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CHILD LABOR 101. The pain and burden caused by the heavy bamboo trunk on the shoulder of this 11-year old boy is painted all over his face as he ascends the concrete stairs towards a makeshift shop along Quimpo Blvd. in Davao City yesterday. In order to help their families, many children willingly sacrifice their young bodies to earn a living and disregard their future. Lean Daval Jr.

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THE Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) filed graft charges against the agency’s former chairman Wil-liam I. Ramirez for alleged violation of Anti-Graft

and Corrupt Practices Act with the Office of the Ombuds-man on Thursday.

PSC legal counsel Atty. Maribel Rodriguez filed the case on behalf of the government sports agency at the Ombudsman office in Quezon City which was docketed as OMB Case No. IC-OC-13-1871.

The case stemmed from the alleged “ghost security guards” hired by the PSC during the term of Ramirez as PSC chairman. Also named co-respondent is the Excelgard Security and Research Services Inc., represented by its

president Ma. Flordeliza Angel.

MANILA-- The Dept. of Jus-tice on Monday

filed before the Office of the Ombudsman plun-der and malversation charges against busi-nesswoman Janet Lim Napoles, three senators and 34 others in con-nection with the alleged P10-billion pork barrel scam.

Napoles, the owner

of JLN Group of Com-panies, is the alleged “brains” behind the P10-billion pork barrel scam and the P900-mil-lion Malampaya fund scam.

Aside from Napoles, also charged with plun-der were Senators Juan Ponce Enrile, Jose “Jing-goy” Estrada and Ra-mon “Bong” Revilla, Jr.,

8 CTO employeesto be relieved

INSIDE:

23Davao City cops still alert,

despite MNLF assurance16All-Stars master DLSU

belles in exhibition match

PSC files charges against former chairmanAT A GLANCE:• Case stems from “ghost guards” contract

• Butch says he is not aware of the case but he will face it in court

DOJ files plunder, malversation raps against Napoles, 3 senators

ENRILE ESTRADA REVILLA

CROWD DARLING. Volleyball star Fille Cainglet of Ateneo de Manila was one of the most applauded players in last Saturday’s All Star Exhibition match with reigning UAAP champion De La Salle University at the USEP Gym. Lean Daval Jr.

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CLIMATE CHANGE. World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Philippines head Lorenzo Tan bares during a press briefing yesterday at the Annex of SM City Davao

that many parts of Davao City will soon be under water just like some plac-es in Manila, urging Dabawenyos to brace for the eventuality. Lean Daval Jr.

POLICE VISIBILITY. Davao City Police Office (DCPO) director Ronald Dela Rosa (right) and Sta. Ana Police Station commander Caezar Cabuhat conduct ocular inspection yesterday of the police sub-station newly-constructed in

Brgy. 23-C Mini-forest, Davao City. Barangay residents asked for the police facility to fight crime in the area. Lean Daval Jr.

EDGEDAVAO

THE BIG NEWS

EIGHT employees of the city treasurer’s office (CTO) have

relieved of their cash col-lection duties for being allegedly involved in over P8 million unremitted collections while the city legal office mulls what other possible sanctions should be applied to them, an official said.

“Pag-usa ka empleya-do mainvolve ana instinct

nga dili sila pakolektahon dli na sila mangulekta…,” CTO head Rodrigo Riola said during the Kapehan sa Davao at SM Davao yes-terday, adding, “nagtraba-ho pa sila samtang wala pay recommendation sa city legal’s office kay sila man ang mufile ug kaso”.

The CLO has reported-ly found probable cause against them for grave misconduct and dishon-

esty based on the findings submitted by the CTO.

Riola created Task Force Katiwalian after the irregularities were discovered to monitor corrupt employees whose modus operandi is to is-sue receipts whose serial numbers are not in con-secutive order. “Didto sa 99 ug 100 ang issuance supposed to be dli pa gamiton kay naa pay 91,

92, 93.. dito namu nakita nga naay irregularities nga wala giturnover,” he added.

He said he could not first believe their modus operandi as a previous internal audit and that even the Commission on Audit did not find irregu-larities. He said, the CLO has already submitted its report to the mayor’s of-fice.

“NO prevention for flood, just preparation,”

said World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Philippines head Lorenzo “Lori” Tan.

Tan, who has been a constant Davao City vis-itor for over decade now, claims that Dabawenyos had been forewarned against floods and even the typhoons like last December’s Pablo.

Tan met with the me-dia before his presen-tation on Green Retail Agenda: Adapting Busi-ness for Climate Change at SM Annex, Ecoland

yesterday.He said that floods

are inevitable and there are no solutions to them.

He warns Dabawen-yos that Davao City will soon be under water just like Manila, and the timeline for this to hap-pen is accelerating so that the people can only prepare for it.

According to Tan, there was a very specif-ic and accurate study on drainage systems con-ducted in 1998 here in Davao City by the Ate-neo de Davao Univer-

DAVAO City would be the first city in the Philippines

to have a department in the city government that will focus on technical and training support on relevance of research, in-novation, and entrepre-neurship skills, should city council approve a Davao Inventors Associa-tion’s (DIA) proposal.

DIA Executive Vice President Virgilio Sang-utan, in yesterday’s Kapehan sa Dabaw at SM Annex, Ecoland, said DIA had asked the coun-cil to pass an ordinance creating a department in the city government to be called the Davao City Research and Innovation,

Livelihood Training Cen-ter.

He said the creation of the department would be the major highlight of their coming Regional In-ventors Contest and Ex-hibit (RICE) on Novem-ber 22 to 24 at an avenue still to be announced.

Sangutan said stu-dents, fresh graduates, out of school youth, and the unemployed should have a shift in mind-set, from the traditional teachings of Filipini-no parents which is to “study, graduate and get a high paying job in a big company,” to “set up your own business.”

THE NUMBER of crimes in August rose and sur-

passed the crime vol-ume last year.

SPO1 Ronald Deocos, statistician of the Davao City Police Office-Inves-tigation Detection Man-agement Branch, report-ed that there were 8,684 cases of index crimes and non index crimes from January to August based on the reports submitted of the 12 po-lice stations and baran-gay reports. Index crime cases hit 4,055 cases, while non-index cases reached 4629.

Index crimes are those crimes committed against persons (mur-der, homicide, physical injury and rape) and

against property (rob-bery, theft, carnapping and cattle rustling) while non-index crimes are violations of special laws.

A total of 7,955 cases recorded last year, with 3,468 solved cases.

“Nitaas ang crime volume kay gipakusgan ang law enforcement done during police op-erations,” City police di-rector Ronald dela Rosa said during the weekly Kapehan sa Dabaw at SM Anex yesterday.

One major factor in the rise of recorded cases, Dela Rosa said, is the frequent police ac-tivities like Operation Tokhang and related operations, police cam-

Crime volume spike noticedDela Rosa explains increase

[email protected]

By EJ DOMINIC FERNANDEZ

Davao forewarned on flood, Pablo--WWF 8 CTO employees

relieved due to messBy EMILORD P. CASTROMAYOR

Eye new departmentin city government

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EDGEDAVAO THE BIG NEWS

COLLECTION SCAM. City Treasurer’s Office (CTO) head Rodrigo Riola dis-closes that eight CTO personnel have been reassigned pending result of the investigation into their alleged involvement in over P8 million unremitted

cash collections during yesterday’s Kapehan sa Dabaw at the Annex of SM City Davao. Lean Daval Jr.

ROAD MISHAP. A Pacificab taxi with body number 3306 bumps a motor-cycle ridden by Edge Davao photo journalist Lean Daval Jr. and fellow press photographer King Rodriquez in Cabaguio Avenue Saturday afternoon. The

accident which was caused by the cab driver’s reckless driving left both Daval and Rodriquez with minor injuries.

A college student who was allegedly kid-napped by unidenti-

fied persons on September 13 in University Avenue, Juna Subdivision, Matina was released last Sunday at the Oval Plaza, Hicban Sub-division in Barangay Lagao, Gen. Santos City.

Davao City police di-rector Ronald dela Rosa said Sweet Dalie Latog Leal, 19, a student of Phil-ippine Women’s College, said the kidnapping could have something to do with the work of her mother, Loida Leal, with the De-partment of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). The elder Leal is chief of construction of Lebak, Sultan Kudarat’s 2nd En-gineering district of the DPWH.

Last August 25, 2013, Loida reportedly received a threat from an unknown cellphone number.

“Dli pako ka confirm sa reports sa mga police sa Gensan nga kidnapping maybe kidnap me ni,”he said

Dela Rosa sent Supt. Antonio Rivera, head at Investigation Detec-tion Group Management Branch to investigate fur-ther the alleged kidnap-ping incident.

Leal was kidnapped during noon time on Sep-tember 13 outside of her school. She was forced to get in inside a vehicle and blind folded. She brought to Gen. Santos City where she was released two days after.

Dela Rosa said Loida received a text message saying “Hawak na namin ang anak mo” sent by un-known number.

Dela Rosa is awaiting the report of Rivera who is tasked to further inves-tigate the case.

THE Davao City Police Office re-mains confident

that there will no longer be a spillover of the con-flict in Zamboanga City with the assurance of the Moro National Lib-eration Front to the city government that they will not create chaos in the city.

Senior Superinten-dent Ronald de la Rosa, director of the Davao City Police Office, said that the city government under Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s leadership deals well with all dis-gruntled sectors assur-

ing that they are treated well, the MNLF included.

He recalled that the MNLF had been given the condition not to bring firearms when-ever they dramatize their dissent in the city through a peace rally.

“Somehow, they comply with the secu-rity condition and it is working,” De la Rosa said.

He said that current-ly, the security sector is observing a heightened alert, where half of the forces in all police and military units are avail-able for deployment in

case of contingencies. De la Rosa said de-

spite the assurance of the local MNLF leaders to keep the city peace-ful, they are still being closely monitored.

He said they are also checking on reports about unarmed MNLF members on board util-ity vans from the city going towards the di-rection to Zamboanga City.

“We haven’t seen situations like these so far. It will be useless for them to go there given the tight security be-ing imposed by securi-

ty forces on the way to Zamboanga City,” De la Rosa said.

