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P 15.00 • 20 PAGESwww.edgedavao.netVOL. 8 ISSUE 80 • THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2015
CHECK your facts first.This was the advice
of Councilor Mary Joselle Villafuerte to a columnist of a local paper who went ballistic against resident doctors in her
recent commentary.Villafuerte, also a medi-
cal doctor, said the columnist, Fely V. Sicam, was wrong in bringing up an issue against a resident doctor in her column.
She said Sicam should not have called resident doctors as fake doctors.
“She needs to get her facts about credentials of the doctor. If you say resident doctor, he or
she had already finished medi-cine, done with the internship, already passed the board exam and now specializing,” Villa-fuerte said.
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DOCTORS ENRAGEDVillafuerte: Check your facts first
P2 P3Ramirez says Duterte can’t turn down people MinDA: Power supply remains tight
EDGE Serving a seamless society
DAVAO
Injured Junmar out of Gilas?
EDGEDAVAOSports
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Councilor Mary Joselle Villafuerte
By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO [email protected]
INSIDE EDGE
PLAYING DAMPA. Children who offer carwash services along Ecoland Drive play “dampa,” a Filipino game which is played with the use of rubber bands, atop a concrete pavement while waiting for customers yesterday. Child labor cases in the country continue to increase as poverty forced children to earn a living and help their families. Lean Daval Jr.
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NEWS
DAVAO City Mayor Ro-drigo R. Duterte cannot turn his back on the peo-
ple that he will ultimately de-cide to heed their snowballing clamor and run for President in the 2016 elections.
This is what Sports Devel-opment Division (SDD) offi-cer-in-charge William “Butch” Ramirez believes when asked whether Duterte will seek the presidency in the wake of the mayor’s repeated denials that he is not running for the coun-try’s highest post next year.
“He will run if he can sense the enormous support of the
masses,” said Ramirez, who has been accompanying Dute-rte in his Listening Tour cam-paign around the country to promote federalism.
Ramirez said as a volun-teer of Duterte, he saw for himself how the people are throwing their support and showing their love to the local chief executive.
He said that mass support was reflective in the poll sur-veys conducted by Pulse Asia and Social Weather Station (SWS).
Ramirez said he has also discovered that aside from
being the champion of feder-alism, Duterte has also become the voice of the masses in all his speaking engagements and media interviews.
“There is now hopeless-ness among the people, and he is speaking in behalf of the masses,” Ramirez said of Dute-rte.
The mayor, Ramirez said, does not engage in dirty poli-tics like hitting other presiden-tial contenders, nor making promises to the people that he will bring them manna from heaven.
“He has become the voice
of the Filipino masses who are tired of criminality, corruption, the drug menace and even the worsening traffic,” Ramirez said.
Also, Ramirez pointed out that Duterte enjoys a trust rat-ing of 80 percent in Mindanao alone, underscoring his effec-tiveness as a leader.
Today, Duterte will be the guest of a forum organized by the Manila Bulletin in Intra-muros . He will also appear in the ANC talk show with lady journalists Lynda Jumilla and Karen Davila in the weeks to come.
RODY WILL RUNRamirez says Duterte can’t turn down people
THE chair of the com-mittee on Indigenous People of the House of
Representatives called the IP evacuees in Davao City as ‘mo-dus bakwits.’
In yesterday’s AFP-PNP Press Corps media forum, North Cotabato Rep. Nancy Catamco said she is wondering why there were many IPs who evacuated to the UCCP Haran over alleged military harass-ments.
“According to our reports,
1,280 lumads are there and we have not seen any lumads walking from the hinterlands knocking in Haran because they were threatened in their areas,” she said.
“We knew that it is manip-ulated. We knew anaay nag hakot sa ilaha, nagbutang sa ilaha sa sakyanan og gidala sila sa Haran (somebody fetched them, made then ride the vehi-cle and brought to Haran),” she added.
Catamco broke down in
tears during the forum.Catamco said if these in-
digenous peoples are really evacuees they should not have been organized as what she noted during her visit last week.
She said she knew non-government organiza-tions (NGO) were behind the evacuation of the IPs for their propaganda.
Catamco said during the dialogue with the IPs last July 15, she was not able to talk
with the tribal leaders because the one who talked to her was the spokesperson of the NGO.
But, Bayan Muna Rep. Car-los Isagani Zarate strongly re-acted to Catamco’s statement.
“She is now misrepre-senting the facts as it really happened because it exposes her true color as a reaction-ary, who acted like a demigod browbeating and imposing her will on the lumads,” Zarate said in a text message.
DAVAO City Mayor Ro-drigo R. Duterte on Tuesday said he will
be forced to seek the removal of Land Transportation Fran-chising and Regulatory Board (LFTRB) director Benjamin Go from President Aquino himself if he continues not to report for work.
“He has to account for the people who are paying him,” Duterte said after the oath-taking of the officers of the Philippine Associa-tion of Real Estate Boards,
Inc.(PAREB) - Davao Board of Realtors Foundation, Inc. (DBRFI) at the SMX Conven-tion Center,
Duterte said removing Go will solve the suffering of the clients transacting business with LTFRB 11.
“We can only solve what ills this community here. I said to all national offices that I im-posed discipline in Davao City government offices in serving the people,” Duterte said.
He added that if these of-
THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) 11 is seeking
the help of the deputy mayors of all Muslim tribes in their campaign against illegal drugs in Davao City.
PDEA 11 assistant region-al director Joel B. Plaza said he will call for a dialogue with the deputy mayors as part of the priority program of new-ly-installed PDEA 11 director Adzhar Albani in addressing the drug problem in the city.
“Based on our arrests, Muslims have considerable numbers in our records that is why he is asking for the help of their leaders,” Plaza said in yesterday’s AFP-PNP press corps forum at the Davao City Police Office (DCPO) confer-ence room.
Plaza, however, said the Muslims involved in the illegal drugs trade are not from the
city because most of the sus-pects came from Marawi, Lan-ao del Norte and Cotabato City.
“These are the people who are supplying drugs in the city,” he said.
PDEA, along with other law enforcement agencies in the city such as Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) and Davao City Police Office (DCPO) will con-duct more anti-illegal drugs operations in the next days.
Ealrier, Albani said PDEA and other law enforcers are now staging the barangay clearing operations as a con-tinuing effort in the fight against illegal drugs.
Tapping the barangay offi-cials in the anti-drug drive, he said, is necessary as they are the ones who know the activi-ties of the people living in their respective areas. Armando B. Fenequito Jr.
By CHARLES RAYMOND A. MAXEY
Rep. Catamco calls IP evacuees ̀ modus bakwits’By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO JR.
Mayor to ask Go’s removal
PDEA 11 seeking asistanceof deputy mayors vs drugs
THUMBS UP. Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte flashes a thumbs up sign with the officials of the Philippine Association of Real Estate Boards, Inc.(PAREB) - Davao Board of Realtors Foundation, Inc. (DBRFI) led by DBRFI president and Chairman of the Board Patricia Paula Porras-de Jesus (rightmost) and PAREB immediate past presi-
dent Engr. Leonora P. Gutierrez (second from right) during the oath taking ceremonies of real estate professionals and induction ceremonies of new DBRFI members at SM Lanang Premier’s SMX Convention Center on Tuesday night. Lean Daval Jr.
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MINDANAO’S power situation continued to be tight as the water
levels in Lake Lanao and Agus and Pulangi dams continue to drop in the past few days, breaching critical points, the Mindanao Development Au-thority (MinDA) reported.
“The water level of Lake Lanao is at 699.24 meters above sea level (masl) as com-pared to the previous 699.26 on 17 July 2015. The normal high water level for the lake is at 701.10 masl, while the minimum operating levels is at 699.15 masl,” MinDA said in a statement.
Data from the National Power Corporation (NAPO-COR) Mindanao Generation as of July 21 also showed that the water levels in Agus and Pulangi were also reaching the critical point.
“The water level of Agus 4 stands at 358.31 masl, which
is nearing its minimum oper-ating level of 357 masl, and is lower as compared to 358.88 masl a couple of days ago. The dam has a normal high wa-ter level of 359 masl,” MinDA said.
Meanwhile, Pulangi 4’s water level is at 280.40 masl as compared to the previous 281.02 masl. The dam, which is located in Maramag, Bukid-non, has a normal high water level of 285 masl and mini-mum operating level of 282 masl. It is currently churning out just 20 MW out of 250 MW capacity, largely on ac-count of siltation.
“The low water levels of the dams, which provide around half of Mindanao’s power supply, has brought down the capacity of the hydropower plants of the Agus-Pulangi Hydropower Complexes,” the MinDA said as monitored by the Mindan-
ao Power Monitoring Com-mittee (MPMC).
This resulted to lower power supply in areas in Min-danao, MinDA added.
MPMC also attributed the lower power supply of Mind-anao to the preventive main-tenance shutdown (PMS) of the 105 MW Unit 2 of the 210 MW STEAG coal fired power plant of State Power Inc. (SPI) in Misamis Oriental.
STEAG communication officer Jerome R. Soldevilla told Edge Davao that the Unit 2 has been on PMS since 18 July 2015 and is expected to get back online on 16 August 2015.
“This was planned ear-ly this year and coordinated with NAPOCOR, Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Man-agement (PSALM), and the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP),” Sol-devilla said.
As of 1:00 p.m. yesterday, the NGCP noted that Mindan-ao has a power deficiency of -248 MW.
“This prompted Distri-bution Utilities and Electric Cooperatives to undertake measures as necessary such as voluntary load curtailment, activation of the Interruptible Load Program (ILP) and tap-ping of embedded modular generator sets,” MinDA added.
Based on the latest mon-itoring of the MPMC, rotation brownouts for each Distri-bution Utilities and Electric Cooperatives in Mindanao are averaging at one to four hours per feeder, it said.
MinDA said the Zambo-anga City Electric Cooperative (ZAMCELCO) is implement-ing one of the longest rota-tional brownouts at a maxi-mum of nine hours per feeder, an average of seven hours,
DAVAO City Mayor Rodri-go R. Duterte is fuming mad over the dumping
of garbage in the Philippines that he is now urging Presi-dent Aquino to lodge a diplo-matic protest against the Can-ada, the source of the 1,300 tons of trash.
Duterte said the dumping of garbage in the country by the Canadian government was “a derogation of national dig-nity” that Malacañang must not take sitting down.
At least, 26 container vans of garbage are already in a landfill in Tarlac, Aquino’s home province.
At the same time, Duter-te also wrote the Office of the Ombudsman asking for the filing of criminal and adminis-trative charges against the Bu-reau of Customs (BoC) officials for allowing the entry into the
country of around 1,300 tons of imported garbage from Canada.
“I told the Ombudsman, you can dismiss them sum-marily,” Duterte said during the recent groundbreaking of a public safety complex in Cabantian, Buhangin District.
The waste materials, squeezed and squashed in-side 55 container vans from Canada reportedly entered the country in May and July 2013 and were declared and labeled as plastic scrap materials for recycling.
After a thorough inspec-tion, BoC officials discovered that the containers were filled with garbage and seized it for being misdeclared. It has been lingering at the Bureau of Cus-toms since then until it was re-cently transported in a landfill
By CHARLES RAYMOND A. MAXEY
Rody wants diplomatic protestlodge vs Canada over garbage
MinDA: Power supply remains [email protected]
By CHENEEN R. CAPON
NORTH Cotabato Rep. Nancy Catamco took exception to the state-
ments issued by Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte accusing indigenous peoples (IPs) at the UCCCP Haran as having influenced by commu-nists.
