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DAVAO City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte does not want a repeat of an
all-out war against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) as
many people including Manila Mayor and former President Joseph
Estrada are calling for.There should be a resumption of the talks.
It might not sound good to everybody but we do not have a choice
because we cannot go to war again, Duterte told reporters in an
interview at The Royal Mandaya Hotel on Wednesday afternoon.He also
said government must continue the discussion on the proposed
Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) despite the Mamasapano, Maguindanao
encounter that killed at least 44 members of Philippine National
Police (PNP) Special Action Force (SAF).Duterte, however, said he
is personally not ready to talk with the MILF leadership since he
is still saddened by the incident.Magapahungaw una ta (Let us calm
down first), he said.Duterte condemned the brutality with which
some MILF men killed the SAF members. Accounts of the incident had
said many of the SAF operatives were shot in the face or
head.Puwede ka namang pumatay isang bala lang (You
can kill even just one bullet). That is really painful, as
warrior, hindi naman dapat ganun (that should not have been
done)... Hindi naman kailangan rakrakan yung mukha (you did not
need to strafe the faces), he said.Who gave the order?Duterte said
the Maguindanao incident should be investigated to pinpoint what
agency had the full responsibility of ordering the SAF to go in the
area.The problem there is who ordered the poorly planned
(operation)? Was there a plan at all or was it just a very reckless
adventure? he said.
He said the government invested a lot in trainings the SAF men
since it is the striking force of the PNP, but the men were just
thrown into a mis-adventure.Duterte said there is an existing
agreement between the MILF and Armed Forces of the Philippines
(AFP) in situations like the one last Sunday that led to the deadly
clash.I am angry because if there is an agreement, huwag ka munang
pumasok sa bahay ko habang hindi tayo nagka-areglo (do not enter my
house if have not yet come to an agreement), he said.
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Duterte: Dont repeat all-out war vs MILF
MASTER PLAN. Megaworld senior vice president Jericho P. Go
(right) and head of public relations and communi-cations Harold C.
Geronimo (left), together with Suntrust Properties, Inc. president
lawyer Harrison M. Paltongan, present the Davao Park District
master development plan and the proposed design of the companys
first resi-
dential tower, the One Lakeshore Drive, during a press
conference yesterday at The Marco Polo, Davao. They also announced
that One Lakeshore Drive is almost sold out and the second tower is
being launched ahead of schedule. See story on page 5. Lean Daval
Jr.
INSIDE EDGE
ECONOMY page 5
INDULGE page A1
By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO [email protected]
MEGAWORLD LAUNCHES 20-STORY CONDO
PULSATING TO PLANA FORMA
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EDGEDAVAOTHE BIG NEWS
THE Davao City Police Office (DCPO) has ordered all police
stations in the city to maximize the deployment of their police
officers in all places of convergence in their respective
areas.Speaking in yesterdays I-Speak Media Forum, DCPO spokesperson
Senior Inspector Milgrace C. Driz told reporters said the station
commanders have been told to deploy their Police Integrated Patrol
System (PIPS).Driz said the PIPS has been deployed since the city
is now on heightened alert status following the series of blasts in
some parts of Mindanao.Police presence and visibility in all areas
of convergence should be intensified, she said. Driz asked for the
cooperation of the public for the safety of everyone in the city.
She said the people should also be vigilant especially as violent
incidents have been happening in some parts of the island. We need
your vigilance and share it through your reports by calling our
police, she said.Driz said aside from the high alert status, the
DCPO also wants the stations to exert more effort in solving crimes
in their AOR (area of responsibility) and increase the
implementation of city ordinances.Driz said DCPO director Senior
Superintendent Vicente D. Danao Jr. wants the station commanders to
have a higher apprehension on drug cases in the city.DCPO increases
deploymentafter Mindanao explosions
THE Philippine National Police held a sendoff ceremony for 42
policemen slain in Mamasapano whose remains were airlifted to
Villamor Airbase in Manila Thursday morning.Fellow policemen
carried the 42 caskets, each draped with the Philippine flag, from
the gymnasium in nearby Camp Siongco, headquarters of the 6th
Infantry Division, into waiting Army trucks.The trucks then whisked
the caskets to the tarmac at airport where three Air Force C-130
planes waited to take them to Manila.The bodies of two other slain
elite policemen were brought to Zamboanga City earlier so they
could be buried immediately in accordance with Muslim
practice.Senior Supt. Noel Armilla, police director of the
Autonomous Region Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), said a sendoff ceremony
fit for fallen heroes were accorded to the slain policemen.The
bodies of the
officers were carried above the shoulders of their fellow
officers. The bodies of enlisted personnel were carried below the
shoulders. That is our tradition, Armilla said.At least four senior
police officers and 40 other police commandos died in last Sundays
clash involving the PNP-Special Action Force, the Bangsamoro
Islamic Freedom Fighters and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in
Mamasapano town in Maguindanao.
Twelve other policemen were injured while the MILF suffered at
least 16 dead.Armilla said none of the families of the dead
policemen were present at the vigil at the 6ID gymnasium Wednesday
night.Police officers nationwide will wear black ribbons on their
badges in solidarity with the families of the slain policemen.In
Cagayan de Oro City, a Requiem Mass with be offered at the St.
Augustine Cathedral on Friday.
By ARMANDO B. FENEQUITO [email protected]
PNP holds sendoff rites for slain copsTHE Davao City Chamber of
Commerce and Industry Inc. (DCCCII) will be promoting Davao City as
an investment hub to both local and foreign investors as it resumes
the Davao Investment Conference (iCon) in July this year.We believe
that (iCon) should be a continued project with city government,
reelected DCCCII president Antonio dela Cruz said in an interview
during the 47the Annual Installation of Officers and Board of
Trustees of the DCCCII last Wednesday at The Royal Mandaya
Hotel.Dela Cruz said that iCon was stopped because the chamber was
already conducting various business events like the annual Davao
Trade Expo, among others.The iCon will be revived in July with
about 300 to 500 delegates expected to participate. The probable
venue of the conference is SMX Lanang Convention
Chamber to revive [email protected]
By CHENEEN R. CAPON
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NEW OFFICERS. Newly-elected Davao City Chamber of Commerce and
Industry, Inc. (DCCCII) officers and Board of Trustees members led
by president Antonio T. dela Cruz (left, front row) and chairman of
the board John Y. Gaisano Jr. (right, front row) pose for a group
photo before the groups 47th annual installation ceremony
administered by Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte on Wednesday
night at The Royal Mandaya Hotel. Lean Daval Jr.
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3NEWSEDGEDAVAO
THE Toril Police Station wants to pull out from the
Anti-Cybercrime Group the subscriber identity module (SIM) card of
a witness against a police officer who had been relieved of his
post for allegedly tipping off a drug pusher that an operation had
been mounted against him.Toril Police Station commander Chief
Inspector (PCI) Hamlet Lerios said they submitted the request to
the Anti-Cybercrime Group last year when the latter failed to
unlock the SIM because it had a personal identification number
(PIN) code and the witness against Police Officer (PO)2 Luis
Gabrinao could no longer be found.Late last year pa kami nag submit
ng letter sa kanila para makuha namin yung unit, kasi hindi daw
nila mabuksan dahil sa PIN code. Hindi na din namin macontact yung
witness ngayon kaya pull out na lang din namin (We sent the request
late last year so that we could get the unit because they could not
open it because of the PIN code. We cannot contact the witness
anymore so we just want to pull it out), Lerios said.
By FUNNY PEARL A. GAJUNERA
Police want to turn overwitness SIM card to NBI
AN indigenous peoples alliance accused Senator Alan Peter
Cayetano of fanning anti-Moro sentiment and of being painfully
unversed in the intricacies of the peace problem in the country.In
a statement Thursday, the Kalipunan ng mga Katutubong Mamamayan ng
Pilipinas (KAMP) said Cayetanos reactions on the clash between Moro
rebels and the Special Action Forces of the Philippine National
Police stirred up public opinion against the Moro people.Forty-four
SAF operatives died Sunday in a clash with Moro rebels in Barangay
Tukanalipao, Mamasapano town in Maguindanao. The policemen went to
the area to arrest suspected terrorists Zulkifli Bin Hir alias
Marwan, allegedly a member of the Jemaah Islamiyah, and Basit Usman
of the Abu Sayyaf.KAMP also criticized Cayetanos withdrawal of
co-sponsorship of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) on Tuesday, citing
the MILFs lack of commitment, to peace, development, and the rule
of law.The senator must understand that the rule of law inscribed
in the Philippine constitution is not the basis of the peace talks.
The peace talks should be based on the unity to address the root
causes of insurgency that is necessary for a just and lasting
peace. To demand to play by one sides rules is a display of
condescension which is unfruitful in the negotiating table,
KAMP
spokesperson Piya Macliing Malayao said.In announcing his
withdrawal of support to the BBL, Cayetano accused the MILF of
merely wanting power more than peace and planning to put up a
totalitarian kingdom that will be a safe haven for terrorists.But
KAMP said the senator only fanned popular anger over the death of
the policemen, and placed the blame entirely on the MILF.Malayao
said the peace process is not a mere question of power. The peace
process is aimed to address the long-wrought oppressions of the
Moro people, and empowering the Moro people to realize their right
to self-determination.It is sad that a legislator,
more so a senator, harbors such ignorance of the peace process,
she said.Instead of focusing on how to address the historic
injustice against the Moro people, Senator Cayetanos words and
actions is adverse to the pursuit of a just and lasting peace in
Mindanao, she added.Aside from Cayetano, Senator JV Ejercito also
announced he was withdrawing his support to the BBL.Both PNP
officer-in-charge Deputy Director General Leonardo Espina and Local
Governments Secretary Mar Roxas declared they did not know about
the operation.Roxas said the question of who ordered it will be
tackled by the board of inquiry.