He urged the resi-dents to continue to be very vigilant since the situation in Zamboan-ga can be exploited by groups sympathetic to the MNLF.

De la Rosa said that he will never surrender the city to any entity es-pecially those resisting the government.

“As long as I am here, I will never give up the city to any group out-side the government,” he said. [PIA 11/Joey Sem G. Dalumpines]

FOOD and culture from this part of Mindanao was fea-

tured in the Davao Cul-tural Festival held in Bei-jing, Peoples Republic of China.

Hosted by Marco Polo Parkside (Beijing) the festival featured the Kalumon Performance Ensemble who will be performing indigenous inspired songs and danc-es until September 27.

During the open-ing last September 9 guests and visitors tast-ed Davao-based cuisine prepared by team of the celebrity Chefs Gene and Gino Gonzalez.

Among these dishes include Kinilaw (tuna

with vinegar) and Pome-lo Salad followed by the Davao Malagos cheese as sidings to the dried shrimp. Lechon manok (roasted chicken) and grilled tuna panga (tuna jaw) were some of the main offerings at the Fil-ipino buffet spread.

The Festival is a joint project of the Depart-ment of Tourism (DOT) with partners Marco Polo Parkside and Cebu Pacific. It is part of the DOT program on in-creasing the awareness on Davao in the lucrative Chinese market particu-larly in Beijing, the event hopes to entice Chi-nese tourists to visit Sa-mal and

MANILA-- The Sen-ate on Monday approved on third

and final reading Senate Billl 1186 seeking to defer the elections of the Sang-guniang Kabataan sched-uled on Oct 28 this year.

Sen Ferdinand “Bong-bong” Marcos Jr., who au-thored the measure, said that postponing the elec-tions would give Congress ample time to craft legis-lation that would institute the reforms needed in the present SK structure.

“Let me take this op-portunity to re-state my own position that I am not

in favor of the abolition of the SK. But I am in support of its restructuring,” Mar-cos said.

Marcos said various stakeholders unanimously supported the postpone-ment of the SK elections and agreed that the SK must be reformed and re-structured in order to serve the goal for which it was established – that is, to rep-resent in government the needs and concerns of the youth sector and to be the breeding ground for up-right, decent, trustworthy and diligent youth leaders of the country. (PNA)

Kidnapped student released in GensanBy EMILORD P. CASTROMAYOR

Senate approves bill postponing SK elections

City cops still on alert, despite MNLF assurance

Davao Cultural Festival held in Beijing, a success

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SUBURBIA

A total of 140 lumber dealers in Region 11 attended the di-

alogue last September 12 called by the Department of Environment and Nat-ural Resources (DENR 11) to discuss issues and concerns about their busi-ness.

DENR 11 Regional

Executive Director Jo-selin Marcus E. Fragada informed all the lumber dealers that they have to make sure they have legal source of lumbers. These lumbers should either be sourced locally through private tree plantations or imported lumbers.

Fragada reminded the

lumber dealers that un-der Executive Order No. 23, cutting and harvesting of trees of natural grown species in the residual and primary growth forest is not allowed. “We want to help you legally run your business. Do not get any illegal forest products from anyone. Do not let us

run after you because we are really resolute in im-plementing E.O. 23 by all means,” he added.

All the lumber dealers were given a stern warn-ing that once the DENR will find any illegal lum-ber in their establishment, it will be automatically padlocked and the forest

products will be confiscat-ed.

To date, there are of 160 registered lumber dealers in Region 11. Out of these 160, 87 lumber dealers are from Davao del Sur, 49 from Davao del Norte, 18 from Compos-tela Valley Province and 6 from Davao Oriental.

The dialogue with the lumber dealers was facili-tated by Director Fragada, Regional Technical Direc-tor for Forestry Lourdes C. Wagan and Forester Vic B. Billones, the in-charge of the Forest Resources Conservation Division of DENR. [Bing Cordova/DENR 11]

GENERAL SANTOS CITY TAGUM CITY

MONKAYO, COMPOSTELA VALLEY PROVINCE

140 lumber dealers attend dialogue with DENR execs

DIALOGUE. DENR 11 Regional Executive Director Joselin Marcus E. Fragada (middle) discusses various issues and concerns with lumber dealers of the region. With Fragada are Regional Technical Director for Forestry Lourdes C. Wagan (right) and Forest Resources Conservation Divison In-charge Victor B. Billones.

THE Police Region-al Office 12 is set to recommend the

awarding of the prestigious Philippine National Police (PNP) “Medalya ng Kata-pangan” or bravery medal to several members of the Midsayap police station in North Cotabato for foiling the attempted kidnapping on Sunday of a drug store owner in the area.

Chief Supt. Charles Calima Jr., Region 12 police director, said Monday the police operatives involved in the operation deserves such recognition, citing they were able to quickly respond to the incident and “have shown great cour-age in situations involving armed and dangerous sus-

pects.”“They have successfully

prevented what would have been another sensational kidnap-for-ransom case that would have generated funds to finance unlawful activities that endanger our communities,” he said in a statement.

Four armed men forc-ibly took victim Manolita Cedeño, who owns the Roy-al Drug Store in Midsayap town, in front of her home in Barangay Poblacion 1 around 6 p.m. Sunday.

But Senior Supt. Dani-lo Peralta, North Cotabato police director, said the 73-year-old victim was able to shout for help, catching the attention of local civil-ians who immediately re-

layed the information to the local police.

A member of the Mid-sayap police’s traffic sec-tion identified as Police Officer 3 Ulysses Coronado immediately responded to the scene and his presence reportedly caused panic among the suspects, who quickly disembarked from the vehicle and left the vic-tim behind, he said.

The official said a shootout ensued that led to the killing of one of the sus-pects. The three other sus-pects were later arrested in separate operations.

Calima specifically credited the efforts of PO3 Ulysses Coronado for the successful operations.

“I am extremely proud

of our policemen in North Cotabato, particularly PO3 Ulysses Coronado who was the first to respond and ini-tially engaged the armed kidnappers. Our policemen involved in the operations deserve to be awarded with PNP medals for their brav-ery,” he said.

The official also com-mended the alert civilians who reported the incident to the police in a timely manner.

“I encourage the public to continue to be vigilant. Report to the policemen in your neighborhood any criminal activity that you observe. Let us help each other in making our com-munities safer, he added.[PNA]

Cops in foiled kidnapping of trader cited for bravery Vegetable farming strengthened

P100 T for Pablo victims in gold-rush Mt. DiwataTHE Department

of Social Welfare and Development

(DSWD) 11 released P100,000 worth of fresh financial assistance to 40 Typhoon Pablo victims residing in Barangay Mt. Diwata in the Municipali-ty of Monkayo, Composte-la Valley Province.

DSWD released last Thursday the assistance funds from the Program Monitoring and Coordina-tion Center of the Nation-

al Task Force Diwalwal (PMCC-NTFD) which had directed member agen-cies to use their 2012 remaining funds for Ty-phoon Pablo response op-eration.

DSWD 11 serves as co-chair of the PMCC NTFD which groups together national line agencies tasked to oversee and monitor the Diwalwal Mineral Reservation Area (DMRA). DSWD 11 rep-resentative to PMCC, An-

nie L. Rosalinda led the distribution of cheques worth P2,500.00 each given to the 40 beneficia-ries pre-identified by the PMCC- NTFD social work-er assigned in Mt. Diwata, in coordination with the barangay government.

She made the dis-tribution at the DSWD Monkayo Municipal Link office together with PMCC- NTFD Communica-tion Officer Nora Alicante and Mt. Diwata Brgy. Capt.

Rodolfo Boyles.In her brief talk, Rosa-

linda said the assistance might have come late but she hoped this could still be of great help for the ty-phoon victims.

In an interview, Evan-geline Bolay-og, 34-year-old mother of four young children was so glad of re-ceiving the cheque which she immediately took for encashment to a local cheque buyer. [PIA 11/ Jeanevive D. Abangan]

THE local govern-ment of Tagum City is strengthening its

goal of ensuring food se-curity with the launching of the strengthened large-scale vegetable farm commonly referred to as Gulayan sa Barangay by the City Agriculture Office (CAGRO).

Rural barangays in the city like Barangay Pagsa-bangan—considered to be the rice granary of the city—are being strategi-cally prepared to carry out the vision of the local government for a sustain-able and profitable farm-ing.

No less than Mayor Allan L. Rellon graced the program’s launching where he echoed the lo-cal government’s all-out support to the agriculture sector.

He gave a marching or-der to CAGRO personnel led by City Agriculturist Harold S. Dawa to widen the scope of the vegeta-ble farming to puroks and schools.

This is still in line with Mayor Rellon’s agricul-ture advocacy as included

in his EAGLE WINGS Pro-gram, his 10-point agenda on governance that serves as a compass to achieving his administration’s social contract with the people.

On his part, the CA-GRO chief is positive this program will make farm-ers as partners of the lo-cal government in its ad-vocacy on strengthening the agriculture sector of Tagum.

The said program is also considered as a sup-port mechanism of the local government’s nutri-tion program. During the launching, 40 families in Barangay Pagsabangan also received free vegeta-bles harvested by CAGRO from its farm in Energy Park.

Under this notable program, farmers will be given free seedlings and inputs, aside from the technical assistance that will be provided by CA-GRO.

This launching is one of the activities of the on-going UGMAD Festival, which will run until Sep-tember 27, 2013 this year. [Louie Lapat/CIO Tagum]

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THE ECONOMY

PERSONAL remittanc-es from overseas Fil-ipinos (OFs) for the

period January-July 2013 amounted to US$ 13.9 bil-lion, higher by 6.4 percent compared to the same pe-riod a year ago, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Gover-nor Amando M. Tetangco,

Jr. announced today. The sustained expan-

sion in remittance flows during the period was driven largely by the 5.2 percent growth in trans-fers from land-based OFWs with work contracts of one year or more, whose remit-tances comprised about

three-fourths (75.2 per-cent) of the total.

