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LEGAL AID FOR IP, MILITANTS

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By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO [email protected]

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EDGEDAVAOSportsTHE Integrated Bar of

the Philippines (IBP) is now extending legal as-

sistance to the tribal leaders and members of progressive groups who were charged for bringing groups of Indigenous People (IP) to the Haran Com-pound of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) in Fr. Selga Street, Davao City.

In a press briefing yester-day, IBP National president

Rosario Reyes said she prom-ised that the IBP will help in a dialogue during the Manalika-bayan last October in Manila.

“To the best of our abilities we will extend legal assistance especially for the trumped-up charges, militarization of schools, and extra-judicial kill-ings,” she said.

Reyes said it is unfortu-nate for the IPs that their stay inside Haran has been marred by hearts and uncertainty

over their safety.She said next month the

IBP is set to conduct a dia-logue with the Armed Forc-es of the Philippines (AFP), Department of Education (DepEd), Commission on Hu-man Rights (CHR), and the National Commission on In-digenous People (NCIP) to ex-plain the situation of the IPs in their ancestral domains.

She said she will call for a special meeting of all mem-

bers of the IBP Board of Gov-ernors to set the timeline for the dialogue in January.

“We need to make sure that there will be no mis-communication and we can pinpoint accountability and responsibility,” she said.

For his part, IBP Eastern Mindanao governor Caesar Europa said the IBP wants the officials of the AFP to explain why the exodus of IPs from

HORNPIPE WAR. Two vendors playfully blow their hornpipes into each other’s faces along Ilustre Street yesterday. Hornpipes have replaced firecrackers as Davao City’s noisemaker every New Year’s celebration as the city government banned the use of firecrackers 14 years ago. Lean Daval Jr.

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NEWS

THE Bureau of Fire and Protection (BFP) 11 re-minded the public to be

extra cautious in celebrating the New Year especially in the use of firecrackers.

BFP 11 regional spokes-person Fire Inspector Nestor Jimenez said the public should only purchase fire-crackers from reliable sources and store them in a cool, dry place out of reach of children and pets. They should also be placed away from possible hazards such as electrical out-lets.

“Do not try to modify them. Lots of people open firecrackers and put more

powder or other objects. This is very dangerous,” he said. “A responsible adult should always manage all firecracker activities.”

Firecrackers and pyro-technics are banned in Davao City but not in other areas of Region 11.

Jimenez said users should select a clear area in the out-doors away from vehicles, buildings, dry grass or leaves, and other flammable materi-als when lighting firecrackers. The user should also move away quickly once the fuse catches fire to avoid injury.

Jimenez said firecrack-ers should not be put inside

pockets or uses under the in-fluence of alcohol. He also said firecrackers should not be given to young children who might not be familiar with the danger of lighting them.

Jimenez said firecrack-ers that malfunction should not be relighted but instead soaked in water.

“By following these safety tips carefully, you can enjoy a safe firecrackers celebration,” he said.

Jimenez said candles are among the leading causes of fires. These should be blown out when not in use and kept 12 inches away from anything that can be burned.

BFP 11 recorded an ap-proximate P300 million in damages to property from a total of 976 fire incidents recorded from January to No-vember this year.

Jimenez said Davao City had the most incidents with a total of 418. It is followed by Davao del Sur with 185, Davao del Norte with 181, Davao Ori-ental with 141, and Compos-tela Valley with 51.

He said most of the fire incidents involved residential structures with 362 incidents, followed by grass fire with 317 incidents. Meanwhile, 78 fire incidents involved indus-trial structures.

SOME Indigenous People (IP) in the Haran Com-pound of the United

Church of Christ in the Phil-ippines (UCCP) in Fr. Selga Street, Davao City have al-ready gone back to their re-spective homes.

This was confirmed by Pasaka Southern Mindanao secretary general Jong Mon-zon in a press briefing yester-day.

Monzon said some of the more than 700 IPs who

sought sanctuary in Haran went home because they want to celebrate the New Year in ancestral domains.

“Wala namo ni gi-an-nounce publicly kay basin ha-rangon na pud sila sa Alamara og ubang Para-Military na ginaila namo na wala sila’y giila na gobyerno (We did not announce it publicly because they might be held by the Ala-mara and other paramilitary groups that do not recognize the government),” he said.

Monzon said he could not divulge the homes of the IPs for their security and safety. He said the IPs are still at risk because soldiers and paramil-itary groups can attack them as soon as they find out they had gone home.

“Kaming mga Lumad kaila mi aning kina-iya sa mga sun-dalo na magpakilid lang na. Nagtuo mi na pila ka adlaw og pila kabulan gikan karon naa na po’y bulto na bakwit na mahitabo (We IPs know

that soldiers are staying on the sidelines only temporari-ly. We believe that a few days or months from now another evacuation will happen),” he said.

Monzon said there was an attempt by members of the Alamara to attack IPs in Ha-ran a few weeks ago. He said the incident was not reported to the police.

The IP leaders also chose to remain in Haran for their safety, he added.

TWO men are now facing charges for allegedly lighting firecrackers on

Christmas Day.The Talomo Police Station

formally filed charges against Aljun A. Blasquez and Rogelio C. Polangcos of Garden Villas in Catalunan Grande for vio-lating the City Ordinance No. 060-02 Series of 2002 or the firecracker ban of Davao City.

The two were submitted for inquest procedure before the City Prosecution Office on Monday.

Blasquez and Polangcos were arrested on December 25 by police officers who were responding to a report from

the Isumbong Kang CDDCPO text hotline.

The two were arrested with three “piccolos” in their possession last December 25.

According to the Depart-ment of Health (DOH), pic-colos are the biggest cause of firecracker injuries in the country.

A person arrested vio-lating the ordinance will be slapped with a P1,000 fine or imprisonment of one month for the first offense. For the second offense, the fine is P3,000 or imprisonment for three months, and for the third offense it is P5,000 or impris-

“THE most rewarding part of a job well done is seeing genu-

ine joy in many faces for a gift that they have been all waiting for years.”

This is what Fermin Edil-lon, Davao Light and Power Co.’s manager for Community Relations, has said last De-cember 22, a few days before Christmas, after formally turn-ing over the newly installed solar charging station to the Lumad community in Sitio Indawhong, Brgy. Salaysay in Marilog District, Davao City.

Around 60 kilometers away from Calinan Proper in Davao City, Sitio Indawhong, which is composed mostly of

the Manobo Tribe, is one of the off-grid rural areas within the franchise of Davao Light. The nearest power line to the community is around 20 kilo-meters away. Their only source of light at night is the bright sky and the light emitted from their kerosene lamps. Without these, Sitio Indawhong is a mere pitch black at night.

With the newly installed solar charging station, the resi-dents will now be able to roam around the community at night and enjoy entertainment from radio and mini TV sets. They will also no longer have to depend on kerosene lamps where they spend P60 for gas

VISIT. Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) national president Rosario Reyes visits Indigenous People who have taken sanctuary at the Haran Compound of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) at Fr. Selga Street, Davao City yesterday. Armando B. Fenequito Jr.

BFP 11: Be carefulwith firecrackers

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Some IPs in Haran go home for New YearBy ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.

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Two persons chargedfor lighting ‘piccolos’

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THE camp of Senator Grace Poe-Llamanzares on Tuesday filed a peti-

tion before the Supreme Court (SC) seeking the inhibition of the three SC associate justices who unanimously voted for her disqualification as a Sena-tor.

Poe asked Senior Asso-ciate Justice Antonio Carpio and Associate Justices Teresita Leonardo-De Castro and Artu-ro Brion to inhibit themselves from participating in the pro-ceedings of the case.

The three justices are members of the Senate Elec-toral Tribunal (SET).

Poe’s legal counsel George Garcia said they would like the three justices to inhibit because they have already pre-judged the case based on their dissenting opinions.

