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FELONIA FILES MRKing slay alleged mastermind claims prosecutor railroaded informationFORMER Regional Investiga-

tion Unit (RIU) Chief Super-intendent Leonardo Felonia

filed a motion for reconsideration

on Wednesday afternoon after receiving the resolution of pros-ecutor Panfilo Lovitos charging him to murder for the death of

Cebu-based hotelier Richard Lim King.

Six hours after receiving a

By FUNNY PEARL A. GAJUNERA

PO1 Joeffer Villegas, one of eight relieved intelligence operatives of

Toril Police Station following the complaint of the family of Manuel

Antipasado Coral VII who was slain last Saturday, eludes media practitioners

during a press briefing led by Police Regional Office (PRO) 11 director Chief

Superintendent Wendy G. Rosario at the Davao City Police Office (DCPO)

yesterday. Villegas, together with the seven intelligence operatives, was at

the DCPO to clear their names in Coral VII killing. Lean Daval Jr.

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THE BIG NEWS

DESPITE the bomb-ing incident in Gen-eral Santos City on

Tuesday night, Mayor Ro-drigo R. Duterte said he has not received any ter-ror threat on Davao City.

In an interview Wednesday night, Duter-te said Davao City “has no enemy” among terrorist groups that could prompt a bombing here.

“There ought to be no reason… because we are

always being equitable and fair in our feelings. All of us here, whether the Muslims, the Lumads, or Christians, we treat them equally,” he said.

Duterte said the bombing in GenSan is not connected with the terror threat in the city which was relayed to him by President Aquino last June.

The mayor said he will not meddle with the

decision of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and Armed Forces of the Phil-ippines (AFP) to heighten alert in the region after the incident in General Santos City.

The GenSan blast, staged in front of City Hall, injured nine people. The military has said the intent was not to kill but merely to scare people.

“In case, during critical times, hindi ako nakiki-

alam (I do not intervene). The decision of the mili-tary and the police are fi-nal,” Duterte said. “We just take care of ourselves,” he added.

The mayor said he learned of the GenSan in-cident when he met Police Regional Office (PRO) 11 director Chief Superinten-dent Wendy Rosario on the plane.

He said based on the

TE M P O R A R I L Y relieved Davao City Police Office

(DCPO) director Senior Superintendent Vicente D. Danao might be back in his post by October 1.

This was divulged to Edge Davao by a source who asked not to be iden-tified.

Danao had been temporarily relieved on September 1 because of an administrative case stemming from a com-

plaint of physical injury filed against him by his own wife in 2002.

“Somebody told me that he will be back by then (October 1),” the source said in an inter-view yesterday.

In a separate inter-view yesterday held at the DCPO conference hall, Police Regional Of-fice (PRO) 11 regional di-rector Chief Superinten-dent Wendy Rosario said Danao can get his posi-

tion back as the highest police official in the city.

“You need to remem-ber that Danao is just temporarily relieved not permanently relieved, so he can still go back to his position,” Rosario said.

He also said Danao’s position is not yet vacant.

Rosario said he ex-pects to receive this week or next week the result of the investigation con-ducted by a fact-finding committee formed to in-

vestigate whether Danao is still fit to be the city po-lice director.

Earlier this month, Rosario ordered the as-sessment and delibera-tion of Danao’s accom-plishments while he was still in office and if the case filed against him will affect his work.

Rosario said he has already ordered the fact-finding committee to expedite its investigation

THE three suspects in the killing of Ce-bu-based hotelier

Richard Lim King want to be placed under the government’s Witness Protection Program (WPP) for fear of what could happen to them once newly indicted Se-nior Superintendent Leonardo Felonia, for-mer head of the Regional Intelligence Unit (RIU) 11, enters the same cell.

“They are worried for their safety once Fe-lonia is jailed along with them,” lawyer Bhen Jo-seph Tesiorna told Edge Davao yesterday.

Tesiorna stands as

the legal counsel of sus-pects Paul Dave Labang, the self-confessed gun-man, and his co-accused Rommel and Rodel dela Cerna. The three are de-tained at the Davao City Police Office.

“What they are afraid of is that Felonia is pow-erful. What are my cli-ents but poor people?” Tesiorna said.

He said there is a big possibility that Felonia will be also detained in the same cell because the DCPO is the investi-gating team of the King case. This will only change if there is a com-

POLICE filed a com-plaint against mem-bers of progressive

groups who staged a light-ing protest inside SM La-nang Premier during the visit of President Benigno Aquino on September 8.

The complaint was filed last Tuesday at the Regional Trial Court on regular proceeding.

Sta. Ana Police Station commander Superinten-dent RoyinaGarma said

they filed a case of Tu-mult and Disorder in Pub-lic against Sheen Duazo, secretary general of the Bagong Alyansang Maka-bayan (BAYAN) in South-ern Mindanao, and others who were unidentified.

She said they are still trying to identify the oth-er persons involved by re-viewing the Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) system of the mall.

A circular halo around the sun casts over Davao City is seen behind a waving Philippine flag at Quezon Park yesterday. The optical phenomenon known as the ‘22 halo of the sun’ occurs due to refraction of sunlight against ice crystals present in cirrus clouds within the Earth’s atmosphere. Lean Daval Jr.

No terror threatin Davao: [email protected]

By CHENEEN R. CAPON

By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO [email protected]

3 King murder suspectswant witness protection

Police sue mall protestersBy Funny Pearl A. GajuneraCorrespondent

Danao could be back as DCPO chief by Oct 1

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FIVE months after the great fire of Isla Verde, the road net-

work project in the area has yet to be implement-ed as the bidding is still in the process.

Davao City Planning and Development Office head Marcelino P. Esca-lada said in yesterday’s I-Speak Media Forum that although the City Engineer’s Office (CEO) is already done with the program work of the P30-million lateral and

main road networks and P10-million foot bridge alignment in the area, the documents of the pro-gram are still in the hand of Bids and Awards Com-mittee (BAC).

“We are now open for public bidding in terms of the implementation of the project,” Escalada said, adding that the bidding process will take several days.

He said the project will be started in 2015, with the bidding starting

in the last week of Sep-tember or the first week of October.

He said before the project is awarded to the winning bidder, his office will conduct an evalua-tion to see if the contrac-tor is capable of complet-ing the project.

Escalada said the program work was start-ed two months after the April 4 incident, with the City Council approving the P30 million fund for the project.

“The take-off point P30 million was during the approval of the Sang-guniang Panlungsod (City Council),” he said.

He said after the ap-proval of the fund, they immediately complied with the documentation requirements of the pro-gram, which are now in the BAC.

Escalada said the road network program is part of the exit plan of Task Force Isla Verde which

ALL roads lead to The Marco Polo Davao in Davao City as the

first Southern Mindanao Growth Corridor (SMGC) Investment Forum hap-pens today, Friday.

Some 200 business-men will participate in the event, part of three-day se-ries of activities organized by three different foreign chambers based in Davao City. Forty percent of the participants are expected to be coming from foreign countries and areas out-side Mindanao.

The forum was orga-nized by the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines Inc. (Am-cham) in Davao, European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines Inc. (ECCP) and the Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Mindanao

Inc. (JCCM).“The event is envi-

sioned as an annual as-sembly of business people and policymakers, with a common interest to take advantage of the potential of the Southern Mindan-ao region; particularly in light of the opportunities represented by ASEAN in-tegration,” AmCham presi-dent Philip Dizon said.

Dizon said that they aim to promote Southern Mindanao—especially from General Santos City all the way to Davao Ori-ental -- as a prime invest-ment hub for both local and foreign investors.

The forum is conduct-ed in cooperation with Department of Trade and Industry, Board of Invest-ment, Mindanao Devel-

EIGHT relieved po-lice officers from Toril Police Pre-

cinct who were relieved last Tuesday for possible involvement in the killing of Manuel Corral VII were invited yesterday to the Davao City Police Station (DCPO) for interrogation by regional police direc-tor Chief Superintendent Wendy Rosario.

“I just want to per-sonally talk to these re-lived officers so that I will know what they have to say on why they are involved in the case and for me to make an honest assessment,” Rosario told

reporters in a press con-ference yesterday.

The intelligence op-eratives were identified as Police Officer (PO)3 Catalino Jalalon, PO3 Rico Adlawan, PO2 Eu-genio Mendez, Senior Police Officer (SPO)1 Jer-emias Cunanan, PO2 Ric John Borja, PO2 Janwed Cagape, PO2 Bernardo Flauta, and PO1 Jeffer Villegas.

The eight intelligence operatives were trans-ferred to the withholding center of DCPO last Tues-day upon the request of the family of murder vic-

Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte discusses federalism and other political issues during a forum initiated by the Political Science students of the Univer-sity of Mindanao (UM) Wednesday after-noon. Lean Daval Jr.

Relieved Davao City Police Office (DCPO) director Vicente D. Danao Jr. bares to members of local media at the Davao City Police Office yesterday that his grave misconduct and physical injuries case will be resolved next week. Lean Daval Jr.

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By CHENEEN R. CAPON

By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO [email protected]

Investment forumof SMGC today

8 cops probedin murder case

Isla Verde roadsyet to be rebuilt

FOUR women, one of them a minor, were arrested last

Wednesday for allegedly extorting money from a broadcaster in exchange for manipulating the re-sults of a listenership survey.

The entrapment op-eration was conducted by operatives of the San Pedro Police Station at around 2 : 15 p.m. on September 17 at a bak-ery located at the corner of Pelayo and Ponciano Streets in Davao City.