In July, OFs’ personal remittances rose by 7.4 percent year-on-year to reach US$ 2.1 billion. This

is the fourth consecutive month in 2013 that per-sonal remittances exceed-ed the US$ 2 billion mark.

Meanwhile, cash remit-tances from OFs coursed

through banks for the first seven months of 2013 reached US$ 12.6 billion, 5.8 percent higher than the level registered in the com-parable period last year.

Remittances from both sea-based (US$ 3 billion) and land-based workers (US$ 9.6 billion) expanded by 7.8 percent and 5.2 per-cent, respectively. [PNA]

Personal remittances sustained, July inflows exceed US$ 2 billion

PHOTOMARATHON. Monique Libo-on, Canon’s Marketing officer (left), explains the mechanics of the upcoming Canon Photomarathon Mindanao Leg slated on September 28, 2013 at Abreeza Mall while Olivia Cena, head

supervisor, holds the activity’s official poster during yesterday’s Kapehan sa Dabaw at the Annex of SM City Davao. Lean Daval Jr.


GLOBE Telecom has intensi-fied efforts to address the unscrupulous sale of illegal

repeaters or signal boosters which causes network interference that results in mobile phone subscrib-ers to experience dropped calls, garbled lines, and weak signal.

Recently, the company’s cam-paign to address signal interfer-ence has been expanded to in-

clude the operation of high-inten-sity radio frequency identification (RFID), a wireless non-contact use of radio-frequency electromag-netic fields to transfer data, for the purposes of automatically identi-fying and tracking tags attached to objects. For instance, a RFID tag attached to an automobile during production can be used to track its progress through the assembly

line.The leading telecommuni-

cations company launched the campaign against signal interfer-ence in 2011 following mounting incidence of signal interference cases, based on a report made by the company’s network monitor-ing group, which indicated the use of repeaters. High incidence of interference had been noted

particularly in the metropolitan Manila area.

“This should serve as a warn-ing to those who have resorted to selling these illegal equipment that Globe Telecom, in close co-ordination with authorities con-cerned, will remain relentless in pursuing retailers peddling these illegal equipment,” said Atty. Froilan Castelo, head of Cor-porate and Legal Services Group. He emphasized that the compa-ny will also be relentless in its campaign against operators of high-intensity RFIDs.

The company has so far un-covered and resolved 15 cases in-volving the use and sale of illegal repeaters or signal boosters fol-lowing concerted efforts by the company and police authorities to tackle the issue.

Incidents of interference usu-ally indicate the use of repeaters as such devices are not coordi-nated with other telecommunica-tions infrastructure of the mobile network. In recent years, numer-ous incidence of interference had been noted particularly in the metropolitan Manila area.

Illegal repeaters come in the form of indoor or outdoor anten-nas and wireless adapters which boost network coverage and sig-nal by hogging bandwidth from a legitimate network infrastruc-ture.

MONTHLY AVERAGE EXCHANGE RATE (January 2012-April 2013)

Month 2013 2012 2011

Average 42.23 43.31December 41.01 43.64November 41.12 43.27October 41.45 43.45

September 41.75 43.02August 42.04 42.42

July 41.91 42.81June 42.78 43.37May 42.85 43.13April 42.70 43.24

March 42.86 43.52February 40.67 42.66 43.70January 40.73 43.62 44.17

Stat Watch7.1

1st Qtr 2013

7.8 1st Qtr 2013

USD 3,741 million

Feb 2013USD 4,708

million Feb 2013USD -967

million Feb 2013USD -640

millionDec 2012

P 4,964,560 million

Feb 2013

2.4 % Mar 2013P113,609

million Mar 2013

P 5,281 billion

Mar 2013

P 41.14 Apr 2013

6,847.5 Mar 2013

132.8 Apr 2013

2.6 Apr 2013

3.1 Apr 2013

418,108 Feb 2013

20.9% Jan 2013

7.1% Jan 2013

1. Gross National IncomeGrowth Rate(At Constant 2000 Prices)

2. Gross Domestic ProductGrowth Rate(At Constant 2000 Prices)

3. Exports 1/

4. Imports 1/

5. Trade Balance

6. Balance of Payments 2/

7. Broad Money Liabilities

8. Interest Rates 4/

9. National Government Revenues

10. National government outstanding debt

11. Peso per US $ 5/

12. Stocks Composite Index 6/

13. Consumer Price Index 2006=100

14. Headline Inflation Rate 2006=100

15. Core Inflation Rate 2006=100

16. Visitor Arrivals

17. Underemployment Rate 7/

18. Unemployment Rate 7/

Cebu Pacific Daily 5J961 / 5J962 5:45 Manila-Davao-Manila 6:15Zest Air Daily Z2390 / Z2390 5:45 Manila-Davao-Manila 6:25Cebu Pacific Daily 5J593 / 5J348 6:00 Cebu-Davao-Iloilo 6:30Philippine Airlines Daily PR809 / PR810 6:10 Manila-Davao-Manila 7:00Philippine Airlines Daily PR819 / PR820 7:50 Manila-Davao-Manila 8:50Cebu Pacific Daily 5J394 / 5J393 7:50 Zamboanga-Davao-Zamboanga 8:10Cebu Pacific Daily 5J599 / 5J594 8:00 Cebu-Davao-Cebu 8:30Cebu Pacific Daily 5J347 / 5J596 9:10 Iloilo-Davao-Cebu 9:40Cebu Pacific Mon/Tue/Thu/Fri/Sun 5J963 / 5J964 9:40 Manila-Davao-Manila 10:10Philippine Airlines Daily PR811 / PR812 11:30 Manila-Davao-Manila 12:20Cebu Pacific Daily 5J595 / 5J966 12:00 Cebu-Davao-Manila 12:30Cebu Pacific Thu 5J965 / 5J968 12:55 Manila-Davao-Manila 13:25

Cebu Pacific Tue/Wed//Sat 5J965 / 5J968 13:35 Manila-Davao-Manila 14:05Silk Air Mon/Sat MI588 / MI588 13:35 Davao-Singapore 18:55 Silk Air Wed/Sun MI566 / MI566 15:20 Davao-Singapore 18:55Silk Air Thurs MI551 / MI551 12:05 Davao-Singapore 15:45Cebu Pacific Mon/Tue/Wed/Fri 5J507 / 5J598 15:00 Cebu-Davao-Cebu 15:30Philippine Airlines August 15:55 Mani2Mani 16:50Zest Air Daily Z2524 / Z2525 16:05 Cebu-Davao-Cebu 16:45

as of May 2013

EDGEDAVAO6 THE ECONOMY

CHRISTMAS LANTERN. A lantern maker assembles the base of a traditional Christmas lantern made out of bamboo sticks along Quimpo Blvd. in Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.

PHILIPPINE companies are flexing their muscles in Papua New Guinea (PNG),

operating the largest purse seine fishing fleet and biggest tuna canning factory in the Pa-cific island state.

PNG Fisheries and Marine Minister Mao Zeming acknowl-edged the contribution of the Philippines to the growth of his country’s tuna industry.

“We are indebted to the Phil-ippine government and the pi-oneer Filipino companies and their ingenuity in investing and plying their capital and know-how in the six tuna fishing and processing business in PNG,” he said in recent statement issued in General Santos City.

Local tuna tycoon Rodrigo Rivera Sr., owner of RD Corp., pioneered the Philippine tuna investment foray in the island state by signing an agreement with the PNG government in 1995.

After almost two decades, RD Corp.’s investments in PNG now include tuna fishing and

cannery, can making, fish meal, shipyard/drydock, cold storage, value-added fresh seafood prod-ucts, wharf and stevedoring, construction and real estate.

Currently, PNG is reviewing the state agreement with RD Corp. that will expire in 2015, with Zeming assuring his gov-ernment intends to extend it.

Aside from Rivera’s venture, the foreign official also cited Francisco T. Laurel Sr.’s Frabelle Corp, one of the other major Philippine companies operating in PNG, for the growth of its tuna industry.

Frabelle signed an agreement with the PNG government in March 2006 that is under review to thresh out “inhibiting factors” to the company’s operation.

“Two separate committees have been established…to assist Frabelle address specific areas of concern such as water, power, port charges, customs, work per-mit and visa for its foreign work-ers,” Zeming said.

Last June, Frabelle, in a joint venture with Century Canning

Corp., another Philippine com-pany, and Thailand’s Thai Union Corp., opened Majestic Seafoods.

PNG Prime Minister Peter O’Neill said Majestic Seafoods is the largest tuna cannery in PNG and the South Pacific region so far.

Also in June, Zeming said that Philippine investors launched the groundbreaking of the Mam-bawan Seafoods, which will be engaged in tuna processing, next door to the Majestic Seafoods factory.

There are three more can-neries that will be built in PNG because of the efforts of Frabelle to lure foreign players to our country, he added.

Cencon Packaging, anoth-er Philippine company, is also building a can-making plant to supply the tuna canneries, Zem-ing said.

New Filipino player Rell & Renn Fishing Corp. is also plan-ning to establish a Katsuobushi (smoked) plant and a fresh fish operation using mini-purse seiners on Manus Island, he said.

Zeming noted the fresh fish project will be established under a joint venture company named Offshore Master, with 25 percent local shareholders.

In terms of fishing access, the PNG National Fisheries Au-thority has licensed 59 Filipi-no-owned purse seine fishing vessels this year.

“The Philippines has the largest number of purse seine fishing vessels in PNG,” Zeming said.

The Filipino fleet’s combined catch in 2012 reached 196,052 metric tons, about 28 percent of PNG fisheries annual total avail-able catch.

Philippine fishing companies are allowed to operate in PNG waters provided their catches are landed and processed on-shore in the island state.

Zeming said the investments of Filipino companies have greatly contributed to PNG’s tuna industry now with a value of at least K1 billion or US$408 million. [Bong S. Sarmiento/MindaNews]

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EDITORIALSThank you, dear teacher

‘Epal’ VP Binay

MANY of our great men and women –Presidents, sena-tors, cabinet secretaries, and generally, the heroes of this country, are children of teachers.

This is one demonstration of the indispensable role that teach-ers play in molding the youths into productive members of so-ciety, in ensuring the promise that the youth is the future of the Fatherland.