All the three justices wrote their own respective dissent-ing opinions on the majority

decision of SET favoring Poe.In his dissenting opinion,

Brion said that there is no evi-dence existed to show that Poe is a natural-born citizen, one of the major requirements for an aspirant to be allowed to run for President.

On the other hand, Carpio and De Castro believed that while Poe is a Filipino citizen, she is not natural-born be-cause she acquired her nation-ality by legal fiction.

Likewise, the camp of Poe has also filed another motion seek-ing to consoli-date her cases before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and the SET.

On Mon-

day, the SC stopped the Comelec from implementing its decision cancelling Poe’s certificate of candidacy (COC) for president in the May 9, 2016 polls.

The SC has also set the conduct of the oral arguments on Jan. 19, 2016 for all the three cases, including those which questioned the Comelec en banc’s decision and the SET ruling. (PNA)

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THE National Grid Corpo-ration of the Philippines (NGCP)’s Tower 4 of Ba-

loi-Agus 2 in Lanao del Norte was bombed by unknown suspects on Monday morning, the fourth incident since the December 24 bombing of its two towers in Lanao del Sur and North Cotabato.

In her Facebook post, NGCP Mindanao spokesper-son Bambie Capulong said based on reports, four more will be bombed by lawless elements during the holiday season.

“NGCP warns that if un-abated, further bombing inci-dents may prevent customers from enjoying uninterrupted electricity during the holi-days,” she said.

Although not completely damaged, she said the NGCP

will still work on the resto-ration of the 138-kilovolt line tower, located in Nangka, Ba-loi in Lanao del Norte, as long as the area is secured.

“NGCP appeals to the pub-lic, the national and local gov-ernment, and the Philippine Army for assistance in resolv-ing security issues,” she said,

Capulong also announced that Tower 95 in Barangay Aroman, Carmen in North Cotabato, one of the two tow-ers bombed on Christmas eve, was completely repaired at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday.

She then appealed to the government to help assist in putting a stop to attacks on NGCP towers.

“NGCP likewise appeals to the public to report any sus-picious activities at or near its transmission lines to local

law enforcement offices to prevent further power outage caused by those attacks,” she added.

Last Thursday, Tower 25, located at Ditsaan-Ramain in Lanao del Sur, was bombed and toppled, which result-ed in isolation of govern-ment-owned generating facil-ities, namely, the Agus 1 and 2 hydroelectric plants.

At least 58 megawatts was lost in the Mindanao grid after the incident that further wors-ened the Mindanao power sit-uation on the island.

The installed capacity of the decades-old Agus-Pu-langi Hydropower Complex is 827.2 MW, which supplies more than half of the island’s power source while the rest is a mix of coal, diesel, and geo-thermal. Antonio L. Colina IV

THE peace panels of the Government of the Philippines (GPH) and

Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) yesterday lauded the optimism of Sen. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. that the Bangsam-oro Basic Law (BBL) will see the light within the time left of

the current Congress.In a letter addressed to

peace panel chairs Miriam Cor-onel-Ferrer (GPH) and Moha-gher Iqbal (MILF), Marcos said he is “confident that the Senate would do its best to pass the proposed measure within the remaining session days of Con-

gress after considering all the amendments introduced by the Senators.”

On its last session-day last December 16, the House of Representatives concluded the period of interpellation on the proposed bill. Rep. Rufus

TWO Army troopers be-longing to the 65th In-fantry Battalion based

in Saguiaran, Lanao del Sur were gunned down by un-identified armed men at around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Pangarungan village in Mara-wi City.

Inspector Parson J. Asa-dil of Marawi City police sta-tion identified the victims as Sgt Jhon Bernas Saballe and Sofronio Saliling Grame, Jr.

Saballe was declared dead on arrival while Grame died a few minutes after un-dergoing treatment at Amai Pakpak Medical Center in Marawi.

Asadil said the two vic-tims were at the market for some purchases and to gath-er more information on the shooting of an ABS-CBN news team on Saturday when they were shot.

The police official de-

nied there’s a breakdown of law and order in Marawi. He maintained the situation is under control despite the series of killing and shooting incidents.

“The murder case of the late Police Inspector Al Abnir Wahab Santos who was am-bushed was elevated to high-er court in Manila since two of the prime suspects were police from Lanao del Sur,” Asadil said.

Col. Roseller Murillo, commanding officer of 103rd Infantry Brigade based in Kampo Ranao has ordered putting up checkpoints at possible exits and track down the suspects.

He said a closed-circuit television footage in a near-by establishment captured the images of the suspects that could lead to the identi-ty of the assailants. Richel V. Umel/MindaNews

STILL HOPING. Most of the lumads have gone back to their homes but others still remain in Davao City hoping to receive Christmas gifts from establishments and residents. Lean Daval Jr.

THE TALLEST, SOON. Contruction of the 33-level Aeon Towers continue to move upwards as workers do round-the-clock shifts. The signature projkect of FTC Group of Companies is expected to have a turnover by the end of 2016.

Sen. Poe asks 3 SCjustices to inhibit

Another NGCP tower bombed

Peace panels welcome Marcos’assurance of passing BBL soon

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ECONOMY

A BUSINESS leader is eye-ing to make Davao City the next Peking duck

capital in the country.Vicente T. Lao, Maharlika

Agro-Marine Ventures CEO, said he was able to secure Ha-lal certification for the compa-ny from the Ministry of Water and Environment of the Unit-ed Arab Emirates (UAE) last month which would enhance his plan to penetrate the Mid-dle East market.

“This is a big boost to Min-danao’s poultry industry since we can now penetrate the market of gulf countries like Saudi Arabia and Yemen,” Lao said.

Lao said Davao will be the first Peking duck producer to be accepted in the Middle East.

“We are targeting to en-ter the Iran market and other countries in the Middle East next year,” Lao said. “These countries are good to explore as our potential market be-cause there is no supplier of Peking duck in the area yet.”

To further showcase the product, Lao said his com-pany will be participating in next year’s Gulfood Exhibition

2016, the annual world’s big-gest food and hospitality trade show, in Dubai World Trade Center from February 21 to 25.

Among the side events of the five day exhibition is the Halal World Food which will showcase Halal products like energy drinks, vegan and vege-tarian foods to meat and poul-try, canned goods, gourmet and fine foods.

Based on the website of the Gulfood Exhibition 2016, Halal World Food will also cover all halal-related aspects of global foodservice, retail and hospi-tality sectors to highlight the depth and variety of interna-tional halal products.

At present, Lao said large volume of his Peking duck pro-duces are shipped to Japan.

“About 26 to 28 metric tons (MT) of Peking Duck are shipped to Japan every month mostly premium duck breasts and leg cut,” he said, adding that Maharlika considered Ja-pan as its stable market since the first time it exported March last year.

Only 20 metric tons go to the domestic market like gro-

cery stores and supermarkets in Manila.

Marhalika processes an average of 3,000 to 4,000 heads of duck per day in its production processing areas in Bukidnon.

Lao started to raise and process Peking ducks in 2013 banking on the fact that Mind-anao is bird flu-free. Lao is the first exporter of Peking duck in the country.

Earlier, he said the firm imports about 3,000 breeder ducks from Cherry Valley, Unit-ed Kingdom every month.

These imported ducks proceed to the breeding farm and hatchery in Bukidnon. From the farms, day-old duck-lings are transferred to grow-ing farms in Manolo Fortich and Arakan Valley.

Forty-five days old ducks are harvested and transport-ed to the dressing plant in Ta-mugan, Davao City. They are then processed, blast-frozen, and vacuum- packed.

Their products include whole ducks, premium breast meat, boneless leg meat, wing fillets and dressed Peking ducks.

THE provincial tourism office of Davao del Norte is eyeing to establish

a five to six kilometer open beach line starting from the coast of Barangay Cogon to Dagatan in the Island Garden City of Samal.