Catamco said she was hurt by the mayor’s statements and branded these as “irresponsi-ble.”
“How can you say all lumads there belong to the left?” Catamco asked Duterte, saying she was angered read-ing at the article reporting what Duterte had said to the media.
“You are mocking our tribe. Sobra sobra na po ang pang lalait, pagdaog-daog, Kung in-ani ang statement then you as
a mayor anong dapat gawin? It’s like saying na surrender na lang nato sila?” Catamco said.
In a press conference Wednesday morning, Catam-co expressed to the media her dismay Duterte.
“If it was really said by the mayor, but I guess the mayor will not say a very irresponsi-ble statement like this,” Catam-co said.
She will ask the National Commission on Indigenous People (NCIP) to issue a state-ment concerning Duterte’s statements.
But, when Catamco met Duterte Tuesday night she said the mayor promised to issue a disclaimer.
It is now Duterte’s respon-sibility to explain the matter, according to her.
A DATU from Talaingod, Kapalong, Davao del Norte has threatened to
declare pangayaw if the lumad bakwits at the UCCP Haran will be prevented from returning to their place.
Datu Lumansad Sibogan of the Manobo tribe on Wednes-day said that by hook or by crook they will bring back the lumads to their place in Talain-god today.
Sibogan said that if these lumads will be forced to stay in Haran they will declare pan-gayaw.
He said that if they will fol-low the culture of lumads, the counsel of elders will discuss the issue.
But, in the case of the bak-wits, Sibogan said the support groups are the ones talking about the issue.
However, Sibogan clarified
that the pangayaw or tribal war is their last option if the support groups will contin-ue to stop the lumads from coming back to their place. Sibogan also claimed that it is not the will of the lumads to stay in UCCP Haran, rather the support groups which con-vinced them to evacuate from their place.
On the other hand, the Na-tional Commission on Indige-nous People (NCIP) of Davao del Norte officer-in-charge Emmanuel Gacal said they are appealing to allow the lumads to return to their place.
“Kung hindi po kami makapasok, sana payagan na makapagusap-usap ang mga elders na walang intervention from the support groups,” Ga-cal said.
On June 15, a dialogue was
Catamco hurt by Rody’s statements vs lumads
Datu warns of ̀ pangayaw’over UCCCP lumad issue
By FUNNY PEARL A. GAJUNERA
SAFE. Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) city director Edwin Banquerigo (third from right) joins durian candy processors and manufacturers of locally-produced delicacies in reiterating their products as safe for human consumption during a press briefing at the DTI office yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.
CRYING NANCY. Chairperson of the committee on Indigenous People in House of Representative North Cotabato second district Rep. Nancy Catamco cries while appealing to the Lumad evacuees in UCCP to return to their places. Catamco also appealed to the militant groups who are allegedly behind the so-called ‘modus evacuation’ not to meddle in today’s dialogue so that the IPs will return home peacefully. Armando B. Fenequito Jr.
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SUBURBIA
THE local government unit of Tagum City re-cently made headway
in the over-all rankings of the Most Competitive Component Cities in the country.
The city, which was ranked the 60th most com-petitive component city during last year’s summit, gained major points to be de-clared the over-all 8th Most Competitive Component City during the 3rd Regional Com-petitiveness Summit, held on July 16, 2015 at Pasay City, Philippines.
This year’s rankings of 978 municipalities and 142 cities, which include Highly Urbanized Cities as well as
108 Component Cities, was done using the Cities and Mu-nicipalities Competitiveness Index, a system developed by the National Competitiveness Council of the Philippines (NCC), through the Regional Competitiveness Commit-tees, with the assistance of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
According to the official website of the NCC, the cit-ies and municipalities are ranked on their competi-tiveness based on an overall competitiveness score. The overall competitiveness score is the sum of scores on three main pillars which pool data
from several sub-indicators. The three main pillars are: economic dynamism, gov-ernment efficiency and infra-structure.
The City of Tagum, ranked under the Independent Com-ponent and Component Cit-ies Category, was shown to be the 3rd most competitive component city on the pillar of Economic Dynamism, was ranked 34th on the pillar of Government Efficiency and was the 21st on the pillar of Infrastructure. The total score of 43.1699 garnered by the city on all three pillars made it possible for Tagum to be declared as the 8th Over-all Most Competitive Component
THE secretary to the city mayor was seriously wounded in an attack
staged by unidentified mo-torcycle-riding assailants at mid-afternoon on Tuesday.
Aniceto “Boy” Rasalan sustained gunshot wounds in his face and body but survived the attack.
Reports said Rasalan was driving a government-owned Mitsubishi L-300 van along Sinsuat Avenue toward the city hall.
As he approached the corner of San Isidro Street gunmen aboard a “skeleton” modified motorbike opened fire at close range using .45 caliber pistols.
His van bumped another vehicle at the front after he pressed his vehicle’s acceler-ator.
He was brought to a pri-
vate hospital.Cotabato City Mayor Japal
Guiani said Rasalan’s condi-tion had stabilized and he was brought out of the intensive care unit by 4 p.m.
He described Rasalan as a hardworking city government employee who had no person-al armed escorts having no known enemy.
“He is just focused on his works as secretary; he is not involved in any political activ-ity of the city,” Guiani said of Rasalan.
The mayor said he direct-ed the city police to investi-gate deeper and identify the perpetrators as soon as pos-sible.
The local police were yet to issue a statement on the possible motive of the inci-dent. (Ferdinandh Cabrera/MindaNews)
PAST a crisis period badly characterized by a rival group, Davao del Norte
Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Dan-eco, Inc.) registered a whooping increase of average P264.78 mil-lion or 67 percent monthly from the period August 2014 to June 2015.
Daneco OIC finance manager Malou Impuesto said that from July 2012 to July 2014 the electric cooperative posted only an aver-age of P158.58 million monthly.
Impuesto delineated the period of low collection start-ing when the rival group Dane-co-CDA appeared to challenge Daneco, Inc. aka Daneco-NEA up to the time of when the court gave cease and desist order against Daneco-CDA.
Daneco officials bared Dane-co’s financial and organizational status to the City Council in ses-sion last Monday.
Impuesto said that Daneco’s power obligations have been set
current with the electric cooper-ative able to pay on due date its ancillary power suppliers, the Aboitiz-owned Therma Marine, Inc. (TMI), Engineering Equip-ment Inc. (EEI) Power Corp. and the Misamis Oriental-based FDC power firm except the main sup-plier PSALM.
Daneco has still a balance of the outstanding obligations to PSALM worth P828.4 million, of which P746.9 million, based on June 2015 billing, being sought for restructuring.
The Daneco board of direc-tors has a pending application to PSALM for five-year restruc-turing of the balance obligations, she said.
She added that Daneco might be given favorable consid-eration by PSALM knowing that a financially beset electric co-operative in Cebu province was recently granted by PSALM of a two-year moratorium.
THE Tagum City Police Office has a new police chief who is expected to
continue the crusade for gen-uine peace, safety and security for the city.
Police Supt. Lito E. Patay took the leadership of PNP Tagum effective July 20, 2015, replacing Police Supt. Solo-mon de Castilla who is now assigned at the Philippine Na-tional Police (PNP) Davao del Norte headquarters.
Mayor Allan L. Rellon wel-comed this change of leader-ship in the city’s police force, stating that this ushered in a new chapter in the city’s peacekeeping efforts.
“I will be leading group of
policemen assigned here long time ago, not another unit of police officers, who will be tak-ing over the responsibilities in peacekeeping in the city,” Po-lice Supt. Patay stressed in his speech who also challenged his men to do their best.
“We are hired, trained and paid for it to serve the ma-jority,” he said during the turn-over rites held at Tagum City Police Station Chapel last July 20, 2015 that was witnessed by local government officials and the top brass of the prov-ince’s police force.
Patay assures Tagumen-yos under his leadership the rights of every individual will be continually respected and
likewise asked the cooper-ation of the public for them to effectively carry out their mandate in securing the pub-lic.
The new chief of police also commended Police Supt. de Castilla for his two years of successful service in Tagum’s post, highlighting the notable achievements of PNP Tagum under de Castilla’s leadership.
On his part, Mayor Rellon thanked de Castilla for two years of being partner in mak-ing the City safe for everyone and welcomed the new police chief, saying that “nothing is impossible to curb criminali-ties if we work together.” Gle-iza Delgado/CIO Tagum
MESSAGE. The newly installed Chief of Police, PSupt. Lito E. Patay delivered his message to public during the ceremonial turnover last July 20, 2015 at Tagum City Police Station Compound. “I will be leading group of policemen assigned
here long time ago, not another unit of police officers, who will be taking over the responsibilities in peacekeeping in the city,” Police Supt. Patay stressed in his speech who also challenged his men to do their best. Leo Timogan/CIO Tagum
NEW PNP CHIEF. Newly-appointed Philippine National Police (PNP) Tagum City Chief of Police Lito Patay (1st from right) exchanges pleasantries with outgoing PNP Tagum Chief Solomon de Castilla (1st from left) during
the ceremonial turnover last July 20, 2015 at Tagum City Police Office Compound. Witnessing the ceremony is Davao del Norte Police Provincial Chief Samuel Gadin-gan. Leo Timogan/CIO Tagum
Tagum takes giant leapin competitiveness rating
Mayor’s secretary survives slay try
Daneco’s monthly collection up by P265 M after crisis time
PNP Tagum has new cop chief
City for 2015.The major winners of the
third installment of the Re-gional Competiveness Sum-mit include Davao del Sur as the Most Competitive Prov-ince; Mambajao, Camiguin as the Most Competitive 3rd to 6th Class Municipality; Gen-eral Trias, Cavite as the Most Competitive 1st to 2nd Class Municipality; Naga City as the Most Competitive Component City; and Manila as the Most Competitive Highly Urban-ized City. (Richi D. Gulle/ CIO-Tagum) FDANECO’S, 10
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ECONOMY
MATINA ENCLAVES VIP CARD LAUNCH. Escandor Development Corporation (Esdevco) president Glenn Y. Escandor sits with members of the Escandor family during the launching of the Matina Enclaves VIP Card at the
Royal Mandaya Hotel ballroom. With him are: daughter Irina Glenne, wife Michelle, son Francis Gabriel, mother Vioeta and brother Gerome. Standing behind them is celebrity host Giselle Sanchez. Lean Daval Jr.
DAVAO City’s first mall-based barber-shop Rocky’s will be
expanding its operations to General Santos and Cagay-an de Oro this year.
‘We are planning to in-vest an initial of P1.5 mil-lion for each shop,” Rocky’s Barbershop manager Tim Gempesaw told reporters yesterday.
Aside from these two cities, Rocky’s, which start-ed in 1996 at Victoria Plaza, might also expand in a mall in Butuan City.
“We’re still under nego-tiation with the mall own-er,” the 42-year old Gempe-saw added.
The shop’s expansion will still be mall-based in other cities, according to him.
Gempesaw said setting the shops inside the malls allow their personnel to fo-cus on services that ranges from the basic haircut to advance services like hair treatment, fashion color, and hair spa, all for men.
However, even mothers can be still pampered while waiting their boys to finish
their hair pampering expe-rience.
“All our branches and incoming shops have nail care services like manicure and pedicure,” Gempesaw said.
Expanding Rocky’s Bar-bershop, he said, would not only mean growth to the once small barbershop, but also bringing and continu-ing tradition in other places outside Davao City.