Police Officer (PO)2 Joseph Tuloy identified the suspects as Cherry Contemplo, 37; Gorine Bahinting, 18; Shio-eng

Lu Larida alias Kimberly Chua, 29; and a 17-year-old minor. All are resi-dents of Barangay Du-manlas, Buhangin, Davao City.

Tuloy said ABS-CBN radio commentator Ran-dy Caniedo, the com-plainant, executed a sworn affidavit in which he said the four asked his broadcast company to pay P7,000 each in ex-change for manipulating the listenership rating in a survey.

“The complainant said the four were ask-ing him to pay so that his program would be included in the list of top

4 nabbed for extorttry on broadcaster

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THE ECONOMY

P3.6 B

SEN. RALPH RECTO called on Department of Tourism to use part of its P3.6-billion travel tax collection to finance the construction of public restrooms across the country, particularly along the roads going to areas frequented by tourists. Recto said there is a clear absence of clean toilets along the roads outside Metro Manila. Philippine Star, September 14, 2014

40,000

THE International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says 40,000 of the 120,000 displaced Zamboanga City residents are still without permanent homes and living in difficult conditions today, one year after the Nur Misuari faction of the Moro National Liberation Front attacked the city. PDI, September 15, 2014

$489 M

THE BANGKO SENTRAL NG PILIPINAS registered $489 million of net foreign portfolio investments in August, up from the previous month’s $322 million. About 66.4 percent of hot money were invested in the stock market. Manila Bulletin, September 14, 2014

It figures

THE Philippines and France further strengthened bi-

lateral relations with the signing of several agree-ments on transportation and communications, cul-ture, and education.

In a statement deliv-ered after his meeting with French President François Hollande, Pres-ident Benigno Aquino said these agreements “will facilitate meaningful dialogue and fruitful ex-changes between our two countries.”

One of these is the agreement on air ser-vices, which was signed by Transportation Secre-tary Joseph Emilio Abaya and French Minister of Foreign Affairs and In-ternational Development Laurent Fabius.

President Aquino and President Hollande wit-nessed the signing during a simple ceremony held at the Elyseé Palace.

According to President Aquino, the air services agreement would “open more doors of opportu-nity for both our peoples, as we strengthen tourism, trade, business activity and our people-to-people ties.”

The two leaders also

witnessed the signing of a memorandum of un-derstanding between the École Nationale d’Ad-ministration and the De-velopment Academy of the Philippines, and the 2014-2017 Administra-tive Agreement on Cultur-al Cooperation.

“The agreement be-tween the École Nationale d’Administration and the Development Academy of the Philippines looks into the establishment of training and exchang-es that will benefit our many civil servants in the Philippines, as they work to provide improved ser-vices,” President Aquino said.

“In the same manner, cooperation in the cul-tural field will, without doubt, promote heritage conservation, language and arts training, and cultural management—areas that are of vital importance in fostering greater understanding, thus, adding to the reser-voir of goodwill between our peoples,” he added.

In addition to the three bilateral agree-ments, the two leaders witnessed on Wednesday the signing of a contract entered into between 4G

Alcatel Lucent and GLOBE Télécom for the purchase of equipment.

President Aquino and President Hollande also welcomed the forthcom-ing signing of the updat-

ed Philippines-France Arrangement on Defense Cooperation by Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin and French Minister of Defense Jean-Yves Le Dri-an.

“We have made signif-icant strides as well to-wards updating our bilat-eral Defense Cooperation Agreement,” the Presi-dent said. “The Philip-pines is in the process of

modernizing our armed forces and improving our defense capability, and we believe that France will be a reliable partner in this regard,” he added. (PNA)

HSBC meets PNoy in Belgium. President Benigno Aquino (center) meets with officials of HSBC led by Vice Chairman for Global Banking Kevan Watts (third from left), Global Head of Capital Financing Spencer Lake (second from left), and President and CEO for Philippines Wick Veloso (left) during the President’s state visit in Brussels, Belgium. HSBC discussed opportuni-ties in the growth areas in the Philippines together with its investments in

the country and the bank’s commitment to support the projected business growth of its Philippine operations. Also present in the meeting were For-eign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario, Trade Secretary Gregory Domingo, Secretary of the Cabinet Jose Rene Almendras, and Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala.

Phl, France ink bilateral agreements

THE Department of Labor and Employ-ment in Davao Re-

gion formally convened the Hotel and Tourism Indus-try Council in Region 11 in response to the mandate of the government to help achieve its commitment of strengthening the differ-ent priority industries by tripartite advisement and providing a forum for shar-ing good practices.

Atty. Joffrey Suyao, regional director of the DOLE 11, said with the organization of the hotel and tourism industry, the emerging conditions of the Philippine global competi-tiveness will be addressed, consequently maintaining industrial peace and har-mony.

He said just like other

existing Industry Tripartite Councils in the region, the Tourism ITC will serve as a consultative and advisory mechanism in the formu-lation and implementation of labor and employment policies in the tourism in-dustry that will affect labor, employment, and related concerns.

Venerando Cebrano, assistant regional director, said tourism is one of the key drivers of the economy in Mindanao.

He said the confab aims to assess the industry if its labor law-compliant and has good labor-manage-ment relations, all for in-dustrial peace.

Cebrano said the em-ployment rate for the city is 6.2 percent in 2014 while underemployment

remains in a manageable level as workers try to look for better jobs.

He said the tourism council is the sixth council to be formed in five years.

“I hope that we will see a better direction with this council, with the objective of good practices will be met,” he said.

Atty. Jason Balais, chief of the MALS-LR Unit of the DOLE 11, said the tourism industry tripartite council will discuss issues pertain-ing to labor and employ-ment.

He said the concern of the industry tripar-tite council is that there is less organized labor unions in the hotel indus-try in Davao Region. Bal-ais said the membership of the council needs to be

equal in representation by labor, management, and government.

“Tripartism reduces the number of labor strikes because all sectors are met in a social dialogue ap-proach,” Balais said.

He said in this forum, policies are discussed aligned with the Philippine Development goal of inclu-sive growth.

Angelica Torres, Vice-chair of the Regional TIPC/ AITC 11, said the tripartite council will ensure com-pliance with basic labor standards, minimization of retrenchment and redun-dancy, conciliation and me-diation trainings and re-duction of labor disputes, and social dialogue. (PIA 11-Joey Sem G. Dalump-ines)

DOLE 11 convenes 1st tourism industry tripartite council

THE Department of Tourism (DOT) has come up with short-

term solutions and reme-dies in order to make up for the losses in Boracay caused by the travel ban advisory of China against the Philippines.

DOT 6 regional direc-tor Atty. Helen Catalbas sent a letter to Aklan of-ficials, namely Lone Dis-trict Rep. Teodorico T. Haresco, Governor Flor-encio T. Miraflores, Malay Mayor John P. Yap, and all provincial and municipal officials in Aklan as well as tourism stakeholders, resorts, hotels in Boracay, with some suggestions to counter the ill effects of the travel ban.

Among DOT 6’s sug-gestions are discounted room rates to Filipino tourists, discounted fare to Boracay in order to attract more Filipinos to travel to

the Island by tourist trans-port (land, air, and sea), and information dissemi-nation about Boracay and discount offerings.

“There are 100 million Filipinos, and if we can only get one half percent of them to travel to Bora-cay, our empty rooms va-cated by the Chinese tour-ists will soon be full again,” Catalbas said.

She said the Depart-ment of Tourism Region 6 will advertise through mass media, particular-ly in Metro Manila and in other places where the domestic tourist market is situated.

“The sooner we do these actions, the sooner we will be able to arrest cancellations and keep business going despite the unfortunate happen-ing which we hope will end soon,” Catalbas add-ed. (PNA)

DOT 6 eyes discount rates to counterBoracay losses due to China travel ban

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COMMUNITY SENSE

THIS year’s “A Tribute to Teachers” will be held at the SMX Con-

vention Center’s Halls 1-3 in Davao City on Septem-ber 27 from 4:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.

In a statement. Bato Balani Foundation, Inc. and Diwa Learning Systems Inc. said the annual gath-ering of teachers is part of the country’s celebration

of the National Teachers’ Month.

“The celebration aims to honor and pay homage to the teachers who have risen above themselves to become true catalysts of change,” the statement said.

Highlighting the cele-bration is the announce-ment of this year’s honor-ees for The Many Faces of

the Teacher search, which pays tribute to teachers who exemplify the nobility of the profession.

The new honorees will join the ranks of the country’s most exemplary teachers, which include Davao City’s own Ran-dy Halasan who is this year’s Ramon Magsaysay Emergent Leader awardee and last year’s The Many

Faces of the Teachers hon-oree.

Other past honorees are Bryan Rex Carreon and Brimbhot Eyas also from Davao City; 2010 Ra-mon Magsaysay Awardees Christopher Bernido and Ma. Victoria Carpio-Ber-nido; 2008 Most Out-standing Mobile Teacher Jenelyn Baylon; stage di-rector and teacher Dr. On-

ofre Pagsanghan; Loboc Children’s Choir Founder Alma Fernando-Taldo; Bat-ibot founder Feny delos Angeles-Bautista; 2002 Intel Excellence in Teach-ing Awardee Dr. Josette T. Biyo; and Fr. James Reuter.

The search started in 2002 as an advocacy cam-paign designed to lift the status of teaching in the country.

Aside from the an-nouncement of honorees, there will be entertain-ment and inspirational talks to be led by the Halasan.

