. Otherwise, that will really be embarrassing for Mar to be an unwanted runningmate.

Among the many festivities held every year in the City of Goodwill, Talakudong Festival is the most celebrated event. Not only because it is celebrated alongside the commemoration of the founding anniversary of Tacurong but because it has the most historical significance to the city and its people. A neo-ethnic festival, Tal-

FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, I witnessed another spectacular staging of the country’s most celebrated festival of hats, the Talakudong Festival of Tacurong City in the Province of Sultan Kudarat. And like last year, I was left stunned and charmed af-ter seeing performances of the six contingents com-peting for the most coveted prize proving that this festival of hats is among the best festivals in South Central Mindanao.

By Olan Emboscado

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Not only because it is celebrated alongside the commemoration of the founding anniversary of Tacurong

but because it has the most historical significance to the city and its people.

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NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS OF DAVAO DOCTORS HOSPITAL (CLINICA HILARIO), INC.

DOCUMENTARY REQUIREMENTS:The following documents must be executed and submitted to the Tender Offer Agent during the Tender Offer Period:

REQUIRED ATTACHMENTS TO THE APPLICATION TO TEN-DER SHARES IN DDH TO MPHHI

1. Duly executed tender offer application form (3 original cop-ies).

2. Original DDH stock certificates duly endorsed, which shall be verified by the Tender Offer Agent with the Office of the Corpo-rate Secretary of DDH as valid and authentic certificates. 1

Metro Pacific Hospital Holdings, Inc. (“MPHHI”) (formerly Neptune Stroika Holdings, Inc.), is the current owner of 313,655 common shares of Davao Doctors Hospital (Clinica Hilario), Inc. (“DDH”) which represent approximately 34.82% of the total outstanding capital stock of DDH.

MPHHI has offered to acquire the remaining 587,154 common shares of DDH which comprise approximately 65.18% of the total outstanding shares of DDH. Accordingly, on September 29, 2015, MPHHI filed with the SEC a Tender Offer Report (SEC Form 19-1) in compliance with Section 19 of the Securities Regulation Code and Rule 19 of the implementing rules and regulations thereof, setting out MPHHI’s offer (the “Tender Offer”) to acquire the remaining 587,154 common shares of DDH in the hands of all the other shareholders. All the shares tendered shall be purchased by MPHHI on a tiered pricing in accordance with the terms and conditions contained in the summary below:

OFFEROR:Metro Pacific Hospital Holdings, Inc. (“MPHHI”), a subsidiary of Metro Pacific Investments Corporation

SHARES SUBJECT OF THE TENDER OFFER:587,154 common shares of DDH, which comprise approximately 65.18%% of the total outstanding shares of DDH (“Tender Offer Shares” or “DDH Shares”).

THE OFFER:MPHHI is offering to acquire the Tender Offer Shares on a tiered pric-ing in accordance with the terms and conditions described below:

(i) If as a result of the tender offer, MPHHI acquires less than one hundred thirty six thousand seven hundred forty seven (136,747) DDH Shares: The Purchase Price shall be Two Thousand Three Hundred Pesos (Php 2,300.00) per share.

(ii) If as a result of the tender offer, MPHHI acquires at least one hundred thirty six thousand seven hundred forty seven (136,747) DDH Shares but less than two hundred eighty six thousand eight hundred eighty one (286,881) DDH Shares: The Purchase Price shall be Two Thousand Six Hundred Pesos (Php 2,600.00) per share.

(iii) If as a result of the tender offer, MPHHI acquires at least two hundred eighty six thousand eight hundred eighty one (286,881) DDH Shares: The Purchase Price shall be Two Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty Pesos (Php 2,750.00) per share.

For the avoidance of doubt, DDH Shares which were initially tendered but withdrawn pursuant to the terms hereof shall be considered as not tendered for purposes of determining the final purchase price.

TENDER OFFER PERIOD:9:00 a.m. of October 01, 2015 until 5:00 p.m. of November 19, 2015 (“Tender Offer Period”)

The duly accomplished Application to Tender Shares form must be re-ceived by MPHHI’s Tender Offer Agent (the “Tender Offer Agent”) to-gether with the duly endorsed DDH stock certificates and all the other required attachments and supporting documents specified below not later than 5:00 p.m. of November 19, 2015 at the following address:

SyCip Salazar Hernandez and Gatmaitan Law OfficesAttention: Atty. Dominador Maphilindo O. CarrilloThe Penthouse, 17/F, Landco Corporate Centre

J.P. Laurel Avenue, Bajada, Davao City 8000 Telephone No. : (6382) 221-3917

Applications presented after the end of the Tender Offer Period shall be rejected, unless the Tender Offer Period is extended by MPHHI with the approval of the SEC. Applications that are not properly com-pleted, or lack any of the required attachments will also be rejected. The Tender Offer Agent will likewise reject an Application if it cannot verify the signature of the stockholder on the Application or the en-dorsement of the stock certificate.

SETTLEMENT DATE:Within ten (10) calendar days after the termination of the Tender Offer Period, starting November 20, 2015 (“Settlement Date”)

SETTLEMENT:DDH Shares that are validly tendered shall be paid for by MPHHI un-der the following terms:

1. Initial payment of 80% of the purchase price (“Initial Payment”), payable within ten (10) calendar days after the termination of the Ten-der Offer period, starting on November 20, 2015 (the “Settlement Date”). It is expected that part of the Initial Payment will be used by the tendering shareholders to pay for the capital gains tax due for the sale of the DDH Shares.

2. The balance equivalent to 20% of the purchase price (“Balance Amount”) shall be paid within seven (7) calendar days from delivery of the original and valid Certificate Authorizing Registration from the relevant Revenue District Office of the Bureau of Internal Revenue authorizing the transfer of the DDH Shares from the tendering stock-holder to MPHHI.

All payments shall be made through check payable in the name of the stockholder of record who made a valid tender of DDH Shares. When collecting payment, the tendering stockholder (or his/her authorized representative) shall present the “Applicant’s Copy” of the application together with a certification duly signed by the Tender Offer Agent, as well as proper identification (e.g. driver’s license, passport). Duly au-thorized representatives shall be required to present an authorization from the tendering stockholder.

MPHHI, through its Escrow Agent (the “Escrow Agent”), shall issue check payments representing the Initial Payment for validly tendered DDH Shares. The check payments representing the Initial Payment shall be made available by the Escrow Agent for pick up by the ten-dering shareholders within the Settlement Date at the offices of the Escrow Agent at the address indicated below.