He said the five exist-ing branches of Rocky’s Barbershop, especially the one in Victoria Plaza, have turned simple hair cut to family affair on weekends.
“Until now you can still find fathers and sons, even their grandfathers, have their haircut services at once,” Gempesaw said.
Some branches of Rocky’s even turn into day-care centers because moth-ers can just leave their sons there and shop or go to the grocery without any fear.
Challenged by the open-ing of Manila-based hair sa-lons and increasing rental fees, Gempesaw said their patrons as well as their off-
Rocky’s to expand [email protected]
By CHENEEN R. CAPON
spring continue to be the blood of their operation.
He said he was once enticed to the possibility of earning more by converting the barbershop into salon for both men and women.
But, the eagerness to re-tain the tradition and main-tain the tagline which it’s known for “ang barbershop ng tunayna lalaki” pushed him to stay as a barbershop.
He admitted that the
shop’s income could double or triple if converted to a salon but this would mean loss of “tambayan” and fast and efficient service to their patrons.
Gempesaw said with
only a year left before their 20th anniversary, Rocky’s Barbershop will continue and improve its services which originated from a barbershop on the second floor of Victoria Plaza.
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A MINDANAO lawmaker hailed President Benig-no Simeon Aquino III for
signing into law two landmark measures that aim to boost the country’s economic growth through fair competition and lib-eralized shipping industry.
In a fitting ceremony in Malacañang attended by leaders of both chambers of Congress, the President signed on Tuesday the Philippine Competition Act and the Foreign Ships Co-Load-ing Act that amended the 50-year old Cabotage Law.
Davao del Norte First Dis-trict Rep. Anthony del Rosario sees the new laws are “a game changer” in the Philippine econ-omy.
The legislator, who is among the principal authors of the an-ti-trust law, said the measure will greatly boost the country’s pre-paredness for the ASEAN eco-nomic integration in December.
He is happy that the oldest economic bill was finally passed into law to level the playing field
and protect consumers, besides allowing the country to partake of the untold benefits of global-ization.
“The comprehensive com-petition law will allow us to take advantage of the opportunities brought about by the ASEAN market integration,” he beamed.
Under the law, a Philippine Competition Commission will be established to prosecute those engaged in unfair and deceptive trade practices.
Entities guilty of engaging in unfair business practices will also be penalized with fines reaching up to P250 million, with amounts adjusted for in-flation every five years. Violators may also face up to seven years in prison.
As co-author of the amend-ments to the Cabotage Law, del Rosario further revealed the act aims to promote competition in the shipping industry by allow-ing foreign vessels to transport passengers and cargoes be-tween ports within the domestic
COMPETITION ACT SIGNING. President Benigno Simeon Aquino III, seated center, Senate President Franklin Drilon, and House Speaker Feliciano Bel-monte, together with Davao del Norte 1st District Congressman Anthony
del Rosario, center standing, and other national officials during the signing of the Philippine Competition Act and the Foreign Ships Co-Loading Act in Malacanang. AGR FB photo
OPPOSITORS to the P17-billion Davao Sasa Port modernization
project can now lean on to the newly-enacted law Philippine Competition Act to further ad-vance their cause.
Peter T. Laviña said the newly-signed Republic Act No. Republic Act No. 10667 known as the Philippine Com-petition Act, “should imme-diately be applied in the case of the Davao Sasa Port, which the government intends to give to a monopoly.’
“I welcome the signing of the anti-competition law by President Benigno Aqunio III to promote fair trade and pre-vent monopoly in the coun-try,” Laviña said in a statement sent to EDGE Davao yesterday.
The passage of the Phil-ippine Competition Act will benefit even the small busi-ness and ordinary consumers by promoting free and fair competition in trade, industry
and all commercial economic activities.
Under the new law, indi-viduals with anti-competitive business behaviors, abuses in dominant positions and an-ti-competitive mergers and acquisitions will be penalized.
The law will also pave way for the creation of the Philip-pine Competition Commis-sion under the Office of the President to police companies that will fix prices.
Laviña, a former city councillor, said the modern-ization project of Davao Sasa Port was “contrary to the new law, which promotes fair trade and competition.”
Under the government’s Public-Private Partnership (PPP) scheme, the Sasa Port would be turned over for 30 years to the private investor who will win the P17 Billion bid price announced by the Department of Transpor-tation and Communication
(DOTC) last April 10, 2015, according to him.
“The operation at Sasa Port is unique because its port handling services are pro-vided by two companies in a healthy competition,” Laviña said.
He added that the port handling services in other ports in the country are han-dled by a single company. These port handling compa-nies are under the supervi-sion of the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA).
“Filport, a Davao home-grown company and Davao Integrated Port and Steve-doring Services Corp (DIPSS-COR), an affiliate of the giant International Container Ter-minal Services Corp. (ICTSI), are performing well in han-dling the needs of Sasa Port’s arrastre and stevedoring ser-vices,” Laviña added.
But under the planned Sasa Port PPP, both contracts
of DIPSSCOR and Filport will not be renewed starting April and September 2016, respec-tively
“This would violate the Compedium, an agreement between the PPA and arra-stre and stevedoring firms that port handling services are renewed automatically for those with satisfactory perfor-mance,” he said
Laviña said: “This is clear-ly another reason the DOTC should stop its bidding pro-cess for the Sasa port modern-ization and review its project’s rationale, design,cost, impact on traffic, Parola residents, la-bor, consumers and environ-ment, among other matters.”
Earlier, members of the Davao City council as well as members of consumer groups and business community here expressed opposition to the modernization of Davao Sasa Port which has an indicative cost of P17-billion.
Lavina: Port modernization violates Phl Competition Act
PHOENIX Petroleum Phil-ippines has gained a consolidated net income
of Php425 million for the first half (H1) of 2015.
In a disclosure from the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) Tuesday, Phoenix said that its sales volume growth ”resulted in a consolidated net income of Php425 million for the first half of 2015, an in-crease of 5.82 percent against last year’s performance.”
Sales volume growth has been better at 25 percent, mainly driven by its increased retail stations sales by 31 per-cent and higher commercial, industrial and aviation sales by 29 percent.
Its Commercial sales, com-prising of shipping, fishing, mining, power and transpor-tation accounts, also sustained growth this year.
Phoenix reported its retail station network has grown
from 418 stations in 2014 to 443 as of June 30, with 223 based in Mindanao, 61 in Vi-sayas, and 158 in Luzon. It added at least 3 million vehi-cles visits its stations monthly.
Meanwhile, the conglom-erate stressed it will continue to expand its logistics, storage and infrastructure -– to further support its network expan-sion, including its commercial and industrial clients.
Last May 11, Phoenix re-ported a growth of 9 percent for the first quarter of 2015 versus 2014.
It also had a consolidated net income of Php230 million for the period, which was driv-en by a sales volume growth from its retail segment.
Phoenix is engaged in trad-ing refined petroleum prod-ucts, oil depot operations and storage facilities, shipping and logistics and other allied ser-vices. (PNA)
Phoenix gains consolidatednet income of P425-M in H1
THE Hedcor Sibulan, Inc. and Aboitiz Founda-tion, Inc. helped some
3000 school children pre-pare to face their future with brighter smiles as they were reminded of good oral health care through a comprehensive information education cam-paign drive.
This month, Hedcor im-plemented its dental health program in its eight adopted public schools in the munici-pality of Sta. Cruz.
The school recipients were Tudaya Elementary School, Pogpog Elementary School,
Tibolo Elementary School, Idong Elementary School, Sib-ulan Elementary School, Don Amancio Elementary School, Darong Elementary School and Almendras Elementary School.
The program is in part-nership with the Dental Chap-ters of the Municipality of Sta. Cruz, Provincial Local Govern-ment of Davao del Sur, and the National Commission on In-digenous Peoples.
Dental experts Dr. Rosalita M. Juadiong and Dr. Ruby Ann R. Limpot assisted by dental aids Lea Nepomuceno and
Mary Rose Gavilan lectured and demonstrated proper tooth brushing, flossing and mouth rinsing.
They also made the chil-dren aware of the existence of oral cancer and how proper dental care helps in reducing the risk from this dreaded dis-ease.
Hedcor vice president for Mindanao operations Rolando Pacquiao said, “We are helping our beneficiary-public-teach-ers promote good oral hygiene among students, analyze and evaluate dental needs, and maintain dental records of
students for future reference”. Pacquiao also said, “To in-
crease our host communities’ level of awareness on the im-portance of good oral health, we are giving much needed support to the local govern-ment and the dental society in order for them to continue with their advocacy on good dental health.”
“I feel delighted that the parents were able to attend this campaign because dental care starts at home. Parents should be the first to teach their children how to properly
Hydro power firm brightens 3,000 smiles of school kidsTHE newly-appointed Bureau of Customs (BOC) Commissioner
Alberto Lina will grace the opening of the Mindanao Ex-porters’ Congress on Thurs-day at the SMX Convention Center here where some 300 importers and exporters are expected to participate.
This was announced on Monday by the Philippine Exporters Confederation Inc. (Philexport)-Davao president Ferdinand Ma-ranon, who said Lina will address the concerns of the exporters regarding their transactions with the BOC.
He said that the new BOC chief will discuss stream-lining the operations of all
collection districts of BOC, one of the income-gener-ating government agencies that have for so long been riddled with corruption con-troversies.
One of the changes that Lina will soon implement, he said, is the way transactions are done between the BOC personnel and its clients.
Maranon, who is the president of Sagrex Corpo-ration, an exporter of pro-cessed banana products, said the commissioner will put in place a new mecha-nism that will lessen physi-cal tansactions at the agency with the aid of technology.
“Everyone’s going elec-
Lina to grace exporters’ gab
AGR lauds passing of landmark lawsBy NOEL BAGUIO
waters.It repealed provisions of the
Tariff and Customs Code of the Philippines that limited the right
to engage in trade within the Philippine coasts only to vessels carrying a certificate of Philip-pine registry.
“The law will relax our cabotage restrictions to lower the shipping cost and make our shipping industry competitive,”
he said, stressing its favorable impact on the nation’s economy in view of the regional integra-tion.
By CHENEEN R. CAPON
FLINA, 10 FHYDRO, 10
FOR US who live in the Philippines, there are only two seasons to speak about namely wet and dry. But go fly a few hours north to the more temperate areas of Asia and one can experience all four seasons.
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Radisson Narita’s famous Gazebo.