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) in Region 12 has adopted this
city as among the priority expansion areas in the region this year
of the World Bank-supported Philippine Rural Development Program
(PRDP).Amalia Jayag-Datukan, DA Region 12 executive director, said
Thursday they have signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the
city government to facilitate the inclusion of the area into the
P27.5-billion flagship rural development initiative.She said they
already endorsed the MOA for evaluation and approval by the PRDPs
Mindanao Project Support Office based in Davao City.Once approved,
she said the local government could immediately propose and avail
of infrastructure and enterprise development
grants for its priority commodity sectors.She said it could
pursue sub-projects under the PRDPs I-BUILD component or the
Intensified Building-Up of Infrastructure and Logistics for
Development and the I-REAP or the Investments in Rural Enterprises
and Agriculture and Fisheries Productivity.There are a lot of
opportunities for expansion in terms of agricultural development
here in GenSan that the PRDP could assist, she said in a press
conference here.Datukan said they initially encouraged city
officials to propose for projects that would further improve its
thriving asparagus industry.She said the PRDP could assist in the
expansion of asparagus plantations, enhance production and THE
Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) will expand to
11,000 households this year the coverage of its health insurance
program for residents in various conflict-affected areas in
Mindanao.Ramon Aristoza Jr., PhilHealth executive vice president
and chief operating officer, said Thursday the move was based on
the additional allocation received by the agency for the programs
implementation for 2015.He said the Office of the Presidential
Adviser on Peace Process (OPAPP) has allocated a total of P128.9
million for the initiative through the PAyapa at MAsaganang
PAmayanan (PAMANA) and the Sajahatra Bangsamoro programs.This will
enable us to provide health insurance coverage to 11,000 Sajahatra
Bangsamoro and PAMANA program beneficiaries until Dec. 31, 2015, he
said in a statement released by PhilHealth Region 12.Aristoza, who
is a former PhilHealth regional vice president for Region 12, said
OPAPP specifically earmarked P47.7 million for beneficiaries under
the PAMANA program, P26.4 million for the renewal of Sajahatra
Bangsamoro program enrollees, P50.4 million for the targeted
beneficiaries under the socio-economic component of the
normalization process and P4.4 million for the 3,698 enrollees in
2013 under the Sajahatra Bangsamoro.He said targeted new enrollees
will come from
Lumad group hits Cayetano forfanning anti-Moro sentiment
DA includes GenSan aspriority area in PRDP
PhilHealth to expand to morehouseholds in conflict areas
NO WAR. Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte opposes the idea of
an all-out-war against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front despite
the deadly Ma-guindanao clash which claimed the lives of 44 members
of the Philippine
National Police (PNP) Special Action Force (SAF) last Sunday.
Duterte made his comment in an interview with media at The Royal
Mandaya Hotel on Wednesday night. Lean Daval Jr.
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CHINESE NEW YEAR. Davao Chinatown Development Council public
relations officer Jasper Huang (right) and PopeeManapat promote the
activities of the upcoming Chinese New year celebration on February
18 in Sta. Ana Avenue. Huang and Manapat were guests of yesterdays
I-Speak media forum at City Hall. Lean Daval Jr.
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PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino has declared to-day (January 30, 2015)
as National Day of Mourning for the fallen Philippine Na-tional
Police-Special Action Force (SAF) members in Ma- guindanao.In a
briefing in Mala-caang Wednesday evening, the President said he,
like the rest of the Filipino people, wants to know what really
happened in Mamasapano, Maguindanao last Sunday.He, however, said
that he is leaving it up to the Board of Inquiry, which has been
formed to assess and submit a report on the incident.At least 44
elite mem- bers of the SAF were killed in a violent firefight with
mem-bers of the Moro Islamic Lib-eration Front (MILF).The SAF
members were assigned to capture Malay-sian Zulkipli bin Hir,
a.k.a. Marwan, and Filipino Ab-dul Basit Usman, reported-ly bomb
experts who are linked with the terror group Jemaah Islamiyah and
who are being hunted by the Unit-ed States. The incident has been
dubbed by the Department of Interior and Local Gov-ernment (DILG)
as a mis-encounter since there is an existing ceasefire in the
area. (PNA)JAPAN was studying the latest message purported-ly from
the Islamic State group, which extends the deadline for Jordans
release of an Iraqi prisoner, while officials worked feverishly
Thursday to try to free a Jap-anese journalist held by the
militants.The message, read in En-glish by a voice the Japanese
government said was likely that of hostage Kenji Goto, was released
online late Wednes-day after Jordan offered to hand over the
al-Qaida-linked would-be suicide bomber to the Islamic State group
in ex-change for Jordanian air force pilot Lt. Muath
al-Kaseasbeh.The recording says Jordan must present Sajida
al-Risha-wi, an Iraqi woman convicted of involvement in deadly
Am-man hotel bombings in 2005, at the Turkish border by sun-set
Thursday in exchange for Gotos life or the pilot would be killed.
It wasnt clear what Gotos fate would be if the woman wasnt
returned.In Tokyo, government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said
Thursday the govern-ment was in close communi-cations and deeply
trusts the Jordan government. He said Japan was doing its utmost to
free Goto, working with na-tions in the region, including Turkey,
Jordan and Israel.
Suga refused comment on the specifics of the talks with Jordan,
saying the situation was developing. The Cabinet met to assess the
latest devel-opments, but did not issue any updates.Efforts to free
al-Kase-asbeh and Goto gained urgen-cy after a purported online
ul-timatum claimed Tuesday that the Islamic State group would kill
both hostages within 24 hours if Jordan did not free
al-Rishawi.Japan has scrambled to deal with the crisis that began
last week with the release of a video by the Islamic State group
showing Goto and an-other Japanese hostage, Haru-na Yukawa,
kneeling in orange jumpsuits between a masked man who threatened to
kill them within 72 hours unless Japan paid a $200 million
ran-som.That demand has since shifted to one for the release of
al-Rishawi. The militants have reportedly have killed Yukawa, 42,
although that has not been confirmed.This heinous terrorist act is
totally unforgivable, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said in parliament
Thursday.Goto, a freelance journal-ist, was captured in October in
Syria, apparently while trying to rescue Yukawa, who was taken
hostage last summer.
In Tokyo, Gotos mother, Junko Ishido, has been desper-ately
pleading for the govern-ment to save her son.Kenji has only a
little time left, she said Wednesday.In his announcement that
Jordan is ready to trade al-Rishawi for the pilot, gov-ernment
spokesman Mo-hammed al-Momani made no mention of Goto.Releasing the
would-be hotel bomber linked to al-Qa-ida would breach Jordans
usu-al hard-line approach to the extremists and set a precedent for
negotiating with them.It would also be a coup for the Islamic State
group, which has already overrun large parts of neighboring Syria
and Iraq. Jordan is part of a U.S.-led military alliance that has
car-ried out airstrikes against the extremist group in Syria and
Iraq in recent months.Jordanian King Abdullah II faces growing
domestic pres-sure to bring the pilot home. The pilots father said
he met on Wednesday with Jordans king, who he said assured him that
everything will be fine.The pilots capture has hardened popular
opposition among Jordanians to the air strikes, analysts saidPublic
opinion in Jordan is putting huge pressure on the government to
negotiate with the Islamic State group, said
Palace declares National Dayof Mourning for SAF members
FALLEN POLICEMEN. Fellow police officers carry the caskets of
slain policemen involved in the Mamasapano clash to be loaded
intoPhilippine Air Force C-130 planes that will take them to Manila
Thursday morning. MindaNews photo by Froilan Gallardo | Ready
story
Japan studying latest message in Mideast hostage crisis
Japans Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, second right, speaks during a
hurriedly held ministerial meeting on Japanese hostage Kenji Goto
taken by the Islamic State group, at the prime ministers official
residence in Tokyo Thursday. AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, Pool
Marwan Shehadeh, a scholar with ties to ultra-conservative
Islamic groups in Jordan. If the government doesnt make a serious
effort to release him, the morale of the entire mili-tary will
deteriorate and the public will lose trust in the po-litical
regime.Jordan reportedly is hold-ing indirect talks with the
mil-itants through religious and tribal leaders in Iraq to secure
the release of the hostages. In his brief statement, al-Moma-
ni only said Jordan is willing to swap al-Rishawi for the pilot.