Speaking to reporters in a recent interview, provincial officer Noel Daquioag said the development of the beach line was identified as one of the projects under the Local Gov-ernance Support Program for Local Economic Development (LGSP-LED).

Daquiaog said the local government envisioned that no private resorts will be es-tablished in the identified area to ensure the participation of the community leading to de-velopment of a “sustainable

local tourism economy.”Meanwhile, LGSP-LED’s

partnership adviser Alfred Al-laga said the development of the open beach line is “a work in progress.”

Allaga said the provincial government intends to base the formulation of the open beach line to Talikud area as its demo area.

“When you open more beaches and make it more ac-cessible to surrounding com-munity, the local people can engage to business. They can either sell souvenirs for the tourists or provide accommo-dation. Through this the local people can be part of the local economy,” Allaga said.

Despite the program is expected to end by March next year, he said the both the

public and private sector will continue working on the local tourism industry of the iden-tified area for the open beach line.

Based on its website, LG-SP-LED is an eight-year coop-eration program of the govern-ments of the Philippines and Canada, being managed by the Canadian Urban Institute and Colleges and Institutes Can-ada as the CEA, or Canadian Executing Agency) and funded by the Global Affairs Canada (GAC) of the Government of Canada (formerly CIDA).

The LGSP-LED is imple-mented through the Depart-ment of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), in close collaboration with other key national government agen-

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MOBILE BUSINESS. A street vendor braves the heat of the afternoon sun as she stands in front of her improvised cart where she displays toys she is peddling along San Pedro Street yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.


VANTAGE

EDITORIALFollow Davao City’s example

IT’S still a few days before the celebration of New Year, and already one person has been killed and more than 130 people have been reported injured by firecrackers throughout the country. While the

number is lower than during the same period last year, it still rep-resents far too many casualties since the government is targeting zero firecracker-related injuries and deaths. And as the clock ticks towards 12 midnight of January 1, 2016, we expect the number to rise exponentially, proving that for Filipinos, the allure of firecrackers is too much to resist. Few people actually think firecrackers are dan-gerous, and this is reflected in the benign-sounding nicknames giv-en to pyrotechnics: watusi, piccolo, bawang, five star, pla-pla, and the now-popular kalyeserye and Aldub. For most Pinoys, lighting up is as casual as a stroll in the park.

We often chalk this up to culture, something we have been prac-ticing for decades and therefore difficult to stop. Indeed, many say that a New Year celebration without firecrackers and pyrotechnics is not truly Filipino. This is perhaps the reason the practice has never been fully removed in spite of the yearly casualty count. Not even the annual television feature of actual injuries — complete with videos of mangled hands, blown-off extremities, and grown men crying in

pain inside hospital emergency rooms — has deterred Filipinos from lighting up firecrackers. And hardly anyone thinks of the cost this en-tails: each year the Department of Health (DOH) sets up government hospitals throughout the country to treat firecracker injuries, and all this add up to a sizable amount that the taxpayer ultimately shoul-ders.

At the risk of sounding self-serving and even self-righteous, Dabawenyos have shown that welcoming the New Year without fire-crackers and fireworks is doable. For 15 years we have willingly and resolutely followed the ordinance banning the use of such dangerous noisemakers within city limits. Not everyone has been happy about this to be sure: over the years many Dabawenyos have expressed disappointment that they cannot celebrate the holidays without the light-and-sound spectacle that they have grown up with. Nevertheless we have complied with the directive because we know it redounds to the common good: for 15 years we have had near-zero firecracker-re-lated casualties in the city. It is not a perfect record, but in a country that doesn’t think twice about blowing up one’s hands, that’s as good as it gets. Now if only the rest of the country were willing to follow our example.

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IT is inevitable to have varying opin-ions and beliefs in a multicultural so-ciety with different religions, advoca-

cies, and organizations, and even within those groups there is a spectrum. Not all Christians agree on every issue or are more open to ideas that are different from the value system that is taught to them. That goes the same for Muslims, and people of other faiths. Even atheists within themselves have dissenting opin-ions.

But in this society, it is also a common mindset to “agree to disagree” when two groups or individuals have different be-liefs – to end the conversation with “tol-erating” their perspective as long as they don’t impose their own beliefs upon us. This comes from an underlying assump-tion that what is moral is relative to cul-ture or to the individual and that what might be wrong for us may be right for others and therefore it’s better to respect that difference. That mindset can be harmful for moral progress.

One of the most prominent examples for this is the ever-important debate re-garding the legitimacy of an LGBT iden-

tity and a c c e s s to oth-er rights such as marriage and adop-tion. This is a very sensitive and con-troversial topic that a lot of people don’t like to discuss espe-cially with people who do not share their stance. It seems way easier to just ignore what other people think and live by what you think is right.

The problem here is that LGBT rights (and many other issues) is a discussion about the things that they are allowed to do in this society as enshrined in law and the acceptance of their identity is a huge factor in determining those things. Treat-ing this issue as relative to each person is harmful because it discourages people from talking about it, from being exposed to the different arguments about it, but

most importantly, from being able to change their perspective about it.

Moral relativism is valid only inas-much as it affects the way we make sense of our own experiences but not to the ex-tent that our perspective affects other in-dividuals. That’s why it’s good to respect people who believe a different God from ours or those who don’t believe in a God at all because that question is person-al and spiritual. It doesn’t say anything about how we treat other people.

There are more important situations where convincing others of your own perspective is the right thing to do be-cause it’s what pushes conversations to happen and what exposes invalid from valid arguments.

Furthermore, it is morally inconsis-tent for us to believe in the rights of some people but at the same time be tolerant of others who go against it. Doing that is tantamount to accepting that their rights are negotiable instead of being some-thing that they inherently deserve, re-gardless of the circumstance.

The attitude of constantly avoiding discussions with people in “respect” of

their opinion prevents change from hap-pening and, if anything, even stagnates our efforts towards morally evolving as a society.

During the colonial times, slavery, the act of owning another human being and forcing them to do as commanded, was morally acceptable. The reason there is now a worldwide consensus that it’s wrong and we punish people who still own slaves is because humans who knew better were not afraid to make others un-derstand that it was wrong and eventual-ly fought for it. If we still treated slavery as something relative, we would have al-lowed it to happen in societies that are dominated by a majority that believes it’s OK.

I’m not saying that there are no moral gray areas. In fact, there’s a lot. But there comes a point in which an act, by way of reason and conscience, can be deter-mined as objectively wrong or right, and the only way to find that out, or at the very least, to get closer, is to talk about it, not avoid it, and the only way to actual-ize it is to insist on it, not respect others’ differences.

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MY MILLENNIAL MIND

Don’t agree to disagree

OF the more than two dozen of jour-nalism awards I have received so far, two of those were from the Phil-

ippine Agricultural Journalists, Inc. (PAJ).In 1994, I won the Binhi Award -- as

the trophy is known -- as the Country-side-Based Agricultural Journalist. Two years later, I was honored as the Country-side-Based Agricultural and Environmen-tal Journalist.

After those two accolades, I never heard of the PAJ anymore. It was until two years ago that I learned it has contin-ued recognizing “the continuing efforts of print and broadcast journalists who churn out comprehensive and quality reportage of the major developments, is-sues and concerns in the country’s agri-culture, fisheries, environment, food and agribusiness sectors.”

In this year’s edition, PAJ is again part-nering with the San Miguel Corporation (SMC) in honoring those journalists -- both print and broadcast -- who have ex-celled in reporting those that were men-tioned earlier.

There are a total of 14 individual and institutional categories, according to Noel Reyes, chairman of the contest and PAJ vice president.

Of the eight individual categories, three are considered major awards: Agri-cultural Journalist, Agribeat Reporter and Environment Journalist. Aside from the trophy, the top three winners for each cat-egory will receive cash prize of P50,000, P30,000 and P20,000, respectively.