What makes a season significant is the change in the temperature as well as the fashion sense of the population. Winter brings darker thicker clothing while spring beings about lighter more colourful wear. Even the food that is being served changes as seasonal delicacies abound. And in Japan, this love for seasonal-ity and seasonal dishes is very strong. On a recent visit to the Radisson Narita just before my flight back to home via Cebu, I was able to sample this love for sea-sonal fare with a summer themed degustacion at the hotel’s private Japanese dining area. Although the
setting of the room was traditional with tatami mats as well as low dining table, I was told that the special degustacion menu will feature the best dishes from the hotel’s French-trained executive chef. Dinner started with a Vegetable Smoothie with was served in a shot glass. It was refreshing and cool,
just right to fight the hot summer evening. As-sorted Seasonal Sashimi such as medium fatty tuna, abalone, Japanese sea perch, sea urchin and fresh shrimp was then served after. Still going with the summer theme, a Lobster Confit Charlotte Style with Orange Sauce fol-lowed the sashimi course. The lobster was tender and the orange sauce complimented the subtle briny flavour of the crus-tacean. A Corn Veloute served Cappuccino Style followed. The rich and silky corn soup brought sunny days and the warm summer air onto the din-ing table. The fifth course of the tasting menu featured Flatfish Bonne Femme served with Tomato Ri-sotto, Herb Bouquet and Parmesan Tuiles. The combination of the cheese and white-fleshed fish surprised me as both complimented each other. the tomato risotto serving as a background where the flavours beautifully mixed. One of the highlights of the meal for me is the
Roast Japanes Beef that was served with Sauteed Early Summer Vegetables, Watercress Salad and Bal-samic Sauce. The beef lit-erally melted in my mouth much like butter on a warm day. The punchy bite provided by the wa-tercress salad balanced the richness of the fatty roast beef. And since summer dining in Japan is never complete without tradi-tional grilled Japanese Eel, a Mini-Eel Bowl was served. The fatty eel is cov-ered in sweet tangy sauce and grilled to perfection. The dinner ended with a Homemade Apple Tart A La Mode served with a Warm Caramel Sauce. The summer dinner at the Radisson Narita was a special Japanese experi-ence that is hard for me to forget and thanks to the Radisson’s comfortable room as well as close prox-imity to Japan’s interna-tional gateway, I was able to check in and board my flight stress-free. Follow me on Instagram or on Twitter at @kenneth-kingong for more travel sto-ries, foodie finds and hap-penings in, around, and beyond Durianburg.
A summer affair at theRADISSON NARITA
Assorted Seasonal Sashimi.
Roast Japanese Beef with Watercress Salad.
Radisson Narita’s private dining area.
My room at the Radisson Narita.
Grilled eel, a Japanese summer favourite.
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Abreeza Mall, in coopera-tion with Kasal.com and ABS-CBN Regional Net-work Group, brought the premier Philippine wed-ding tourism fair road-show to the mall’s Activity Center from July 17 to 19, 2015, much to the delight of brides- and grooms-to-be in the city.
The best wedding suppliers gather at Kasalang Filipino 2015 at the Abreeza Mall
Now on its 10th year, Kasalang Filipino, which tours key cities in the Philippines with the objec-tive of promoting the local wed-ding and tourism industry, made its way to Davao and gathered in one venue the best wedding sup-pliers and tourist spots in the city and in nearby vicinities. Participating in the Davao leg this year were Hijo Estate Re-sorts, Eden Nature Park & Resort Davao, Pearl Farm Beach Resort, Bottoms Up, A Red Affair Events Management, For the Love of Prints, Your Ever After Studios, Davao Elite Fashion Group, Cameo Flowers, Pinktouche Co. & Events, The Venue Party Boat, Odysseus Suarez Wedding Rings, Grand Regal Hotel Davao, Sweet Advocate, Bride Talk, Famo Xiete, Kisshots, Milroses, Floral Pink Designs, Salon de Paseo, Crafter’s Haven, Osvaldo’s Cakes, Lito Sy Studio, Oro Ita-lia, Big 8 Corporate Hotel, Eight Productions, Theme Weddings and Events, Cocktails & Dreams, Fotofun, and Robinsons Depart-ment Store. Kasalang Filipino 2015 for-mally opened on July 17, with Kasal.com’s Cathy Manlangit, ABS-CBN Regional Network Group’s Trisha Corpus, and Abreeza Mall’s Jenny Abear-Per-ez taking part in the ceremonial
cake slicing and wine toasting. The three-day event also offered a wedding makeup demo by Otoi Mercado, a floral fashion show by Cameo Flowers, and musi-cal performances by acts such as Tuning Fork and Asidors. Throughout the wedding expo’s run, contests in table setting and bridal makeup were held, and prizes were given away for wed-
ding table presentation, wed-ding cake design, best decorated booth, most number of book-ings, and more. The Davao leg of Kasalang Filipino 2015 was made pos-sible with the support of na-tional sponsors Tupperware, Ever Bilena, and Wedding and Portrait Photographers of the Philippines, and local sponsors Pearl Farm Beach Resort, Eden Nature Park & Resort Davao, Hijo Resources Corporation, and Hairless: The Laser Hair Clinic. Media partners are ABS-CBN Regional Network Group, My Only Radio, Lifestyle Network, Metro Weddings Magazine, Metro Home and Entertaining Magazine, Food Magazine, The Manila Times, and Business Mirror. For inquiries and updates on Abreeza Mall news and events, please visit the Main Concierge at the ground floor or call (082) 321-9332. Stay updated by liking www.facebook.com/AbreezaMall and following @abreezatweets on Twitter and @iloveabreezamall on Instagram.A contestant in the bridal makeup competition.
Ever Bilena booth.
Kasal.com’s Cathy Manlangit.
ABS-CBN Regional Network Group’s Trisha Corpus with makeup artist Otoi Mercado.
Abreeza Mall’s Jenny Abear-Perez.Tuning Fork perform a musical number.
Abreeza Mall’s Jenny Abear-Perez, ABS-CBN Regional Network Group’s Trisha Corpus, and Kasal.com’s Cathy Manlangit join bride and groom models in the ceremonial cake slicing.
Participants in the table setting contest.
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ANOTHER gripping drama is set to cap-tivate the viewers of all ages as GMA Network presents the Afternoon Prime series Buena Familia, which is set to premiere this Monday, July 27. Buena Familia aims to reflect every person’s struggle to provide for his or her family’s wel-fare and how good for-tune is attained through one’s endeavor to live nobly. Witness stellar per-formances as Buena Familia pulls off an en-semble cast beginning with the reunion of the hottest loveteam in the 90s—Bobby Andrews and Angelu de Leon. They will give light to
the characters of Arthur and Bettina. People see them as the perfect couple not until Arthur got himself involved in a pyramiding scheme
which turned their afflu-ence into a misfortune. Very much affected with this are their four children—Celine, Dar-ling, Edwin, and Faye—who are unaccustomed to hardships. These in-teresting characters will be given depth by Ka-puso artists Kylie Padilla, Julie Anne San Jose, Julian Trono, and Mona Louise Rey. Bringing their family into a deeper dilemma is Josephine, the former assistant who used to be the mistress of Arthur. Because of her hatred towards Arthur, she will plan a retribution that
will lead Arthur’s family to far-reaching conse-quences. Portraying this challenging role is Sher-yl Cruz. Set to add more twists in the story are charac-ters of Jake Vargas and Martin del Rosario. Jake plays the role of Kevin, a composer who will get close to Darling as she tries her luck in the mu-sic industry. Meanwhile, portraying the role of Harry is the award-win-ning actor Martin. Harry is a young businessman who has an ax to grind against the family of Buena who caused him pain in the past.
ONE of GMA Net-work’s top-rating Afternoon Prime drama series Yagit marks its end this Friday (July 24). Since the show’s au-ditions last June 2014 in search for kids to por-tray the “batang Yagit,” to its pilot episode Oc-tober last year, and up to now, Yagit has un-deniably captured the hearts of viewers. May it be the ratings game or the social media trends, the audience warmly welcomed every char-acter specially the Yagit kids Chlaui Malayao, Jemwell Ventinilla, Judie dela Cruz, and Zymic Ja-ranilla. Aside from the char-acters of Yasmien Kurdi, James Blanco, LJ Reyes, Renz Fernandez, Kevin Santos, Bettinna Carlos, and Wowie De Guzman plus Paolo Contis, Yagit has also welcomed some celebrities making
the series more interest-ing. Some of them are Princess Punzalan, Ales-sandra de Rossi, Jaya, Leni Santos, Kiko Es-trada, Bea Binene, Boy 2 Quizon, and Nova Villa. As the series draws to its end, more excit-
ing scenes await the viewers. Will Dolores’ (Yasmien) family find each other and become whole again? How will Izel (Bettinna) pay for the sins she has done? Will Elisa (Chlaui), Tom-tom (Jemwell), Jocelyn
(Judie), and Ding (Zy-mic) find their way back to each other’s compa-ny? Don’t miss the last few episodes of Yagit airing after The Half Sis-ters on GMA Afternoon Prime.
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Buena Familia premieres this July 27 on GMA Afternoon Prime
Yagit ends its top-rating run this Friday
Completing the cast are exceptional portray-als by Jackie Rice, Ryza Cenon, Aicelle Santos, Mayton Eugenio, Mel Kimura, Lou Sison, and Ms. Tessie Tomas. Under the helm of Gil Tejada Jr., Buena Familia is created by the GMA Drama Group headed by Lilybeth G. Rasonable, Senior Vice President for
Entertainment TV; Red-gie A. Magno, Vice Presi-dent for Drama; Cheryl Ching-Sy, Assistant Vice President for Drama; Ali Marie Nokom-Dedicato-ria, Program Manager; and Arlene D. Pilapil, Ex-ecutive Producer. Buena Familia airs weekdays after The Half Sisters on GMA After-noon Prime.
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Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin, Sandra Bullock / * Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas
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Meg Imperial, Shy Carlos, AJ Muhlach
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Cara Delevingne, Nat Wolff, Halston Sage
July 22 – 23, 2015
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I’ve had my days of partying in the metro from sun down to sun up and have enjoyed the company of more than enough people to know the difference between partying and going out. However, the party spirit in me, nowadays, love entertaining friends over at my house and chill the night away. I love the idea of cooking and preparing everything from scratch.
for you and your guests. Nowadays, going social with social media is the best pos-sible way to invite. Be cre-ative. Make it personal.
Edible Centrepieces Ditch the usual flowers and go for something edible. I love how a watermelon can be made into a punch bowl -- mix and match fruit juic-es and you have a mocktail served on a watermelon. You can also create an appetizer bouquet for an added flare.
Cucumber Lovin’ I am a cucumber lover! Peel your cucumber, cut in 1 ¼ slices, scoop out the cen-ter, and fill with your favou-rite mix.
Cheesy Tuna Salad Drain your tuna (I love the hot and spicy variant). Dump in a bowl and set aside. In a bowl, combine
chopped red onion, crushed fried garlic, mayonnaise, salt and freshly ground black pepper. You can add garlic powder, smoked paprika or any other herbs of your pref-erence. Add your tuna to the mayo mixture. Add shred-ded cheddar cheese (I also add some cheese spread). Mix to combine. Scoop into your cucum-ber cups. Top with shredded cheese or smoked paprika.Best served cold.
Bites Galore Since this is a cocktail par-ty, you are not expected to cook a whole meal and feed your guests like it’s dinner or whatever. Instead, pre-pare bite size appetizers. Go for finger foods – quartered sandwiches, devilled eggs, salad cups and mini muffins. Yes, go for muffins instead of cupcakes. It’s less expensive
to bake and more so, no ic-ing/frosting to pipe. Devilled Egg Boil your eggs. Peel. Cut in two. Scoop out yolk and set aside. In a bowl, mash your yolks, add your mayonnaise and season to taste. You can always add your desired flavours and herbs. Don’t be afraid to experi-ment. Scoop on your egg white and serve immediately.
Drink Me Up Since I don’t like alco-holic drinks, I keep a stash of mocktails on tables for my guests and friends to enjoy. For most, I have pitchers of juices and ask them to mix their own. Not only do they have something to do but more so, they can experiment on their drinks. Oh and al-ways check on your ice cubes, fruits pieces and garnishes. Also, don’t forget to experi-ment – add spirits, carbon-ated drinks, and even syrups.
Playlist Prepare your playlist. Make it diverse and varied. I love to mix and match my tunes – from edm to rnb to hip hop, make it energetic and something that your friends and guests know. Just control the volume if you have overly sensitive neighbours. Make #TheRoyalChef your Thursday habit. Tag me on instagram @herroyalheiress for your delicious food finds!