He did not say if such an ex-change is being arranged.The
26-year-old pilot, al-Kaseasbeh, was seized af-ter his Jordanian
F-16 crashed in December near the Islamic State groups de facto
capital of Raqqa in Syria. He is the first foreign military pilot
the mili-tants have captured since the coalition began its
airstrikes in August.Previous captives may
have been freed in exchange for ransom, although the governments
involved have refused to confirm any pay-ments were made.The
Islamic State group broke with al-Qaidas central leadership in 2013
and has clashed with its Syrian branch, but it reveres the global
terror networks former Iraqi affili-ate, which battled U.S. forces
and claimed the 2005 Amman attack. ELAINE KURTENBACH and KARIN
LAUB
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By CHENEEN R. CAPONGIANT land developer Megaworlds Suntrust
Properties, Inc. of the One Lakeshore Drive, a resi-dential
component of Davao Park District, launched on Thursday the second
20-story condominium for its township project .This, after Suntrust
Prop-erties Inc. president Harrison M. Paltongan announced that
about 70 percent of the total units of the first condo tower were
sold out in less than two months after it was launched to the
public in November last year.We are very happy with the
overwhelming reception of Davaoeos to our first residen-tial
project in the 11.2-hectare Davao Park District. Our expe-rience is
far beyond what we have expected, Paltongan said during a press
conference at the Marco Polo Davao yester-day.Paltongan said
Suntrust is expecting at least P2-billion in sales in One Lakeshore
Drive this year.One Lakeshore Drive is a four-tower residential
condo-minium cluster that will rise at the center of the township
which has an estimated land area of one hectare.The residential
area will be just beside a one-hectare man-made lake surrounded by
lush
greeneries and its own leisure and recreational
facilities.Residents will have direct access to the lake and some
of them will have this exclusive view of Samal Island, Mt. Apo and
Davao Gulf right outside their windows, Paltongan said.Paltongan
said that each tower will be 20-storey high, offering studio (up to
27 square meters (sqm)); exec-utive studio (up to 40 sqm);
one-bedroom (up to 50 sqm); and two bedroom units (76 sqm).He said
that unit owners in One Lakeshore Drive will have an exclusive
third-level amen-ity that features 20-meter infinity pool
overlooking the lake, wood deck pool area, wet lounge, kiddie pool,
outdoor fitness station, gazebo, chil-drenss playground and pocket
gardens. Other amenities includ-ing business center, day care
center, function rooms, indoor fitness gym, and commercial area
will be located at the ground level of each tower.Paltongan said
they also partnered with PLDT HOME, a leading multimedia solution
provider, to provide every resi-dent with connectivity through
Fibr, Telpad and DSL services.Our partnership with PLDT Home makes
One Lake-
Megaworld launches 20-story condoshore Drive a modern, high-tech
and future ready resi-dential property. Fiber optic cables will be
installed in each tower, bringing a new level of township lifestyle
to our future residents. With this, installing home facilities for
internet, ca-ble TV and CCTV cameras will
be convenient and hassle-free, he said.Megaworld senior vice
president Jericho P. Go said the company is ramping up the
masterplan of the township project to make living, working and
playing in Davao Park Dis-trict a truly world-class.
Our future residents in One Lakeshore Drive will soon see
refreshing modern con-cept of mixed-use develop-ment and a central
business district that only Megaworld can ever build for Davao
City, Go said.Paltongan, meanwhile,
said the land development has started for the construction of
the first condo tower which is expected to end by the last quarter
of 2019.Megaworld is allocating P15-billion for the develop-ment of
Davao Park District in the next five to seven years.
Megaworld Corporation senior vice president Jericho P. Go,
Suntrust Proper-ties, Inc. president lawyer Harrison M. Paltongan,
executive vice president and chief operating officer Deanna Jean A.
Claveria and first vice president for
marketing and business development division Jerry R. Rubis lead
the ground-breaking ceremony of the Davao Park Districts roads and
facilities in Lanang, Davao City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.
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2015EDGEDAVAOTHE ECONOMY6
FISH production in Davao Region dropped by 28 percent last
year.Bureau of Fishery and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) 11 Fisheries
and Regulato-ry Law Enforcement Divi-sion chief Jose Villanueva
said the drop in fish production may change because collection of
data is not yet completed.Based on the BFAR 11 Na-tional Stock
Assessment Pro-gram (NSAP), total fish pro-duction from January to
Octo-ber of last year reached only 2,508.50 metric tons (MT), lower
compared to the 2013 total production of 3,468.79 metric tons.
National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) 11 regional
director Maria Lourdes Lim said that based on the data gathered by
the Department of Agriculture- Bureau of Agriculture Statis-tics
(DA-BAS), production of fish in the region dropped by only 22
percent.Villanueva said the de-crease in production was due to the
closed season imple-mented in Davao Gulf during the spawning season
from July to August last year.During the closed season, commercial
fishing vessels were not allowed to conduct any fishing activity
inside the
gulf, according to Villanueva.Even though theres a continuing
fishing activity among small fishermen, this is not enough to cover
the catch of commercial fishing vessels, Villanueva told Edge Davao
Thursday.He, however, was quick to point out that the closed season
received positive feed-backs because both local and commercial
fishing vessels caught bigger fish that had a higher market
value.Villanueva said the effect of the closed season, which will
be an annual event start-ing from June to August, will be felt five
years from now.
Other regions, like in Zamboanga, that implemented closed season
also experience a drop in the volume of fishes caught in the first
few years of implementation, he said.
The BFAR 11 officer also attributed the decrease in the number
of commercial fishing vessels from General Santos operating in
fishing ground of Davao Region.
The fishes they caught in the east coast of the region as well
as inside the gulf were not listed under the region. It goes to
General Santos, Villanueva said.Region 12, he said, has an
increasing volume of fish
production over the years al-though it has a lower area of
fishing ground compared to Davao Region.Villanueva added that most
boats and fishing vessels operating in Davao Gulf are not designed
for open seas where there are more fishes to be caught.Most of
vessels from Gen San are capable of operating on the east coast of
the region where there is stronger cur-rent compared inside the
gulf, he said, adding that most of the fishing vessels here are
made of wood while others are made of steel.
As a result, a group of fish-
ermen from Baganga, Davao Oriental is building a steel fishing
vessel that is capable of operating on open seas, ac-cording to
Villanueva. He explained that the northeast monsoon affects the
production of fishes in the re-gion.Since our boats here are made
of weak material, it can-not survive strong wind and sea current,
he said.Villanueva, however, said that monsoon is not new to
fishermen. He was more wor-ried that climate change is one of the
reasons that affect the volume of fish produced in the region.
Davao suffers drop in fish [email protected]
By CHENEEN R. CAPON
FIVE top officials and the customs broker of a steel importing
firm faces smuggling related cases filed by the Bureau of Customs
(BOC) for attempting to ille-gally import steel products worth
around P14.3 million.Smuggling-related cases were filed by the BOC
in the Department of Justice (DOJ) against officials of Stellent
Cor-poration, led by Chairman of the Board Rico Rigor Cayunda Cinco
(aka RecoRigor), Board Members Charmayne De La Pea Angeles,
Asuncion Petra Angeles, Maria Rhezy G. Ilada,
Ruge Robert S. Illada, and Cus-toms Broker John Philip Mali-nao
Yap for alleged unlawful importation of steel angle bars from
China.Cinco and the others are facing charges for violation of the
Bureau of Products Standards Law for bringing into the country
fifteen (15) 20-foot container vans of steel angle bars without the
necessary Import Commod-ity Clearance (ICC) from the Department of
Trade and Industry-Bureau of Product Standards (DTI-BPS).The said
law requires im-
porters to have proper BPS certification prior to impor-tation
of steel angle bar prod-ucts. The respondents unlaw-ful importation
also violated section 3601 in relation to Section 101 of the Tariff
and Customs Code of the Philip-pines (TCCP) as amended by Republic
Act (RA) 7651. The shipment arrived at the Port of Manila from
China in July 2014. Although there is a strong demand for steel
prod-ucts, we cannot let these ille-gal and unsafe products enter
the local market, said Cus-
toms Commissioner John P. Sevilla. We are working very hard to
prevent the technical smuggling of substandard products that pose
danger to people who will use them.The smuggling attempt was foiled
on the basis of an Alert Order issued by the BOCs Intelligence
Group after receiving derogatory infor-mation about the shipment.
The Alert Order was hoisted over the shipment to place it under
special attention and to allow Customs personnel to validate the
veracity of the derogatory information.
Stellent faces raps for steel smugglingSMUGGLING RAPS. Bureau of
Customs Commissioner John P. Sevilla, flanked by DOJ Undersecretary
Frank Baraan III and Deputy Commissioner Maria Edita Tan, explains
the smuggling case filed by the BOC against the top executives of
Stellent Corporation.
THE Philippine sugarcane industry is ready for the ASEAN
Economic Inte-gration. At the onset of ASEAN Eco-nomic Integration,
the sector has developed the Sugarcane Industry Roadmap and the
Hu-man Resource Development (HRD) Master Plan for the Sug-arcane
Industry.This HRD master plan led by the Department of Labor and
Employments (DOLE) Bu-reau of Workers with Special Concerns (BWSC)
tackles how the industry can be competi-tive and productive
particularly its workers who are identified among the labor forces
vulner-able sector. The HRD Master Plan is complemented by the
Sugarcane Industry Roadmap of the Sugar Regulatory Admin-istration
(SRA).BWSC Director Ahmma Charisma Lobrin-Satumba said the plan has
undergone vari-ous consultation process start-ing off with a
plantation level focus group discussion, district level planning,
regional action planning, Island-cluster plan-ning, the national
validation and presentation and finaliza-tion of the HRD Master
Plan.As this is a convergence effort, we involve as many sec-tors
so that stakeholders un-der the sugarcane industry will have
ownership of the HRD plan, Satumba said. Other key players in the
convergence include Depart-ments of Agriculture, Science and
Technology, Trade and In-dustry, Professional Regulation Commission
and the Regional
Tripartite Wages and Produc-tivity Board.Satumba added the plan
aim to support the industry, more importantly its workers to be
more competitive and productive.This week BWSC is holding here the
Mindanao cluster con-sultation workshop on HRD Plan, the 2nd leg of
the four-leg major island cluster consul-tation. Sugarcane industry
is operating on 23 provinces in the whole country. Mindanaos major
sugarcane producer is Davao del Sur, Bukidnon and North Cotabato.