Banco de Oro - Davao Bangoy BranchAttention: Romeo Cabiling (Branch Manager) and/or Grace Adlawan (Operations Officer) R. Magsaysay Ave. cor. C. Bangoy St., Davao City 8000Telephone Nos.: (6382) 227-2802/221-4480/222-2860

The check representing the Balance Amount (less allowable deduc-tions as provided herein) shall be made available for pick up within seven (7) calendar days from receipt by MPHHI’s Tender Offer Agent of the original Certificate Authorizing Registration covering all of the DDH Shares tendered also at the same offices.

In case the stockholder fails to submit the Certificate Authorizing Reg-istration to MPHHI within six (6) months after the Settlement Date, MPHHI and/or the Tender Offer Agent is hereby authorized to file the Capital Gains Tax Return, pay the Capital Gains Tax (together with any applicable penalties, interests and surcharges as the Bureau of Internal Revenue may assess) and apply for Certificate Authorizing Registration for the transfer of legal title over the shares to the Bidder, and all expenses incurred in undertaking such activity/ies shall be de-ducted from the Balance Amount.

SUMMARY OF THE TERMS OF THE TENDER OFFER

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TAXES AND EXPENSES:The tendering shareholder shall be responsible for the filing of the Capi-tal Gains Tax Return, payment of the applicable capital gains tax with-in the period provided by law and securing the Certificate Authorizing Registration. MPHHI shall shoulder the payment of the documentary stamp tax and filing of the appropriate return. The tendering sharehold-er shall shoulder all of its own costs and expenses for the sale of the DDH Shares to MPHHI under the tender offer.

TENDER OFFER AGENT:SyCip Salazar Hernandez and Gatmaitan Law Offices shall act as the Tender Offer Agent for the tender offer. For copies of prescribed forms and other related documents, and for any inquiries regarding the tender offer, please contact the Tender Offer Agent as follows:

Atty. Dominador Maphilindo O. CarrilloSyCip Salazar Hernandez and Gatmaitan Law Offices

The Penthouse, 17/F, Landco Corporate Centre J.P. Laurel Avenue, Bajada, Davao City 8000 Telephone No. : (6382) 221-3917 Email Address: dmocarrillo@syciplaw.com

Bank of the Philippine Islands has confirmed that resources available to MPHHI are sufficient to satisfy the full acceptance of the Tender Offer.

Each stockholder of DDH is advised to read the full terms and conditions of the Tender Offer and SEC Form 19-1. Inquiries and requests for assis-tance and copies of SEC Form 19-1 may be directed to the Tender Offer Agent, whose address and telephone numbers are indicated above.

secretary attesting to the approval by the partnership to tender the DDH Shares and to sign, execute and deliver all documents and agreements, and to perform such acts as may be necessary for the tender of the DDH Shares to MPHHI in the form prescribed (3 original copies); (ii) copy of SEC Registration, latest Articles of Partnership and/or equivalent constitutive documents and Gener-al Information Sheet (or equivalent) certified as true copy of the original by the partnership secretary or equivalent person having official custody of the partnership records or a valid government-issued identification card containing the picture and signature of the Applicant’s authorized signatory.

Note: Documents executed abroad must be consularized. In case of married shareholders who are Philippine citizens, the special power of attorney must likewise be signed by the spouse of such stockholder to indicate his/her consent to the appointment of the at-torney-in-fact for purposes of disposing of the Tender Offer Shares.

WITHDRAWAL:Any DDH Shares tendered may be withdrawn by the tendering stock-holder at any time during the Tender Offer Period upon submission of an original written request to withdraw the tendered shares from the tender offer. All written requests must be received by the Tender Offer Agent before 5:00 p.m. of November 19, 2015.

The request to withdraw from the tender offer must clearly state the name of the tendering shareholder and the number of shares to be withdrawn from the tender offer. MPHHI shall have the right to exercise discretion in determining the validity of any written request to withdraw from the tender offer.

In case of lost stock certificates, a tendering stockholder must comply with the requirements under Section 73 of the Corporation Code of the Philippines and shall be required to submit (i) one (1) original of a duly notarized affidavit of loss, (ii) copy of the affida-vit of loss as published in a newspaper of general circulation, (iii) affidavit of publication (of the affidavit of loss), and (iv) bond in an amount equivalent to twice the book value of the DDH Shares as of the date of execution of the affidavit of loss, multiplied by the number of shares covered by each lost stock certificate.

3. Duly executed Deed of Absolute Sale of Shares indicating all the required details in the form prescribed. The price will be in-serted and the Deed of Sale will be notarized after the Tender Of-fer Period. For this purpose, the signatory to the Deed of Absolute Sale will have to appear before the notary public for purposes of notarizing the Deed of Absolute Sale on Settlement Date. (3 original copies)

4. Photocopies of two (2) valid identification cards issued by an official agency of the government, showing the applicant’s sig-nature and photograph (i.e., driver’s license, SSS/GSIS card, or passport, etc.).

5. Duly executed capital gains tax return (BIR Form 1707) signed by the shareholder or his/her/its authorized representative, indi-cating the selling price and acquisition cost for the DDH Shares tendered, and the computation of the capital gains tax payable. (3 original copies)

6. Copies of the proof of acquisition cost of the DDH Shares ten-dered by the tendering shareholder sufficient for purposes of ob-taining a Certificate Authorizing Registration (which will be used by the tendering shareholder in applying for a Certificate Autho-rizing Registration with the Bureau of Internal Revenue), includ-ing among others, the official receipt, Subscription Agreement or Deed of Sale for the purchase of the tendered DDH Shares by the tendering shareholder.2

7. Irrevocable Proxy in the form prescribed (3 original copies)

8. In case of individual stockholders: duly accomplished signa-ture card containing the specimen signature of the Applicant and verified by an officer of the bank where the Applicant maintains an account or a valid government-issued identification card con-taining the picture and signature of the Applicant. Furthermore, if the individual shareholder will tender his/her shares through a representative, an original notarized irrevocable special power of attorney authorizing the stockholder’s attorney-in-fact to enter into all transactions and to sign, execute and deliver the docu-ments and agreements enumerated herein shall also be submit-ted as part of the documents.

9. In case of corporate stockholders, (i) an original notarized certification from the corporate stockholder’s duly elected and incumbent corporate secretary attesting to the approval by the board of directors and stockholders (if necessary) to tender the DDH Shares and to sign, execute and deliver all documents and agreements, and to perform such acts as may be necessary for the tender of the DDH Shares to MPHHI in the form prescribed (3 original copies); (ii) copy of SEC Registration and latest Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws or equivalent constitutive documents and General Information Sheet certified as true copy of the origi-nal by the corporate secretary or equivalent person having official custody of the company records, and (iii) duly accomplished sig-nature card containing the specimen signature of the Applicant’s authorized signatory and verified by an officer of the bank where the Applicant/authorized representative maintains an account or a valid government-issued identification card containing the pic-ture and signature of the Applicant’s authorized signatory.