But this is true only to the children whose parents—mother, father or both—are teachers, they who understand the value of education as a basic motivation to educate their children.

We, whose parents are dressmakers, streetsweepers, masons, fisherfolk and other lowly workers, may just be as lucky. We also benefit from the patient nurturing of our teachers from the kin-dergarten up to the tertiary level of education, if we are able to go to college.

It is without fear of contradiction, to borrow a hackneyed ex-pression, that none of us, who have attained a modicum of suc-cess in life, can say that teachers are partly if not fully responsible for what we have become. They may not be our favorite teacher, as the narrow meaning of “favorite” is concerned. However, we may also remember with fondness even our most hated teachers, realizing now in our mature age, how they, too, molded us into disciplined citizens.

So, we laud President Noynoy Aquino for proclaiming the pe-riod from Sept. 5 to Oct. 5 of every year as National Teachers Month. The observance will enable us to give due recognition to the teachers, living or dead, as the unsung heroes of our country.

Without our heroic teachers what would happen to Filipi-nos? We will probably become hopelessly a nation of pork bar-rel scammers, if not world-class thieves.

WE commiserate with Vice President Jejomar Binay for his blooper in the bloody Zamboanga standoff. He might have the best in intentions, but they were

not enough to make his moves correct, or non-controversial.

His supporters--and hecklers--certainly hope he would learn a lesson or two from his failed “ceasefire” announce-ment. And that playing politics, like any game, can boomer-ang.


WHAT more do we Filipinos need in order to learn, be chastened by, and do something about the way

traditional politics and bad politicians lead our society down the path of perdition?

The culture of corruption and impu-nity rages on around us. It runs rampant and envelops at every level from the ba-rangay up. Even the youth are badly com-promised as they apprentice for political office in their community. Meanwhile, we face yet another appointment at the poll-ing place for barangay elections in Octo-ber.

What is it that we have to do to cleanse our society, to repair the wear and tear in our politics, to secure the fu-ture for the next generation? Will mani-festos and marches do it? How do we deal with all the vote-buying and vote-selling that even now the trapos are banking on to keep them in power? Is the community so helpless in the face of all this?

Let’s face it: much of the corruption springs from our wishy-washy attitude towards politics and politicos. We think we elect the officials; actually we let oth-ers do—others who outnumber us and who base their choices on stupid criteria like popularity or money for a vote. Once the winners are sworn to office, we leave them alone to do as they please.

It doesn’t help that we’re lousy at performing our oversight role as the cit-izens responsible for their selection. We leave them free to abuse the power and the authority entrusted to them. Even in

the most flagrant cases, we tend to let by-gones be bygones. We let venality pass; we let venal officials get away.

When they seek reelection and em-ploy corrupt campaign practices, we let them get away with it again. Thus do small transgressions pile up, institution-alizing impunity; They become bolder and commit more and more indiscre-tions. Then they move on to larger viola-tions and crimes. They go Big Time.

One day we wake up to horrendous headlines such as the ones that have been screaming at us day after day since Jan-et Lim-Napoles burst upon the nation’s consciousness. Only then do we realize how venal things have become, how our senators and congressmen have turned public morality and the public trust up-side down, and how easily manipulable are our institutions that fake NGOs can be contrived to serve as conduits for big-time plunder and aggrandizement.

Then all we do is scream or curse or scratch our heads and wonder how things have come to such a pass. When do we learn? One thing I know is that we must learn three lessons.

Lesson No. 1: It is fatal for us and our

community, in our present state of social development, to accept unquestioningly the avowed motives of anyone who seeks to be a leader. The record has shown that because a candidate is human, he is vul-nerable to temptations attendant to pow-er, prone to commit sins of commission or omission.

Their acts remind us time and again of the maxim: Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely. The Martial Law years taught us this but not ambi-tious people it seems. We must learn to question their motives.

So addled has our system become, jarred by persistent attempts to manip-ulate it, that in order to reorient it, it is necessary to put back elective officials in their proper places -- as public servants.

They should no longer be indulged in their pretensions. We must not tolerate their posturing as overlords and cavalier dispensers of our common wealth that they have come to believe they are. It is such presumptuousness, aided by our na-ivete or passivity that made possible the ballooning of the Pork Barrel or PDAF. We forget that good governance requires checks and balances, of which the basic ingredient is citizen vigilance.

In other words, unless we rein in and stop the abuse and the plunder our-selves, starting at the primal base of the republic—in our own barangay—Phil-ippine-style democracy will continue to malfunction; good governance will re-main a quixotic quest.

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MORE EXHAUSTIVE ACTION NEED-ED – Seeing the need to broaden and strengthen the commitment of gov-

ernment in addressing the farmers’ problems, the Department of Agriculture (DA) should in-form Congress – specifically the Committees on Appropriations, Ways and Means and Ag-riculture of both Houses -- about the present situation in the peasant sector.

Rice farmers are on the verge of a major harvest this year, but peasant groups are gen-uinelyworried the National Food Authority (NFA), one of the DA’s line agencies, like in the past, will again not be able to buy their palay harvest. This will leave farmers at the mercy of unscrupulous middlemen. Farmers want the NFA to maintain its buying price of palay at the current rate between P22 and P23 a kilo or depending on quality. However, as the harvest season begins, prices are observed to down by P1 a kilo.

There is a need for our lawmakers to assure farmers and peasant organizations throughout the country that Congress intends to provide relief to the nation’s agriculture sector. As a tired refrain, NFA is again saying that it is exhausting its funds for palay buying. DA and NFA officials have the audacity to say that they are committed to buy palay at the current prices but that its money could pro-cure only less than 10 percent of the total na-tional palay production. Using the argument of lack of funds, they say they cannot possi-bly meet the ideal buying target of about 25 percent of the nation’s production. Is that so, gentlemen? This line doesn’t wash with the rice farmers because in reality, they know that NFA is awash with money. Otherwise, how ex-plain the the fact that NFA is always ready to

import several thousand metric tons of commer-cial rice from ei-ther Vietnam or Cambodia.

This is a vicious cycle that has to be i n v e s t i g a t e d by Congress and other con-cerned agencies of government because this is a serious prob-lem which directly affects not only the farm-ers but all of us, consumers. The lawmakers should realize the urgency of their problem and act accordingly. They should inquire into the NFA’s sources, reserves and management of funds including possible untapped sourc-es within the agency itself before further broadening their search for funds elsewhere. Of course, we’re referring to funds intended only for palay buying and not for importation scheme.

If indeed, NFA lacks the funds to buy the country’s palay produce, then the simple ac-tion should be to increase the agency’s funds for the purpose. We are referring to money to buy palay produced by Filipino farmers, not rice produced by farmers in Vietnam, Thai-land or Cambodia.

Looking for additional funds actually is the concern of the Budget Department and the executive branch but it’s rather a bit late and Congress failed to exhaust its means for remedial action because of the pork barrel imbroglio.

The farmers remained adamant about

their demands to have it implemented soon-er. The situation particularly after the devas-tation caused by typhoons has become more desperate in many areas. We are therefore looking around and searching to see if there are encouraging signs that government is doing something tangible to further ease out the farmers’ never-ending miseries. Any move aimed at helping the farming sector which is the backbone of our economy is enabling the government to get on with the business of running the country’s economy smoothly rather than spending and wasting precious time and effort tending to the Na-poles-orchestrated multi-billion pork barrel fund scam.

They assured consumers not worry about it because there is enough cheap NFA rice sold in the market between P27 to P 32 a kilo and besides prices of commercial rice are starting to go down as the harvest season begun. That’s true! NFA and DA people have been bragging about their buffer stock but consumers are complaining that supply had been low and limited.

Another big problem is the alleged half-billion scam in a single NFA rice im-portation deal with Vietnam exposed by an activist-lawyer. There isn’t a clear and ap-propriate answer yet, but some NFA officials involved in the alleged illegal rice import scheme immediately dismissed the accusa-tion as a “smear campaign hatched by groups opposed to reforms implemented within the NFA.” Pray tell gentlemen, what reforms have you implemented within the agency? I don’t think farmers and consumers will be too comfortable believing all those alibis where politics has a lot of influence.

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AQUILES Z. ZONIOCorrespondent

Pork barrel : I’m very, very angry

The angst of the country’s rice farmers

Lessons from traditional politics, bad politicians

MANNY VALDEHUESAWORM’S EYEVIEW

TH I S FEELING of anger

is still raging inside me, like so many other people, en-raged by the stealing of bil-lions of pesos of their mon-ey thru this thing called “Priority De-velopment As-sistance Fund” (PDAF), also commonly known as “pork barrel”.

I’m very, very angry and like millions of other Filipinos, I’ve lost total trust in such hallowed government institutions as the Congress, Senate, Securities and Exchange Commission, BDM, COA, etc. and practically all non-government organizations or NGOs. As far as I’m concerned, they’ve lost all CREDIBILITY.

This country is so volatile and precari-ous right now, it’s like a powder keg whose fuse has already been lit. Unless the courts will be able to put behind bars guilty sena-tors, congressmen, and all government offi-cials who connived with “pork barrel” scam mastermind Janet Lim Napoles,--- this gov-ernment will never be able to win back the trust and confidence of the people.

While the Bureau of Internal Revenue is still drumming up its campaign for all Filipinos to pay their taxes to increase the government collections, can we expect to pay their taxes now after seeing how easy it was for Napoles to withdraw hundreds of millions of pesos of the people’s money thru government banks, under the supposed close scrutiny of DBM and COA, under the noses of Malacanang, etc --- and seeing her daughter squandering all that money in cars, jewelry, parties and expensive clothes in Europe?

It’s so frustrating for me, a lowly Pi-noy who can hardly make both ends meet, bogged down by a huge debt and cannot qualify for a business loan because banks demand hard collaterals to get a small loan. I cannot even come up with all the “required documents” because like many Pinoys, we don’t have the “credentials” to qualify for a small loan in this country.

But here comes this lady master scam-mer Janet who commands a battalion of company staff whose work is to manufac-ture all those “required documents” and “credentials” with fake signatures which are approved by SEC, by BDM, by COA, by Con-gress, etc--- which make it so easy to order any bank to cough out all those millions of pesos so easily.