Sugarcane is the Philip-pines fourth largest crop after coconuts,
corn and rice which provides direct employment. Among ASEAN region,
the countrys sugarcane industry
covering 423,000 hectares with 28 sugar mills and 14 sugar
refineries ranks 2nd to Thailand. In 2013-2014, the in-dustry
contributed close to P88 Billion to the national economy. The
industry has more than 700,000 workers with 5 mil-lion
dependents.DOLE Davao region assis-tant regional director
Veneran-do C. Cebrano said this conver-gence is good avenue for the
convergence paving the way towards protection of work force the
sugar industry.With the advent of the ASEAN Integration we need to
be fully cognizant of its impact to the sugar industry in terms of
employability, competency and work productivity, Cebra-no said.
(Sherwin B. Manual/DOLE11)
HRD Plan prepares sugar industry for ASEAN IntegrationAIRASIA
Philippines, the Filipino low cost car-rier that flies hand in hand
with AirAsia, yesterday announced it will start flights between
Manila and Davao on March 27, 2015.To celebrate the
re-intro-duction of the Manila-Davao route, AirAsia Philippines is
offering promotional seats with all-in-fares from as low as P799,
one-way. Promo seats are available for booking start-ing today
until 1st February 2015 at www.airasia.com with travel period from
27th March 2015 to 26th March 2016.AirAsia Philippines Chief
Executive Officer, Joy Caeba said Davao City is an important
gateway to Mindanao. We are partnering with Local Govern-ment Units
and various stake-holders in the region to devel-op products and
services to
further boost tourism and pro-mote Davao as a major tourist
destination to local and foreign visitors, she said.Access to
Davao-Cebu is also available on AirAsias twice daily flights from
Davao International Airport to Mac-tan Cebu International Airport.
More than just a center of trade and commerce for Mindanao, Davao
is host to a myriad of tourist attractions. Nature lovers can hike
their way up to Mount Apo to en-joy the lush scenery from atop the
nations highest peak or indulge in various activities at Eden
Nature Park, while the Island Garden City of Samal offers a chance
for sun-seekers to go beach-hopping around the many pristine shores
sur-rounding the resort island. Meet the countrys national
AirAsia resumesManila-Davao flights
A PHILIPPINE official says the country no longer deserves to be
branded the sick man of Asia after its economy grew more than 6
percent for a third consecutive year.Hampered by natural
di-sasters, growth of the $300 billion economy slowed to 6.1
percent in 2014, but still out-paced most other countries in Asia,
officials said Thursday.The 2014 performance ranks the Philippines
as the second fastest growing Asian country behind China, which
posted 7.3 percent growth, and ahead of Vietnams 6.0 percent
growth, Socio-Economic Plan-ning Secretary ArsenioBalisa-can said.
The Philippine econ-omy grew 7.2 percent in 2013.Our country can no
longer be called the sick man of Asia, Balisacan said. Our
econom-ic growth is becoming more competitive with our East and
Southeast Asian neighbors.The Philippines has been blighted by
decades of corrupt governments and the archipel-ago nation is also
vulnerable to frequent natural disasters such as typhoons and
floods. Investor perceptions of the country have improved under
the government of President Benigno Aquino III, who was elected
in 2010 with promises to combat endemic graft and poverty.The
numbers tell us that we are moving in the right di-rection,
Baliscan said. Clear-ly the economic policies and strategies we are
implement-ing to achieve sustained and inclusive growth are bearing
fruit, he said.National Statistician Lisa Bersales said the robust
per-formance of industry, partic-ularly manufacturing and
con-struction, lifted growth in the fourth quarter to 6.9 percent
from 6.3 percent a year earlier.She said services contrib-uted 3.4
percentage points, industry 2.5 percentage points and agriculture
0.2 percent-age points to the 2014 GDP growth of 6.1
percent.Business process out-sourcing was one of the con-tributors
to the expansion of services, according to Balisacan. Outsourcing
cur-rently employs 1.052 million Filipinos and the industry is
targeting 1.3 million full time employees and $25 billion in
revenue by 2016. (Oliver Teves/AP)
Growth shows Phl no longersick man of Asia: Balisacan
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THERE is a need to pro-duce more seaweeds in the Philippines.
The global demand is big and is growing by leaps and bounds. Thats
because seaweed products are used in a wide range of indus-tries,
reported Zac B. Sarian in his monthly column in a re-cent issue of
Agriculture.The source of his informa-tion was Maximo Ricohermo-so,
chairman of the Seaweed Industry Association of the Philippines. He
was the main speaker of the technology fo-rum of Seaweed Fiesta
that was held at the Passig Islet in Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur
re-cently. It was convened by the Philippine Council for
Agricul-ture, Aquatic and Resources Research and Development
(PCAARRD), a line agency of the Department of Science and
Technology.The gathering, which was co-sponsored by the Davao-based
Southern Mindanao Agriculture and Resources Research and
Development Council (SMARRDEC), was made to report the latest
developments in the project while at the same time hoping to
inspire other people to get into seaweed farming.One of those who
attended the gathering was 41-year-old Ethelmark Bohol of Baganga,
Davao Oriental. He grows two kinds of seaweed: Eucheuma alvarezzi
and Kappaphycus cottoni.
The first one is known lo-cally as Bermuda, which is highly
suitable for eating as part of a fresh salad. Sarian reported that
Bohol grows 10 lines of seaweeds, each line measuring 220 meters
long. From this, he harvests 5-10 ki-los each day and sells them at
P30 per kilo in the local mar-ket. As for the second type of
seaweed, the color is very white and seems to have been bleached
without using any bleaching agent. Actually, the original color is
brown but it when sundried, soaked in wa-ter overnight, and then
sun-dried again, it becomes very white. So white that it can be
used a replacement for the usual buko in a fruit salad.While there
is money in growing seaweeds, the indus-try is still beset with
problems. Foremost is marketing of the produce. Sarian, in his
column, wrote: Seaweed growers in remote areas with poor trans-port
facilities have a problem with marketing. Government assistance is
needed so more people will go into seaweed farming.If theres no
financial sup-port from the government, the industry will remain
a
promise without fulfillment. As Sarian puts it: Even if they
(farmers) can produce a lot of seaweeds, if they cannot mar-ket
their harvest as a profit, they will just look for other projects
to undertake.In a primer, the PCCAARD identified the coastal
villag-
Seaweed: Underwater gold mineText and Photos By HENRYLITO D.
TACIOes of these provinces as the leading producers of sea-weed:
Western Mindanao, Central and Eastern Visayas, and Southern
Tagalog. They reportedly account for more than 60 percent of the
coun-trys production.Seaweeds are marine plants that grow
abundantly
in shallow reef flats and in la-goons with a water depth of less
than two meters at high tide. They differ from plants because they
lack the stems, leaves, roots, and vascular sys-tems that are
common in high-er plants.Technically, seaweeds are multicellular
forms of algae and are classified into three main divisions: brown
algae, red algae, and green algae. Brown algae, commonly called
kelp, are the largest variety. Pacific species can reach 65 meters
in length and have structures that superficially resemble leaves
and stems.On the other hand, red algae are composed of sever-al
species, including the Irish moss. They are abundant in clear
tropical waters. Mean-while, green algae which are sometimes called
sea let-tuce are commonly seen at low tide, along rocky shores in
northern seas.The Philippines is one of the pioneers in seaweed
farming. Cultures of Porphyra, Eucheuma, and Caulerpa in the
Philippine marine farms have been recorded as early as the 1960s.
Through the initia-tive of Dr. Max Doty, a marine botanist at the
University of Hawaii, and his local counter-parts, the first
technology for culture of Eucheuma was in-troduced to industry in
1973.Commercial seaweed farmers first succeeded in cul-tivating
Eucheuma in the reef areas of Mindoro, Aklan, Cuyo, Zamboanga, and
Tawi-Tawi. Since then, seaweed produc-tion has gone
overboard.Ideally, the conditions for growing the seaweeds are
wa-ter depths of one foot to two feet at low tide, water
tem-perature of 27 to 30 degrees Centigrade, salinity of 31 to 34
parts per thousand and mod-erate water movement (20 to 40 meters
per hour). Exces-sive sunlight, strong currents, and the presence
of plant-eat-ing fish like danggit (siganid) can be detrimental to
seaweed growing.In the Philippines, some 390 species have been
identi-fied as having economic value as food, animal feeds,
fertil-izers, diet supplement, med-icines, and raw materials for
industrial products.At least 60 Philippine va-rieties are
reportedly edible, including gulamang dagat, gamet, pocpoclo,
culot, lato, guso, barls-barls, bulaklak bato, and balbalol-ang.