10. In case of partnerships: (i) an original notarized certification from the partnership’s duly elected and incumbent partnership

Metro Pacific Hospital Holdings, Inc. (“MPHHI”) (formerly Neptune Stroika Holdings, Inc.), is the current owner of 313,655 common shares of Davao Doctors Hospital (Clinica Hilario), Inc. (“DDH”) which represent approximately 34.82% of the total outstanding capital stock of DDH.

MPHHI has offered to acquire the remaining 587,154 common shares of DDH which comprise approximately 65.18% of the total outstanding shares of DDH. Accordingly, on September 29, 2015, MPHHI filed with the SEC a Tender Offer Report (SEC Form 19-1) in compliance with Section 19 of the Securities Regulation Code and Rule 19 of the implementing rules and regulations thereof, setting out MPHHI’s offer (the “Tender Offer”) to acquire the remaining 587,154 common shares of DDH in the hands of all the other shareholders. All the shares tendered shall be purchased by MPHHI on a tiered pricing in accordance with the terms and conditions contained in the summary below:

1 For corporate/partnership stockholders, the stock certificates must be endorsed by its authorized signatory/ies whose name and specimen signature/s is/are on file with the Corporate Secretary of DDH.2 This is to enable the Bidder to apply for, and obtain the Certificate Autho-rizing Registration with the BIR in case the stockholder fails to submit the Certificate Authorizing Registration to MPHHI within six (6) months after the Settlement Date.

akudong Festival is the city’s tribute to the most prized symbol of the Tacurong’s history – the kudong, a head cover-ing worn by early settlers of this city. Talakudong which comes from the word kudong refers to something that covers the head against the sun and rain. It is said that the ear-ly people of Tacurong gave the Sultan of Buluan, now Buluan town in Maguin-danao, a golden kudong as a special gift for his en-during efforts in institut-ing peace and progress in the area. Hence kudong becomes symbolic to the city and its people. In fact, the name Tacurong is de-rived from this emblem-atic Talakudong. Coined as the festival of

hats, Talakudong Festival has become a historical and cultural spectacle in South Central Mindanao that draws attention from nearby provinces and re-gion. It is highlighted by street-dancing and field demonstrations with well-decorated talakudong ac-companied by the lively sound of bamboos and drums. The dances and performances showcase the history of Tacurong from being a barrio of Bu-luan into a multi-cultural town of Sultan Kudarat and eventually into a bus-tling city. Like the previous stag-ing of Talakudong Fes-tival, competing contin-gents from the different schools and districts of the city spent months re-

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hearsing for the most coveted prize and honor as the grand champion of the Street Dancing Competition. Every year, these contingents who are grouped into different tribes never fail to surprise and charm spectators with their well-choreo-graphed performances and exhibi-tions highlighting talakudong as the festival icon. Thus, Tacurong-nons and even local tourists coming the different parts of SoCCSKSSar-Gen Region always look forward to this event. There were six groups competed in this year’s Talakudong Street Dancing Competition. There are

two sets of the competition, “Lum-bayag sa Dalanon” (street dance) and “Kiay-Kiay sa Talakudong” (field demonstration). Out of the six competing groups, it was Tri-bung Kudong that emerged as the Grand Champion beating other Tribes namely Tribung Manubiaw, Tribung Kadsayap, Tribung Salakot and Tribung Naragsak. Witnessing Talakudong Festival for the second year makes me see how Tacurongnons value the im-portance of their history and cul-ture to their present day lives. Even kudongs these days are used by its people and it is so remarkable to see

how they work to preserve this in-nate culture making it one of their principal goals. Truly, Talakudong Festival blends the city’s colorful past and vibrant present promising its people a brighter future. A big shout-out of thanks and gratitude to Tacurong City Mayor Lina O. Montilla and City Tourism Officer Emelie Jamorabon for invit-ing me this year to experience once more the vibe of Talakudong Festi-val. The same goes out to all the staffs of the City Government for mak-ing our stay very remarkable. To all Tacurongnons, congratulations and Mabuhay!

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DO you know what origami is? It is the Japanese art of folding pieces of paper into the most delicate and beautiful

flowers, animals, or whatever else the art-ist wants to create. At its highest form, it is as precise and exacting as any engineering project. Every crease and fold has its proper place and time.

But has anybody asked what the paper wants to do? What it wants to become? What if you were that piece of paper and you were folded and pressed into a flower, when all you really wanted was to soar. Like a bird maybe, or a paper airplane. What would your life would be if you were constantly being told where you should go, who you should become, how, when, and why you should do those things?

For many people, imagining this kind of life isn’t all that hard because they are al-ready living it every day. At work, in school, or in whatever situation they find themselves in, all they do is struggle to be “good” at what they do. And for the most part, it isn’t so bad. Some even grow to like it, like the comforting hum of the refrigerator or the quiet lapping of the waves as it meets the beach.

But for those of us who want to get more out of life, those who want to shoot past com-petence and aim for being totally awesome, we cannot leave our future, our destiny for other hands to fold and fold and fold. We have

to learn to stop being good at the things that make us feel bad, that hold us down and make us forget how to soar. We have to remember what makes us unique and different from all the other pieces of paper out there.

This is where your journey starts. By understanding not just what you want to be, but also what you cannot be. What’s difficult for most people is when they discover that what they cannot be is exactly what they have become. They have been folded to fit the mold of someone else’s vision.

The key then is to know and understand that we are all cut and shaped differently. There is no single mold from which we are made. Not everything that is good for one, or even a billion people, will necessarily be good for you. And despite all the advice floating around out there (this one includ-ed), you are the only authority, the only ex-pert who can say what will or will not work for you. No one can know your core better than yourself.

So stop being an origami and start using that blank sheet of paper for something bet-ter. Something more awesome. Fill it with words, with ideas, with dreams, with magic. Write your own ticket. Tell your own story. And when you’re done, flip it over and start again. The possibilities are endless. You are endless.

----So you can’t do it all? Well, guess what,

nobody can.Not Steve Jobs. Not Mark Zuckerberg.

Not Albert Einstein. Even Jesus had to have his twelve disciples. It’s the rule of life. We need other people to make us whole. And in the world of social media – social being the operative term – we need to get as much help from other people as we can. It is a brave and exciting new world out there, but it comes with a lot of dangers. It helps if we have other wagons to join the circle.

By accepting that, yes, we do need oth-er people, we open ourselves to infinite possibilities of growth. We are able to tap into resources that might otherwise not be available to us. And we allow other people to take part in our growth process, sharing the journey – risks, benefits, and all – with us. This can be a deeply enriching experi-ence for all who participate, and something that can only add to the depth of a person’s character.