The other five individual categories are: Agri Photojournalist, Agri News Sto-ry, Agri Feature Story and Environment

Story. Each winner will re-ceive P20,000 cash prize and trophy.

The 2015 Binhi Awards will likewise cite seven groups of me-dia, govern-ment and pri-vate agencies, whose works will be judged as the winners in the fol-lowing constitutional categories: Agri Section of a National Daily Newspaper, Agri Magazine, Agri Newsletter, Agri TV Program, Agri Radio Program, and Agri Info and/or Media Campaign of Govern-ment or Private sector agency. Winners will receive P20,000 cash each and a tro-phy.

In 2014, more than 100 journalists covering the Department of Agriculture (DA) and Department of Environment and Natural Resources, writers and ed-itors of major national publications in Metro Manila, Central and Southern Lu-zon, Visayas, Mindanao, and government agencies like the DA, Philippine Rice Re-search Institute, Bureau of Agricultural Research, and Philippine Carabao Center joined the competition.

In an article, Matilde Maunahan wrote: “The Philippine Agricultural Jour-nalists, Inc., established on September 10, 1976, is the third and only existing local group of agriculture writers in the Philip-pines.” It is the second oldest organization

of journalists in the country, after the Na-tional Press Club.

Among those who formed the organi-zation were the following newsmen and information writers: Ching Ilagan, Max Ballesteros, Jindra Demetrio, Rudy Fer-nandez, Sanny Galvez, Francis de Guzman, Felix Librero, Francisco Rey Pacheco, Lo-renzo Matienzo, Jr., Perla Mojica, Bernar-dita Quimpo, Reynaldo Radan, Rosemarie de los Reyes, Mario Guese Tungol, Benja-min Martinez, and Zosimo Ma. Pablico.

According to Maunahan, PAJ aims to do the following tasks: 1) unite the coun-try’s agricultural writers and communica-tors, 2) strengthen the agricultural jour-nalism profession through seminars and workshops, 3) contribute to agricultural development through the dissemination of vital and relevant information, 4) help improve the communication system for the agriculture and food industries in ac-cordance with the ethics and standards of journalism, and 5) help create an atmo-sphere for better understanding among the stakeholders of agricultural develop-ment, specifically the farmers, govern-ment and consumers.

“The PAJ has evolved into an organiza-tion imbued with social goals and respon-sibilities, foremost of which is an advoca-cy towards policy reforms in the pursuit of rural-based sustainable development. It envisions the broad agriculture sector, including the environment and agrarian sectors, to take center stage in sustained development,” Maunahan wrote.

“This media-based organization be-lieves that it should maintain its relative objectivity by encouraging debates and

critical reportage on issues affecting ag-riculture, environment and agrarian re-form. It aims to serve as catalyst in the process of debates and consensus-build-ing, whereby people are informed of facts, trends and opposing views on issues,” Maunahan added.

Members of the PAJ include agricul-tural editors and reporters from the print and broadcast media, and information writers and officers of government and private agencies involved in agriculture.

“The PAJ has witnessed and helped chronicle agricultural development mile-stones including the dismantling of ag-ricultural monopolies, enactment and implementation of the Philippines’ Com-prehensive Agrarian Reform Program and formal adoption of major macro-econom-ic policy reforms in agriculture,” Maunah-an pointed out.

Today, “the organization faces the challenges of pressing concerns as climate change, environmental degradation and lingering policy issues affecting the food supply chain, with renewed commitment, dedication and resolve to further agricul-tural reportage and advocacy, continuing to serve as catalyst in the development of the sectors of agriculture, environment and the economy as a whole.”

According to Reyes, who was former DA information director, this year’s peri-od starts from November 2014 to October 31, 2015. “This means all entries should have been published, broadcast, and/or implemented during the said 12-month period,” he explained.

Deadline of submitting entries is De-cember 31, 2015.

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Henrylito D. [email protected]

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their ancestral domain hap-pened.

Europa said he also wants the AFP to explain the encamp-ment of the soldiers in the schools in the IPs’ areas.

“Unsay plano nila himon adtong iskwelahan na nang-asunog, nangaguba? (What did they plan to do in the schools which were burned and de-stroyed?)” he said.

He urged all IPs to submit evidences to the lawyers of the IBP so that proper cases can be filed immediately against the perpetrators.

Europa said the evidence the IBP will gather will also be submitted to DepEd so that its officials will be compeleld to explain why they allowed the soldiers to set camp inside the schools.

He added, however, that as of the moment there is no evi-dence against the soldiers.

In statement, the Pasaka Confederation of Lumad Or-ganizations in Southern Mind-anao said the presence of the soldiers in the IP schools and communities has resulted in a spate of human rights viola-tions.

“In Southern Mindanao alone, the Save Our Schools Network has documented 163 cases of attacks on schools as of November 1,” the group said.

It also said the commu-nities were harassed through burning of school buildings, forced closures, and vilification of students and teachers.

It said the IP schools where the soldiers set up camp are Salugpongan Ta ‘Tanu Igkanugon Community Learning Center in Talaingod and Kapalong in Davao del Norte, and schools in Com-postela Valley Province, Davao Oriental, and Davao City.

onment of six months.Earlier, Davao City Police

Office (DCPO) spokesperson Milgrace C. Driz said the city police will not hesitate to ar-

rest all violators of the ordi-nance since it has been exist-ing since 2002.

Driz said all police station commanders have already

been mandated to monitor their respective areas for the possible sneaking in of fire-crackers in the city.

She said the police are

now strengthening the moni-toring in the barangays so that no one will get an opportunity to sneak in firecrackers. AR-MANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.

that can only last for four to six days and additional P150 going to and from the nearest kerosene gas stations.

As a start, Davao Light has provided batteries and three LED lamps each to 24 house-holds in Sitio Indawhong. Pri-or to the turn-over, electrical house wiring, bulb receptacles and convenience outlets were installed to the houses of these beneficiaries. With this, light is just a click away.

The team of the SPU, as headed by its manager Daniel Cabigon, composed of Seve-rino Ando Jr., Rolando Recto, Jonel Padillo, and Ariel Digao tirelessly traveled weekly for two months going to and from Sitio Indawhong to conduct the pre-installation works.

“Visiting the place was never easy as you need to surpass the very bumpy road, which takes us two hours one way to get there every week. But the enthusiasm of the resi-dents and their warm welcome every time we arrive drove us to work double time and finish this project just perfect before Christmas.” shared Severino Ando Jr., Davao Light’s SPU su-pervisor.

Following the same con-cept being implemented in the first three solar charging station projects of Davao Light in three far-flung barangays in Davao City, charging of batter-ies will cost P30, which is good for 40 to 60 days or depending

on the usage. The income that they will raise will be used for the various projects that the community will undertake.

To sustain this, Davao Light has partnered with the Ateneo de Davao University’s Mindanawon Initiative for Cul-tural Dialogue program to help in the capacity building of the residents. A group of men and women from the tribe will be organized to train them how to handle the day to day oper-ations like collection, mainte-nance and other activities nec-essary for the solar charging station. Other related training will follow to help them sus-tain the operations including technical assistance.

“I never expected that this time will come that we will finally experience how it is to have our own electricity. Si-tio Indawhong will never be the same again with the gift that you have offered to us in this season of Christmas. The joy that we have right now is overflowing as it is also the first that our community re-ceived a project. Thank you very much from the bottom of our hearts.”said Ronie Anim, vice-president of the Farmers Association in Sitio Indaw-hong.

Davao Light will continue to identify off-grid far-flung ar-eas to provide them with proj-ects that are timely and neces-sary to help improve the lives of the IP communities.

Rodriguez, chair of the ad hoc committee on the BBL, vowed to pass the bill when Congress resumes session in January. The Senate, on the other hand, failed to deliberate on the Bangsamoro law on its last week of session this December.

Marcos’ letter was in re-sponse ‎to the open letter of the peace panels sent to Congress asking legislators to work for the immediate passage of the draft law on the Bangsamoro.