When Janet said earlier that she “con-trols the government” (“hawak natin ang gobyerno”), she could prove it easily by fak-ing all the signatures needed to withdraw all the millions of pesos in big bundles of P1,000-blue bills. How can this government be SO STUPID ?

And since many top government offi-cials, from the House of Representatives, Senate and Malacanang, had been her close patrons and advisors, no one can touch her, it seems. Janet won’t even surrender to the NBI, but directly to the Man in Malacanang who has been acting so innocently, ask if he doesn’t know this woman who had been inviting him frequently to those big society parties attended only by the who’s-who in society.

I thought all these things can happen only during the time of the infamous First Lady Imelda Marcos whose lifestyle and parties during her time even overshadowed the Queen of England.

I’m very, very angry because govern-ment institutions are giving us ordinary Pi-noys a very, very hard time when we need financing to start a small business. We don’t use fake documents and we don’t fake sig-natures in trying to get a small business loan. I’ve been trying to apply for a loan, like thousands of other Pinoys but ended up be-ing disqualified because we don’t have the “required documents”.

But for those Senators and Congress-men, it seemed it was so easy for them to demand for a 50% cut of a P100-million “pork barrel” fund , with 40% going to the hands of Napoles and the 10% for the actual funding of the project.

And all this had been happening all the way back to the time of former President Gloria Arroyo who even reserved a special room at Malacanang for Janet Lim Napoles to hold office and invent all those NGOs to siphon all the P10-billion of people’s money from the government.

Let’s put them all behind bars---togeth-er with common thieves!

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NEWSRamirez, who was re-

cently appointed acting chief of the City Sports Development Office of Davao City, said in a he is not aware of the said case. He was in his office yes-terday when called up by Edge Davao to comment.

“Wala pa koy nadawat na affidavit (I have not received any affidavit),” Ramirez said. He cited that he also had a previ-ous case filed with the Ombudsman during the 2005 Southeast Asian Games. “I use to have a case like that with the Ombudsman during the South East Asian Games when we bought P600, 000 worth sports equip-ment, then some other buyers complained.”

According to Ramirez, he is undaunted by the fil-ing of the case. “It is nor-mal, there would be peo-ple who will complain.”

Atty. Rodriguez, in a telephone interview with Edge Davao, confirmed the filing of the charges. “Yes, we have filed the case last Thursday.”

Rodriguez said the fil-ing of charges was duly approved by the PSC Board headed by chair-man Ricardo R. Garcia. According to Rodriguez, it is the second case filed against Ramirez by the PSC after the agency also filed charges for viola-tion of RA 9184. The case is now in the Sandigan-bayan.

The present case, said Rodriguez, came out from the report of the Commission on Audit (COA) which found out the alleged “ghost securi-ty guards.”

The complaint-affida-vit stated that sometime on May 2006 a newspa-per account was pub-lished regarding the al-leged anomalies in PSC. It alleged that PSC was paying more security guards that what it actu-ally needed.

The complaint further stated that “a letter dated May 23, 2006 alleged-ly addressed to the Fact Finding Investigation Bureau of the Office of

the Ombudsman was also furnished to the PSC. The said letter was signed by concern national athletes and taxpayers. According to the said letter- com-plaint only 35 guards were actually deployed when PSC was actually paying the services of 103 guards. It is worthy to note that the Secu-rity Services deploying alleged ghost guards is respondent Excelgard Se-curity and Research Ser-vices.”

The original contract entered into by PSC with Excelgard involved 108 guards to man the follow-ing PSC facilities: RMSC in Malate, Manila; PHIL-SPORTS Complex, Pasig City; PSC Training Cen-ter, Baguio City; Shooting Range, Fort Bonifacio, Makati City; KB Velo-drome, Amoranto Sports Complex, Quezon City; Skeet and Trap Shooting Range, NBP, Muntinlupa City; and Training Venue for Canoe Kayak Federa-tion, Taytay, Rizal.

On November 1, 2008,

the PSC through chair-man Ramirez allegedly entered into an “Adden-dum to the Contract of Service” which involved an additional of 95 secu-rity guards.

The complaint like-wise alleged that Ramirez also entered into the said Addendum without au-thorization from the PSC Board either to procure the additional security guards or represent the PSC therein. There was allegedly no public bid-ding conducted.

“The PSC, composed of the Chairman and four (4) Commissioners, is a collegial body, much like a corporation it may only act as such. The Chair-man or any of its Com-missioners cannot, with-out board approval, enter into any valid contract,” Rodriguez said in her af-fidavit.

She added that RA 9184 requires that all procurement by govern-ment agencies, such as the PSC, be done through competitive bidding. This

includes outsourcing support services, such as security services, which is defined under the same as “goods.”

The complainant fur-ther cited that contract of service provides that the number of security per-sonnel provided by re-spondent Excelgard may be increased at any time at the option of the PSC depending on its need through the execution of an addendum . However, this is only allowed under RA 9184 under the con-ditions allowed by law including the required 25 percent limit on the con-tracting of repeat orders.

The additional 95 guards allegedly exceed-ed the 25 percent limit. Further, the complaint alleged that the there are documents and testimo-nies showing the security guards did not report for work or submitted con-flicting daily time records as certified by COA.

Rodriguez, in her affi-davit, said that “the acts caused undue injury to

the government and gave private party unwarrant-ed benefits. Respondent Ramirez likewise entered into a contract or trans-action manifestly and grossly disadvantageous to the government.”

Ramirez has 10 to 15 days to submit his re-sponsive pleading.

RAMIREZ: I WILL FACE THE CASE

“We have to face the case, and follow due pro-cess, after all, we are in a democratic country, and the rule of court should be followed. The allega-tions on Excelgard secu-rity has to be proven in court,” Ramirez said.

Ramirez, who had one of the longest tenure in the PSC, said: “what they should look at is my life-style, I still live a simple life, they can even check my bank book. I did not become rich in PSC, my life is an open book, had I became rich there, I would not be working anymore. I did not abuse my position as PSC chair-man.”

former Reps. Rosalinda Lanete and Edgar Valdez.

Others charged were five heads of govern-ment-owned and con-trolled corporations, six officials of Napoles’ non-governmental orga-nizations, five employ-ees of NABCOR, and two employees of Technolo-gy and Resource Center, among others, as co-con-spirators.

The one million-page documents were pre-sented to the media even before they were brought to the Ombudsman.

The pieces of evi-dence included certifi-cations from the imple-

menting agencies, the Commission on Audit re-port covering the period 2007 to 2009, and Spe-cial Allotment Release Order from the Dept. of Budget and Management, among others.

Estrada allegedly al-lotted funds to a bogus NGO of Napoles, the So-cial Development Pro-gram for Farmers and National Agri Business Corporation (NABCOR).

Enrile allegedly habit-ually used the fake NGOs of Napoles, Agri-econom-ic program for Farmers Foundation, Inc.; Agrikul-tura para sa Magbubukid; Agri and Economic Pro-

gram for Farmers Foun-dation; and Countrywide Agri and Rural Economic Development Founda-tion, Inc.

Revilla allegedly ha-bitually used Napoles’ fake NGOs, Agrikultu-ra para sa Magbubukid Foundation, Inc.; Social Development Program for Farmers Foundation, Inc.; Agri economic Pro-gram for Farmers Foun-dation; Masaganang Ani Para sa Magsasaka Foun-dation; National Agri-business Corporation; Masaganang Ani Para sa Magsasaka Foundation, Inc.; and Agrikultura Para sa Magbubukid Foun-

dation, Inc.; Philippine Social Dev’t Foundation, Inc.; and Social Develop-ment Program for Farm-ers Foundation, Inc.

Among others, also charged were former Congressmen Rodolfo Plaza, Samuel Dangwa; chief of staff of Dangwa, Erwin Dangwa; who al-legedly amassed or accu-mulated more than P50 million each, the thresh-old amount for plunder, through a series of “overt acts” in a period of time, from the lawmakers’ pri-ority development assis-tance fund through kick-backs.

Other respondents

were also charged with malversation and direct bribery, and corruption of officials through their supposed commissions, kickbacks or rebates which are less than P50 million each although their PDAF were also de-signed to misuse public funds.

This is part of the “first batch”, who were named by the whis-tle blowers themselves as they have “personal knowledge” about the Napoles’ NGOs.

The National Bureau of Investigation has rec-ommended for a prelim-inary investigation of the

complaints filed before the Ombudsman.

For its part, the Om-budsman will first eval-uate the voluminous doc-umentary evidence from the whistle blowers, the implementing agencies and the NGOs filed by the NBI, if it would warrant the preliminary investi-gation.

The DOJ is also bank-ing on the “coercive pow-er” of the Ombudsman to compel the Anti-Money Laundering Council as regards the “freeze or-der” against the 430 bank accounts of the Napoles family and her other ac-complices. (PNA)

paigns on the ordinanc-es on smoking in pro-hibited places, drinking, curfew and other ordi-nances.

He said arrests made in the police campaigns are all included in the crime volume.

Crime solution effi-ciency is increased by two percent as of this month compare last year, Dela Rosa added.

“If ang pulis maka-dakop ug 100 ka tao nga nanigarilyo maconsider na nga 100 cases,”he ex-plained.

The crime solution efficiency has 46.37% cases with 4,027 cas-es solved from the total number of 8,684 cases.

Based on the Statistics on All Crime Incidents gathered by the DCPO as of January to August

2013, for index crimes, theft cases has the high-est number recorded that has 1,804 cases, second is physical injury case with 1,393 cases and robbery case with 691 cases.

Last year, theft cas-es also had the highest tallied with 2,143 cases, next was robbery inci-dents with 998 cases and Physical injury with 501 cases. EPC

sity. In that study, the very areas pinpointed as flood prone are now being flooded every time hard rain occurs in the city.

He said, in 1998, the people who conducted the study said, “we have noticed that the flooding in Davao City is getting worse.”