But more than this, bringing the right people into our lives also allows us to pur-sue our own dreams and passions to levels we could never reach alone. We are like odd-ly-shaped puzzle pieces that come together, each bringing his or her own perspective, to form the image of the truth we believe in. This is what collaboration brings to the ta-ble. This ability to see beyond horizons, and around corners through the eyes of other people.

But access to this kind of power comes only to those who are willing to pay the price. And that is to admit, to accept, to embrace, that they cannot do it all on their own. That somewhere, somehow, there is a someone else that you need to bring it all together. Social media is not for the lone wolves, it is a place where packs, and herds, and schools thrive. This is not to say that there is no room for the individual, or for individuality, in social media. On the contrary, though it seems counter-intuitive, having all these voices coming at us can help us define ourselves more clearly. By listening closely, and learn-ing to understand, we can use them to chip away at our rough imperfections, slowly revealing the many wonderful facets of our personality, highlighting our character, and making us all shine brighter.

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Do you remember?

Don’t be folded

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THINK ON THESE!RECENTLY, I attended a birthday party of one of my friends at his home. There was a lot of eating, talking, laughing – and

singing! One guest sang with these lines: “Do you remember the times of your life.” Another one crooned the theme song of the movie, The Champ: “If you remember me, when you re-member me…”

Remembering is so much a part of our lives. Inspirational writer Weena S. Meily once pointed out: “We remember one another’s birthday. We bring to memory religious festiv-ities and rituals that are so much a part of we are as a family and as a people. We celebrate our feast and honor our saints and holy people. We recall of who they were and what they have contributed to our well-being. Remembering philosophers, scientists, artists, doctors, teach-ers, and professionals and their contributions are much a part of our academic pursuits. The Israelites have faithfully reminded one another about ‘remembering.’ For it is in remembering the saving power of God that they have pre-served their faith. Indeed, in remembering, we hold in our hearts, an eternal joy, the fruit of our life-giving experiences.”

Life is what we make it, so goes a saying. But no man is an island, John Donne quipped. Along the way, as we grow up, we meet people who have touched our lives, who taught us les-sons, who inspired us, and who transformed us of who we really are.

I remember my first crush, my first love, and my first heartbreak. I remember all the pains I have experienced and the joys I have gone through. Yes, I remember them all!

I remember my primary and elementary school teachers: Amor, Corcolon, Monsanto, Leopoldo, Ocampo, and Delos Cientos. I also re-member my high school teachers: Gensolin, Ca-

bahug, Arafiles, and Morales. Sorry, I can’t re-member their first names, now; most of them have gone to another world already.

I remember my three best friends: Gerry Calba, William Lim, and Greg Ira. Both Gerry and William were my high school buddies; Ger-ry is now in Denmark as a church pastor while William is in Canada doing his own business there. Gerry never fails to bring a pasalubong whenever he comes back to our hometown. William, when he used to live in Manila , always fetched me at the airport and allowed me to stay for the night at his house – before I flew to another destination.

Greg is a Filipino-American. I came to know him when he visited the Philippines as a student of East-West Center . When he left the country, I thought I would never meet him again. But when I attended a workshop at the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction in Silang, Cavite , I accidentally met him again. The last time I saw him was when I visited his family in Tallahassee , Florida some years back.

I remember my mentors as a journalist. First, there was the late Romeo Abundo, who believed in me as a writer. Another one is Juan Mercado, whom I met the first time when I at-tended a media briefing on sustainable agricul-ture in Bangkok , Thailand . Two editors who helped me in making my writings readable

were Paul Icamina and Erlinda Bolido. All of them were connected with Press Foundation of Asia (PFA_ at that time.

I remember Vicente Tirol (who is married to Lorna Kalaw-Tirol, former editor of the Sun-day edition of Philippine Daily Inquirer), who was the training coordinator of PFA. When I re-ceived a huge cash prize when I won the Jour-nalist of the Year from Rotary Club of Manila, he wrote: “Windfall.”

I remember the late Isagani Yambot, the publisher of Philippine Daily Inquirer. After I won the Hall of Fame in Science Reporting in 1999, he asked me if I could write science stories for the paper. I did for a while until I went to New York (where I had to work with award-winning author and journalist) Don Rutledge for a position paper on water and population) and joined The Manila Times when I returned (writing a column called “Science Faction”).

I remember Antonio Ajero, then the editor of Ang Peryodiko Dabaw (now Sun Star Davao), who encouraged me to contribute articles for Press Foundation of Asia’s DEPTHnews wires. Now, he is my editor-in-chief in EDGE Davao (where the managing editor is Neilwin Bravo and Jon Joaquin is the associate editor).

I remember Dr. Rafael Castillo, who writes a regularly medical column for Philippine Daily Inquirer. At one time, I wrote him a letter ask-ing him some leads for a story I was writing for the Asian edition of Reader’s Digest. Later on, he asked me to join as one of the writers for a magazine he was putting up, Health and Lifestyle (where I now write a regular column, “Life’s Lessons”). I also write for his other pub-lications: Travel Plus and Vital Signs.

I remember Peter Dockrill, former edi-tor-in-chief of the Asian edition of Reader’s Di-

gest. I was surprised to get an electronic-mail from him request me to meet him in Manila. I thought it was not for real so I told him to meet me in Davao. He personally came and talked with me about writing for the magazine. I read your articles, he told me, and I noticed as if you are writing for our magazine. My first assign-ment: about dengue fever.

I remember my first ever boss, Rev. Harold R. Watson. This American missionary earned the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1985 for peace and international understanding. It was after he won the award that I joined the organization he was leading. At one time, he asked me some documents he needed for a speech. “When is the deadline, sir?” I asked. “Yesterday,” he re-plied.

I remember my late Uncle Carl Allen Day. The first time I saw him (when I was still in high school), he came to the Philippines with his wife, my aunt Aida. I was with him most of the time during his stay in the country. When I visited the United States, he taught me how to do fishing. I had fun with him when we went to a secluded island in Georgia. I will always re-member him!

Dr. Bernadine Healey is one of America ’s famous doctors. In a speech, Healey delivered this thought-provoking message: “As a physi-cian who has been deeply privileged to share the most profound moments of people’s lives, including their final moments, let me tell you a secret. People facing death don’t think about what degrees they have earned, what positions they have held or how much wealth they accu-mulated. At the end, what really matters, and is a good measure of a past life, is who you loved and who loved you. The circle of love is every-thing.”

I will always remember that!

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od in 2014.In contrast, FDI in-

flows to Indonesia for the first half of 2015 amount-ed to 13.66 billion U.S. dollars, the highest in the region. The amount cor-responds to 31 percent of all FDIs that flowed into ASEAN.