“Time is of the essence, and opportunity knocks only once,” the GPH and MILF peace panels expressed in the letter. “We are at the cusp of closing a major armed conflict that has divided our people for decades. But we cannot reach our destination without the goodwill and show of states-manship from our leaders in the august halls of Congress,

in whose hands the legislative power lies.”

The peace panels also em-phasized the importance of passing the BBL to continue the decommissioning of MILF forces and weapons, generate positive effects on the succeed-ing administration, and arrest the spread of extremism.

“We ask you, our legisla-tors, to open your hearts and to give our Bangsamoro broth-ers and sisters this one good chance to enjoy the right to peace, and partake of mean-ingful reforms and develop-ment,” the peace panels said.

The positive statement of Sen. Marcos on the passage of the Bangsamoro bill, came weeks ‎after he was quoted in news reports saying that the measure “is dead since Con-gress just ran out of time to pass it.” (OPAPP)

cies (NGAs) and the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI).

“The Program promotes a better enabling environment for local government to pur-sue local economic develop-ment while improving pros-pects for sustainable econom-ic growth in communities,” it said.

The program was de-signed to work on tourism since, as a service based in-dustry, tourism has high po-tential for producing a signif-icant volume of jobs.

In the whole country, partners of LGSP-LED include LGU Alliances in Pangasinan, Metro Naga, Bohol, North-west Leyte, Zamboanga Del Norte, South Cotabato, and Sultan Kudarat. Provinces of Albay, Sorsogon, Guimaras, Il-oilo, Palawan, Aklan, Antique,

Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental, Siquijor, Cebu, and Davao Del Norte are also LG-SP-LED project sites. Most of these sites are tourism devel-opment areas

LGSP-LED website said “LGUs recorded an average of 19% increase in tourist arriv-als between 2013 and 2015, reaffirming that these local communities are desirable places to invest in. There are also up to 3000 new business registrations in these sites, with an average of 196% in-crease compared to 2013 data.”

The program aims to “de-crease the poverty incidence in each project sites. Data on poverty will be part of LG-SP-LED’s next and final re-port, expected to be released in April 2016.” CHENEEN R. CAPON

Light has partnered with the Ateneo de Davao University’s Mindanawon Initiative for Cultural Dialogue program to help in the capacity build-ing of the residents. A group of men and women from the tribe will be organized to train them how to handle the day to day operations like col-lection, maintenance and oth-er activities necessary for the solar charging station. Other related training will follow to help them sustain the op-erations including technical assistance.

“I never expected that this time will come that we will finally experience how it

is to have our own electricity. Sitio Indawhong will never be the same again with the gift that you have offered to us in this season of Christmas. The joy that we have right now is overflowing as it is also the first that our community re-ceived a project. Thank you very much from the bottom of our hearts.”said Ronie Anim, vice-president of the Farmers Association in Sitio Indaw-hong.

Davao Light will continue to identify off-grid far-flung areas to provide them with projects that are timely and necessary to help improve the lives of the IP communities.

DANCE TIME. A mentally challenged person uses his dancing skills to ask for loose coins along Ilustre Street yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

41 people injured so farby firecrackers in R12THE Department of

Health (DOH) in Region 12 has raised concern

over the rising firecracker and fireworks-related injury cases in parts of the region that already reached 41 as of Monday.

Jenny Ventura, nurse co-ordinator of the DOH-12’s “Iwas Paputok” campaign, said such figure is based on reports submitted since Dec. 21 by rural health units with-in the region’s four provinces and five cities.

DOH-12 has set its moni-toring for firecracker and fire-works-related injuries from Dec. 21 until Jan. 5 as part of

this year’s Iwas Paputok cam-paign.

“We recorded a similar number of injury cases for the same period last year and this is a big concern for us since we still have eight more days for our monitoring,” Ventura said in an interview over tele-vision show “Magandang Um-aga South Central Mindanao.”

Citing their records, she said South Cotabato province posted the most number of injury cases with 17, followed by Cotabato City and North Cotabato with six each, this city with five, Sultan Kudarat with four and Sarangani with three.

Most of the victims are children aged 7 to 10, one of whom already lost a finger, while the oldest is 49 years old.

Ventura said the banned firecracker piccolo is still the number one cause of injuries at 34 cases so far.

She said the other injuries were caused by kwitis, Ro-man candle, baby rocket and several undetermined fire-crackers and fireworks.

The official advised par-ents to properly monitor the activities of their children and stop them from buying and using firecrackers.

She noted that some

banned firecrackers, espe-cially piccolo, are currently sold in sari-sari stores within neighborhoods.

“Piccolo is an import-ed item and is one of those banned by Philippine Nation-al Police,” she said.

Instead of buying and using firecrackers and fire-works, Ventura urged resi-dents to focus on other ways of celebrating the holidays, especially the coming New Year.

“There are safer ways of making noises for the New Year like clanging our house-wares and joining dance par-ties,” she said. MindaNews

For our year-end gath-ering, we were led to a con-versation about thanks-giving and what it means to be blessed and give blessing to others. Carla Bonifacio, known to oth-ers as Rica Peralejo, shared with us her own realisa-tions on how gratitude changes lives. “To give thanks, regardless of the

circumstance, does some-thing good to us. It takes our eyes off our present troubles and speaks life and hope into the darkest of situations.” As the year comes to a close, I’d like to take this time to reflect on the many blessings I’ve received in the last 365 days. I’ve al-ways believed that it’s best to greet the new year with gratitude because it puts us in the position of hu-mility and prepares us to receive favour and joy in God’s loving grace as we move forward.

Humility, Favour and Faith To gain that better ap-preciation of every gift we receive, we have to under-stand that we are not per-fect. In some ways, we are vulnerable and incapable. With this, we need to open ourselves to accept favour from other people through means of their own capa-bilities and skills. I for one, used to think that, after having gone through

I’ve always believed that it’s best to greet the new year with gratitude because it puts us in the position of humility and

prepares us to receive favour and joy in God’s loving grace as we

move forward.

BEING PART of the Pursuit Manila community is one of the blessings I received this year. As I progressed to a new life outside Davao, my comfort zone and home for a good 10 years, I found myself yearning for a deeper connection with the community, with my buddies from school and old ac-quaintances, and meet new friends. Pursuit Manila opened its doors for me and there I met new sisters in Christ who not only share my passion for arts and crafts but also that great love for God. Composed of women from different walks of life, what binds this art community together is the language of worship and how we all connect with each other through the works of our hands which we offer unto Him.

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My handmade paper trees together with passion cards by Rhiza Oyos.

Set up for Pursuit Manila’s thanksgiving gathering.

Carla Bonifacio, also known to many as Rica Peralejo, leads the group activity and talks about the attitude of gratitude.

Pursuit Manila gathering.


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Fun, hip and stylish and carefree. Maryjane Black on Girl and Madrid Tan on Guy.

The right step forwardTHE NEW YEAR should start with with the right step forward and a passion to be better. Similarly borne out of a deep passion-ate and artistic heritage, Flossy is a footwear brand that imbibes the quintessential vibe of carefree Ibiza. The footwear of choice by countless bohemians, street artists, and sailing enthusiasts for its sheer com-fort and effortless style, the handmade shoes gained fame as a staple in Ibiza’s vibrant street scene and is now fast becoming a fashion must have for 2016. Fashion-able, vibrant, and hip, Flossy shoes pay homage to the unique and creative individuals that have since fueled the brand’s spirit and with designs that feature eclectic prints and bold colours, Flossy shoes capture every style and personality of today’s discerning fashionistas. The new Flossy boutique is located at 2nd Level, Abreeza Mall, Davao City. Flossy is also available at SM The Block, SM Megamall, Glorietta, Alabang Town Center, and SM Cebu; ResToeRun and Bratpack stores nationwide; www.zalora.com.ph. Follow @flossyfoot-wearph on Facebook and Instagram for your daily dose of free-spirited style and use the hashtag #IamFlossy to let the world know your inner passionate self!