For more informa-tion, log on to www.diwa.ph and www.batobalan-ifoundation.org.ph. Up-dates are also available at https://www.facebook.com/tribute2teacher.

‘A Tribute to Teachers’in Davao City on Sept 27

TV5 continues to lead the way in de-livering active and

relevant public service through its various CSR efforts and programs that ultimately aim to pro-mote health and wellness among Filipinos.

Most recently, TV5 and Radyo5 in Davao joined forces anew to launch a whole slew of month-long activities in the region that combined fitness, health, and fun, which is the Kapatid Network’s simple way of giving back to the community.

More importantly, these CSR activities also reflect the Network’s be-lief that a healthier, more productive, and more effi-cient citizenry will trans-late to a more progressive community.

Such activities includ-ed “Zumba Saturdays” wherein Davaoeños of all ages were able to partici-pate in the country’s lat-

est easy-and-safe exercise craze. This activity, which was in partnership with Rotary 2000, had more than 200 participants, with families and groups of friends making this their weekly bonding and fitness activity.

The Kapatid Net-work and Radyo5 Davao once again partnered with Rotary 2000 for a blood-letting activity in support of the Philippine National Red Cross’ drive to increase the dwindling platelet supply for den-gue victims. The network proudly served as the blood-letting activity’s main organizer as well as its critical partner for in-formation dissemination.

Hand-in-hand this time with the Davao Doc-tor’s Hospital, TV5 and Radyo5 Davao also or-ganized the “Operation Bukol and OB Screening” program with a number of surgeons, OB gyne-

cologists and other spe-cialists. The program is aimed at addressing can-cer prevention through early detection. More than just the usual con-sultations, the doctors on call also conducted pre-natal screenings and free operations to remove cysts, mass and tumors.

Meanwhile, for the month of September, TV5 and Radyo5 Davao are all set to take their ‘give back’ initiative even further by also spearheading a city-wide feeding program for children in various baran-gays in Davao. This activ-ity is also meant to en-courage children to drink milk for healthier bodies and sharper minds.

For interested donors and partners of TV5 and Radyo5 Davao’s upcom-ing CSR initiatives, please contact TV5 Davao’s Public Service Desk Co-ordinator, Sally Sanglay, via +63908-886-0442.

TV5, Radyo5 Davao go full forcein promoting health and wellness

THE Catholic Educa-tional Association of the Philippines

(CEAP) Superintendents Commission will hold its national assembly on Sep-tember 21 to 23, 2014 at The Marco Polo, Davao. This commission is com-posed of diocesan and con-gregational superinten-dents representing Cath-olic schools, colleges, and universities in the country.

The theme for the as-sembly is “Catholic Identity and Mission: Key to Catho-lic School Effectiveness to-wards Social Transforma-tion.”

Church leaders will

serve as resource persons on talks on the contextu-alization of the Philippine Catholic Schools Stan-dards and Benchmarks for school-wide effectiveness. Their participation and input are expected to con-tribute greatly to a meeting of minds among the local ordinary, congregational superiors, and superinten-dents on how to sustain the passion of Catholic educators in pursuing the delivery of a Catholic edu-cation that genuinely advo-cates and gives witness to social transformation.

The conference will also have discussions on

advocacies and directions of the CEAP and the roll-out of the CSA (CEAP Su-perintendent’s Academy) modular programs.

Also included in the conference strands are legal updates related to private education, govern-ment laws and directives, and regulatory bodies that affect the operation of and impinges on the primary mission of Catholic schools.

The 2014 National As-sembly also provides the opportunity for members to elect a new set of officers for the following positions: Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary, and Auditor.

CEAP Superintendents Commissionholds nat’l assembly in Davao City

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CULTURE & ARTS

MENTION Butu-an City and what comes to mind?

The former capital of Agu-san del Norte, Agusan River, and the first Catho-lic Mass – these are some of the things that people think of when talking about Butuan.

But what most Filipi-nos don’t know is that Bu-tuan is the place where the earliest watercraft known as balangay – pronounced as “ba-lang-hay” and now popularly called Bu-tuan boat – was found. Now considered as the city’s iconic symbol, it was first mentioned in the 16th Century in the Chronicles of Pigafetta.

One news report said: “The first wooden water-craft excavated in Southeast Asia, the balangay is only found in the Philippines where a flotilla of such prehistoric wooden boats exists. Nine specimens were discovered in 1976 in Butuan… and three have already been excavated. Examination and extensive investigation reveals that the extant boats found at the excavation site date back to 320, 990 and 1250 AD.”

About one-and-half kilometers away from the highway of Libertad is the Balangay Shrine Mu-seum. It houses the rel-ic of first balangay that was unearthed in the same place where the museum is now located. You can see some of the old photographs on

how the balangay was excavated.

Actually, the Balangay Site Museum is a field unit of the National Museum in Manila. In 1986, then Pres-ident Corazon C. Aquino signed Presidential Proc-lamation No. 86, which declared the balangays as National Cultural Trea-sure. “No other locality in the Philippines can boast of such rare and extensive recovery of these maritime vessels,” said the informa-tion displayed at the en-trance of the museum.

Adjacent to the bal-angay display are burial coffins. Actually, it was because of these wooden coffins that the first Butu-an boat was discovered by accident. Pothunters were reportedly looking for fu-nerary offerings when they encountered the planks of a boat which they mistook for another wooden coffin.

But it was longer than the normal sized coffin, so they reported the matter of the city government. Since they lacked techni-cal knowledge, the local government asked help from the National Museum which assessed the wood-en planks to be part of a boat.

A formal archaeologi-cal excavation of the first Butuan boat was done in 1976. Several more bal-angays were unearthed then. However, only three were excavated and the rest were left in their orig-inal waterlogged condition which is proven to be the

best way to preserve them.“The (balangays) were

built following the shell-first technique of putting the planks together with the use of wooden pegs,” the information displayed at the Butuan National Mu-seum in barangay Doon-gan stated. “This technique is also known as the plank-built, edge-pegged method of boat building. Each boat is approximately 15 me-ters from prow to stern, and 3 meters across on its widest. The technique in-volves joining the fastening the planks permanently by dowels, which are inserted through the holes on the sides of the planks.

“The frames that support the boat are at-tached to lugs, or tambu-ko, which are rectangular protrusions carved from the planks. The lugs have holes to allow the cabo negro rope to be inserted to lash the frame to the planks.”

Based on the excavated balangays, the wood used for building these boats varied. Among the identi-fied types of woods used were: “doongon” (Heritiera littoralis) for the keel for the first boat, “tugas” or molave (Vitex parvilofra) for the second boat, and “sangilo” (Pistacia chine-sis) for the fourth boat. The pegs used for the first boat were “kamagong” (Dio-spyrus spp.)

With the size of bal-angay, historians contend that it was used for car-go and raiding purposes.

“The balangays are proofs that early man in the Phil-ippines was seafaring and was relatively technologi-cally advanced,” someone commented.

The balangay may also have helped spread the settlement of the Austro-nesian people around the Philippines and neigh-boring coastal regions of Southeast Asia and the Americas. The Tao people of Taiwan, for instance, have traditionally been ad-ept at crafting balangays, which are held as a symbol of their people.

“The boat’s possible deeper significance is that it may be one of the car-riers of Hindu-Buddhist cultural influence in the Philippine Archipelago long before Islam and Christianity arrived here. Many scholars also say that the baybayin script arrived here through the same connection with Champa (China). Hence, you can deepen the cultural legacy of our ancestors,” histori-an Arnold M. Azurin was quoted as saying.

Two years ago, a new sailing vessel was discov-ered, what seems to be a massive balangay “mother boat,” estimated to be 25 meters long, versus the average 15-meter length of the other balangays.

“(The newly-discov-ered boat) will need more technical verification to establish its connection and relationship with the other boats already exca-vated, so that we can know

its date, boat typology, and technology,” wrote Dr. Ma-ria Bernadette L. Abrera, professor and chairperson of the Department of His-tory at the University of the Philippines-Diliman, in an email to GMA News Online.

To know whether the original balangays were really seaworthy, the Kaya ng Pinoy, Inc. (yes, the group that conquered Mt. Everest in 2006) re-con-structed balangays with the help of Badjao and other tribal members. The special wood for construc-tion came from the estab-lished traditional source in southern Philippines, specifically Tawi-Tawi. Traditional tools were used during the construc-tion at the Manila Bay near the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex.

The reconstructed bal-angays sailed without the use of instruments, and only through the skills and traditional methods of the Badjao people. Covering a distance of 2,108 nautical miles or 3,908 kilome-ters, it travelled from Lu-zon through the Visayas to Mindanao, and Sulu, stopping off at numerous cities.

One of the boats, the 15-meter-long “Diwata ng Lahi,” is now on perma-nent display outside the National Museum.

The discoveries of all balangay boats started when the waterways of the city was dredged in 1974. This led to the discovery of wooden coffins which

contain human skeletal remains and associated burial goods.

An investigation in 1975 headed by the Na-tional Museum uncovered the burial site dating to Ming Dynasty. “Wood-en coffins with human remains, open burials of articulated and disar-ticulated remains, grave goods consisting of bowls, saucers, water droppers, parts of bows, shell brace-lets, pottery, gold and copper ornaments were collected,” the information said.

The name “Butuan” is believed to have originat-ed from the sour fruit lo-cally called batuan. Other etymological sources say that it comes from a cer-tain Datu Buntuan, a chief-tain who once ruled over areas of the present-day city.