Data from financial sources showed that in the first half of 2015, Viet-nam garnered 7.53 billion U.S. dollars and Malaysia with 7.01 billion U.S. dol-lars, or 17 percent and 16 percent respectively from the FDI inflows to ASEAN.

The recently-released Open Markets Index (OMI) of the Internation-

al Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has ranked the Philippines among those in the bottom of the 75 economies that it as-sessed.

The Philippines is still deemed by the interna-tional investor commu-nity to have trade re-strictive measures and a protectionist regime, the ICC said.

Despite these unfa-vorable assessments, Standard & Poor’s (S&P), an American rating agen-cy, has tagged the Phil-ippines as the world ‘s strongest major emerg-ing market, citing its buf-fers that would insulate

the economy from exter-nal shocks.

In a report this week, S&P said Asian econ-omies in general were more resilient to adverse global trends than Latin American counterparts. Countries in the region are expected to fare well in the face of a slowdown in China, Asia’s biggest economy.

“Latin American sov-ereigns are, on average, more vulnerable than sovereigns in Asia,” S&P said.

S&P said the Philip-pines will be the least affected by worsening global conditions among

countries covered by the S&P report.

Aside from the Phil-ippines, the least vulner-able countries in S& P’s ranking are Poland, Mex-ico, Pakistan and Hunga-ry.

The S&P said the major risks to emerg-ing markets in Asia and other regions would be the tightening of global liquidity conditions that could result from the U.S. Federal Reserve’s much- awaited rate hike and the unwinding of high levels of debt built up during years of loose monetary conditions. (PNA/Xin-hua)

good view. He also became a frontrunner and he also be-came a potential candidate. So he understands the politi-cal landscape,” he added.

Marcos, who is eying the vice presidency, had earlier said he is in talks with both Duterte and the camp of Vice President Jejomar Binay regarding a tandem for the

2016 election.For his part, Duterte said

he and Marcos talked about many things, including the chances of each presidential candidate and on what areas Marcos needs to concen-trate.

Duterte had earlier asked for one final time of “soul-searching” after al-

ready declaring last month that he has decided not to run for president.

So far he has not made an announcement yet. De-spite this, he tied for second place with Binay and Mar Roxas in the latest Pulse Asia survey which was released this week. Still leading the pack is Senator Grace Poe.

On Tuesday, Senator Cay-etano joked with local media that he wants “Aldub” which he said stands for Alan-Dute-rte Bonding.

Aldub is a trending tele-vision noontime show seg-ment that has spawned mil-lions of followers on social media.

WARNING. Davao City Economic Enterprise (CEE) public markets coordinator Reynan Librado warns public market vendor that their permits will be revoked

if they are caught selling adulterated meat and other food products. Librado was a guest in yesterday’s I-Speak media forum. Armando B. Fenequito Jr

to file cases against viola-tors.

He said the legal cases against the vendors from Puan, Matina Aplaya, and Toril markets are still with the City Legal Office (CLO).

Earlier, Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte said the ven-dors who would not heed his warning will face esta-fa cases for deceiving con-sumers.

Duterte said the ven-dors should be impris-oned because they have been misrepresenting their products.

He also ordered the Davao City Police Office (DCPO) to arrest the err-ing tuna vendors and and file charges against them.

Assistant city veter-inarian Esther Cherrie Rayos had earlier report-ed that 70.5 kilograms of putrid tuna were wiped with pork blood just to make them look fresh to the buyers.

Rayos said the “adul-terated” fish easily rot and also compromise the religious practices of some groups that do not eat pork.

tion of the PNP, but for the military, it looks like it is not their (NPA’s) work… We can-not see any connection with the NPA,” Nepomuceno said in an interview on Wednes-day night.

Duterte himself had also earlier said he does not be-lieve the kidnapping was done by the NPA.

The kidnapping hap-pened at around 11:41 p.m. on September 21. Police said 11 armed men on board two motorized bancas forcibly took the victims from the Holiday Oceanview Resort.

The victims were iden-tified as Kjartan Sekkinstad, a Norwegian national who is the operations manager of the resort; Canadians John Ridsel and Robert Hall; and Filipina Marithes Flor, the live-in partner of Hall.

Meanwhile, Nepomuce-

no said he is eying regional inter-agency coordination to “fill in the gaps” in the secu-rity between Davao City and IGACOS.

He said coordinating se-curity between the two cities would be a big help not just for the Local Government Units (LGUs) of the two cities but also for the people.

“If there is an incident in Davao City, the one in charge is the City Police and the LGU, while if the incident took place in Samal, the Sa-mal Police and the LGU takes charge. But what if the in-cident took place between Samal and Davao City?” Nepomuceno said.

“From there the in-ter-agency like the Coast Guard or the Navy will came in to secure the gaps between Samal and Davao City,” he added.

of Apopong, Gen. Santos City.

Also rushed to the General Santos Doctors Hospital were Francis Eric Respecia, 32, Angel Ayoc, 9, Canwa Younna, 36, Moises Fajartan, 50, Mark Anthony dela Cruz, 23, Erica Maulin, 18, Mary Grace Villaceran, 17, Rose Via Taluge, 18, Omar Sulani, 59, Cecile

Amillen, 9, Princes Amil-len, 2, Twinkle Olarte, 36, Marilou Yamot, 50, Vivi-na Duran, 43 and Sandra Vein Amor Pedregoza, 2.

Police said the bomb could be cellphone deto-nated.

Following the inci-dent, police officers were deployed in all bus and public terminals in South Cotabato. (PNA)

“There are some groups that want to support a can-didate, with financial sup-port coming from illegal drugs,” he said.

Danao said the new an-ti-illegal drug information drive dubbed KATOK, or Katilingban og Kapulisan Kontra Droga, can prevent narco-politics because the program targets to erad-icate the supply of illegal drugs in the city.

He said the campaign will concentrate on the ba-rangays that the DCPO has identified as illegal drugs hotspots.

“We are encouraging especially the areas where drugs are rampant, we want them to realize that we have other options,” he said.

Danao said the police will be posting stickers on houses, malls, and public

utility vehicles to make people aware that illegal drugs are prohibited in the city.

He also said anti-drug stickers will be posted on different homes that do not necessarily belong to sus-pected pushers.

Danao said the cam-paign is similar to those undertaken by previous DCPO directors.

A DCPO report showed

that a total of 670 drug per-sonalities were arrested in 456 operations from Jan-uary to August. A total of 591 cases were filed.