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Get texturized with this snake skin print Gexto Gray.

His and hers, Madrid Tan and Gexto Grey. Cute and clean Arnedo Pastel Blue.

Chic and stylish Petra Black.


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THERE ARE ONLY a few days left in 2015 and, before you know it, it’s a whole new year once again. How about sending off one fabulous year with an equally fabulous party at the Waterfront Insular Hotel Davao? The hotel was so enthused by the concept of the Coachella Music & Arts Festival that we decided to radiate its spirit as we usher in the year 2016. Dubbed as Aqueous: Music & Dance Countdown Party, the event will be emanating a Coachella-inspired theme and will be held at the Garden Pavilion. Guests will be treated to several music genres like rock, indie, pop & Electronic Dance Music or EDMs. Prior to all the excitement, however, a New Year’s Eve Mass will be celebrated at the Garden Area at 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm as it is tradition to thank the Lord for the blessings that was bestowed upon us this past year. Café Uno shall also be serving a gastronomic dinner buffet for only Php 850.00nett per person from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm for those who would prefer to take it easy on the last night of the year. This is a good thing since Aqueous will open its doors at 9:00 pm and will be offering heavy buffet cocktails prepared by the award-winning culinary team that is headed by Executive Chef Victor D. Barangan. Heavy helpings of Beef Gyro, Yakitori, Chori Slidders, Cajun Pasta and a lot more will be sure to satisfy any party-goers appetite. And did we mention that this also come with unlimited

cocktail drinks? Add all that with our Activity Gazebos, a new commodity for this year’s Countdown Party. We will have the Expression Wall, where one can write their resolutions for the

coming year; the Aqueous Salon, where one can get free back massages and have their nails and hair done for a minimal fee; the Aqueous Artistry, where party-goers can get their face painted and henna tattoos; the Aqueous Bar, where all the cocktails and other drinks can be availed; and the guaranteed hit, Vent Your Ire, an activity that entails you to write all your inner feelings that needs release on purchased breakables and throw them to a wall, smashing them into several pieces. Now wouldn’t that be a fresh mood lifter to start off the year? This, along with the phenomenal music, games, prizes and entertainment all await the

THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, Globe Telecom is making local and international communication easier and more affordable as it offers ChatPlus, an all-in-one promo pack that allows customers to enjoy access to top messaging apps and IDD calls, effectively bridging the gap between Globe customers in the Philippines and their loved ones overseas. Without the need for a data subscription or a WiFi connection, Globe prepaid and postpaid customers will be able to use popular chat apps Facebook Messenger, Viber, WhatsApp, Google Messenger, Kakao Talk,

WeChat, and LINE, as well as IDD call minutes to enable international calls from the Philippines to US Mainland and Canada. ChatPlus comes in two variants: ChatPlus 25 which is valid for 1 day with access to the chat apps and 15 IDD minutes and ChatPlus 299 which is valid for 30 days with access to the chat apps and 60 IDD minutes. “The Holidays is definitely a perfect time to reconnect, and this is most especially true for Filipinos whose loved ones are based abroad. With ChatPlus, Globe customers get access to an affordable all-in-one package that will allow them to use their favorite chat apps without the need for Wi-Fi or a data promo as well as international call

minutes to reach out to friends and family members in the US or Canada. Globe is happy to enable affordable, seamless, and worry-free connectivity for those much-cherished Christmas greetings and messages this time of the year,” says Coco Domingo, Globe Vice President for the Roaming and International Business. To subscribe, just dial *143#, choose Roaming & International, and select IDD with Chat. Know more about Globe and the rest of its international offers by visiting http://www.globe.com.ph/international. To learn more about ChatPlus and subscribe in time for Christmas, visit www.globe.com.ph/help/international/idd-with-chat-chatplus.

Waterfront Insular Hotel Davao’s Aqueous countdown to a New Year

Enjoy non-stop messaging, chatting, and international calling with Globe

revelers who will convene at the Waterfront Insular Hotel Davao to welcome the awesome New Year. Tickets are at Php 1,800.00nett per person and guests are encouraged to come in their most Coachella-inspired outfits. For inquiries, reservations and updates on our events, promos and culinary offerings, contact us at (082) 233 2881 to 87 or 300 8881 or visit our website at www.waterfronthotels.com.ph. Like us also on Facebook at www.facebook.com/waterfront.davao and follow us on Instagram and Twitter at WaterfrontDavao.


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single parenthood for 7 years, I am capable of doing everything on my own. Not un-til I got married did I realise that I cannot just mother my child on my own. While independence gave me and my daughter sustenance and secu-rity, I have also come

to realise now how my husband has be-come such a blessing to me in parenting and in my personal growth. At work, af-ter having survived the last 2 years as a one man team, I have now come to see how much more can be done with

extra hands to help you. I’m grateful to have 2 more heads in my team now to help keep the think tank full and brimming with fresh ideas. Faith also prepares us for favour. God works in beautiful ways and He provides for us through differ-

ent means, which sometimes come even before we reach that time of need. We are only to keep our eyes and mind open to see and under-stand His ways of giving.

Give and Receive Thanks “It’s better to give than to receive.” Don’t you think so? There is joy in being able to give favour to others, just as there is love when we receive it. Everyone has needs which we can suffice in our little ways. Be a bless-ing or an answered prayer to some-one today. Thanksgiving is a two-way thing and when we give thanks to some-one, it encourages and blesses that person all the more for his selfless-ness and good intentions. Give thanks and mean it. Do not delay gratitude. You’d be surprised how much it can light up someone’s day. Start fresh with all full heart. Imagine how life can be happier if we all live and breathe the attitude of gratitude.

METRO MOM A1The behind Pursuit Manila, led by Rhiza Oyos (center).

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HEALTHThe morning after

By HENRYLITO D. TACIO

IN the world of arts and letters there have been many famous drunk

geniuses. Dylan Thomas. William Faulkner. Jack Ker-ouac. Hunter S. Thompson. Christopher Hitchens. Even Stephen King, in his mem-oir, admitted that he had become an alcoholic at one point. In the Philippines, Amado V. Hernandez, Blas Ople, and National Artist for Literature Nick Joaquin were all famous for their ca-pacity to imbibe spirits.

But no, this is not about them. It is about what hap-pens the morning after a drinking bout. Yes, it is about hangover.

A hangover is associat-ed with a variety of symp-toms that may include dehydration, fatigue, head-ache, body aches, vomit-ing, diarrhea, flatulence, weakness, elevated body temperature and heart rate, hypersalivation, difficulty concentrating, sweating, anxiety, dysphoria, irrita-bility, , sensitivity to light and noise, erratic motor functions (including trem-or), trouble sleeping, severe hunger, halitosis, and lack of depth perception.

Is there anything you can do about a hangover? Unfortunately, not a whole lot. There is no one thing that cures a hangover ex-cept time. But there are a few things you can do to re-lieve the symptoms, so you can get through the day af-ter as painlessly as possible. Here are some of them – as listed in “The Doctors Book of Home Remedies I and II”:

Drink fruit juice. A drink may be the last thing you want to reach for now, but relief will come faster if this time you drink a large glass of orange juice or to-mato juice. “Fruit juice con-tains a form of sugar called fructose, which helps the body burn alcohol faster,”

explains Dr. Seymour Dia-mond, director of the Dia-mond Headache Clinic in Chicago, Illinois . Both of the fruit juices are also high in vitamin C, which helps min-imize the effects of alcohol.

Get help from honey. “You can help a hangover by eating a slice of bread or some crackers spread with honey – or any other food that’s high in fructose,” Dr. Diamond says. “Honey is the sweetener with the highest concentration of fructose.” Other good sourc-es of fructose are apples, cherries, and grapes.