How to throw aCOCKTAIL PARTY Still, the preparation that comes before everything else either makes me go forth and continue with the plan or reschedule for some other time. Yes, despite the gusto, I sometimes find myself at a crossroad. What if it turns out lame? What if they don’t like the food? So, I’ve prepared a list that I believe have taught me to throw a cocktail party that makes everyone enjoy the night away. It’s a personal compilation that has aided me whenever I feel the rush to invite friends and use the
oven. It’s not extensive but could verily help you in your party planning needs. Enjoy!
Invites Get crafty with papers
or send one thru electronic mail. Do what’s convenient
Create a colorful deviled eggs buffet.
Cucumber and tuna combo is always a hit in any party.
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THE Philippine Heart Association (PHA) emphasized
on Tuesday the need to take care of the health of school teachers who are among the groups of population affected by work-related stress, making them suscepti-ble to different ailments wherein hypertension has been noted to be top-ping the list.
In a health forum spearheaded by the Phil-ippine College of Phy-sicians (PCP) together with PHA, Dr. Anne Qui-zon, Department of Ed-ucation (DepEd) Health and Nutrition Division OIC-Assistant Chief, shared the common ail-ments of teaching and non-teaching personnel of DepEd.
She noted that in 2013, a total of 105,006 teaching and non-teach-ing personnel, or 30.5 percent of those who were examined, were found to have hyperten-sion problem.
Next in the list of common ailments she mentioned are acute gas-tritis (2nd), urinary tract infection (3rd), AURI or acute upper respiratory infection (4th), anemia
(5th), diabetes mellitus (6th), pneumonia (7th), osteoarthritis (8th), rhi-nitis (9th), and musculo-skeletal diseases (10th).
In the same forum, which dwelt on the topic “BP (Blood Pressure) ng Teacher ko, Alaga ko!,” Dr. Quizon said that a total of 612,530 teaching and non-teaching personnel were examined by med-ical officers in 2013.
“A stressed teacher will have an increased adrenalin pumping through the body... The heart beat will be higher than normal, generating high blood pressure as a measurable symptom,” said Dr. Quizon.
She noted that since teachers are exposed to stress, sometimes the situation also leads to weakening of the im-mune system.
“Low immune sys-tem means sickness... And sickness leads to teacher’s absence,” she said as she cited that in such circumstances, the quality of teaching suffers, wherein the schoolchildren are the ones who are primarily affected.
Dr. Alex Junia, PHA president, observed that
Hypertensionproblems among teachersBy LEILANI S. JUNIO
dition that one out of four teachers has hyper-tension problems, they will be partnering with DepEd to heighten the teachers’ level of aware-ness on the importance of healthy lifestyle.
“We will also educate them (teachers) on the management of hyper-tension, initiate medical treatment to diagnose hypertensive and dia-betic teachers, as well as monitoring and re-search,” said Dr. Cheng.
He cited that the sign-ing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on such partnership is slat-ed on Aug. 15, 2015.
A brainchild of PHA, “BP ng Teacher ko, Alaga Ko!” was first conceptu-alized in 2009 and came into existence in 2010.
Through that ini-tiative, cardiologists and volunteer medical personnel went to dif-ferent public schools in the country to examine the teachers and edu-cate them about healthy lifestyle, and other ways to improve their health conditions.
With the sched-uled MOA signing next month, they are expect-ing that more teachers
in the country will be further screened and be given early interventions on how to handle their hypertension problems.
Also under the MOA, at least 53 more towns and cities with public school teachers will be visited and given the necessary information on the management of hypertension problems.
According to PHC, the normal blood pres-sure is 1ess than 140/90. Higher than it is consid-ered as hypertension.
It is important to be aware of the risk factors in the development of hypertension.
Those who have hy-pertension are advised to be careful in their salt and saturated fat intake.
It is also a good practice for those who have family history of hypertension to keep a close watch of their daily blood pressure as part of monitoring to keep themselves fit and healthy.
Those who are obese and diabetic are also ad-vised to engaged in phys-ical activities.
Hypertension can damage heart and brain through stroke. (PNA)
since teachers are looked upon by stu-dents as next role models, aside from their parents, therefore it is equally important to also take a look at their
healthcare as a way to pay them back.Dr. Frederick C. Cheng, chair of
the PHA Council on Hypertension, said that to address the existing con-
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TimelyEDITORIAL
THE signing into law of Republic Act 10667 or the Philippine Competition Act by President Benigno Aquino III has been hailed as breakthrough for the Philippine economy. The enactment of the country’s landmark law
will benefit even small businesses and ordinary consumers.The law also levels the playing field as small businesses can compete with
the big businesses since it promotes free and fair competition in trade and in-dustry, and all commercial economic activities.
Aside from this, the new law signed on Tuesday penalizes anti-competitive business behaviors, abuses in dominant positions and anti-competitive merg-ers and acquisitions.
As President Aquino himself puts it, the competition between small and big businesses now lies on the quality of their products with the rightful and fair prices, and not depend on how many connections one have in marketing their products.
That the law, which was 20 years in the making, prevents monopolies and abuses of dominant players makes it timely for stakeholders in Davao City op-posing the implementation of the P17-billion Davao Sasa Port modernization project.
Moving heaven and earth just to have the implementation of the government project with a gargantuan cost stopped, or even the bidding to be held in abey-ance, stakeholders can now find refuge with the law in fighting for their cause.
Peter T. Laviña, one of those strongly opposing the project, said the law should be immediately applied in the case of the Sasa Port to settle once and for all the controversial issue.
“The new law, Republic Act No. 10667 known as the Philippine Competition Act, should immediately be applied in the case of the Sasa Port, which the gov-ernment intends to give to a monopoly. If we want a level-playing field, then we should stop the Sasa Port PPP,” said Laviña, a former Davao City councilor.
He argued that under the government’s Public-Private Partnership (PPP) scheme, the Sasa Port would be turned over for 30 years to the private inves-tor who will win the P17-billion bid price as announced by the Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) last April 10, 2015.
“This is contrary to the new law, which promotes fair trade and competition,” he said.
Laviña is not the only one asking for DOTC to postpone the pre-qualification bidding set on July 29. The Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. (DCCCII), members of the City Council and consumer groups are have been also calling on the national agency to hold in abeyance the bidding process and re-view the project.
The raging controversy over the Davao Sasa port modernization project marks the first real case to test the effectiveness of the new Philippine Compe-tition Act.
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MUCH as I try to focus only on those topics that have a direct impact on the lives of Mindanaoans, I just cant resist
commenting on the recent full-page adver-tisement taken out by DMCI regarding their controversial Torre de Manila project. It offers a wonderful opportunity to talk about ways of communicating with an angry public that might help other companies, some of them in Mindanao, that are facing similarly sticky situ-ations.
For those unfamiliar with the issue, the controversy stems from DMCI’s decision to build a 49-storey condominium directly be-hind the Rizal Monument in Luneta. According to some very vocal sectors the building sac-rilegiously obstructs the otherwise pristine skyline that has framed the historic landmark for more than a hundred years. But which, as far as DMCI is concerned after having jumped through all the legal hoops, they are well with-in their rights to construct.
From a communication stand point, what we have here is a classic example of the dis-connect that happens between the logical and emotional levels of discourse. On the logical sphere, where what one says is received by the audience exactly as it was transmitted, there is very little ambiguity in the project, especially from the point of view of the sender. In this case, DMCI.
Reading from their own official statement, they clearly see Torre De Manila as nothing more than a straightforward “urban solution” designed “to help address the need for mid-in-come housing and urban renewal... (and to provide their customers) the convenience, security and quality of life they deserve.” In seeking to strengthen their logical legal basis for Torre De Manila, DMCI also cites its compli-ance with all the rules and relevant laws, their clearance from the National Historical Com-mission, urban development issues in the City of Manila, and international precedence in the preservation of national heritage sites.
B e f o r e commenting on some of the deficiencies of DMCI’s state-ment as a com-munications tool and a way to bridge the gap between them and their detractors, let me just say that from a purely legal perspec-tive, I have no doubt that it stands on very solid footing. That said, I also believe that this is one of those cases where one can be legally correct, but ethically wrong. And trying to argue one over the other will not get you anywhere in the eyes of an already outraged public.
What DMCI doesn’t seem to understand, and what it’s statement fails to address, is the anger felt by those opposing their project. And while they took time to outline why they are “right” and their opponents are “wrong,” this logical presentation will not have any impact on the raw emotion that drives those on the other side. It is like talking about one coin but coming from different sides, you will never be able to come to an agreement without taking a leap of faith and accepting that the other side may just have as much “right” as you do. That their perceptions, while based on nothing more concrete than a hunch, still has the force of reality behind it. And attacking people’s be-liefs by calling them irrational guarantees that they will only resist harder than ever before.
In order to find a common ground, DMCI should first identify the source of the anger. Is it because of the structure or is it because of the process that went into the building of the con-dominium? Most often than not, the public’s anger comes from a feeling of being ignored. Of being marginalized from the decisions that
affect their lives. And compliance with laws and regulations, especially in the Philippines where confidence in the government is not very high, does not ensure public acceptance.
Once the source of the negative emotions has been identified, DMCI should determine who or what is driving the anger. While there will always be those who are using the issue for their own agenda, there are also legitimate groups who have real grievances. These are the people DMCI should reach out too. May-be even form a community organization that would work towards finding an acceptable solution. These should be sincere efforts to bridge the gap and not just public relations damage control.
Lastly, DMCI should look for ways to widen the discussions with the public. The unknown is also a potent force in creating anger and anx-iety, particularly in issues that are emotionally charged. By engaging the public in dialogues across all platforms of media, traditional and social, they will be able to reassure the people that, at the very least, they are listening to their concerns. This way also, by their reasonable-ness, they will be able to expose the extremists and the crazies whose anarchic views leave no room for compromise. DMCI should not be afraid to talk to the community, even when they may not always agree, these can be a rich source for demonstrating that they can do bet-ter.
--So, Grace Poe wants to be President. And
if the surveys are right, majority of Filipinos want her to be the President too. But from what we’ve been hearing through the political grapevines, the decision of whether or not the first term lady senator would actually take the plunge rests entirely on her good friend, advi-sor, and constant companion, Chiz “The Whiz” Escudero. After orchestrating the ascension of Jojo Binay to the office of the Vice President, he has somehow maneuvered himself to be in the perfect position to ride the coattails of Poe to-
wards the same seat in 2016.If Chiz manages to pull this off, it would
cap off a wild series of horse trading and back channel negotiations that has seen the politi-cal fortunes of these would-be Presidents rise and fall in dizzying fashion. Whether it is Binay, Poe, Roxas, or Duterte, the one thing that is clear is that people are having a hell of a time keeping up with all the issues being brought out about each candidate. And with the expan-sion of media platforms into the real of the so-cial networks, the slightest rumor can disrupt even the best laid communications plan.
--In the wings of all these political maneu-
verings, President Aquino went about with the regular business of government by signing RA 10668, or the Liberalized Cabotage Law, which would now allow for much, much cheaper shipment rates of foreign goods all of the Phil-ippines. Prior to this law it was cheaper to send goods to and from abroad than it was to send them from Manila to Davao.