Danao said because of this, the DCPO was award-ed by the Philippine Na-tional Police (PNP) Nation-al Headquarters as the Best Performing City Anti-Ille-gal Drugs Special Opera-tions Task Group for this year. AFBJ

on local and foreign tourists, as well as students and chil-dren,” Ragaza said, adding that senior citizen with be given 20 percent discount upon presentation of their senior citizen’s ID.

Ragaza said the trekking fee, which is inclusive of

Trekkers ID, Trekkers Ori-entation, and Certificate of Climb, will be implemented in the next five years and will be reviewed on the sixth year.

Under the resolution of the board, porter fees shall be P500 per day for a max-

imum 15 kilogram weight of baggage while tour guide fees shall be P1,000 per day exclusive of food. There will be one tour guide for a max-imum of five tourists.

Under the resolution, trekkers, porters, and tour guides are also responsi-

ble to bring down all solid waste generated during the trek. “Trekkers are re-quired to fill up Zero Basura Form for inventory of solid wastes,” the document said.

Ragaza said a penalty of P2,000 for littering will be charged to violators.

THE National Food Au-thority (NFA) here and nearby Sarangani Prov-

ince has started enlisting lo-cal residents to become “food guardians.”

Edegary Roncal, NFA Sa-rangani-General Santos man-ager, said Thursday the move is part of the agency’s efforts to sign up one million volun-teers throughout the country to serve as “food guardians.”

She said the volunteers are mainly tasked to help the government’s initiatives in preventing profiteering and ensuring the stability of rice supply and prices.

“As food guardians, we will ensure that rice shall al-ways be available, affordable, accessible and safe for the consuming public,” she said.

Roncal said the campaign includes the promotion of the

proper consumption of rice to prevent wastage.

She said studies showed that at least 3.3 kilograms of rice are wasted by each Filipi-no on an annual basis.

Such translate to a total wastage of 330 million metric tons that is valued at around P27 million, she said.

The official said residents who want to join the cam-paign only needs to visit the NFA offices in the city and in Sarangani.

After signing up, she said the volunteers will be re-quired to sign at the agency’s pledge wall, which also lists their specific tasks as “food guardians.”

The agency has prepared “fun kits” that contain t-shirts, fans and NFA food guides for the “food guardian” signees or volunteers, she said. (PNA)

NFA in General Santos start list-up for ‘food guardians’

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RECENTLY, I attend-ed the wedding of my friend’s daugh-

ter. There was nothing unusual about the pro-gram until something caught my attention. It was when the bride got a box full of butterflies and released them. The audi-ence clapped their hands; I was stunned. It was the first time I saw such an entrancing event.

“Butterflies are like flowers with wings,” world-renowned Malay-sian poet once penned. Indeed, there’s no better way of celebrating the

amazing new beginnings of a couple than with a cloud of these magical creatures?

After the wedding, I talked with my friend about it and he told me that they got the butter-flies from the Davao But-terfly House. Immediate-ly, I called Philip “Sonny” Dizon, how much they are selling butterflies. “Fifty pesos each,” he replied.

The Philippines is not the only one selling butterflies commercially. Costa Rica, El Salvador, India, Kenya, Madagas-car, Taiwan, and Thailand have also embarked on this high-profit business. In the United States, com-mercial butterfly dealers sell butterflies at P5,000 per dozen.

There are now about 350 butterfly breeders throughout the Philip-pines, according to the Laguna-based Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Re-sources Research and Development (PCARRD). This excludes the butter-fly gardens, gene banks, and parks set up by gov-ernment and private en-tities.

Butterflies comprise the true butterflies, skip-pers, and the moth-but-terflies. There are about

24,000 species of butter-flies. Some migrate over long distances. Some butterflies have evolved symbiotic and parasitic relationships with social insects such as ants. But-terflies range in size from a tiny 1/8 inch to a huge almost 12 inches. They are not color-blind; they can see red, green, and yellow.

Butterflies are im-portant economically as pollinators for some spe-cies of plants although in general they do not carry as much pollen load. They are however capable of

moving pollen over great-er distances.

Many butterflies, such as the Monarch butterfly, are migratory and capable of long distance flights. They migrate during the day and use the sun to orient themselves. They also perceive polarized light and use it for ori-entation when the sun is hidden. The top butterfly flight speed is 12 miles per hour.

Culturally, butterflies are a popular motif in the visual and literary arts. In some parts of the world, a butterfly signifies an omen. Some people say that when a butterfly lands on you it means good luck. In the Philip-pines, a lingering black butterfly in the house is taken to mean that some-one in the family has died or will soon die. The idiom “butterflies in the stom-ach” is used to describe a state of nervousness.

Butterflies are nota-ble for their unusual life cycle with a larval cater-pillar stage, an inactive pupae stage and a spec-tacular metamorphosis into a familiar and col-orful winged adult form, and most species being day-flying they regularly attract attention.

Butterflies feed pri-

marily on nectar from flowers. Some also de-rive nourishment from pollen, tree sap, rotting fruit, decaying flesh, and dissolved minerals in wet sand or dirt. As adults, butterflies consume only liquids. They feed on nectar from flowers and also sip water from damp patches. This they do for water, for energy from sugars in nectar and for sodium and other min-erals which are vital for their reproduction.

Several species of butterflies need more so-dium than provided by nectar. They are attracted to sodium in salt and they sometimes land on peo-ple, attracted by human sweat.

Another interesting fact about butterflies is that they sense the air for scents, wind and nectar using their antennae. The antennae come in various shapes and colors. The hesperids have a pointed angle or hook to the an-tennae, while most other families show knobbed antennae. A butterfly’s sense of taste is coordi-nated by chemoreceptors on the tarsi, which work only on contact, and are used to determine wheth-er an egg-laying insect’s offspring will be able to feed on a leaf before eggs are laid on it

Butterflies are differ-ent from moths although some people may think they are the same. Butter-flies can be distinguished from moths in several ways: the antennae of butterflies are knobbed at the tips, while those of moths almost never have terminal knobs and are often feathery; the body of a butterfly is more slen-

der and usually smoother than that of a moth;but-terflies are active by day, while most moths are nocturnal; when at rest most butterflies hold the wings vertically, while most moths flatten them against the surface on which they are resting.

But there are also things which butterflies and moths are alike. Like moths, butterflies have coiled, sucking mouth-parts and two pairs of wings that function as a single pair; the wings are covered with scales that come off as dust when the insects is handled.

“Butterfly farming is very viable,” asserted PCARRD. Actually, but-terfly farming is breeding butterflies in captivity. The livelihood focuses on the production of butter-fly pupae, the stage be-tween the larvae and the imago or adult, in which the insect is enclosed in a hardened case. Butterfly farming is simple and can be done at the backyard.