If you are interested to see all the balangays and other artifacts, why don’t you visit Butuan City? It can be reached by plane from Manila and Cebu. There is also a plane coming from Cagayan de Oro City, which is a four-hour ride by bus. Anoth-er alternative is to fly to Davao City, a distance of about 220 kilometers from Butuan City and a six-hour trip by air-con bus.

Butuan has boat con-nections with various Vi-sayan ports and Manila. Most ships go to the port of Nasipit, which is 18 ki-lometers west of Butuan City.

Sail on, Balangay!

Text and Photos by HENRYLITO D. TACIO


A good advocacyEDITORIAL

SENATOR Ralph Recto is quite right in his proposal for government to spend good money in improving the state of our public

toilets in the Philippines. Toilets in our country, also called comfort rooms, provide everything but comfort; they are a source of shame for those who worry about our image before visi-tors, especially tourists who come from coun-tries which give premium to sanitation and hy-giene.

More than what Filipinos care to admit, it seems part of our culture that we give sanitary toilets the least priority. This is evidenced by the shameful state of the CRs in most government buildings and some private offices.

Now comes Senator Recto asking the Depart-ment of Tourism (DOT) to use part of its P3.6-bil-lion in travel tax collection every year to fund

the construction of public restrooms across the country, particularly along the roads going to tourist destinations.

Recto’s advocacy should be expanded to in-clude a program aimed at educating owners and managers of tourism-oriented companies to give priority to provide their establishments with sanitary CRs. Don’t look now, but even the big malls do not have comfort rooms that are 100-percent sanitary. Most of them are no lon-ger provided with supplies such as toilet papers and sanitizers. One has majority of its urinals not serviceable most of the time, while another is poorly ventilated the foul smell just circulate inside the room to the discomfort of the users.

To make the advocacy complete, the senator should propose a law against vandals who de-stroy CR facilities.

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THERE’S a wave of crime badly troubling our municipalities these days. Davao City Mayor Rody Dute-

rte in his TV program could have named those towns in the region experiencing sharp increase of criminalities, but he begged off in deference to the mayors concerned. From mainstream news and citizens’ social media posts, what has emerged lately in these crime-troubled municipalities and cities outside met-ropolitan Davao is a phenomenon of the rise of incidents on carnapping of single motorcycles.

To state the obvious, the citizens of troubled places are in danger and are constantly in fear for their lives with the unabated killings and other crimes oc-curring in their midst. There’s collective fear and fright as police and authorities have yet to stop the wave and spiral of crimes. Time’s a-changing and we could not revert back to the 60s when peace was raw, disturbed only by rare conflicts between persons, and maintained only by few batuta-welding cops.

Of course, the population then was small, and only a few .22-caliber pal-tiks were on the loose. In the vicissi-tudes of times and by vagaries of our societal structures, the problem of loose firearms has gone from bad to worse through time while our population had grown tenfold since the 60s. The police-man-to-population ratio has not kept up with population’s rise in time. So, the usual alibi is there are so few policemen to keep the peace of an outgrown popu-

lation. Crime is one urban challenge and problem to address as places continue their march to urbanization.

Back to the phenomenon of motorcy-cle carnapping these days, this new type of crime is added to the list of crimes that our authorities and police have been continuously fighting against. We don’t know where the carnappers are selling the units they drive off away from owners or habal-habal drivers. As single motorcycle becomes the No. 1 mode of transportation in the provinces, motor-cycle carnaping is competing with bur-glary, the old crime which stays as the leading crime against property. And still, crimes as they continue to happen all frighten us. Our authorities have yet to dramatically reduce these from happen-ing. Else, forgive us for feeling there’s a breakdown of law and order while there’s a low average of police arrests.

How do our local government units deploy resources to combat and mini-mize crimes remains a question need-ing comparative studies vis-a-vis how Davao City made large peace reign with its large territory and large budget. The metropolitan city invested last year some P800 million for peace and order out of its P4.56 billion annual budget. How’s our LGUs’ policy-making on pub-lic expenditures for peace and order and

public safety? Peace and order fund in annual bud-

get remains yet a variable account with-out a percentage cap or minimalist cave-at. It’s different from the calamity fund, now broadened as disaster risk reduc-tion and management budget, that gets ensured 5 percent of the annual budget, or from the development fund which should be at least 20 percent of the an-nual IRA, or to personal services which should not exceed 45 percent for the 1st to 3rd class LGUs, and 55 percent for 4th to 6th class LGUs.

There’s this phrase “whichever is lower” imposed as to how the budget of the largely unaudited intelligence fund (I.F.), per se, is derived. It should not ex-ceed 30 percent of the total peace and order fund or to the 3 percent of the total annual budget. The guessed-at usual re-flex is that the intel fund, being variable account and actually a political prize has to be increased to the max. Thus, a wily mayor has first to wait for the official an-nual income projection of his budget of-ficer before putting a figure to the peace and order fund. The target is to increase the intel fund to the maximum it can get by increasing the highly variable peace and order fund. Yep, that’s it as the in-tel fund is practically a secret reward for winning chief executive in the polls.

But strictly and legally, the I.F. should not be used for politics and patronage but for peace and order. The rules state that the use of intelligence funds are limited to (1) purchase of information;

(2) payment of rewards; (3) rental and other incidental expenses relative to the maintenance of safehouses; and (4) pur-chase of supplies and ammunitions, pro-vision of medical and food aid, as well as payment of incentives or travelling expenses relative to the conduct of intel-ligence or confidential operations. It is audited in a special way, not by the State auditors you see in LGU offices. Its ac-counting or liquidation is directed to the Chairman of the Commission on Audit, “for his eyes only,” in a sealed envelope.

But because the local chief execu-tives have wide latitude in the use of the I.F. and given its “for your eyes only” special auditing, they can always “fol-low” the COA rules to avoid criminal malversation or technical malversation charges, despite the rumors and gossips that swing around it, like that the I.F. fat is being spread monthly to the vice may-ors and councilors to have smooth exec-utive-legislative agenda (which is better than being swallowed up all by the LCE alone). There’s still a scarcity of cases where the hands of the mayors or gover-nors have been caught in the cookie jar, malversing the I.F. Political rumor-mon-gers and gossipy people have to first to become mayors or governors to know the real score of the I.F. “Mag mayor or governor muna kayo.”

That despite the fact that they, along with the rest of the troubled people, have known the real score of their peace and order situation. (follow @chamon-forte, @ruralurbanews on Twitter)

BY CHA MONFORTE

HASHTAGS BREW

WHAT a lousy fix our society is in today. No statesmen in sight. No inspiring voice.

No one to inspire or lift the hopes of a generation in search of heroes and role models. No one to shine a light at the end of the tunnel.

Whence came the likes of Ninoy Aquino, Raul Manglapus, Jose Diokno, Emmanuel Pelaez, Jovito Salonga, Lo-renzo Tanada, Claro Recto, and so on? Can a nation’s well of nationalism or pa-triotism run dry?

As for good governance, there’s no serious party system in operation; no party bothering to hold a nominating convention, not even to evolve a plat-form we can take seriously. Is anyone concerned about the poor state of our political system?

How about our destiny as a people? Is P-Noy’s vague notion of Daang Matu-wid all we have for a road map? How can we hack it with just a poor collec-tion of traditional politicians—trapos, uninspiring, off-putting, tiresome peo-ple that hardly offer a decent menu from which to choose leaders for a Re-public of 100 million Filipinos?

*****There’s not likely to be a constitu-

tional amendment to allow P-Noy to run for re-election; so for the Liberal Party, holding out for him is out of the

question.As for the Nacionalistas, today

a poor, decrepit shadow of its glory days—what does it stand for except as a vehicle of convenience for some wealthy oligarch with no particular im-print to make a mark on our political system?

There’s the so-called United Nation-alist Alliance: alliance for what, plun-der?—as in what Erap was jailed for, or Juan Ponce Enrile now also jailed, or Jojo Binay who seems headed similarly?

Jojo Binay’s vaunted rating earli-er on as front-runner in the presiden-tial sweepstakes is fast eroding, the outlook for his candidacy dimming. It looks like his so-called UNA will be ku-lelat, last, with no one in reserve if he self-destructs. Still, he shops around for a willing vice-presidential lamb while claiming to be on the verge of forming a new party, as if doing so were as simple as getting a business permit in Makati.

*****As for Mar Roxas, who knows what

will happen…he hasn’t been able to connect with people the way he did as “Mr. Palengke” and—given his bland image—it doesn’t look like he’s going to

gain the high ground anytime soon, al-though he can’t be counted out just yet.

Meanwhile, the list of wannabes grows: the Cayetano from Taguig, the Trillanes of Oakwood, both striving to be noticed, but with no one gaining traction. Then there’s fussy Lady Miri-am getting into the act as well, titillat-ing Grace Poe, Rodrigo Duterte…or any-one who cares to jump in!

There’s clearly a dearth of good, credible candidates for 2016, punctuat-ed by the frantic rush in various unhap-py circles to identify or name anyone but these that who might have poten-tial.

What’s disconcerting is not that there are no Filipinos who might de-serve the honor and be nominated; it’s the utter lack of initiative in identifying who might there be, how they might be nominated, or how enticed to serve our society.

*****Out of a population of 100 million,

with so many educated and experienced in so many fields, who could compare favorably with the elites of world soci-ety, it’s preposterous not having possi-ble nominees from among the best, the brightest, and best regarded.