Mayor Rodrigo Dute-rte was mayor back then, and a project was imple-mented to address the

problem, however, when the mayor was replaced Ben de Guzman, the proj-ect was shelved, which is a traditional practice of among politicians, Tan said.

Tan said that WWF conducted a study in 2009 using six general scenarios on typhoons, and in 2011, he said in one of his talks in Davao City that something as devastating as typhoon “Pablo” would happen,

and people at that fo-rum, most of whom were decision makers, walked out because of disbelief.

Planting trees and lessening carbon emis-sions will not solve the climate change problem, since thePhilippines is only contributing .03 percent to the one per-cent of the whole car-bon being emitted in the world, but the country will be affected by cli-mate change nontheless.

He said, the problem of unemployment and increasing number of undergraduates can be addressed by supporting these people commer-cialize their innovations and train them to start their own businesses.

Councilors Bonifacio Militar and Leo Avila are among government offi-cials who have expressed their support for the pro-

posed department, Sang-utan said, adding that Davao Regional Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development Consor-tiums, City Information and Communications Technology Office head-ed by Bert Barriga, and the DIA are the main sup-port groups of the pro-posed ordinance.

Meanwhile, they are

still looking for funds with which to conduct the RICE since the De-partment of Science and Technology’s (DOST) Technology Application and Promotion Institute (TAPI) only gave them a P30,000 budget for the event, said Sangutan, who added that there should also be a local-ized TAPI in the region. EJF

Davao cities.“We are working

closely with the airlines to connect Davao direct-ly to our markets espe-cially China.” According to DOT Regional Direc-tor Art Boncato who stressed on the impor-tance of connectivity be-tween Davao and China.

Among the guests during the opening were Minister and Consul Donna Rodriguez who represented the Phil-

ippine Ambassador to China. She was accompa-nied by officials from the Philippine Embassy and the Philippine Depart-ment of Tourism -Beijing office represented by Mr. Warren Palacio.

Former Marco Polo Davao General Manag-er and now the current Marco Polo Parkside GM Stanley Lau, DOT-XI Chief Tourism Opera-tions Officer Eden Da-vid, Cebu Pacific Vice

President for Marketing Candice Iyog and Celeb-rity Chef Gene Gonzales led the guests during the toast.

Aside from the Davao Cultural Festival, other promotional activities included media and travel trade presenta-tions on Davao tourism offerings which were both successfully held also at the Marco Polo Parkside last September 10. [PIA 11/RG Alama]


COMMUNITY SENSE

THE SM Foundation, Inc. (SMFI) recent-ly signed a Mem-

orandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Depart-ment of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR 11) and the Kibangay

Unified Farmers Associa-tion, to finance a total of PhP250,000.00 for the National Greening Pro-gram (NGP) particularly in Marilog District, this city.

As spelled out in the

Memorandum of Agree-ment (MOA), the SMFI represented by Maria Lynette A. Lopez will pay the farmers association P250T to do the compre-hensive site development for NGP. Further, the

SMFI together with the DENR will conduct regu-lar monitoring and eval-uation of the activities conducted by the PO as basis of payment; among others.

As the beneficiaries

of this partnership, the Kibangay Unified Farm-ers Association repre-sented by their Presi-dent Maximo Gumop-as, is tasked to undertake the comprehensive site development of the 20 hectare land which they will plant with at least 500 seedlings preferably indigenous species per hectare. They should also ensure at least 85 percent survival of the seedlings planted. Further, they are to prepare their Work and Financial Plan for this project.

DENR for its part will be the in-charge of the following: identification and delineation of the 20 hectares of forest-lands located at Kiban-gay, Suawon, Marilog District; survey, mapping and planning of the proj-ect area; geo-tagging and photo-documentation, among others.

In his message, DENR 11 Regional Executive Director Joselin Marcus E. Fragada said that he is very much thankful to the SM Foundation for responding to DENR’s

call for partnership in NGP implementation. “The DENR is actively mobilizing every sector of the society as far as NGP is concerned. Thus, this new partnership we forged with SMFI is al-ready a big help in our fight against climate change and poverty,” Fragada added.

NGP is one of the pri-ority programs of the government geared to attain sustainable devel-opment through poverty reduction, food security, biodiversity conserva-tion and climate change mitigation and adapta-tion by planting 1.5 bil-lion trees covering about 1.5 million hectares of idle, denuded and other suitable lands of the pub-lic domain in the country.

Also present during the MOA signing are: Re-gional Technical Direc-tor for Forestry Lourdes Wagan, Forest Resources Development Division Chief Alfredo Zarasate, Head Executive Assistant Maureen Reyes and some SM personnel. [Bing Cor-dova/DENR 11]

HEDCOR turned over a “Silid Pang-arap” to kindergar-

ten pupils of Almendras Elementary School in Sta Cruz, Davao del Sur last September 11.

A joint project of Hed-cor Sibulan, Inc., Aklat, Gabay at Aruga tungo sa Pag-angat at Pag-asa Foundation (AGAPP) and the Aboitiz Foundation,

Inc, the 1.2 million-peso building is also in support to sustain the govern-ment’s K+12 education program. The building is a one-storey, 2 classroom units plus a mini library complete with reading and educational materials for kinder to grades 1-3. The notable design was followed from the nation-al scheme provided by the

AGAPP foundation. Rene B. Ronquillo,

Hedcor president and COO wishes to help ad-dress the lack of class-room facilities in this school. “We hope no more classes will be held under the tree or in a gym. The Silid Pangarap will pitch in to a quality education,” he said.

Pinky Aquino-Abel-

lada, founder of AGAPP foundation also sent her message through her rep-resentative, Jocy Ledes-ma saying, “Ang Hedcor ay nagpapakita ng napa-ka-gandang halimbawa, ang pagtulong sa mga ko-munidad sa paligid nila.”

Last year, Hedcor built a ‘Silid Pangarap’ to Sib-ulan Elementary School also in Sta. Cruz, Davao del

Sur. The four classrooms in Davao del Sur will add to the six Silid Pangarap classrooms built in Hed-cor’s host communities in Ilocos Sur and Benguet.

Ledesma further said, “Since 2010, Aboitiz group of companies built Silid Pangarap classrooms to 67 schools nationwide already and 28 of which are in Mindanao”.

Aside from building school facilities, Hedcor also extend its educa-tional assistance through computer units’ dona-tion, internet connectiv-ity, college scholarship grants, high school finan-cial assistance, vocation-al and technical train-ing, school supplies and

information education drives.

Hedcor provided over 50 million pesos for cor-porate social responsibil-ity (CSR) to its host com-munities. Other CSR proj-ects are free medicines and health consultations during medical missions, livelihood, and environ-mental preservation.

Hedcor, a subsidi-ary of AboitizPower, is the largest developer of run-of-river hydropower plants with 19 generat-ing facilities in Benguet, Ilocos Sur, Davao City and Davao del Sur with a to-tal capacity of 155 mega-watts. Sibulan is host to the 42.5-megawatt Sibu-lan hydropower plant.

Hedcor grants another ‘Silid Pangarap’

RIBBON-CUTTING. Hedcor Sibulan, Inc., Aboitiz Foundation and AGAPP Foundation officials welcome the kindergarten kids and teachers of their newly-built Silid Pangarap classrooms in Almendras Elementary School in Sibulan, Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur.

KEY TO A BETTER FUTURE. Admin-istrators of Almendras Elementary School receive a symbolic key of their “Silid Pangarap” from the offi-

cials and representatives of Hedcor Sibulan, Inc., Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. and AGAPP Foundation.

SM Foundation to Pour P250T on National Greening Program

DENR-SM City Davao Partnership for NGP. Department of Environment and Natural Resources 11 Regional Executive Director Joselin Marcus E. Fragada (right), SM City Davao Manager Maria Lynette A. Lopez (middle)

and Kibangay Unified Farmers Association President Maximo Gumop-as (left) sign the Memorandum of Agreement for the joint effort to implement the National Greening Program in Marilog District, Davao City.

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MANILA-- For the first time in UAAP Cheer-

dance history,the Nation-al University Pep Squad has captured the 2013 UAAP Cheerdance Cham-pionship after dethroning last year’s champion UP Pep Squad in front of the 20,830 cheering fans on Sunday at the Mall Of Asia Arena in Pasay City.

NU garnered 696.5 total points while UP Pep Squad rounded up as the first runner up with 620.5 total points followed by DLSU Animo Squad which garnered 596.5 total points to finish in second place.

The new champion

that sported a Arabian theme received ₱340,000 from sponsor Samsung while the party themed UP Pep Squad received ₱200,00 followed by the military themed DLSU Animo Squad with ₱140,000.

The Sampaloc-based cheering squad also won in the Stunts Competi-tion followed by FEU in 2nd place and UST in 3rd place.

NU Cheerdance Head-Coach Adrian Albanzo shared their secret to suc-cess, “Ang naging sikre-to po namin ay nagtrust kami kay God, Siya lang po ang nakakaalam ng la-hat,”(PNA)

MANILA -- Filipino National Master Jerad Docena

(ELO 2227) on Monday stopped Canada’s Richard Wang in the Boys’ Division of the 2013 World Junior Chess Championships at The Ness Hotel in Kocaeli, Turkey.

Docena, who hails from Tagubaas, Antequera Bohol scored a total two points in three outings for 22nd to 47th places, tow-ing along his fourth round opponent Sunilduth Lyna Narayanan (ELO 2408) of India.

Top seed GM Yu Yangyi (ELO 2662) of China, No.2 GM Alexander Ipatov (ELO 2601) of Turkey, No. 6 GM Salem A.R. Saleh (ELO 2570) of UAE and No.13 IM Duda Jan-Krzystof (ELO 2534) of Poland are the leaders in the Open divisio with three points apiece.

Docena’s his female counterpart Woman Na-tional Master (WNM) Jan Jodilyn Fronda was unlucky as she bowed to India’s Woman Grandmas-ter(WGM)Rout Padmini in the Girls’Division.

No.3 seed WGM Alek-sandra Goryachkina (ELO 2418) of Russia, No.9 WIM Zhai Mo (ELO 2309) of Chi-na and No.11 WIM Warda Aulia Medina (ELO) of In-donesia are showing the way in the Girls Division with three points each.