Sustainable Livelihood Options for the Philippines, published by the Depart-ment of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), has come up with simple method on butter-fly farming. Here it is:

Stock collecting and breeding

Collect female and male adult butterflies using an insect net. The male butterfly has a nar-row pointed abdomen while the female butterfly has a stout and round-ed abdomen. Adult but-terflies are everywhere. The best time to collect them is during summer and when flowers are in bloom.

Just a thought: Secure

permit to collect adult butterflies for breeding from the DENR’s line agency, the Protected Ar-eas and Wildlife Bureau, before the collection. This way, you won’t have any legal problem which may arise later on.

Keep the pairs of but-terflies in an improvised insectarium. It is a net enclosure of 1.5 meters by 2.5 meters by 4 me-ters with live food plant inside where the butterfly breeders are reared. En-sure the cleanliness of the insectarium at all times.

In the insectarium, the adult butterfly feeds on fresh flowers. Supple-ment the food with a mix-ture of sugar and water placed in a basin. Be sure to change the water in the bottle (where the food plants are placed) twice a day.

Wait until the butter-flies lay eggs. Laying of eggs may be hours, days or months after mating. The egg is enclosed in a protective shell, more or less spherical and very small. The eggs are de-posited on the leaves of the food plants.

An adult butterfly lays an average of 70 eggs. However, release from the insectarium the pair of butterfly after laying about 50 eggs to allow the butterfly to lay the re-maining eggs in the natu-ral habitat.

Larvae and pupae development

Collect the food plant with the eggs and put in a bottle with water. Place the bottle with the food plant in a hatchery (an en-closed screened cabinet). Put a basin with water at the bottom of the hatch-ery to prevent the ants

from crawling in. Wait for four days

when the egg will hatch into larvae and feed on the foliage of the food plant. Larvae vary consid-erably in shape and size depending on the species. Larvae vision can detect differences between light and darkness and their tastes are acute. Food discrimination is promi-nent and many larvae will rather starve than eat ab-normal food plants.

Let the larvae develop into pupae after 16 days. Like the larvae, pupae’s size, shape and color vary with species.

Pack 100 pupae in a box cushioned with cot-ton. Sell these to a mid-dleman with an export permit because there is no local market yet for pupae. Pupae are export-ed mostly to the Austra-lia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Japan, Nether-lands, Palau, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom, and United States.

Adult butterfly can also be raised from the eggs. The pupae are not totally marketed; some are developed into adult butterflies. The adult but-terflies can be sold to peo-ple who want them for special events like birth-days and weddings.

“Butterfly farming is considered environ-ment-friendly inasmuch as there is symbiotic re-lationship between the plants and the butter-flies,” the DENR publica-tion states. “The former provides nectar for the butterfly while the lat-ter’s activity hastens the pollination of the flowers. There is no significant ef-fect on the photosynthe-sis process.”

Raising butterflies is a lucrative ventureBy HENRYLITO D. TACIOPHOTOS By MICHAEL H. CHAN

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IRAN VERSUS CHINA SEMIS LOOMSWhat was billed as a would-be classic turned into a one-sided affair as Iran

made short work of Korea, 75-62, to begin Quarter-Finals action in the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship.

Iran didn’t waste much time in establishing their superiority in this encounter of traditional Asian heavyweights. Team Melli erected a 15-point bulge at the end of the first quarter and never looked back, leading by as many as 23 points.

The starting frontline of Hamed Haddadi and Oshin Sahakian did much of the damage for the Iranians, combining for 30 points and 21 rebounds, while starting shooting guard Hamed Afagh added 11 points and 3 triples.

On the other end, Korea drew 10 points each from Kim Jong-Kyu and Moon Tae-Young. Korea sputtered from long range here, making just 2 of their 13 three-point shots. The usually very efficient Yang Dong-Geun also had a subpar game, fin-ishing with only 6 points, 1 rebound, and 3 assists.

Turning Point: Coach Dirk Bauermann’s wards scored the first seven points of the match, and never relinquished control. Haddadi and Sahakian quickly established themselves inside the paint and proceeded to dissect the Koreans’ interior defense.

Stats Don’t Lie: At the end of the day, Iran just proved to be too big. The defending champions ruled the battle of the boards, outrebounding Korea, 44-24, and, not surprisingly, also outscored coach Kim Dong-Kwang’s squad in the shaded area, 44-28.

AT A GLANCEIRAN OUSTS KOREA 75-62JAPAN UPSETS QATAR 81-67

Gilas-Japan in Final Four?JAPAN used its speed and hot shooting

from downtown to get past Qatar, 81-67, in the quarterfinals and book a semis

ticket in the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship Thursday at College of Social Work Dayun in Changsha, China.

Takatoshi Furukawa finished with 22 points, including 11 in the first quarter alone to lift Japan to the semifinals where they will face the winner of the Gilas Pil-ipinas-Lebanon quarterfinal matchup on Thursday night.

The Filipinos earlier beat the Japanese, 73-66, in their encounter in the second round last Sunday.

Against Qatar, Japan scorched from beyond the arc early in the game, with Furukawa sinking three triples in the first quarter alone to put his team well ahead, 28-13, after the first quarter.

The Japanese’ zone defense also proved

to be tough to break for the Qa-taris, who were either forced to miss shots or lose the ball to Japan which took advantage of a couple of fastbreak conversions.

Japan led by as much as 22 points, 59-37, in the third pe-riod

be-fore Qatar slowly chipped it down to just single dig- its, 70-62, with over three minutes left in

the fourth quarter after finally

hitting some outside

shots and execut-ing a full-court press

defense.

But Qatar couldn’t break that eight-point barrier as time wasn’t enough for the

Middle East squad to com-plete a comeback.

Naturalized player Clinton Johnson scored 16 points for Qatar

which, apart from failing to enter the final four, also missed the chance of entering the Olympic wildcard tournament next year.

SEMIS CAST. Iran center Hamed Hadadi slams one home against Korea in yesterday’s semis won by Iran (top). Below, Japan’s Yuta Tabuse guards Terrence Romeo of the Philippines iduring the first game of the second round won by the Philippines. FIBA Asia Photo

VOL. 8 ISSUE 132 • FRIDAY-SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2-3, 2015 15SPORTSPingris-Abueva: From bitter rivals to tenacious tandem

ONE is unstoppable force and the other an immovable object.Yet energetic forwards Marc

Pingris and Calvin Abueva found a way to co-exist at Gilas Pilipi-nas as they continue to pump life into the country’s campaign in the Fiba Asia Championship here in a bid to get back to the Olympics after more than four decades of absence.

Rivals then, close tandem now.

“Hindi nga e,” said a smiling Pin-gris when asked if he ever foresaw

becoming close to Abueva and forming a formidable

partnership which Gilas coach

Tab Baldwin

refers to as ‘Team Kuri-mao.’