This wouldn’t be Mission Impossi-ble if only we had a proper party system or if those who care enough would only

work to force the pretentious parties to shape up or ship out.

Sure, there are groups pushing the candidacy of some individuals. But they’re not making a coherent case for their choice. The least they can do is state their case and justify their choice. In other words, what criteria do they use in making the choice?

The notable lack of criteria—a defi-nition of what or who would make a good candidate or leader—is utterly discomfiting. They should at least situ-ate their choice in the proper context.

For example, what is at issue for 2016 is the presidency. It requires the highest possible qualities, attributes, or qualifications in a person. Someone to lead our society!

For such a momentous role, you can’t just pick any old hat, martinet, or ambitious wannabe! More on this next…

Manny is former UNESCO regional director for Asia-Pacific; secretary-gen-eral, Southeast Asia Publishers Associa-tion; director, development academy of Philippines; member, Philippine Mission to the UN; vice chair, Local Government Academy; member, Cory Govt’s Peace Panel; awardee, PPI-UNICEF outstand-ing columnist. He is president/national convenor, Gising Barangay Movement Inc. [email protected]

The crime wave and the intel fund

A frantic search for viable candidatesVANTAGE POINTS 9EDGEDAVAO

BY MANNY VALDEHUESA

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copy of the resolution, Felonia submitted an ur-gent motion to defer pro-ceedings and issuance of warrant of arrest with al-ternative urgent motion to deny the issuance of a warrant of arrest by rea-son of probable cause.

In his motion, Felonia said the filing of the in-formation “shocked” him and his counsel lawyer Caesar Europa because there is a 15-day rule to file a motion for recon-sideration.

Felonia, who was sacked as chief of the Po-lice Regional Intelligence Unit because of the case, said there was a clear de-nial of due process in his case, rendering the filing of the information void for being in violation of the right of the accused to due process.

He said they received the copy of the informa-tion at 9 a.m. of the same

day.Felonia said in view

of what he claims as “railroading” of the filing of the case, it should be dismissed immediately or remanded back to the City Prosecution Office to allow the filling of a motion for reconsider-ation.

Felonia claimed the evidence on record can-not be sufficient to justi-fy a finding of probable cause to issue a warrant of his arrest.

He indicated that the sworn statements of the confessed triggerman and his conspirators, brothers Rodel and Rom-mel dela Cerna, are not admissible against him because of the rule of ev-idence, under the rule on Res Inter Alios Acta.

The motion also con-tended that the state-ments of the dela Cerna brothers cannot be con-

sidered to have corrobo-rated that of Paul Labang as to the alleged com-plicity of the accused in the murder of the hote-lier.

Felonia said the only evidence against him is the allegation of the trig-german, the alleged trip to his office by Labang, and the alleged text mes-sages.

On Tuesday, Lovitos submitted its resolution against Felonia wherein he recommended that Felonia be included in the criminal information previously filed against Labang and the dela Cer-na brothers.

King was shot dead at close range while in a dinner gathering of his health supplement dis-tributors inside the Vital C office along Sobrecar-ey Street in Barrio Obre-ro around 6:45 p.m on June 12.

mitment order from the court allowing Felonia to be detained in another facility.

Tesiorna said he is “very positive” that his clients’ request to turn state witness will be ap-proved/

“There is a very big possibility that our application will be ap-proved and for them to be discharged as ac-cused and turn as state witnesses,” he said.

Tesiorna said he is planning to apply his three clients under the WPP early next month.

He said he will be requesting for the post-ponement of the sched-uled arraignment on Oc-tober 2 to October 3.

“I tried to apply for WPP before but the han-dling prosecutor just told me that it will not be approved since it has no recommendation from the Davao City Prosecu-tor Office,” he said.

He said that was be-fore prosecutor Panfilo Lovitos included Felonia in the murder case.

“Now, we have bigger chance,” he said.

He also said that in-vestigating cops should dig deeper on the case because of the allegation that there was someone behind the killing of King. Earlier, the Police Regional Office (PRO) 11 named a certain Helen Chua as allegedly being behind the murder.

Meanwhile, Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said he would not consider put-ting the suspects under the WPP since they are the “most guilty.”

“They are principals by direct participation,” the mayor said.

The three had sur-rendered on June 23 to the DCPO for the killing of the hotelier. They also revealed that Felonia was the mastermind of the killing.

King was shot dead at close range while in a dinner gathering of his health supplement dis-tributors inside the Vital C office along Sobrecar-ey Street in Barrio Obre-ro around 6:45 p.m on June 12.

information he got, Tacu-rong City in Sultan Kudarat were supposedly included in the bombing targets, but upon verification there was none.

Duterte said police are still trying to figure out who the perpetrators of the bombing were.

Earlier, Rosario or-dered all local police units to intensify security in the aftermath of the GenSan blast.

Rosario said the Re-

gional Intelligence Unit, along with different law enforcement agencies, is conducting an investiga-tion on the incident.

Task Force (TF) Davao commander Colonel Ma-cairog S. Alberto said the group that set off the bomb could be the same one behind the twin bombings in two different cinemas in Davao City last year.

Alberto said they are speculating that it is the

same group since the mo-tive is almost the same: to sow fear in the public.

PRO 12 Investigation Division head Senior Su-perintendent Roberto Ba-dian said the Crime Lab-oratory is taking charge of the post-blast investi-gation and the identifica-tion of the type of the im-provised explosive device (IED) used. (with reports from Cheneen R. Capon and Funny Pearl A. Ga-junera)

of Danao’s case“Hopefully, matapos

ang investigation within this month para makaga-wa na kami ng recom-mendation that will be submitted to the central headquarters,” he said.

Danao figured in a controversy last month when a video of him ap-parently being violent to his wife was uploaded on Youtube. His administra-tive case, however, is not related to that but to an incident in 2002.

Earlier, Gabriela Par-ty-list Rep. Luzviminda C. Ilagan said she feared that if Danao gets his position back he might

influence the conduct of the investigation of the grave misconduct filed against him by the PNP.

The case is being tak-en by the Regional Inter-nal Affairs Service (RIAS) 11.

RIAS regional director Police Superintendent Pedro B. Querubin said the pre-hearing of the administrative case filed for grave misconduct against Danao will only start once Danao submits his counter-affidavit.

As of press time, Dan-ao has not submitted his counter affidavit that will contain his statement of either not being guilty or

guilty of the allegations thrown to him by Mrs. Danao.

Last September 5, Da-nao filed a 15-day exten-sion to file his counter-af-fidavit through his law-yers Emmanuel Galicia Jr. and Lara May Goc-ong.

Cabatingan said Da-nao is still preparing for his answer and still col-lating possible evidenc-es.

Danao was last seen yesterday (September 17) at the DCPO. When asked why he was there, Danao said he was just printing a copy of his youngest daughter’s as-signment. CRC

“The others are still under investigation,” Gar-ma said.

Duazo said she is ready to face any charge filed against her. In an in-terview with 105.9 Balita FM, she said she has not yet received the com-plaint.

“We still haven’t not received the papers re-garding the case, but definitely we will face the charges,” she said.

“We will stand by what we did. Even if the event had been held in Mt. Apo we would go there so we

can express the people’s sentiments,” she added.

Members of progres-sive groups staged the lightning protest just as President Aquino was entering the SMX Conven-tion Center on September 8 for the meeting of the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP).

For his part, Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said it is the right of the people to protest.

“Everybody is given the chance for redress and grievances. If they think that they have to

criticize the government because the President is there, let them,” he said.

“You cannot expect ev-erybody to be happy with what’s going on. Some are content, some are not. There is always for and against. That’s democ-racy and the essence of democracy is the right to dissent. You take away the right to dissent, there is no democracy,” he added.

Duterte, however, said he would not dismiss the case against Duazo and the others out of respect for the police.

opment Authority, among others.

Among the speakers are MinDA secretary Lu-walhati Antonino who will give talk about “One Mindanao”; Mae Ester T. Guiamadel, official from National Economic Devel-opment Authority (NEDA) who will tackle the South-ern Mindanao Growth Corridor concept; BOI 11 regional chief engineer Gil Dureza who will speak on Investment Incentives in Southern Mindanao; Bangsamoro Develop-

ment Agency chairman Dr. Saffrullah Dipatuan on Bangsamoro Develop-ment Plan and Investment Opportunities.

Representatives of Chinabank will be also present to discuss financ-ing, while Aboitiz Power Corp. will present power situation in Mindanao.

“The forum is designed as a day-long series of presentations meant to inform prospective inves-tors on investment op-portunities and showcase preferred investment sites

in each province,”accord-ing to http://smgcif2014.com.

Prior to the forum, an island hopping and friend-ly golf tournament was conducted yesterday. The event will end with a site visitation of ANFLOCOR – Davao International Con-tainer Terminal (DICT), Ciudades/ City Tour of Davao, Hijo Resources and Tagum City, Kapatagan, Davao del Sur and Nakaya-ma Technology Corpora-tion on the third day, Sat-urday. CRC

tim Corral.“The eight were

transferred because the family of the victim has no more trust in the in-telligence operatives of Toril (Police Station),” DCPO officer-in-charge Superintendent Marvin Pepino said earlier.

Last Monday, a Spe-cial Investigation Task Group was created to investigate the killing. The group is headed by PRO 11 deputy re-gional director for op-eration Senior Superin-tendent Aaron Aquino, and Davao City Police Office (DCPO) offi-cer-in-charge Superin-tendent Marvin Pepino.