Docena and Fronda were accompanied by In-ternational Master(IM)Yves Ranola as coach.

Their trip was sup-ported by the National Chess Federation of the Philippines, Bayan Muna Party-list Rep. Neri Javier Colmenares, Philippine Sports Commission and the Philippine Olympic Committee.(PNA)

NU Pep Squad is UAAP champ

Docena wins while Fronda falls in World Junior Chess

DETHRONED. The University of the Philippines Pep Squad lost their title retention bid in the UAAP Cheerdance Competition, finishing second to National University.

LEECH-LIKE. That’s the kind of defense applied by Marcio Lassiter of Petron on Global Port star Gary David during their PBA Governors Cup match won by the Blaze Boosters. Nuki Sabio

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So when an invitation to Bang-kok comes a-calling, they all come running.

“It’s a well-deserved break, al-though it’s not completely a break as there is a conference on the side and some meet-ups,” Olivia D. Velas-co of Zion Accuprint said.

The Printing Industry Asso-ciation of Davao Inc. (PIADI) was invited by Pack Print International to the International Packaging and Printing Exhibition for Asia at the Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Center on August 28-31, 2013.

The PIADI entourage was com-posed of Chairman Lads Aviola and Board of Directors Reizl Reyes, Ne-nita Millana, Marissa Atega, Jonjon Ramirez with wife Edna and son Jef-frey, and Velasco.

In Bangkok, the PIADI officers toured the Thailand capital’s tourist

spots and were awed by the pago-das and the temples in the city also know as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep.

John Anderson of Nilpeter Asia Pacific, supplier of Narrow Web Flexo Machines, also tendered a din-ner to the group.

PIADI Boardgoes to BangkokThey are the men and women who are behind their respective companies in the printing industry. Often bunked in the office almost 24/7 eating stress for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

GRACIOUS HOST. John Anderson of Nilpeter Asia Pacific, supplier of Narrow Web Flexo Machines, also tendered a dinner to PIADI Board of Directors led by Chairman Lads Aviola, directors Reizl Reyes, Nenita Millana, Marissa Atega, Jonjon Ramirez with wife Edna and son Jeffrey, and Olivia D. Velasco.

cently launched a photo exhibit at the SM City Davao Annex Event Cen-ter this last Sep-tember 13. Entitled “Ateneo Snap-shots” the exhibit features a rare glimpse of events, personalities and places from Ateneo de Davao through the years. A trib-ute to the Ateneo de Davao high school batch of 1963 who will be celebrating their golden jubilee in this year’s grand homecom-ing, Ateneo Snapshots shall pave the way for At-eneans to walk through memory lane, creating for themselves their own flashbacks while creating a need to reconnect with Ateneo de Davao and with old friends and classmates. AMDG’88 hopes the project will invoke posi-tive emotional responses from the viewing public and all Ateneo de Davao alumni while enticing fel-low Ateneans to take a more active role in orga-nizing reunions and gath-erings of their respective high school batches. The Ateneo Snapshots photo exhibit which will run from September 13 to 22 will serve as the launch of a series of events lead-

THERE’S a new spot in Abreeza that brings together fresh fashion finds, topnotch beauty services, and affordable food options—all for Davao’s young and trendy denizens. Welcome to Urban Turf, a new shopping and lifestyle destination located at the third floor of the Abreeza Mall that appeals to Davao’s style-strutting, fun-loving youth. Today’s cool kids can now get prettified at inter-national brow salon Browhaus, spruce up their style at s t reet wear shop Mr. Lee and RRJ and fashion bou-tique Trevisé, and explore new eats and treats at Urban Turf’s new and original con-cept stalls. Browhaus is an internationally-renowned salon that has become the first name in brow styling, with branches in New York, London, Singapore, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Manila, and now, Davao. While it also offers lash curling, lash extensions, and other facial hair grooming services, brow enhancement is its claim to fame. Now, Davao’s beauty buffs will know where to go to get their brows shaped—perfect for that selfie! Mr. Lee and RRJ are two of the most enduring youth streetwear brands in the country, and this time, they make their way to Abreeza in a joint boutique. From

producing p r i m a r -ily denim pieces, Mr. Lee and RRJ have g r o w n to house a wider a p p a r e l r a n g e that now i n c l u d e s j a c k e t s ,

pants, tops, and shorts in fresh styles and fabrics—all while retaining their radical, edgy, and free style phi-losophy. Trevisé is a women’s ready-to-wear label that mixes dainty, sexy, and fun elements in a vast selection of tops, bottoms, bags, footwear, and accessories. Style-savvy ladies won’t be able to resist the feminine and flirty yet affordable and comfy finds that line the walls of this boutique. Head to the hip commercial hangout that is Ur-ban Turf at the third floor of the Abreeza Mall, Bajada, Davao City! For inquiries, please visit the Abreeza Mall concierge at the ground floor or call (082) 321-9332. For more updates on Urban Turf, please like Abreeza’s official Facebook page at www.facebook.com/Abreeza-Mall, and follow @abreezatweets on Twitter and @ilove-abreezamall on Instagram.

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Bobby Antepuesto and Neil Oropeza.

HS ‘63 Diomedes Lim.

SM City Davao’s Lynette Angala-Lopez.

The Batch 88 boys.

The Golden Jubilarians of AdDU HS ‘63.

Noel of HP, Michael Sy of BizInfo Solutions, Bobby Antepuesto, Homecoming Chairman & Ryan Guadalquiver, Managing Director of HP Philippines.

Amadito Ola, King Aviola, Dr. Dave Vilela, and Benjie Lizada.The girls of Batch ‘88 together with Otoi Mercado.

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young Davao shoppers

EVENT

THE Ateneo de Davao High School batch ‘88’s (AMDG’88) silver jubilarians, AMDG’88 together with Globe, Hewlett-Packard (HP) and SM City Davao, re-

ing up to Ateneo Flash-back 2013, the upcoming Ateneo de Davao Grand Alumni Homecoming to be held on December 30, 2013 at the SMX Conven-

tion Center in SM Lanang Premier. Alumni may also stay updated on Facebook on https://www.facebook.com/ateneoflashback2013.

Ateneo de Davao’s history in photos

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BROADCAST journalist Karen Davila tells the story of how millionaire and so-called “Puto King” of Pan-gasinan put up his business with an initial capital of only P70 this Wednesday (Sept 18) in “My Puhunan.” Mang Rufo may have grown up poor, but it didn’t stop him from taking risks. With the help of his wife Leonor, he made and sold puto from their initial capi-tal of P70. Their business expanded into what is now known as “Bella’s Calasiao Puto and Pasalubong Center,” the biggest supplier of puto calasiao in the province. Now, it produces 40,000 to 50,000 pieces of puto in dif-ferent flavors every morn-ing. From selling four kilos of puto before, now they produce 600 kilos worth P48,000 per day. Now a millionaire, Mang Rufo was able to send all of

his six kids to college, and now owns a house, as well as poultry, mango, and rice farms. Mang Rufo wants to share his secrets to success with couple Melchor and Lani Estrada. He will give them little capital and teach them how to prepare puto and kutsinta. Meanwhile, Doris Big-ornia grants the wish of a couple with disabilities to be married in a Christian ceremony in “Mutya ng Masa” tomorrow (Sept 17).

The program will surprise the couple by preparing the wedding that will be held at Fernwood Gardens. “Mutya ng Masa” will also give an ultimate makeover to the couple’s home. Don’t miss “My Puhunan” this Wednesday (Sept 18), and “Mutya ng Masa” to-morrow (Sept 17), 4:15PM on ABS-CBN. For updates, follow @mypuhunan and @MutyaNgMasa on Twitter or like www.facebook.com/MyPuhunan and www.face-book.com/MutyaNgMasa.

FOLLOWING its successful launch last year, thousands of students are again ex-pected to take part in the latest leg of Learniversity, GMA News TV’s unique stu-dent welfare forum, which will kick off anew this Sep-tember 17. Featuring various Kapuso personalities, GMA News TV’s Learniversity is an inno-vative project that aims to inform, educate, and inspire students on what career path they should take. Multi-awarded broad-cast news personality Jiggy Manicad, executive master Chef Pablo “Boy” Logro and creative ge-nius Suzette Doctolero of My Husband’s Lover are among those tapped as speakers for this year’s Learniversity, both exhibiting excel-lence in their re-spective fields. They will be sharing their ex p e r i e n ce s and insightful lessons in life to participating students at the Freedom Hall of the Lyceum of the Philippines. Being with GMA Network for more than 15 years to date, Manicad cur-rently anchors GMA7’s 24Oras Weekend Edi-tion, GMA News

TV’s on-site newscast Quick Response Team, and co-hosts the public affairs pro-gram Reporter’s Notebook. Manicad was also recog-nized as one of the coun-try’s Ten Outstanding Young Men of 2012. Meanwhile, Logro, popu-larly known in the hotel industry as the Master Ex-ecutive Chef, headlines the award-winning shows Kusina Master and Idol Sa Kusina. These programs air

in GMA7 and GMA News

TV, respec-tively. D o c -tolero, on the other hand, is

the creator and head

writer of t h e

ground-breaking prime-time drama My Husband’s Lover, which has been mak-ing a buzz since it premiered in June. Doctolero is known for creating a number of GMA’s original, top-rating programs including Amaya, One True Love, Indio, and the Encatadia trilogy. Key personalities from various industries such as business, hotel and res-taurant management, and education and infotech will also be invited to the event to share their experiences as well as to enlighten and encourage students about the different facets of these industries and the corre-sponding skills needed for each. Learniversity is another milestone project of GMA Marketing and Produc-tions Inc. (GMPI). During its launch last year, Learniver-sity trooped to University of the East (Recto) and PUP

where a total of more than 6,000 students were enlightened and said project even be-coming a trending top-

ic in the micro-blogging site Twitter. Expect more fun and learn-ings with Learniversity this September 17 at the Lyceum of the Philippines. For up-dates, log on to Learniversi-ty’s Facebook Fan Page www.facebook.com/gmanewstv.learniversity, or log onto GMA News Online via YouTube or Twitter (@gmanews) with the hashtag #Learniversity.”