Some of these varieties can be processed into jams, jellies,
candies, pickles, babys food, and gulaman bars.The food value of
sea-
weeds varies in different species. Average chemical analyses of
46 species of ma-rine algae in the Philippines show that the crude
protein content (percentage of dry weight) is 7.44, 6.40, and 9.29
for the green, brown, and red seaweeds, respectively. This is about
two to three times the protein content of common green leafy
vegetables, which is 3.27 percent dry weight.Four species Halimada,
Hypnea, Sargassum, and As-paragopsis have been used as feed or
fodder for livestock. Species of Cladophora, Enter-omorpha,
Chaetomorpha, and Gracilaria are used to supple-ment or substitute
for fishfood for cultured herbivorous fish.The high potassium
con-tent of brown seaweeds like Sargassum, Turbinaria, Hor-mophysa,
and Hydroclathrus make them ideal substitutes for costly
fertilizer. In Kidap-awan City, North Cotabato, Jose Riga has
developed an all-purpose seaweed-based organic fertilizer and soil
con-ditioner in stabilized pellets. The fertilizer, called Sea
Crop, is made from brown seaweed, cattle manure, stabilizing
compounds and an organic binder fortified with soluble compounds of
a number of nutrients.Seaweeds have also some medicinal values.
They are used to treat or prevent goi-ter, glandular troubles,
stom-ach disorders, intestinal and bladder difficulties, unusually
profuse menstrual flow, high-blood pressure, and high
plas-ma-cholesterol level. Gracilar-ia species are used locally as
pain relievers and ointments.Commercially, seaweeds are valued for
their colloids or gluey substance, particularly agar, carrageenan,
and algin. Both agar and carrageenan are
extracted from red seaweeds, while algin is extracted from brown
seaweeds.Agar, which derived its name from the Malay word for
seaweed, agar-agar, is used in making jellied desserts, as
stabilizer in pie fillings, pip-ing gels, icings, cookies, cream
shells, and as thickening and gelling agent in poultry, fish and
meat canning.In the medical and phar-maceutical industries, agar
serves as a laxative, suspend-ing agent for barium sulfate in
radiology, ingredient for slow-release capsules and in
suppositories and surgical lu-bricants, and as a disintegrat-ing
agent in tablets. It is also used as impression materials to make
accurate casts in pros-thetic dentistry, criminology and tool
manufacturing.Carrageenan, on the other hand, is used in making
oint-ments, as a stabilizing agent in frozen dairy products, as
emulsifying agent in water-in-soluble drugs and herbicides, and as
texturing agent in toothpaste and powder. The Philippines is the
worlds top
carrageenan exporter. Algin or alginic acid, mean-while, is used
as another stabi-lizing agent for several food products, as a
sizing agent in paper manufacture, and as thickening agent in print
pastes and painting coatings.
A type of seaweed.
Seaweed for eating
Another type of seaweed.
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ITS time to burry the one referred to as the sick man of
Asia.With the Philippines economic performance from 2010 to 2014,
the country is poised to drop that tag for good. The country closed
2014 with a 6.9 percent GDP growth and with that, economic planners
are looking at the country moving on to a long-term growth path.
With the same bullish outlook, we are looking at a 7 percent GDP
growth by this year.The Philippines economic performance also
indicated it went over the hill and avoided the dreaded
boom-and-bust cy-cle it faced in previous decades. Now, the
Socioecomonic Plan-ning department said we have become more
competitive with our East and Southeast Asian neighbors.The country
has rebounded strongly in 2014 after posting the highest growth in
Asia next only to powerhouse China. Overall, we went 6.1 percent in
growth last year with that big jump to 6.9 in the final quarter.
Credit that to a strong farm output and construction activity.Now,
with that performance, the Central Bank may also be poised to leave
policy rates on hold for some time.That should mean a good start
for the year.The forecast is placed at 6.5 percent this year and
given a 2.6 trillion peso national budget, it now depends on how
the Philippine government is going to spend that budget.Hopefully,
the growth in economy will not just remain fig-ures for grizzled
economists to understand but translate to tangible growth that will
overcome the perennial problems of poverty and unemployment.
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HEAR this! By 2050, at least 13.6 million Filipinos are at risk
of being displaced. Not by war or floods but by sea level rise.
Thats according to Addressing Climate Change and Migration in Asia
and the Pacific, which was published by the Manila-based Asian
Develop-ment Bank.The report considered the Philippines as one of
the most vulnerable countries to climate change. It ranked the
country fifth in terms of number of individuals affected by sea
level rise.Most scientists who attended the climate conference at
Oxford University a few years back believed that a rise of at least
two meters in the worlds sea levels is now certain. The cul-prit:
global warming. Oxford speakers used history to back up their
arguments on rising seas. Three million years ago the planet was
2-3 degrees warmer and the sea 25-35 meters higher, and 122,000
years ago 2 degrees warmer and 10 meters higher, they said.If the
world limited warming to 1.5 degrees then it would still see two
meters sea-level rise over centuries, according to Dr. Stefan
Rahm-storf, a widely recognized sea level expert from Germany. Even
then, the world will still see some island nations disappear.A new
study contends that sea-level rise is accelerating faster than in
the past. The cur-rent sea-level rise -- which started in 1990 --
is 2.5 times faster than it was from 1900 to 1990, according to the
study published in the journal Nature.A continuing rise in average
global sea level would inundate parts of many heavily populat-ed
river deltas and the cities on them, making them uninhabitable, and
would destroy many
beaches around the world, said the Intergovern-mental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC), a group of 2,000 scien-tists which ad-vises
the United Nations.This is bad news for Davao City and those areas
near the Davao Gulf. The recent Business Risk Assessment and the
Man-agement of Climate Change Impacts, published by the World Wide
Fund for Nature (WWF) and Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI),
said that sea-level rise may create problems for Davao Citys
ports.Located along the relatively shallow chan-nel between the
city and Samal Island, these port facilities are a nerve center for
Davao Citys economy, and serve a variety of ships handling both
cargo and passengers, the risk assess-ment said.These days, when
theres heavy rain, Davao City is immediately flooded. How much more
when the sea level rises? A few years back councilor Leonardo
Avila, during a seminar, said that when the sea level rises, the
following areas will be completely submerged: Agdao district,
Panacan, Sta. Ana wharf, part of the Lanang, Bajada and Matina
areas, the whole of downtown area, including the City Hall. These
areas will virtually be part of the Davao Gulf, he pointed out.
What happens next is anyones guess. But 40 percent of the citys
total population will be forced to evacuate to higher areas like
the dis-tricts of Buhangin, Catalunan Grande, Calinan, Mintal and
Paquibato. Since the downtown area is already inundated, businesses
have also to be relocated to higher areas.Sea level rise is also
expected to make groundwater becomes salty in taste. So, resi-dents
of Davao City should not be surprised if in the future the water
they are drinking will taste like sea water.Davao has traditionally
tapped surface wa-ter from its rivers as its main water source, the
WWF/BPI report said. It prides itself in the rel-atively high
quality of its drinking water. How-ever, salt intrusion has already
been reported in city districts to shore, especially in portions of
the city where groundwater extraction contin-ues. Sea level rise
may aggravate this situation.Salinity intrusion into groundwater
re-sources occur naturally to some extent in most coastal regions
via the hydraulic connection between groundwater and seawater
including through canals and drainage channels, ex-plained the
World Bank report, Turn Down the Heat: Climate Extremes, Regional
Impacts and the Case for Resilience.Another bad news: salty water
is hazard-ous to your health. The most common conse-quence of
excessive salt ingestion is hyperten-sion, the World Bank report
said. Along with hypertension, there is a broad range of health
problems potentially link with increased sa-linity exposure through
bathing, drinking, and cooking; these include miscarriage, skin
dis-ease, acute respiratory infection, and diarrheal disease.
All these because of climate change. Cli-mate change has caused
many nations to suf-fer stronger typhoons, sea level rise, more
flashfloods, and more devastating droughts, commented Senator Loren
Legarda during the National Climate Change Consciousness Week two
years ago. If proof is what we need to sub-stantiate these claims,
we already have more than enough.According to Legarda, the
Philippines has consistently gone up in global rankings on cli-mate
vulnerability. In 2009, the country was the number 12 most at risk
from cyclones, floods, earthquakes and landslides based on the
Mor-tality Risk Index by the United Nations Interna-tional Strategy
on Disaster Reduction.In 2010, the Philippines was the sixth most
climate-vulnerable nation according to the Cli-mate
ChangeVulnerability Index. In 2013, the country made it to the
third most vulnerable by the United Nations Universitys Institute
for En-vironment and Human Security.Climate change could still be
curtailed if greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide could be limited.
Carbon dioxide occurs naturally and is vital to life, but excessive
quantities of it are re-leased by burning fossil fuels (coal, oil,
natural gas).The consequence of global climate change are so
pressing that it doesnt matter who was responsible for the past;
what matters is who is responsible for the future and that means
all of us, declared actor Arnold Schwarzenegger when he was still
the governor of California.The rich nations and the poor nations
have different responsibilities. But one responsibility we all
have, and that is action action, action, action! said The Last
Action Hero star.
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- 31, 2015 VANTAGE POINTS 9EDGEDAVAO
Henrylito D. [email protected]
THINK ON THESE!