“They were relieved

administratively so they won’t influence the in-vestigation of the Re-gional Internal Affairs Service and regional Investigation Division,” Aquino said in an earli-er report.

Prior to the inter-rogation conducted by Rosario yesterday, he conducted a routine in-spection at Toril Police Precinct.

“Just a reminder to the police force that if something like that hap-pens and they are al-legedly involved in some irregularities we will not tolerate it,” he said.

Rosario said the in-vestigation on the case is still ongoing but he al-

ready ordered the prob-ers to expedite it so that the results can be out this month.

PO1 Jeffer Villegas is being investigated because he had mauled Corral VII a few days before the victim was found dead. The maul-ing was caught on CCTV.

Corral VII was found dead with five gunshot wounds at around 3:30 a.m. on Saturday in Juan dela Cruz Street in Toril, Davao City.

His body was found days after he was mauled before dawn on September 10 alleged-ly by Villegas. (with re-ports from Funny Pearl Gajunera)

aims “to put closure on the fire incident” in the area.

But he said since the task force was dissolved, the implementation of the

program is already in the different departments. The task force was dis-solved during the third disaster risk management meeting since it only

functioned to speed up the response to the fire.

The fire, which lasted more than four hours, left 1,768 families homeless, the task force reported.

programs in a survey,” Tuloy said.

The four were arrest-ed after receiving money from Caniedo inside the bakery.

Seized from the sus-pects were the P35,000 in marked money and a P500 bill.

The four were de-tained at the San Pedro Police Station but were discharged after their case was filed before the City Prosecution Office yesterday.

Tuloy said the three left detention at around

11 a.m. yesterday while the minor was placed in the custody of the Wom-

en and Children’s Desk of the San Pedro Police Sta-tion. CRC

SHOWING the depth of the Philippine tal-ent pool which came

in full force to celebrate the 16th staging of the bountiful Tuna Festival, Congressman Emmanuel “Manny” Pacquiao orga-nized and bankrolled an International Open 10-Ball tournament held in SM City General Santos Event Center on Septem-ber 10-12, 2014.

The three-day In-ternational Cup at SM City General Santos was star-studded with the top players from the US, Chi-nese-Taipei, United Arab Emirates, Canada, South Korea and Germany. Gen-eral Santos City Mayor Ronnel C. Rivera was also

present at the opening and awarding ceremony to show his support for the Open 10 Ball Tourna-ment.

Jeff De Luna and Jef-frey Ignacio scored one of the most remarkable unanticipated feat in their young career by leaping over legendary opponents to claim the $40,000 prize.

Pacquiao also com-peted in the $100,000 three-day competition and was satisfied with the results. He is plan-ning to stage another equally flamboyant event in SM City General San-tos, which received a cer-tificate of appreciation for its generous support

for the International Tournament tentatively slated on December 8 to 17, 2014.

“Malaking pagpapas-alamat namin kay Con-gressman Pacquiao (lone district of Sarangani) kasi hindi na namin kail-angan lumabas ng bansa para mag-compete. Dito na lang kami magko-con-centrate,” said De Luna, an international champi-on.

Pacquiao, as earlier quoted on social media, aims to make General Santos City the “Pool Cap-ital of the World” by in-vesting irresistible prize money and bringing in world-class champions and veteran players.

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John Morra and Thorsten Hohmann at the Battleground.

SM City General Santos Asistant Mall Manager, Engr. Hermon L. Hernandez with Mayor Ronnel C. Rivera and Congress-man Manny Pacquiao.

Congressman Manny Pacquiao and Ronnie Alcano competing for $100,000 prize.

Jeffrey De Luna and Jeffrey Ignacio, the first 10-Ball International Tournament Champion with Mayor Ronnel C. Rivera and Congressman Manny Pacquiao. Francisco Bustamante and Efren Bata Reyes with Mayor Ronnel C. Rivera and Congressman Manny Pacquiao.

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THE real estate realm is an untouchable

field – or so we think. Meet one of the country’s feisty female who proves that nothing can stop you. . . even if it means saying

yes to every-thing.

Maria Angela Zalazar is more

than just an angelic name and face. She is a seasoned business development and mar-keting executive with invaluable experience

specializing in both middle-income and high-end projects all over the

country. With 20 years under her belt, surely, Angela is one female property magnate that exceeds all expecta-tions of playing the field.

Her resume is one tough act to fol-low. Her familiarity of the real estate industry has allowed her to train and work with experienced marketing and business development profes-sionals here and abroad. What can you expect from someone who has had great years and learning experi-ence from the best people and presti-gious companies? Surely, nothing but the best.

Crafting marketing strategies and implementing sales programs made her a toughie -- in a good way, that is. As the Marketing and Administrative Director of Ingenue Property Con-cepts and Marketing Corporation, she likes to bring the plate up and step up in everything that she does. Be it researching on a new property, over-seeing their day-to-day operations, or just simply enjoying a cup of tea with family and friends, Angela is always on top of her game.

By BAI FAUZIAH FATIMA SINSUAT AMBOLODTO

Maria Angela Zalazar:

Female Property Magnate

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JANSPORT Philip-pines proudly an-nounces that cam-pus icon, Mike Espino as the winner of Jansport’s Big Bag Selfie. This was held at Ateneo de Davao’s 66th Fiesta celebra-tion at the Universi-ty’s campus last Au-gust 13 to 15. Mike “bagged” a brand new Jansport back-pack as his prize. The AdDU Foto Mod-elo winner of 2013 and campus crush, Mike Ced-rick Espino remains hum-bled by the praises, photo-op requests and swooning girls. He is happy that by being a campus icon, he is able to set a good example and make his family and friends proud. Mike adds that the thing he value in life next to his family are happy bonding moments with friends.

He furthers that he al-ways choose to pursue the things that make him hap-py. In that way, he is more productive and successful. This principle was re-alized when he and his groupmates won the grand prize for the best short film in Pioneer’s stories of friendship last May this year in Manila. It is Mike’s passion to cre-ate short films capturing best times with his barka-das apart from modeling. And yes! This passion led him to the win. As a Jansport and Brat-

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Mike Espino’s winning entry.

Mike Espino awarded his JanSport prize at Bratpack Abreeza.

Ateneo de Davao University students took turns taking their own selfies with JanSport’s Big Bag.

example for teenagers and college students. He said you have to find out the best in yourself and culti-vate that in order to reach your full potentional. As it is Jansport and Brat-pack’s advocate to bring out the best in college stu-dents like Mike by making available backpacks that are reliable and fashion-able. Check out Jansport at Bratpack SM City and Abreeza Davao. Also available in Bratpack out-lets nationwide.

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ENTERTAINMENT


GMA to show Korean blockbuster film ‘Miracle in Cell No. 7’ this Sunday

Ellen Adarna ‘strips’ for Starstudio Magazine

Bossing Vic Sotto reunites with Jinri Park in Vampire Ang Daddy Ko this Sunday

THIS Sunday (September 21), experience dramatic movie viewing at its finest as GMA Network airs the hit Korean film, Miracle in Cell No. 7, fea-turing the voices of Kapuso stars Gabby Eigenmann and Mona Louise Rey in Kapuso Movie Festival. Invite the whole family to watch this phenomenal movie that will definitely captivate the hearts and touch the lives of Filipino viewers from all ages with its engaging story and heartfelt performances of the cast. Witness how Kapuso talented actor Gabby Ei-genmann makes the lead character, Lee Yong-gu (Ryu

Seung-ryong), even more endearing to Filipino view-ers with his heartfelt voice. Yong-gu is a mentally chal-

lenged man who is impris-oned in the harshest cell in maximum security prison and sentenced to death fol-

lowing a wrongful accusa-tion of committing murder. Meanwhile, Kapuso child star Mona Louise Rey will give life to the character of Yong-gu’s daughter Ye-sung (Kal So-won) with her charming voice. The story becomes even more intense and dramatic when Yong-gu and Ye-sung finally see each other again through the help of the criminals in the cell where Yong-gu was detained. Don’t miss the phenomenal Korean drama film Miracle in Cell No. 7 in Kapuso Movie Festival this Sunday at 11:15 AM before Sunday All Stars on GMA 7.

IT will be a night to remem-ber this Sunday (September 21) in GMA 7’s Vampire Ang Daddy Ko as Victor (Vic Sot-to) finally reunites with his first love Jin (Jinri Park). After a long time of be-ing apart, Victor and Jin will bring delight to Kapuso viewers once again as they prove that first love never dies. However, things will get complicated because Victor is currently in a rela-tionship with Jin’s cousin

Maria (Sam Pinto). Jin and Maria’s encounter will then lead to a serious misunderstanding because Jin insists that her breakup with Victor is not official. To settle the issue, Maria will just decide to end her re-lationship with Victor. This will cause Victor’s confusion whether to choose his first love or his present girlfriend. Vampire Ang Daddy Ko airs every Sunday right after 24 Oras Weekend on GMA 7.