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The Kalumon Performing Ensemble.

The Flavours of Davao team.

Various dishes from Davao.

THE Department of Tourism (DOT) Davao together with The Marco Polo Parkside Be-jing in cooperation with Cebu Pacific, Cen-ter for Asian Culinary Arts, and Philippine Tourism Promotions Board is currently hosting a Davao cultural event top-billed by a food festival entitled “Flavours of Davao” at its Cafe Marco last September 9. The event featured father and son celebrity chefs Gene and Gino Gonzalez who put together a Davao and Filipino-inspired menu while the Kalumon Per-forming Ensemble choreographed and enthusiastically performed dances depicting Mindanao’s rich culture. Media and travel trade presentations highlighted Cebu Pacific’s network and Davao Regions’ island to highland allure. “We have preparing for the China market with collat-erals, dedicated Davao-based tour operators and trained a couple of tour guides for starters.” says DOT-Davao Regional Director Art Boncato, “We would also like to thank Marco Polo Parkside GM Stanley Lau and F&B Director Ron Yulo; Cebu Pacific VP Candice Alabanza Iyog; CACS Chefs Gene and Gino Gonzalez; Davao tour operator Arnold Gerald King and guide Nancy Uy-king; Kalumon PerformingEnsemble’s Mario Leofer M. Lim; and Eden Josephine Larano-david and Lita Lee of DOT Davao and PTPB COO Chicoy Enerio for their support!” The Davao Food and Cultural Festival 2013 at the Marco Polo Beijing will run from September 9 to 27, 2013.

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ATENEO de Davao University Ca-det Blue Knights

posted the biggest win margin thus far in the 4th Royal Mandaya Ho-tel Inter-school Basket-ball Tournament after clobbering Philippine Women’s College by 112 points, 123 – 11, at the Davao City Recreation Center Almendras Gym on Saturday.

The merciless win came after Ateneo Mini team absorbed

a 20 points beating, 57 – 37, at the hands of the PWC mini squad.

Five Ateneo players scored in double digits led by Lawrence Mari-one “Ayon” Angeles who

poured in 18 points.Lex Blanco contribut-

ed 17 as Dariel Manligu-ez, Francis Escandor and Barrientos added 17, 14, 13 and 10 respectively for Ateneo which topped Group A with 3-0 record.

Jose Cabilan scored 4 points for PWC which re-mained win-less in three outings in the tournament held in cooperation with Office of Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and Office of Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte.

In the other mini divi-sion match, University of Immaculate Conception defeated Assumption Col-lege of Davao, 44 – 38.

UIC improved to 1-1 while ACD absorbed its second straight loss.

FORD Academy of the Arts and Agro Indus-trial Foundation Col-

lege marched their way to the semifinal round of the Sante Barley Inter-school Basketball Tournament fol-lowing vital wins on Satur-day at the GS Skygym.

Ford beat defending champion Assumption Col-lege of Davao, 84 – 76, in a tight contest to complete a sweep of its group elimina-tions.

The Buhangin-based dribblers (4-0) took the first semifinals berth and entered the Final Four as a Group B top-seed and will face Group A second-seed which is currently occupied by Ateneo de Davao Univer-sity.

Rald Barrera contin-ues to perform at his best to lead the charge for Ford which outclassed ACD down the stretch to pull away with the win.

Barrera poured in 20 points as John Marillano contributed 17 baskets.

Michael Gonzaga scored 15 points for ACD (1-2) which formally bid goodbye to its title retention quest.

Agro, for its part,

booked a ticket to the Final Four following an 87 – 59 rout of Jose Maria College.

Agro (3-0) extended its win streak to three games and moved within a win from sweeping the Group B classification phase.

Nicomel Apostol dished out an extraordinary play for Agro that raced to 23 points lead after three pe-riods en route to another dominating win.

Apostol scored 26 points, including 17 in the second period. Gilmar Pa-ras and Janrex Tahanlangit added 13 points each.

The Arman Villanue-va-mentored team eyes for a sweep against PISD on Saturday.

JMC dropped its first game in the league backed by Nike Atheltic Club de-spite a superb showing of June Rey Bonsilao who made 20 points.

Ateneo zoomed in the Group A second spot after besting Davao Jones Acad-emy, 65 – 51. (Rico Biliran)

Paulos Coquilla scored 13 and Gio Binoya made 10 as Ateneo improved to 2-1 record. Davao Jones dropped to 1-3.

POUND-FOR-POUND king Floyd Mayweath-er said he dislocated

his left elbow in the mid-dle of his majority decision over previously unbeaten Saul Alvarez.

The 36-year-old May-weather earned a record $41 million purse Saturday for a dominating 12-round victory in which he claimed Alvarez’s World Boxing Council and World Boxing Association super welter-weight belts.

“I could have used more combinations down the stretch. I think I dislocated my elbow,” said Mayweath-er during the post-fight news conference.

Mayweather said that for rounds six and seven he couldn’t use his jab because of the suspected dislocated elbow, although round sev-en still turned out to be one of his strongest of the fight.

“My arm was hurting, and I wanted to stop using my jab and just paw with it,” Mayweather said.

Fantasy Football Sig-nup Doctors were expected

to examine the elbow this week.

He used his superior hand speed to keep Alvarez at bay, but Mayweather still only managed to win the fight on two of the three judge’s scorecards.

Judge CJ Ross surpris-ingly scored it a draw, 114-114. The other two judges, Craig Metcalfe (117-111) and Dave Moretti (116-112) had Mayweather win-ning in a breeze.

Ross surprised many by giving six rounds to Al-varez. She is also one of two judges who scored a win for Timothy Bradley over Manny Pacquiao last year.

Mayweather criticized Ross after the fight.

“I think it is a woman, and she could be older,” said Mayweather.

Mayweather was fight-ing for just the second time since being released from prison after serving a sen-tence for assaulting the mother of his children.

Mayweather gave away 13 years in age and 15

pounds to the younger and stronger Alvarez.

The Mexican fighter tipped the scales at Fri-day’s weigh in right on the 152-pound catch weight. But by the time he entered the ring, Alvarez had bal-looned to 165, 13 pounds heavier than he was at the weigh in. It was also 10 pounds heavier than the weight he had been spar-ring at in the week leading up to the fight.

The added weight made him look slow and

awkward in the ring as he suffered the first loss of his career.

This was the second fight in Mayweather’s six-bout, 30-month contract with Showtime that could pay him more than $200 million.

Saturday’s fight marked the first time since 2007 that he has fought twice in a calendar year, and Mayweather said he plans to repeat that schedule in 2014 and 2015 by fighting in May and September.

BIEBER FEVER. Floyd Mayweather with his number one supporter Justin Bieber.

BLOCK. Sue Roces of the Manila All Stars blocks La Salle’s Abby Maraño during the All Stars-La Salle exhibition match at USEP Gym on Saturday. Lean Daval Jr.Ateneo blasts

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WATCH and learn.

Those as-piring to become top-notch volleyball players got exactly what they wanted, a virtual vol-leyball 101 short course that will eat some giga-byte of space in their sporting memory.

In a match volleyball fanatics rather forget the scoreline, the vet-eran-laden Manila All Stars taught the reign-ing national collegiate champion De La Salle University some lessons that would help them win another title this season with an emphat-ic 25-20, 25-18, 27-25 straight sets victory in an exhibition match In Davao City on Saturday night.

To the delight of the 3,000 crowd that filled the University of South-eastern Philippine (USEP) Gym, former Shakeys V-League MVP Ruby de Leon played like a master teaching a bunch of young kids while leaning on her battle-scarred team-mates composed of UAAP stars like cat-quick Fille Cainglet and Jen Reyes, towering Jaja Santiago, Dabawenya Mayette Zapanta, for-mer collegiate La Salle stars Stephanie Merca-do and Cha Cruz, and the power-spiking Sue Roces.

Cruz, playing against her former teammates for the first time, keyed a first set rally that shoved the All Stars to a 15-10 lead after racking up five straight points. A Santiago pow-er spike dotting the first line of La Salle gave the All Stars a 19-21 lead before Cainglet and Roces conspired to close out the set with back-to-back set spikes that caught the DLSU belles napping.

In the second set, the reigning UAAP champions raced to a

3-0 lead on errors by the Stars and looked like they have regained their bearing early on. A 5-0 counter attack by the Stars quickly doused cold water on what was to be a mild DSLU rally.

After Zapanta scored on a crosscourt spike, the DLSU Lady Spikers charged back with a well-placed spike by Ara Galang capped by two succes-sive service aces by Desiree Cheng put tan-talizingly close, 16-18. The Stars, however, an-swered with a block on Cydthealee Demecillo followed by a punch by Roces, a down-the-line spike by Mercado and a crosscourt by Cainglet to go up 24-18.

A block on Galang by Cruz and Santiago end-ed the second set 25-18.

If at all, the third set made up for the domi-nation of the Stars in the first two sets. This time, the DLSU bells fought tooth and nail with the Stars. Skipper Abby Ma-rano and crowd favor-ites Reyes and Galang wowed the fans with their gallant effort to-wards the end of the set with Reyes block-ing Santiago twice and Galang responding with power spikes off sets by Marano as they forced a tiebreak 24-all.

De Leon gave the Stars a 25-24 lead with an off-the-shoul-der drop but Galang quickly equalized with a spike. A final time-out by the All Stars set up the final blows with Cainglet putting one to an uncovered middle and Cruz delivering the final blow with a cross-court spike.

The exhibition match was organized by Balibolista de Dabaw for the bene-fit of Balay sa Adunay Pangandoy Youth Re-habilitation Center in Panacan, Davao City.

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NEAT LESSONAll-Stars master DLSU belles in exhibition match

VOLLEYMANIA. Top photo, Fille Cainglet (15) of the Manila All Stars gets a power spike through despite the stonewall defense of La Salle’s Mika Reyes (3) and Ara Galang (8). Lower photo, crowd favorite Mika Reyes (left) enters the court while Abby Marano (right) blows kisses to the crowd. Lean Daval Jr.


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