“Pero

alam mo sobrang saya ko na nagkasama kaming dalawa. Sa PBA nagtitirahan kami, pero sabi nga ni coach ‘Team Kurimao,’ kailangan daw mag-combine ‘yung energy namin, yung hustle namin sa rebound, at sa depensa.”

Abueva for his part, said playing with Ping in the national team and going up against him in the pro league are two different things.

“Ibang level ito. Bansa yung (nakataya dito),” said the Alaska star. “Kailangan naming mag-sanib puwersa dito. Kung ano meron siya, kung ano meron ako, kailangan dalhin namin dito. Maganda naman yung tandem namin, kaya guma-ganda rin yung laro namin, lahat kami.”

The two have been a joy to watch together as they are usually all over the court, hustling, defending, and scoring, if needed to.

Simply put, both Ping and Calvin are intensity personified.

In so short a time that they became teammates with Gilas, the two are al-wayse in the same wavelength especially during the times when the chips are down for the team.

“Every time pag down ‘yung team, mag-uusap kami ni Calvin, ‘Tol, kailangan ng energy, kailangan ng extra rebound. So ginagawa namin kung ano ‘yung traba-ho namin dito,” said the Star Hotshots veteran.

[See Baldwin pays tribute to ‘energy guys’ Pingris, Abueva as they provide spark vs India]

The two have become so comfortable playing together inside the court, they even wear the same color and style of shoes.

“Siya yung gumaya sa akin a, hindi ako,” said Pingris laughing.

To which Abueva added, “Siyempre kumportable siya. Nung nakita kong kumportable siya, kumportable na rin ako.”

With the Olympic qualifying tournament now in its home stretch and the 41st season of the PBA just around the corner, Abueva and Pingris are to take their own separate ways again and not lost on them is the reality they will be foes anew.

“Pagdating ng PBA may konting physical (plays), kasi iba-ibang man-agement ang may hawak sa atin. Siyempre, pag laro, laro,” said a smiling Abueva, who gets a ribbing from Gilas teammate Gary David, seated just close to the Alaska forward inside the team bus.

Yet whatever happens, it’s obvi-ous the former ri-vals have already earned the respect of each other.

“It’s an honor na makalaro ko siya (Abueva) at makasama dito sa Gilas,” said Pingris.

WITH an intact line-up, Manila South-woods-Masters is

odds-on favorite to extend its reign to five years when the Philippine Airlines La-dies Interclub golf team tournament comes off the wraps next week in Ba-colod City.

“We are definitely going for our fifth crown,” said Masters playing team cap-tain Claire Ong yesterday.

Ong said the same play-ers that won them their fourth title last year in Cebu City will be back to rekindle their rivalry with Cebu Country Club.

Aside from Ong, the other members of the squad are Lora Roberto,

Sofia Chabon, Abby Areva-lo, Missy Legaspi, Annika Guangko, Claudine Garcia and Serafina Kim.

The event, now on its 10th year, will be held Thursday, Oct. 8 and will run for three days.

Each of the 19 teams entered will play two rounds under the Molave scoring system at the Ne-gros Occidental Golf and Country Club, popularly known as Marapara.

It will mark the first time that the tree-lined course will play host to the event.

Ong said Marapara will play longer than what they’re used to, but added they’re ready for the chal-

lenge.“We will have our prac-

tice rounds on Tuesday and Wednesday,” she said.

CCC, which lost by a sin-gle point at the Alta Vista Golf Club last year, will be missing two or three play-ers, according to team cap-tain Mary Kim Hong.

“We’re weaker this year because some of our play-ers are not available,” said Hong in a long-distance call to Cebu.

Hong, however, failed to bare the composition of the team.

Aside from the cham-pionship division, titles will also be at stake in the Founders, Sportswriters and Friendship divisions.

Aside from Masters and CCC, the other participat-ing clubs are the Alabang Country Club, Apo Golf & Country Club, Camp Agu-inaldo Golf Club, Bacolod Golf & Country Club, Ma-nila Golf Club, Iloilo Golf Ladies Club, Manila South-woods Masters, Negros Oc-cidental Golf Club, Pueblo de Oro Gold Team, Rancho Palos Verdes Golf Club, Val-ley Golfer & Country Club, Victorias Golf & Country Club, Wack Wack Golf & Country Club, Del Monte Golf Club, Eagle Ridge (La-dies Group), Davao City Golf and the Club Lady Eagles Australian Golfers - the only foreign-based squad.

AMIR Khan con-firmed negotiations between his camp

and Top Rank chief Bob Arum for a match with Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao is ongoing.

The National reported the British-Pakistani box-er could fight Pacquiao in February, possibly in Las Vegas.

“I can confirm that my team has been negotiating with Bob Arum. So far, ev-erything is going smooth,” said Khan in an interview with The National’s Omar Al Raisi.

“The contracts are be-ing negotiated and, if ev-erything is agreed, Manny Pacquiao will be my next opponent,” said Khan.

“Depending on when he and his team feels he could be ready, the fight could be in February or April 2016,” he said.

Pacquiao has not fought since losing to Floyd Mayweather Jr. in May, when he saw action with an injured shoulder.

The fighting congress-man seems to be recov-

ering well and has been shooting basketballs, and Khan said he has heard from the Pacquiao camp that he can already begin training for a fight.

“I have been told that Manny has been given the ‘all clear’ to start train-ing against by his doctor,” said Khan, whom he calls as a friend.

CHICAGO Bulls guard Derrick Rose underwent surgery

Wednesday to repair his fractured left orbital bone after being hit in the face by an elbow in his first NBA pre-season practice.

The 26-year-old playmaker, the NBA’s 2011 Most Valuable Player, is expected back in a couple of weeks.

“At this time it is es-timated he will be able to resume basketball ac-tivities in two weeks,” a team statement said.

First-year Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg said earlier that he hopes to have Rose in the line-up for the October 27 opener against Cleveland.

“The surgery went as expect-ed,” Hoiberg said. “It’s not struc-

tural damage that will keep him out. Once it’s healed, he’ll be ready to go.”

The injury took place Tuesday as Rose was driving to the basket along the baseline and took an elbow to the face from a teammate.

Rose likely will need a mask when he returns to the court.

In the past four sea-sons, Rose has managed to play only 100 games because of various inju-ries, including surgery on both knees.

“He’ll be back in no time,” teammate Joakim Noah said.

The Bulls are already without Mike Dunleavy Jnr for at least anoth-er two months fol-lowing back sur-

gery last week.

Southwoods line up to extendreign at PAL Ladies Interclub

Khan confirms Pacquiao negotiations

Bulls hope to have Rose back in two weeks

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