SEXY and controversial actress-model Ellen Adarna bares all this Septem-ber—including her life story and the truth behind the recent controversies she was tagged in—in an exclusive one-on-one interview with StarStudio Magazine. The current issue features this new-est, hottest, and most talked-about ‘It Girl’ as she recounts her life in Cebu, where she grew up with a father and four brothers who taught her how to be ‘one of the boys.’ Get to know how Ellen became comfortable in her own skin and what she thinks of her title as the new ‘Pantasya ng Bayan.’ She also plays a revealing game with StarStudio by answering questions in her quirky, funny, and sometimes naughty but still delightful way. StarStudio also presents a double home exclusive this month, featuring the private spaces of Jake Cuenca and Angeline Quinto. Apart from that, the magazine presents a feature on the finalists of this year’s Himig Handog 2014 songwriting competition, among many other exciting showbiz features. Meanwhile, in Chalk Magazine, Alex Gonzaga takes on the cover, clad in complete cheerleader-chic spirit. This Kapamilya star commands attention as she takes over the September issue. The genuinely quirky actress and

TV host is finally taking her rightful place in the industry, and she shares her journey with Chalk—ups and downs included. Alex talks about all the exciting things that are on the way for her and also unleashes the love guru in her as she shares the lessons she’s learned about love and life through the years. Chalk also welcomes Alex into its family, as she is now a resident celebrity columnist. Her staple advice column, “Dear Alex, Love, Catherine” will let avid readers and fans ask questions about rela-tionships that Alex will per-sonally answer.

This month’s issue also features the UAAP Cheer-dance Competition with a special offering that will give countless facts about the an-nual event. As a special fol-low-up, Chalk handpicked cheerleaders and had them dressed up by today’s hot-test fashion bloggers and stylists. All that and more can be found in Chalk Maga-zine’s exciting new issue—its best September yet. Grab a copy of StarStu-dio Magazine and Chalk Magazine from ABS-CBN Publishing, Inc. in all favorite newsstands and bookstores nationwide.

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Although she grew up and spent most of her time in Manila, she adores her travels and her gastro-nomic adventures when-ever she hops on a plane to explore another vast wonder of the world. For Angela, her work lets her explore the other side of business development.

For her, she not only sees vacant properties as unfilled or empty. Over and above, Angela sees an opportunity – like a vision spawning right before her eyes. At this point, the feel-ing of excitement over-powers any other form of emotions. Like her favorite quote from Richard Bran-son (CEO, Virgin Atlantic), If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes --- then learn how to do it later!

Angela is not all work and no play. With her

schedule, you will surely wonder how she keeps a happy and sober mind amidst a toxic and de-manding workload. For

her, being around fam-ily and friends, visiting the beach and exploring her cravings is one sure fire way of detoxifying the self of work stress. During her free time, she likes to read, surf the World Wide Web and yes, go shopping.

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FACTBOX (Part 2 of a series):Here’s the factbox on the sports events at the

2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea from Sep-tember 9-October 4:

Based on a single-elimination tournament, each match is played as the best-of-three games with the first to reach 21 points winning a game. A player must win by at least two points or be the first to 30 points.

Rally scoring is used, meaning a player does not need to be serving to score.

- -BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL

Baseball will be played at two venues, the Munhak Baseball Stadium and the smaller Mokdong Baseball Stadium. There are eight men’s teams competing.

Baseball was introduced in 1994, with Japan win-ning the inaugural tournament. South Korea are the defending champions.

Softball will be held at the Songdo LNG Baseball Stadium. The sport was introduced four years earlier than baseball, in 1990. China won the first three tour-naments and Japan have won the last three. There are six women’s teams competing this time.

- -BASKETBALL

The basketball tournament will be split between the Samsan World Gymnasium and the Hwaseong Sports Complex.

There are 16 teams in the men’s competition and 11 in the women’s. The men’s basketball dates back to 1951, when the Philippines won the first of four straight titles. China are the defending champions and have won seven of the last nine titles.

Women’s basketball was introduced in 1974. Ja-pan won the first tournament while China have won the last three.

- -BOWLING

Bowling was first held in 1978. The sport was left off the program in 1982 and 1990 but has been a per-manent inclusion since.

There are 12 gold at stake - six each for men and women. The sport’s traditional powers include South Korea, Malaysia and Singapore. The competition will be held at the Anyang Hogye Gymnasium.

- -BOXING

Since its 1954 introduction in Manila, boxing has featured at every Asian Games and 13 golds - 10 for men and three for women - will be up for grabs.

South Korea have won the most medals (56), but China dominated in front of a home crowd when they hosted the Games in Guangzhou four years ago, win-ning five of the 13 titles.

The events, scheduled from Sept. 24 to Oct. 3 at the Seonhak Gymnasium, will see male boxers trad-ing punches without the headgear following a de-cision taken last year by the International Amateur Boxing Association (AIBA).

Women’s boxing, which was introduced in Guang-zhou and made a popular Olympic debut in the 2012 London Games, will continue its growth story in South Korea in three Olympic weight classes.

In the men’s competition, bouts consist of three rounds of three minutes each, while it will be four rounds of two minutes each for the women.

- -CANOEING AND KAYAKING

The canoeing and kayaking competition will be held at the Hanam Misari Canoe/Kayak Centre about 60 kilometres east of Incheon. The venue was used at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

There are 12 medals up for grabs in the sprint events, which will be held from Sept. 27-29, and are completed over 200, 500 and 1,000 metres.

There will be four medals up for grabs in the men’s and women’s K1 and C1 slalom events, which will be held on Oct. 1-2.

China has dominated events, though paddlers from Uzbekistan are also competitive.

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To be continued...

PH flag flown in AsiadINCHEON, South Ko-

rea-- A small Philip-pines contingent with

big hopes proudly raised its colors Thursday at the sprawling Incheon Asian Games Athletes Village to officially announce its presence alongside the region’s big sporting guns.

Chief of Mission Ri-cardo ‘Ritchie’ Garcia, the Philippine Sports Com-mission (PSC) Chairman, unfurled the one banner under which the squad he described as having “po-tential with credential” will rally on to surpass its three gold, four silver and nine bronze medal haul when the Games was held four years ago in Guang-zhou, China.

The PH flag was flown at 2 pm (1 pm in Manila) on Thursday witnessed by a handful of officials and only about two doz-en athletes who have checked in so far.

Only the athletes in weightlifting, shooting,

windsurfing, wushu, fencing and tennis have arrived in two batches while those in judo, gym-nastics and swimming are expected to join them on Thursday.

The bulk from Archery (seven athletes), bowl-ing (12), basketball (12), boxing (8), sailing (2) and triathlon (5) will check in on Saturday and Sunday while the rest are expect-ed to complete the delega-tion next week.

This is one of the small-est contingents sent by the Philippines to the Asiad.

But Garcia is optimis-tic Philippine entries in BMX cycling, windsurfing, basketball, boxing, wushu, taekwondo and bowling would figure in the gold medal rounds.

Garcia also sees pos-sible medals in karate-do, judo, golf, rugby and weightlifting, aside from chances in the other events with Philippine participation.

“These are athletes

possessing potential with credential. We are com-peting as a very compact, lean, mean team whose members were picked based on the stringent criteria the PSC and the Philippine Olympic Com-mittee (POC) have set.

Garcia arrived here ahead of the athletes to plea the case of Mar-cus Douthit, whom the Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee (IAGOC) had accommo-dated in place of Andray Blatche, Gilas Pilipinas’ other naturalized play-er, whose inclusion in the team was nixed as he lacked the required res-idency of three years set by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA).

Douthit’s inclusion in the team, according to other sources, is not yet fi-nal, however, and could be also questioned by other teams.

Blatche had caught other Asian countries’ at-tention following his ex-

plosive performance in leading Gilas’ campaign in the FIBA World Cham-pionship in Spain where they notched a win in five games.

The Technical Meeting in basketball is set Friday, where the Philippine team is hoping for Douthit’s ac-ceptance.

In case, however, Gilas coach Chot Reyes would make do with only 11 players, some of whom are still nursing injuries.

“Yes, it is a possibility but I hope it won’t hap-pen,” said Garcia when asked about the chances of other teams raising ques-tions over the result of their plea before the OCA and the IAGOC.

And for the first time, the OCA will employ arbi-trators to settle officiating disputes and will no lon-ger wait for protests to be filed in Switzerland.

Organizers have deliv-ered on their promise to provide the basic needs of the participants. (PNA)

A crazy party greet-ed Gilas Pilipinas Wednesday night

during its send-off party for 17th Asian Games the at the Max’s Restaurant in Gate-way, Cubao.

Led by coach Chot Reyes, the entire team was on hand and graciously posed for photos with the fans and signed autographs be it on a piece of paper, a

shirt, or replica of basket-ball jerseys.

Marc Pingris, one of the most popular and well-loved Gilas players, expressed his overwhelm-ing gratitude to the fans for supporting the team right from its campaign in last year’s Fiba-Asia Men’s Championship to recent Fiba World Cup in Spain.

“Maraming, maraming

salamat po sa lahat ng mga sumu-suporta sa amin, sa lahat ng nagdasal, salamat po," he said.

Gilas will be leaving for Incheon, South Korea on Saturday as it tries to finally end the country’s 52-year-long gold medal drought in the Asiad.

A concert immediately followed the greet-and-meet affair, which unfortu-

nately, went out of control as fans who had been drove away from the jampacked restaurant, forced their way up to the stage and leaped over the barricade.

Following short mes-sages from some of the players and a performance by Quest, the concert had to be abruptly shortened as crowd control began to wane.

WARM SENDOFF. The Pilipinas SMART Gilas received a warm sendoff on Wednesday night prior to leaving for the 2014 Asian Games.

Warm sendoff for Gilas

BEST BET. Daniel Caluag is the Philippines’ best gold medal hope in BMX cycling in the 2014 Asian Games.

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Chot unhappy about rankings

Why are the Azkals out of Asiad?