As an example of the impact that this new law would have on Mindanao development, the President cited the case of a cargo contain-er from Cagayon de Oro going to Hong Kong. He explained that in the past it would have cost US$ 1,264, of which eighty-eight percent or US$ 1,120 to ship it from Cagayan de Oro to Manila, and only US$ 144 from Manila to Hong Kong. “Because of the amended Cabotage Law, shippers from Cagayan de Oro can go straight to Hong Kong. They will pay only US$ 500. They will be able to save US$ 746 per contain-er,” this the President says, would end the ab-surdity of the situation where the Philippines has one of the world’s most expensive ship-ping costs despite having some of the largest shipyards, and being home to one-fourth of the world’s seafarers. This development is a clear victory for the people in Mindanao. Finally the stranglehold on shipping, which has favored the interests of Metro Manila over the rest of the country has finally been broken.
A monumental mistake
THREE days after the New Year’s Day cel-ebration in 2012, a landslide occurred in Pantukan, Compostela Valley killing 25
people and injuring 16 others.According to a news report carried by
the Philippine Daily Inquirer, “the landslide hap-pened at around 3 a.m. in sitio Diat Uno and Diat Palo in barangay Napnapan.” The landslides reportedly occurred following incessant rains in the area.
“We expect more casualties as it happened in a mining community,” the spokesperson of the 10th Infantry Division was quoted as saying.
It just a matter of time that another land-slide will occur soon -- especially now that the rainy season has started.
Also known as a landslip, a landslide is a geological phenomenon that includes a wide range of ground movements. “Landslides are downward movement of slope materials either slowly or quickly,” explains the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).
Reference for Emergency and Disaster (RED), a 164-page book published by DOST, said a land-slide may be a rock fall, topple, and slide or lateral spreading. “Intense ground shaking can trigger a landslide by loosening the cohesion that bonds the slope materials together, thereby making it easier for gravity to pull it downwards.”
Among those that are prone to landslides are hilly and mountainous areas, escarpments, an steep river banks, sea cliffs, and other steep slopes.
U n f o r t u -nately, about 60% of the country’s total land area of 30 million hectares are uplands. In the Philippine context, uplands are rolling to steep lands, with slopes ranging upward from 18%.
There are several kinds of landslides. It ranges from creep (imperceptibly slow, steady, downward movement of slope-forming soil or rock) to slump (a mass of rock and soil suddenly slips down a slope). Rockfall and debris flow are also types of landslides.
Slope material that becomes saturated with water may develop into a debris flow or mud flow. The resulting slurry of rock and mud may pick up trees, houses and cars, thus blocking bridges and tributaries causing flooding along its path.
“Debris flow is often mistaken for flash flood, but they are entirely different process-es,” Wikipedia explains. “Muddy-debris flows can start as a result of slope-related factors and shallow landslides can dam stream beds,
resulting in temporary water blockage. As the impoundments fail, a ‘domino effect’ may be cre-ated, with a remarkable growth in the volume of the flowing mass, which takes up the debris in the stream channel.”
Among the common causes of landslides are: steep slopes, lack of plants and trees in mountains, rocks weakened due to weathering, breaking of rocks and slopes that are too heavy.
How will you know that a landslide is go-ing to happen? RED cites two possible scenar-ios: when there is heavy and continuous rain (called rain-induced landslide) and when there is ground-shaking due to earthquakes (known as earthquake-induced landslide).
Among the tell-tale signs you have to look for in an impending landslide are as follows: cracks on the ground, highways or concrete floors, appearance of bulging ground, ground water seeps to the surface, and water in creeks or rivers become murky. In addition, utility posts, trees, gates and walls of buildings tilt.
RED gives some tips on what to do during a landslide: If you are inside the house or build-ing and evacuation is not possible: stay inside. Get under a sturdy table. However, if you are outside, avoid areas that may be affected by landslide. Go to an elevated and safe place. If avoiding landslide is no longer possible, do a fe-tal position and protect your head.
If you are driving, don’t cross collapsed bridges or roads. Avoid falling rocks and soil.
After a landslide, these are some of the
things you need to do: Avoid places affected with landslides as the hazard might recur. Watch out for possible flashfloods if the landslide blocked the water flow.
Check for missing persons and report it to authorities so that rescue operations can start immediately. Also, check for damaged founda-tion and other parts of the house or building. Have these repaired when condition is clear and there is no more landslide threat. In addition, re-port damaged power, water and telephone lines.
“As a disaster laboratory, the Philippine communities face massive destruction from ca-lamities,” the RED book said. “While we cannot stop the occurrence of natural hazards, we can definitely mitigate disaster risk in our commu-nities.”
The book also said: “Applying science, sce-nario-based and protocols can be drawn in dealing with calamities: from emphasizing early warning and early action to achieve minimum loss and enable quick recovery.”
Wikipedia agrees: “Natural disasters are a dramatic example of people living in conflict with the environment. Early predictions and warnings are essential for the reduction of prop-erty damage and loss of life. Because landslides occur frequently and can represent some of the most destructive forces on earth, it is imperative to have a good understanding as to what causes them and how people can either help prevent them from occurring or simply avoid them when they do occur.”
Defying landslides
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“I think she meant to write her article for arrogant doctors not fake doctors,” she added.
The lady councillor said the columnist might have ex-perience the treatment of an arrogant doctor.
“Siguro, lahat naman tayo nagging biktima ng (All of us might have been victimized by) any arrogant professionals from any field,” Villafuerte said.
On the issue that doctors must speak in English, Villa-fuerte said any person who speaks English cannot be called a doctor right away.
“We all know that we live in a Visayan speaking region. In fact, it is a challenge for Ta-galog speakers and even the English speakers like the Indi-ans to learn our dialect to com-municate with our patients well,” Villafuerte said.
“It does not mean that you speak English that you are not a fake doctor,” she added.
But, Villafuerte said Si-cam’s claim that doctors do not speak English is also not correct.
She added that the colum-nist may not have researched her topic well and that the writer was just angry with someone or something.
“I think she embarrassed herself,” Villafuerte said.
On social media, sever-al medical practitioners ex-pressed their dislike over the said opinion piece.
Dr. Janice Bacani Caran-dang, in her Facebook account, reacted to Sicam’s column, saying she wrote about doc-tors without bothering to do some research.
“Incident report to imong gisulat, dili column sa dyaryo (What you wrote was an in-cident report, not a column),” she said in her Facebook sta-tus.
Another medical practi-tioner, Dr. Alex Tan, an obstet-rics-gynecologist, wrote on his blog Doctors Crib in reaction to the Sicam column:
“There are some egregious
statements which I would like to refute. She writes “I guess a probe should be made not only on this fake doctors, but also with doctors who believe that they are already licensed doctors because they are called “doctors” even if they are only “resident” doctors.”
Tan said “this displays a complete lack of under-standing of the hierarchy in medicine. Resident doctors are general practitioners who have embarked on a training program in his/her chosen specialty. They are licensed doctors. One also has to take offense at the use of the word “only.” This belittles the hard work needed to achieve the position of a “resident” doctor:
(1) a bachelor’s degree (4 years)
(2) a doctor of medicine degree (4 years)
(3) internship (1 year)(4) pass the board ex-
aminations (this confers the license to practice medicine and the title of general practi-tioner)
(5) pre-residency (any-where from 1-3 months).”
The doctor-blogger went on to comment that “in truth not all doctors are lucky enough to enter/finish resi-dency. Some remain general practitioners for life but this doesn’t mean they are less deserving of one’s respect and the right to be called “doc-tor.” Lest you think residency is easy think again because it takes anywhere from 3-5 years. After residency there’s specialty board examinations. For the very motivated few there’s sub-specialty training which can take 1-3 years.
You might notice that I’ve emphasized the decades spent trying to learn the art and science of medicine. It is a lifelong commitment. Gen-eral practitioners, residents, fellows, consultants, special-ists, sub-specialists – we are all doctors and we are all li-censed.”
ficials cannot serve the people well, they must go out of the city.
“Hindi kami nangailangan ng mga national officials na inutil (We do not need nation-al officials who are inutile),” Duterte said.
The mayor said national offices should not make peo-ple in the city suffer from their inefficiency.
Earlier, Duterte said that it will be better for Go to resign if he cannot perform his du-ties, adding that he does not like how the LTFRB treats cli-
ents who are applying to get a franchise for their public utili-ty vehicles.
He warned Go not to wait for him to take action that could result in his expulsion from his post.
Go had been previously implicated in the murder of transport leader Emilio de Jesus Rivera in Davao City in 2013.
He denied any involve-ment in the killing and his name was subsequently cleared by police authorities. Armando B. Fenequito Jr.
“For the record, we at Bayan Muna do not control or impose our will on the lumads and their leaders,” he added.
Zarate said his group is just doing their part in seeking solutions to why IP evacuated and left their communities.
The militarization in their communities, schools, vilifica-tion and red-tagging of their organizations and leaders, the harassments of paramilitary groups like Alamara caused the IP to evacuate, according to Zarate.
“These are the problems that Catamco arrogantly want to gloss over; her s is a con-tinuing attempt to cover up the gross human rights viola-tions of the state and its agents against the lumads,” Zarate said.
He added that the facts remain that “it was she and not us who disrespected the lumad bakwits, their leaders and the datus.”
“She shamelessly bullied and insulted them!” Zarated added.
facility in Capas, Tarlac.A press statement from
the Duterte camp said the tough-talking mayor commis-erates with Tarlac Vice Gov. Enrique “Kit” Cojuangco, who has called on the provincial council to investigate the ille-gal dumping and determine who is responsible for the un-loading of the waste materials in his province.
The mayor recalled that during the short-lived admin-istration of former President and now Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada, more than 100 con-tainers of garbage from Japan was also dumped in the Phil-ippines.
That time, Estrada imme-diately filed a diplomatic pro-test against the government of Japan.
Estrada ordered his then Foreign Secretary Siazon to lodge the diplomatic pro-test with the Japanese gov-ernment which obliged and moved for the return of the more than 100 container of garbage to Japan.
Duterte said President Aquino can follow the exam-ple of former President Estra-
da even as chided Canada for allowing such travesty to be carried out in the Philippines.
“You know in a commu-nity of nations, there’s always that rule of good neighbor policy. Kaya naman sana, if that is the spirit of the league of nations, the United Nations, the spirit that prevails should be good neighbor policy. You do not do something which is harmful, that could result to the discomfort to your neigh-bors,” Duterte lamented.
The Subic Bay Metropol-itan Authority (SBMA) has likewise demanded the BoC for the removal of 15 gar-bage-filled container vans lan-guishing inside the free port since August last year.
Last March 15, when asked to comment on the matter, the Canadian Embassy declared that the transaction was a, “private commercial matter involving a Canadian company and its Philippine partner,” and since the embas-sy is not a party to the trans-action, it rejected the Philip-pine government’s demand to return the garbage back to Canada.
and a minimum of five hours. The Zamboanga del Sur
Electric Cooperative (ZAM-SURECO) 2 is implementing a five hour brownout per substation while the Sultan Kudarat Electric Cooperative (SUKELCO) is implement-ing a five hour brownout per feeder. Surigao del Norte (SURNECO) is also imple-menting a 4.5 hour brownout per feeder in their franchise
area. On the other hand, the
South Cotabato Electric Co-operative (SOCOTECO) 2 re-mains unaffected with load shedding, with modular gen-set providing stop gap supply.
Likewise, the Davao del Sur Electric Cooperative (DASURECO) is also not im-plementing any rotational brownouts due to their 12 MW modular genset.
conducted in UCCP Haran be-tween Rep. Nancy Catamco and the lumads to convince them to go back into their
place.No solution was reached,
however, from the dialogue. Funny Pearl A. Gajunera
Daneco has P40.38 million combined power obligations due on July 30, 2015 to the three independent power producers TMI, EEI and FDC.