Sip bouillon. A cup of bouillon is the perfect morning-after meal. It’s light enough for the way you’re feeling, and it can help replenish the salt, po-tassium, and other vitamins and minerals you lose from drinking, says Dr. Diamond.

Avoid coffee. That’s right! That jolt of caffeine may be just what you think you need, but Dr. John Brick, biological psychologist at the Center of Alcohol Stud-ies at Rutgers University in New Jersey, says there is no scientific evidence that caf-feine helps a hangover in any way. “And since coffee is diuretic, it may worsen your already dehydrated state,” he adds.

Replenish your water supply. “The biggest mistake most people make in treat-ing hangovers is not drink-ing enough water,” says Dr. Brick. “Since alcohol is a diuretic that dehydrates the body, I recommend drink-ing water as much as you can before going to bed and then as much as you can the next morning.”

Don’t take aspirin before you imbibe. Despite popu-lar opinion that taking as-pirin before you drink will help you minimize or avoid hangover, just the opposite is true. Scientists at the Al-

cohol Research and Treat-ment Center at the Veterans Administration Hospital in New York City found that taking aspirin before or during drinking increases blood alcohol concentra-tions to induce a quicker and more severe state of intoxication.

But do take aspirin after drinking. If you have a head-ache or a hangover, you can take aspirin but be sure to wait at least four hours after you’ve finished drink-ing. “Aspirin is probably still the best way to treat a hang-over,” says Dr. Brick – but you need to wait a while. Aspirin or similar com-pounds on a booze-both-

ered belly can be irritating.Load up on vitamin C.

Taking vitamin C before drinking has been shown to counteract some of the effects of alcohol in some people. “In our tests, people who took vitamin C before-hand weren’t as severely affected by alcohol as those who didn’t take it,” says Dr. Vincent Zannoni, a profes-sor of pharmacology at the University of Michigan. “Vi-tamin C helps by speeding up alcohol clearance from the body.”

Eat amino acids. Ami-no acids are the building blocks of protein. Like vi-tamins and minerals, they can also be depleted by

use of alcohol. Dr. Kenneth Blum, chief of the Addictive Diseases Division at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center, says that replenishing amino acids plays a role in repairing the raves of a hangover. Eating a small amount of carbohy-drates will help get amino acids back in the blood-stream.

However, the best and only foolproof cure for a hangover is still 24 hours. “Treat your symptoms as best you can,” the home remedies book points out. “Get a good night’s sleep and the next day – hopeful-ly – all will be forgotten.”

A hangover once is a hangover never wanted again. But it doesn’t mean that you have to give up alcohol altogether to have a fun night out turn into a feel-good day after.

“There’s good evidence emerging that the chief cause of hangover is acute withdrawal from alcohol,” says Dr. Mack Mitchell, as-sistant professor of medi-cine at Johns Hopkins Uni-versity. “The cells in your brain physically change in response to the alcohol’s presence, and when the al-cohol’s gone – when your body’s burned it up – you go through withdrawal until those cells get used to doing without the alcohol.”

Couple that with the ef-fects of alcohol has on the blood vessels in your head (they can swell significantly depending on the amount you drink), and you end up living through a day after that you’d rather forget. So how do you avoid it all?

Drink on a full stomach. “This is probably the sin-gle best thing you can do

to reduce the severity of a hangover,” says Dr. Mitchell. “Food slows the absorption of alcohol, and the slower you absorb it, the less al-cohol actually reaches the brain.”

Go for protein-rich or high-fat foods. “Cheese and other foods high in pro-tein stay in your digestive system longer, so there’s something in your stomach to soak up the alcohol,” says Dr. Diamond. The result is a less severe state of intox-ication – and thus less of a hangover the next morning.

Drink slowly. The more slowly you drink, the less alcohol actually reaches the brain – even though you may actually drink more over the long haul. The rea-son, according to Dr. Mitch-ell, is simple math: Your body burns alcohol at a fixed pace – about an ounce an hour. Give it more time to burn that alcohol, and less reaches your blood and brain.

Skip the French fries and nuts. “Salty foods (like those served in most bars) make you thirsty, which makes you drink more,” says Dr. Brick. “The combination of alcohol and salty foods also speeds the dehydrat-ing process, a big factor in hangover.”

Drink the right drinks. Sometimes, it’s not the al-cohol per se that gets you but rather the additives and impurities – called conge-ners – formed during the making of the beverage. Generally, for people sen-sitive to congeners, a good rule of thumb is the dark-er the drink, the cloudier your head will feel the next morning, says Dr. Diamond.

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FORMAL TURNOVER. Davao Light and Power Co. Streetlights and Pole Utilities Department Manager Daniel Cabigon and Community Relations Department Manager Fermin Edillon together with Severino Ando Jr., Rolando Recto, Jonel Padillo, and Ariel Digao formally turn over the Solar Charging station to the residents of Brgy. Salaysay, Sitio Indawhong, Marilog District, Davao City last December 22, 2015. Batteries and LED lamps were also given to the 24 household-beneficiaries.

TESTING NEWLY INTALLED LED LAMPS. Davao Light and Power Co. Community Relations Manager Fermin P. Edillon (2nd from left) and Streetlight and Pole Utility Manager Daniel Cabigon (leftmost) join one of the beneficiaries of the Solar Charging station in Sitio Indawhong in testing the newly installed LED lamp last December 22, 2015.

“THE most rewarding part of a job well done is seeing genu-

ine joy in many faces for a gift that they have been all waiting for years.”

This is what Fermin Edil-lon, Davao Light and Power Co.’s manager for Community Relations, said on December 22, a few days before Christ-mas, after formally turning

over the newly installed solar charging station to the Lumad community in Sitio Indaw-hong, Barangay Salaysay in Marilog District, Davao City.

Around 60 kilometers away from Calinan Proper in Davao City, Sitio Indawhong, which is composed mostly of the Manobo Tribe, is one of the off-grid rural areas within the franchise of Davao Light. The nearest power line to the community is around 20 kilometers away. Their only source of light at night is the bright sky and the light emitted from their kerosene lamps. Without these, Sitio In-dawhong is a mere pitch black

at night.With the newly installed

solar charging station, the residents will now be able to roam around the community at night and enjoy entertain-ment from radio and mini TV sets. They will also no longer have to depend on kerosene lamps where they spend P60 for gas that can only last for four to six days and addition-al P150 going to and from the nearest kerosene gas stations.

As a start, Davao Light has provided batteries and three LED lamps each to 24 house-holds in Sitio Indawhong. Pri-or to the turn-over, electrical house wiring, bulb recepta-

cles and convenience outlets were installed to the houses of these beneficiaries. With this, light is just a click away.

The team of the SPU, as headed by its manager Daniel Cabigon, composed of Seve-rino Ando Jr., Rolando Recto, Jonel Padillo, and Ariel Digao tirelessly traveled weekly for two months going to and from Sitio Indawhong to conduct the pre-installation works.

“Visiting the place was never easy as you need to surpass the very bumpy road, which takes us two hours one way to get there every week. But the enthusiasm of the residents and their warm

welcome every time we arrive drove us to work double time and finish this project just per-fect before Christmas.” shared Severino Ando Jr., Davao Light’s SPU supervisor.

Following the same con-cept being implemented in the first three solar charging station projects of Davao Light in three far-flung barangays in Davao City, charging of batter-ies will cost P30, which is good for 40 to 60 days or depending on the usage. The income that they will raise will be used for the various projects that the community will undertake.

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THE Mayor Peter B. Miguel National Age Group Chess Champi-

onships gets going on January 8-10 at the Gaisano Grand Mall in Koronadal City.

The tournament, aimed at discovering fresh talents in the sport of chess who will be the country’s future Grand-masters, will pit the country’s best woodpushers in their re-spective divisions. It will also serve as the qualifying event

for the ASEAN Age Group + Chess Championships set in Pattaya, Thailand next year.