GILAS head coach Chot Reyes ex-pressed his disap-

pointment with the FI-BA’s new rankings as the Philippines only gained three spots from 34 to 31 after a decent showing in the 2014 FIBA World Cup in Spain. After finishing with a 1-4 win-loss tally and garnering the best efficiency rating among all Asian teams, Gilas Pil-ipinas only took a small step up.

The outspoken head coach did not mince his words during the team’s thank you dinner for their sponsors and the media, which also doubled as their send-off party for the 2014 Incheon Asian Games.

“We’re happy that we climbed the rankings but to be very honest with you, I don’t know why Korea had a bigger climb than us. Korea went up four notches and we went up only three but we played better than Ko-rea in the last three FIBA tournaments,” Reyes said.

China remained the top ranked Asian team even if they dropped two

spots to take the 14th position. Iran took three spots up to end up at 17th place.

South Korea gained four spots as they now occupy the 27th spot even after losing all five games in the FIBA World Cup. Jordan also remained ahead of the Philippines as they occupied the 28th spot after staying idle.

“I’m disappointed with that. I think we de-served to rank higher than 31, that’s my personal opinion. I really couldn’t understand it,” Reyes con-tinued. “We placed better [than Korea] in the FIBA Asia Championship last year, we placed better in the FIBA Asia Cup, and we placed better in the FIBA World Cup. I don’t understand why we only climbed three spots.”

The head coach, how-ever, clarified that the team does not play for the rankings.

“We never play for the rankings,” Reyes said. “We play for pride, we play for our country, we play for our families. The ranking is just second-ary.”

If you are asking why the Philippines’ nation-al football team Azkals

are out of the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, the reason is sim-ple.

Our national football officials did not recom-mend a team.

In a report posted on Spin.ph last May 6, Ru-ben Terrado wrote that

there will be no Philippine football team in the 2014 Asian Games.

According to Terrado’s report, Dr. Jay Adalem, a member of the joint Philippine Olympic Com-mittee-Philippine Sports Commission Task Force, said the Philippine Foot-ball Federation didn’t submit any entries during several rounds of meet-

ings with national sports associations (NSAs).

That prompted the Task Force not to sub-mit a football team in the entry by numbers list of the Philippine team to the Incheon Asian Games Organizing Committee (IAGOC) recently, Adalem said.

“They did not contact us,” Adalem told Spin.

ph. “We have been calling them every now and then. Siguro they have no team and they also have to meet the criteria.”

Earlier, the Task Force announced that team sports must pass its crite-ria of ‘Top 5’ in Asia before the September 19-October 4 Asiad.

“Wala namang hindi nabigyan ng pagkakataon. We were very fair,” said Adalem, one of the depu-ties of Asian Games chief of mission and Philippine Sports Commission chair-man Ritchie Garcia.

Last year, the Under-23 Azkals were not able to compete in the Southeast Asian Games in Myanmar after failing to pass the cri-teria of “sure or potential gold medal bets.”

The Philippine U23 team missing the SEA Games came despite the Azkals being ranked as the top Southeast Asian coun-try based on Fifa rankings last year.

Countries ranked low-er than the Philippines in FIFA are playing in the Asian Games like Singa-pore, Vietnam, Malaysia, Laos and Indonesia.LEFT OUT. The Philippines Azkals are not playing in the 2014 Incheon Asian Games in Incheon, Korea. So who’s to

blame?

RECOGNITION. Gilas head coach Chot Reyes receives a handsome plaque for his efforts in the 2014 FIBA World Cup. (Czeasar Dancel/NPPA Images)

CITY Hall Executives notched their 34th win against IBP-

Davao with an 85 – 76 vic-tory on Wednesday night in the City Hall Execu-tives-IBP Lawyers 2014 year-long friendly series at the Davao City Recre-ation Center Almendras Gym.

Christopher “Bong” Go racked up with 44 points as the Executives improved the win-loss standing to 34 – 10.

Warren Cloribel add-ed 15 for the Executives who missed the services of spot-up shooter Glen Escandor who is in the US.

IBP botched to repeat its victory over the Execu-tives during the CMO-IBP basketball tournament as the wards of former PBA star Jomer Rubi fell short

down the stretch.Adrian Paguican

paced with 20 points for the IBP Davao which re-cently took the services of Rubi as part of the team’s build-up on its quest to defend the IBP Basketball national title.

IBP Davao edged City Hall Executives, 82 – 81, on the final playdate of the CMO-IBP basketball tournament two weeks ago. (Rico Biliran)

Box scores:EXECUTIVES – 86

– GO 44, CLORIBEL 15, REYES 8, ABERILLA 7, CASAN 6, APOSTOL 6, PELOTON 0, BREDOL 0, JALANDONI 0.

IBP – 75 – PAGUIC-AN 20, CADIOGAN 16, CARPIO 11, GALAS 9, RAÑON 7, BAGUIO 6, CI-UDADANO 4, PEPITO 2.

City Hall Executives notch 34th win over IBP Davao

TOP GUN. File photo shows Bong Go scoring on

a floater. Lean Daval Jr.

DAVAO City’s youth-ful karatedo talents who recently won

eight medals in Singapore and the much-awaited Korean Film Festival will banner this week’s FAST Fridays media forum at the Archipelago 7107 by Barrio Fiesta at SM La-nang Premier.

The weekly media fo-rum attended by the city’s

leading media organiza-tions in all platforms be-gins at 10:00 am.

Association for the Advancement of Karatedo Davao (AAK-Davao) coach Rommel Tan and his team led by gold medalists Gabriel Quiñonez and Darlene Ross Maramara, along with other medal contributors JP Ponce, Jam Ramirez, and Ai Rina

Kawano will be presented to the media after their successful stint in the 34th IKGA Singapore Gojukai Annual Championships at the Bishan Community Club in Singapore.

Also guesting in this week’s edition are rep-resentatives from SM La-nang Premier,SM Cinema Lanang, and Davao Ko-rean Association, which

are all co-organizing the Korean Film Fest 2014 slated on September 24-28, 2014.

They are Noelle Mar-tin, Assistant Theatre Manager, SM Cinema Lanang, Jerome Yeo, As-sistant Mall Manager, SM Lanang Premier, and Richard Ryu, Vice Presi-dent, Davao Korean Asso-ciation.

AAK Davao, Korean Film Festival at FAST Fridays

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CLASH OF THE LITTLE TITANSSonshine Sports TV headlines 3 champs in one card Oct. 11

CLASH OF THE LITTLE TITANS: RAW POWER. (From left) former North Cotabato Gov. Manny Pinol, IBO champ Rey Loreto, former IBO super flyweight champ Edrin Dapudong, Denver Cuello and boxing manager Aljoe Jaron.

NO less than a big boxing card will set off the latest sports

television network in the country to be known as Sonshine Sports TV.

Three rising Pinoy box-ing stars, led by IBO world junior flyweight champion Rey Loreto along with for-mer world super flyweight titlist Edrin Dapudong and the comebacking Den-ver Cuello, will take place at the Davao City Recre-ation Center in Davao City on Oct. 11.

The card dubbed as the “Clash of the Little Titans” will highlight the launch of Sonshine Sports TV, a sports program that aims to further promote and develop sports in the country.

Loreto, who won the IBO junior-flyweight with a 3rd round knockout of two-time world champion Nkosinathi Joyi of South Africa in Monaco on Feb. 12, battles Heri Amol of Indonesia.

This will be Loreto’s first fight in his home city, Davao, which he left as a struggling boxer many years ago. He is now based in Baguio City where he is managed by promoter Brico Santig.

Dapudong, the ex-IBO super-flyweight titlist, takes on Wisanlek Sith-saithong of Thailand.

Cuello, who came close to a world title fight until he suffered a serious shoulder injury, will come off a year-long layoff when he faces Jaipecth Chaiy-ongym in a 108-lb contest.

It will serve as tune-up fight for Loreto, who is scheduled for a rematch with Joyi in East London, South Africa on Dec. 12

Dapudong is also seek-ing a victory that should line him up for his own rematch against Lwandile Sityatha, who defeated the Filipino in a conrtro-

versial split decision in East London, South Africa last July 18.

“Edrin wants to get the title back,” said Sonshine Sports CEO Manny Pinol.

“This is all part of a program. Loreto will fight for a world championship in December, Dapudong also for the world title by the second quarter of 2015 and Cuello, by God’s grace, in the second quar-ter of 2015,” he added.

“But boxing is not the only activity of Sonshine Sports TV,” said former governor of North Cotaba-to and a noted boxing pro-moter and manager.

Pinol told yesterday’s PSA Forum at Shakey’s Malate that Sonshine Sports is also committed to promote volleyball, golf, motocross, drag-rac-ing and other sports need-ing the proper exposure.

For starters, Sonshine Sports, a brainchild of Pastor Apollo C. Quiboloy, will focus on staging more sports events in Davao City and hopes to move farther in the coming years.

“From here we hope it will grow nationwide,” said Pinol, who also bared the construction of a 75,000-seat King Dome in Davao City, also a project of Quiboloy.

“We are hoping in the years to come hat Davao will become the sports haven, the sports mecca of the Philippines. The King Dome could serve as ven-ue for big sports events. No more need to go to Ma-cau,” he added.

Pinol is even suggest-ing the staging of a Manny Pacquiao fight by 2016. He said the massive ven-ue could host the last fight for the Filipino boxing superstar if he intends to retire two years from now.

“This excites me as a sports fan,” said Pinol.


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