SO much is said about the role and value of the family. Well and
good. Because family is the most basic of our roots and our
loy-altiesour basic identity, support group, and wellspring of our
individual and collective ego. It is why the Pope took pains to
remind us that family is the greatest treasure of any countrythe
cornerstone of society.Unfortunately, theres a downside to
exces-sive family obsession and loyalty, the kind that subordinates
the welfare of community and so-ciety and places family interests
above others. It is what characterizes the reign of political
dy-nasties throughout our archipelago.Family ambition, pride, or
obsession trumps any other consideration, overpowering the de-mands
of the common good, exacerbating in-equality, raising discontent in
community after community.This unseemly social/political
phenome-non causes family units to subvert instead of enhance
communal well-being, worsening in-equality and lack of opportunity
in our society.*****By any measure of fairness or justice, it makes
no sense for a family or clan to crowd everybody out of choice
places in the public do-main by stocking it with relatives and
cronies.Family or clan monopoly is abhorrent to de-mocracy just as
mono-cropping is abhorrent to agriculture or the natural
environment.This social problem has been spawned by the dominance
of traditional politicos (trapos) in our politics, along with the
cupidity of their cronies in the economy. Their dominance draws
attention away from elementary democratic principles and the
ethical values of the commu-nity.And the broad scale of their
dominance has made greed and the urge to aggrandize appear
perfectly normal and fashionable.*****Unmindful that human
diversity is just as important for societys survival as natures
di-versity is essential for environmental survival, they mindlessly
go power-tripping in defiance of whats socially acceptable and
whats legally frowned upon.As a result, community solidarity is
shat-tered as trapos sacrifice harmony and mutu-al consideration on
the altar of ambition and greed. In the process, they spread
ill-will and resentment as they go about merrily in search of
plunder, loot, and advantage.The capture of politics and the
economy by these shameless trapos has spread and institu-tionalized
corruption as never before. Support-ed by dynasties with no sense
of civic responsi-bility, they are driven by the spirit of
opportun-ism, the urge to aggrandize, and thus expand up their
familys fortunes.Cheered on by cronies and sycophants eager for a
share of the loot they acquire from being in power, they dominate
every level of our political system without compunction.*****
They have a stranglehold on politics and economics because they
are devious and un-scrupulous and do not hesitate to exploit the
tol-erant nature of the typical Filipino community.Meanwhile,
because we, the people, do not apprehend what it means to be a
sovereign cit-izenand the sacred duties it entails, we can-not or
do not act to push back the attrition they cause to our values and
institutions.We seem unable to understand that it is we who make
government possible, establishing it at every level. It is we who
fill its bureaucracy with people like ourselves, but who inevitably
get corrupted by the dominance of corrupt bu-reaucrats and their
perverted values.We cant act responsibly and decisively un-less we
keep in mind that because it is we who vest officials with
authority, delegating to them the powers that belong to us, the
task also falls to us to discipline, remove, or replace
them.*****Although it is writ large in our Constitution that
Sovereignty resides in the people and all government authority
emanates from them (Article II, Section 1) we dont exemplify what
it means; we dont act accordingly.We lack awareness that our
government, lo-cal or national, derives its power and authority
from us; that therefore it is our duty to see the same exercised
responsibly, honestly, account-ably, and transparently.Not only
that, we need to understand that irresponsible citizens create
irresponsible or illegitimate governments; and that to prevent this
from happening, we must be civic-minded
and do our duties accordingly.We do need always to be mindful of
the fact that all official corruption is made possible by the
improper or corrupt exercise of our power (sovereignty) and
authoritywhich we merely lend to our officials. It is our power. It
is authori-ty we delegate it to them by electing them.*****But
although it is our duty to see that the same is exercised
responsibly or honestly we dont do so. We dont keep politics on the
straight path and let it perform to our satisfac-tion.And so the
ruling families can indulge in corrupt and perverted practices to
their hearts content. It is we who allow them to be venal and
unfocused on their mandates. It is we who let wrong family values
prevail, allowing public servants to turn our government into a
self-ser-vice enterprise.It is time to put family values in
perspective, time to stop dynasties from gutting the resourc-es of
our community and society at every level; time to penalize the
malefactors.We must put a stop to the culture of impu-nity. And to
do it, we need to start with family and clan!(Manny is former
UNESCO regional direc-
tor for Asia-Pacific, secretary-general of South-east Asian
Publishers Association, director at Development Academy of
Philippines, vice chair of Local Government Academy, member of the
Cory Governments Peace Panel, and PPI-UNICEF awardee for
outstanding columnist. [email protected])
Families subverting our values and institutionsBYMANNY
VALDEHUESA
THE WORMS EYEVIEW
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FOR the seventh quarter in a row Facebook beat profit and
revenue fore-casts, continuing to win more mobile advertising
revenue as most users shift to using the site on smartphones and
other portable devices.The worlds biggest online social network
said Wednesday that advertising revenue jumped 53 percent to $3.59
billion for the fourth quarter with mobile ad revenue representing
69 percent of the total. That per-centage has grown steadily in
each quarter of this year.Facebooks massive user base also
expanded. It had 1.39 billion monthly active users at the end of
the year, up 13 percent from a year earlier. Daily users totaled
890 million, up 18 percent. Mobile monthly active users jumped 26
percent to 1.19 billion.The bigger Facebook gets, it cements its
position as one of the most dominant players in digital media, and
it has the size and reach to change the rules of digital
ad-vertising and convince others to play by them, said Debra Aho
Williamson, an analyst at research firm eMarketer.Facebook, which
turns 11 years old this year, began of-fering mobile ads in 2012,
the year its stock began publicly trading. More recently, Face-book
expanded into video ads, which are very lucrative, and last year it
re-launched Atlas, a tool for marketers to better target people
across devices, platforms and pub-lishers and to measure how
well the ads work.Facebook had a strong quarter capping off a
really great year, Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said in
an interview.She called 2014 the year Facebook completed the shift
to mobile, and said the com-pany will continue to make investments
to build its busi-ness this year. When it comes to Facebooks ad
business, the focus is squarely mobile. Sandberg said that in the
U.S., 25 percent of consumers time spent on various media is spent
on mobile while only about 10 percent of ad-vertising budgets goes
to mo-bile.What that says to me is that we have opportunity for
growth, she said.The company is still a long way from catching up
to rival Google Inc. in the digital advertising market, though. In
2014, Facebook had a nearly 8 percent share of the market compared
with Goo-gles 31 percent according to eMarketer. Thats an increase
for Facebook and a slight de-crease for Google from 2013.After
paying preferred dividends Facebook earned $696 million, or 25
cents per share, in the October to December quarter, up from $520
million, or 20 cents per share, in the same period a year
earlier.Adjusted earnings totaled 54 cents per share. Analysts, on
average, were expect-ing adjusted earnings of 48 cents per share,
according to FactSet.Revenue grew to $3.85 SAMSUNG Electronics Co.