But the electric cooperative now is beset with the uncontrol-lable problem of frequent rota-tional brownouts daily, with irate member-consumers complain-ing over the 2-6 hours of brown-outs with at least 2 brownouts occurring in a day.
Councilor Dr. Oscar Bermu-dez inquired over the frequent brownouts experienced in Tagum City and other service ar-eas in Davao del Norte and Com-postela Valley.
Daneco board of directors president Fr. Tom Avila said that the Daneco-imposed rotation-al brownouts have been caused by the low power supply from PSALM, traceable to low water level in Lake Lanao that feeds the Agus hydro power plants.
He said Daneco’s present power demand reaches an aver-age of 76 mega watts, but Dane-co’s available power supply has only 51 mega watts.
He said that from the infor-mation relayed by power sup-pliers, power supply would yet
stabilize on Aug. 16.Daneco-CDA group now is
considered by many quarters as a spent force.
Daneco-CDA officials are still trooping under their still unre-voked Cooperative Development Cooperative’s registration and a fresh report said that they have reopened their main office at the CDA Building in Brgy. Magdum, Tagum City.
Even while they were still fighting for reconsiderations in higher court after losing in sev-eral court cases, Daneco-CDA offices and collection centers were padlocked by NEA sheriffs backed up by the heavy provin-cial police force July last year.
A sketchy report said that Fr. Avila has filed administrative case to NEA against a few of his colleagues in the board at a time when Gregorio Ybanez was the board president for being impli-cated in alleged overpricing of power-related equipment.
Ybanez is still a member of the all-NEA appointed board.
The priest, the new board president, refused to comment on the said report in an interview Monday. Cha Monforte, Corre-spondent
brush their teeth,” Dr. Juadiong expressed her delight during her lecture.
At the end of the demon-stration, each student was given a hygiene kit containing a face towel, soap, and two pairs of toothpaste and tooth-brushes.
They will be using one dental care kit in school while the other will be for their
home use.Hedcor, a subsidiary of
AboitizPower engaged in run-of-river hydro development and operations.
It is currently expanding its operations in Bukidnon with the 68.8-MW Manolo Fortich Hydro. To date, Hed-cor operates 22 hydropower plants with a total capacity of 185MW. (Hedcor)
tronic. If there’s no face-to-face transaction, the lesser the chance to ask for addi-tional fees that are not sup-posed to be there,” he added.
Aside from Lina, the Philippine Coconut Author-ity (PCA) will present its current initiatives in rejuve-
nating the coconut industry.“If there’s no more co-
conut trees, no products like virgin coconut oil, coco sugar, and coco syrup can be produced for export,” he added.
Other issues concerning the development of the mi-
cro, small and medium en-terprises (MSMEs) will also be taken up in the three-day congress, which will include a business matching that will link them up with the potential buyers.
Also, Maranon added it will guide the up and com-
ing small and medium enter-prises (SMEs) how to ship out their products and their potential global markets.
The Mindanao Export-ers Congress is the biggest gathering of importers and exporters in Mindanao. (PNA)
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SOMETIMES, even the best events in life -- a birth, new job or dream
relocation -- require a finan-cial plan. They might necessi-tate the need for more insur-ance coverage, a new budget or guidance from a financial advisor. Here are 10 positive events that should inspire you to do some financial planning:
1. The opportunity to buy a vacation home.
Summer rental homes can represent bliss; a great escape you’ve had every year. Then, the landlord offers a sweet insider price you can’t refuse. Summer homes are often bought as emotions rise at the end of the season. But purchasing a vacation home -- especially one that requires rental income to finance -- can be a complicated long-term commitment. A finan-cial planner, not a real estate agent, can tell you what to consider.
2. You got that big raise you’ve been counting on for years.
Pay raises are typically small and incremental if they come at all, so getting a big raise is cause for celebration.
life events that require financial planning
They also mean it’s time to do some planning to deter-mine how much you should be saving for the future, too. It might be time to bump up
your retirement savings.
3. Wedding bells are ring-ing, finally.
Couples might be mar-
rying later these days than they used to, so when they finally do tie the knot, com-bining finances can be even more complicated. Prenups might be a buzzkill, but they can help protect each per-son’s savings and prevent any misunderstandings. They are especially important if either member of the couple is bringing financial respon-sibilities like children into the marriage.
4. You got your diploma.Graduates might not
think they have enough mon-ey to talk to a financial plan-ner. But they face key money choices as they start repaying their share of the overall $1 trillion in college debt with “starter” jobs. They could use help prioritizing payments for credit cards and student loans.
5. You’re relocating.The 50 states can be as
different as moving to anoth-er country. Tax rates differ and cost of living can shift dramatically. There are scores of moving-related expenses. This might be the time to see a financial planner (consider national firms with offices in new and old locations) who offers hourly rates for one-
time consultations.
6. You just got an inheri-tance.
Baby boomers stand to inherit significant wealth in the coming years, and receiv-ing lump sums also carries with it financial responsi-bility. It can raise questions about spending habits, char-itable contributions, tax pay-ments and a slew of other concerns. You might want to get help from a professional as you figure out how to han-dle the money.
7. You’re expecting a new arrival in the family.
When the baby arrives, life inevitably gets more com-plicated. It could be worth it to fit in some financial plan-ning alongside baby naming or stroller shopping. You might want to open a 529 account, for example, to start paying for college, as well as take out additional life insur-ance policies.
8. You got a job.Parents, consider paying
a one-time fee to a planner as a gift to your child (and to yourself, since it makes your child more independent). Kids might act like they just want to have fun, but they
often need -- and even want -- guidance during this key life transition.
9. You get offered a gener-ous severance package.
Emotions often run high when your employer offers a big severance package. Some people want to call a lawyer to get more, others a travel agent to get out. It’s import-ant to understand the com-plex financial issues associat-ed with severance packages. Most plans are immediately taxable, for example, and you want to make sure you understand all the fine print before you sign on the dotted line.
10. You retire.Retirement is considered
the pivotal financial moment in a person’s life. If you ha-ven’t already worked with a financial planner to figure out your plans and budget, then now is the time. In fact, financial advisors urge even clients in their 20s and 30s to start planning for this major life transition, to make sure they’re saving enough along the way, during their peak earning years. It’s also a good time to reflect on what you want out of the final third of life.
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NUTRITION person-nel in South Cotabato have raised concern
over the rising incidence of obesity among children in the province.
Ma. Ana Uy, South Cota-bato provincial nutrition offi-cer, said Wednesday their as-sessment showed that more children have become over-weight and obese in parts of the province in the last five years.
She said such trend could
be seen in the periodic sur-veys conducted by their office among children in the area.
“The number is quite alarming and we really need to exert more efforts to com-bat the problem and raise awareness through massive information drive,” she said.
In 2010, Uy said they recorded a total of 998 over-weight school children and 211 obese children.
In the pre-school level, she said they documented
some 500 overweight chil-dren as of that year.
In 2014, the official said the number of overweight and obese children posted in-creases of about 136 percent or 1,364 overweight and 307 obese.
She noted that there was a significant different in terms of the prevalence rates in 2013 and 2014.
There were 247 obese children in 2013 with 0.29 percent increment and in-
creased to 307 in 2014 or prevalence rate of 13.36 per-cent, she said.
“Most of these overweight and obese children are in the Poblacion proper or town and city centers where there is powerful exposure to tele-vision and other mass media,” Uy said.
Francy Aguilar, in-house nutritionist of the South Co-tabato Integrated Provincial Health Office, said most of these children have access to
fastfood chains and related establishments.
“Most of the children in the city or town centers are always sitting in front of the television and they seldom have time to play,” she said.
She said their studies showed that physical inactiv-ity emerged as a key factor in the prevalence of obesity in the area.
“Each person should en-gage in physical activities for at least two hours per day,”
she said.Uy said there is also a
need to promote proper diet or nutrition among residents, especially the children.
She said their advocacy is currently centered on the eat-ing of vegetables and fruits, and avoidance of junk foods and fastfood products.
“We need to re-educate our residents again about the importance of eating vegeta-bles and fruits to avoid these problems,” she added. (PNA)
Study: Obese children in Socot rising
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TURNOVER. Sammy Afdal (second from right) turn over the key of a utility vehicle to a representative of the Religious Sisters of the Daughters of St. Anne as retired Archbishop Fernando Capalla (left) and Al Barreto of Kar Asia look on during the awarding ceremonies of the recent Chairman’s Cup golf tournament. Boy Lim
DAVAO Museum assem-bles for the first time a modest collection
of Mindanao woven cloth in Dream Design Delight, an exhibition of textiles from in-digenous and Islamized com-munities in Mindanao.
Woven abaca fabrics from Bagobos, Blaans, Man-dayas, and Tboli are juxta-posed with cotton and silk
cloths from Iranuns, Magu-indanaons, Yakans, and Tau-sugs. On display as well are two backstrap looms as well as photos of pre-weaving processes.
“This current exhibit in-cludes pieces on loan from private collectors, among them Lourdes Veloso Mas-tura, Bing Cariño, and Fr. Antonio S. Samson SJ of the
Ateneo de Davao University,” explains Sylvia C. Lorenzana, executive director of Davao Museum.
A section is devoted to two National Living Trea-sures, Lang Dulay of the Tbo-lis and Salinta Monon of the Tagabawa Bagobos and their representative works. The exhibit also features a short video on Lang Dulay. Clips
of an interview with Datu Michael and Lourdes Mastu-ra form part of the exhibit. Paintings of Davao artists add color and context.
“Get glimpses of how the weavers of old have in-fluenced the designers of today. See echoes of ancient patterns in works of contem-porary fashion and industrial design,” urges Lorenzana.
INFORMATION OFFICERS of the regional field office of the Department of Agri-
cultureand its attached agen-cies and bureaus in Region 11 are being honed in the var-ious social media platforms and communication audit to make them more efficient and effective disseminators of ag-riculture and fisheries infor-mation.
The training workshop was the main feature of yes-terday’s communications conference organized by the Regional Agriculture Fisher-ies and Information Section (RAFIS) headed by Noel T. Provido at the Pinnacle Ho-tel on Sta. Ana Avenue, Davao City.
For starters, Provido presented to the partici-pants DA’s communication programs and platforms. He stressed the importance of the Facebook, Twitter, Ins-tagram, YouTube and other social media platforms in the
effective dissemination of the department’s various mes-sages and advocacies.
On top of these, Provido also bared that there is now a need for information officers to be adept with information graphics in order for their media releases to be used by the traditional media like print and television outlets.
On the other hand, Sher-win B. Manual, veteran in-formation officer of the Phil-ippine Rural Development Project and the Department of Labor, lectured on commu-nication audit as a necessary tool to occasionally gauge the effectiveness of communica-tion programs and strategies employed by government and the private sector.
In the afternoon, the in-formation officers divided themselves into two work-shop groups and later came up with a DA communication complementation plan as out-put. (AMA)
TEXTILE EXHIBIT. Catch this exhibit at the Davao Museum of History and Ethnography. The museum is located at 113 Agusan Circle, Insular Village 1, Lanang, Davao City. Admission is Php 100 for adults and Php 20 for students with school ID. Call 233-1734 for more information.