National Chess Federation of the Philippines (NCFP) ar-biter and Region 11 director James Infiesto said the tour-nament will have the follow-ing categories: U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 U10 08) for Boys and Girls.

“It promises to be a tough tournament to kick off the year with a bang,” said Infie-

sto.The Mayor Miguel chess-

fest is an official event of Koronadal’s Hinugyaw Festi-val which will be celebrated on January 10.

Those who are interested in joining may contact Koro-nadal Sports Coordinator Tony Aguilar (09199988908), Infiesto (09336635401) and Angie Mortos, NCFP, at (09228930866 and 09985346842). (NJB)

Mayor Miguel chessfest set Jan. 8-10

MAYOR PETER B. MIGUEL

WORLD Boxing Orga-nization Asia Pacif-ic minimumweight

champion Vic Saludar who is ranked No. 4 in the world gets the biggest chance of his ca-reer when he battles Japan’s world champion Kosei Tana-ka, the 20 year old youngster with a record of 5-0 with 2 knockouts on New Year’s Eve in Nag oya, Japan.

One of the newest addi-tions to the famed ALA Gym in Cebu, Saludar says he has been “more focused in train-ing now because I know this is the biggest fight of my ca-

reer.” The 25 year old Saludar

who has a record of 11-1 with 9 knockouts to his name said this is a big chance for him as his dream is to become a world champion which is the reason he turned pro after a highly promising amateur ca-reer.

Should Saludar win he will join Donnie “Ahas” Nietes, the WBO light flyweight cham-pion as the second world title holder from the ALA Gym.

Asked about possible ad-justments against the Japa-nese world champion, Saludar

indicated the adjustments will be done inside the ring which will depend “on how Tanaka fights.”

He revealed he had dis-cussed strategy with his coach and the plan is to |always be in a position in front of him so I would always be ready to strike anytime and to make fast adjustments.”

Saludar believes his ad-vantage is that Tanaka is not a powerful puncher and he would “focus on that weak-ness and will try to catch him if there’s an opening. At the same time I have to be care-

ful against his punches that sometimes come quickly.”

Tanaka in only his second fight as a pro fought world-rat-ed Filipino Ronelle Ferreras and won a comfortable vic-tory who demonstrated his speed and skills despite hav-ing to take some solid body shots on the way to an eight round unanimous decision on March 16, 2014.

Tanaka won the vacant world title with a stunning twelfth round unanimous de-cision over Mexico’s favored Julian Yedras on May 30 this year.

MICHAEL Jordan paid tribute to Kobe Bryant in

a pre-game video before Monday night’s matchup between the Los Angeles Lakers and Charlotte Hor-nets.

Jordan, who owns the Hornets, did not attend the game but made sure the retiring Bryant got a warm send off from the Charlotte organization.

“I’m a big fan,” said Jor-dan. “I still love watching

you play.”In the video, Jordan de-

scribes the 37-year-old Bry-ant as a “big help to the game of basketball.” He then refers to him as a little brother.

“We are very proud of what you have accom-plished over the years. Have a great game. But not too good .”

Jordan competed against Bryant in the latter part of his brilliant NBA ca-reer.

Bryant announced re-

cently he would retire at the end of the 2015–16 season.

Meanwhile, Bryant was stunned to learn he’s the runaway leader in fan vot-ing for the 65th NBA All-Star Game as he battles through his 20th and final season with a lackluster Los Ange-les Lakers team.

Amid debate earlier this month on whether he deserved an 18th all-star appearance, Bryant said it would be “great” to play once more in the mid-sea-

son exhibition, but said he’d support the showcase no matter what.

When early returns were announced on Fri-day, Bryant led the likes of reigning Most Valuable Player Stephen Curry of Golden State and Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James.

“I was like, ‘What the hell?’” the 37-year-old said. “Shocked doesn’t do it jus-tice. It’s exciting. What can I say? Just thankful.”

KYRIE Irving sank a 3-pointer as the shot clock expired

with 21.9 seconds to play and the Cleveland Cava-liers held on to hand the Phoenix Suns their fifth loss in a row, 101-97 on Monday night.

Brandon Knight’s 3-pointer cut Cleveland’s lead to 96-95 with 1:27 to go and, after LeBron James missed a jump-er, Knight sank anoth-er 3-pointer but it was

waved off because of an offensive foul against the Suns’ Tyson Chandler.

The Cavs almost turned it over on their next possession but got the ball to Irving, who made a jumper from be-yond the top of the key in his fourth game since returning from knee sur-gery.

Irving also hit a 12-foot floater to put Cleve-land ahead 96-92 with 1:44 to go.

Cleveland Cavaliers' Kyrie Irving (2) drives past Phoenix Suns' Jon Leuer (30) and Alex Len (21), of Ukraine, to score during the first half.

TITLE SHOT. World Boxing Organization Asia Pacific minimumweight champion Vic Saludar (right) who is ranked No. 4 in the world gets the biggest chance of his career when he battles Japan’s world champion Kosei Tanaka (left).

Irving takes charge as Cavs squeak past Suns

Saludar faces Tanaka on NY eve for world title

Jordan praises ‘little brother’ Kobe

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TRIPLE DOUBLE PERFORMANCE. Steph Curry pumps himself up after scoring another basket.


TRIPLE DOUBLESTEPHEN Curry overcame a

slow start to score 23 points as part of his sixth career tri-

ple-double and the Golden State Warriors won for the 29th time in 30 games this season, 122-103, over the Sacramento Kings on Monday night (Tues-day, Manila time).

Curry added a ca-reer-high 14 rebounds and 10 assists, Klay Thompson

scored 29 and Dray-mond Green had 25

for the Warriors, who have won 33 straight regular-season

home games.Omri Casspi

s c o r e d a career-high 36 points, tying Mike Bibby’s team re-cord with nine 3-pointers for Sacra-mento. But the Kings still lost their 11th straight against their North-ern California rivals.

The Kings were excited to have a healthy DeMarcus Cousins for the first time in three meetings with the Warriors this season. But the All-Star big man played less than 13

minutes before getting ejected. Af-ter sitting out most of the first half in foul trouble, Cousins was upset after getting called for his fifth foul in the third quarter.

Monty McCutchen then called Cousins for a technical, setting him off on a tirade that led to another technical called by Mitchell Ervin and an ejection. Cousins had to be restrained by teammates before be-ing escorted off the court.

Curry made three of the four free throws to start a 15-0 run that turned a two-point deficit into a 79-66 lead for the Warriors. Cur-ry’s 3-pointer just before the third quarter ended put Golden State up 90-75.

After trailing early, the Kings went on a 28-7 spurt to build a 41-30 lead on one of Casspi’s seven first-half 3-pointers. But Casspi’s sharp shooting seemed to wake up Curry, who missed his first six shots and was scoreless for the first 20:44 of the game.

Curry ended that drought with a 3-pointer that started a stretch of him scoring 17 straight Gold-en State points in the final 3:16 of

the half. Curry hit five triples and a layup during that span to the de-light of the home crowd.

Casspi hit four 3-pointers in that same stretch to help Sacramen-to take a 61-58 lead at the break.TIP-INS

Kings: The losing streak is their longest in the series since the Cin-cinnati Royals dropped 13 straight to the Philadelphia Warriors in 1959-60. ... Cousins and Rajon Ron-do each got called for three fouls in the first quarter and sat out the en-tire second quarter. ... Kosta Koufos missed the game with an illness.

Warriors: McCutchen called Draymond Green and interim coach Luke Walton for technical fouls in the first quarter. Jason Thompson got called for one in the fourth. ... Coach Steve Kerr, sidelined since training camp because of compli-cations following back surgery, is scheduled to join the team on a road trip to Texas later this week. ... Festus Ezeli left the game with a sore left foot. ... Leandro Barbosa (left shoulder sprain) and Harrison Barnes (sprained left ankle) missed the game.

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