said its quarterly earnings dropped 27 percent in the fourth
quarter as it struggled in its battle of big phones with Apple. But
its result still beat forecasts thanks to component busi-nesses
that performed bet-ter and a modest improve-ment in high-end
handset sales.The worlds top smart-phone maker reported Thursday
that its Octo-ber-December earnings were 5.3 trillion won ($4.9
billion), compared with 7.3 trillion won a year earlier.Samsungs
quarterly net income has dropped over a year earlier for four
straight quarters. Still, the bottom line was a moderate recovery
from the previous quarters 4.2 trillion won and higher than
analysts forecasts of 4.4 trillion won, according to financial data
provider FactSet.Sales fell 11 percent to 52.7 trillion won from a
year earlier while operating profit slumped 36 percent to 5.3
trillion won, in line with Samsungs preview earlier this month.The
Korean companys mobile business began to struggle in 2014 while
Apple enjoyed record-high sales of bigger iPhones that were
re-leased in September.Samsung is still believed
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billion from $2.59 billion a year earlier, also topping
an-alysts $3.78 billion forecast. Sterne Agee analyst Arvind Bhatia
said the company has made it clear that it expects revenue growth
rates to slow due to tough comparisons to year-ago results, but
added that this should not be a big concern, especially for
long-term investors.Facebook, which owns the popular photo-sharing
app Instagram and the mes-saging service WhatsApp, has launched
stand-alone mobile apps of its own, in a move that helps it take up
more real
estate on peoples phones. Besides its Messenger app, though,
these apps have seen limited success.CEO Mark Zuckerberg has
promised that Facebook will continue investing in new areas that
might not pay off for a long time. This includes its purchase of
Oc-ulus, a small company that makes virtual reality goggles, last
year. The companys am-bitious Internet.org project, meanwhile, aims
to connect everyone on Earth to the In-ternet.Zuckerberg said
recently that its a misconception that
Facebook does everything for business reasons.I can promise you
that if what I cared about was mak-ing more money, I would take the
engineers and the people who are working on Internet.org and
spreading connec-tivity around the world and have them go work on
our ads product, he told an au-dience recently in Bogota,
Colombia.Case in point, costs and expenses for the fourth quar-ter
rose 87 percent to $2.72 billion from a year earlier.Shares of
Menlo Park, California-based Facebook
slipped $1.09, or 1.4 percent, to $75.15 in extended trading
after the results came out.Some analysts attributed the
after-market pullback to profit-taking by short-term
investors.Investors are getting accustomed to better than expected
results, said Ed-ward Jones Analyst Josh Ol-son, adding that he
sees any weakness as a buying oppor-tunity. Mobile continues to be
a success. They are real-ly redefining the mobile ad market right
now. BARBA-RA ORTUTAY, AP Technolo-gy Writer
to have retained its lead over Apple in smartphone unit
shipments during the last quarter, but Apple must have narrowed its
gap with Samsung, analysts said.Apple reported stellar earnings on
Tuesday thanks to its new plus-sized iP-hones that hit record-high
sales. Apple sold 74.5 million iPhones during the three months that
ended Dec. 31. Samsung does not give its smartphone sales figures,
but Lee Jae-yun, an analyst at Yuanta Securities Co., esti-mated
that Samsung sold 77 million smartphones.Samsungs IT and Mobile
division that makes Galaxy phones recorded operating profit of 1.96
trillion won in the October-December quarter, less than half of the
5.47 trillion won operating profit in the same quarter of 2013. But
that was better than the July-September pe-riods 1.75 trillion won
oper-ating income.The recovery from the previous quarter showed
that the dramatic decline in its smartphone business may have
stopped. The com-pany said its mobile phone businesss performance
improved from the three months earlier because the Galaxy Note 4
and oth-er high-end smartphones saw higher sales that offset a drop
in sales of cheaper phones.Its management of mar-keting
expenditures was ef-ficient, its statement said.The company was shy
of giving a clear guidance of how its mobile business would perform
during the current quarter. It said it will focus on the successful
implementation of its new product line-up strategy.Facing a
dramatic fall in smartphone sales, Samsung vowed last year to
reduce the number of smartphone models to streamline busi-nesses
and to adopt a change in design by using metal in more high-end
models. YOUKYUNG LEE, AP Tech-nology Writer
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AT least 1,000 wom-en wearing hijab are expected to walk the
streets of Marawi City on Feb. 1 as the Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao (ARMM) joins in the celebra-tion of 2015 World Hijab
Day.The ARMMs Regional Commission on Bangsamoro Women (RCBW) is
organiz-ing the event.Sittie Jehanne Mutin, RCBW regional chair,
said they expect women from all sectors to join the celebra-tion
and help draw atten-tion to the need for women to participate in
the political and economic development of Bangsamoro.She said
participants would come from different parts of the region,
regard-less of religion and social standing.Hijab refers to the
veil and the dress that covers the entire body that most Mus-lim
women wear.Mutin said this years celebration would carry the theme
Hijab WALK (Wom-ens Access to Livelihood ay Karapatan), which is
aimed at emphasizing womens important role in society and promoting
their right to decent livelihood, develop-ment, justice and
empower-ment.Last year, ARMM marked the World Hijab Day
celebra-tion with the participation of more than 500 women in hijab
in a fun run. (PNA)
ARMM to mark World Hijab Daywith symbolic walk of 1,000
women
THE Housing and Urban Development Coordi-nating Council (HUDCC)
recognized the city govern-ment of Tagum for its sound legislative
actions, pragmatic policies, innovative anti-squat-ting programs
and projects, and its effective implementa-tion of its efforts and
initiatives in housing.The HUDCC, headed by Vice President Jejomar
Binay, said this enhanced the capac-ity of the local government in
addressing housing and urban development concerns that are
recognized by the national Tagum City cited for housing efforts
RECOGNITION. Vice President Jejomar Binay hands a plaque of
recognition to Engineer Bernardo Castor representing Mayor Allan R.
Rellon for Tagum Citys housing program at the Coconut Palace in
Manila recently. Contributed Photo by LHB-TWG
VETERINARY person-nel in South Cotabato vaccinated a total of
38,000 dogs in parts of the province last year as part of
intensified campaign against the deadly rabies virus.Dr. Flora
Bigot, acting provincial veterinarian, said Wednesday they expanded
their anti-rabies vaccination program in 2014 as a strat-egy to
eradicate rabies cas-es within the provinces 10 towns and lone
city.Giving of anti-rabies vaccine to dogs is still the most
effective strategy to eradicate rabies, she said.From January to
Decem-ber last year, the official said they were able to attend to
some 21,000 dogs in the area.Polomolok town topped the list in
terms of the num-ber of dogs that were vacci-nated last year with
8,000, followed by Banga with 6,187 and Suralah with 6,000, she
said.Bigot said they have scheduled anew a year-round vaccination
drive this year and they are targeting to cover all 199 barangays
of the province during the period.She said they will initially
visit the remote or far-flung barangays and areas where rabies
cases were previously recorded.The anti-rabies team
will be following a schedule but if there are emergency cases or
if we receive re-quests from concerned ba-rangay councils, then we
will prioritize them, she said.The official said they usually spend
an entire day during their barangay visits to make sure that all
dogs in the area would be vaccinated.Aside from the baran-gay
vaccination drives, Bigot said they also offer the same services to
other pet owners in key localities at a minimal fee. She said they
were able to collect a total of P349,000 in anti-rabies vaccination
fees last year and they even-tually used the funds to serve
2,458 indigent owners.Rabies is a deadly vi-rus which is
transferred by warm blooded animals like dogs, cats, bats, and
horse to human through bites. It causes inflammation in the human
brain that will lead to the victims death.In South Cotabato, at
least 10 persons died last year due to confirmed rabies infection.A
human anti-rabies vac-cine costs P1,500 per vial and the local
government pro-vides them for free through its Animal Bite Center
locat-ed at the out-patient section of the Integrated Provincial
Health Office in Koronadal City. (PNA)
THE Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in
Region 12 honored on Wednesday a community volunteer and a
coordinating team of its Kalahi-CIDSS program for winning top
awards at the recent 1st Bayan Ka! Awards of the agency.Bai
Zorahayda Taha, DSWD Region 12 di-rector, said the regions awardees
were recog-nized during the awards as champions and mod-ern-day
heroes of com-munity development.She said the agency earlier
launched the na-tionwide search as part of its enhanced
infor-mation and promotions campaign for the Kala-hi-CIDSS, which
stands for Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehen-sive and
Integrated Deliv-ery of Social Services.The campaign pro-motes the
involvement of local stakeholders in community development by
encouraging them to put their community (bayan) first before their
own selves.Were fortunate that we have our own cham-pions of our
communi-ty-driven development strategy here in the re-gion, she
said.The awardees from the region were commu-nity volunteer Santos
Bal-ilid, who took the Best Indigenous Peoples Vol-unteer Award,
and the programs staff assigned in Isulan town in Sultan Kudarat
who won the Best Area Coordinating Team (ACT) Award.
The awards were con-ferred in a ceremony held at the Asian
Institute of Management in Makati City last Jan. 23.Taha said
Balilid is one of their long-time program volunteers in Barangay
Sinapulan, Columbio town in Sultan Kudarat.She said Balilid was
recognized due to his con-tributions as volunteer, dedication to
his commu-nity and determination to improve the lives of the tribal
or indigenous peoples in the area who were left behind in terms of
development.The ACT of Isulan, which spearheads the implementation
of Kala-hi-CIDSS at the munici-pal level, was recognized for its
efforts in terms of strengthening the aware-ness of local
communi-ties through consultative dialogues and rigorous
engagements with the people.Kalahi-CIDSS, which is implemented by
the DSWD, is one of the na-tional governments flag-ship
poverty-reduction programs.It utilizes the commu-nity-driven
development concept as a strategy, with the aim to empower
com-munities to achieve im-proved access to services and ensure
their partici-pation in more inclusive local planning, budgeting,
and implementation.In Region-12, it is now implemented in the 16
municipalities in the provinces of Sultan Kuda-rat, Sarangani and
North Cotabato. (PNA)
38,000 dogs get anti-rabies vaccines DSWD 12 honorsBayan Ka!
awardees
government.The recognition, which was presented through a
plaque, was bestowed at the Coconut Palace, the official residence
of the Vice President in Manila, and was received by Engineer
Bernardo Castor, who heads the technical work-ing group of the
Local Housing Board chaired by Mayor Allan L. Rellon.This is still
part of the national governments drive against professional
squatters and squatting syndicates in its goal of recognizing best
prac-tices in the local government. Tagum City has eight exist-ing
relocation sites which are developed by the local govern-ment.Aside
from Tagum, other local government units that were recognized were
Butu-an City, San Carlos City, Island Garden City of Samal,
Marikina City, Kidapawan City, Quezon City, and Malabon City. Louie
Lapat of CIO Tagum
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AS SOON as the telltale burn hit my thighs a few minutes into
our exercise, I started to com-prehend why Plana Forma produced
afi-cionados that they affectionately call thigh warriors. I had
just been initiat-ed into Plana Forma by way of their For-ma Asana
class. The 8:00am session last January 23 kicked off their second
Pop-up here in Davao, held at the Damosa Fairlane clubhouse. The
2-day series of classes included the Forma Asana class, Zumba and
the Be-ginners class all full body workouts incorporating ele-ments
of yoga, dance and Pilates that tone and stretch the mus-cles at
the same time. Plana Forma is a new and revolutionary think-ing in
the local world of physical fitness. It con-forms to the principles
of Physique 57, which uses a mix of isometric exercises and
orthopedic stretches to simultane-ously lengthen and tone muscles.