A MUSIC school that has a unique, non-tradition-al approach to learn-
ing music for all ages will be conducting its first recital on Sunday, July 26, 5pm, at the Atrium of SM Lanang Premier.
Musikgarten Manila, which is located at the 2nd Level of the metro’s premier shopping and lifestyle destina-tion, will be having the ‘Music Is Life! The Launch - Season 1’ recital featuring its 15 stu-dents from various courses.
“The recital is in line with our vision to promote music as an essential part of life, an ef-fective tool in creating balance towards wholesome living and sharpened creativity,” says Antoinette Zabala, Manager of Musikgarten Manila-SM La-nang Premier branch.
Students aged 5 to 13 years old who are taking up StarDev individual courses in voice, piano and violin will
perform at the said recital. Tots aged 1.8 to 3 ½ years old who are enrolled in toddler classes will also perform some selected activities at the event.
The public is invited to watch the Musikgarten Manila recital on Sunday. Tickets to the event are priced at P100 each and are available for pur-chase at the school or at the recital venue.
Musikgarten Manila makes use of Musikgarten, the preferredcomprehensive early childhood development program in over 20 countries. It aims to make music an an-chor in child development and the bonding of the family.
For inquiries, call 296-2842, email [email protected] or check out MusikgartenMlaDavaoCi-ty on FB. You may also visit its sole branchin Davao City at the 2nd Level beside SM Bowling Center at SM Lanang Premier.
Agriculture info officers trainedin social media, comm audit
Mindanao Textile Exhibit at Davao Museum
Musikgarten Manila to hold 1st recital starring kids and toddlers
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VOL. 8 ISSUE 80 • THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2015 15SPORTSEDGEDAVAO
THE 24 aspirants in Ni-ke’s first-ever reality documentary basket-
ball development program which includes Davao ballers Joseph Corpuz and Rossini Brian Espinas was bared on Monday night as they begin rigorous training regimen to reach their full potential.
The players, mostly in their teens, have a six-week training under former Gilas Pilipinas head coach Chot Reyes and longtime national player and now Talk ‘N Text team manager Jimmy Alapag.
The 24 aspirants selected from several tryouts across the country have been train-ing since July 15 with drills and strength and condition-
ing workouts to be chron-icled by TV5 starting this month.
Out of the 24, a final 12 will be chosen to comprise the Rise Team.
Aside from Corpuz and Espinas, the 22 other players are Algin Andaya of Navotas, Steven Art Andres of Panda-can, Jharrel Beltran of Ifugao, Julius Binarao of Olongapo, Jude Bulan of Cebu, Kris-tine Cayabyab of Dagupan, Kenric Cilot of Muntinlupa, Danilo Contado of Cebu, Nelson Deocera of Pampan-ga, John Paul Fernandez of Manila, Dean Fudotan of La-guna, Paul Reginald Jackson of Olongapo, Ren Kenneth Manuel of Novaliches, Jair
Borne Marabe of Tacloban, Christopher Perez of Olonga-po, Michael Angelo Pingol of Cavite, Kherlie Pino of Cebu, Michael Teves of Cebu, John Lester Tobilla of Leyte, Nor-man Torbeles of Manila, John Lennon Villanueva of Manila, and Roland Patrick Vinasoy of Makati.
On Monday, the players got a treat when they were joined by no less than Indi-ana Pacers star Paul George, who is in the country specifi-cally to be part of the under-taking.
Nike country market-ing manager Patrick Reyes said the company is glad to help the players reach their dreams of making it to the
next level.“There is no lack of bas-
ketball talent in the Philip-pines. But there may be a lack of opportunity. Every basketball player wants to reach new heights in his game so he can bring his game out there and reach his or her basketball dream.
“Nike wants to help them get out of their comfort zone so they can make that next step that will make them rise to the top of their game. By providing them with a pro-fessionally run basketball program and product inno-vations to support them, they can hopefully make their dreams come true,” Reyes added.
PHOENIX Petroleum has signed anew the Triath-lon Association of Davao
(TRIAD) as brand ambassador on July 20, 2015 at Park Inn by Radisson Hotel, Davao City.
Under the one-year part-nership agreement, TRIAD will carry the name “Team TRIAD powered by Phoenix” as they compete in 17 triath-lon races.
Present in the contract
signing were TRIAD Secre-tary James Tan, President Dolly Yuste, Phoenix VP for External Affairs, Business De-velopment, and Security Atty. Raymond Zorrilla, and AVP for Commercial Sales Mindanao Ericson Inocencio.
Phoenix has been sup-porting sports in Davao City with the annual Phoenix Golf Open, the Phoenix Moto-X Se-ries, and the Jr. NBA program.
THE Philippine national football team is sched-uled to play only three
more games in the country in the first phase of qualifiers for the 2018 Fifa World Cup and manager Dan Palami is asking for support from home fans.
“Let’s take advantage of the hometown matches by watching the Azkals play in person. The Azkals will be playing for the country’s
honor. The fans’ support will count a lot,” Palami said.
The next Azkals game is scheduled on September 8 against a tough Uzbekistan squad at the Philippine Sports Stadium in Bocaue, Bulacan. Kickoff is at 8 p.m.
“We are fortunate to see our Azkals playing more home games, unlike in the 2011 qualifiers where they had only two home games,”
he said. The first of four home
games was played on June 11 against Bahrain at the Philip-pine Sports Stadium.
The Azkals then beat Ye-men in Doha.
The next Azkals matches at the Philippine Sports Sta-dium are on November 12 against Yemen and on March 29 next year against the North Korea.
The away games are set October 8 against North Ko-rea in Pyongyang, October 13 against Bahrain in Mana-ma, and March 24 next year against Uzbekistan in Tash-kent.
Tickets for the Azkals vs. Uzbekistan game at the Phil-ippine Sports Stadium are now available at www.ticket-world.com.ph. Tickets are at priced P531, P331 and P125.
A RUMOR doing the rounds is that Manny Pacquiao will be in the corner for
the Samahang Basketbol ng Pil-ipinas (SBP) when it comes to bidding to host the 2019 World Cup.
The boxing great plays basketball with his entourage during breaks in his training and has formed his own profession-al team which plays in the do-mestic league. Local reports say he will join Filipino officials to help persuade Fiba to award the tournament to his home country when they present their bids in Japan next month. China also is bidding for the rights.
Chot Reyes, a former coach of the national team and a back-er of the bid, said the 2019 event could provide inspiration to a generation of players across
Asia.“With the World Cup 2019,
we are not only able to show the world what the sport means to the Philippines, but the op-portunity to host a world-class competition like this will further inspire Filipinos both in the Phil-ippinesand the 10 million across the globe to chase their dreams,” Reyes said. “We also believe that it will offer similar inspiration to other players right across Asia.”
Manuel V. Pangilinan, presi-dent of the SBP, said the bid will present “a passionate, innova-tive and game-changing vision from a country on the move.”
“In the Philippines, basket-ball is life,” Pangilinan said. “It is part of our cultural fabric and the No. 1 sport which people throughout our country follow devotedly every day.”
SPORTS AMBASSADORS. Members of the Sports Ambassadors for Peace pay a courtesy call to Mayor Rodrigo Duterte upon their arrival for a series of outreach programs and exhibition matches. Leading the group is former PBA player Alex Tan (extreme right). SBP 11 director Regino Cua (second from left) and wife Pearl Imelda accompanied the ambassadors. Lean Daval Jr.
2 Davao ballers make it to Nike Rise’ 24 aspirants
Azkals to take advantage of 3 more home games
Phoenix, TRIAD extend partnership
PH World Cup bid to be passionate, innovative
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BLOW TO GILASInjury could force Fajardo out of Olympics qualifier
INJURED. PBA MVP Junmar Fajardo will be a big loss for the Smart Gilas Pilipinas.
BEACH VOLLEY. Petron XCS’ Gretchen Ho (left photo) makes her signal to teammate Cha Soriano. At right, the tandem of Petron Sprint’s Alexa Micek and Fille Cainglet-Cayetano (right) prepare to receive in another match during the PSL Beach Volleyball Challenge Cup at the MOA Sands by the Bay. PSP photo
REIGNING two-time PBA MVP June Mar Fajardo is doubtful for the Gilas Pil-
ipinas side bound for the 2015 Fiba-Asia championship in Chi-na owing to injuries to both feet which needs a long rest to heal.
Fajardo himself broke the news to Spin.ph during the vic-tory party of San Miguel Beer on Tuesday night, saying he had been dealing with plantar fasciitis on both feet during the Beermen’s run to the PBA Governors Cup ti-tle.
“Masakit talaga siya. Kaya kailangan kong magpahinga,” said Fajardo while pointing to his feet.
According to the Mayo Clin-ic, plantar fasciitis involves “pain and inflammation of a thick band of tissue, called the plantar fascia, that runs across the bottom of your foot and connects your heel bone to your toes.”
The development should cause concern for national coach Tab Baldwin and the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas, just days before a revised lineup for the Olympic qualifier is to be an-nounced.
Baldwin had been very vo-cal in saying that he is looking to
build the next Gilas team around Fajardo and naturalized center Andray Blatche.
The 6-foot-10 pride of Cebu
w a s s e e n limping on some oca-ssions during the Beermen’s party at the San Miguel Corp. offices in Ortigas, but refuses to rule himself out of an-other run with the Gilas program.
“Sa ngayon, di ko talaga masa-bi (kung ano sagot ko sa Gilas in-vitation kung meron man). Kasi masakit eh. Pero gustong gusto kong lumaro (sa national team) kasi malaking opportunity ‘yun,” he said. “Natututo rin ako, kaso nga dumating to. Sa finals pa lang iniinda ko na.
“Kaso kabuhayan at career ko ang nakasalalay kung pupu-wersahin ko siya. Kailangan dito ipahinga kasi bugbog ang paa ko eh. Mahaba ang season tapos nag
Gilas pa ko last time,” he added.Fajardo bared that his doctor
is now closely monitoring his in-jury, but hopes that it will respond positively to rest.
S a n M i g u e l
coach Leo Austria confirmed
Fajardo’s injury which he said the team tried to
hide during the Governors’ Cup playoffs against Alaska which the Beermen won via sweep.
“He is injured, that’s what worried me during the stretch of the playoffs. Inalagaan lang namin talaga ‘yan at minonitor ng mabu-ti,” said Austria, himself a victim of plantar fasciitis during his PBA career.
“Sa ngayon we wil give the team one-and-a-half months of rest, kailangan ‘yun kasi laspag katawan ng players namin. It was a wicked season. Tuloy-tuloy ha-los ang games. Si June Mar, we might give him extra time to rest. Kasi kailangan niya ‘yun,” he add-ed.
Austria said the coaching staff
and San Miguel management will leave it up to Fajardo on whether or not he will reprise his role with Gilas, should an invitation come.
“Bahala si June Mar dun, tantiyahin nya sarili niya. Di namin siya pipigilan sa paglaro niya. Pero sabi ko nga it will all depend on how he is feeling,” Austria said.
Spin.ph threw the sane question to Fa-jardo and he, too, was non-committal.
“Gusto ko kaso di ko pa talaga kayang sagutin ‘yan. Bahala na. Sana nai-intindihan ninyo. Masakit siya talaga lalo pag tumatal-on at tumatakbo,” he said in a regretful tone.
“Bahala na si Lord. Pap-ahinga muna ko sa ngayon!”
Baldwin’s list has been returned by PBA special as-sistant to the commissioner Willie Marcial to the SBP after some players were not deemed available to the program based on Bald-win’s meetings with some team owners.