It differs from most of the other exer-cises that uses machines and
isotonic or dynamic movements as it primar-ily utilizes the bodys
own weight and the aid of the barre. Though it makes
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Pulsating to
PLANA FORMA
use of static exercisesmake no mistake, a ses-sion of Plana
Forma is 55 minutes of challenging workout which stretches and
contracts muscles to the point beyond exhaus-tion. It generates
intense heat in the muscles that will remain and continue burning
calories even af-ter the session has ended. Despite the young age
of Plana Forma in the country, its platform is one that many have
rap-idly taken to. Both its studios in Metro Manila have carefully
mapped out classes that cater to all levels. From the 30 min-ute
Intro that is recom-mended for purposes of learning proper form and
alignment of the body to
its much-beloved Zumba class that is as carefree and
high-intensity a workout as you can get. Gearing towards opening
their first studio outside Manila early this year at the
soon-to-open Felcris Centrale, their forays into the South have
proven encouraging as fitness fiends slowly be-gin to discover why
this evolving form of exercise only grows stronger and more
resilient such as the bodies it shapes. For more information
regarding Plana Forma, visit their website at for-ma-asia.com. You
can also contact them through their email [email protected], and
contact numbers 09178094392 and 5530870.
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Davao designers dress upMISS PHILIPPINES
If I were to dress MJ Las-timosa, I would make her wear a
sweetheart neckline accentuated with drapes on the hips to
emphasize her hour glass figure. Appliqued with lace and beads on
the bodice down to her hips with tulle gathers on a subtle
panels.
MJ Lastimosa is such a beauty and I would love for her to slip
into something elegant with a fun twist. I want her to wear an
iron-pleated cut-out piece in turquoise that will let her sashay
around the stage in high-spirit-ed charm and oozing
self-con-fidence.
I would have loved to dress MJ up in a fully sequinned floral
gown with 3D effect Appliqus. Theres a little bit of flirtiness
added to it by incorporating a skintone tulle on the waist part
scattered with small floral appli-ques. This look will emphasise
MJs tiny waist and elongate her body.
I will have MJ wear a red terno made of Pia fiber for the
evening gown competition to emphasise the unique-ness Filipino
design as well as Filipino creativity featuring locally sourced
materials. The lines of the gown are simple to emphasise her figure
as well as make her look taller.
MUCH has been said about the gown that Miss Philippines Universe
Mary Jean Lastimosa wore during during the Miss Universe
competition, that it was ill-designed and did not flatter the
Philippine bet was one issue, that it was not designed by a
Filipino designer was another. Binibining Pilipinas chair Stella
Marquez-Araneta defended the gowns designer, saying in an interview
that the gowns produced by Filipino designers were just not good
enough for the pageant. This prompted Filipino fashion designers to
cry foul and made Pinoy netizens demand that the organization look
for Filipino designers for future excursions. Indulge! asked some
local Dabawenyo fashion designers what they would have had MJ wear
instead. Here are some of their designs and thoughts.
MJ has a beautiful figure and a red gown that emphasises her
curves as well as flows with her walk would be the perfect evening
gown for her during the competi-tion. Lace floral appliqus as well
as crystal embroidery should draw the eye to hey tiny waist as well
as elongate her body making her look taller than the
competition.
WILSON LIMON
MAIZY COLLEEN TAN
DON MAKI
BOBBY CASTILLO
JOHN BELANDRES
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VINA MORALES and Denise Laurel both admit that they can relate
to their charac-ters when it comes to love in ABS-CBNs newest
afternoon drama series Nasaan Ka Nang Kailangan Kita.
Vina and Denise become stronger because of love
Yagit gets overwhelming support from viewers and online
netizens
I can really relate to Cecilias life because we both have to be
strong as single moms for our children. Like her, I have become
tougher as a person and as a mother because of my experi-ences in
love, said Vina about her role in one of the newest Kapamilya Gold
teleseryes. According to Denise, she can see herself in the
personality of her char-acter Toni when it comes to love. For me,
Toni
and I share similarities when we fall in love be-cause we are
both ready to sacrifice and do ev-erything to let our loved ones
know how we feel for them, she said. Meanwhile, TV view-ers will
surely be more thrilled in the next epi-sodes of Nasaan Ka Nang
Kailangan Kita now that teen stars Jane Oineza, Jerome Ponce,
Joshua Garcia, and Loisa Andalio will soon appear in the series as
Corinne,
KAPUSO Afternoon prime drama series Yagit contin-ues to grab the
attention of viewers and netizens. The well-loved characters of
Chlaui Malayao, Zymic Ja-ranilla, Judie Dela Cruz, and Jemuel
Ventinilla never fail to capture the hearts of viewers. Portrayals
by Yas-mien Kurdi, James Blanco, LJ Reyes, Renz Fernandez, Kevin
Santos, Bettina Car-los and Wowie De Guzman plus Paolo Contis are
also highly-anticipated. Based on the overnight household ratings
data re-corded in National Urban Philippines from December
1-January 16, Yagit scored a 13.2 percent household rating versus
ABS-CBNs Kapamilya Blockbusters (Dec.1-Jan.14) 10.4 percent and
Thank You Sa Mala-sakit (TYSM): Pope Francis sa Pilipinas 10.9
percent.
In Urban Luzon, it scored a 15.1 percent household rating
compared to Ka-pamilya Blockbusters 8.9 percent and TYSMs 9.2
percent while in Mega Manila, Yagit posted 15.7 percent against
Kapamilya Blockbusters and TYSMs 7.8 percent. From intense to
dramat-ic scenes, theres no doubt why Yagit continuously captivates
viewers atten-tion. Witness what Dolores can do for her daughter
Eliza. Will Victor continue to keep Eliza away from Dolores? Yagit
airs Mondays to Fridays after The Half Sis-ters in the Afternoon
Prime block of GMA. Dont forget to follow the official Face-book
fanpage www.face-book.com/Off icialYagit and Twitter account
@Of-ficialYagit.
Ryan, Joel, and Bea, re-spectively. Dont miss the new-est
teleserye that will show the different fac-es of love, Nasaan Ka
Nang Kailangan Kita, everyday, 3:15PM, after Flordeliza on ABS-CBNs
Kapamilya Gold. For more information about Nasaan Ka Nang
Kailangan Kita, log on www.abs-cbn.com, or follow @abscbndotcom
on Twitter. Viewers may also catch up on full episodes and past
episodes of Nasaan Ka Nang Kailangan Kita through ABS-CBNmo-bile.
For more informa-tion, please go to www.abscbnmobile.com.
Davao designers dress upMISS PHILIPPINES
I will have MJ wear a red terno made of Pia fiber for the
evening gown competition to emphasise the unique-ness Filipino
design as well as Filipino creativity featuring locally sourced
materials. The lines of the gown are simple to emphasise her figure
as well as make her look taller.
MUCH has been said about the gown that Miss Philippines Universe
Mary Jean Lastimosa wore during during the Miss Universe
competition, that it was ill-designed and did not flatter the
Philippine bet was one issue, that it was not designed by a
Filipino designer was another. Binibining Pilipinas chair Stella
Marquez-Araneta defended the gowns designer, saying in an interview
that the gowns produced by Filipino designers were just not good
enough for the pageant. This prompted Filipino fashion designers to
cry foul and made Pinoy netizens demand that the organization look
for Filipino designers for future excursions. Indulge! asked some
local Dabawenyo fashion designers what they would have had MJ wear
instead. Here are some of their designs and thoughts.
BOBBY CASTILLO
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Promising to serve a contemporary taste of the American South,
Huck-leberry offers comfort food that harkens back to the
Carolinas, Louisiana, and beyond such as Slow-roasted Beef Belly,
South-ern Fried Chicken, Nash-ville Hot Chicken Wings, and Pork
Belly with Apple Salad and Mashed Pota-toes. More than just
offer-ing American soul food, Huckleberry is a one-of-a-kind
watering hole with a bar that carries some of
the best premium spirits of the world such as Mon-key 47 Dry
Gin, Tequila Ocho, Tres Agaves, and Siete Leguas, which hand-
in-hand with the food and craft cocktails are the rea-sons why
Huckleberry is winning fans all over the city as evidenced by the
many guests who arrived for the opening party. Huckleberry Southern
Kitchen and Bar is located at the ground floor of the Oboza house
at the cor-ner of Rizal and Bolton Streets. Follow me on Insta-gram
or on Twitter at @kennethkingong for more happenings in, around,
and beyond Durianburg.
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The Durianburg food scene is once again making waves as
Huckle-berry Southern Kitchen and Bar finally opened its doors last
Janu-ary 28 after a dry-run last December. A brainchild of cousins
Kim and Chris Pamintuan, the restaurant is earning praises and fans
all over the metro with its fresh new concept in dining.
Southern comfort at
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complex projects
- Experience of at least one year
Account Executives (2)- Male / Female, not more than 30 years
old- Candidate must posses a Bachelor/ College Degree in any
Business field.- Willing to work under pressure, flexible,
persuasive, can speak fluently and computer literate- A team
player- With Basic Salary, Transportation, Communication, allowance
+ Commission
EDGE Serving a seamless societyDAVAOWANTS YOU!
HR DepartmentEDGEDavaoDoors 13 & 14 Alcrej B;dg., Quirino
Ave., Davao CityTel. No. (082) 221-3601 Email:
[email protected]
For interested applicants, you may send your resume to:
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